Chapter 62: Pity you, you are alone in the cold kiln, pity you, you are lonely and helpless
Ding Dong!
"Mr. Lin, you are not asleep yet."
Lin Ye glanced at the message sent by Zhong Shan, then looked at the time in the upper left corner of his phone.
8:30pm.
My goodness, no matter how healthy I am, I can’t sleep at this time.
"without."
"That's good . I'm afraid to disturb Mr. Lin's rest. I'll send the information to Mr. Lin."
Zhong Shan sent a file over and Lin Ye clicked to receive it.
Lin Ye opened the electronic file and read it carefully. The content of the entire file was not long, and he finished reading it in ten minutes.
This is a year-end report summary with information from last year.
《2021 Annual Headquarters Report》
The report recorded the special incidents that various branches across the country were responsible for handling last year. Lin Ye did not read it carefully because the report simply mentioned a number. If you want to view the specific number, you can log on to the provided website to view the details.
But generally speaking, there aren't many evil ghost incidents, with only twelve last year alone, and most of them involve a ghost that died and didn't want to leave the world of the living, and eventually left after much persuasion (threatening) from department personnel.
Lin Ye was more interested in the report about the aliens.
[As of December 18, 2021, 138 people with abnormalities have been found in the country. ]
[As of December 18, 2021, 73 people have become consultants, including 44 first-level consultants, 23 second-level consultants, and 6 third-level consultants]
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After reading it, Lin Ye finally understood why Zhong Shan licked him like that.
There are too few strangers.
There are only 138 of them in the entire country. Even if there are some who have not been discovered, Lin Ye estimates that there will be no more than 200 of them.
How is this grade assessed?
There was no explanation in the report, so Lin Ye asked Zhong Shan directly.
"How are the grades of the aliens divided? Is it based on strength?"
"Mr. Lin, I am happy to answer your question..."
Lin Ye: ...
Is it necessary to make it the same as customer service?
"The level of aliens you mentioned is not divided according to strength. Aliens cannot be divided according to strength. Different aliens have different abilities. This level is divided according to contribution points after becoming a consultant. After each alien becomes a consultant, he will have a certain contribution points every year. He will take action to solve some ghosts and monsters, and different contribution points will be given according to the dangerousness of the ghosts and monsters."
Lin Ye understood that this was a rating conducted within the organization.
"Mr. Lin, if you want to know more about aliens, wait until the higher-ups approve it and I'll ask them to bring you to our alien group."
That's all for this chat.
Lin Ye put down his phone and began to think about and summarize what happened today.
Lin Ye had thought about the encounter with the officials on the first day of his training, but he had different estimates of the strength of both sides.
In Lin Ye’s original idea, if there were practitioners in the official world and they were very powerful, then he would just hide in reality.
It seems that there are still few practitioners now, so I have to make some changes to the way I originally planned to deal with it.
"Don't think too much about it for now. I'll consider it after I join the group of practitioners and learn more about it."
The night was long and sleepless, Lin Ye chose to go to another world
However, this time he did not choose to pause the real world, but let time continue to pass in the real world.
Different world.
Breathing the fresh air different from that of modern cities, Lin Ye found that he now preferred staying in the other world.
The only things in the real world that he is reluctant to part with now are his family and friends.
Since practicing, Lin Ye has become particularly sensitive to the quality of the air. In comparison, being in a different world makes him more adaptable, both physically and spiritually.
Is it because I embarked on the path of spiritual practice?
"Then let's live a good life in another world today."
Since arriving in the other world, Lin Ye has seldom walked outside. When he was idle, he followed his own schedule, which was a bit like...
Lin Ye thought of a word : migrant workers coming to the city.
I stayed in the city for a few years, but my activities were limited to the construction site and I had no idea about the entire city.
"Sir, are you going to the streets today?"
When Xu Bo saw Lin Ye coming out of the backyard, he hurried forward to follow him. In the past, Lin Ye was afraid that he would go out alone and get into trouble, so he arranged for Xu Bo to follow him.
"I'm going to take a walk by myself today. Uncle Xu, you don't have to follow me."
Without letting Xu Bo follow him, Lin Ye wore the clothes of an ancient nobleman, holding a folding fan in his hand, and went out to the street in a very casual manner.
It was night time, but there was no curfew in the other world. There were many pedestrians on the street, and lanterns were hung in every shop. There were two or three girls shopping, and every time they saw Lin Ye, they would lower their heads shyly, but in the end they couldn't help but steal a few glances.
This young man is so handsome.
In comparison, the women who went out for a stroll were much bolder, and their eyes seemed to wish they could strip Lin Ye naked.
Boys, please protect yourself when you go out.
Lin Ye sighed silently in his heart, and as he walked, he arrived at the brothel.
"You can't blame me for this. In ancient times, there weren't many places to go for entertainment. The only things you could do at night were to go to brothels and listen to operas."
The waiter at the door led Lin Ye directly to the second floor, where he could clearly see the performances of the female artists on the stage. Compared to the noise on the first floor, the guests upstairs were quieter.
After a while, the waiter brought wine and snacks, including a pot of wine, several dishes and snacks, which were very exquisite.
Fried oyster belly, clam egg rolls, lotus cake, steamed cheese with sugar...
The wine is all-good liquor brewed by the most famous local winery.
Lin Ye’s favorite is this mantis egg roll. Mantis is also known as crab, which is the swimming crab in modern times. Su Dongpo, a big foodie in ancient history, loved mantis very much and even wrote a poem for it:
The stone crabs by the stream are as small as coins, and I am happy to see the red jade plates.
Half a shell containing yellow is good for drinking wine, and two claws chopped into snow are good for adding to the meal.
The barbaric delicacies from the sea have long been famous, but the strange rain and fishy wind make the seat cold.
It’s laughable that the greedy prefect of Wuxing exchanged two steamed buns for a poem.
Mantis omelet is made by picking out the meat of swimming crabs and then rolling it with omelet. The taste is no worse than that made by modern chefs.
On the stage, the female artists sang operas adapted from the previous dynasty.
"Ah~ My wife, Wang Baochuan, I pity you guarding the cold kiln alone, I pity you are lonely and helpless..."
The singer's voice was full of emotion and the listeners were moved to tears.
"Brother Ye, what's wrong with you?"
"I was touched when I heard the words of this opera. I couldn't help but miss my wife and children back home. I don't know how they are doing. I feel guilty."
"Brother Ye has been away for six years, and he is homesick. This time, Young Master Ding has passed the exam and will be taking up his new post soon. Brother Ye can take this opportunity to go home and visit his family."
Sitting next to him, a middle-aged scholar was weeping and couldn't control his emotions. People around him tried to persuade him, and he finally came out of his sadness. Lin Ye stuffed the hibiscus cake into his mouth, looked at the scholar, and whispered, "Interesting, really interesting."
