Urban Oddities

Li Yongsheng did a simple cleaning, threw away the floor fan and plastic chair, and put the drinking water and compressed biscuits beside the bed.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Due to the water and electricity outage, the area was pitch black, and it looked a little gloomy against the background of the lights in the distance.

Li Yongsheng closed the windows and doors, and glued the window glass with electrical tape. The room, which had a bit of moonlight shining through it, was suddenly so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.He turned off his phone, took off his clothes, found a comfortable position, and lay down on the bed.

Different from the meditation practiced in some religions, the practice of meditation in "Xunxianji" is based on the spirit as the first element, without too much emphasis on body posture or posture, just use the most comfortable way for yourself.

In the dark, so quiet that only the sound of his breathing could be heard, after lying down for a while, Li Yongsheng stood up and walked slowly in the room.The initial practice is the most will-testing. When he saw this sentence in the book, he was quite disapproving. Isn’t it just trying not to eat or drink and find a place to stay by himself for 8 hours? It shouldn’t be difficult.As a result, it has only been a long time now, and he already feels a little irritable.

half an hour?One hour?Or has it been two hours?After going back and forth for an unknown number of times, Li Yongsheng groped back on the bed and lay down again.

He tried to adjust his breathing, and then began to recall what he would have been doing in normal times.

Usually, when he gets home from get off work at 6 o'clock, his wife has already prepared dinner and is waiting for him. What did you eat last night?Scrambled eggs with leeks, braised pork ribs, cold salad and seaweed egg soup, well, his wife's cooking skills are quite good.Every time my daughter calls, she says she misses her mother's stewed pig's trotters.Thinking about it, he began to feel a little hungry. He came to the rental house directly from the company after get off work today, and he hasn't had dinner yet.

His stomach was getting more and more hungry, and he began to recall all the delicacies he had eaten in his mind, and his mouth secreted a lot of saliva uncontrollably. The more he recalled, the more hungry he felt.He half-lyed up, grabbed the mineral water and compressed biscuits that were put aside, and drank the cold water, but his stomach felt even more empty.I tore open the compressed biscuit and took two bites. It felt dry, hard and tasteless, so I put it down again.

In order to divert his attention, Li Yongsheng began to think about his daughter who was a junior in university in Z City.It is said that the daughter is good, she is the lover of the father in the previous life.His daughter also has a good relationship with him. She has always liked to cling to him since she was a child, and she has been clever and sensible since she was a child. She is not at all different from those rebellious children who are special now, who fall in love with smoking and going to bars. It has always made him very worry-free. Since her parents passed away, she was the person she cared about the most.

Thinking of his daughter, everything around him seemed to become unimportant, and he unconsciously recalled little things about his daughter.

When his daughter was just admitted to the university in Z City, he insisted on going to the university to report alone. At first, he firmly disagreed, and let his precious daughter, who had never traveled far since childhood, go to a place thousands of miles away alone with such a heavy luggage. What should I do if I get lost?What should I do if I encounter a thief and a bad guy?Just thinking of this possibility made him worry terribly, but in the end he couldn't stand his daughter's pleadings and tears, and let go of the treasure that was carefully raised in his heart;

When my daughter was a freshman, she went out to find a part-time job to make money. She was afraid that she would be worried if she found out, so she hid it from the two of them. When she got her salary, she told him in a proud tone that she would not have to pay her living expenses for the next three months. ;

My daughter's English is weak. During the college entrance examination, she has been desperately trying to improve her English grammar, recited words until midnight, and even found that she was memorizing books even in her dreams when her wife went to cover her back several times at night.

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Little by little memories appeared in Li Yongsheng's memory like movie images, and some details that he thought he had forgotten gradually became clear.His body began to relax. With physical exhaustion and blurred mental consciousness, Li Yongsheng began to fall into a semi-sleep state. He tried his best to keep himself awake. If he fell into an unconscious deep sleep, then this meditation practice would be considered a failure.

Hold on, hold on, he said to himself over and over again.

Finding Immortals

When the preset mobile phone alarm rang, Li Yongsheng was fully awake.

His body was exhausted, but his spirit was extremely satisfied.

Li Yongsheng slowly moved his bones that were a little stiff due to holding one posture for a long time. He felt that now his mind was clear and his spirit was uplifted. He looked forward to the next practice as if addicted.

Most of the things in the world are like this. When you start to take the first step, things will start to take for granted.

Once, twice, three times.

8 hours, 12 hours, 16 hours

One day, two days, three days.

Time flies, and more than 7 months have passed in a flash. Li Yongsheng's fat figure began to slim down due to his practice of few desires and pure heart. However, his memory is getting better and better, and his attention is easier to concentrate than before. Much more efficient than before.

Although Miao Hongjuan felt a little skeptical after going out for a long time and not returning home, but Li Yongsheng's condition did seem to reflect the effect of exercising, and she acquiesced.

At this time, Li Yongsheng was preparing for the next stage of meditation practice. Three days later, it would be the National Day, and in addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival, including two weekends, there would be a total of 8 days of legal holidays.However, Li Yongsheng himself still has 7 days of paid leave that he has not used. This time, Li Yongsheng plans to use all of these and make up 15 days for 'retreat and practice'.

After many times of practice, he has gained some insights and experience, and the last few meditations have given him a feeling that something is about to break through, but every time at the end, something is missing.His sixth sense told him that he needed some quantitative breakthroughs, and quantitative changes would lead to qualitative changes.

It is still a rented house in Gangxiang Village, and the compensation problem is difficult to solve in a short time. The demolition of this area has been stopped, and both sides are insisting on it. It only depends on which side can last longer.Of course Li Yongsheng hoped that the landlord would persist, otherwise, it would be difficult to find another quiet and cheap place.

In addition to water and simple rations, Li Yongsheng also brought a suitcase.The meditation took a long time this time, and excuses such as participating in competitions and playing with friends were not appropriate, so he said that the company would upgrade and replace the financial system, and the financial staff needed to go to City C for a 15-day closed-door training.Of course, he needed luggage for a business trip, so he took the suitcase carefully prepared by his wife and him to the rental house.

Once the doors and windows are closed, you still can't see your fingers, but the location and size of the furnishings in the room have been engraved in Li Yongsheng's brain.

He nimbly put the suitcase on the window, and put the water and dry food where he could easily get it.Then, as I always do at the beginning, undress, go to bed,

Li Yongsheng was half leaning on the bed, with his hands folded on his stomach, this was the most relaxed and comfortable state for him.

He closed his eyes, began to breathe slowly, and imagined in his mind that he was now in a thick fog, and when the fog cleared, he would appear in a long corridor.

Both sides of the corridor are full of photos, each of which is his experience and memory.And he will watch his growing life from the perspective of a bystander, and imagine the same thing, if he handles it from a different angle or way, what will be the result.

Repeatedly reviewing and imagining will make him gain new insights.

This method is somewhat similar to self-hypnosis, which was developed by Li Yongsheng himself. He found that he can quickly enter the state of "self" by using hypnosis.

The fog dissipated, and Li Yongsheng stood in the long corridor he was familiar with. This is a pure white corridor, winding and extending to the distance, as if there is no end.But Li Yongsheng knew that this corridor had an end, and at the end was the answer he wanted to find.And he will definitely succeed.

The sun rises and sets, people get up, eat, go to work and go home. It seems that every day does not change, every day repeats itself, but in the short life, every day is different.And Li Yongsheng's spiritual world is also changing. It is still the white corridor, but the originally static corridor is now flowing, like a movie with the reverse button pressed. flashed before his eyes.

Revolving door!

It is said that people will look back on their life at the moment before death, which is called "revolving horse lantern".

Li Yongsheng, who was in the center of the memory storm, was surprisingly calm, and the speed of the revolving lantern became faster and faster, turning into a dazzling light.

In the light there was another slice of his life.And he was ready.

In Room 2, Building 601, Guanhaiyuan, Miao Hongjuan was holding a pair of chopsticks in her hand, staring at the pig's trotters stewed on the stove in a daze.

The pig's trotters have been stewed for more than three hours, and they are soft and rotten, and they melt in the mouth.

Miao Hongjuan sighed, she didn't understand what happened until now, everything was fine a few days ago, her husband had a stable job, her daughter was a senior, and she was also working, although the salary was not More, but more free time wins.She was originally a woman with no big ambitions. She liked cooking and cleaning. Her biggest wish was to take good care of her husband and daughter.But a phone call a week ago changed everything.

Her husband, who was on a business trip in city C for training, inexplicably appeared in the demolished urban village in the east of the city, naked and yelling.

Someone called the police. When the police questioned him, they found that he was in an abnormal state of mind, talking nonsense in his mouth that no one could understand, and there was serious violence.