Although it is early autumn, the air is still quite hot, and I am still sweating when I go out in short sleeves.

However, the weather is still relatively cool in the morning and evening, which makes people feel comfortable for a while.

"Hey, big brother, it's here again, what are you going to eat today?" A bald man with a full face and meat, who looked to be in his thirties, with thick and powerful arms but a bulging belly, beckoned to the regular customer while flipping through dozens of meat skewers in his hand, "Big brother, sit here." ”

A middle-aged man with a young man of eleven or twelve years old, followed the direction he pointed, walked over and sat down at an empty table.

This is a food stall, and this form of dining has always had its place since its inception, and even if the city has risen and fallen several times, it cannot erase their presence.

The owner of this food stall is the man who grilled the meat skewers, and his face is quite fierce, but he is actually a warm-hearted person.

"Boss, I want twenty big skewers!" Before the middle-aged man could speak, the young man spoke first, and he seemed to be very familiar with the boss of this stall.

"Okay!" The bald boss agreed, and at the same time took out another twenty skewers of meat from the box next to him and put them on the fire to roast.

The middle-aged man ignored the young man, just glared at him, and said, "Boss, bring me a beer."

The boss agreed, and the waiter on the side brought him a bottle of cold beer, opened it with a bang, and put it in front of him.

The man himself took a draught beer glass from the side, poured a full glass of beer, and took a sip of it. The cold beer slid down his throat and into his stomach, echoing the cool air outside, giving him a hard beating.

"Big brother, this is just off work again?" The stall owner was closer to the man and asked with a smile.

"Well, I've been working overtime every day for a while, and this kid has no one to cook at home, so I can only come out to eat when I get off work." The man said with a sigh.

"Oh, that's hard enough." The boss said, "What about my sister-in-law?" ”

As soon as the boss finished speaking, he felt the little waiter next to him poke his waist. He turned his head to look at her in confusion, and heard the little waiter whisper, "Don't ask nonsense, his wife divorced him."

"Yo, this is a mess! Big brother, I really didn't mean to, I don't know......" The stall owner quickly turned his head and apologized.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing." This is not something unsightly, and if you can't go on, you will leave. ”

The boss held the meat skewers in his hand, sent them to the middle-aged man's table, put them in a tray, and said with a smile: "The two of you eat first, it's not enough to greet me again."

"Boss, another bibimbap!" As soon as the stall owner left, the boy shouted again.

This time, his father seemed to be a little angry, frowned and said, "You want so much, have you finished eating?"

"It's okay, big brother, even if I invited this meal." The stall owner hurriedly instructed the waiter to give a bibimbap to this table.

"What's so embarrassing, this ......," the middle-aged man said as he looked at the stall owner.

"It's okay, it's just a bibimbap." The stall owner said with a kind smile.

The middle-aged man thanked him and began to eat and drink by himself.

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew on his body, and half of the wine that had just sprung up was gone. When I turned my head, I saw my son, holding a meat skewer in his hand and stuffing it into his mouth, and a pair of chopsticks were inserted vertically on the bibimbap.

The man was suddenly furious, and a slap slapped the young man's head, hitting him on the head so low that the meat he had just eaten in his mouth was knocked out.

"Little rabbit, who told you to stick chopsticks like this?" The man glared at the boy and reprimanded.

The face was full of grievances in front of him, looking at the angry father, he really didn't know what mistake he had made, so he was slapped by his father. Or did your father drink too much and commit domestic violence against himself?

At this moment, the food stalls are already sparsely populated, and there are only a few diners on the three tables. The boss had no work for the time being, and when he saw the man beating the child, he took two more meat skewers from the stove, and came over with a cup and a bottle of beer.

He pulled out the chopsticks from the bibimbap in front of him, put them on the table, and said, "You don't know this, don't stick chopsticks like this at night, you can only insert chopsticks like this when you make offerings to the dead." It's almost half past eleven, and it's ......."

The boss's words didn't continue, the young man's eyes were already round, and the man obviously knew what the boss was going to say, so he snorted twice in front of him.

"And, do you know what day it is?" The boss stretched his face to the front and said with a mysterious smile, "You know what? ”

"What day?" There was some weakness in front of him, looking at the mysterious smile of the bald boss, and asked with a trembling smile.

"Today, it is the fifteenth day of the seventh month, also called the seventh half of the month, it is the Midyear Festival, and the legend is the day when the ghost gate of the underworld is opened." The boss said slowly, "On this day, that is, from eleven o'clock to one o'clock in the morning, the ghost gate will be wide open, and then it will slowly close over time, until dawn when the rooster crows, the ghost gate will be completely closed." ”

"When the ghost gate is opened, those various ghosts in the underworld will run out, this is their annual festival, and no ghost will miss it." The stall owner deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Before the ghost gate closes, they must all return to the underworld, otherwise they will ......."

The stall owner didn't say anything more, but instead focused on biting the meat skewers in his hands.

"Otherwise what?" The front seemed to be attracted, "You say it quickly?" ”

"Otherwise, they won't be able to go back, stay in the yang world!" The stall owner glanced ahead and suddenly said loudly.

His voice startled the young man, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw the young man's reaction, and said, "Look at your fright, the ghosts that stay in the sun will be illuminated by the rising sun tomorrow morning, and then disappear!" But this is all superstitious, what the hell is there in this world? ”

After speaking, the boss bit the meat skewer fiercely.

The man drank the beer in the quilt in one gulp, patted the young man's head and said, "Hurry up and eat, it's not too early, go back to sleep after eating!"

The boy bowed his head and let out an "oh" and began to destroy his share of bibimbap.

"Brother, if you don't believe it, you can't talk nonsense, haven't you heard of a god three feet above your head?" The man said to the boss. Suddenly, there was another cool breeze, which seemed to echo what the man said.

In the apartment that Chu Han rented, he was looking at Liang Xiaoyan's bedroom door impatiently, and said, "Liang Xiaoyan, you can't do it, it's too late if you don't leave!" I don't want to be tormented by that punishment again, hurry up! ”

Liang Xiaoyan said yes in the room, the door opened, and she walked out of it.

Chu Han raised his head, although he was a little angry, but after seeing Liang Xiaoyan, he felt that his eyes lit up.

Liang Xiaoyan also wore light makeup today, wearing a brand-new white lace-edged dress, which made her look quite fresh and refined. Coupled with her delicate facial features, it is really addictive.

"What are you doing dressed like this?" Chu Han asked.

"Today is the Midyear Festival, the underworld celebrates the festival, and we are still assigned to the ghost market, why don't we have a good time?" Liang Xiaoyan pouted and said.

"Okay, okay, let's not go shopping, we're on duty, on official duty!" Chu Han glared at her twice, correcting her deviated thoughts.

Liang Xiaoyan couldn't help but stick out her tongue, looking playful and cute, Chu Han didn't want to lose his temper with her all the time, so he had to wave his hand, open the door and walk out.