thefictionvixens Chapter 003: The Hexagonal Jade Pendant – Old Hu Has Eaten Ghost Food!
Chapter 003: The Hexagonal Jade Pendant – Old Hu Has Eaten Ghost Food!
"Fatty, what does this mean?"
Zhang Tiange asked casually.
"Mr. Zhang, this should have been yours originally."
"I was wrong, brother—"
Fatty Wang quickly explained.
Zhang Tiange nodded and accepted the hexagonal jade pendant in front of him.
That means the matter is even!
Big Gold Tooth leaned over and said with a grin, "Hey, since that's the case, how about we go to the Dongsi Lamb Restaurant and chat while we eat?"
"That's great."
Fatty Wang is also a foodie.
Moreover, he hadn't eaten meat for about six months.
Yesterday, Hu Bayi came back, and Fatty Wang was short of money, so he could only treat him to beef dumplings!
Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi, along with Zhang Tiange and Da Jinya, arrived at the Dongsi Lamb Restaurant!
The Dongsi mutton restaurant just opened today.
Zhang Tiange is currently cultivating the "Nine Revolutions Dragon Divine Skill," and his need for meat is also very high.
Dietary supplements can increase physical strength!
Unfortunately, ordinary beef and mutton only produce mediocre results!
However, this is the best tonic Zhang Tiange has been able to find so far!
Zhang Tiange told Da Jinya to keep an eye out for wild game such as dog testicles, spider testicles, soft-shelled turtles, and pythons when he went to the countryside to collect goods next time!
"Boss, twenty plates of mutton!"
Zhang Tiange waved.
Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang's eyes widened.
He sized up Zhang Tiange; the man looked well-proportioned, but he hadn't expected him to be such a big eater!
Only Hu Bayi knows the secret!
He has comrades-in-arms from martial arts families.
He practiced martial arts from a young age and ate big fish and meat at every meal!
Only in this way can one strengthen their muscles and bones and develop superb martial arts skills!
"Master Zhang, could you perhaps be a master of ancient martial arts?"
Hu Bayi asked tentatively.
"That's right, I learned some of the family's traditional skills."
Zhang Tiange said calmly.
Hu Bayi revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."
To know.
He practiced the Black Dragon Fist.
From troops fighting on the front lines.
It has been optimized and refined by countless people.
That's how the Black Dragon Fist came to be!
Every move.
Each style.
They are all very lethal!
When Hu Bayi dealt with those six people earlier, he had stopped.
Otherwise, they would have been lying on the ground, unable to move!
However, Hu Bayi's punch was easily neutralized by Zhang Tiange.
This can be seen.
Zhang Tiange's understanding of martial arts is even greater than Hu Bayi's!
"Oh, Lao Hu, you're even better than you!"
Fatty Wang said with a smile.
Hu Bayi did not deny it!
"By the way, the 'mud rat' you were talking about earlier, you mean Old Hu, right?"
"Uncle Zhang, you're amazing! The Hu family just seems to have a knack for dealing with rats—"
Fatty Wang started talking non-stop.
Hu Bayi coughed twice.
He was worried that if Fatty Wang continued talking, he would give himself away!
"Fatty, 'earth rat' means a grave robber, not the rat you're talking about!"
Hu Bayi quickly tried to smooth things over, saying...
"Hey, it's different."
Fatty Wang spoke with conviction.
"Yes, yes, yes, it really is true that you become friends after a fight."
Big Gold Tooth chimed in, saying that when he first saw Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, he knew that the two were no ordinary people!
In fact, when Da Jin Ya heard Zhang Tiange mention the tombs in Ganggangyingzi, he knew the purpose of this trip!
Zhang Tiange chatted idly with Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and the others.
Soon, the topic shifted to Ganggangyingzi!
Zhang Tiange asked Da Jinya to tell Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi the reason for what happened.
"Oh, it's like this, there was an earthquake there recently, and it unearthed an ancient tomb."
"I know people from the archaeology department; they've already gone ahead to do archaeological work."
Big Gold Tooth briefly recounted what had happened.
"I see."
Fatty Wang has already started preparing the dipping sauce for the hot pot lamb, including cilantro, sesame oil, shredded tofu, and so on.
On the contrary, Hu Bayi thought of something. Back when he was still in the village, he and another educated youth had encountered the Ghost Empress Dowager inviting them to a feast at Niuxin Mountain nearby.
Could it be that the earthquake unearthed the tomb of that ghost empress dowager?
At this point, the waiter brought the beef to the table.
Big Gold Tooth and Fatty Wang quickly added mutton to the bronze stove in front of them.
While waiting for the mutton to cook.
Fatty Wang remembered an embarrassing incident that Hu Bayi had done back then!
"Uncle Zhang, you have no idea, Old Hu has eaten ghost food before."
He said loudly.
"Oh, Fatty, is that so?"
Upon hearing this, Big Gold Tooth immediately became interested.
Those who are in the antique business.
Big Gold Tooth had heard many strange and unusual things.
For example, the "ghost market" is where antiques are traded at night.
Zombies will secretly emerge from their coffins and exchange their burial goods for money!
Another thing is that some antiques are said to be possessed and act strangely; after you buy them, they will keep jumping around at night!
Unfortunately, Big Gold Tooth never encountered one.
The gold tooth in his mouth, made of enamel from the Ming Dynasty, came from the tooth of a Ming Dynasty zombie.
Big Gold Tooth is still alive and well, and nothing strange has happened to him!
After hearing that Big Gold Tooth was interested, Fatty Wang recounted the whole story from back then.
"It was late at night when Lao Hu somehow secretly climbed down the tree and went into the mountains."
"Then, he saw a family in the mountains performing a traditional opera, with many people sitting inside..."
Fatty Wang vividly recounted the events of Hu Bayi's past.
At that time, Hu Bayi was exhausted and hungry. When he saw a house, he assumed it was a birthday celebration at the home of the forest ranger and didn't think much of it.
Moreover, Tian Xiaomeng, the female educated youth that Hu Bayi was looking for, was also in the crowd.
"Actually, I was young and inexperienced back then."
Hu Bayi picked up where Wang Pangzi left off, saying, "Tian Xiaomeng waved to me and said she got lost in the mountains and met two kind older sisters who brought her here as guests."
"There was fatty chicken, fatty duck, pork knuckle, and other delicacies on the table. I was so hungry at the time, and they told us to eat as much as we wanted, so I couldn't refuse their hospitality!"
"Glug! Glug!"
The mutton was already cooked through in the bronze stove.
Zhang Tiange picked up his chopsticks, gesturing for everyone to eat the meat.
He picked up a piece of mutton with his chopsticks first.
Then there are Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, and Big Gold Tooth.
After you finish eating the mutton, add more sliced mutton!
"So, Mr. Hu, how did you get out of there afterward?"
Big Gold Tooth felt that being able to escape unscathed after being treated to a meal by a ghost was truly a stroke of good luck!
Hu Bayi put down his chopsticks and told Zhang Tiange, Da Jinya, and the others.
It's true, he wasn't meant to die!
After Hu Bayi and Tian Xiaomeng took a few bites, they saw the head of the old man on the opposite stage suddenly fall off.
The two of them were immediately terrified!
Realizing something was wrong, Hu Bayi grabbed Tian Xiaomeng and ran out of the yard.
"I noticed that the environment on both sides had changed; what was originally brightly lit had become pitch black."
"Furthermore, the mountains on both sides are still squeezing towards the center!"
Finally, Hu Bayi and Tian Xiaomeng managed to escape only after exerting all their strength.
Unfortunately, the misfortune did not end there!