Fairy Tea Temple Notes

Ke Shicheng used to take over commissions from Yongping Town, a small town with a rather small reputation, formerly known as the acropolis to guard against pirates in ancient times.There are many resentful souls here, and occasionally there will be some supernatural events, which is not difficult for the adult Ke Shicheng.

When he was young, Lin Jinkai told Ke Shicheng not to go to two places, one was Kengnei Village in Baishui Town, and the other was Yongping Town.Kengnei Village is now deserted, and there are still many residents in Yongping Town. People and ghosts have lived together for hundreds of years, and most of the time, they live in peace.

There are always some places that become yin due to the occurrence of a large number of dead people, but the breath of living people can suppress yin qi. As long as there are many residents, ghosts are not easy to cause trouble.

There are many residents in Yongping Town, and there are tourists every day, so Ke Shicheng was slightly surprised when he received the commission.

The client is Lao Cai, who sells meat dumplings. There is a meat dumpling shop in the old neighborhood of Yongping Town.What he entrusted was to find his grandson, who was lost in the ghost month.

The old street in Yongping Town is ancient, and the shops there are all time-honored, and most of them have been closed for a long time.

People's buying habits have changed. A long time ago, you had to go to a sewing shop to buy thread, a rice shop to buy rice, and a cloth shop to buy cloth, so there were many types of shops.Later, to buy these commodities a department store or a supermarket solved the problem.Closing down is inevitable in history, just like the wooden door shops in the old street, it has been outdated for a long time, and no one uses it at all now.

Why didn't Lao Cai's meat dumpling shop close down?One, this is selling food after all, and the neighbors usually help out, so they can still survive; two, this is the most famous meat dumpling shop in Yongping Town, some tourists even come here especially for the name, and the income is just enough.

Lao Cai, who has sold meat dumplings for most of his life, is the only one in the shop with his wife Cai Po.Sons and daughters do not live in small towns, but go to live in cities.

It has become a habit for the old couple to guard the meat dumpling shop day after day, year after year.If the stalls are not closed, the children will invite them to the city to enjoy the blessings, but they are not used to it.

During the Ghost Moon, the locals would offer sacrifices to ghosts, gods and ancestors. When Lao Cai's son and daughter-in-law came back to help, they brought their grandson along.

This little grandson is called Caitou, and he is seven years old.

Caitou's grandfather fell ill and was hospitalized, and Caitou's mother wanted to take care of him, so Caitou's parents sent Caitou back to his grandparents.

On this day, ghosts and gods were sacrificed, Cai Zhiquan and his wife went back to the city, and Cai Tou was left at his grandparents' house.Caitou was also sent to Yongping Town on weekends in the past, so Caitou lived in his grandparents' house and got used to it.

Liu Caitou was alone at home watching TV and playing computer games. His grandparents were worried, so they brought him to the store.The little guy knew his situation a long time ago, so he ran to the store next door to play with his friends.

Next door to Lao Cai's Meat Dumplings is a incense candle shop, the owner of the incense candle shop also has a grandson, one year older than Cai Tou, named Qiu Zihao, Cai Tou calls him Brother Hao.

In the ghost month, there are many neighbors who go to the incense candle shop to buy incense paper. Brother Hao's grandmother, Qiu Po, is busy buying and selling in the shop. Brother Hao and Cai Tou sit on the low stool in front of the shop and play together.Brother Hao has a tablet computer for playing small games, and Cai Tou is watching. Occasionally, Brother Hao will proudly lend it to Cai Tou to play.

At dusk, the meat dumpling shop was open for business. There were four or five customers in the shop, ordering small intestine soup here and vinegar broth there. Lao Cai and the vegetable lady were busy with business and couldn't take care of their grandson.

Cai Tou happily took Brother Hao's tablet and poked the game, and Brother Hao would point out from time to time.The two children were unaware that there was a child standing quietly behind them.The child was wearing an old school uniform, a short white shirt, brown cropped trousers, a pair of leather shoes under white stockings, and a cloth bag.

"Can I play?"

The boy in the school uniform asked, his voice was not loud, and his accent was a little strange.

"No, I haven't played enough."

Cai Tou held the tablet computer tightly, and he lowered his head, staring at the screen, not caring who was talking behind him.

"Caitou, who are you talking to?"

"Someone asked me just now, he also wants to play."

Brother Hao looked around suspiciously. Apart from them, there were no other children at all.

"No one is talking."

"Yes, it's strange."

Cai turned his head and looked behind him, but there was no one behind him.

"You're dead again, it's up to me to play!"

Brother Hao snatched the tablet and was occupied by Caitou for a long time. He only borrowed Caitou to play for a while for his brother's sake.

"Let me play for a while."

Caitou was reluctant to let go and begged.

"Ask your parents to buy you one."

Brother Hao refused to let go, and slid his fingers skillfully on the screen, operating a small figure to jump and run.

Cai's head was a little injured, so he left Brother Hao and walked towards his family's meat dumpling shop.

"Shall we play together?"

Caitou heard a voice again, he turned his head and saw a boy of the same age standing behind him, although he was dressed a bit dirty, he was smiling at him.

"Okay, what do you want to play?"

Caitou doesn't really want to go back to the meat dumpling shop, it's boring to go back,

"Play and see who can run faster."

The boy in school uniform pointed to the old stone road. The street here is like a landslide, with ups and downs.Yongping Town is built on a hill, and it is built next to the mountain.

"It's boring."

Cai Tou didn't want to run, so he turned and left, wandering around.

The boy in the school uniform seemed to be lonely, he followed Caitou and followed him all the time.No, the two played together, Cai Tou shared his pull-string top, and the boy in school uniform shared his painted paper.

It was getting dark soon, and Mrs. Cai came out of the shop and called Caitou's name. The neighbors nearby pointed to the front and said they saw him playing there.Granny Cai went over and pulled Cai Tou away, saying to him, "Didn't you play with Ah Hao? Why did you come here by yourself?" Cai Tou was dragged away helplessly by his grandma, holding two pieces of painted paper in his hand, He said in his mouth: "I lent you the top, return it to me tomorrow."

"Who are you talking to?" Cai Po asked Cai Tou.

"Grandma, it's a friend I just met today."

Granny Cai didn't see anyone around her, but it was dark and her old eyes were dim, so she wasn't sure if there was really no one.

"Grandma told you, don't run around in the ghost month, just play outside the house, do you know?"

"Know it."

Caitou doesn't talk back to grandma, he still listens to his parents, who told him not to make grandma angry.

Early the next morning, Cai Tou went to the meat dumpling shop with his grandparents, where he watched grandma peel radishes and prepare small intestine soup.Grandpa went to the vegetable market early in the morning and hasn't come back yet.After a while, Caitou felt bored and looked at the street outside the store.

Early in the morning, there were no people on the street, and most of the shops in the old street were closed, and it was impossible to reopen, so it looked even more deserted.Just when Caitou was thinking about going to play with Brother Hao, he suddenly saw a boy with a cloth schoolbag standing across the street. The boy was waving at him. It was the same person who played with him yesterday.

"Grandma, I'm going to play with my friends."

"After playing for a while, come back and do your homework. Grandma will call you."

Granny Cai was still peeling radishes, and she felt relieved because her grandson was usually more obedient.

"Know it."

Cai Tou trotted out of the shop, crossed the street, and greeted his little friend.

"Shall we go there to play today?"

The boy in the school uniform asked Caitou. He pointed to the Fanzai building in front. It looked a little old, with stone walls and iron gates in the old house.But in this old house, even Caitou knew that no one lived in it.The old house is really dilapidated, even the walls are covered with vines.

"What's the fun, and there's no way to go in."

"I know the way, I'll take you in."

"it is good."

The boy in school uniform led the way, and Cai Tou followed.

"Hey, what's your name?"

Caitou felt that he should ask his friend's name.

"My name is Wang Zhiyuan."

"My name is Caitou."

"Caitou?"

Classmate Wang expressed some doubts, but he thought the name was quite interesting.

After the two came to the old house, Wang Zhiyuan squatted under the wall and brushed away the weeds, and soon a hole was exposed.

"Wow, there is a hole here, Zhiyuan, did you dig it?"

"No, it was there before."

Wang Zhiyuan went through the cave and entered the old house. He urged Caitou through the wall: "You also come in, hurry up, don't be discovered by adults."

Feeling nervous and excited, Caitou quickly got into the hole and came to the old house.

The old house is dusty, but still recognizably luxurious inside.

"Whose house is this, it's so big!"

"my home."

Wang Zhiyuan took off his schoolbag, ran up the wooden ladder, and greeted Cai Tou: "Come up, come up, I have a lot of toys in my room!"

Cai Tou looked around, but didn't hear Wang Zhiyuan's words: My house.

He was greeted by Cai Tou and ran up the stairs with Cai Tou.The old wooden ladder crackled, and only the two of them walked through the huge courtyard.

That day, Cai Tou played at Wang Zhiyuan's house for a while, remembering what his grandma said, and told Wang Zhiyuan that he was going back and had to do his homework.

Wang Zhiyuan stood up straight, raised his hands in salute and said: study hard and serve the country.

Caitou thought he was a bit strange, but he didn't take it seriously.

Just like when he came, Caitou crawled out of the hole, lowered his head and patted the dirt on his body, looked up and Wang Zhiyuan was already standing beside him.Cai Tou said: "You are so fast!" Wang Zhiyuan asked Cai Tou: "Are you coming to play later?" Cai Tou said: "No, my father will pick me up at noon."

Wang Zhiyuan looked very frustrated, and pulled the strap of the cloth schoolbag: "What about tomorrow?" Cai Tou said, "It's the weekend next week, and I'll come again."

Cai Tou waved his hand and ran out of the alley. He had already heard his grandma shouting, "Big head, big head."

Caitou's head is actually not very big. It seems that the head was bigger when he was a baby, so there is this name.

Cai headed back to the meat dumpling shop, lying on the dining table to do his homework.Grandpa cooked a bowl of vinegar meat and rice noodle soup, brought it to him, and said: "Eat it when it is cold, and burn your tongue as soon as it comes out of the pot." The family runs a meat dumpling shop, so the meat dumpling has long been tired of eating, and Datou doesn't like it. Meat dumplings.

Grandpa returned to work by the stove, and grandma was behind the shop, washing pig intestines in the vegetable bowl.

Cai Tou bit his pen and looked at the Chinese questions on the test paper, feeling very distressed. He was good at math but bad at Chinese.

"Choose this."

One finger pointed the answer to the multiple-choice question, and at the same time a small voice sounded.

Cai raised his head, and sure enough he saw Wang Zhiyuan, who was sitting opposite him.

"What about this question?"

Caitou is very happy, but he is worried that he can't finish his homework.

"It should be this one, I haven't studied this text before."

Wang Zhiyuan reviewed the next question and gave Cai Tou an answer.

The grandfather by the stove asked aloud, "Big head, who are you talking to?"

"A friend."

After Cai Tou answered, he noticed that Wang Zhiyuan put his index finger to his lips and made a "secret" gesture.

"Ahao?"

Grandpa came out from the stove, planning to get some food for Ah Hao.Guiyue often worships, and there are so many snacks that Datou can't finish it all by himself.

"Why is there no one, are you leaving?"

Grandpa put a large bag of seaweed on Caitou's homework desk, along with two bottles of milk.Cai Tou looked at Wang Zhiyuan who was sitting opposite him, and felt so miraculous.He didn't answer his grandfather's words, but opened the seaweed and gnawed on it.

Grandpa turned around and sat down by the stove again, lit a cigarette and rested.

"Can't my grandpa see you?"

Cai Tou gave Wang Zhiyuan a small bag of seaweed, Wang Zhiyuan held it in his hand, looked at it, but did not open it.

"Am I the only one who can see you?"

Caitou opened the Wangzai milk and gave a bottle to Wang Zhiyuan.Wang Zhiyuan looked at the bottle of milk, seeming curious as to how Cai Tou opened it.

"It seems so, no one has seen me for a long time."

Cai Tou couldn't understand Wang Zhiyuan's answer.

"Zhiyuan drink."

Caitou had finished drinking the bottle of milk, so he urged Wang Zhiyuan.

Wang Zhiyuan picked up the milk, took a sip carefully, and licked his lips. He thought it was delicious, so he started to drink it.

On this day, Wang Zhiyuan taught Cai Tou to do homework, and Cai Tou rewarded Wang Zhiyuan with snacks.Grandpa and grandma thought that Cai Tou was really good, he was doing his homework so seriously, and he did it very quickly.

At noon, Caitou's father drove over to pick up Caitou. Caitou got into the car, but the door was not closed. He waved to Wang Zhiyuan who was standing outside the car, signaling him to get in the car.Wang Zhiyuan looked at Caitou melancholy, then looked back at the Fanzai building behind him, and waved his hand.

Caitou didn't know until later that Wang Zhiyuan's scope of activities was limited and he couldn't leave the old street.

It was another weekend, at noon, Caitou came to Yongping Town, this time it was his mother who drove him over.When he got out of the car, he saw Wang Zhiyuan standing in front of his shop.Cai Tou was very happy, and waved a square thing in his hand to Wang Zhiyuan. It was a newly bought tablet computer.

Mother handed Caitou to grandparents and left. Caitou took the tablet and said to go out to play, and ran out of the store like flying.There were a few customers who came to have lunch in the store. Grandpa and grandma were busy and had no time to talk to Caitou, although grandma still shouted from behind his buttocks: "Come back for dinner after playing for a while! Don't run away!"

If grandma poked her head out to look outside the store, she would find that her grandson was chatting cheerfully with the air, not running to play with Ah Hao at all.

Cai Tou sat with Wang Zhiyuan in the garden of Fanzai Building and played games. He taught Wang Zhiyuan how to play "Escape from the Temple", and Wang Zhiyuan learned it quickly.

There are two children, with a bluestone bench under their buttocks, surrounded by blooming flowers and weeds, one is playing games, the other is watching, and the two come in turns, laughing and laughing, quite harmonious.

Another week passed, and Caitou went to Yongping Town again.Finally, someone found Caitou talking to himself on the road, and his figure still appeared in the Wang's building.The person who discovered it was a grandmother who lived nearby. She went to a meat dumpling shop to buy meat dumplings, told Granny Cai about it, and said: "Go to the temple and ask for an amulet. It's not easy for children to bump into it." s things."

Grandma and grandpa rushed to Wangjialou to look for Caitou, and they saw Caitou inside, and he was still playing with his tablet on the balcony on the second floor.

"Caitou, come out!"

Grandma yelled anxiously outside the courtyard gate, and grandpa tried to climb the iron gate, but his bones didn't allow him, so he climbed twice and then slid down again.

When Caitou saw his grandparents coming, he hurried downstairs and crawled out of the hole, covered in dirt.Naturally, he was dragged back by grandma and grandpa.Back in the store, grandpa made a gesture of beating him with bamboo strips, and Cai Tou hid behind grandma in fright.

"He always said he had a friend, oops, why didn't I pay attention."

"Old man, I'll take him to the temple to ask for a talisman."

Grandma blamed herself quite a bit, and took Cai Tou and walked towards the temple.Don't look at grandma who is thin and thin, with a vigorous pace.

Cai Tou lowered his head, reluctantly, and was dragged into the temple by his grandmother.Behind Caitou, Wang Zhiyuan followed from a distance, Wang Zhiyuan looked worried.

When Caitou came out, he pinned a pack of talismans on his clothes. He didn't feel any difference, but he couldn't see Wang Zhiyuan around, so he didn't know where he went.