The room wasn't big, about the same size as the room where Shiyue slept, maybe ten or twenty square meters at most.
The room was empty, with nothing in it, except for something that looked like a movie screen hanging on the wall directly opposite her.
Yes, Shiyue has seen the movie.
She was still young at that time, her parents were in good health, and the family had some money.
One year, her parents took her to the city to visit Uncle Shen, who worked at a university.
Then, just as Uncle Shen's school was showing a movie, they invited them to go see something new.
It's been so long that Shiyue no longer remembers what the movie was about, but she will never forget the shock she felt when she saw people walking and moving on that piece of cloth!
Although there is no one on the wall in front of you, the pictures on it are animated, flashing and changing patterns!
Moreover, it's colorful, making it look just like the real thing.
It was even clearer than the movie she had watched back then.
The food in the picture looked as if it were placed right in front of Shiyue, as if she could reach out and touch it.
Looking at the steaming, beautifully presented food pictures that she had never seen before, Shiyue subconsciously swallowed, and her previous fear dissipated somewhat.
Just as Shiyue was staring intently at the pictures, they suddenly flickered and then disappeared.
Instead, three new red envelopes were issued.
The wording on the envelopes also changed, becoming "Qingxia Restaurant", "Maixiang Set Meal", and another one said "Magi Frozen Food".
Shiyue found all three names somewhat familiar. She thought for a moment and remembered the broadcast voice she had heard in her mind before.
This must be the "free meal" thing that the voice was referring to, right?
At this point, Shiyue felt that she had gained some understanding of this inexplicably appearing "mountain spirit"—
That means it's best to do everything according to its will.
If things go smoothly, it might stop causing trouble, just like before.
But if you don't do as it wants, it will keep making a fuss, forcing you to do what it says.
So when she saw the envelopes reappear, Shiyue didn't dare to hesitate any longer and decisively checked them all one by one.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
With three soft sounds, three paper bags suddenly fell from the sky!
This startled Shiyue so much that she leaned back and fell to the ground.
Ignoring the pain, Shiyue rolled over and crawled towards the farthest corner of the wall!
I wish I could just bury my whole body in a crack in the wall so no one would notice.
Shiyue herself didn't know how long she had been huddled in the corner, until her whole body ached.
But not a single person appeared in the room again.
She quietly stretched her body and mustered her courage to climb back to the three paper bags.
I opened the one closest to me.
The moment it was opened, a rich aroma of meat, unlike anything Shiyue had ever smelled before, wafted out!
The smell was so overpowering that it made her, who was completely unprepared, stagger backward and instinctively took a deep breath.
My mouth watered instantly.
A deep sense of vigilance arose within her.
But his hand seemed to have its own mind, and he couldn't control himself from reaching in and grabbing a big chicken leg!
This... is a chicken leg, right?
Shiyue stared blankly at the large, deep-fried, battered piece of meat in her hand, which was bigger than her palm.
She used to raise chickens, and this thing looks like a chicken leg.
But what kind of chicken can grow such big legs?
If the legs are this big, how big must the chicken be?
However, the thought only flashed through her mind for a moment before Shiyue dismissed it.
Mainly, it smells so good!
She was so captivated by the fragrance that she couldn't think of anything else.
She finally couldn't take it anymore and grabbed the chicken leg, taking a huge bite!
The golden-brown skin was fragrant and crispy, while the juicy meat chunks were tender and smooth.
Shiyue lived to be eighteen and had never eaten anything so delicious!
At that moment, she suddenly realized that even encountering a ghost wasn't so scary.
Shiyue ate most of a chicken leg in one go.
Only when I was so full I couldn't take it anymore did I reluctantly put the remaining half back into the paper bag and start looking at the other things.
The paper bag with "Qingxia Restaurant" written on it contained three transparent boxes.
Shiyue took one out and saw that it was a box full of braised pork with potatoes.
She's eaten this before.
Before the disaster, when our family was better off, my father made this for Chinese New Year, but it didn't have as much meat as this one.
She took a deep breath and took out the second box.
This box should contain tofu.
But this tofu was stir-fried with minced meat, and I don't know how much oil was used when it was stir-fried!
It's red and smells delicious.
Even through the box, Shiyue could smell the fragrant and spicy aroma.
The aroma made her nose itch, and her mouth watered uncontrollably once again.
After swallowing hard, Shiyue picked up the box that was at the bottom.
This box is filled to the brim with rice!
Rice! It's white and fragrant, pure rice without a single wild vegetable or coarse grain mixed in!
Shiyue's eyes widened as she looked at the box of food!
My hands, which were holding the box, were trembling slightly.
She could force herself to put down the braised pork and braised tofu, but she just couldn't put down this box of white rice.
Shiyue thought of what her mother had said before she died.
Before she passed away, Mom held Dad's hand and said that she really, really wanted to drink a sip of white rice porridge before she died, even just one sip would make her happy for the rest of her life.
For this reason, Dad secretly dismantled all the beams from their little house and sold them.
Just so I could have money to buy some rice for my mom.
Unfortunately, it was a famine year, and even after my mother died and my father's legs became thin from running around, he still couldn't buy rice to cook her a bowl of white rice porridge.
Thinking of this, Shiyue hugged the box of rice tightly, tears dripping onto the box.
There was only one thought in my mind: to take this box of rice to my mother's grave and give it to her to eat!
The moment this thought crossed her mind, Shiyue felt the world spinning again!
Immediately afterwards, I felt a sharp pain, as if I had been thrown away by something!
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