Lin Chong woke up.
He was a little dazed for a moment.
Start thinking, where am I? Who am I? What am I going to do?
These are the three major propositions of life.
Regarding the first question, he was now lying on a row of hard bamboo mats, and even through the thin mattress, he could count the number of bamboo joints on it.
What he saw now was a rather simple house, made of bamboo. The windows were supported by long bamboo poles. Large swathes of sunlight poured in. The ground was paved with stones. The golden sunlight shone on the fine river pebbles, which inexplicably reminded Lin Chong of a term called "acupressure board"?
Acupressure pad, what is that?
Then another thought came into my mind: Have I traveled through time again? Where is the system?
Huh? Why is it 'again'?
Lin Chong sat up and moved his shoulders. He found that he was fine and his body was very flexible.
I got off the couch barefoot and stepped on the river pebbles. The soles of my feet didn't hurt as much as I imagined. Is this thing much worse than an acupressure mat?
Or is my body stronger?
Lin Chong was a little confused by the various thoughts that popped up in his mind.
"Hey! You're awake!"
A clear voice like that of a lark reached Lin Chong's ears. Lin Chong looked in the direction of the voice and saw the bamboo door open. A girl with two black braids and a floral jacket came in with a wooden basin in her arms.
"Ah..." Lin Chong responded, not knowing how to address the other person, or whether the other person was his relative or friend, so he could only vaguely say, "Yes, I'm awake."
"You've been sleeping for a month!" The girl chirped like a lively little bird. "When Dad picked you up, he said you might not survive. Your body was covered with wounds. It was really scary. But later on, you all healed on your own. Actually..."
The girl turned to Lin Chong and stared at him with her black gemstone eyes. "You must be a fairy!"
"God? I am a god?" Lin Chong suddenly realized, "So I am a god."
"If I say you are a fairy, then you are a fairy. Fairies can create all kinds of treasures and fly in the sky. Can you do that?" Seeing that Lin Chong believed her, the girl herself did not believe it. She curled her lips and said, "Who knows, you may be just an ignorant scholar who wanted to see the abyss of heaven and fell off a cliff and got hurt."
"Scholar... that may not be impossible." Lin Chong nodded again obediently, "I always feel that I must have written a lot of things. Even now, when I hear the three words 'writing', I feel a little nauseous."
"You can't remember who you are?" The girl finally understood that the guy in front of her was not joking with her, but his head was a mess and he really couldn't remember who he was.
"I have an impression, but it's not very clear. Maybe I can remember it if I think about it again." Lin Chong felt that he was in good condition.
"What's your name?" the girl asked again.
Well, that's a good question. Lin Chong thought about it carefully and chose the one he was most familiar with from the many options, "Lin Chong."
"No courtesy name?" the girl asked again.
"What is a courtesy name?" Lin Chong was confused.
"It's just a courtesy name. People with money and status have it. Oh! I was hoping that you were a son of a wealthy family, or a powerful god, and would help me and my father out of gratitude for saving my life!" The girl had obviously read too many picture books.
"I will never forget your life-saving grace, but I heard you just say that my injuries healed on their own, so I guess I don't need to be saved?" Lin Chong said in an inquiring manner.
"You must be a scholar, because you have no conscience!" Unexpectedly, this sentence angered the girl. She pointed at Lin Chong's nose, cursed him, turned around and left.
He wasn't really angry, but turned around, brought another bowl of porridge, added a few slices of venison, put them on the table with a 'bang', and left again.
It should be a hunter family, right?
Lin Chong guessed that after all, the combination of porridge and meat was very unique.
The person who rescued Lin Chong was indeed a hunter. Lin Chong had a special liking for the profession of hunter. He didn't know why, but after dinner, he saw this agile old man with a ruddy face and a laugh as loud as thunder. Without saying a word, he made Lin Chong drink three bowls of homemade monkey wine that night.
Lin Chong was so drunk that he fell headfirst onto the bed and could not get up.
…
"Should we call him?"
"I think he's very happy, why do you want to call him?"
"So many people are waiting for him..."
"It won't take another year or two. Let him have some fun."
…
In the yard.
Today is the first day of the new year. There are two moons in the sky, one hanging in the west and the other in the east. Both are crescent moons, but one is sharper and the other is a little square.
The girl finished washing up with a wooden basin, humming a song, and was obviously in a good mood. Suddenly, she heard someone talking in the house that her father had rescued. She couldn't help but shout, "Who?"
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After calling out, he listened again and added, "Lin Chong, are you awake?"
Looking through the window, Lin Chong was obviously not awake. He was sleeping on the bed, snoring like a dead pig.
Maybe it was just a dream?
The girl walked away puzzled.
…
"How about we make a bet? If we don't call him, how long will it take for him to wake up?"
"Looking at the appearance of the Cepheid Moon, I'm afraid it has waned a lot. I guess it will take until it becomes a full moon to recover."
"Let's wait for him to wake up naturally. Isn't this just a dream to him?"
"Yeah, just take it as a break, what are you doing?"
"I'll let Xiao Xiaohu come and see what's going on..."
…
the next day.
Lin Chong woke up with a splitting headache. In addition to the discomfort of a hangover, he also felt that someone had been nagging and whispering beside him all night, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
"We're going to eat fried mushrooms today," Lin Chong said according to his memory.
"Mushrooms? Where did the mushrooms come from?" The girl heard the voice and responded through the window, "Those foreign gods have gone crazy, looking for mushrooms all over the world. The mushrooms on this mountain have been picked to extinction by them. Where are the mushrooms left?"
"Fairies from a foreign land? Looking for mushrooms?" Lin Chong became interested. He leaned over the window and asked the girl, "Tell me more about it. Fairies are fairies. Why are they called fairies from a foreign land? Why are they looking for mushrooms?"
"The immortals from a foreign land are different from the immortals in this world. They are very strange. There is one in the village at the foot of the mountain. He said he came here to 'teach'. He teaches the children strange knowledge every day, such as the world is round... Hey~"
The girl started laughing as she spoke, "This world is clearly floating in the void. The foreign immortal who came to teach was even asked to cry."
Lin Chong wanted to ask a few more questions, but suddenly felt bored. Communicating with people is a very boring thing... But he felt very happy when chatting with the girl in front of him.
Why do I suddenly feel like not wanting to talk and wanting to stay away from people?
Am I sick?
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