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Spirits and demons

Village of Fantasy

By megangochoaPublished 2 years ago 13 min read
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After several days of unpleasant weather combinations of cloudy, rainy, and cloudy days, perhaps the Lord also felt that if things went on like this, even he might be scolded several times in the hearts of women who wanted to dry their quilts, and had to fondly release a sunny day, and cunningly chose the day of the market, so that people had to ignore the boredom of the previous days for a while and go out to have a good time first.

In the marketplace, tall and short heads of all sizes, one after another, glancing to the left to see the fresh fruit, turned to the right to see the exquisite pottery and raised their heads to the gentle sunlight, admiring the beauty of life and the fact that there are so many people in the town.

Even the poorest scholar in town put on the shiny clothes that he had been putting in the bottom of the box and only planned to wear during the New Year, but had to wear them out in the sun because they were a bit moldy, and wandered around the market, not intending to buy anything, but just checking to see who had written the wrong word on the sign so he could talk to them.

On the occasion of this friendly exchange between the people of this town and the surrounding villages, there appeared a pair of strange and eye-catching combinations. They didn't look like locals at first glance, and after all, I've never heard of a local girl who has a penchant for raising giant vicious dogs.

The young girl was named Mingdian, who had been on the road since she started her journey until now, and had been given the title of "Spirits and Demons" some time ago. For some reason, the giant dog, who is a legendary tengu that can swallow the moon and eat the sun, is willing to be called by the name "Khung", a name that is more cute than majestic.

As travelers, they naturally have to travel no matter whether it rains or snows or falls from the sky, and cannot decide whether to go out or not based on the weather, mood, or what to eat for dinner like the crowd gathered here. Therefore, the reason why Mingdian and Xiaotian appeared here did not originate from the sunny weather, but from the crowds that appeared here because of the sunny weather - or simply put, where there were many people, they were likely to appear there.

The market's wide array of merchandise was not Ming's focus; after all, as a traveler, things that have no practical use are always just a burden. What interested her at the bazaar was the fact that she could meet many interesting people here, as well as...

"Khung, southwest direction, full speed ahead!"

The cold command from Akira made Khung helpless: "There's a huge pillar in that direction, do you want me to run into it head-on?"

"What's the point of hitting a pillar? What I said was, behind that pillar, there is something delicious!" While wiping the indisputable saliva from the corner of his mouth, Ming Xun responded.

No wonder this girl, who had never been able to tell the direction clearly and had to hesitate even between left and right, became a guide all of a sudden. The little hollow thought, "I'm not a domesticated dog," and then thought, "I haven't even caught the scent myself, but a human has beaten me to it.

Behind the pillar, there was a small pancake stall, where a woman was performing an amazing technique to turn an unattractive dough into a mouth-watering pancake.

Without Mingdian having to ask, Khung drove her to the pancake stand. If it hadn't done so, the saliva that landed on the back of its neck would have been more than three feet, and in a place, it had no way to lick.

"Thank you!"

Ming Sheng took the freshly made pancake, and if it weren't still a little hot, she would have already devoured it.

The woman placed a plate with pancakes in front of Xiaokong, which surprised him a little.

"We only ordered one pancake ah."

"That's okay, it's on me." The woman said cheerfully, "It's the first time I've seen a big talking dog, so consider it a little offering to the gods."

"I can't bless you with a prosperous business."

Having said that, the business of the pancake stand was indeed worrying, and these well-made pancakes were not only turning into dinner for the woman and her family today but as well as breakfast for tomorrow. The pancakes as a commodity smelled and tasted good, and the way Ming Chuan ate them should not be bad - although whatever she ate, as long as it wasn't so bad that it was unpleasant, it was also the same.

Then, the reason for the poor business is the location of the stall. In the bazaar, to get a good position mainly depends on the hands: either hand up, fists big enough; or hands open, hands enough money. The woman does not have the advantage of both but also can be driven to the corner nooks and crannies of the street.

Although you can't have a thriving business, at least you can fix today's dinner. Thinking of repaying the woman's "kindness of a cake", Khung started his action.

First, Khung gave the pancake to Ming Chuan. Minggu had just eaten one and was still not satisfied, so he was happy to be offered another one.

Afterward, Khung drove MingDi to the street. The girl on the back of the giant dog was already very attractive, but the way she dared to enjoy the pancake in front of everyone was even more attractive, and the pancake she ate into her mouth became even more attractive.

The woman could only sigh "the gods have shown themselves" while she was busy.

When Ming Chuan finished eating, it was almost time for the woman to close her stall. She hadn't prepared too many raw materials, but she didn't know that they would be sold out after Ming's death, and many people strongly requested her to prepare more tomorrow.

Afterward, the woman invited Ming Diao to her home, and Ming Diao readily agreed with the illusion that she would be able to eat more delicious food. As they walked to a small courtyard outside the town, the woman stopped joking with him and raised her voice an octave, and yelled, "Little Tiger, why are you skipping class again?

The boy named "Xiaohu" was dumbfounded by his mother's sudden and unexpected roar, and it took him a while to come back to his senses and say, "Mom, why are you back so early today?"

"Thanks to these distinguished guests, they helped me attract business." The woman smiled and looked at Ming Chuan and Xiao Kong, and then viciously faced Xiao Hu, "Can't you learn something good and make less trouble for me?"

The woman yelled at Xiao Hu and the chickens to go to their respective places, then she greeted Ming Duan and Xiaokong and told them not to be a stranger in the house, and went to prepare dinner. It was only then that Ming Duan began to look around. In the small house, there were many objects with traces of handicraft, such as tables and chairs that had undergone many repairs, bedding whose original colors were hidden by patches, and simple and practical clothes, all of which exuded the atmosphere of "home".

After all, for boys of this age, anything that has to do with "majesty" and "dominance" is worthy of their heartfelt admiration. admiration.

Ming Mei introduced himself to Tiger as a "ranger" - a ranger, a chivalrous guest, and a tourist - so excitedly that he felt as if he were talking about himself.

"Then you must be very good!" Little Tiger couldn't wait to start showing off his imagination in keeping with his age, "Whenever you come to a village and hear from the people of the village that they are being bullied by the mountain bandits nearby. You then sneak into the stronghold of the mountain bandits in the night and kill them without leaving a trace. When you were done, you left in style, leaving only the legend of the chivalrous girl in the village!"

Ming said awkwardly, "Normally, when I encounter such a situation, I would advise the villagers to report to the police, as long as the mountain bandits are ordinary humans."

Xiaohu didn't understand the meaning of the second half of Mingdian's sentence, but said to himself, "If I had all the skills, I would be like you guys, walking in the jungle and fighting for justice!"

The words that should come out of a child's mouth, Mingdian exhaled helplessly and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, your mother is also very talented, she can make such delicious pancakes. You must have learned how to make them too, right?"

Xiaohu was still imagining the image of himself holding a sword with one hand and drinking wine with the other, but when Mingdian said that, both hands were full of pancakes. Xiao Hu threw the pancakes out of the house and said hatefully, "I don't want to learn pancakes, and I don't want to go to the academy, I just want to learn real skills!"

Mei Mei admonished, "Whether it's your mother or the academy, it's a place where you can learn skills."

"The skills I'm talking about are the skills that will make me a great hero and a great man, not those insignificant things!"

After enjoying the delicious food and comfortable sleep at Xiaohu's house, the next morning, Mingdian had to say goodbye. Since she had to leave early, she had to say goodbye to her mother. But Xiaohu was reluctant to part with them so soon, not because he had seen them all at once, but because he was willing to "travel with Mingdian" and even "take Mingdian as his teacher".

"I'm not qualified to accept disciples." Ming Epiphany sensed that the matter would not end so easily and had a headache, "What you should do now is to study at the school and help your mother more when you have time."

Seeing that he couldn't talk to the other party, Xiao Hu had to lower his demands and proposed that he hoped he could at least follow Ming Diao to a nearby village or town, even if it was a farewell to her.

As MingDun was still hesitating, XiaoKong said, "If we refuse, this kid might do something reckless."

So, they went to another town together - to avoid the embarrassment of meeting his mother, Xiaohu strongly requested that Mingendum change his original route, and Mingendum, who had no clear destination in mind, agreed.

One minute he was complaining about the lack of bandits and thieves along the way, but the next minute he saw the bustling marketplace, and he left all those little worries behind him.

A very seductive voice attracted Xiaohu's attention. The voice came from a stall surrounded by people who could not fly, even if the small tiger's small body, it is difficult to remember to squeeze into the front row to take a good position. But fortunately, the stall owner's voice is seductive and penetrating, standing on the periphery can also be heard clearly.

The stall owner was enthusiastically introducing his merchandise, the immortal seeds he had begged from a Daoist immortal through a friend who was practicing immortal arts. According to his bragging, once planted, these seeds do not need watering and fertilizing, but only need to pray devoutly every day, after seventy-seven to forty-nine days, they will grow overnight. And then the growth of gold leaves, gold flowers, gold fruit to sell, then you can earn the next lifetime of inexhaustible money.

The stall owner is vigorously encouraging the front row to listen most carefully to the amah, the money to buy rice and eggs, to buy fairy seeds. Although Xiaohu is not even sure if the fairy seeds and melon seeds look the same, this does not stop him from dreaming of getting rich. However, his whole body, he is the most valuable, intends to borrow money from the Ming Eulen, only then noticed that his nobleman is not with him at this time.

Khung, who was still in the same place, explained that Ming Chuan had urgent business to attend to and asked them to wait here, she would be back later.

After the feverish head was calmed down, Xiaohu asked Xiaokong for advice: "You have seen a lot of things, and you have walked on a road saltier than the salt I have eaten, help me analyze, is this thing reliable?"

Xiaodong said noncommittally, "The reason why you think that the girl Ming Cui is powerful is just as you said, we have walked a lot of roads, met a lot of people, and slowly become powerful. Right now this situation, you might as well take it as your first step to become powerful, judge for yourself, how to deal with it, to become more and more powerful."

Not getting a clear answer, Xiaohu was a little upset, but could not refute Xiaokong's statement, Xiaohu had to continue to dwell on his dream of getting rich.

At this time, a few people broke through the crowd, and came to the stall owner in front of the door, I thought it was an enemy looking for, but did not want these big, strong men, to "flop" on the ground, as if the legs are not their own, with a broken also do not feel pain.

Then, no one asked, they will be a snot and a tear, will

How they half-heartedly bought the immortal seeds, how to painstakingly plant the immortal seeds, how to wait for seventy-seven days to harvest the glory and wealth.

Immediately afterward, they begged the stall owner to sell them some more immortal seeds or to buy them all. The crowd also timely shouted out "all sold to you, then where we go to get rich", which directly made the scene atmosphere hot.

Even as a small child, Xiaohu can understand what just happened, what to do now, and what will happen if nothing is done, just hated that my mother did not set up a stall in this town, otherwise this time will not have to worry about not having money to buy the immortal seeds, and after seven days and forty-nine days will not have to worry about not having money for the New Year.

At this time, Ming Cui finally arrived, along with a group of officials behind her. Before the arrival of Ming Diao, Xiaohu had imagined every possible scenario, but not the one he would witness next.

The officials skillfully controlled the scene, separated the crowd of onlookers, and arrested the fairy seed dealer and his accomplices, saving people's wallets and shattering their dreams of making a fortune in less than an incense stick.

Although he had not yet experienced the great ups and downs of life, he had already experienced the great downs of life in advance, which made Xiao Hu's young heart a bit overwhelmed, and he hastened to ask Ming Chan what was going on.

MingDiou shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's very simple. If you encounter a crook, report it to the police, isn't that what we should do?"

"But how do you know those personnel cheaters? Does it mean that you've fallen for them before!"

"To your disappointment, like you, I've seen them for the first time in person, but we were them before that. Speaking of which, you should be more familiar with them than I am."

"After you said that, I think, they look a little familiar." Xiao Hu slapped his thigh and said with great joy, "Does it mean that I have finally uncovered my hidden ability?"

"Don't be silly." If you had studied more at the academy and read more, you would have found that the wanted list of these crooks was posted in your village all the time.

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