Ginger's grocery store

Jiang Yuan lived in Kunwu Residence completely, and he was overjoyed and had a big meal.

So he ordered a bunch of takeaways.

"Eat, the family bucket of Fengcai cost me more than 100 oceans. There is also BSK's big pizza. I chose the potato wedges, and I can add double cheese." Jiang Yuan held a disposable lunch box Noodles, spaghetti with tomato and meat sauce, the small green basil leaves on top, the way is quite satisfactory, and it can still be said to be delicious. "I also ordered barbecue and casserole. On our street, we will deliver it when it is ready. What else do you want to eat, order whatever you want, and treat you."

Dajin & Xiaoman & Zhuzhu: "..."

Daikin: "I was wrong, woo, I want to eat takeaway, heavy oil and salt, it's seasoning."

Jiang Yuan continued to talk about the noodles. In good conscience, he thinks it is quite delicious. After rebirth, there are not many opportunities to eat outside food, and he misses it.

Da Jin lay powerlessly on the table, paws on Jiang Yuan's hand, Po's eyes were watery, "Don't be angry, you cook, we will help you." After eating two meals, he felt hungry and thin .

Xiao Man nodded obediently, "Help."

Zhuzhu: "Spiritually with you." The species of Zhuzhu is said to be the highly poisonous spider black widow, and the ingredients it touches will directly become highly poisonous, and you will die if you eat it.

Jiang Yuan looked at the crowd and asked everyone to eat, and said with a smile: "It will be greasy when it is cold, and it will not taste good. I ordered so much, it's a pity not to eat it."

He just didn't say anything to change his mind and cook for everyone.

Using good cooking skills to gradually conquer everyone's taste buds, Jiang Yuan took the route of "surrounding the city from the countryside". I don't understand the world, so I don't care about it.

Similarly, he doesn't care about it now.

Jiang Yuan is an upright and cheerful young man, not petty and fussy.

Not caring about it doesn't mean that you don't feel sad in your heart. In order to make yourself feel better, grind their mouths a little.Jiang Yuan felt the sense of accomplishment of being sought after as a craftsman. Look, he has his own loyal diners.

Biting the chicken leg unrepentantly, Daikin said weakly: "Hungry Ghost Festival will be in two days, and our store will prepare big bargains as usual. This is the first time we have reopened in the past 20 years. Make it more grand."

"Hungry Ghost Festival big bargain?" Jiang Yuan knows about Mid-Autumn Festival discounts and Spring Festival activities. What the hell is Ghost Festival?

Da Jin said: "Ang, the gate of ghosts is wide open on the Ghost Festival. Many ghosts who have not been reincarnated into reincarnation will come to Yangjian after the approval of the underworld to meet their descendants and see the changes in the world. On that day, there will be hundreds of ghosts. Night walks. There are some on the old street, don’t get lost and follow them when the time comes, be careful and join the team and you won’t be able to come back.”

Every year, some people see the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts and are bewitched to join it. Their souls are coerced and they can't find their way home. They are completely lost, and their bodies become incomplete containers for their souls.

"Our Kunwu residence is a place that ghosts like to patronize. They come out once a year, and the desire to buy is very strong." Dajin rubbed his hands, and said in a financial obsession: "It's just to clear the inventory and put it in the warehouse. All the old goods in the store are sold."

"Then pay attention to Xiaoman, the warehouse has to cooperate with this big reward event." After listening to the introduction, Jiang Yuan quickly entered the role state. Zhu/Zhu Niang cheered up to deal with the sale that day, Dajin...forget about Dajin, just stay by the side and Luezhen, at least it is a divine beast, able to control the situation.

"Well, everyone, recharge your batteries and get ready for the big reward that is coming." Jiang Yuan changed the subject, "So I don't cook anymore recently, the real thing is to cultivate a good spirit."

"Wow, please cook." Da Jin hugged Jiang Yuan's hand, with tears in his eyes, "We can't live without you."

Jiang Yuan: "..." He is living well.

Da Jin: "Bah, bah, I can't live without your skills."

Jiang Yuan: "Hehe, I'm a cook." He wants to be a man standing in the three realms, so he doesn't want to be trapped in the kitchen all the time.Cooking food is his hobby, not the whole of his life. Jiang Yuan is delighted with his strategy and at the same time, he has thought about the next step, which is to cook a meal occasionally, instead of being responsible for three meals a day all day.

Daikin: "...not at all."

Jiang Yuan: "You hesitated."

Da Jin: "It was choking on chicken legs. I don't know what kind of chicken was used. It tastes really bad. My stomach is full of red hearts, and I don't like imported products."

Jiang Yuan stroked his chin and said, "That's a pity, I know how to cook foreign dishes, such as red wine stewed beef, fried steak, macaroni with mushroom bolognese sauce, seafood risotto, creamy corn chowder..."

"I like everything you do." Da Jin hurriedly flattered him.

Jiang Yuan patted his head, "Good boy~"

Da Jin squinted his eyes to look at Jiang Yuan. The boy had a lot of small things in his belly, so he really fell for him.

Jiang Yuan grinned, "I'll go to the field to have a look."

He thought in his heart that he should find a few good helpers for the kitchen. Ghost servants can help but they can't get close to Yanghuo, and they can't use it even if they can cook. It's not good to eat cold food every day.Kunwuju is special, so I don't know if we can recruit ordinary humans, but monsters are also pretty good.

Lifting off the blue calico, Jiang Yuan stepped out and came to Datian.Because he officially lived in Kunwuju, Dajin has removed the fog barrier here, and he can see the scenery of the whole Daejeon in his eyes, the endless plain of Yimapingchuan, with dense green forests, dense grasses, and flowers everywhere ...is breathtakingly beautiful.

The more than 20 mu of land he opened is distributed in a long strip, which is just a drop in the ocean in the boundless grassland, unremarkable.

On the grassland, at an unknown distance from him, Jiang Yuan saw a stone statue of unknown height. The stone statue had nine tiger heads and human faces, and he immediately thought of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Hai Nei Xi Jing" It is said in the book, "The body of the enlightened beast is as big as a tiger, and it has nine heads, all of which have human faces, facing east on Kunlun... There are nine gates on the front, guarded by enlightened beasts, where all the gods are."

The stone statue is Luwu, an enlightened beast. I don't know why it appeared in Kunwu's residence.

Behind the Enlightened Beast, there are clouds lingering, like tulle, which sometimes gathers and sometimes disperses, and there are looming mountains in the clouds.

Da Jin told Jiang Yuan that the mountain was Kunwu Mountain.

Kunwu Mountain is the origin of weak water, but here, Jiang Yuan did not see any shadow of lakes and rivers.I usually water the crops in the field, or pick the water in the water tank in the kitchen.

The reason, Jiang Yuan asked Da Jin, but did not get an answer, only said that he should not know, maybe it is some ancient secret.

In the forest, there were many little dolls looking at Jiang Yuan with their heads poking around, talking in low voices.

——Look, that is the new owner of Kunwuju.

The vanilla extract who was caught once "near the dead" patted his chest - and gave me strawberries to eat.

A group of little dolls said "wow", feeling that vanilla extract is so powerful.

Of course Jiang Yuan noticed such a big commotion, and when he looked over, the little guys scattered like birds and beasts, and disappeared in an instant.

"...I just want to ask if there is a big goblin, so that someone can cook."

Jiang Yuan looked back and picked a bunch of small tomatoes from the ground and ate them slowly. He walked to the grass and sat down. The breeze made people feel comfortable. He lay down and looked at the sky. Although there was no blue sky and white clouds fluttering, but The world here is more comfortable than any place called "natural oxygen bar".

"The world seems to be the same after becoming a regular." Jiang Yuan muttered to himself, "As the owner of the shop, did I forget to apply for a salary for myself?"

"That's right." Da Jin jumped and landed lightly on Jiang Yuan's chest, "Ten percent of the income from Kunwuju belongs to you."

Jiang Yuan asked: "Actually, I've always wondered why money is used for settlement? Why not soul, lifespan..."

Da Jin: "Stop watching TV, watch it, it will make children look stupid."

Jiang Yuan=

Daikin explained, "Money is handed over in hundreds of hands, and complex human emotions are attached to it. The purpose of Kunwuju's existence is not to make money, not to become famous, but to..."

Jiang Yuan waited expectantly for the answer.

"Probably because of faith?" Da Jin shrugged humanely, "The founder of Kunwuju is the Emperor of Heaven, so he asked me to come here to be the God of God, and he didn't tell me why. Maybe it was just for fun."

Jiang Yuan: "Oh."

What an unreliable answer, Jiang Yuan no longer expects any word from Da Jin's mouth, tall and mysterious, Tong!System!No!Have!What a disappointment!

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On July [-]th, Kunwuju opened the store as usual, and the long table at the door still has the crops produced in the field. Freshly added vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, green peppers, etc. are very popular. Well, Aunt Li in the supermarket next door is usually the first one to grab the first fresh products.

Today, however, I didn’t come here until three poles after the sun, and when I came, I was absent-minded when picking vegetables. I took a basket of cowpeas and said that I bought all tomatoes.

Jiang Yuan asked with concern: "Aunt Li, are you okay?"

Aunt Li said: "It's okay, you, Aunt Li, and I practice square dancing every day, eat well and sleep well, and live forever, what can we do?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yuan took the basket in her hand and put a few tomatoes and cucumbers in it, "So what's bothering you?"

Aunt Li hesitated for a while, and said truthfully, "I dreamed about my old man."

Jiang Yuan looked at her and waited for the next article.

"I'm not ashamed to find a wife down there, and said he brought us tonight to see how he's doing." Aunt Li was full of hatred, shame and fear when she spoke. Her father had been dead for decades. Mom changed her marriage later, so she is not from the Li family, so it is normal for the old man to find another one, because he also wants a companion to live down here.But...but why do you still ask to make wedding wine for them in Yangshi!

Speaking of this, Aunt Li gritted her teeth, "His wife doesn't say where he is, but just asks me to buy wine for a wedding banquet, which is really unreasonable. My family is a member of the party and members. If you don't believe it, I told him That said, he wants to arrest me to see a psychiatrist. I’m so annoyed recently, it’s only a few hours before dark, what should I do?”

"The old man probably wants his relatives in Yangjian to have a witness. I hope he and his wife can sleep in the same coffin. It's understandable." Jiang Yuan remembered the pair of candles that Xuanjian spit out before, they were dragon and phoenix wedding candles , it is suitable for use at wedding banquets, "I am a junior, and I don't know much. I came up with an idea, Aunt Li, and see if it can work. You get a table of wine and put it at home, and then light candles to get married , Ask the old man what he means at the wedding banquet, do you want to share the same coffin? Of course, if nothing happens tonight, so what if you eat this table by yourself, uncle will never say anything if he doesn't know your arrangement. "

When the time comes to witness the ghost marriage with my own eyes, maybe the elders, party members, and party members will have their three views broken. "How's Uncle's heart?" It can't be too exciting, and the body appears to be good or bad.

"It's fine to keep it from him, why didn't I think of it." Aunt Li suddenly realized, "It's okay, it's okay, I go to the gym every day to fight boxing, the kind of boxing."

"That's fine." No matter what happens, you should be able to handle it.

Aunt Li asked, "Your pair of candles?"

"It's not expensive. There is an event in the store today. All goods will be discounted by 30, and you can take away [-]." Jiang Yuan said an honest price. It would be more expensive without a discount. He didn't even have the nerve to say the original price, and even put The fraction was erased, and a whole number was said directly.

Aunt Li gasped, and asked again with trembling fingers, "How much?" I don't know if it was shock or anger, she was shaking like Parkinson's.

Jiang Yuan was shy, "30."

Aunt Li: "...Forget it, there are candles in my supermarket, and the red pair only costs [-] yuan." She was still muttering, how can there be activities on July [-]th, and show them to ghosts.

The activities of the Ghost Festival in Kunwuju are really dedicated to ghosts, and people just bring them along.

Not long after Aunt Li bought the vegetables, a man and a woman walked in. They seemed to be very wealthy. After coming in, they went straight to the topic, "I heard that the boss has a pair of candles?"

"Yes." Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows. Aunt Li felt that expensive things would be bought immediately. There is no such store in this village, so you have to start early. "Today is a holiday, and there is an event in the store. All goods will be 30% off." , after erasing the odds, the price of Longfeng Xizhu is [-]."

"Okay." The customer bought it without frowning.

Jiang Yuan likes bold guests, "Thanks for your patronage, welcome to come again next time." He presented the packaged dragon and phoenix wedding candles, "Welcome to Kunwuju anytime."

The man and woman whispered something after receiving the dragon and phoenix candle, and ignored the enthusiastic Jiang Yuan, and walked out with things in their hands, looking hurried.

There were only two guests during the day, the sun rose and then set, the last ray of light disappeared on the horizon, the sky was completely dark, the moon hung on the sky, the sky was round and bright, and a different kind of excitement was brewing, and it was about to begin.

Different from usual, the neighbors on the old street today closed their doors and locked them early as if they had made an agreement, and few of the small stalls came out. Those who came out saw the deserted appearance on the street, which seemed unusual, so they quickly slipped away. Don't dare to stay longer.

As the night grew darker, the atmosphere on the old street became more and more intense, except for the hoarse screams of insects, which rang and rang again and again tirelessly.

The night is as cool as water, black and thick as ink, there seems to be living things surging around the corners, if you look closely, you can see under the dim light, but there is nothing in the corners.

The originally bright street lights turned dim tonight for some unknown reason.

A trolley slowly creaked from one end of the old street, with melons the size of a human head piled up on it, and a round-clothed child sat on the front of the trolley, swinging his calves, and sang softly in a crunchy voice, "Falling!" The red is in array, the wind is blowing tens of thousands of points, and people are worried. The pond is dreamy, and the spring is farewell to the sill; "

The child's voice sang a melodious and sad tune, adding unspeakable sadness and desolation in the midsummer night.

The cart creaked without stopping, and the person pushing the cart appeared in the bright place. He was tall and thin, wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and a long pole was inserted horizontally on his back. The long pole seemed to be used for punting.

The melons on the cart are round and big, with clear and obvious grid patterns, the melon stalks are fresh and tender, and the juice oozes from the fracture, which should have just been picked from the field.

Da Jin urged Jiang Yuan to go out to buy. The big melon that grows next to the Wangchuan River can be eaten once a year. It is juicy, sweet and delicious.

As the cart approached, Jiang Yuan went out to stop them, and then he saw clearly that the child sitting in the front of the cart was flat and had nothing but a small red mouth.

"When buying a melon, it must be round." According to what Da Jin said, Jiang Yuan asked the melon seller.

The child's bright red mouth opened and closed, inside the red lips, sharp teeth loomed, "If you are not round, you don't need money."

The little hand touched the melon pile and found a melon with a slightly flat body. The child was furious and threw the big melon to the ground. Meaty, clear melon fragrance spreads out.A group of things hiding in the dark rushed out quickly, greedily eating the melon meat. They were a group of big black-haired rats with red eyes, which were ominous.

After smashing the big melon that ruined the roundness, the child regained his composure, and his little hands started to touch the melons again, and after a while, he picked out a round and big melon, "Look at this melon, it's big and round, it's big and round. The car is big and wide... Here, it’s free, no money.”

Jiang Yuan took it, "Thank you." The impromptu rap was very touching.

The child smiled, "You're welcome, just give more money when crossing the river. Otherwise, grow melons."

Instead of planting melons in the ground, it is used as a fertilizer for improved cantaloupe.The ferryman on the Wangchuan River and his son, according to Da Jin, are lunatics with obsessive-compulsive disorder, forcing the long cantaloupe to grow into a round shape, and they are very paranoid.Later, I don’t know who got the advice, or the melon couldn’t stand the “self-mutilation”, so it was rounded up all at once, and the taste was very good, so it was very popular among the public.

Every year, Zhongyuan and his son go to Yangshi to sell melons. Any mortal who buys his melons will have to pay double the money to cross the river in the future.

"I thought that if you buy a melon and cross the river, you don't need money. You don't follow the routine." Jiang Yuan looked at the melon in his hand, "...Is it okay to return it?"

Da Jin said: "No, don't worry, melons grown from flesh and blood as fertilizer will taste better."

"Don't, I don't have such a strong taste." Jiang Yuan didn't want to joke with his body, what should he do if he mutated after eating it?The cow got mad cow disease after eating the powdered feed of the same kind. He didn't want to become a zombie and become the source of the zombie apocalypse.

"...Every day, I don't know what's going on in your mind."

Jiang Yuan said: "Probably because of food and sex."

Da Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead, and wanted to say that your "sex" is too high-end, but he swallowed the words, "I'm lying to you, melons grown from corpse bones will carry corpse poison, they won't bring it back." Yangshimai, eat at ease."

"...All right, try it later." Jiang Yuan tilted his head, "Here we come."

The appearance of the ferryman seemed to be the prelude to the night walk of the ghosts. All kinds of ghosts appeared on the stage one after another, and the lively night began.

The trolley creaked and moved, and children's crisp cries occasionally sounded, "I'm selling melons, big and round cantaloupe, delicious and free."

The man pushing the cart became hot, and took off his coir raincoat with one hand, revealing his muscular butt wearing only a sleeveless jacket, sweating greasyly, looking like a bronze statue. "Baby, it's hot, take off your clothes."

"Father, you're here again." The little baby pouted her bright red mouth unhappily, "It's summer, and if I take it off in winter, I'll freeze to death again."

"Baby, it's hot, take off your clothes." The strong man repeated.

The child said impatiently: "I know, I know." After taking off a coat, it still looks round.

Behind the creaking cart, the team of Hundred Ghosts of the Night Walk officially appeared.

At the beginning, two dangling lanterns cleared the way, with the sound of silk, bamboo and copper gongs, whimpering like a female ghost crying, and a team with its own BGM.

Covered in yellow paper, there are four correct typefaces written on it——Rebirth, Bliss, and a man wearing a tall hat, one black and one white, is walking under the lamp, who is the ghost messenger who guides the way.

Behind the lanterns are beautiful men and women in beautiful clothes, suits and leather shoes. They walk dignifiedly and look like aristocrats, and they talk like refined scholars. They are also successful people.

Behind them, there are yellow and thin people carrying burdens and bags, there is a gentle scholar in long gown, there are ordinary young people playing games and wearing headsets, and there are old couples who support each other...

And in the back, there are soldiers guarding criminals in chains and shackles. They all have tattoos on their foreheads, or greed, or jealousy, or tongue, or lust (desire)...

The world of ghosts and creatures is more hierarchical than the above.

A few young people playing longboards broke the rules, whizzed past and came from the team, and had a great time playing.

"Young people nowadays are really unruly."

"Hehe, if you follow the rules, you can die early."

"It can't be said that way, they are not saving people, they are good boys."

"Save someone? Don't give them money."

"If it weren't for them, not a single doll could escape from the overturned car in the kindergarten. Don't judge people by their appearance."

When the ghosts came to the street, they scattered in all directions. At some point, there were many stalls on both sides of the street. The business monsters knew the timing, and they would come out to set up stalls every Hungry Ghost Festival, selling some delicious and amusing things.

Beside the locust tree outside the Kunwu residence, long tables were also set up one by one, and the tables were full of goods.

"Come here, take a look. Kunwuju reopened after 20 years. There will be activities during the Ghost Festival. All items will be [-]% off. Everything will be [-]% off. It will be wiped out depending on the mood." It was Jiang Yuanqinglang. sound.

Soon, various guests surrounded the long table.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, "No, no, it's a one-buy price, at most I'll give you a zero, it can't be any cheaper."

Wearing a veil, the woman whose face could not be seen clearly held a pair of tiger-toed shoes, and said in a faint voice, "Is it really not possible?"

"No way, if you don't buy it early, others will come and grab it, and the price will be even more expensive." As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, some customers showed interest in tiger-toed shoes. It's the same as the babysitter I hired.

Jiang Yuan, who is selling things, wants to go to the street to have a look. It is rare to see the monster market, and the variety of things for sale is eye-opening.

"I'll walk around with you."

Behind Jiang Yuan, a familiar voice came. Fang Chengyan couldn't let it go, and couldn't control himself, so he came.

Jiang Yuan smiled and frowned, dimples appeared at the corners of his mouth, "Okay."