Chapter 186 Extra
At the end of the alley, there is only one family, Du Heng. His family runs a private restaurant. There is a large cement yard at the door for customers to park. In the past, when it was busy, the cement yard was full of cars, and sometimes cars would park in the alley.
It was late at night and the cement yard was empty except for the white parking spaces. The lights on the first floor of the restaurant were on and faint voices could be heard from inside.
After Du Heng and his friends were teased by the young man at the barbecue stall, they cast an illusion on them. There were not many cultivators in Du Heng's hometown, and Feng Gui and his friends felt that cultivators who could see through their illusions were even rarer.
Feng Gui and his friends didn't know much about the clothing styles in Du Heng's hometown, so they simply put on the clothes of the young men who had just eaten barbecue. The young men's uncouth clothes looked surprisingly elegant on them.
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoying were wearing children's clothes with little yellow chickens printed on them, and the two children looked like a pair of twins.
Father Du is a tall and thin middle-aged man, who looks a bit like Du Heng. However, he is far from being as vigorous as Du Heng, and the years have left their mark on him. Father Du's temples are already gray, and his back is slightly lumpy.
Mother Du was a little plump, her face was a little yellow, and like Father Du, her hair was also gray. Mother Du had a loud voice, and at this moment she was hugging Du Heng and crying loudly: "Where have you been? It's been three years and eight months, and there has been no news from you! You want to worry your parents to death!"
The speed of time in Du Heng's hometown is different from that in Taixu Realm. Du Heng stayed in Taixu Realm for more than a year, but three years passed in his hometown. Du Heng felt guilty but also a little relieved. Fortunately, he came back now. If he had waited a few more years, he might not have seen his parents.
Du Heng's eyes were red. He didn't know how to explain his experience to his parents. He thought of many reasons on the way here. He was abducted by aliens, traveled through time after sleeping... But when he saw the white hair on his parents' heads, he couldn't say any more reasons.
Even if they were just his parents in his reincarnation, they were so sincere to him. How could he give those perfunctory reasons?
Father Du blamed, "What are you talking about when the child just came back? It's good enough that he's back." Father Du rubbed his hands and looked at Feng Gui and the others a little stiffly, "You are Xiao Heng's friends, right?"
Xuan Yu stepped forward and shook Father Du's hand respectfully: "Hello, Father."
Father Du: ???
Feng Gui and the others looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Hello, Dad, Hello, Mom." You are so mean, Xuan Yu, how dare you act so petty in front of them!
Dad and Mom Du were stunned. At this time, Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu came up to help. They cleared their throats and called out loudly, "Hello, Grandpa and Grandma!"
Du Heng touched his nose awkwardly, and introduced them to the two elders: "Mom and Dad, they are my friends. I have been with them over the years, and they..."
Oops, I don't know how to continue. Du Heng can only look at Xuan Yu depressedly, and Xuan Yu looks innocent. In a sense, it's okay for Xuan Yu to follow Du Heng and call him mom and dad.
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Du Heng and I are as close as brothers. None of us have parents. We have already agreed before we came here that his parents are our parents."
Du Heng gave Nan Nan an affirmative look. As expected of the Fox God, this explanation was great! Du Heng hurriedly followed and introduced, "Dad, this is Xuan Yu, Feng Gui, and Jing Nan, these two children..."
Xiaoxiao took Xiaoyu and introduced: "Grandpa and grandma, my full name is Fenglin, and my nickname is Xiaoxiao." Taishuhong started to get nervous again: "My name is Taishuhong, and my nickname is Xiaoyu."
Father Du and his friends looked at the two children and smiled: "Hey, good, good. Have you had dinner yet?"
Xiaoxiao was not afraid of strangers. He approached the two elders enthusiastically and said, "I haven't had dinner yet, I only had breakfast!" It was still morning when they set out, but it was already evening when they arrived at Du Heng's house. Not only did they miss dinner, they also hadn't had lunch. In total, Xiaoxiao missed two meals!
Mother Du immediately started to get busy: "Oh, we can't let the child go hungry. Dad, go and cook!"
Father Du quickly tied on his apron. He patted Xiaoxiao's head lovingly and asked gently, "Hey, eat, eat! Do you want some fried rice?"
Xiaoxiao nodded: "Eating!"
Mother Du touched Xiaoxiao and Xiaomao's faces and said, "These two children are really well taken care of. Old Du, do we have any cheese sticks in the refrigerator? Bring them out and let the two children eat them first."
Xiao Xiao, who had gained the advantage, smiled even more brightly, showing a row of neat little white teeth. Du Heng breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that children were better at pleasing their elders.
A fire started in the kitchen of the Du family in the middle of the night. Du Heng looked around the kitchen and saw that the big stove in the kitchen where he used to cook was covered with dust. It looked like there hadn't been any cooking there for a long time. It seemed that a lot had happened in the three years he was away from home.
Du Heng asked dryly, "Mom and Dad, is our family's private restaurant closed?"
Mother Du skillfully took out a bag of old peas and started to peel them: "Yes, they won't open anymore." Mother Du looked up at Du Heng, tears welled up in her eyes again. She lowered her head to wipe her eyes and then smiled as she peeled the peas: "We are old, we can't do it anymore."
With the health of Du's father and his family, it would be more than enough for them to open the private restaurant for another 20 years. But now that Du Heng was gone, they were no longer in the mood to open a restaurant.
Even though Du's mother and the others didn't say these words, Du Heng knew them. At that moment, Du Heng felt even more guilty.
Mother Du looked at Du Heng deeply. She had a thousand words to say, but when the words came to her lips, they turned into: "Take your friends to choose a room. The guest room is not cleaned. Go and clean it up."
Du Heng responded and smiled: "Okay."
Father Du poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "Xiao Heng, you're not leaving today, are you?" Father Du's eyes were full of nervousness. Du Heng smiled and said, "No, I'm not leaving. I'll stay at home for a while."
Father Du was relieved. He smiled and said, "You go up first. Your mother and I will call you when we have prepared dinner. Come up quickly!"
Feng Gui gave Xiao Xiao a look, and Xiao Xiao immediately pulled Xiao Yu Mao to sit next to Mother Du: "Grandma, let us help you shell the beans!"
Mother Du's eyes were slits from laughing. She looked at the two children lovingly, "No, no, go eat something to fill your stomach. You came from far away, right? Are you hungry?"
When Du Heng went upstairs, he heard his father's voice: "How can you not be hungry? The children said they only had breakfast. Mom, take out the prawns from the refrigerator..."
Du Heng's house has three floors. The rooms on the first and second floors were used as private rooms. The third floor is where they live. There are two rooms facing south on the third floor, and there is a small living room in the room. The room on the east side is the bedroom of Du's father and his family, and the one on the west side is Du Heng's room.
After turning on the lights, the room appeared in front of everyone. This room was a little smaller than the one in Yikeshu Village, but it had everything it needed.
The first thing that caught his eye was a large bed, covered with a quilt printed with large pink flowers. The quilt was laid out neatly, and Du Heng recognized it at a glance as the one he had covered himself with when he left for school.
Looking at the quilt, Du Heng blushed: "My mother likes to buy four-piece sets with big flowers." Jing Nan smiled and said, "My mother has good taste."
Everyone rushed into the room, looking around curiously. The room still had the scent of Du Heng, and Jing Nan exclaimed, "This is where you used to live."
Du Heng smiled and said, "Yeah, everyone is welcome to do as you please." As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Nan sat down on the bed.
Du Heng never liked sleeping on a hard bed. The mattress on his bed was one foot thick, and people would shake a little when they lay on it. Jing Nan rolled over twice and said in surprise, "Hey? Xixi, look, Du Heng's bed is so soft, it's even more comfortable than the fairy cloud bed of your Feather Clan!"
Feng Gui sat down and felt it for a while. He admitted, "Yes, that's true. Take two beds with you when you leave?" This was a good idea. Jing Nan smiled with satisfaction.
There is a set of wall cabinets near the big bed, and there are two posters on the wall cabinets. These two posters were put up when Du Heng was in junior high school. At that time, a youth sports animation was popular all over the country. At that time, the boys in their class talked about this animation during recess.
Du Heng was so fascinated by the red-haired protagonist who could play basketball that he saved up his pocket money for a week to buy two exquisite posters. Now, after several years, the posters have not changed color.
Xuan Yu walked to the closet and pointed at the basketball on the poster and asked, "Is this... a ball?" Du Heng smiled and said, "Yes, it's a basketball. Many people play basketball, and some people make a living by playing basketball."
Xuan Yu was puzzled: "Playing basketball?" Du Heng felt that he could not explain this question to Xuan Yu for the time being, so he planned to take Xuan Yu to see how others play basketball tomorrow.
There is a door at the end of the closet, and inside the door is the bathroom, which has a bathtub and a toilet. Xuan Yu stared at the toilet for a while: "This is..."
Du Heng explained: "The flush toilet is where ordinary people go through the cycle of life and death."
Xuan Yu suddenly realized, and then he closed the door. People who practice Taoism never consider this issue.
On the other side of the bed is a desk with a simple bookshelf on it. The books on the bookshelf are a little messy, but there is a kind of warmth in the mess.
Jing Nan took a book from the bookshelf and flipped through it. His brows began to frown: "Hmm... the words here are a little small and a little simple."
Hearing Jing Nan say this, Du Heng almost laughed out loud. He comforted Jing Nan: "This place also has its own civilization, and it has been around for quite a while. There are thousands of languages here, so you don't have to take it to heart."
Jing Nan smiled and said, "It's quite interesting."
They had seen a lot of strange things not long after arriving at Du Heng's hometown. They were expected to see even more rare things after daybreak.
At this time, Feng Gui's eyes fell on the socket on the wall. Du Heng's house was built earlier. Although the house has been renovated in recent years, his room still retains the old-fashioned socket. The holes of the socket are arranged in a triangular shape. Feng Gui bent down and stared at the holes on the socket and looked at it: "What is this..."
As he spoke, Feng Daxianer stretched out his little finger to poke the socket, and the current hit Feng Gui's little finger. The light in the room flickered, and Feng Gui raised his little finger to look at it, and then he stared at the socket and said, "Interesting."
As he spoke, Feng Daxianer continued to push his claws into the hole. Of course, he did not succeed, firstly because Du Heng stopped him, and secondly because Du's mother's voice came from downstairs: "Xiao Heng, bring your friends down to eat!"
Du Heng quickly pulled Xuan Yu downstairs: "Here we go——"
Time was tight, so Dad Du only made two dishes, one soup, and egg fried rice. The dishes were stir-fried pork with lettuce and beef tenderloin with hot peppers, and the soup was tomato and egg soup. Although there weren't many varieties, the portions were sufficient.
Mother Du had already served everyone food. She said shyly, "I didn't prepare too many dishes today. I'll go buy some food tomorrow morning. You must be hungry. Come and eat!"
Du Heng looked at the bowls on the table and said to his parents, "Mom and Dad, would you like to sit down and eat something with us?"
Father Du smiled and said, "We have reached the age where we feel uncomfortable if we eat one more bite. You eat and I will watch you eat." Father Du and his family pulled out chairs and sat next to the two children.
Xiaoxiao was holding a bowl as big as his face, and he was eating rice with a sizzling sound. Mother Du looked at Xiaoxiao eating like this, and she said distressedly: "Dear, eat slowly, there is still a lot of rice in the pot."
Xiaoxiao raised her head, with rice still stuck on her face: "The food made by grandpa and grandma is so delicious, isn't it, Xiaoyu?" Xiaoyu nodded hurriedly: "Yeah! Delicious!"
Father Du and his friends were so happy that they said to Xiaoxiao and the others, "They decided to go to the market to buy the freshest vegetables tomorrow! They wanted to make the most delicious private dishes for their grandson who had just been born out of nowhere!"
Du Heng once again ate the food cooked by his parents. Actually, according to his current taste, the food cooked by his parents was not very amazing, but Du Heng truly felt the emotions hidden in the food.
Father Du said to everyone with a smile: "There is still rice in the pot, please eat it."
The fried rice made by Dad Du is filled with peas, minced beef, shrimps and other ingredients. It is a big bowl of red and green, with each grain of rice distinct. It warms the stomach and heart when eaten.
Looking at the children eating with big mouthfuls, Father Du said with a smile: "If I had known that you would be back today, I would have started preparing meals during the day."
Du Heng smiled and said, "I was worried that I would come back too late and disturb your sleep."
Mother Du said, "I had already gone to bed, but your father and I suddenly had a feeling that you were back. Then we went to the alley entrance and saw that it was really you, hey!"
Du Heng's nose was sore. This might be the so-called induction. Father Du and the others were not cultivators, so they had no way of sensing his consciousness.
Mother Du asked, "Have you chosen your room?" Du Heng said, "Not yet. I just went to my room to take a look."
Mother Du said, "You guys eat first, I'll go upstairs to set up your room. Old Du, you can wash the dishes later."
Du Heng said, "I'll wash it, and then I'll decorate the room. Mom and Dad, stop being busy and go to bed!"
Mother Du still arranged the rooms for everyone. There was a big room in her house, which was used to receive drunk guests who couldn't go home. Soon, the big bed in the room was covered with Mother Du's love-shaped quilt. Xiaoxiao, who had finished washing up, got into the quilt and smelled the quilt: "It smells like the sun."
Du Heng also slept with everyone. He lay beside Xuan Yu and sighed, "My parents have been so busy since I came back." Xuan Yu comforted him, "Compared to making them busy, they are more afraid that they won't be able to be busy for you."
As soon as Xuan Yu finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Before Du Heng could get out of bed, the door was twisted open. The door opened a crack, and Du's father and others stood at the door and asked, "Xiao Heng, you won't leave tonight, right?"
The expectation in Mr. Du's words is heartbreaking. They are afraid that their son will be gone again when they wake up. If this is a dream, they would rather never wake up.
Du Heng got up from the bed, opened the door and said to the two elders, "No! I have to cook a big meal for my parents tomorrow. I'm not going anywhere!"
The two elders were relieved and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. How about I make your favorite braised pork tomorrow?" Du Heng smiled and said, "Okay!"
The two elders reached out and touched Du Heng's face again and again. Mother Du hugged Du Heng, and then they closed the door reluctantly.
Xiaoxiao lay on the bed with jealous eyes: "Are these my parents?" He also wanted to have them, but he already had an uncle, so one should not be too greedy! Xiaoxiao turned over and hugged Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu didn't have an uncle yet, so he was much luckier than Xiaoyu!
Perhaps he felt relieved after returning home, Du Heng slept until dawn. When he woke up, Feng Gui and the others were still sleeping. They had consumed a lot of spiritual energy walking in the Zhoutian Star Array yesterday, and the spiritual energy in their hometown was scarce, so they needed to sleep for a while longer.
Father Du and his family hadn't gotten up yet, so Du Heng got up and cast a cleaning spell on the house. Since he left, Father Du and his family had no mood to clean up the house, and the private rooms on the first and second floors were covered with dust.
The cleaning technique was surprisingly effective. Du Heng was afraid that Du Mama and the others would notice something, so he closed the door again. He went to the kitchen and took out a piece of fire-cooked meat. He was going to stir-fry some meat sauce and let Xiaoxiao and the others mix it with noodles.
Accustomed to the flammable blood-sucking vines and cleaning arrays in the Taixu Realm, Du Heng was not used to cooking on the stove. After a flurry of activity, he finally put the meat sauce into a large bowl.
He added most of the water into the pot, and after a while Xiaoxiao and the others woke up, the noodles cooked quickly.
After three years of not using the kitchen, many of the facilities were broken. Du Heng fixed the leaking faucet and cleared the clogged drain. Just as he was busy, he heard Xuan Yu's footsteps. Du Heng turned around and smiled, "Are you up?"
Xuan Yu responded: "Well, why didn't you call me?" Du Heng said: "Let you sleep a little longer."
Xuan Yu kissed Du Heng on the forehead: "Do you need to go shopping?" Du Heng said: "Yes, but I want to go with you. You are not used to the way we buy things here."
Jing Nan yawned and leaned against the kitchen door: "It seems that there are a lot of new things in your hometown. We are all up and want to go with you to see the fun."
Du Heng was amused: "How strange, Nan Nan actually got up early today!" Jing Nan groaned: "Am I just a useless person who eats and sleeps in your heart?"
After a while, Xiaoxiao and the others came downstairs. Xiaoxiao smelled the familiar aroma of meat, and he jumped up and down: "Sauerkraut noodles, sauerkraut noodles~"
Looking at Xiaoxiao, Du Heng had an idea: "There is a big farmer's market near our home. The breakfast there is pretty good. How about we go have breakfast together?"
It's so boring to always eat food you cook. Now that you have come to this world, why not let everyone taste the specialties of your hometown?
The sun awakened the morning, and the alley that was dark last night had awakened. There were many people getting up early to go to work or school on the road outside the alley. Feng Gui was disgusted as soon as he left the alley: "... Dirty."
The dirty air Feng Gui was talking about was the polluted air. The air in the morning was even more polluted than the air they had last night. Feng Gui was not used to the sound of traffic. When he saw the cars speeding by, Feng Daxianer's face was full of disgust: "Is this the mount of the people here?"
Du Heng said: "Yes, the people in my hometown are just ordinary people. They don't have the ability to fly like the monks. But they have built airplanes that can fly in the sky and cars that can run on the ground."
Jing Nan pointed at a car parked on the side of the road with interest: "This is interesting, Xixi, shall we buy one and take it back?"
Feng Gui nodded: "Yes."
Du Heng was full of black lines on his head: "Stop it, do you have money? The money in our hometown is different from the money in Taixu Realm."
After saying this, everyone looked at Du Heng, and saw Du Heng took out a black wallet from his trouser pocket. After opening the wallet, there were several pink bills inside. Feng Gui picked up the bills and looked at them: "How difficult is this? There are as many of this level as you want."
Du Heng said calmly: "Making drugs is illegal."
Jing Nan took out a spirit stone from his hand: "What about exchanging it with spirit stones?" Du Heng said: "There are places that can exchange it, but I'm not sure if they will accept spirit stones."
Xuan Yu said, "We have plenty of gold, silver, and jewelry." Du Heng smiled and said, "Let's go to the city to exchange them when we have a chance. We're going to buy food and have breakfast now. It won't cost much."
After walking along the road for a while, everyone saw the farmer's market. There were several breakfast restaurants at the entrance of the farmer's market. At this time, the breakfast shops were busy. Du Heng took everyone to sit down directly: "Boss, six bowls of tofu soup, and six each of fried dough sticks, glutinous rice balls, and fried dumplings."
The boss smiled when he saw Du Heng: "Isn't this the little Heng from the old Du family? Where have you been? I haven't seen you for several years!"
Du Heng smiled without saying anything, and a wisp of spiritual energy flowed out from his fingers. The spiritual energy flew to the boss's head, and the boss changed the subject. He skillfully picked up the things Du Heng wanted from the stall and walked over: "Here you are! Enjoy! Hey? This customer looks friendly."
Feng Gui asked Du Heng quietly, "Did you erase his memory?"
Du Heng nodded: "It's not erased. I will leave here eventually, but my parents can't leave. These neighbors have watched me grow up. If I really leave, they will remind my parents intentionally or unintentionally, so I let them forget about me and treat me as a stranger."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent. Xiaoxiao said sadly, "Du Hengheng, you must be very sad to leave your parents who are so good to you."
Du Heng smiled but said nothing, with a struggle in his eyes. He picked up some glutinous rice balls for Xuan Yu and the others and said, "Try the glutinous rice balls from my hometown and see how they are different from mine."
Feng Gui picked up the chili oil on the small dining table and smeared a thick layer of chili oil on the glutinous rice balls. After taking a bite, Feng Daxianer commented: "Not bad!"
Du Heng blinked. He had never seen anyone eat glutinous rice balls with chili oil. He could only say that Feng Gui's sense of taste was extraordinary.
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