The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 22 Minjiang Wharf
As the evening approached, Tang Li and Bai Fu rode their horses to the Min River Wharf outside the South Gate of Chengdu.The pier is very busy with people coming and going.

Several large ships had just docked, and a group of porters were busy unloading.Then I used a shoulder pole to lift the [-]-jin sack to my shoulders, walked up the long bluestone steps, and walked into a rice shop near the pier.

There are also big girls and young daughters-in-law who come out of the building boats, chirping and discussing the customs of Chengdu, and then board the ox carts and horse-drawn carts parked at the pier, and return to the city with whips.

Tang Li led Bai Fu to the restaurant next to the pier.The restaurant is very grand, with azure wine flags fluttering in the wind.On the gold-lettered signboard of the restaurant, there are three big characters "Xianxianlou" written in dragons and phoenixes.The signboard has been smoked for a long time, but the three gold characters are shining, and the smell of wine and flesh floats from the building, and the sound of the cook's knives and spoons and the waiter's yelling are all in one piece.

As soon as Tang Li entered the restaurant, Shopkeeper Wang greeted him and said, "Young Master Tang, I have prepared all the Minjiang carp you asked for yesterday."

After listening to Tang Li, he became interested and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wang, you mentioned carp. I told you about it. After I asked you to prepare fish yesterday, that night, I dreamed that I turned into a carp, and it was rare. Six-bearded carp. I was swimming freely in the Minjiang River. Suddenly, a big fishing net covered me. A fisherman caught me and threw me into a straw basket. After the fisherman landed, he sold me this fish to you. It weighs seven catties Two taels. You used a straw rope to pass through my gills, which made me very painful. After a day, a guest came, you hung my fish scales with the back of a knife, chopped off the fish head, and made it into sour soup fish. In the blink of an eye, I woke up from my dream, sweating profusely..."

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned when he heard this: "My God, the scene in your dream is exactly the same as mine yesterday. The Minshan carp I bought is a rare six-bearded carp weighing seven catties and two taels. I will wait for you to come over today and make it Fish in Hot and Sour Soup."

In order to prove the truth of this statement, shopkeeper Wang walked to the window.At the moment, several awning boats are docked at the pier.Shopkeeper Wang said to one of the boatmen who were fiddling with fishing nets: "Old Zhang, what good products do you have today?"

The dark-skinned boatman replied with a loud voice: "Master Wang, the Fujiang crucian carp just out of the water is fresh and tender, and the soup is the freshest. I also caught a lot of Minjiang silver carp today. They are big, tender, and one carp is enough for three." Five people eat."

Shopkeeper Wang pointed to Old Zhang's head and said, "I bought the Liuxu carp from him yesterday."

When Tang Li saw it, his hairs stood on end, and he said in surprise, "I was caught by this fisherman yesterday!"

All three were shocked!

Shopkeeper Wang was terrified, and said, "This carp is probably a carp spirit, should you let it go quickly?"

When he finished speaking, an old man who looked like a private school teacher by the window twirled two broad beans, sipped a small wine, and commented unhurriedly: "It is recorded in the book that dreams are not nothingness, but tangible things. Folks call them nightmares." Ghosts are called ghosts in Taoism. Soul ghosts can not only live in one person's dream, but also shuttle in the dreams of different people. Under certain stimulation, they can even jump out of dreams and come to the world..."

Just when everyone was sighing, there was a commotion from the pier...

(End of this chapter)