I am Fugui

Chapter 22 The Night Walk

I stayed in the county for a whole day, and hurried on the road, halfway, it was still dark.

It was raining and there was so much fog that it got dark early.

To be honest, Xu Fugui felt a little panicked.

Thick fog shrouded the mountains and forests, and the surroundings were pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers. The breeze blew, and the bamboo forest made a rustling sound, as if something unclean was moving through it.

He swallowed nervously, always feeling that there was something behind him or in the forest beside the road, and when he turned his head suddenly, there was nothing.

Loneliness, cold and darkness surrounded him tightly, as if he was the only one left in the world.

Fortunately, he put a box of matches in the space when he left, and made a torch with dried bamboo and branches before it got dark.

Since there is no kerosene, the torch does not burn for a long time, and it is necessary to find new burning materials all the time, but at least it provides him with firelight and warmth.

The torch in his hand was the greatest comfort in his heart.

Xu Fugui took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "There are no ghosts in this world. We must believe in science and not be afraid of shadows when we stand upright. Evil ghosts need to be tortured by evil people."

With the help of the light of the torch, continue on the road, picking up some dry bamboo on the road from time to time, so that the torch will burn all the time.

Every time he walks for a while, he will stop to identify where he is, and whenever he sees familiar landmarks, he will feel more at ease.

Walking alone at night is really exciting.

After turning a corner, it was another steep uphill road. After walking up two steps, his pupils shrank suddenly, and a chill engulfed his whole body.

A bright spot flickered in front of him, as if it was gradually approaching him!

It's not like, it's really approaching him!

As the distance shortened, the bright spot also turned into a fire, and there was a looming human face behind the fire.

Xu Fugui raised his heart in his throat, thinking that he would not really encounter any unclean things, would he?
"Master?"

At this time, an uncertain voice came from the front, Xu Fugui was stunned, and asked, "Laishun?"

"Master!"

Laishun yelled in surprise, and walked over quickly, but the dirt road was too slippery, and he accidentally fell down.

Xu Fugui breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly thought of something, taking advantage of the darkness of the night and not being able to see, he quickly took out the fat meat, roast duck, and large and small packets of condiments in the space and put them on his body.

Laishun got up from the ground, walked over and said happily: "Young master, why did you come back so late, Madam is worried about you to death, and keeps nagging."

Xu Fugui smiled, "Hurry up, get some for me, it's too heavy."

"I bought so many things, and there is meat! Roast duck!" Lai Shun shouted in surprise, and couldn't help swallowing.

"Go, go back."

With Laishun as his companion, the tension and fear in his heart completely disappeared, and his walking steps became bigger.

When the two walked into the village, Xujia Village had completely fallen into silence, and the people had obviously fallen asleep.

After all, there is no means of entertainment, and I am reluctant to light a kerosene lamp, so I simply go to bed when it gets dark, unlike later generations who can stay up all night.

Back at the thatched hut, Mother Xu came over and took a good look at him. Seeing that he was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Fugui, you must be tired from walking all day. I'll make sweet potato porridge for you."

Father Xu sat back on the bench, glanced at the things in his and Laishun's hands, "Bastard, do you think you're still the young master before? I'll give you two silver dollars, and you'll give it to me?"

He felt distressed for a while, this is two silver dollars, although their family still has some jewelry as their wealth, but it can't spend two silver dollars a few times.

"Ignore your father, he can't spit ivory out of his dog's mouth, where did this clothes come from?" Mother Xu brought a bowl of sweet potato porridge.

"Oh, Jiazhen gave it to me. She said it was from my father-in-law's youth." Xu Fugui sat on the bench wearily, and realized that the porridge was not hot, so he took a big gulp.

"Slow down, don't choke, have you seen Jiazhen?"

"I see, she said she will be back in the next year."

Xu's mother smiled, and looked at the things on the ground, "I bought so many things? This meat is good, but there is too much lean meat, and I can't make much lard. What are these miscellaneous things? Why are there large intestines? I won't eat it."

Xu Fugui wolfed down a large bowl of porridge, burped comfortably, and pointed to the parchment paper, "There's roast duck here, Jiazhen and Fengxia are reluctant to eat much, let me bring it back for you to taste."

Father Xu smiled once in a while, and supported his goat Baixu and said, "Jiazhen is better."

After speaking, she looked at him with disgust, "I don't know why Jiazhen fell in love with you bastard."

"Then why did I fall in love with you old bastard back then? It's your father's fault that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the son is not godfather."

Xu's mother does not allow anyone to talk about her son.

Father Xu snorted unconvinced, and was too lazy to argue.

Mother Xu took out the roast duck and cut it into small pieces, and asked Laishun and Changgen to eat it. Although Laishun and Changgen were greedy, they didn't want to eat any more after tasting a piece.

"Fugui, you eat." Mother Xu didn't eat any of it herself.

Xu Fugui shook his head, "Mother, eat it, Jiazhen and I have eaten half of it, and we really can't eat any more."

"My mother is not stupid, how could I still not be able to eat roast duck?"

To put it bluntly, there are still too few roast ducks. If there are enough roast ducks, everyone will be full, so there is no need to be modest.

"Then I'll keep it. I'll chop it up and put it in when I cook the porridge tomorrow. Everyone can eat." Mother Xu carefully put the roast duck away.

"Fugui, what are those big and small bags?" Mother Xu asked.

Xu Fugui coughed dryly, and said to Xu's father solemnly: "Father, I'm going to the county town to do business!"

Father Xu raised his eyelids, "I have no money."

"Father, even if you don't agree, I still want to go into business. I don't need your money. I've already bought some good things, which are the ones on the ground."

Father Xu saw that he was not joking, so he asked, "What kind of business do you want to do?"

"Selling lo mei."

Xu's father was also knowledgeable. Hearing this, he straightened his back and looked at him suspiciously, "You know how to make lo mei?"

Xu Fugui said calmly, "When I was in the casino before, someone lost money to me. If I had no money, they gave me the ancestral stewed meat recipe."

"Where's Fang Zi?"

"I threw it away, but I remember it in my mind."

"What the hell you're talking about is bullshit."

Xu's mother patted him lightly, "Let's discuss it, why are you scolding me?"

Xu's father pointed at him, "This bastard is just taking it for granted that he can start a business after seeing a recipe? Do you know if you can make lo mei? Even if it is delicious? Even if it is barely passable, you are willing to face it. Yelling on the street? Even if you are shameless, do you know what price to set? How should you counter-offer?"

Xu Fugui pointed at the pig's large intestine, full of confidence, "I'll show you tomorrow"

(End of this chapter)