Chapter 55 Warm Night
In this world, there is a distinction between male, female, male and female, which means that we want to reproduce, but people live not just for this.
Xieshugou and Huangyanzegou are both remote areas. They are deserted here, but they are full of nature and poetry. In fact, nature is the largest and best treasure house given to us by God.
The female ghost missionary Yang Luji took me to collect a large number of rare medicinal materials here, filled the baskets on the back of "Xiao Erhei". When it was dark, I followed her back to the cave in Huangyanzegou.
Lu Ji is a female ghost trooper. Not only is she not afraid of walking at night, but she also likes walking at night. It’s almost the same as me. I followed her closely, for fear of being left behind. A crescent moon in the eastern night sky emitted a faint light, spreading evenly on the earth.
Along the way, she kept telling me about the ghosts she had captured, almost all kinds of souls, and even monsters who became spirits.
I asked: "Are there really monsters in this world?"
Lu Ji turned around and showed a bloodless, pale face as white as paper, and asked coldly: "What do you think?"
Although she is right in front of me, I still can't accept the existence of demons and monsters in this world. After all, I have received more than 20 years of atheistic education.
"Do you feel my face is gloomy and terrifying now?" she asked.
I nodded without saying a word.
"This is just a face I have decorated. My original face has not been revealed, afraid of scaring you." Lu Ji turned around and continued to lead the way, and then said, "You have only been in the world for more than 20 years. There are too few people. Some people's faces are even more gloomy and terrifying than our ghosts."
My heart hangs. I don’t know what she means, but I’m already in this way. It’s impossible to leave, so I have to bite the bullet and continue to follow her.
After returning to the cave, my heart was relieved and I began to unload the basket on the donkey's back.
Lu Ji threw down a sentence: "You use rice first, then prepare the herbs that you have returned and then fry them. I'll go take a shower." Then she sat down in front of the dressing table to remove her makeup.
There are several oil lamps in the cave, which are particularly bright.
I took out the fried noodles and sprinkled with sugar, and distributed half to "Xiao Erhei" to eat, leaving half to satisfy my hunger.
The small iron pot on the mud stove was already burning hot water. I sorted the picked Codonopsis, wolfberry, Polygonatum, and jujubes one by one and put them on the ground to dry.
After being busy, I turned my head inadvertently and looked at Lu Ji. I only saw her long hair hanging down, but a pale face was reflected in the mirror. Strangely, her face had obviously become rosy, so why did she return to her pale color?
I took out the quick knife left by my grandfather and started cutting Codonopsis and Polygonatum on the table. Then I heard the sound of the stool behind me. Lu Ji took off her makeup and stood up, and said to me: "I'm going to take a shower. Without my permission, you are not allowed to enter the room behind the screen wall!"
"Okay, I will never peek!" I agreed immediately without looking back, but I saw Lu Ji's figure from Kuaidao. She slowly took off her cold clothes and kept only her close-fitting gauze trousers. Then she walked towards the boudoir behind the screen wall, and walked towards the front of the screen wall, and looked back at me.
In the reflection of the blade, I saw Lu Ji's real face, which was a withered face, just like my grandmother's face.
I can't imagine that Lu Ji's real face is so old.
Seeing that I didn't respond, she entered the boudoir behind the screen wall. My heart was surging, and I didn't know what would happen tonight. My hands holding the knife began to tremble.
The water in the small iron pot boiled, steaming, and making cheers.
I slowly got up, wrapped the ears of the iron pot with a rag, and washed the boiling water inside into the enamel tank.
There was a sound of water splashing from behind the screen wall. I could imagine that Lu Ji was bathing at the moment, but she didn't know if her body was as smooth as a girl or was as wrinkled as a 90-year-old woman?
I used supper like chewing wax, and carefully looked at the ring on my hand in front of the table. I hoped that the old man in the pearl would chat with me, give me advice and point me in the direction.
However, the pearls are still visible. I put down my quick knife, took out the peach wood box, opened it and sniffed the musk inside. This fragrance could calm me down.
"Put Codonopsis, wolfberry, and polygonatum into a casserole and boil it, and then take it." Lu Ji's reminder came from the boudoir behind the screen wall. I quickly came to my senses, responded casually, and went to cook medicine.
Because I don’t have a watch, I don’t know what time it is now, but I have already started yawning and I am a little sleepy. But the medicine has not been boiled yet, and I am still watching the fire, so I sat next to the stove with "Compendium of Materia Medica".
As the water vapor coming out of the medicine soup spread, the aroma of the medicine became stronger and stronger, and the water mist was evaporating, I felt like I had a primitive impulse.
The sound of footsteps came from behind the screen wall. Lu Ji walked out wearing a pink silk nightgown and wiped her long wet hair with a white towel. I saw her face after removing her makeup.
Her face looked rosy again, and there were some tiny freckles appearing under her eyes.
Perhaps this is her true face. Lu Ji sat down in front of the dressing table and said to me: "You go and wash too, there is hot water inside!"
Because of the harsh conditions, I could only take a bath once every half month, so I responded. I got up and put the "Compendium of Materia Medica" on the table. I walked into the boudoir behind the screen. I saw a bathtub behind the screen, and a layer of rose petals floated on the water. I reached out to test the water temperature. Shang Nuan, so I quickly took off my clothes and jumped in to take a bath.
It feels very comfortable to be wrapped in hot water, but Lu Ji has no intention of leaving. Will I be single tonight?
College students entering the 21st century are very trendy and ashamed of being single. However, in every class, there are always a few bachelors. I endure the look of being ridiculed by my classmates and questioned by my teachers and comfort myself: I am still young, and the road ahead is still long. The ones in school may not be the best, and maybe I will meet better in the future.
If Lu Ji was a human being, then how happy I should be!
I have been struggling in my heart. I like this female ghost messenger Yang Luji, but I can't accept that she is not my type. It is impossible for us to have a result when we have different paths, but I don't want to give up this feeling, the feeling of true love.
The price of staying with her for life is her own life. Is it worth it to do so?
When I was hesitating, Lu Ji walked in with the boiled medicine, came to the bathtub, and said softly to me: "Young master, the medicine has been boiled, you can drink it while it is hot!"
I returned her with a gratitude expression and reached out to pick up the enamel tank. She reminded: "Young master, be careful to get hot!"
"Then why aren't you afraid of hot hands?" I saw her holding the enamel jar with bare hands and asked.
Lu Ji responded: "Because I am a ghost, I am not afraid of the cold and heat." I nodded to show my understanding. She placed the enamel jar on the water to cool down, and the rose petals floating on the water quickly withered.
"Okay, you can take it!" Lu Ji signaled that I could take it. The medicine was slightly hot and bitter. However, the medicine was bitter. I slowly drank it all, and soon I felt energetic and refreshed.
This medicine is too fast and amazing!
I even had a hint of impulse. Lu Ji took the enamel jar and turned around and left. I saw a beautiful figure entering the tent.
Chapter completed!