Fantasy Farm

After Lu Qingjiu left Shuifu Village, Yin Xun played alone for a long time.

He went up the mountain alone, went into the water alone, and climbed to the millstone that was once their favorite, looking into the distance.

In the distance, there is a small road winding among the mountains. Whenever newcomers come to Shuifu Village, or old people return, they will definitely pass this road.

When Yin Xun looked at the road, he held a few coins firmly in his hand. These coins were game coins. He bought them from the town with all his pocket money. He wanted to give them to his friend Lu Sake was used as a parting gift, but it was a pity that I couldn't give this gift to my friend in the end.

Yin Xun was not reconciled, he remembered Lu Qingjiu's promise to him when he left, Lu Qingjiu said that he would come back again.Yin Xun thought, when Lu Qingjiu came back, he must put these coins in the palm of his friend.

Yin Xun's family situation is similar to that of Lu Qingjiu, both parents went out to work, leaving the elderly and children at home.It's just that Lu Qingjiu's parents were more responsible, they took Lu Qingjiu out of Shuifu Village early and sent him to school in the city.Yin Xun was not so lucky, his parents' financial situation was mediocre, so he had to stay in the remote Shuifu Village for several years.

Yin Xun has been playing with Lu Qingjiu since childhood, and now that Lu Qingjiu is gone, he is alone.

Yin Xun, who was looking forward to his friend's return, waited, waited, and waited day by day until... a certain midsummer night.

Yin Xun still remembers the weather that day, it was clear and hot, and there was not a trace of cloud in the sky.The bright moon hangs above the black night sky, and the brilliant stars light up the entire night sky.There is the noisy chirping of cicadas in my ears, and near the roadside, I can see little fireflies flickering in the dense grass.

This was an ordinary night that couldn't be more ordinary. For Yin Xun, who had lived in Shuifu Village for a long time, he didn't feel anything strange from it.At that time, he was still a bean sprout less than 1.5 meters long, wearing a loose T-shirt and shorts, and the slippers on his feet were glued, which made it difficult for him to walk. His grandma promised to buy him a new pair of shoes when the summer was over. .

Yin Xun sat on the millstone at the entrance of the village, holding two hissing crickets in his hands. The crickets he had just caught out from the grass were still full of energy, but Yin Xun couldn't stop struggling and writhing in his hands. move.

Although it was getting late, Yin Xun still had no intention of going home.

The law and order in Shuifu Village is very good, and there is no deep water source nearby for children to play, so there are almost no accidents among the children in the village, and the parents are very relieved.The old grandparents who took care of Yin Xun were also older. The elderly will not be so energetic when they get older, and the children in the countryside are usually raised poorly. Therefore, Yin Xun did not come home so late, and the family did not look for him. come over.

If it was before Lu Qingjiu left, Yin Xun would probably go back with his friends, but now, Lu Qingjiu is gone.

Yin Xun, who was sitting on the millstone, played with it, and then fell asleep drowsily. The millstone was very hard, and the faces of the people next to him hurt. In the sleepiness, Yin Xun seemed to hear the sound of water flowing.

The sound became louder and louder, and the noisy Yin Xun opened his eyes in a daze. However, when he opened his eyes and saw his surroundings, he was shocked. The water in the puddle is in a vortex shape, and the sound of rushing water makes the water flow extraordinarily turbulent.

Yin Xun looked at the puddle in front of him with a look of astonishment, how could there be such a puddle of water on this flat ground.

Just as Yin Xun was staring at the puddle in a daze, a pair of black hairy hands suddenly stretched out from the puddle and grabbed Yin Xun.Those hands were thin, but with great strength, they easily grabbed Yin Xun's ankles and began to drag him into the rushing puddle.

"Ah!!" Shocked by this scene, Yin Xun let out a horrified scream. Reflexively, he reached out and grabbed the millstone, but his strength was completely unable to compete with the monster in the puddle. After struggling for two or three seconds, he Was dragged down abruptly.

The water quickly overflowed Yin Xun's nose and mouth, his eyes widened, and he struggled with all his strength, but this did not let him out of danger, on the contrary... More and more oxygen was discharged from his nose and mouth, For the first time, Yin Xun smelled the breath of death so clearly.

As the oxygen was gradually exhaled from the lungs, Yin Xun's eyes gradually closed weakly. In a trance, he seemed to hear a crisp sound of a coin falling to the ground.

Ah... I haven't waited for the sake yet... The moment Yin Xun thought of this fact, he burst out with great strength again, and he broke free from the black hand that was holding him, and swam towards the top of the puddle.

I don't want to die...I don't want to die...Yin Xun thought, I haven't given the coin...to Sake yet.

With such obsession, Yin Xun's consciousness gradually blurred, and his vision was finally shrouded in darkness.

The family members discovered that Yin Xun had disappeared, and it was at noon the next day.

The grandparents cooked the meal, but they didn't see their grandson coming back. After realizing that something was wrong, they searched everywhere. After searching for a whole day, they finally found the trace of the grandson.

It was a pair of small slippers under the millstone, and they were scattered beside the millstone. It could be seen how flustered the master was when he left them.

The disappearance of the child is naturally a big deal. The grandparents called the police and asked everyone in the village, but they still couldn't find Yin Xun.Yin Xun's parents, who got the news, also rushed home and were heartbroken after learning the news of their son's disappearance.

Some lunatics in the village said that the child was taken away by a water monkey, and everyone else thought he was talking nonsense. There is no water in this Shuifu village, only a stream that reaches the calf, and no one has ever died in the stream. , How could there be water monkeys.

The police came to the conclusion that the child might have been abducted and sold by people passing by the village, but at this moment, someone found Yin Xun's home.

Yin Xun had never seen this person before. He only knew from the description of his grandparents that it was a young man. His face was covered with a cloth, and he could only see a pair of black eyes. Those eyes looked very scary—only the pupils , no whites of the eyes.

The man entered Yin Xun's house and told Yin Xun's parents that Yin Xun had died.

Yin Xun's parents were distraught, and at the same time wondered whether the man had killed Yin Xun. The family members were about to tie up the man and take him to the police station, but they watched the man turn into a puddle of water and disappear in their eyes. before.If it weren't for their wet hands still in front of their eyes, I'm afraid they would be more willing to believe that they just had a weird dream.

The next day, the man who turned into water came again.

This time Yin Xun's parents did not dare to do anything to him, but listened to the man's words in a proper manner.

"Your son won't come back," said the man. "He's dead."

Grandma Yin Xun fainted when she heard the words, her mother and father were crying, and the whole room was full of grief.

"However, I have a way to save him." The man said, "But after being rescued, he can't leave Shuifu Village for the rest of his life. He has to stay here until the end."

"The last?" asked the only sane grandpa, "What is the last?"

The man smiled and shook his head: "I don't need to explain, he will know by himself."

Although the man's background was obsessive and very suspicious, the family had no choice but to compromise. They set up a tombstone for Yin Xun according to the method the man said, and held a funeral. The funeral was grand and everyone in the village came participated.It stands to reason that a child's death should not be a big deal, but Yin Xun's family took care of it for seven days and seven nights.

A few days after the grand funeral, a wet Yin Xun appeared at the door of his house.He was barefoot and looked a little puzzled, as if he didn't understand why he was here.

Seeing Yin Xun's parents were overjoyed after seeing their son, and the mother hugged him into the house crying and laughing.

Because Yin Xun's body had not been found before, the sudden appearance of the child was quickly accepted by the villagers.Now that Yin Xun has returned, it proves that the man did not lie. According to what the man said, Yin Xun's family enshrined a shrine on the mountain of Shuifu Village, wrote a letter in Yin Xun's name, and offered it with incense candles, melons and fruits. According to what the man said , The lights of this shrine cannot be extinguished, and the melons and fruits cannot be broken.

Yin Xun's family followed suit one by one, but Yin Xun's mother had other thoughts in her heart, she wanted to take her son out of Shuifu Village.

"You can't take him away, that man said, Yin Xun can't leave Shuifu Village." Grandpa wanted to stop his mother.

But the mother, who had already lost her child once, was extremely determined. She said: "There are problems with this place, and there are problems with the people here. I can't leave the child here. I will take him out of here!" , she will leave all this madness and forget the man's terrifying black eyes.

The father was silent, and the grandparents were powerless to stop him, so the next day, the mother took the little Yin Xun on the way out of Shuifu Village.

My father called the car early and waited at the entrance of the village, and the family of three walked towards the car.

But the moment her mother stepped out of Shuifu Village, she found that Yin Xun, who had been silent in her arms, began to melt, water flowed from his body, and his body gradually became transparent.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" She screamed and threw Yinxun to the ground, "This is not my child, this is not mine Boy, it's a monster—a monster—"

Yin Xun stared blankly at his mother, he only remembered that he was dragged into the puddle, and he had no memory of the rest. He thought that the strange atmosphere at home was caused by his playfulness, but he didn't think of a deeper reason.

Mother left without Yin Xun, got into the car with father and left Shuifu Village, and never came back.

Yin Xun was abandoned in this small village.

Fortunately, apart from not being able to leave Shuifu Village, there is nothing special about Yin Xun compared with other children.

Yin Xun grew up slowly like this, and he gradually discovered the difference in himself. At first, his grandparents didn't intend to tell him about it, until one day, he found the Buddhist altar on the mountain where his grandma went up to worship. His name was written on it.

When Yin Xun saw the altar, he vaguely felt something, and it took a long time before he understood what that feeling was.

That is the mission, to always guard the mission of Shuifu Village.

Someone rescued Yin Xun who was supposed to die, and gave Yin Xun a new life at the cost of inheritance.

Grandparents told Yin Xun what happened back then, about that strange man, about his mother, and about why he couldn't leave Shuifu Village.

Although he hadn't tried it, Yin Xun knew that what his grandfather said was true. In the dark, he even vaguely knew why he became like this.But these things cannot be said, words can become a curse, some things, as long as they are said, will change the reality.

Later, grandparents passed away, and Yin Xun gradually grew up.

When Yin Xun became an adult, the scope of restrictions was wider. He could leave Shuifu Village and go to nearby towns and villages.As for whether it is possible to go further, Yin Xun did not try, because when he had this idea, there seemed to be a whisper from the mountain, telling him that he could not go, if he went, he would die.

The Water Mansion is his life, the root he cannot live without.

The story should have come to an end like this, but the arrival of Lu Qingjiu added a new chapter to the story.

"So what exactly are you?" After listening to this long story, Lu Qingjiu asked. He poked Yin Xun's arm, which had the tenderness and touch of a human being, completely different from a dead person.

Yin Xundao: "I thought about it, and I think I may have inherited a role like a mountain god..."

"Mountain God?" Lu Qingjiu asked.

"Yes." Yin Xun said, "I know everything that happened on the mountain, but in fact, I just know and can't do much. I feel more like an ordinary person."

Lu Qingjiu said: "You know everything about the mountain? Then what happened to that ghost hitting the wall that we met Zhu Miaomiao when we went up the mountain?"

Yin Xun said: "Oh, I really thought that a child was caught by that puddle monster. The puddle monster is very troublesome. I can't drive it away, so I can only stare at it."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Oh..."

Yin Xun was a little tired from talking, took a sip of the tea in front of him, and said, "Sake, this is my experience, I told you all about it, don't be afraid of me, I won't hurt you."

Lu Qingjiu nodded, but didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.

Yin Xun thought that Lu Qingjiu still couldn't let go of his identity, so he looked at Lu Qingjiu with sincere eyes, wanting to tell him that he was really a good person.

Lu Qingjiu spoke suddenly, and said, "You know everything about the mountain?"

Yin Xun said, "Yes, I know every plant, every tree, every flower and every tree."

Lu Qingjiu said: "You know what's a little too much?"

Yin Xun nodded.

Lu Qingjiu said: "Then..." He suddenly asked, "Then when my parents encountered mudslides, do you know where their bodies are exactly?"

Yin Xun was dumbfounded. Looking at Lu Qingjiu's serious eyes, he instantly understood that this question was very important.

That's right, the dead all pay attention to being buried in the ground, and it's hard to feel at ease when they think that their parents didn't even have a coffin as their children.

"I don't know." Yin Xun said, "I searched, but I didn't find your parents' bodies." He was a little downcast, "Sorry, I only found your parents' backpacks, but I didn't see their people."

Lu Qingjiu sighed, he didn't speak, but gave Yin Xun a hug, he said: "It's okay, this has nothing to do with you, you have done your best, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault."

In fact, after this incident happened, Lu Qingjiu didn't expect to find his parents' remains. After all, he also saw the scene and knew that half of the mountain had collapsed.Under the power of nature, people are like ants. Lu Qingjiu felt that it was enough to find the relics of his parents' backpacks.The reason why he asked Yin Xun this question was not because he wanted to blame him, but because he wanted to know the approximate location where his parents were buried. Although it might not be possible to dig out because the burial was too deep, at least he could go to worship.

However, Yin Xun said that he did not see the remains of Lu Qingjiu's parents, which surprised Lu Qingjiu, but was a little disappointed.

If Yin Xun is really the mountain god of Shuifu Village, then the remains of Lu Qingjiu's parents that he can't find mean that their remains may have been washed out of Shuifu Village with the mudslide that came from the collapse of the mountain. This range is too wide. Lu Qingjiu could only give up.

"Otherwise, shall I try again?" Yin Xun was still a little sad.

"No need." Lu Qingjiu shook his head, "You don't have to force it." He knew Yin Xun's character, so he must have given him such an answer after repeated confirmation.He put a smile on his face, "My parents are also open-minded people, they won't stick to this kind of thing, they just want me to live well."

Only then did Yin Xun show a relaxed expression.

After talking heart-to-heart all night, Lu Qingjiu finally untied the knot in Yin Xun's heart. They also made an appointment to go to the mountain next time to see the Buddhist altar erected by Yin Xun's grandparents. After that, the two bid farewell in the courtyard, Lu Qingjiu Seeing Yin Xun disappearing from sight with a smile, he turned around and prepared to enter the house.

Turning around, Lu Qingjiu found that Bai Yuehu was standing behind him at some point, the two looked at each other silently, Lu Qingjiu was the first to not collapse, and smiled wryly.

"This guy is hiding something from me." Lu Qingjiu said, "What does the place I entered mean to Yin Xun?"

Bai Yuehu said: "Soul."

A dead tree, a lonely grave, endless weeds, and thorns on the grass that can make people drip with blood, this is Yin Xun's soul.

Lu Qingjiu thought of Yin Xun's bright smile and the white canine teeth on his lips.

What was Yin Xun thinking when he was smiling, what was he thinking when he was crying, and whether he had grown that endless weed when he was thrown to the ground by his mother and completely abandoned.

And that crow standing on a dead tree named Lu Qingjiu...

Lu Qingjiu sighed heavily, and said, "There's a crow calling my name."

Bai Yuehu looked at Lu Qingjiu quietly.

"I thought the crow called me by my name to take me away." Lu Qingjiu said, "I thought about it later." He said with a bit of bitterness in his tone, "Tell me, if I'm not around, The crow is calling my name too?"

Regarding Lu Qingjiu's question, Bai Yuehu knew the answer, but he never expected that Lu Qingjiu would guess it so easily.Bai Yuehu always liked smart people, so he found that he liked the young man in front of him named Lu Qingjiu even more.He looked at Lu Qingjiu with gentle eyes, thinking that swallowing the person in front of him should be something that would make him happy, just like how he treats all his favorite things.But if he just swallowed it like this, would the young wheat-colored smooth skin be scratched by sharp teeth? Then he would feel a little pity... Bai Yuehu noticed that this was probably a kind of liking slightly different from appetite , very novel.

"Yuehu?" Lu Qingjiu was a little horrified by Bai Yuehu's gaze. For some reason, goosebumps formed on his arms, as if his body's instincts were telling the person in front of him that although his brain didn't realize it, very dangerous.

Bai Yuehu laughed, his smile was very beautiful, his long and narrow phoenix eyes evoked seductive arcs, and he said: "But you are back."

Looking at his smile, Lu Qingjiu suddenly understood why there were so many scholars who were bewitched by fox spirits in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, but fortunately he still managed to calm down, and said in a low voice: "Yeah, fortunately I'm back. "

"Go to sleep." The next moment, Bai Yuehu suppressed the smile on his face and returned to his usual lazy look, "It's getting late."

"Yeah, it's getting late." Lu Qingjiu looked up at the sky, it was another clear night, like all nights, "Good night."

"Good night." Bai Yuehu said.

Lu Qingjiu turned back to his room, but Bai Yuehu stood in the courtyard for a long time without moving, lost in some kind of contemplation.

In the early morning, the heat woke people up from sleep, Lu Qingjiu got up to make breakfast, and saw Yin Xun fighting with Xiao Hua in the garden.

Xiaohua Dangkang's identity had been exposed, so she didn't care about it anymore, she was the Eighteenth Company of Quality to Yin Xun, her sharp words made Lu Qingjiu who was standing next to her dumbfounded.

However, Yin Xun's face is obviously much thicker than Xiao Hua's, and he refuses to let go of Xiao Hua at all.

Xiao Hua said: "Yin Xun, don't you want to be ashamed, stop hugging me, I'm so hot!!"

Yin Xun: "Jiuer, is it good for us to eat jelly at noon?"

Xiao Hua: "You fucking——"

Yin Xun: "Hey, children are not allowed to swear."

Xiaohua: "..."

Lu Qingjiu listened to the music from the side.After dealing with Yin Xun's identity, the family has restored its former harmony.

Bai Yuehu returned to his rocking chair, as lazy as an old man in his 80s. Yin Xun was holding Xiaohua and feeding the chickens in the front yard, but he cried out in surprise after feeding him: "Hey, Xiaohua, Xiaohua, What's wrong with you, wake up!"

Xiao Hua, who was still cursing just now, was paralyzed in his arms, motionless, her eyes were still tightly closed after being picked up by Yin Xun, and her breathing was very weak, as if she might die at any moment.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yin Xun rushed into the room with Xiaohua in his arms, and asked Lu Qingjiu what happened to Xiaohua. Lu Qingjiu looked at the situation: "I don't know, you can ask Bai Yuehu? He should understand better. !"

Yin Xun said with a guilty conscience: "You should go, I ate Bai Yuehu's chicken legs yesterday, how dare I talk to him today."

Lu Qingjiu thought for a while, hugged Xiao Hua and passed.

After listening to Lu Qingjiu's words, Bai Yuehu, who had his eyes closed, raised his eyelids, glanced at Xiaohua, and three words came out of his mouth: "Heat stroke."

Lu Qingjiu was shocked when he heard the words: "Heatstroke? Dangkang can still suffer from heatstroke? Then what should we do?"

Bai Yuehu said: "I don't think it can be saved."

Lu Qingjiu: "..."

Sure enough, his sentence was: "Let's burn it red."

Lu Qingjiu: "..." Why are you so proficient, how many times have you secretly simulated how to eat in your mind? ?

The author has something to say: The stalk of the last heatstroke comes from the stalk of Huanong Brothers eating bamboo rats for a hundred reasons

Bai Yuehu: This Dangkang has a heatstroke, eat it, this Yin Xun is depressed, eat it, this Lu Qingjiu is very beautiful, eat it.