"It is not just the gods who are wandering in the water, but the long-cherished wish that has not been fulfilled and the sorrow of the moment, and we have watched him leave, crossing from the grass to the bottom of the valley."

After returning from Bird Island, I accompanied Yuge to visit a lot of places, Yuge had never lived in the mainland, so he was naturally very curious about everything, and I tried my best to introduce this bizarre world to her word by word, and then I was really shy and had to go back the same way. Considering that Yu Ge has some mana, but he doesn't seem to have any survival skills that can be used, I thought it would be better to let Yu Ge help me take care of the tea shop, a glamorous beauty pours tea for the guests in the tea shop, which can indeed add a lot of color to my ordinary monotonous tea shop, on the other hand, with the prosperity of the tea shop business, more and more people come, and everyone's tastes are becoming more and more picky, as the boss, I also have to find all kinds of good tea, often need to travel far away, and having someone to take care of it is also a top priority.

Yu Ge unexpectedly readily agreed, I don't know if she was not good at resigning because of my girlfriend status, or because she was really interested in tea, in short, she became a tea shop proprietor, and handled all kinds of affairs in an orderly manner. I didn't expect that this little princess of the bird-man clan would be no less good at doing hard work, which made me, a lazy man, a little ashamed of myself.

You may ask, is all my future anecdotes related to Yu Ge? After all, now her life and my life have been blended together, I want to tell you, that's not necessarily, everyone has their own relatively independent living space, I have a lot of stories and have never told Yu Ge, I believe Yu Ge also has a lot of secrets and don't want me to know.

For example, the following story has nothing to do with Yu Ge, I never told her, because I was afraid that she would be sad because she couldn't accept the ending.

Before I tell you this bizarre story, I would like to ask you a few questions: First, do you believe that there are dragons in this world? Many people have always seen dragons as a product of the imagination. If you have read the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", you should find that many of the stories in it are related to dragons, for example, the Yellow Emperor was able to defeat Chiyou because of the help of Ying Long, for example, there was once a person who specialized in raising dragons called Dong's father. Some friends may retort that "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a fantasy novel in modern terms, and there is no scientific basis at all. Then I want to ask my friends again, our Chinese zodiac, except for the dragon, the other are real animals, why is this dragon a fictional creature? So my assumption is that dragons must have existed in ancient times, and then for some reason they became extinct, so quietly that no clues were left at all.

There is a more puzzling question, you see the stories written by our ancients, all kinds of creatures seem to be able to incarnate into monsters, but why is there no such thing as a dragon demon? Some friends may say, yes, you see that there are many descriptions of dragons and demons in those magical novels in the West, I want to say that it is different, the dragons in the West are actually translated by us, and they are given the same title when they feel a little similar to the dragons in our ancient books, but if you compare them carefully, you will find that they are actually fundamentally different, and our dragons in the East have never appeared in any record with a negative image. I am afraid there will be a deeper reason why the image of the dragon has become a symbol of the soul of the Chinese nation, and my understanding is that the dragon may have reached a higher level than other demons and monsters. This would explain why dragons suddenly disappeared at some point in ancient times, because they were the first to incarnate into a higher life form that we are not aware of.

Of course, all of my assumptions above are my attempts to think and reason from your point of view. Actually, for myself, I don't need to make things so troublesome at all. Because I've actually seen dragons. And touched, touched, and even ......

It was around May of 09, a year after returning from Bird Island, it was a scorching summer, at that time my tea shop was only selling some warm tea similar to Pu'er, black tea, some customers suggested to me that they should go into some green tea, they wanted to drink some tea to dispel the fire and cool down, the first recommendation is West Lake Longjing, and to be handmade, it is best to buy directly from the tea farmers. I don't really know much about business, but I understand that the customer is God. I had no choice but to take a trip to Hangzhou and Longjing Village.

After the last experience, I began to feel more and more that the Zuo Dao chief next door was a master, if it wasn't for the token he gave last time, I was afraid that I would have died on Bird Island a long time ago, and this trip naturally had to visit him first, so that he could give a hexagram.

In stark contrast to the increasingly hot business of my tea shop, the Jixiang Futai incense shop of Zuo Daochang is as deserted as ever, even if someone comes to him to see the hexagram, it is all sneaky, for fear that others will see it. And when people come, they will close the door of the store so that pedestrians outside can spy on their every move inside.

When I arrived at the incense shop, Zuo Daochang was sitting on a chair in the room with his eyes closed, his left hand constantly caressing his unicorn jade statue. Actually, I walked very loudly, but he pretended not to hear, and did not have any desire to open his eyes.

"Daoist Zuo, my little brother has come to see you." I said softly, this voice must ensure that he can hear it, but not too loud, because this Zuo Dao Leader has been looking at me unpleasantly for a year, and the crux is Yu Ge. In the eyes of others, Yu Ge is just an ordinary beauty, but in the eyes of Zuo Daochang, she is a goblin, and he thinks that I brought a little monster home, and then directly caused his incense shop business to go bankrupt.

"Yes." Zuo Dao Chang pulled a long voice and said to me lazily. "You kid, it's definitely not good to come to see me."

I hurriedly took out a tea brick from behind me and put it on the table in front of Zuo Daochang. "Dao Chief, I saw that I brought tea to honor you."

Daoist Zuo slowly opened his eyes at this time, "You kid, since you brought the goblin home, you have rarely had time to come to me, be careful of the vitality!" Tell me, what's the matter? ”

I told Zuo Daochang in detail about wanting to go to Longjing Village in Hangzhou to buy goods, and for people like me, there will be incredible things happening when they go out once.

"You're going to Hangzhou?" Daoist Zuo suddenly sat up from the chair, his expression was a little serious, "The water is shining and the sun is good, the mountains are empty and rainy, Hangzhou is indeed a beautiful place." But did you know that the more beautiful the city, the more dangerous it is? ”

I shook my head helplessly.

"Do you know why so many literati throughout the ages have loved to recite poetry and music in Hangzhou? That's because the four banks of the West Lake itself are a goblin settlement, and all kinds of fox and flower demons like to turn into a beautiful female form, holding an oil-paper umbrella by the West Lake, confusing the single men in the past. How can those fox demons have true feelings? It's all to tease these stupid men, these people are dizzy and want to get into trouble, and then Shixing comes. Zuo Dao Chang said to me seriously.

When it comes to youkai, people may not believe it at all, but I do. Let him say this, the poetic West Lake has become a place of hypocrisy. I didn't really want to go, but now I'm even more interested.

"However, don't change your itinerary because of this, don't back down because there is danger, the more dangerous the place, the more adventures there will be." Zuo Dao Chang stroked his beard, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he looked like he had seen through the red dust.

"Dao Chief, don't sell it, I just want to know if there will be danger, you have the ability to see the future, just show me if there are any bad signs? I'm also risk-averse. I couldn't help but interrupt Zuo Daochang, who always likes to say a bunch of fake and empty words before getting down to business.

"How can this be?! Do you know that leaking the heavenly secret is to damage Yangshou, and besides, if I tell you all, then your trip will become boring. Zuo Dao Chang said as he took out a box of hexagram sticks from the drawer next to him. We're going to do it the traditional way. ”

This is an ordinary hexagram cylinder, there are more than a dozen black and shiny wooden skewers in it, I thought this kind of thing was only used to deceive tourists in some Taoist temples, but I didn't expect that Zuo Daochang's small incense shop actually had this kind of thing, I was extremely reluctant to touch such a dirty thing, and my hand felt very greasy to touch.

I shook the hexagram slightly, making a crackling noise, but the sticks inside still stayed in the hexagram, and there was no sign of it coming out. I remembered what I saw on TV in ancient times when people went to the temple to divinate a hexagram, and they all had to shake a hexagram to the ground. So I unscrupulously began to frantically overturn the poor hexagram back and forth, but I was clumsy and used too much force to throw all the hexagrams outside, and the disrupted hexagrams flew in the air.

Zuo Dao Chang stretched out his left hand and gently grabbed a stick with two fingers, while the other sticks just fell all over him, and he said to me a little helplessly, "You are seeking sincerity in this sign." ”

"After all, the green lotus is out of the water, and the long-term drought is not the same as in the past, but fortunately the dragon king came to water, and the branches and leaves are more red than February. Heaven doesn't know the deep meaning, the sin of privately releasing Tianhe is difficult to melt, the world is looking forward to the four seasons of rain, and I don't know a drop of sorrow" Zuo Dao Chang read the words on the sign thoughtfully, and the more he read the back, his tone became more and more solemn. "The view of the wind and the earth, the dry lotus meets the river."

Generally speaking, what is written on this hexagram is a few concise but philosophical poems, but the poem that Zuo Daochang just read is a miserable story.

"Dao Chief, if you read the poem again and don't explain it to me, I don't understand it at all." I said with a wry smile to the Taoist.

"It's a winning lot." Zuo Dao Chang said slowly, "The so-called winning the lottery means that it is difficult for you to have as good luck as the last time, you may not have everything going well, but after all, it is not the next sign, indicating that there is still some room for maneuvering. ”

Daoist Zuo suddenly stopped talking, and he slowly walked into the inner room of the incense shop, leaving me alone to stand in place. I knew that this must be what kind of magic weapon Zuo Dao Chang was going to give me again, so I decided not to ask any more.

After a quarter of an hour, Zuo Daochang walked out with a red slender lanyard in his hand, and he actually took the initiative to put it on my neck, and then said to me quite seriously, "I won't tell you anything else, you remember this rope and don't untie it, you have to wear it all the time, remember." ”

Although Zuo Daochang's words always made people feel foggy, but this time his tone really made me feel a little terrifying, and I hurriedly carefully looked at this strange-looking rope, and there was a small ornament at the end of the lanyard.

It was a milky white conebrae solid, with a number of small pitted holes in it, and it was evident that this little object was quite a few years old, because at the moment these little sunken holes were full of dust and dirt, and I took this little object in my hand and played with it, and it seemed nothing out of the ordinary.

Maybe I'm thinking too much, or maybe Zuo Daochang is just scaring me. He's always been a weird-talker.

But then the words of the chief of the left road dispelled all my illusions at once. "Liu Ming, I want to advise you, there are all kinds of demons and monsters in this world, not everyone is as simple as the one you brought home, some will hurt you, deceive you, and even suck your ...... dry"

Zuo Daochang's words made me really feel a little creepy, I felt hot-headed, my limbs were sore, my breathing became heavy, and I simply flattered me and escaped from his yin and yang incense shop.

After returning to my own tea shop, I sat on the rocking chair in front of the window, the more I thought about it, the more panicked I felt, and I wanted to dispel the idea of going to Longjing Village several times.

"I didn't expect you to believe this." Yu Ge gently pinched my face and said to me a little helplessly. "Why don't I go with you, and I can protect you when it is critical."

I knew that Yu Ge was just caring about me, but these words made me a little embarrassed, I am a big man, do I need a woman to guard me when I go out on a long trip? I feel embarrassed to think about it, besides, Yu Ge works for the tea shop morning and night, making tea, pouring tea, and entering the account are all her jobs, but I can't even share the matter of purchasing goods for her.

Finally, gritting my teeth, I said something hard. "I have to go to Hangzhou this time, I want to go alone."

Because this time it is just a simple purchase, my plan is to find a good source of goods in Longjing Village, order a long-term cooperation, and rush back as soon as possible. Now that it is summer, there are more and more customers buying tea, and Yu Ge is obviously tired to deal with it alone. Since it was only a short-term trip, I didn't have to prepare as meticulously as last time, so I took a few changes of clothes and a few washing utensils, and I was ready to start this trip.

Don't look at what Yu Ge said at the beginning, when I really wanted to go, she began to shush the cold and ask for warmth, persuaded me to bring more self-defense items, asked me to call her regularly, and asked me to promise that I would never talk to any girl, the reason was the same as Zuo Daochang, because there were too many goblins outside, and I was afraid that I would be hated for eternity if I made a mistake.

At this time, it was my turn to make fun of her, I made fun of her for less than a year after she came to the mainland, and she became no different from a normal person, without the slightest monster temperament.

Later, no matter what, Yu Ge still sent me to the high-speed rail station, hugged me for a long time, and repeated her instructions before she was willing to let me go. The high-speed train from Texas to Hangzhou takes just over three hours, and the road is full of green rice paddies and distant mountains.

It's also a coincidence, an old man on the seat next to me on the high-speed rail happens to be from Hangzhou, on the road because of boredom we chatted, this old man is very talkative, and I talked about their customs and customs in Hangzhou, when he learned that I was a tea shop owner to go to Longjing Village to buy goods, he was excited to stand up for the first time.

"It's a coincidence, you have a relative who is a tea farmer in Longjing Village." The old man introduced me with a fluttering eyebrow. "My relative's tea is one of the best made by them, I will give you a number, you go directly to him, and say that I introduced you."

The old man saw that I was a little hesitant, and then added. "The tea farmers on their side are actually united, and each family will also recommend guests to each other, if you don't want to buy it at his house, let him go to other tea farmers to have a look, Longjing Village is very large, and there are many production areas, it is always good to have someone with you."

It also saves me a lot of effort, so why not?

We chatted very speculatively along the way, and the old man spoke tepidly and slowly, which made people listen very comfortably.

There was just one small episode that worried me a little.

The old man saw the red rope around my neck and the small handicraft at the end of the rope, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

"Where did you get this thing, young man?"

"This one was given to me by a friend on my birthday." I thought about it for a moment and decided not to tell him what Daoist Zuo said, so I told a little lie. "Uncle? Is there something wrong? ”

"Nothing, nothing." The old man hurriedly explained, only to see a trace of anxiety flashing in his eyes. "It just looks a little familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere."