Madam Baigu is meditating in her room. Her room has a simple layout, with no partitions or obstructions. She sits cross-legged on the bed, and people outside the window can see her at a glance. They confirmed that she was in the house, lowered their heads and whispered a few words, and began to look around the house.
I guess they are looking for me and Yunzhou. It is not convenient for others to know about Madam Baigu taking me as her disciple for the time being.
I deliberately avoided them and secretly set up a "qi" net to inject "qi" into my body when they stepped on them.
They sensed something was wrong but couldn't find the problem. They cautiously retreated to the door and walked out through the wall like cooks.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, another short, fat man entered the courtyard through the wall. He wore an apron around his waist and he seemed to be a cook.
This man entered the hospital tremblingly, looking left and right every step he took. His legs were shaking violently, his head was covered in cold sweat, and he was extremely frightened.
He should know what his fate will be when he comes in. Either there are ready-made corpses for him to cook, or he will be used as a meal.
The last cook who went out must have said that there were no ingredients in the kitchen.
The few people who came and checked this morning found that there was indeed no body in the kitchen.
Then if he comes here, he will probably be a meal.
He walked to the kitchen with trembling steps. When he saw that there was no body inside, his legs suddenly softened and he sat on the threshold.
I was wondering why he didn't run away. Just as I was guessing why he didn't run away, he moved and stumbled towards the main entrance.
I followed him quietly and found that he hit the wall without getting out.
He beat the wall, cried and howled, and tried to climb over the wall and climb out, but he obviously had no martial arts skills. The wall was smooth and there was no place to step on. He scratched there for a long time without climbing up.
"Don't waste your efforts. You can't get out even if you climb up." I appeared at this time and advised him to give up his escape.
"Ah -" the man screamed and turned to look at me with a ghostly expression on his face.
"Stop barking. The person who wants to eat you is sleeping. If you wake her up, she will die faster." I found that Madam Bai Gu's so-called rest means sleeping during the day. She reverses day and night, and normally wakes up only when the sun sets.
The man quickly covered his mouth to control himself from making any sound.
"Are you a cook?" I didn't step forward for fear of scaring him, so I stood five meters away from him and asked.
He nodded fiercely, covering his mouth and unable to speak.
"I don't eat people, I'm still trapped here... a prisoner, please calm down and let's talk."
The man seemed to have regained his ability to think now, and looked at me carefully. He probably realized that I looked like a normal person, not like a man-eating monster, so his mood gradually calmed down.
But he was so frightened just now that he seemed to have collapsed.
He sat under the wall and I stood talking to him.
There were still a few hours before the sun set. The man told me that his name was Ashun, and he was the owner of a noodle stall. The wonton soup he cooked was delicious. Neighbors in several streets knew it. People lined up to buy the wontons he cooked every day.
The cook who ran out yesterday was his uncle, the master of the ramen restaurant.
The "monster" in this house liked to eat human flesh, so the government hired a cook to come in and cook food for the monster every day.
It's easy to make human soup, but not many people dare to do it. Some cooks were so frightened that they couldn't be sent in to do the work.
Moreover, this "monster" is moody, and the cook who comes in often comes and goes.
At first, the government hired serious chefs, but later it felt like it was a bit expensive, so they hired stall chefs like them.
The government's orders came with or without money, otherwise the whole family would be arrested and sent to the army.
Ashun's wife and children were detained by the officers and soldiers, so he had no choice but to come here. Yesterday, his uncle escaped privately, and the whole family was imprisoned. In a few days, they will be taken to the frontier to build a defensive wall.
He had to bear the fatal errand of extending his head and retracting his head. If he came in, he would still have a chance to go out, but if he didn't come in, their whole family would suffer.
Lady of Bones
She has done many evil things, and now that I am here, I will definitely stop her from eating people.
I told Ah Shun to rest assured that he was here today just to cook ordinary meals, but he might have to stay in the house for a few days.
No one outside had any intention of letting him out, so his ability to walk through walls stopped working.
He had no choice but to believe me. He wanted to kowtow to me, but I stopped him in time.
People in this world kowtow at every turn, but as a modern person, I can never get used to it. I always feel like I have to give people red envelopes.
I took Ah Shun back to the kitchen, turned out the noodles and oil and handed them to him. He was good at making pasta, but my cooking skills were average. With him in Yunzhou, I could eat better.
When Mrs. Baigu woke up at night, I waited at the door and told her that a new cook had arrived in the house, who could cook for Yunzhou and I. He had to be kept so that I could concentrate on practicing.
Mrs. Baigu nodded in agreement. She said that she had only a few days to live, and it didn't matter whether she ate or not.
Her body is different from ordinary people. I have never seen her in this condition.
She was so anxious to pass on what she had learned to me that she cared little for anything else.
Ashun stayed in the house to cook, while Mrs. Baigu slept during the day and taught me how to practice kung fu at night.
I will leave Yun Zhou to Ah Shun to take care of him, and let him eat three meals a day.
Nine days passed like this, and no one from outside was sent in to check.
Madam Bai Gu finally wanted me to try the marrow-absorbing technique with Ashun, but I refused. It was true that I agreed to be her apprentice, but I never agreed to her using this martial arts to harm others.
She seemed unable to argue with me, as if she was exhausted.
She did not eat anyone for nine days, which accelerated her death process. If she ate every day, she could probably survive for two months.
Now she only lasted nine days. On the night of the tenth day, she completely lost her breath.
She taught me everything she had learned throughout her life, including more than just marrow-absorbing martial arts.
Seeing that I had a photographic memory, she decided on the spur of the moment to instill in me everything she knew and knew.
The problem of digestion can be left to later, and I will slowly sort out and absorb it myself.
Mrs. Baigu breathed her last, and Ah Shun breathed a sigh of relief.
Madam Bai Gu had confessed that she would be cremated after her death. If she didn’t want to be buried here, she didn’t need to send her back to her hometown. She just had to find a high place and spread her ashes on a windy day.
She wants to go with the wind...
There was enough firewood in the kitchen yard. I put her body on the firewood pile and poured oil on it. It was not easy to cremate her body in this native way and it took a long time to burn it.
There was smoke rising continuously in the courtyard and floating over the house. I thought people outside would definitely notice it.
However, they never made any movement and did not send anyone in to check.
Ah Shun started to worry again and glanced at me with alert eyes.
He was afraid that if we ran out of food, I would use him as food rations.
I asked him if anyone had done anything to him before he came in. He must have used a special method to come in through the wall.
He said that the official gave him a small pill and he took it and came in.
He was supposed to be given two pills, one for coming in and one for going out, but they only gave him one, so he expected that they had no intention of letting him out alive.
