Fantasy Farm

Although it was still snowing heavily outside, Xuanyu seemed to be planning to leave.Lu Qingjiu also knew that he came here out of drunkenness, not really to beg for a vegetarian meal, but rather to remind Lu Qingjiu of something.

After sending Xuanyu to the door, Lu Qingjiu originally wanted to lend him an umbrella, but Xuanyu smiled and shook his head, and took out a flower umbrella from his bag that didn't fit his style.The umbrella looked a little old, and there was a bright red peony embroidered on the umbrella. The embroidery was very exquisite, but the bright style was far from Xuanyu's cold temperament.

However, it was strange, but Lu Qingjiu felt that this umbrella looked a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, he frowned slightly and was about to ask a question, when he heard Xuan Yu's warm voice: "Many years ago, it was also such a heavy snow day, I came here To ask for a vegetarian meal, your elders borrowed land to let me stay overnight."

When he said this, Lu Qingjiu immediately remembered that his grandma also had the same red umbrella, which was said to be a dowry brought by grandma when she was young, and the embroidery on the umbrella was all embroidered by grandma herself.Lu Qingjiu saw it when he was young, but he forgot about it later.

Although Xuanyu looked young, his real age probably exceeded Lu Qingjiu's imagination long ago.

"You know my grandma?" Lu Qingjiu said.

Xuanyu said: "It's just a one-sided relationship." He opened the umbrella and walked into the wind and snow. Your elders are somewhat similar..."

Lu Qingjiu wanted to stop him and ask some more about grandma, but he didn't stop walking. He had already reached the gate of the yard. Before he opened the door, he turned his head slowly and said the last sentence.

He said, Donor Lu, I remember that your elders prepared a birthday gift for you before he passed away. Can you see it?

Lu Qingjiu was very puzzled when he heard the words, and said, "Birthday gift? What is it?"

Xuanyu shook her head, did not elaborate, and pushed the door out.

Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu hurriedly chased him out, but when he went out, he saw nothing, only heavy snow and an empty village, and Xuanyu had long since disappeared.

Lu Qingjiu felt lost, he vaguely felt that the young monk Xuanyu in front of him seemed to have some relationship with his grandmother.

When his grandma suddenly fell ill and Lu Qingjiu rushed home, it was already too late, he didn't even have time to say a word to his grandma.In the end, Lu Qingjiu, who suffered the death of his relatives one after another, held a funeral for his grandmother in a state of confusion...

But from the beginning to the end, Lu Qingjiu had never seen the gift in Xuanyu's mouth.Lu Qingjiu turned around and went home with some disappointment. When he walked to the door, he tripped over the threshold. This trip reminded him of something. He quickly rushed into his bedroom and saw the lock with words on the bedside table in the bedroom. black wooden box.

This is the strangest object he found at home. Lu Qingjiu stroked the smooth surface of the box, and had a guess in his heart... If what Xuanyu said is true, this is really a birthday present from his grandmother , then he should try to open the box on his birthday.

Maybe what's in the box can give him some important answers.

After sending Xuanyu away, Lu Qingjiu carried Yin Xun and the little ones into the living room, and looked at them with a frown.Xuanyu said that it would take three days for them to recover, so they should all maintain the scarecrow form in front of them for the next few days...

But in this way, wouldn't Yin Xun have no way to go home to refill his joss stick?Lu Qingjiu suddenly thought of this matter, and suddenly became worried. He thought for a while, and decided to go to Yin Xun's house to see if he could refill the incense sticks for him.

It was still snowing heavily outside, and the wind whizzed past with snowflakes all over the sky.Lu Qingjiu took the umbrella and headed towards Yin Xun's house. The wind was so strong that it was difficult for people to walk inside. Lu Qingjiu had to keep his body very low so as not to be blown backwards by the wind.Large flakes of snow were blown by the wind and poured into Lu Qingjiu's neck. He shivered from the cold all the way, gritted his teeth and moved forward step by step. It took almost half an hour to get there after a few minutes' journey.

Since returning here, Lu Qingjiu has hardly been in Yin Xun's house, at most he went to sit in his yard and living room, and almost always Yin Xun went to Lu Qingjiu's house on weekdays.Yin Xun's yard is not locked, the door is wide open, the yard is empty, no trace of human life can be seen.Lu Qingjiu took out the key that Yin Xun found on him, opened the door of the living room with difficulty, and closed the door after entering, only then did he have a chance to breathe.

The furnishings in the living room are very simple, just a table and a few chairs, and there is no trace of incense.Lu Qingjiu decided to go to the bedroom to have a look. He stood up and wiped off the snowflakes on his legs. After turning on the flashlight, he walked towards the bedroom along the corridor near the guest room.

Rural houses are all self-repaired, usually with a large number of rooms, and a yard is enclosed in a square shape.The left side is the master bedroom, where the master sleeps.

Lu Qingjiu took a few steps towards the left, and smelled a strong smell of incense candles. He sniffled, and found his target through the window - a bedroom with incense candles.

The bedroom was locked, and after Lu Qingjiu opened it with a key, he entered the room lightly.

It's just that after entering the room and seeing the furnishings clearly, Lu Qingjiu felt that his back was a little cold. He saw that in the small room, there were densely packed memorial tablets, each with a different name on it.In the most conspicuous position, a tablet with the word Yin Xun written on it attracted Lu Qingjiu's attention.

There was a joss stick in front of that tablet, and the joss stick was about to burn out, and the red wax oil, like teardrops, accumulated layer upon layer at the bottom of the joss stick.Lu Qingjiu hurriedly searched the house, but he searched the entire room, but he couldn't find a replacement candle.The candle has burned to the bottom, and at the current burning speed, it may take more than half an hour before the candle will be extinguished.

Lu Qingjiu searched all over the other rooms, but couldn't find any candles. In desperation, he could only call Bai Yuehu again, and wanted to ask him about the candles.

"Are you at Yin Xun's house now?" Bai Yuehu asked after receiving the call after learning about Lu Qingjiu's situation.

"Yes." Lu Qingjiu said, "Didn't he be turned into a scarecrow? I wondered if his incense candle would go out, but when I came over, I saw that the candle was indeed about to go out, but I couldn't find a replacement... "

Bai Yuehu thought for a moment: "Wait a minute, I'll be right back."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Okay, I'll wait for you, hurry up."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingjiu sat at the door and waited for Bai Yuehu.Yin Xun didn't know how he got here all these years, the house was not popular at all, except for the sleeping place, it was covered with dust everywhere, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

As the incense candles gradually burned out and the flames became weaker and weaker, Lu Qingjiu, who was waiting at the door, suddenly heard a very strange sound. At first he thought it was an illusion, but soon, the sound became more and more intense. bigger.

Gada Gada, Gada Gada, Lu Qingjiu turned his head, and the flashlight in his hand shone at the source of the sound. When he saw clearly what was making the sound, he froze in place.I saw that the densely packed tablets in the room began to tremble, the trembling was weak at first, but as the flames of the incense candles dimmed, the trembling began to become more intense... It seemed as if something was pressed under the tablets, and now At that time, the thing was about to push down the tablet and crawl out from inside.

Although Lu Qingjiu didn't know what was pressed under the memorial tablet, he knew that it must not be a good thing. If the incense sticks just went out like this...

At this critical moment, Bai Yuehu finally appeared at the door.After he appeared, he didn't talk to Lu Qingjiu, but went straight to the incense candle, took out a sharp knife from his bosom and cut his wrist.

Red blood spurted out from the wrist, just like this leaning on the joss stick that was about to be extinguished.

Lu Qingjiu looked at it with trepidation, he was really afraid that the candle would go out as soon as Bai Yuehu's blood was poured on it.But obviously Bai Yuehu knew what he was doing very well. As soon as the blood touched the candle, it made a sizzling sound. Then, the candle that was about to burn out rose from the ground, continuously fused with the blood, and transformed into a candle again. Became a brand new red candle.

The tablet that made noise before became quiet again, and the original silence was restored here.

"Yuehu, are your hands alright?" Lu Qingjiu saw that the joss stick was on, he hurried forward and grabbed Bai Yuehu's wrist.

Bai Yuehu said: "It's okay."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Does it hurt?"

Bai Yuehu looked at Lu Qingjiu and said nothing, he could have healed the wound directly, but facing Lu Qingjiu's worried eyes, he actually felt a little happy, so he nodded obediently, and said calmly: "It hurts. "

Lu Qingjiu looked at the hideous wound on Bai Yuehu's beautiful wrist, and said anxiously: "Such a big cut, how much blood will be left, kill a chicken tonight, I'll mend it for you..."

Bai Yuehu said: "It can't be killed."

"Why?" Lu Qingjiu asked strangely.

"It's all turned into straw." Bai Yuehu said.

Lu Qingjiu: "..." He completely forgot about it.The chicken has been living in the chicken coop, and his attention was on Yin Xun and the others. Naturally, he didn't realize that his own chicken had also turned into a scarecrow, but the scarecrow looked like a chicken...for the time being, he couldn't eat it.

Bai Yuehu said: "Let's go, the candles are on, let's go back."

Lu Qingjiu said: "This joss stick is renewed with blood? Then shall we come over tomorrow... and Yin Xun..."

Bai Yuehu shook his head: "The mountain gods have their own way to renew the joss stick. Without incense, I can only renew it with blood. I don't need to come here tomorrow. My blood can last the joss stick for at least [-] days."

Lu Qingjiu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, Bai Yuehu's words helped him answer two worried questions, since Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu didn't need to bleed, it was naturally the best.

Compared with when he left, Bai Yuehu had a thick white cloak on his body. The cloak seemed to be a kind of animal fur, white and soft, very warm.Before the two went out, Bai Yuehu took off the cloak naturally, and put it on Lu Qingjiu's shoulders.

Lu Qingjiu froze for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Bai Yuehu, and was about to speak, but heard Bai Yuehu say: "You are afraid of the cold, you should wear it."

"What kind of fur is this?" Lu Qingjiu rubbed it with his hands, the fur was smooth and firm, without any stray hairs, and it still had a slight luster of the light color of high-quality fur. Bai Yuehu just put this thing on him A warmth surged through his body.

"I don't know either." Bai Yuehu said, "They lost to me."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Losing?"

Bai Yuehu said: "Yes, we took a gamble."

When Lu Qingjiu heard this, he didn't continue to ask. He just thought that gambling is really harmful to health. It's fine if you lose money. You've lost all your skin...

Wearing a thick cloak, Lu Qingjiu held an umbrella and walked into the heavy snow with Bai Yuehu. I don't know if it was Lu Qingjiu's psychological effect, but he always felt that on the way back, the wind and snow were much lighter, and his body was not cold anymore.

After arriving home, Lu Qingjiu took out all the scarecrows and hung them in the living room.Fortunately, few people visit the house this winter. Otherwise, when you enter the house and see the scarecrows all over the floor, the timid ones will be frightened to have a heart attack on the spot.

Xuanyu said that they would be back to normal after three days, so in these three days, only Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu were left in the family.

Both Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu have quiet personalities, so living like this is quite comfortable.Lu Qingjiu found an opportunity to ask Bai Yuehu about Xuanyu, but Bai Yuehu just gave a rough introduction to Xuanyu.It is said that he is an eminent monk who should have been a god long ago, but he stayed in the mortal world because of some things. He is a rare and powerful character among human beings, but he rarely participates in secular affairs. A dozen years ago.

"Then what is he doing here?" Lu Qingjiu asked.

"Maybe I want to see the old man." Bai Yuehu replied.

old man?It was about Lu Qingjiu's grandma, but he didn't know what kind of story his grandma had with him. Lu Qingjiu felt a little regretful. He found that he didn't know much about his grandma. After leaving Shuifu Village and returning here again, everything was different.

On the morning of the third day, Yin Xun, who had turned into a scarecrow, finally regained his human form. Together with him, there was little flower, little black and little fox... and Concubine Yu who was hidden in the little fox's furry scarf.To be honest, because she didn't show up often, Lu Qingjiu almost forgot about her...

The few that had turned back into humans hugged together and wailed loudly. Yin Xun was crying with snot and tears, and Lu Qingjiu looked at him with a very disgusted expression.

"Jiu'er, you are really a good person." Yin Xun said, "That monk really went too far, he wanted to burn us, woo woo woo, I'm just an innocent little mountain god!"

"That's right, that's right, I'm just an innocent little pig." Xiao Hua howled next to Yin Xun.

The little fox chirped too, looking sad and weeping.

Lu Qingjiu was a little helpless, and couldn't persuade him, so he could only let a few of them continue howling.He didn't know that several people were sentient after becoming scarecrows, they could hear outsiders talking, and they could also see the pictures. One can imagine, if Lu Qingjiu really chose to burn them all, what would happen to them Distraught.

After a while like this, Lu Qingjiu's headache was about to split from howling: "Stop crying, okay? I'll cook something delicious for you, okay?"

Yin Xun: "You don't love me at all, and you don't care about my life at all—"

Lu Qingjiu: "My mother shouldn't have given birth to you back then."

Yin Xun wanted to continue crying, but was glared at by Bai Yuehu who came in from outside the house, and quickly quieted down, saying, "Success, I won't cry anymore, you give me something delicious."

Lu Qingjiu: "Oh!"

This day is really too cold, in Yin Xun's words, don't pee in the wild, otherwise, after peeing, a certain part will become a disposable item.

When it's cold, people don't really want to move. If it wasn't for comforting Yin Xun, Lu Qingjiu really didn't want to do particularly troublesome eating.

Because of the power outage, their refrigerator had already been moved into the snow field. Thinking about it carefully, it should not be regarded as a refrigerator or a hot box, because the temperature in the freezer is a little higher than outside.

Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu to bring back a fresh scallion at night. The meat quality of this scallion is so good that it tastes delicious no matter how you cook it.After Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu to cut up the green onions, the ribs were reserved, the bones under his body were stewed, the meat was stir-fried, and the ribs were used for charcoal grilling.

The bones of scallions are thinner than those of sheep, and there is no smell of mutton, so don’t worry about handling them badly. First marinate the meat carefully with marinade for several hours, and then put it on the charcoal fire to roast slowly.

The room soon began to be filled with the rich aroma of meat being roasted, and the thin layer of fat on the edge of the ribs was sizzling, and the fat dripped into the burning brazier, making a crackling sound.

Lu Qingjiu gave the roasted meat to Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun to satisfy their greed, and also gave the other three little guys a taste.

"It's delicious, and you should eat some wine." Yin Xun took a bite, with black marks on his mouth, and hurriedly said to Lu Qingjiu, "While it's hot."

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "You guys eat first, I'll wait for the next piece."

Just after he finished speaking, Bai Yuehu, who was sitting next to him, naturally handed the untouched lamb chops to Lu Qingjiu's mouth.

Lu Qingjiu was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head, smiled and took a bite.It was really delicious. The outside of the short ribs was a bit crispy, but the meat inside was very delicate and juicy. After a long time of marinating, the inside of the short ribs also had a taste.

Lu Qingjiu ate it in his mouth, and he felt that it would be more perfect if there was a fresh lemon to squeeze the juice on it.

Yin Xun watched the interaction between Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu, and swallowed heavily, but he didn't dare to say anything, but lowered his head and continued to nibble on the small chop silently.

Bai Yuehu didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior, so he naturally ate the small ribs that still had Lu Qingjiu's teeth marks on them.The bone soup in the pot is almost ready, it is very delicious, and it is very refreshing to drink when you are tired of eating short ribs.And after drinking the soup, the body is also very warm.Sweet potatoes baked in a charcoal basin are also a good staple food. The sweet potatoes are soft and waxy, and Lu Qingjiu likes them very much.

Lu Qingjiu ate while grilling, and unconsciously felt a little full. Yin Xun was similar to him, his stomach had already become chubby, he burped while touching his stomach, and his expression was blank for two seconds: "I Did you forget something important?"

Lu Qingjiu: "What?"

Yin Xun, who had been eating food at Lu Qingjiu's house for a day, got up suddenly, slapped his head and shouted in horror: "Fuck, fuck! I fucking forgot to go home to refill the incense!!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran away, before Lu Qingjiu had time to call him back, he saw him rushing out like a frightened rabbit, just like that, he never returned.

Lu Qingjiu: "...how did he run so fast?"

Bai Yuehu said: "It can be regarded as his only advantage."

Lu Qingjiu: "..." Yin Xun's memory is really good, when he thinks about it, maybe all the tables in his house are burnt through.

Yin Xun, who was rushing home, called Lu Qingjiu after discovering that his incense had been refilled. Lu Qingjiu was soaking his feet. While soaking, he naturally stroked Bai Yuehu's big furry tail with his hands. I have to say, Humans really have an indescribable attachment to furry things, and they simply cannot maintain self-control in the face of such a huge temptation.

Hearing the phone rang, Lu Qingjiu picked it up lazily, deliberately holding the phone away from his ears.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yin Xun's horrified cry came from the phone: "Lu Qingjiu, why has my family's incense been renewed? Could it be you? Could it be you—"

"It's not me." Lu Qingjiu said, "It's Bai Yuehu."

Hearing Lu Qingjiu's answer, Yin Xun heaved a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, I was scared to death."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Are you alright?"

Yin Xun said, "It's nothing serious."

Lu Qingjiu said: "What if the incense burns off?"

Yin Xun said: "Ah...then something big will happen."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Since it's a serious matter, why did you have to guard it? I don't think you are a very powerful person." To be honest, after getting along during this time, he didn't feel any kindness in Yin Xun. In his eyes, Yin Xun is a little unreliable boy. If he must say that there is something about Yin Xun that has something to do with God, then Lu Qingjiu can only say that he is sometimes quite nervous. .

Yin Xun: "You can easily lose me as a friend by talking like this."

Lu Qingjiu: "It's okay, I can capture you as my pet when the time comes."

Yin Xun: "..." Lu Qingjiu, please be human.

Lu Qingjiu could even guess how wronged Yin Xun was when he wanted to refute but couldn't find an answer. He laughed and said, "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. I'm going to bed, good night."

"Good night." Yin Xun hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingjiu yawned lazily, and habitually dragged his big fluffy tail to his side, but he vaguely felt something was wrong when he dragged it, and when he looked down, he was dumbfounded.

Lu Qingjiu raised his head stiffly, and saw Bai Yuehu sitting by the window eating melon seeds, but he didn't notice what happened, he said with difficulty, "Yuehu..."

Bai Yuehu turned around: "Huh?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "That's what I want to ask."

Bai Yuehu: "?"

Lu Qingjiu carefully chose his words, and said with great difficulty: "If the vixen's tail accidentally falls off, what will happen?"

Bai Yuehu's expression froze for a moment. He obviously understood the meaning of Lu Qingjiu's question. He lowered his head slowly, and saw that the nine big fluffy tails were separated from his body. Lu Qingjiu embraced him with a frightened face.

Bai Yuehu: "..." Something is wrong.

Lu Qingjiu: "... Yue... Fox...?"

The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu held his tail: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh is the tail off! ! !

Bai Yuehu: ... Tsk, quality problem.