The strange case of the dismembered cow and a night out in a bar in Jiangkou

Today I took it easy...I am getting used to that!  I wandered around town a while and chatted with a few people.  I'd been out for a few hours and decided today was the day of my monthly massage.  I went to the usual shop and a great job as usual!  Technician 222 this time.   The 'uniform' was red and not quite so suggestive this time! I had a really good massage and felt really relaxed, so I wandered off home.  I was passing one of the local restaurants that I often eat in, this being a beef noodle restaurant, when I noticed this outside on the pavement!  It does not really need an explanation other than to say that I wasn't expecting it.  I believe it was the lungs that were in the silver bowl at the front.  You often see people preparing food or cleaning dishes on the pavement outside the restaurant, but this was slightly more explicit!  They didn't seem bothered about me taking a photograph.
I then went home, stopping to say hello to a few people on the way.
Later that day I went to the park.  On the way to the park I got a call from Jessie, a Chinese girl I know from WeChat.  She often rings for advice.  I advised her! Later I met one of the English teachers for the school and we had a chat.  The park was very busy, much busier than usual, possibly because it had rained on Friday and Saturday.  Again I chatted with a few people and a few took photos.  It was then that I got a text on WeChat.  Dan, Meng's friend, said she was working late in the office and wondered whether I would like to go out for a drink with her.  Of course I would.  I walked across the road to the hospital an met her there.  We then took a taxi to a local bar.  I didn't know that there were bars in Jiangkou!  This one was aptly named Shindig!  We went in side and met with five of her friends.  Dan ordered in some BBQ and bought me a couple of drinks from outside.  All this arrived fairly quickly.  We talked for a while and some people came over to see the foreigner. we played games and talked some more until it was time to go.  Dan took me home in a taxi andwent back to hers.
The gang

The food including my two drinks!
The gang and one of the bar owenrs (blue and white stripes)

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