The Years I Worked as a Herdman

Those years I worked as a sheep herder

A hugely successful noodle shop uses eels dug up from graves.

A scrawny yellow dog actually willingly gets kidney stones for the sake of its owner.

Inside the belly of a catfish that eats people is a water-swallowing bead, and an ancient corpse that has been buried for years has teeth that have turned into jade.

I am a descendant of the tomb-raiding and treasure-seeking branch of the trade, traveling through forests and mountains in search of heavenly treasures and earthly treasures.

People in our line of work are called sheep herders by the outside world...