Fantasy Farm

After spending a meal at Lu Qingjiu's house, Jiufeng reluctantly left.Seeing her reluctance to part with her, I am afraid that if she was not afraid of Bai Yuehu, she would really have to stay in Lu Qingjiu's old house for a long time.Lu Qingjiu fell asleep refreshed and refreshed. When he woke up the next day, Jiufeng was nowhere to be seen. The outside of the house was still blindingly white, but it made him miss the hot weather in Jiufeng's residence. .

He used the chicken soup specially left by the snake stew the day before to make chicken noodle soup, and after feeding the family's two mouths, Lu Qingjiu saw that the weather outside was good, so he put a few small animals in the house into the yard and let them move freely.After all, they have been squatting in the house since the beginning of winter, and they are really a little panicked after a long time.

Xiao Hei Xiao Hua rushed into the snow wearing the little padded jacket made by Lu Qingjiu, leaving behind a row of cute little footprints.The little fox was a little more delicate than them, and stayed in Lu Qingjiu's arms for a long time, refusing to move, until Bai Yuehu reached out to Lu Qingjiu to hug him, then it chirped twice and jumped on it cautiously. Thick snow, furry paws were frozen into a ball.

After the snow stopped, the wind also stopped, and the bright sun was hanging in the sky. Lu Qingjiu was running in the snow wearing thick clothes, and soon he was sweating all over, but he didn't feel cold at all.Seeing that the little ones were having a good time playing, he took a plush ball from the house that he often used before to play with the little fox.The gameplay is similar to walking a dog, he throws the ball, and the little fox happily brings it back.

The whole family is happy and harmonious, and the atmosphere is particularly harmonious.

Because there were very few people outside in winter, Lu Qingjiu let them out of the yard, and told them to move around the yard, and they must not run far away, otherwise they would be killed and eat meat if they were taken away. And make sure they come home for dinner before dark.After instructing these precautions, Lu Qingjiu let them play by themselves, turned around and made dinner.

Yin Xun found it funny, saying that Lu Qingjiu looked like a mother.Lu Qingjiu: "Is that how you talk to your father?"

Yin Xun: "..." You are ruthless!

Most of the food eaten in winter is relatively light. If you eat too much, you will want to taste some spicy food.Lu Qingjiu also felt that his mouth was a bit dull, so he planned to make chicken feet with pickled peppers.The chicken feet were bought and frozen in the refrigerator, just take them out to thaw, and the pickled peppers were grabbed by Lu Qingjiu from his own jar.Put the boiled chicken feet and pickled peppers in the same glass jar, add appropriate salt and some wine to it, and the chicken feet will be delicious after a day.Sitting on the kang at night, reading a book or chatting, you can nibble on a few, which not only tastes good, but also kills time very much.

At noon, Lu Qingjiu made glutinous rice steamed pork ribs, and cooked a pot of cabbage and meat soup. When the rice was almost cooked, Lu Qingjiu asked Yin Xun to go out and call the family back, saying that it was time to eat.

Yin Xun went out for a while, brought back three little guys, and said, "I called Xiaohua, Xiaohei, and little fox back, but I didn't see Bai Yuehu."

"Oh, he has something to do and won't be home for lunch today." Lu Qingjiu said, "Let's eat first."

Yesterday, after Jiufeng came to their house to eat and drink, Bai Yuehu had been in a bad mood, as if he was thinking about something, and today he went out early in the morning, and told Lu Qingjiu not to cook his lunch and drinks before going out. dinner.

This is a rare thing, since Bai Yuehu moved into the old house, there is almost no record of going out for more than a day, and he doesn't know what he is busy with.

Xiaohua, Xiaohei and little fox were already obediently sitting in the living room, with their heads up, waiting for Lu to be fed with sake.The three of them were very obedient. Before entering the door, they wiped off the snow on their paws on the mat at the door. When they saw Lu Qingjiu approaching, they even raised their little hooves to him, indicating that they had washed their hands properly.

They usually eat with Lu Qingjiu, they eat whatever Lu Qingjiu does.Originally, Lu Qingjiu was a little worried about whether Xiao Hei Xiao Hua could eat pork, but after Xiao Hua strongly stated that she really did not have a racial relationship with pigs, she fed them pork.

The three little ones buried their faces in the small basin, and happily ate their lunch.

Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun were sitting on the table eating steamed pork ribs with glutinous rice. While eating, Lu Qingjiu suddenly noticed something and said, "Hey, where did you get the straw doll?"

At Xiao Hei's feet lay a doll made of straw, the size of a palm, and it looked very rough.

"Straw doll?" Yin Xun thought for a while and said, "It seems that Xiao Hei brought it in."

"My sister found it in the snow." Xiao Hua answered on behalf of his sister who was still addicted to food, "She spent a long time in the snow and suddenly came out with such a doll.

Lu Qingjiu walked over, picked up the doll, and found that the doll's eyes were sewn on with red beans, as well as its mouth and nose. It was wearing a fancy gown, which looked like a simple toy.The doll looks very rough at first glance, but after taking a closer look, Lu Qingjiu feels that the doll is actually very complete, and the facial features are vivid, which is a bit interesting.

"Where did it come from?" Yin Xun took the doll from Lu Qingjiu, flipped through it a few times, and then lost interest, "Did a child in the village lose the doll?"

Their living conditions here are not good, and they don’t have much extra money to buy expensive dolls in the city, so when children clamor for toys, it is usually the parents who do it.This kind of straw doll is most likely a toy for children in the village.

"Maybe." Lu Qingjiu returned the doll to Xiao Hei, "You can play first, and I will ask the people in the village when the spring begins, if no one wants it, it will be yours."

Xiao Hei hummed happily, hugged the doll happily with his two front hooves, and rubbed his face vigorously.She bloomed much later than her elder brother, Xiaohua. Although she can talk, she is still a child at heart. It is naturally very happy to have such a toy to play with.

After Lu Qingjiu finished his meal, he went to take a nap as usual.Yin Xun asked Lu Qingjiu to go to sleep, saying that he wanted to take advantage of the good weather to clear up the snow in the yard. There may be a snowstorm in the next few days, so it is best to make preparations in advance to avoid heavy snowfall The doors were all sealed.

As a mountain god, Yin Xun was still very accurate in forecasting the weather, Lu Qingjiu nodded, turned around and entered the house, and went to sleep.

This time Lu Qingjiu fell into a deep sleep. Usually, he would wake up naturally after an hour or so, but today he slept for the whole afternoon. When he woke up, it was already completely dark outside.Lu Qingjiu who opened his eyes under the warm quilt was a little dazed. He felt that his whole body was limp. Because he had slept for too long, his mind became a blur instead, and it took him a while to recover.

After recovering, Lu Qingjiu felt something was wrong. He had slept for so long, and Yin Xun would definitely come to wake him up, but now there was silence outside the house, and he called Yin Xun several times, but no one responded.

"Yin Xun, Yin Xun, are you there?" Lu Qingjiu called his friend's name while putting on his clothes, but still no one answered.

Lu Qingjiu put on his thick down jacket, pushed open the door, and felt a biting cold wind blowing in his face, there was no moon in the sky, and the courtyard was pitch black, eerily quiet.

"Yin Xun?? Where are you??" The bad premonition in Lu Qingjiu's heart began to expand. He knew that something must have happened. If Yin Xun wanted to leave, he would have told him in advance, but now he just disappeared.

Lu Qingjiu hurried back to the house to find a flashlight, but when he passed by the living room, he saw Yin Xun's coat on the sofa and the phone on the table.Obviously, Yin Xun's departure was not voluntary, and he didn't even have time to put on his shirt.And disappearing with him is Xiaohua Xiaohei who was playing in the yard during the day.

"Yin Xun, Yin Xun??" Lu Qingjiu took the flashlight and returned to the yard. He called Yin Xun and Xiaohua Xiaohei's names, and walked towards the backyard, wanting to see if they were in the backyard.But just as Lu Qingjiu passed the junction of the front yard and the backyard - the withered vine shelf, he suddenly tripped over something under his feet.

Lu Qingjiu stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He used the light of the flashlight to shine into the snow. After seeing the things in the snow clearly, his expression froze for a moment.

He saw a bunch of straw, which was buried in the snow. Their family didn't grow rice, so naturally there would be no straw, and Lu Qingjiu walked this road during the day, so he clearly remembered that there was no such thing here before. thing.

Lu Qingjiu slowly approached there, and stretched out his hand to push away the snow buried on the straw.The snow is getting less and less, and the things buried under the snow finally show their true colors.

It was a huge scarecrow, 1.7 meters in size, buried in the snow in a prostrate posture, but this was not a reason for Lu Qingjiu to lose his composure... What made Lu Qingjiu desperate was that he was here On the huge scarecrow, Yin Xun's daytime clothes were seen.

Yin Xun has turned into a scarecrow.

Lu Qingjiu had goose bumps all over his body, and he almost used all his self-control to force himself to calm down.He took a deep breath, continued to dig hard, and soon found three other small straw dolls under the scarecrow, two pigs, and a fox, all of which were his family's missing children.

Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu immediately understood that there was a serious problem with the straw doll that Xiao Hei brought back during the day, but it seemed a bit too late to react now, Yin Xun had already turned into the absurd appearance before him.

Lu Qingjiu wiped his face, dug Yin Xun out of the snow, and carried him into the house with the other three.He was afraid that Yin Xun would be ignited by the fire, so he deliberately moved the charcoal basin farther away from Yin Xun.

Borrowing the faint light, Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun's red bean eyes stared at each other. After a while, they sighed helplessly, took out the phone from their pockets, and dialed a certain number.

After heavy snow closed the mountain, the signal of the mobile phone was intermittent, and Lu Qingjiu didn't know if he could get through.

Fortunately, he was lucky, he successfully dialed the phone, and was picked up after a dozen rings.

"Moon Fox." Lu Qingjiu called his tenant by name.

"Lu Qingjiu." Bai Yuehu responded.

"That..." This is the first time Lu Qingjiu called Bai Yuehu, but he didn't expect it to be because of this reason. Bai Yuehu had only been away for a day, and the brat at home had already played with him. "Something happened at home."

"What's the matter?" Bai Yuehu said. "Are you OK?"

"I'm fine." Lu Qingjiu said, "It's Yin Xun...he has turned into a straw doll."

Bai Yuehu: "..."

The conversation between the two was silent for more than twenty seconds. Just when Lu Qingjiu thought that Bai Yuehu had hung up the phone, Bai Yuehu's voice came from the other end: "What's going on?"

Lu Qingjiu simply told Bai Yuehu about Xiao Hei picking up the straw doll and Yin Xun's changes.

Bai Yuehu thought for a moment after listening, and seemed to understand what happened, and said, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

"It's not a big deal?" Lu Qingjiu looked at the scarecrow who looked like Yin Xun, still feeling panicked, "Is there anything wrong with Yin Xun?"

"It's okay." Bai Yuehu said, "He's not in danger. Wait until I come back and explain to you slowly. I'll be there tomorrow afternoon. There may be a guest at home later. You just need to hide Yin Xun's scarecrow."

"Oh." Although Lu Qingjiu was confused, since Bai Yuehu said that Yin Xun's life would not be in danger, he was relieved, but what happened to the guest that Bai Yuehu said?Could it be that person turned Yin Xun and the three little guys into scarecrows?

"Then you should come back early." Lu Qingjiu felt that Bai Yuehu was the most reliable person in the family, and said, "Let's eat mutton stew tomorrow."

"Okay." Bai Yuehu's voice warmed up.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingjiu hid Yin Xun's scarecrow according to what Bai Yuehu said.There were many vacant rooms in the house, so he randomly found one and stuffed Yin Xun and the little ones in it.Afraid that they would be cold, Lu Qingjiu even made them a thick quilt.

After finishing, Lu Qingjiu simply finished dinner, then found a book in the living room and began to read.I have to say that the house is deserted without the chatty Yin Xun and the noisy Xiaohua Xiaohei.Especially when the temperature starts to drop at night, the cold wind blows outside the house, and the blown glass rustles, which sounds very similar to the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Lu Qingjiu warmed himself a cup of tea and held it in his palm to keep warm.What he was watching was "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". Ever since Bai Yuehu moved into the house, Lu Qingjiu began to actively learn about these various ancient Chinese legends. In the boring winter days, watching this is actually a kind of pastime.

As expected, there was a blizzard tonight as Yin Xun said. It was about ten o'clock in the evening. Lu Qingjiu hadn't waited for the guest that Bai Yuehu had mentioned, so he thought that no one would come again, so he closed his book and was about to go to sleep. But I heard two crisp knocks on the door.

This sound was extremely weak amidst the whistling wind and snow, if Lu Qingjiu hadn't been paying attention, he definitely wouldn't have heard it.

Lu Qingjiu walked to the door with the lamp in his hand, and asked through the black iron door, "Who's outside?"

"The poor monk passed by here and would like to spend the night at the benefactor's house. Is it possible?" A young man's voice came from outside.

Lu Qingjiu: "..." Why the hell does this look like the beginning of a horror story?

If Bai Yuehu hadn't told him in advance that a guest was coming, Lu Qingjiu might have refused decisively.It's not that he's afraid of trouble, but that he can't tell whether it's a human or a ghost outside the door. If something unclean is really invited in, wouldn't he be courting death?Besides, Shuifu Village has been covered by heavy snow for a long time. Where did the exposed monk come from? It's still in this snowstorm...

But since Bai Yuehu called this person a guest, he shouldn't be a bad person.

Lu Qingjiu opened the door, and saw a monk wearing a gray monk's uniform and a bamboo hat.The light was too dim, and he couldn't see the monk's face clearly, so he said, "Come in, little master."

The young monk bowed to Lu Sake, and stepped carefully into the threshold.

Lu Qingjiu led the way with a lamp, and led the monk into the living room. When he arrived at the warm living room, the monk took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing a very young face.His face can't be said to be too handsome, but it has a strange charm. When people look into his eyes, their hearts are calmed down.

"Why did little master come to Shuifu Village?" Lu Qingjiu poured him a cup of hot tea, "The mountain has been covered by heavy snow, it's very dangerous for you to walk in the snowstorm like this."

After receiving the tea, the little master clasped his hands together, saluted Lu Qingjiu again, and said, "It was the Buddha who sent the poor monk here."

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "It was the Buddha who asked you to knock on my door?"

"One peck and one drink, there is a predestined relationship." The little master replied.

Although Lu Qingjiu doesn't believe in Buddhism, it doesn't prevent him from having a good impression of monks. Although the little master in front of him came suddenly, his attitude is respectful and polite, which is very pleasing. He said: "Have you eaten the fast meal, little master?"

The little master shook his head: "The benefactor can just call the poor monk Xuanyu."

Lu Qingjiu didn't answer, and said with a smile: "Then I'll make you something to eat, and little master can drink tea here to warm up."

After speaking, he went to the kitchen and made some simple vegetarian dishes.The weather is cold, and vegetables are not easy to preserve. Fortunately, there are still a lot of sweet potatoes and cabbage in the cellar. Lu Qingjiu made sweet potato rice and stir-fried sweet and sour cabbage for the little master.

After cooking, he brought the food in front of the little master: "The only vegetarian dishes at home, I'm really sorry."

Xuanyu smiled: "It's completely enough, thank you benefactor."

Lu Qingjiu refilled his cup of tea.

While Xuanyu was eating, Lu Qingjiu observed the monk in front of him. He vaguely felt that the identity of the monk in front of him seemed unusual. Also, how could ordinary people appear in a snowstorm night.

After eating, Xuanyu thanked Lu Qingjiu again.

Lu Qingjiu said: "I have prepared a room for little master, you can rest there at night."

Xuanyu said: "Thank you benefactor."

Lu Qingjiu led him to the door of the room, watched him go in before turning and going to sleep.Thinking of Yin Xun, he was still a little worried, so he found a time to drag Yin Xun to his room, because straw was afraid of fire, and Lu Qingjiu didn't dare to light the kang, fearing that his stupid son would be burned like this as fuel up...

That night Lu Qingjiu slept soundly. When he got up, he saw Xuanyu standing in the yard, as if he was observing something.

"Little Master." Lu Qingjiu called him.

"Benefactor." Xuanyu returned the gift.

"Did you sleep well last night, what do you want for breakfast?" Lu Qingjiu said, "Let me make you a pancake. It's snowing outside, so don't stand outside."

The night passed, and the snowstorm did not stop, but the monk stood in the wind and snow. Although his body was thin, it gave people the illusion of being as hard as a stone sculpture.It seemed that no matter how strong the wind was, he would not move for it.

Xuanyu didn't move, he said: "Benefactor, have you heard the story of the Buddha who sacrificed his life to feed the tiger?"

Lu Qingjiu was taken aback, and he said: "I... have heard of it."

This story probably tells the story of the Buddha feeding the tigress with his own body and rescuing the tigress and her cubs.

"What do you think?" Xuanyu asked.

Lu Qingjiu frowned: "I don't believe in Buddhism."

Xuanyu smiled and said, "I know the benefactor doesn't believe in Buddhism, but I just want to know whether the benefactor will also feed the tiger with his body?"

Lu Qingjiu didn't speak, he actually didn't agree with it in his heart, it was just that it was impolite for Xuanyu to say so, so he changed the topic: "Little master, let's come in and have a vegetarian meal."

This was an answer, and Xuanyu understood Lu Qingjiu's consciousness. He sighed slightly, and said again: "The benefactor saw a little scarecrow yesterday?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Qingjiu immediately became nervous, he said: "That scarecrow is yours?! My pet accidentally picked it up into the house, and after a whole afternoon, I found that my pet also turned into a straw look." Poor Yin Xun didn't know that his status had dropped from a son to a pet...

"It belongs to the poor monk." Xuanyu said, "It's just my scarecrow, not a bad thing."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Isn't it a bad thing?!"

Xuanyu said: "Can the benefactor distinguish the people around him from the ghosts?"

Lu Qingjiu was taken aback.

Xuanyu said: "Some people can't tell the difference, so the poor monk helped them to tell the difference." He looked at Lu Qingjiu, and in those black eyes was compassion, "But since the benefactor has already made up his mind , the poor monk can’t say much.”

Lu Qingjiu said: "You mean, is that scarecrow here to distinguish between human beings and non-human beings?"

Xuan Yu nodded.

"Okay." Lu Qingjiu said, "I've known these things for a long time... How can they change back?"

Xuanyu said: "It will be recovered in three days."

Lu Qingjiu thought of something, he frowned: "What if they were burned when they turned into scarecrows?"

Xuanyu laughed and said, "The benefactor cares so much about them, how could he be willing to burn them?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "There must be someone who is willing?"

Xuanyu said: "Then why didn't the benefactor ask those people why they are willing?"

Lu Qingjiu understood the meaning of Xuanyu's scarecrow, he was actually giving humans a chance to choose.You can choose to continue, or you can choose to end the relationship.Non-humans who touch the scarecrow will also become scarecrows, and if humans decide to end at this time, the scarecrows can be burned directly.

Dust to dust, dust to dust.

It's just that they don't know whether the burned scarecrow is still conscious, whether he knows what happened around him.

Of course, Lu Qingjiu also understands that not every non-human being is as friendly as his own, and their relationship with humans is even more bizarre, with friends, lovers, coercion, and parasitism.

No wonder Bai Yuehu said that Xuanyu was a guest, because Xuanyu handed over the power of choice to Lu Qingjiu.He is a compassionate monk.

Lu Qingjiu laughed.

Xuanyu asked, "Why is the benefactor smiling?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "I don't know if little master has heard of the name Fa Hai?"

Xuanyu blinked: "Does the benefactor know why my master lived to be a hundred years old?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "Why?"

Xuanyu said: "Because he doesn't care about other things."

Lu Qingjiu laughed out loud.

The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: Xuanyu is Fa Hai's words...

Bai Yuehu: Coincidentally, my surname is also Bai.

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