As the fat man asked this question, I immediately became curious. Does this mean Lin Er had some strange experience during those days of unconsciousness? Like eating a large amount of strongman pills and drinking a bottle of Indian oil, which strengthened him so much? Damn, this was like Li Yuanba reincarnated! It made me a little envious of Lin Er.
"Out-of-body experience?" Lin Er touched his head. "What's an out-of-body experience? I don't know," he said, confused.
"It's the few days you were unconscious," the fat man continued coaxing.
"During that time, I felt like I was just sleeping soundly, feeling so refreshed. I didn't even have any dreams," Lin Er said.
"Wow, I'm envious of your luck, little buddy. Alright, I respect your Lin family village, anything you want to eat, you'll get it, and all expenses are on me," the fat man was in a good mood and almost added, “Young man, I see you have an extraordinary talent in martial arts. Let me tell you, we have a master-disciple relationship.”
"Impossible, have you heard? The man has said I'm fine. Mom, go and steam three pots of steamed buns for me. Wife, bring up that jar of pickled cabbage!" Lin Er was happy at the thought of eating.
Exiting Lin Er’s yard, I was still immersed in the shock of that punch. I wished I could also be unconscious for 7 days and 7 nights and become a strong man. At this moment, the female police officer said, "Hey, fat man, how big is a person's stomach to eat so much? How can he fit so much?"
"If you ask me, I tell you," the fat man teased.
The female officer immediately suppressed her anger and seemed to want to hit the fat man, but the fat man had already vanished in a puff of smoke. The female officer stood still and said to me, "Hey, stop!"
"What's up? Can’t bully the fat man, so you want trouble with me?" I asked.
"Can't you feel anything strange? This is bizarre," the female officer said.
"I told you a long time ago, like you, the old me felt everything was strange. But seeing so much, you also get used to it, what's the big deal?" I said.
The female officer stood still, thought for a moment, turned and left. I looked in the direction she was heading. It turned out to be Lin Er's house. I was afraid she might do something rash, so I quickly followed, saying, "Miss, are you okay? What’s the fuss about now?"
"I don't believe anyone can eat so much! I want to take him to the hospital for a checkup," the angry female officer said.
I thought Lin Er was very lazy, the village’s number one couch potato. If he could lie down instead of standing up, he definitely would. He even refused to go see the doctor just now. You want to take him to the hospital? There’s no need for that. But once again, I was surprised when the female officer said directly to Lin Er, "Let's go. If you agree to go to the hospital for a checkup, then I will treat you to a feast. As much as you want to eat, I will pay for it."
Upon hearing about the Goubuli buns, Lin Er Dan immediately started drooling. He expressed that they were much better than the pickled vegetable steamed buns, selling his soul and body by saying, "Alright, I'll go with you."
Under the female officer's disbelief, at the right time when she had a convenient car, we went directly to the town hospital. The attending old doctor recognized Lin Er Dan, who used to be quite famous in the hospital as a patient who wouldn't wake up. Upon seeing Er Dan, the doctor smiled and asked, "Young man, are you awake?"
The female officer directly went to the old doctor and said, "He's awake, but I'm worried about his current health condition, so let's conduct all the possible examinations now, with a focus on the gastrointestinal tract."
After Er Dan completed all the tests available at the hospital, such as CT scans and ultrasounds, he eagerly awaited the officer to fulfill her promise.
The officer was not someone to sympathize with buns. As some test results required time, she directly drove to the bun shop. At this hour, the bun shop wasn't crowded. Arriving at the small bun shop, Lin Er Dan directly asked the boss to gather all his staff and start steaming buns to ensure he was satisfied.
The boss's wife smiled and asked, "Sir, how many baskets do you need?"
Er Dan replied, "Not enough to pick your teeth with! Steam them now, money is not an issue!" He then personally carried the remaining baskets of buns back to the table. Eating them quickly, the boss's wife initially smiled at the young man, but after he ate several baskets, she could no longer laugh and could only admire his eating ability.
Er Dan urged them to expedite the steaming process, and soon, the shop gathered a lot of people. The boss, the boss's wife, and three assistants were busy chopping fillings, making dough, and steaming buns. Five people couldn't keep up with the rate at which Er Dan was consuming them, leaving everyone in shock.
The boss's wife, naturally delighted, ended up retelling the legend of how many baskets of buns Er Dan had consumed that day, which even spread to the city. People flocked in to witness this big eater, and in the end, the several hundred yuan in the female officer's wallet were not enough to cover his expenses. The boss's wife, grinning despite the two missing front teeth, said, "It's okay, let's consider it as hiring a celebrity for advertisement."
This Goubuli bun shop became extremely popular afterward, all because it was undeniably delicious. Can one person really eat several hundred of them?
After finishing the buns, the hospital's test results arrived. The old doctor said, "I can't believe this young man is physically healthy, but even if the body is fine, it still needs to be fed. There's hardly anything in his gastrointestinal tract."
Upon hearing this, the female officer turned green. At that time, Er Dan had already eaten who knows how many steamed buns. Surely, he had completely digested them by the time we reached the hospital. While others digest some of the food they eat, expelling the rest as waste, Er Dan seemed to digest almost everything he ate.
In other words, despite eating a lot in the future, he wouldn't have to keep going to the bathroom. The female officer could only describe Er Dan as a "monster."
When we returned to the village, Er Dan, who had just eaten a lot of buns, patted his stomach and said to me, "Xiaofan, I'm hungry again."
Hearing this, I felt a shiver. Although having a good appetite is a blessing, eating so much might result in bankrupting a family. But I remembered that Fatty had promised to reimburse Er Dan for all the food he ate. So, I told Er Dan, "Let's go find Fatty and ask for some living expenses." In this era, being a Feng Shui master was a profitable business; if Fatty was so powerful, he surely wouldn't lack money.
As expected, when we arrived at Lin San Shui's house, Fatty immediately handed over several thousand yuan in cash, claiming it to be all the cash he had at the moment. He asserted that if Er Dan needed more, he would come to get it later. Er Dan had never seen so much money and left happily. After he left, I couldn't resist asking Fatty, "Uncle Liu, what's going on? Is there really no problem?"
Fatty glanced at the female officer, seemingly having some hidden difficulties. Sensing the situation, I quickly said to the female officer, "Miss, can we have a private conversation?"
The female officer huffed and turned and left the room.
At that moment, Fatty's expression turned serious. He said, "No problem? It’s a big problem! Your Lin family is definitely going to face a big disaster!"
Upon hearing this, I immediately felt a heavy weight in my heart. Many things came to my mind: the dream I had, the word "escape" regarding Grandpa's resurrection—all indicated that a catastrophe was approaching the Lin family.
I steadied my mind and asked, "Uncle Liu, can you tell me more about this?"
Fatty shook his head and said, "I can't say anything about this matter for now, but let me remind you: the girl in Lin San Shui's family, whom I read the fortune for, just four words: 'incredibly precious.' Meeting her is your blessing. As for the female officer, it's best not to get too involved with her. I see you're attracting love interests, remember, too much peach blossom isn't a sign of romance, it's a sign of disaster."