Chapter 1010 Show Off Your Skills

The front alley Uncle Yan mentioned is actually a narrow path between two buildings.

Because it has not seen sunlight for many years, the smell of dampness and mold in the alley is particularly strong, and there is also a foul smell that cannot be described as something bad.

Five large trash cans are placed side by side at the entrance of the alley. The trash in the trash cans has long been full of garbage, and the surrounding garbage has piled up into a small mountain. Many flies can be seen from a distance.

A dirty yellow dog stood in the garbage pile, eating something unknown. Not far away, two black cats stared at it, as if they were going to have a full meal after the yellow dog left.

The alley is about hundreds of meters long. Most of the shops have rolling shutters, and the words "popular shop for rent" are posted outside. It seems that only a few shops are open here and there, and it is very deserted.

Su Yi carefully bypassed the sewage pit and the unknown substances that stick to the soles of shoes and walked through the alley.

When passing by those open shops, almost all the shop owners looked at Su Yi from beginning to end, from the time he approached to the time he left, their eyes were locked on him, as if they were very curious about this unfamiliar face.

Su Yi saw a grocery store selling daily necessities, a cloth clothing store selling bedding, and a tea restaurant without any sign. A middle-aged man wearing flip-flops, shorts and a nightgown, with a goatee, and looking sloppy was sitting on a chair at the door of the store cutting his toenails.

This sloppy middle-aged man was the only one who didn't stare at Su Yi all the time. He just looked at Su Yi and then retracted his gaze and continued to concentrate on his toenails.

Su Yi walked all the way to the end of the alley, and at the corner of the alley, he saw a funeral home.

There was a canvas shed at the door of this funeral home. On both sides of the door that looked a bit quaint were several paper wreaths and two black coffins.

The doorway was dark, and it seemed that there was a faint candlelight, dim like beans.

Even from a distance, Su Yi could smell the strange aroma coming from inside.

Thinking of the original plot, Su Yi almost subconsciously held his breath and felt nauseous.

He stared at the dark doorway for a while, and there was a vague cough from the door. He could clearly feel that someone in the door was also staring at him.

The eyes were full of vigilance, scrutiny, and a hint of ambiguous ill intentions.

Su Yi had no intention of going in to find out, so he retracted his gaze and turned back.

As soon as he left, a long-faced middle-aged man dressed like a lower-class citizen of the last century walked out of the door. His steps were light and he walked without making any sound.

He stroked a string of beads carved into the shape of a hideous head with one hand and held a hand-rolled cigarette with the other hand.

His eyes were as sharp as a hawk, staring at Su Yi's departing back, his expression was gloomy.

"Ahem..." He suddenly couldn't help coughing, and hurriedly took two steps back, hiding himself in the darkness again, and then took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand.

As the milky white smoke lingered in his mouth and nose, he showed a relaxed expression on his face.

That strange fragrance seemed to become stronger.

Su Yi returned to the door of the tea restaurant. The sloppy middle-aged man had already trimmed his nails and was arguing with the greasy middle-parted middle-aged man wearing an apron.

The middle-parted middle-aged man said helplessly: "Brother You, you always sit at the door to trim your toenails, and the neighbors have a lot of complaints."

"How big are the complaints? Who has complaints? Let him tell me directly." The sloppy middle-aged man said disdainfully, "They have eaten my glutinous rice for decades. If they have any complaints, why wait until today to mention it?"

"But it will be very busy in the afternoon. You are so idle now, you will not be able to be busy in the afternoon." The middle-parted middle-aged man argued weakly.

"Tsk! I know how many guests there are here, where they sit, and what they eat!" The sloppy middle-aged man was even more disdainful, pointing to a table and saying, "Hey, strawberry cake, steamed pork with preserved vegetables, more preserved vegetables, two servings of glutinous rice!"

He pointed to the second table: "Uncle Zhong Jiaozi, fried fish with meat, a dish of rapeseed, and more lard on glutinous rice."

Then it was the third table: "Uncle Yongping, steamed Anhui fish with fermented black beans, more scallions and less oil, and two servings of glutinous rice with meat floss."

"Airplane Weng, Chun Daiqiang, Hu Xujie, soup, four-treasure rice, stir-fried cauliflower with pickles, take-out!"

"Sister Li, a bowl of glutinous rice and soup to take away!"

"And Uncle Fu, stir-fried green vegetables with glutinous rice..."

The sloppy middle-aged man really knew everything, and remembered clearly which guests sat where and what they ate.

But when he said this, the middle-parted young man interrupted him: "Uncle Fu just left last week."

The sloppy middle-aged man was stunned: "Don't you have to eat after he left? Twenty-nine bowls of glutinous rice every day, no more, no less! Forget it, I'll cook Uncle Fu's bowl now, and I won't order this bowl."

After a pause, the sloppy middle-aged man turned around and looked at Su Yi who had been waiting on the side: "Looking for me?"

"Uncle Yan asked me to come. You are Brother You, right?" Su Yi said, "I just moved here, I live in 2442, my name is Qian Xiaohao."

The sloppy middle-aged man's pupils shrank, and the middle-parted young man behind him was obviously surprised when he heard 2442.

"I know you, the star who plays the Taoist priest who catches ghosts." Brother You looked at Su Yi with a strange look, "Do you want to eat glutinous rice?"

"Yes." Su Yi said.

"A Guang, take him to sit first." Brother You nodded and walked to the stove in his slippers.

"Follow me." A Guang waved to Su Yi with a smile, walked through the restaurant lobby, and went straight to the second table in the other aisle.

"Now, sit here. If you come to visit again in the future, sit in this seat. There are people in other seats. Even if they don't come, it's not good for you to occupy it..."

Aguang paused here and further explained: "Those who patronize the shop have been regular customers for decades. As people get older, they like to live an unchanging life. They sit in the same position at the same time every day, eat... Same meal. Unlike young people, they try to be fresh in everything and try to do things differently.”

"Your position used to belong to Uncle Fu, but he left last week, and it belongs to you now. By the way, what would you like to drink?"

Su Yi looked over at the counter and said, "The black milk tea is ready."

"Okay, sit down first."

A Guang quickly brought something to drink, while Su Yi drank black milk tea and watched Brother You frying glutinous rice from a distance.

Amidst the alternating light and dark flames, he raised and lowered the iron pot very skillfully. There seemed to be something in his mouth.

At a certain moment, he grabbed a bottle by the stove and poured a few sips into his mouth. He held the last sip in his mouth and suddenly sprayed it into the pot.

"puff……"

The flames burst out in the iron pot. Ayou immediately put down the bottle and stir-fried quickly. He quickly took the pot out of the pot and put the rice in the two bowls that had been prepared on the side.

"..."

What is this?

Mouth-watering fried rice?

Su Yi regretted why he ordered the glutinous rice fried rice.

He didn't even want to drink this cup of black milk tea that tasted good.

Brother You came to Su Yi with two bowls of rice and placed one bowl in front of Su Yi.

Then he took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick basket on the table, held another bowl of rice, and placed it in the corner aside.

Then he stood up and lit himself a cigarette.

"Huh..." Brother You slowly blew out a puff of smoke, and something strange happened.

Shrouded in smoke, the outline of a human face actually appeared.

Su Yi felt cold in his heart, but he suppressed himself from making any reaction.

"Eat, Uncle Fu. Once you're done eating, you can hit the road." Brother You said.

He took another puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled it. This time the smoke became normal, as if Su Yi was just dazzled just now.

Brother You stood there for a few more seconds, then turned around and sat across from Su Yi.

"Why don't you eat it?" he asked, "Isn't it to your liking?"

Su Yi was silent for a moment and said truthfully: "I saw you spitting into the rice."

Brother You smiled and said, "That's glutinous rice wine brewed in ancient times. Add a little to the rice. It will be good for you."

Then you add it normally, do you have to hold it in your mouth and squirt it in?

Su Yi calmly opened the topic: "Brother You, I heard Uncle Yan say that 2442 is a haunted house, and no one has lived in it for many years. I'm afraid that there are unclean things in it, so I want to ask you for a talisman. Pray for peace."

Brother Friend took a puff of cigarette and said leisurely: "You don't need it, right? Your energy and blood are as strong as a stove, more powerful than a young man in his twenties. If a ghost sees you, it's too late to hide, so how can he attack you?" Come forward?"

"Are ghosts afraid of me?" Su Yi raised his eyebrows.

"Is it weird?" Brother You smiled, "Ghosts are dead people, and people are ghosts who are not yet dead. The reason why people are afraid of ghosts is actually because they are afraid of death; but the reason why ghosts are afraid of people is because of many reasons. Ghosts are killed by people, and they know very well how terrible human hearts are. From this point of view, people are more terrifying than ghosts.”

"It's very philosophical, Brother You..." Su Yi pondered slightly, "But I seemed to have experienced some weird things in the room just now."

"I saw the ceiling fan spinning for no reason, the closet door suddenly opened on its own, and there were strange noises coming from the bathroom, including the sound of dripping water." Su Yi recounted what he had just experienced in the room. .

Brother Friend did not take it seriously and said: "Your house has not been lived in for so long and it has been in disrepair for a long time. Suddenly entering it and breaking the balance inside and causing a little movement is normal and scientific. Don't be suspicious."

After a pause, Brother You leaned forward slightly and stared into Su Yi's eyes: "As the saying goes, suspicion breeds ghosts. The more suspicious and afraid you are, the more strange things you will see. But if you walk straight If you are righteous and have nothing to fear, then you will have no taboos and all evil will be avoided.”

At this point, Brother You became relaxed again and said with a smile: "In short, if you don't think about anything, nothing will happen. If you are really worried, I will draw a talisman and send it to you tonight. , you can hang it by the bedside to calm your nerves."

"Thank you so much, Brother You." Su Yi said sincerely.

"You're welcome. From now on, we are neighbors and we should help each other." Brother You said with a smile, "Speaking of which, we are destined to be together. You are a Taoist actor and I am a real Taoist. But now, we don't do it anymore. You He came to me again to ask for amulets, haha... This is really an impermanence of life."

Su Yi was slightly silent and said: "I just saw Brother You talking to Uncle Fu, and the smoke you puffed out..."

"Don't look at anything that's inappropriate, and don't say anything that's not necessary." Brother You said calmly, "Haven't you heard that you should respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them?"

"But they are very close to me. Maybe there is no point in hiding." Su Yi said.

"You have so much yang energy, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them, they won't look for you." Brother You said, "Even the fierce ghosts can't do anything to you directly. Ordinary ghosts don't even dare to get close to you. So you really don’t have to worry too much.”

"It's really strange to say that. I've lived for so long, but I've never seen anyone with more yang energy than you. You shouldn't be a virgin, right?"

"No." Su Yi shook his head, "But I've been practicing martial arts since I was young, and I've made some achievements. You said that I have a strong yang energy and sufficient blood and qi, so this should be the reason."

"I've seen many people practicing martial arts, but I've never seen someone like you." Brother You shook his head, seeming a little puzzled.

Su Yi smiled slightly, and suddenly slapped the wall next to him.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the whole room seemed to shake.

When Su Yi took his hand away, a clear palm print had been sunken on the wall against the tile.

Brother You's face changed drastically, his eyes suddenly widened, he took a breath of cold air, and stood up "swoosh".

He looked at Su Yi in disbelief, was stunned for a long time, suddenly made a seal with his hands, muttered something, pressed it to his forehead, and there was a flash of lightning in his eyes.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, you are a living person..."

"..."Su Yi smiled at him politely.

"Is this kung fu?" Brother You was incredulous, "Can martial arts be practiced to this level? How is this possible?"

He touched the handprint on the wall incredulously: "Is it some kind of eye-catching trick?"

Su Yi smiled, and suddenly grabbed Brother You's wrist, and his internal force burst out.

The internal force circulated along Brother You's meridians for a circle, and there was nothing inside.

From this point of view, Brother You is just an ordinary person.

Then how did he emit his magic power?

With the help of talismans?

Or, just like he couldn't see ghosts, he couldn't detect the existence of magic power?

Taking the opportunity to explore Brother You's meridians, Su Yi didn't show any expression on the surface, just smiled and retracted his internal force and let go of Brother Yi's hand.

The expression on Brother Yi's face has become particularly wonderful.

He clearly felt a warm current flowing around in his body, and then was taken back by Su Yi.

"Is this... the inner force written in martial arts books?" Brother You said in a difficult tone, his voice trembling.

Su Yi nodded: "It is inner force."

"How is this possible!" Brother You's worldview collapsed, "Isn't this something made up by those novelists?"

"Scientists also say that there are no ghosts in this world." Su Yi said leisurely, "Believe in science and don't be superstitious. I saw such slogans everywhere on the way here."

"How can this be the same?" Brother You was very excited, "The theory of ghosts and gods has existed since ancient times, but inner force...isn't this something that those who wrote martial arts books have only made up in recent decades?"