Chapter 1654 Strange Talk (I am lazy when I get up every day)


    [September 6, Friday, 8:05 pm]


    Mr. Ueno is nearly 80 years old, but as Chitanda said, he is energetic and loud, and he doesn''t look like an old man at all.


    "I''ve heard Kiyomizu-kun tell you about you."


    Looking at Duanmu Ai in front of him, Hachina Miya and Chitanda, the old Mr. Ueno also laughed.


    "I just didn''t expect that Xiao Eru, you will come too. Haven''t you been helpless with such things?"


    "Woo... My father asked me to come and congratulate you, Mr. Ueno."


    Chibada said to Mr. Ueno with a little awkwardness, it seemed that the two families had a good personal relationship. At the same time, Chibada also took out a gift box.


    "A little gift, no respect."


    By the way, fortunately it wasn''t for food, otherwise it would be impossible for you to survive this journey.


    "The last time I met Eru, it was when you were in elementary school. I didn''t expect that after a few years, you became a big girl."


    Mr. Ueno took the gift from Chitanta and nodded, then looked at Duanmu Huai.


    "Miss Duanmu, you may not know. I am your fan. I have been chasing you a few years ago."


    “Thank you for your love.”


    "But it''s not possible now. The doctor said that I can''t bear the stimulation at such an age. Alas, it''s a pity. I clearly feel quite energetic. If I don''t dislike it, can I take a photo with me in the future?"


    “Of course there is no problem.”


    "But it''s really a pity that you can think of food and weird topics."


    “…………”


    Hearing Mr. Ueno say this, Duanmu Huai and Chibada directly turned their attention to the culprit, and Mr. Ueno also looked at Hachina Mian curiously.


    "Is this lady''s idea?"


    “Ah hahahahaha…”


    Hachina also hurriedly bowed to Mr. Ueno.


    "Well, this is actually a very interesting direction. You may not know that food has occupied a very important position in folk legends since ancient times."


    "Hey? Is that true?"


    Even Chibada was a little surprised, while Mr. Ueno nodded.


    "Of course, food was scarce in ancient times, and food was very important to ancient people. Therefore, there were many stories surrounding food - by the way, let me tell you a strange story about food."


    "Why?"


    Hearing this, Hachina''s eyes suddenly glowed, and Mr. Ueno was also satisfied with her reaction and continued to speak with a smile.


    "A long time ago, three nuns went to a mountain to practice. Although it was said that they were practicing, they had no place to live on the mountain, and could only sleep under trees or in grass. Moreover, because killing was prohibited, all they could eat was grass and fruits from the trees. One day, the nuns found three rice **** next to the mountain road, and they were very happy to eat them. Then the next day, three rice **** appeared on the mountain road, and the nuns also fed them."


    "Yeah, I like eating **** too."


    Hachina nodded repeatedly when she saw that she was now, and Mr. Ueno continued to talk with a smile.


    "The nuns were equally divided into one for each person at the beginning, but soon some of them began to think, "If one person was missing, wouldn''t they eat more?" So the two nuns joined forces to push one of the younger nuns off the cliff, thinking that in this way, they could eat three rice balls. But unexpectedly, only two rice **** were placed on the mountain road the next day, which surprised the nun who originally thought he could eat more."


    "………Um?"


    "The remaining two nuns continued to divide the rice **** equally, but one of them began to think again, if one person was killed, it would be all her own? So she pushed the other nun off the cliff. Then the next day, the remaining nun went to the mountain road to wait for the rice **** again, but the rice **** never appeared again."


    "It''s really a horrible story."


    Hachina looked pale and her whole body was trembling when she met.


    "I have all given it to everyone, but I don''t have any exclusive ones."


    Well, this is true. Although Hachina saw that she had eaten a lot, she would still leave the portion she should share with others.


    "Hahaha."


    Hachina''s reaction obviously made Mr. Ueno very satisfied, and he nodded with a smile.


    "Stories like this are very common in folk tales. In ancient times, it was not as rich as the materials nowadays. It was common for people to go hungry, especially when encountering natural disasters and poor harvests, and starve people to death. In order to survive, everyone will try their best to do so, such as stories like cannibalism, which are actually recorded. However, many times, everyone wants to cover up this history, so they compile it into weird tales and want to regard it as something that does not exist... In fact, many times, folk tales are closer to local cultural history, and everyone is more interested in this kind of thing, right?"


    This is true.


    Duanmu Huai also nodded secretly. He was in history class and told official history that everyone was so sleepy that he wanted to sleep, but if you want to tell unofficial history, I would not be sleepy at all... Eating melons is really human nature.


    Because there were other guests, Mr. Ueno said goodbye after telling the story to the three of them. Of course, before leaving, he also told them that the three of them could go to find their students and collect folk legends or urban stories about food from them.


    Hachina Mitsuki also took out a pen and wrote the story in her notebook.


    Mr. Ueno greeted others, while his students were a little idle, so the three of them found them and asked about the situation in this regard.


    "The food weird story... Well, sorry, I know a similar urban legend. Do you want to listen to it?"


    Sakura Kasumi seemed a little embarrassed, but she still gave an answer.


    “Let’s listen!”


    "Then I said...hehe, this is the story that happened to my friend''s friend..."


    Well, a very classic ghost story opening remark.


    "That friend worked in a restaurant. There was a dining table with no one sitting and four seats. It was the innermost table near the right side of the entrance. Every Wednesday afternoon, the dining table with no guests would ring. But whether it was a working person or a restaurant person, everyone would take a glass of water on that table."


    "Of course there is no one?" Hachina tilted her head in confusion, and Duanmu Huai and Chibata also became interested in this story. After all, the story of the rice ball before is too far from life, but now this story is very close to life - especially for Hachinami, who goes to the family restaurant for "before meal dessert" every day after school.


    As for the fact that "before-meal dessert" is a hamburger set, Duanmuhuai is too lazy to complain about it.


    "Well, this seems to be a kind of routine. Even the store manager doesn''t know when and why this routine started. Of course, no one usually sits on the table No. 3, but there are always times when the guests are full, and they will guide the guests to the table No. 3. However, especially those who sit at that table after 3 pm on Wednesday, they will feel very uncomfortable and leave immediately after dinner. Of course, some guests will turn around and leave when they see the table."


    “…………”


    Duanmu Huai and Chianda looked at each other. Although they didn''t say anything, it was obvious that if this table really existed, they wanted to see which one is stronger, Hachinaji''s appetite or ghost...


    "A staff member said that after 9 o''clock when she was working, she accidentally turned around and saw a woman with long hair sitting at table No. 3 when she left the restaurant. She just kept staring at the water on the table, looking very lonely..."


    "Of course."


    Hearing this, Hachina nodded vigorously.


    "I went to the restaurant, but the clerk didn''t serve the food and only gave me a glass of water. I would be very sad if I had it!"


    Well, it was really convincing to say this from Hachinaji''s mouth.


    Hearing Hachinaji''s feelings, Kasumi Sakura smiled and continued to speak.


    "Then, at around 6pm on a Wednesday, four customers who seemed very troublesome came to the store. There were a lot of people that day, so the waiter brought them to Table 4. After a while, people like those customers also came to the store. The customer directly signaled them to sit at Table 3. The waiter tried to stop it, but the other party said, ''There was only one glass of water at the table at the beginning, and no one was there at all, so no one was sitting there''... So there was no way, so he had to let the other party sit there."


    "Then what?"


    Hachina asked curiously, while Chitanta subconsciously wanted to cover her ears.


    "Well... Then the guests sitting at table 3 started to feel very uncomfortable. Before they even finished drinking, they forced their companions to leave next door. Later..."


    "Later?"


    "Later, after 3 pm on Wednesday, if there are guests who make the waiter feel bad, they will take the other party to Table 3, so that those in trouble will leave by themselves."


    “………………”


    After listening to this story, not only Hachinaki, but even Duanmu Huai and Chibata were speechless.


    I was thinking about whether the ending would be those guests who were cursed to death by evil spirits, but I didn’t expect that they would be revenge filled with resentment from the service industry……


    What is the terrifying ghost in this story? Or human?


    The troubled guest was led to the haunted seat by the resentful waiter in the restaurant...


    "Is this... related to food?"


    Qianfantian held a pen and looked at the notebook in front of him, not knowing whether he should remember it.


    "certainly!"


    Hachina Mizuno nodded vigorously.


    "The dining table is also very important! If there is no table, how should you eat? This is also a food-related weird thing! By the way, Miss Sakura, where is the restaurant that table?"


    "I want to say that this is just an urban legend, but I don''t know... But in fact, this table is actually in this room."


    "Why?"


    I have to say that this is indeed a bit unexpected.


    "real?"


    Hachina looked around curiously, but now the restaurant is full of tables in four locations, and because it is covered with tablecloths, it looks similar from the outside and can''t be seen for a while.


    "What table is it? Miss Sakura?"


    "I don''t know this. The teacher heard me telling the urban legend, then investigated and found the table and brought it here. As for which one... I will only know if I sit on it."


    Hachina saw that Duanmu Huai was very excited, but Duanmu Huai didn''t care at all, while Qian Fantao was trembling all over, hiding uneasy beside Duanmu Huai, looking around.


    Next, the three found the second student of Mr. Ueno, who was dressed in a fancy hot girl, but unlike her fancy and popular dress, Uena told the three of them a fairly ancient legend.


    "Do you know about Shiyashiki? It is said that in Osaka Castle, there is a mansion belonging to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This irritable lady often kills people who disobey her and throws them into the well in the backyard. When her family passed away, she was deserted and defeated. Some people said that ghosts often appeared here. At that time, an official did not believe in evil and lived in with his servants. One of the servants was named Aju. The official liked Aju and had failed to court her, so he felt resentful. During the New Year banquet, The official asked Aju to take out the plate heirloom. On the New Year’s banquet, the official secretly hid a plate and then falsely accused it of Aju breaking it. Not only did he beat her, he also cut off one of her fingers to apologize for the matter. Aju, who was wronged, decided to show his ambitions by death, so he jumped into the well to commit suicide. After that, the officials often saw Aju’s ghost counting plates in front of him. When she counted to the ninth, she would walk towards the official with blood bleeding from seven orifices and say, ‘Sir, there is still one plate missing’.”


    “…………”


    "The official was too scared and pulled his sword and slashed it, but it turned out that it was his wife who was killed. The official went crazy because of this, regarded everyone in the family as A Ju, and killed them all overnight, and finally committed suicide - I heard that in Osaka Castle, there seems to be another well called A Ju Jing."


    Speaking of this, Ueda smiled.


    "By the way, in fact, the nine plates of Aju''s were also received by the teacher for this story. Maybe the plates used for the banquet tonight were left by Aju at the beginning."


    "Why---!"


    Hearing this, Chibata''s face turned pale, and it seemed that he had no appetite at all.


    "Is this a food story?"


    Duanmu Huai looked at Hachina with a strange look on his face. The latter hesitated for a moment and nodded.


    "The plates are filled with food, so of course they count!"


    According to your statement, all pots, pans, pots, pots, kitchen knives, stoves are included...


    Duanmuhuai turned off the recorder and glanced at the hall where he was chatting happily.


    "Forget it, let''s go on, there''s another story, right?"