Urban Oddities

Urban Oddities

Author: bored

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This is a collection of several short stories, and the stories are divided by chapter names.

The first story "Looking for Immortals" Although the name of the story looks very fairy~~ very fantasy~~, in fact, it is essentially a story about the hallucinations of an uncle who picks his feet~~~~~~(╯-╰ )/

The second story "Single Dog's Romance" single dog, single dog, single dog, important things are said three times~~~~(￣▽￣)~*~~~

Content tags: fantasy space, past life, present life, modern fiction

Finding Immortals

In 13 days, it will be Li Yongsheng's 45th birthday.

He is slightly bald on the top of his head, has a fat body, and has a spleen and wine belly that almost every middle-aged man has. He is working as a financial job in a small company. This job will not starve him to death, but also let him buy Can't afford a car, can't afford a house.

My wife, Miao Hongjuan, met on a blind date. She looks ordinary and is two years older than him, but she is very diligent. He has also reached the age where he needs to get married, and the other party thinks that he is more honest and can live, so the two live together up.I have been married for more than 20 years. I have a daughter who is studying in college. She is also majoring in accounting. I am about to graduate next year. After graduation, I will find a stable job and find an ordinary man to marry. Live peacefully for a lifetime.

Li Yongsheng does not smoke, drink or gamble. His only hobby is reading miscellaneous books, which is what some experts call "street literature".

Today, as usual, Li Yongsheng was looking for books in the library. There were many people, but almost all of them were elementary and middle school students in school uniforms, which made him feel that he was very conspicuous here.So I hurriedly selected a few books.

Just as he was about to leave, the corner of his eye turned to a book in the corner with "Xunxianji" written on the spine. Like a ghost, he took it out, and borrowed it back for entertainment along with the few books he had just taken. use.

Li Yongsheng was the last to read the book "Xun Xian Ji", whose title is similar to that of the net red cultivating immortals. In fact, he regretted it a little when he first borrowed it. This type of novel is not his taste.But after all, he took it, and after reading the other books, he just flipped through them.

After flipping through it, Li Yongsheng realized that he was wrong. This is not a book on cultivating immortals, but a miscellaneous note.The stories in it are short in length, including travel experiences, strange people and strange events, and even medical remedies.The author's writing style is good, and what he saw and heard is full of fiction, which is quite novel, which makes people want to stop. Li Yongsheng finished reading this less than 300-page book in one breath.

Miao Hongjuan felt that her husband was a little strange recently, whether he was eating or watching TV, he seemed a little absent-minded, and his brows were always unconsciously frowned, as if he had something on his mind.In this case, she only showed Li Yongsheng's expression when it was about her own daughter.

Although the two have been husband and wife for so many years, she has a quiet and introverted personality, and the couple rarely communicate with each other.She wanted to ask several times, but she hesitated and still didn't ask.Although the daughter is closer to her father, she has a very good relationship with her own daughter. It is impossible for her daughter to only tell Li Yongsheng and not her when something important happens.

So it's probably a matter of work, even if I know, it won't be of much help.Thinking about it this way, Miao Hongjuan still didn't ask in the end.

Li Yongsheng is indeed a little restless these days, he has been thinking about a story in "Looking for Immortals", the name of this story is 'Past Life'

"Past life" records the story of the dialogue between the author and a practitioner. The practitioner practiced through meditation, opening his eyes, and getting out of his body, and found his memory of the third life. Reveal a trace of the profound meaning of the universe.

This story is full of fantasy, but the most important point is that the book records the practice method of this practitioner in detail. At the end, there is a sentence from the practitioner: Everyone is reincarnated. Practicing this method can obtain the fruit of the previous life, and those who have achieved great success can make the soul immortal!

Can you find the practice of past life memory? !This gave Li Yongsheng the first impulse in his life.If this story is true, if he can also retrieve the memories of his previous lives, wouldn't it be the same as immortality?Although it is only spiritual immortality! !

His heart said to himself countless times, try it out, you won't lose anything, even if you don't succeed, it's just a waste of time!But at the same time, reason will jump out immediately, reminding him incessantly in his ears, this kind of thing is too ridiculous!impossible!Don't be stupid! ! !

He placed the book by his bedside, and after flipping through it many times, the corners have been rolled up, making it look a bit worn out.

He had thought about buying a book for his collection before, but the strange thing was that he couldn't find it in bookstores or online. In the end, he had to report the loss of the book, lost some money, and kept the book.

It was like a cat's paw, every time it looked at it, it tickled Li Yongsheng's heart.

Then something happened that finally made Li Yongsheng make up his mind.

That incident was Wang Jun's sudden death.

Wang Jun and Li Yongsheng are employees of the same company. Li Yongsheng is in the finance department, while Wang Jun is in the sales department. Because they have a lot of work contacts, the relationship between the two is pretty good.

It is said that Wang Jun and another colleague lasted until three o'clock in the morning to socialize with clients last night. Wang Jun was a little drunk, but he was still conscious. After they came out, they took a taxi and went back.

The next morning, when Wang Jun's wife woke up, she found Wang Jun lying on the ground at the gate of the house. At first, she thought that he was too drunk, so she just fell asleep there.I thought about waking him up to have breakfast before going to bed, only to find that his body was cold and he had been out of breath for a while.

Li Yongsheng remembered that the afternoon before Wang Jun's sudden death, he was still complaining to him that the frequency of drinking and socializing at work was too high recently, and he almost ate wine as a meal.At that time, Li Yongsheng joked with him that maybe his wife's cooking was too bad, so he was looking for a reason.

In fact, although there are not many people who die suddenly at work, there are definitely not many.I often see it on the news, but when I read it, I always feel that it is someone else's business, and I will never encounter it. Watch it lively, comment on it, and forget it after a couple of days.

When he first heard the news, Li Yongsheng's first thought was that everyone was joking. After the news was confirmed, his working status throughout the whole day was in a mess. There were several mistakes in the accounts, but luckily they were all discovered in time. Yes, no loss.

After returning home from get off work, Li Yongsheng told Miao Hongjuan about Wang Jun, then dropped another sentence: "I won't eat dinner." Then he went back to his room alone.

Wang Jun had eaten at Li Yongsheng's house several times, so Miao Hongjuan knew Wang Jun.Hearing the news, Miao Hongjuan was also very surprised. In the end, she secretly rejoiced that it was not her husband who had the accident.

In the room, Li Yongsheng, who had never smoked at home, lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. His eyes stared at a corner of the room without focus, and he began to be dazed.

After one cigarette was extinguished, another was lit, until the smoke filled the whole room and made him cough, he came back to his senses.

Li Yongsheng put out the cigarette in his hand, and his eyes fell on the book "Looking for Immortals" on the bedside again. His frown finally relaxed. This time, he faced up to the desire in his heart. If he doesn't do this now This matter fulfilled the thoughts in his heart, and he was afraid that he would hold regrets until he died.

Finding Immortals

The ancients practiced often to find a secluded place, or deep in the mountains, wild forests or inaccessible places, because the practice environment without being disturbed by others is the basis of practice.

But in this day and age, it is impossible to find such a place again.Li Yongsheng searched on the Internet for half a month, and finally selected a more ideal location, that is, Gangxiang Village, an urban village planned to be demolished in the Chengdong District of the city.

Gangxiang Village has been included in the new city renovation plan area, and part of the demolition work has been carried out. Most of the local people have received government subsidies and moved out.However, because the conditions of a small number of nail households were not negotiated, the demolition work was only suspended when it reached the outer part. Although only the outer part was demolished, the water and electricity in the entire area have been cut off, and no one lives now.

What Li Yongsheng rented was one of the rental houses of nail households with their own homestead, a 6-story self-built house.

The tenants have all moved out due to water and electricity cuts.Li Yongsheng rented a room at a very cheap price on the grounds that he needed to rent temporarily to store decoration materials, no water and electricity were needed, and he could cancel the lease at any time as long as the landlord needed it.The landlord proudly gave him a bunch of keys, saying that he could choose any room in the building as long as he was not afraid of losing his belongings.

The practice of meditation needs to be done step by step, and the entry starts with 8 hours of practice, so Li Yongsheng plans to use the rest time on Saturdays and Sundays.

You definitely can't tell your wife about this kind of practice. To be honest, my wife probably thinks he is crazy. If he can't be persuaded, she will definitely call my daughter, and all plans will be in vain.

So what he told his wife was that recently, he planned to do physical exercise, so he joined the marathon lovers' assembly, and whenever he was free, he would go for a marathon run with his colleagues.Ever since what happened to Wang Jun, Miao Hongjuan has paid great attention to his health. When she heard that he was going to exercise, she naturally agreed with it.

So this Friday night, Li Yongsheng came to the rental house. All the usable things in the rental house had been removed or dismantled, and the whole room was empty, except for a wooden bed with missing corners. Broken pedestal fan and two cracked plastic chairs.