I work as a cook in Xuanmen

Chapter 1 The fainting uncle

"I work so hard every day just for these few taels of silver, hey..." I couldn't sleep last night, and I was very upset.

At this age, I have accomplished nothing and have nothing. I think about my parents’ expectations at home, the comparisons of my friends, and my pocket that is cleaner than my face.

Other families were having reunions to celebrate the Spring Festival, but I didn’t even have the courage to call home.

I was even more afraid of hearing my parents’ expectations for me to go home.

Now my job is gone, my travel expenses home are gone, and even the place where I live has expired. I only have dozens of dollars in my hand. How can I survive?
Thinking of this, a trace of despair arose in my heart.

I shook my head, trying to get rid of the despair I had just felt.

I also blame myself for being unlucky. Not only did I lose my bag, but my mobile phone and ID were all in my bag, I only had dozens of dollars left in the rental house.

Fortunately, the landlord had a spare key, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get in.

Now my job is gone, God is really going to kill me!

I looked up to the sky and sighed, "Oh, God, I shouldn't doubt your ability. You are really powerful. Please get your phone back to me. I still have hundreds of dollars in it!"

I roared and felt much better. I was thinking about going out to try my luck and find a part-time job to earn some living expenses when there was a knock on the door.

I opened the door, and the landlord looked at me with a depressed look on his face, "What were you yelling at just now? Other tenants called the police, thinking that something happened to my house. Your house is due today. Why don't you rent it?" If you don’t, just move out immediately.”

I have no money, where will I get the money to pay the rent? I want to beg the landlord for a few days of grace, but suddenly I can’t ask. Even if it’s a few days of grace, do I have the money to pay?
What's more, this month's rent is deducted from the deposit paid previously.

I turned around angrily to collect my clothes, packed the quilt tightly in a compression bag, and pulled the box out of the door.

The community I rent is a vegetable market in a relatively prosperous area. There are all self-built houses inside, and the rent is more than half cheaper than the community outside. The only drawback is that it is too noisy. It is approaching the Spring Festival, and there is never a moment of peace.

Pulling the box and walking out, your mind is confused and you don’t know where to go?

When I got on the overpass, I realized it was raining, so I quickly walked under the bridge.

Usually, there are many old people singing, practicing swordsmanship, and beating gongs and drums under the bridge.

Maybe because of the rain today, few people came out, and there were only one or two people sitting under the bridge.

One of them was a boy, about sixteen or seventeen years old, spinning on the ground with a wooden cow in his hand.

He started to rotate with the wooden ox, and then beat it with a wooden stick wrapped with a cloth strip.

The wooden cow was whipped like this, and it actually started to turn steadily, faster and faster, and more and more steadily.

The other man was an old man with a gray beard. He had his head lowered, his long hair blocking his face, and his expression was unclear. He was swaying as if he was about to fall.

Yes, I was really stunned. I was startled. I wanted to step forward to see the situation, but I was afraid of being entangled. Now, as a penniless person, I can't do anything good.

The little boy was as if he didn't notice anything and was still beating the wooden cow.

I took two steps forward and shouted twice, but the boy couldn't hear or see me.

With no choice, I went to see the old man again. His face, which was not covered by his long hair, looked very pale, and his lips were chapped, probably caused by dehydration.

Maybe he's hungry.

I touched my pockets all over my body and found a sour ball in my trouser pocket.

I was overjoyed, luckily there was a piece of candy.

After eating the candy, the old man's complexion improved a lot. He slowly woke up, sat up and looked at me.

Those twinkling eyes didn't look like they had just fainted, and they didn't look that old. There were no wrinkles on his face, except for some gray hair, and he looked like he was in his forties. I was shocked, wasn't it just a fairy dance that ruined someone else's life?

I hurriedly took a few steps back, trying to grab my suitcase and run away.

Before I took a step, the old man spoke, no, the uncle spoke.

"You saved my life and I want to repay you."

Who wants you to repay me, just don't harm me.

I was thinking this in my heart, but I didn't dare to say, "No, no, it's just a piece of cake. Don't take it to heart. Since you're awake, I'll leave first."

As I said this, I was about to leave, but he grabbed the suitcase and I couldn't get away.

"You...what do you want to do? I..." I'm afraid. I'm a girl. When I meet such a middle-aged uncle, I can't fight or run.

Cold sweat soaked my back, and the sweat on my forehead fell to my nose.

I still looked at the uncle pretending to be calm.

"Don't be afraid, little girl. You saved me and I can grant you a wish." After saying that, he nodded sincerely, "As long as I can do it and it's not illegal."

When I heard that it was not illegal, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. People who have such a consciousness should not be bad people. Bad people will not care whether it is illegal or not.

"Then, can you make me fly?"

Slip of the tongue, I wanted to say suddenly rich, but I accidentally said suddenly rich.

But before I could change my mind, I was already flying in the air. When I saw clearly, I no longer knew where I was.

White clouds were flying in the sky, and the sun was shining directly on me. The temperature was much higher, and I felt as comfortable as being in a quilt after being exposed to the sun.

"Little girl, how are you?" The uncle slowly floated beside me. At this moment, he was no longer dressed like before.

Wearing a well-fitting sky blue gown, Shifang shoes on his feet, his hair was tied on top of his head with a shiny black hairpin, and the material could not be seen. He held a Hetian jade Ruyi in his hand, and the jade Ruyi glowed Soft light.

The gray color on the uncle's face has long since receded, and his face is radiant, looking younger than before.

What else don't I understand? This is not a fainting uncle, he is clearly a god.

Although some of my ancestors were initiated into Taoism, and I had heard about it since childhood, this was the first time I saw an immortal walking in the sky as if walking on the ground!

Although I have never experienced it before, I have seen it a lot on TV, so I am not afraid or disturbed.

Seeing my unfazed look, the uncle nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle, are you... a god descending to earth? Where are you... taking me? I just said something wrong. I said I wanted to get rich. Can you help me..."

Before I finished speaking, the uncle interrupted me with a smile, "No, I said I would only give you one wish. I am a principled half-immortal."

"Then... let... let me go, I'm... dizzy." Although I felt a little regretful that such a good opportunity to get rich was lost in vain, making money is now the most important thing in my life.

"Oh, that won't work, you have to wait three quarters of an hour." The half-immortal said slowly and leisurely.

I was so angry that I fainted. I was really dizzy. It was so high that I was shaking when I spoke.

Naturally, I didn't see the successful smile on my uncle's face as I fainted, nor the accelerated flying speed.

(End of this chapter)