This stewed man's face was covered with boiled onions and ginger. After the boiling soup washed away the onions and ginger, I saw the appearance of this 'acquaintance'. I was already frightened and my hair fell straight.
Standing up - isn't this me? Just when my hair stood on end, the old Taoist bared his yellow teeth, pointed at 'me' in the big iron pot and said:
"Want some meat? Now is the time to eat."
"ah!"
I screamed in fright and opened my eyes suddenly. There was no big iron pot or old Taoist priest in front of me. It was still the same small room. I was lying on the camp bed covered in sweat.
My clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and my heart was beating fast.
After calming down for a while, I realized that I had just had a nightmare.
Is it really a dream? Why does it feel like it's really happening?
Looking at the sunlight shining through the crack in the door, I realized that it was dawn.
I looked at my phone and saw that I slept until 6:30 in the morning.
Seeing the sunshine outside, I became bolder.
I walked to the door, unlatched the door, and walked out of the room.
Although it had just dawned, the yard was already filled with sunlight.
Yesterday's heavy fog has long since dissipated, and now the Taoist temple is no longer spooky.
He walked carefully to the mountain gate, peeked out through the crack in the door.
The human figures and animals seen yesterday have disappeared without a trace. Under the rising sun, they are no different from ordinary mountains and forests.
Just when I was hesitating whether I should wait for Li Jin and the others to come over, or go down the mountain now, someone's voice sounded from the courtyard as soon as I entered:
“It’s gold-plated, where’s the ginger?
If ginger is not added to this stew, is it still called stew?
Also, let’s go see if the rightful owner wakes up.
If you wake up, cook it quickly.
With more than a hundred kilograms of meat, why can't it be stewed for most of the day?
Don't use the kitchen knife. How can a kitchen knife split bones?
Use an ax - an ax to chop bones, a kitchen knife to cut meat."
These few words reminded me of the scene in my dream just now, and my hair stood on end.
Could the dream just now be an omen?
Listening to the footsteps coming from inside, how dare I stay here?
I didn't care about anything at the moment, I rushed directly to the gate, pushed open the mountain gate, and ran down the mountain with all my strength.
As soon as I ran out of the mountain gate, I heard a gilded voice coming from behind:
"Donor, where are you going?
Come back quickly! You can’t go down the mountain now, something big will happen.”
"Big trouble will happen if we don't go down the mountain! Are you still waiting for an extra dish for your lunch?"
Thinking of the scene in my dream just now, I exhausted all my strength and ran all the way down the mountain.
On the way, I fell down twice because I was going too fast. Fortunately, I only scratched my skin a little. I got up and ran down the mountain again.
I ran down the mountain in one breath and happened to meet a passing taxi on its way to the city.
Just like that, after getting into the taxi and watching the car start up and the Taoist priests on the mountain not chasing me down, my hanging heart finally returned to my stomach.
After I regained my composure, I said to the driver:
"Master, go to Luoshen Guesthouse"
After hearing my destination, the driver was stunned for a moment, glanced at me in the rearview mirror, and said:
"Are you talking about Luoshen Guest House?
It was built last year and is now being built at the Luoshen Hotel.
Are we talking about the same place?"
I was still in a panic at the time and didn't hear the confusion in the driver's words, so I thought we were talking about different places.
"Luoshen Guest House is the one next to the long-distance bus station.
It’s a four-story building with a video room and a canteen at the entrance.”
After I finished speaking, the driver seemed even more confused.
He scratched his scalp and said to me while driving:
"Brother, how long has it been since you came to Luoshen County?
The guest house is long gone.”
"What's wrong? I just had dinner at the guest house yesterday morning."
It seems that this taxi driver is not a local, and he may have been confused with another guesthouse.
At that moment, I continued to say to the driver:
"Master, just go to the long-distance bus station. When you arrive, you will see Luoshen Guest House."
After I finished speaking, I took out my cell phone and wanted to call Fatty Wang.
There was no news from me that night, so I quickly called to report that everything was safe.
Unexpectedly, after dialing the phone number, a woman's voice came out of the phone:
"Your phone is down"
Why did it shut down? Before I went on a business trip, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to contact my wife at home, so I recharged a phone bill of 100 yuan, and then the phone shut down just a few days ago?
So, I didn't think much about it, I just thought it was something wrong with the telecom operator, and maybe I would be fine after a while.
More than half an hour later, the taxi finally drove into Luoshen County.
Looking at the scenery outside the car window, I vaguely felt that this place seemed a little different from what I had seen a few days ago, but I couldn't tell what was different.
The taxi quickly drove to the long-distance bus station. After I paid the fare and got off, the sight in front of me made me unable to believe my eyes.
Opposite the long-distance station was supposed to be the four-story guest house, but now it has turned into a construction site under construction.
That's right, there is a video room on the left and a canteen on the right, but where is the guest house in the middle?
I walked back and forth twice around the original site of the guest house, but I couldn't see any sign of the guest house.
In desperation, I walked to the canteen next to the guest house in my memory, pointed to the construction site where the construction started, and said to the proprietress who was looking at the shop:
"Sister, I want to ask, where is the guest house next door?"
The lady boss glanced at me, and while playing with the old second-hand cash register, she said to me:
"Returning the guest house - I stopped doing it the year before last.
The county is upgrading and renovating, and plans to build a three-star hotel.
Isn't it? It will be completed by the end of the year.
Brother, you haven’t been to our Luoshen County for a few years, right?
If you want to stay, walk a mile south, there is a guesthouse, and people can stay there."
When I heard that the guest house was shutting down the year before last, my mind was so cluttered that I could no longer hear clearly what the proprietress said.
I couldn't understand why I just stayed in a Taoist temple on the mountain for one night and there was no guest house.
It must be a dream and I haven't woken up yet.
Thinking of this, I raised my hand and gave myself a big mouth.
There was a sound of "Pa!", which scared the landlady. She looked at me with a surprised face, who had a nosebleed.
It's not a dream, it's just that
After wiping the nosebleed, I saw the public phone on the table.
No matter what, let's call Fatty Wang first, maybe he knows what's going on.
But the moment I picked up the phone, I suddenly changed my mind and called my newly pregnant wife.