Painter

Chapter 17: Chapter [-]
Li Chan pushed aside the white cat blocking the kitchen with her foot, and walked into the kitchen.The brooms, rice bowls, tongs, and water ladles in the kitchen chattered and shouted, "A Lang is back" and "Welcome A Lang".

There are bacon and garlic hanging on the wall, fresh ferns, winter melon and dogwood in the vegetable basket on the earthen platform near the window, and an earthen pot of pickled celery is placed beside it.

On the wall facing the window is the Zaojun niche, and every household of Dayong people enshrines the Zaojun. When using fire, just recite the mantra in front of the stove, and you can get the fire.

Although there is also a statue of the Kitchen God attached to this kitchen, there is no incense stick in the bamboo tube next to the statue, and there is no trace of offering incense in the incense burner.

A ball of red flame burst out from the earless three-legged green pottery furnace. The red flame was the size of a baby's head. The tongue of the flame trembled a few times and made a weak sound.

"Congratulations... Ah... Ah Lang."

"Song Wuji, what did you do wrong?"

Li Chan glanced at the red flame of the green pottery stove, then looked away at the bottom of the cupboard.

"No...no..." Chi Yan's voice lacked confidence.

"Song, Song Wuji dared to be rude to A Lang, let's teach him a lesson, teach him a lesson." The white cat rushed to Li Chan's feet to fawn on him.

Li Chan pushed it away with her foot again, leaned over and pulled out a few clay pots from under the cupboard.Grilled chicken, sea bass, and yokan are hidden in the pot.

"It's a good life." Li Chan gave the white cat a sideways look, pulled off a chicken leg and ate it in two or three bites, and threw the chicken bone into the stove.

"I haven't had anyone send money back for half a year. How did I get these food? Tell me, how much did you steal?"

"This, this, A Lang's words make us chill." The white cat turned around anxiously.

A red paper-cut female doll hanging in front of the window of the main house floated down and fell into the courtyard, turning into a woman dressed in red, similar in color to the paper-cut.

The woman's small eyebrows were like water, and she looked like she was in her prime. She approached the kitchen and said apologetically, "Young man misunderstood, and everyone doesn't spend this much every day, but you haven't touched meat for a long time. Xu Da happened to get some offerings yesterday, so he brought them back to share."

Li Chan raised her eyebrows when she heard the word "sacrifice".

The white cat hastily sighed and sighed: "Miss Saoqing's words made us cry! After Alang left, the brothers suffered a lot. Although Alang's friend sent some food from time to time, it was only for Madam Saoqing. How can there be enough for the brothers to share food? Let’s think about it. The government’s ban on prostitution is just to talk about it. In the market, there are few people who sacrifice to wild gods and raise little ghosts? You can simply go to the public to show off your prestige, and you can also receive some offerings. .”

Li Chan looked at the white cat in surprise, and said with a smile, "It's also a way."

As soon as the white cat heard the excitement, it jumped onto the stove and said triumphantly: "We knew that Alang would not blame you. Don't worry, Alang. We were careful and we didn't cause any trouble! I just heard that there is an old man in Lin'an Fang, Wai Lang, who loves it very much." He also wrote a book called "Mao Riding" about strange things, so we went to the wall and called him, the old man was first surprised, then overjoyed."

As he spoke, he learned to shake his head and shake his head: "Hey, oh, oh, sure enough, there is no cat who can't speak, and there is no cat who can't talk! We are regarded as gods and called Lord Snow Lion, and we are given many tributes."

"What a snow lion, majestic, majestic!" Li Chan laughed and said, "He has a bright head, and he has made progress."

The white cat looked at the smile, but drooped its ears, shrunk its round body, and said with a flattering smile: "Don't worry, Alang, don't worry, we've been careful, and we haven't exposed our heels."

"Don't show up easily in front of people from now on, you understand?" Li Chan put away her smile.

"Yes, yes!" The white cat nodded repeatedly.

Li Chan rubbed the cat's head, untied the painting scroll at his waist, and said to the woman in red: "Qing Niang, I just met Hong Yao, you take care of her first, I have something to say to Mr. Bi."

Sao Qingniang complied, took the scroll, and Li Chan walked towards the main house.

All the monsters evaded in unison, and when Li Chan stepped into the door, all the monsters surrounded the base of the wall again.

The one-legged multicolored rooster holding a candle on its head held its breath and listened carefully to the movement in the house. It was bumped by the ghost head of Yasha flying out of the painting. It flapped its wings and jumped left and right to avoid falling, but its head remained stable all the time. The candle growing from the cockscomb was also stable, and the candlelight did not falter at all.

The Qing Yasha ghost on the left scolded in a low voice: "Idiot, forgot what I should do?"

The ghost head of Chi Yasha on the right scolded in a low voice: "Still going in?"

The rooster cooed twice, its dark round eyes showed a dazed look, and after being hit twice on the head by two yaksha ghosts, it jumped into the room on its own initiative.

In the darkness, Li Chan was taking out an old pen in front of the bookcase by the window. The texture of the pen was like bone, tooth, and jade, with a moist luster like patina.The pen hairs are mottled in color and seem to be made of various animal hairs.

Li Chan looked at the pen, and candlelight suddenly appeared on the wall, dimly illuminating the indoor scene. There was a beech wood square table next to the bookcase, and the square inkstones and candlesticks on the table were wiped clean like new.

Li Chan glanced back at the rooster and said "Come here", the rooster flapped its wings and flew to the corner of the table, grabbed the fixed ring on the copper candlestick with one foot, held its head high and chest out, motionless, only its eyes rolled and its throat rolled. With two cooing sounds, the candlelight above the head became brighter by three points, illuminating the room even brighter.

"How can you practice? It's been more than two years, and you still don't know how to speak human language?" Li Chan touched the rooster's wings and feathers, and then pulled out the drawer, which contained a stack of Shuzhou hemp paper.He took out a piece of hemp paper and spread it out, and began to rub the ink.

Beside the stove, Sao Qingniang unfolded the drawing paper, and a touch of cinnabar color flew out of the painting.As soon as Hong Yao appeared, she looked towards the main house, and through the window lattice, she could see Li Chan writing by candlelight.

"That's Dai Zhu." Sao Qingniang pointed to the colorful rooster, "Don't be afraid of life, there are many little demons here, most of them are not very intelligent, and you will need your help in the future to control them."

Hong Yao was still a little apprehensive, but felt that she would no longer be alone in the future, so she said softly, "I'm not afraid of life."

"Girl Hongyao, girl Hongyao." The white cat walked to Hongyao's feet and raised her head, "Girl Hongyao is here for the first time, let me tell you what to say, my surname is Xu Mingda, and I am the number one general under Alang There are ten vicious monsters in ancient times, and we, Alang, have four vicious men, and the chief of the four vicious men is here! The world fears us, so we have the title of Lord Snow Lion. I don’t know if Miss Hongyao has heard of it? It’s not worth it. It's not worth mentioning. As for the other three culprits, they are the two brothers Qing Chi Yasha and Huo Jing Song Wuji. Unfortunately, they haven't made a big name yet. When Miss Hong Yao came today, our four culprits finally got to It's five evils, such a happy event, we can't say that we will give you a name, and we will call you Raksha Goddess, what do you think?"

As soon as Xu Da finished speaking, all the little monsters, including rice bowls, brooms, and pots and pans, called "Empress Rakshasa" and "Empress Goddess" and reported their names and titles one after another.

On this side is Lord Xue Shi'er personally appointed General Huo Huo, and the cylinder head on the other side is General Zhenshui.

Xu Da jumped onto the stove.

"Go, go, you guys have nothing to say!"

All the goblins shouted.

"Mr. Snow Lion looks down on demons again!"

The noise spread to the main house and became faint.

Li Chan turned her ear towards the kitchen, couldn't help smiling, and wrote:
"Pen-jun, I'm back."

(End of this chapter)