Chapter 42: Memories of the Past (1)
Wang Dazhi knew that he had caused trouble, so he shrank aside and made a quail shape. Osmanthus saw her sister's painful expression, and was so angry that she almost wanted to throw him downstairs.
Osmanthus hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop Gui Yuan, smiled bitterly, knowing that her opportunity had not yet come. My sister only thought that Wang Dazhi had disturbed her by making a noise, but she knew in her heart that there was actually another reason for the divergence of her breath this time.
In the wonderful realm of heaven and man's induction, she seems to fly high and does not linger on things, but where her mind is covered, the trajectory of everything is in the bottom of her heart, she can see the leaves moving and the insects flying, she can hear the morning and the sunset, and also know that Guiyuan gave Xiao Er a silver ingot, the senior brother stretched out his head to look downstairs, and then he leaned over, looked back, laughed, stroked his palm, every movement was as clear as slow motion, and like a breeze blowing through the ancient magic circle, there was no disturbance with him at all.
At this time, the tentacles of her divine thoughts were about to cover the entire street, but at the corner of the street, a special aura seemed to cut into her senses like a red-hot blade. Osmanthus Huo Ran was shocked to realize that this feeling of palpitations had appeared once in the school field today, but it was not so intense. She was suspicious in her heart, and immediately forcibly suppressed her disordered aura and stood next to Wang Dazhi, looking down in the direction of his gaze just now.
Mingyue Tower is towering like a flock of chickens, but a food street at its feet is full of low-rise shops, doing some small business. A mutton seller returned to the stall, Zhang Meng was eating hard, her sideburns were scattered, her clothes were a little sloppy, she had no demeanor of a disciple of the Immortal Academy, and her eating was even more vicious than the coolies next to her.
Although this stall is small, it is also a little famous in Beicheng. Boss Huizi stewed a good mutton, the most crispy and fragrant, and the whole root can be deboned with a light poke. There is a large pot next to it that never turns off the fire, and the amber broth inside is tumbling all year round to exude a rich and attractive aroma. There are many laborers in the north of the city, and if they have some money in their hands after work, they will come to the stall to call for such a graving. The mutton and soup are served in a sea bowl that is two circles larger than a human head, and then put in the snow-white dumplings, green garlic leaves, and fiery red spicy seeds.
Zhang Meng didn't care about the taste of the food she swallowed, she held the bowl in one hand, and the chopsticks in the other hand, and poured the mutton and dumplings into her mouth with the little soup at the bottom of the bowl, and ate it all. This was the second bowl of belly, and with the meat and broth, the emptiness in her stomach had finally eased a little, but it was obviously far from being full. She stared at the clean bottom of the bowl in her hand for a moment, hesitated, or left some scattered silver and hurriedly got up and left, flustered and scared in her heart.
The monks absorb the aura and energy from their food as the basis of the way of eating, and the legend of the tengu swallowing the sun and the gluttony is not entirely nonsense.
There is a kind of divine concubine jade lily produced in the land of miasma, containing the essence of the fire element, ordinary people will eat one will cause the five elements to be unbalanced and even the seven orifices to bleed, but those who have achieved cultivation can eat 300 noodles a day without changing color, and can also borrow the fire element to quench themselves.
There is also a legend that the ancient Emperor of Heaven raised golden body warriors, all of whom had a large stomach and absorbed amazingly, and ordinary pots and bowls were simply not enough for them to eat, so they had to eat with a tripod. The half-human-tall Dading was used as a cooking utensil, which was filled with meat soup made of rare birds and beasts, called the Lux pot, but it was only the amount of a meal for each of them.
Poor Zhang Meng has limited knowledge, she doesn't know what Shenli has never heard of Lux pot, she only knows that her situation is very abnormal, and Dabi is already hungry with her chest against her back before it is over. In the Xianyuan Canteen, Zhang Meng ate seven or eight bowls of rice with hot soup, but there seemed to be a grinding plate in his abdomen, no matter how much food was thrown into it, it was squeezed in an instant, and there was not even a bit of scum left. During this period, Wang Dazhi helped her to add food, and the Gui sisters came and went, but she turned a blind eye to them all and only cared about burying her head in hardship.
This situation finally aroused the sideways glances of many people, Zhang Meng instinctively felt that it was inappropriate, although he was still hungry, but he didn't dare to stay any longer. After ducking her head and dodging out of the dining hall, she no longer remembered how she had set foot on the road out of the city like a ghost, and it was not until she was awakened by the smell of food at the food stall by the city gate, and immediately sat down and asked for two large bowls of steamed buns with meat to eat, and then she had time to think about why she came and where she was going.
Zhang Meng raised his head to look at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked towards the outside of the city.
Osmanthus looked at the ground condescendingly, and when she saw Zhang Meng get up and leave, she also turned around and was about to rush downstairs. Gui Yuan was startled, and quickly grabbed her, "Are you okay?
"It's too late to explain," Osmanthus said hurriedly, "You eat first, and I'll come when I go." ”
Gui Yuan let go of his hand, but how could he let her go out alone, he hurriedly followed his sister, and did not forget to turn around and tell Wang Dazhi, "You take a good look at the dishes, wait for us to come back." Then I thought about it, I was not at ease, the person had already gone down the next floor, and I didn't forget to turn around and shout, "Don't steal food!"
Wang Dazhi was stunned for a moment, turned around in two circles, stomped his feet fiercely, and finally threw a silver ingot to Xiao Er, and quickly ran downstairs to chase Osmanthus and Longan, muttering in his mouth, "I thought I could come to eat and drink, but I still came to meet the money." Uncle, I gave out the money, but I didn't even eat any hot food, is there anything worse than me?"
Outside the door, the shadow of the Gui family sisters has long been gone, Wang Dazhi looked left and right for a while, not knowing which direction to go, suddenly the corner of his clothes was pulled behind him, Osmanthus pulled him to hide behind a small vendor selling purse handkerchiefs, put a finger on his lips, and signaled him not to make a sound.
It turned out that Zhang Meng had just taken a few steps, and ran back to let people cut two catties of mutton, wrap it in lotus leaves and take it away, but he almost collided head-on with osmanthus. Fortunately, she didn't care about her surroundings at all, she just put the meat in her arms, and strode out of the city without looking.
Wang Dazhi hid in the dark and saw Zhang Meng at a glance, and was immediately startled. He was still sitting with her in the dining hall, and after a while, Zhang Meng's eyes were dark and blue, and the flesh on his cheeks was sunken in a thin state, leaving only two cheekbones high, which was a little scary to look at.
Osmanthus gently pulled Gui Yuan and Wang Dazhi and quietly followed. Gui Yuan turned his head and glared at Wang Dazhi, and gave him a few looks. After the big exam, she supported herself with a lot of excitement, and she still hasn't eaten a grain of rice. Then I went to Mingyue Tower in vain and smelled the fragrance of wine and coriander, but I didn't even eat a flower carapace. Now when I saw Zhang Meng buying meat, I immediately felt envious, so I wanted to signal Wang Dazhi to also buy a pack of white-cut mutton for her to grind her teeth.
It's a pity that Wang Dazhi is really not a gluttonous worm in her stomach, and she didn't understand what Guiyuan meant at all, so she just thought she was urging herself, and hurriedly lowered her head and followed behind Osmanthus.
Gui Yuan's teeth itched angrily, and he had the heart to buy it himself, but he was born road blind, for fear that he would not be able to find his sister when he got separated, so he had to chase after him, and he had already scolded Wang Dazhi who was incomprehensible in his heart one hundred and eighty times.
Wang Dazhi and Guihua Longan were both born and raised locally, and before they entered the fairy courtyard, Wang Gui's two families lived next to each other outside the city. Rao is like this, but the north of the city is a completely strange place for them, and they have never set foot in it.
It turns out that Kwai Ying City was built on natural hazards and has a unique topography. The scenery in the south of the city is beautiful and the products are abundant, and the fertile fields are dotted with hills and rivers, but in the north of the city, the mountains and rivers are quite barren, and a few miles to the north after leaving the city gate is a deep valley with a long moat of hundreds of miles, and the cliffs below are difficult to climb. There is never an elixir fairy grass here, but it is said that there is a man-eating wild beast at the bottom of the cliff, but fortunately, the beast can't climb the rock, but it can't come up to hurt people.
For many years, the people of Kwai Ying Castle used this deep valley as a natural garbage dump, and they threw away any filth and garbage. Therefore, most of the scavengers and those who poured night incense lived nearby, and some people cultivated some vegetable fields along the city wall to chat to make ends meet. Year after year, we have accumulated some population.
But most of the people who live here are poor people, the houses are built in all directions, the roads are muddy and dirty, and you should be especially careful when walking, lest you step on something bad.
Zhang Meng ignored his feet, buried his head and walked fast, fortunately, there was only one road outside the north gate, which led straight to the deep valley, but he was not afraid of losing it. The cultivator was running so fast, and after a while, she had reached the edge of the deep valley, and then turned west without pause, and slipped into a sparse forest against the edge of the cliff. The three of them had to follow from a distance, there was no road here at all, osmanthus could still maintain its demeanor, longan had always been rough, and the honey-colored yarn skirt on the upper body had been hung up in a blink of an eye, and there were many mud spots. She walked on tiptoe with her skirt in her hand, thinking of the flower nails and mutton that she hadn't eaten in her mouth, and couldn't help but feel sad.
At this time, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and the light and shadow in the woods were constantly changing in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the sunny bark was bright and dazzling against the golden light, but the shaded side quickly darkened. Zhang Meng's figure shuttled through it, and was cut and mottled.
From a distance, Gui Yuan saw a large tree hugging several people growing on the edge of the cliff, just blocking Zhang Meng's way, and most of the umbrella-shaped branches and leaves stretched obliquely above the deep valley. Zhang Meng didn't seem to be aware of it, and still ran straight forward without stopping, suddenly crooked in front of the big tree, and then disappeared, without even letting out an exclamation. From behind, it looks like I accidentally hit a tree trunk and fell to the bottom, and then was swallowed up by the abyss.