Neighbors in forbidden land

The work of planting potatoes has officially begun.

Compared with the last time, there are many places that are different. For example, the potatoes must be cut into pieces first, and the protruding small sprouts must be grown on each piece, and then the cut potatoes should be buried. Into the loose soil, this does not change.

"According to Wu Shao, watering is not actually needed when planting at the beginning, but a little more fertilizer needs to be applied in advance. Although I don't understand why, this should be the experience that farmers have summed up."

I need to find broken branches to make fertilizer for plant ash, and fertilizer is nothing more than mixing plant ash with water.According to Yimi, the fertilizer and water required at different stages are different.Thinking about it this way, we always poured almost the same amount of water every time, and it seems that there are still many things that are wrong.

After that, it is regular maintenance and maintenance, that is, remember to test the fertilizer and water it on time.

In this process, the light and heat needed by the potatoes are solved by the leprechauns.

For the safety of Potato, we dare not light a fire in the cave, so Yimi left the little fairy in the cave, and then the little fairy really stopped following us.

As for how Yimi did it——

"I don't know, I just hope she can continue to stay in the cave, and then she floats on the top of the cave by herself."

Even at night when she is no longer needed to continue lighting and heat, as soon as we approach the cave to check the situation, she will float back to Yimi's side.

I can't figure this out anyway, why would a goblin who can't understand human language act according to Yimi's ideas.

But that's what it is.

At least in this regard, the goblin has already played an effect beyond our expectations. At the beginning, Yimi was wondering whether she would stay in the cave during the day in order to let the goblin illuminate the potatoes. The goblin actually understood Yimi's thoughts so well.

Then I come to water and fertilize every day, and when it rains, I need to come here to see the situation, but fortunately, the potato field is a little closer to the inside of the cave, so it has not been affected by the heavy rain. It was exactly what Yimi expected.

So far, everything seems to be going well with the potato planting.

On the other hand, Yimi tried to find more food, but what Xiao Gu could fish out of the sea was limited to fish and that plant called kelp.

This sea is no longer as full of various animals and plants as it used to be. It is better to say that the size is much smaller than before, even if it is the current sea or the past sea, it is impossible to see the end at a glance. blue.

And under such cultivation, we finally saw the potato shoots emerge from the soil.

Although it is still a small and fragile life, I always feel that this time, it finally has a different color.

Not as skinny as last time, this time the seedlings looked slightly better, and not one but many sprouted out.

"This time...it will definitely work." Yimi squatted down by the side of the potato field, gently stroked the potato seedlings that had finally broken through the soil with her hands, and nodded with a smile.

"Yeah." I also nodded, watching the flickering goblins cast orange-red light in this cave.

In the following time, under Yimi's care, the seedlings grew bigger and bigger, pulled out branches and green leaves from their bodies, and bloomed small white flowers wrapped in yellow cores.The dots of white are dotted with patches of green, wantonly showing the fresh life to Yimi and me.

Compared with the potato plant that fought alone last time, the color of this piece is too dazzling.

So Yimi groped around on the potato's branches and leaves, and picked off the small white flowers.

"Ehhhhhhhhhhh? Yimi?"

"Xiao Hei, why are you making such a loud noise all of a sudden... I remember I taught you girls to be quieter."

"But Yimi, you picked the potato flowers just now..."

It obviously grew out with great difficulty, maybe it was accidentally——

"Ah, I know." Yimi was very calm in both expression and tone, still reaching out and groping on the green leaves, and then——

Another flower was picked.

"Ehhhhh?"

"Xiao Hei, you really made a big fuss." Instead, Yimi turned her face slightly, with a playful smile on the corner of her mouth, "Don't you understand?"

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Xiao Hei, don't you think... the growth of potatoes is related to these flowers?"

Yimi's words stunned me for a moment.

"Eh? No?"

Aren't those leaves and flowers all part of the potato?

Just like the trees outside, the more lush green leaves and flowers they have, the better they grow, right?

After all, after every storm, the ground will be covered with fallen leaves, and some trees will wither afterwards and be crushed into dust.

"Xiao Hei, remember." Yimi smiled and waggled her index finger, "We want to grow potatoes, not flowers."

Then another flower was broken.

"These flowers will rob the potatoes of nutrients, so if you remove them, the potatoes will grow better."

"Is that so?"

I thought that the better the flowers bloomed, the better the potatoes would grow. After all, in the past, such flowers bloomed all over the mountains and plains, and the small colors covered the whole world.

"Yes... Although I didn't know cough cough before, in short, these flowers should be picked off before they grow up. If you let Xiao Hei come, you will probably pick off the whole leaf... So you only need to Just help me point out some flowers that I missed."

"understood."

In this way, I helped Yimi show where to put the hands, and finally picked all the white flowers.

"Go back." But Yimi just collected those flowers in her hands, and didn't say what to do.

After returning to the stronghold, Yimi just asked me to help her find some vines and leaves, and then sat down on the side without saying a word, and began to weave something.

I imitated Yimi's posture and sat beside her, watching her quietly.The breeze swept the fine dust over our hair, and the sun cast faint traces on our bodies.

I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve looked at Yimi like this. Recently, she and I have been running between the stronghold and the test area, and I would wake up Yimi when the sun pierced the skyline and came to this land. Rice, and then went to Xiaogu to prepare the first meal of the day, and then went around the potato field in the experimental area, thinking about various methods.Because there was only one potato left, Yimi didn't want to eat it either.For food, I have to go back and forth between the seaside and the experimental field, and I seem to be busy all day long.

I watched Yimi gently brush away the light orange hair that blocked her face with her hands, and then continued to braid the things in her hands.

The slender fingers shuttled between the vines and leaves, performing operations that I couldn't understand.During this process, Yimi kept her eyes closed, with a faint smile on her face.

This shows that she should be in a good mood.

Looking at Yimi's face, I always feel something in my chest, like a leaf floating on the calm sea.

I wanted to ask something, but didn't know how to ask.

"Xiaohei?" Yimi called my name softly, and the movement of her hands stopped.

"I'm here."

Yimi stopped facing me for a while, didn't continue to say anything, and lowered her head again, continuing the movements of her hands.

Seeing Yimi's calm expression, I didn't ask her why she called my name.

Unknowingly, Yimi wove the vines into a ring, studded with leaves and white potato flowers.

"Xiao Hei?" Yimi lifted the ring and called my name softly again.

"I'm here."

"You are still here."

"Ah."

I didn't move, I just stayed here quietly.

Then, Yimi raised the ring and handed it to me.

I wanted to reach out to pick it up, but I couldn't pick it up myself.

However, Yimi just gently placed the ring on top of my head.

"Although I can't see it, I believe that this flower crown must match your long hair, Xiao Hei."

Yimi put down a hand to stroke my silver-white bangs, her fingers slid along my hair, and finally landed on my shoulder.

"Although I can't see it, I know..."

Then, he leaned over and put his hands on my shoulders.

Touched my forehead lightly with her lips.

It was as if the sun had melted into my chest.

Light orange hair brushed against my cheeks, and Yimi's black dress bloomed like a flower.

What kind of feeling is that?

Like warmth flowing through the whole body, like countless colors blooming in front of my eyes.

"...Let's go, go find Xiaogu." Yimi did not continue her previous words, but ended like this.

"……Oh."

I don't know why, but I really want to know what Yimi wants to say.

But after all, he was unable to speak, and just quietly followed behind Yimi.

But Yimi's expression, I couldn't see clearly.

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Afterwards, Yimi said to check the status of the potatoes before dark, so we came to the test area again.

"There should be no problem this time, right? It's been so many days since we planted the potatoes, and I always feel that there must be no problem this time." Yimi, who was obviously in a good mood, asked a question, but answered it herself.

"Well, there must be no problem." After all, this time I got the guidance of the dance spoon and the lighting of the little fairy... We have overcome the previous problems, and we have put in a lot of effort. This time it must be——

As I spoke, I felt something was different.

Something is approaching.

"Is it windy again..." Yimi said softly, raising her hand to touch her fluttering light orange long hair.

I looked in the direction the wind was blowing.

There was a huge shadow in the sky there, blue scales bathed in the setting sun that filled the sky and approached.

The wind that swept past us was the beating of the great wings of the approaching shadow.

"Roar—(Human——)" obviously found us, a huge shadow hovered directly in front of us, the airflow fell in an instant, and all the dust was expelled from this area in an instant.

"Xiao Hei? What was the sound just now..." Yimi leaned towards me, and gently grabbed my shoulder with her hand.

The red eyes on the huge head are much more dazzling than the goblins, and the horns shining with golden electric light.

It was the blue dragon of that day.

She, whom I had to raise my head to see, is now a veritable giant dragon.

"I just want to ask—" she spoke, but it was not the language of monsters.

It is the human language that is low enough to shake this land.

"Did you see a lump of black stuff... no."

"Xiao Hei? Is... who is talking?" Yimi hugged me tremblingly, and I slightly spread my wings to protect Yimi in my arms, and said softly, "A...a dragon I know."

It should be counted as acquaintance, after all, she wanted to kill me last time.

"Dragon? Never... never listened to Xiao Hei—" Yimi

"Why are there humans here? And—"

I stared hard at those red eyes, and those huge red eyes stared hard at me.

"—You're not human, are you?"

I kept silent.

I don't know why she came here, but she probably doesn't know now——

"I've never seen a monster like you...and, you look like someone I know..."

The deep voice was like a faint thunder among the clouds, conveying some information that made me feel very bad.

"Xiao, Xiaohei..." Yimi trembled even more against my body, but it wasn't because of fear, "Why, did it get colder?"

At this moment, I seemed to see a layer of ice crystals slowly floating on the whole world.

this is!It's the same as that day - but Yimi is still here!

I hurriedly used the single wing to protect Yimi even tighter.

Can't fight, if this is the case, Yimi's body can't last long in such an environment.Can't escape, if you escape, you may not be able to escape, and she is simply—right.

Although the situation is urgent, there is only one way to try.

"Wait a minute! Is what you're looking for a calamity!" I hurriedly shouted to the sky.

Even I don't know what I'm talking about, I just organize the language indiscriminately.

Yimi told me to learn to think before speaking, but at this time I completely forgot.

If she doesn't stop, I will take Yimi out of here as quickly as possible.

The next moment, the ice crystals stopped congealing.

"Huh? You're not—"

"Calamity is that black thing! It's so big! It has claws and two wings!"

"Correct."

"That thing isn't here!"

"No, but I see you and her look like—"

"You're mistaken, I'm just an ordinary monster!"

"Hey……"

After I interrupted her several times, she slowly flapped her wings and landed from the sky, causing the ground to tremble one after another, blowing down the surrounding trees.

"Xiao, Xiaohei..." Yimi, who was cold and frightened, still hugged me tightly, her body that had lost a little warmth was trembling uncontrollably.

Fortunately, the temperature has not continued to drop.

The blue dragon bowed its huge head, and its two red eyes stared at me.

"Your wingspan is very similar to hers..." At such a close distance, her voice was like a huge wind and rain.

"But I only have one..."

"In human form...um...indeed...maybe...uh...that's...did I really admit it wrong?"

"Yeah." I nodded desperately, and at the same time, I hugged Yimi tighter.

"..." She fell silent, and the gaze in her huge red eyes seemed to relax a lot.

Then she stared at me again until—

"Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho (Sister, where did you go to—)"

The real thunder exploded in the distance, resounding through the sky.

"It's over!" As a result, she just left such a sentence, and hurriedly spread her wings, soared her huge body, and flew towards the north, leaving only a strong wind that blew my hair away.

Came suddenly, and left suddenly.

Only ice slags were left on the ground.

as well as……

Pieces of...frozen potato plants in the cave.