Fantasy Farm

The Dragon Boat Festival can be regarded as a festival that still has strong characteristics in modern times.Eating zongzi, rowing a dragon boat, expelling the five poisons, there are quite a lot of things to do.Lu Qingjiu started preparations early, bought herbs and hung them at the door of his house, bought zongzi leaves and glutinous rice, and wrapped them with zongzi of various flavors.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhu Miaomiao came to Shuifu Village during the holiday. Ever since she tasted the most natural food in Shuifu Village, she could never forget the wonderful taste, and she almost ran here whenever she had time.Some colleagues in the unit who didn't know the truth made fun of her and Lu Qingjiu, asking her if she was secretly dating Lu Qingjiu, otherwise why she was so reluctant to part with that backcountry.Zhu Miaomiao expressed great disdain for this kind of statement, saying: "Just laugh at me now, and don't cry and beg me when I bring back the honey and tonic."

As soon as they heard about honey and hair tonic, people in the unit instantly changed their attitude towards Zhu Miaomiao, begging Mrs. Zhu Miaomiao to have a lot, and don't bother with them who are cheap.No wonder they are snobbish, not to mention hair tonic, you can't get it online. As for the honey, not only does it taste better, but it also has a beauty effect.No matter how many pimples you have on your face, apply a layer of honey and sleep, and the pimples will be gone the next day.And if you have acne-free skin, after applying this honey, the skin will become smooth and soft, and even the wrinkles will be reduced a lot.

Because of the beauty effect of this honey, it is warmly loved by the female compatriots in the company. Originally, she had to work overtime during the Dragon Boat Festival, but the executives above Zhu Miaomiao made an exception and gave her a holiday, just for the sake of such a small jar of honey. Go home to please your wife.

As a result, Zhu Miaomiao got a three-day vacation, and returned to Shuifu Village with bags of snacks and fruits.

Sitting in Lu Qingjiu's minivan, Zhu Miaomiao chatted with Lu Qingjiu. What her colleague said to her this time reminded her of one thing. This Lu Qingjiu is 27 or [-] years old and hasn't had a girlfriend yet. People in Shuifu Village are so Little, and I don't know how to solve his life-long event.

"It's been resolved." Lu Qingjiu looked at the road ahead without squinting.

"Ah?" Zhu Miaomiao was stunned for three seconds before realizing the meaning of Lu Qingjiu's words, and shouted at once, "It's resolved, what does it mean? Who are you dating, why didn't you tell me?"

Lu Qingjiu was very calm: "You will know when you go."

Zhu Miaomiao observed Lu Qingjiu's expression suspiciously: "I remember that there are no young girls in Shuifu Village, they are all old men and women, don't you..."

Lu Qingjiu was a little helpless: "It's not Big Mom."

Zhu Miaomiao: "Damn it, if it's not an aunt, is it an uncle, then you are too beastly."

Lu Qingjiu: "..."

Zhu Miaomiao: "Brother, don't keep silent, I'm a little scared."

Lu Qingjiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't want to say anything more to Zhu Miaomiao, he just asked her to watch it for himself.Zhu Miaomiao was very anxious along the way, fearing that Lu Qingjiu would do something that would be unscrupulous.After all, she couldn't accept her friend having an evening relationship with a 50-year-old aunt...

When they got home, Yin Xun helped Zhu Miaomiao get the big and small bags out of the car. Zhu Miaomiao took the opportunity to ask Yin Xun quickly, saying, "Hey, Yin Xun, I heard that Sake is in love."

Yin Xun said: "Yes."

Zhu Miaomiao: "Then how old is his romantic partner?"

Yin Xun was bending over to carry something, but when he heard this, his expression was a little strange, and he said, "Why are you asking this?"

Zhu Miaomiao said: "I'm worried about Sake, I'm afraid that he will find someone too old... There don't seem to be many young people in this village. Except for you and Lu Qingjiu, I really don't see other young girls."

Yin Xun thought for a while, and to be honest, he really didn't know Bai Yuehu's age, but since Bai Yuehu came to the human world during Lu Qingjiu's grandma's generation, it should be considered as his grandma's generation People, so he didn't think much, just said what he thought.

Zhu Miaomiao: "..."

Yin Xun: "...Zhu Miaomiao, why are you opening your mouth so wide?"

Zhu Miaomiao stretched out her hand with difficulty, raised her chin, and said in a trembling voice: "How old do you think Lu Qingjiu's love interest is?"

Yin Xun: "Didn't I say it, his grandma's generation."

Zhu Miaomiao: "How old is it?"

Yin Xun: "...It's bigger than Lu Qingjiu anyway."

Zhu Miaomiao's consciousness was fuzzy, and an old face with ravines appeared in her mind. She managed to stabilize her mind, showed a smile that seemed to be crying, and said, "Okay, no matter what decision Sake makes, I will... …support him."

Yin Xun looked at Zhu Miaomiao inexplicably, he thought that Zhu Miaomiao already knew about Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu's relationship, after all, Zhu Miaomiao was Lu Qingjiu's good friend, and he always knew that there was something unusual in their house.

Carrying a box of small pineapples, Zhu Miaomiao walked into the yard slowly, looked around slowly, and let out a breath.She didn't see the old man she imagined sitting in the yard with a kind smile on his face, which made her feel a lot better.

"Sit down, I'll pour you a glass of milk." Lu Qingjiu rolled up his sleeves and started to cook, "I stewed braised pork and braised fish for lunch, do you have anything else you want to eat?"

Zhu Miaomiao hesitated to speak.

"What?" Lu Qingjiu asked a strange question, "Are you being polite to me? Yuehu, help me get the apron. I washed the one that was hanging in the backyard yesterday."

Bai Yuehu got up and went to the backyard.

"Sake, tell me honestly, is the person you're dating really old." Zhu Miaomiao decided to have a showdown with Lu Qingjiu, "So you don't want to tell me?"

Lu Qingjiu's first reaction was to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized...Bai Yuehu's age is really quite old, so he was stunned for a few seconds, not knowing what to say.

"Sake, no matter how good it is, it can't be this good." Zhu Miaomiao only took Lu Qingjiu's silence as acquiescence, and suddenly said sadly, "This... these three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are hard to find. Are they everywhere? Look, although our family doesn’t have much money, it’s enough. We still have a house and land. It’s not difficult to find a wife. Why make do with it? How can you do it?"

Lu Qingjiu hurriedly said: "He's not a five or sixty-year-old aunt!"

Zhu Miaomiao said: "Oh yes, Yin Xun said that it is from your grandma's generation, so there must be someone in their seventies."

Lu Qingjiu: "..." You should add a zero after seventy, right?

Bai Yuehu happened to take the apron from the backyard, and happened to walk behind Lu Qingjiu, and naturally planned to help Lu Qingjiu tie it on. After hearing Zhu Miaomiao's words, he paused slightly, not knowing what he thought of.

"Seventy? Is it bigger than seventy?" Zhu Miaomiao understood the meaning of Lu Qingjiu's expression, and immediately felt unacceptable. She felt that seventy was already the limit she could accept, but now Lu Qingjiu hesitated and didn't respond. Could it be? His lover is an old lady in her eighties?Then she really had to faint on the spot. This is no longer a question of whether love is free or not. It has completely broken through the ethical limits of human beings...

Lu Qingjiu said: "...you calm down first, and listen to my explanation."

Zhu Miaomiao cried: "I don't listen, I don't listen, how can you find an old lady who is 90 or [-] years old, if you really don't like girls, aren't boys pretty good? Look at Bai Yuehu, he looks so juicy , isn’t it the same when you turn off the lights?”

Lu Qingjiu: "Pfft..."

Zhu Miaomiao: "The chest is a little flatter, and the lower part is a little bigger, but the skin still looks smooth."

Bai Yuehu: "..."

"Really, do you really think Bai Yuehu is good?" Lu Qingjiu couldn't help it anymore, and laughed outright.

Zhu Miaomiao still didn't understand what Lu Qingjiu was laughing at, thinking that he didn't take his words seriously: "Don't, I'm serious, you see, Bai Yuehu can farm the land, and he's not bad looking, he really can go to the hall, come down Got the kitchen...much better than the old lady."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Then what is the maximum age you can accept?"

Zhu Miaomiao was very vigilant when he heard the words, looked at Lu Qingjiu suspiciously, thought for a while, stretched out three fingers, and after stretching out, he was afraid that his request was too strict, so he weakly stretched out another one: "Just... ...it can't be more than forty."

Lu Qingjiu: "So strict?"

Zhu Miaomiao: "Holy shit, I can be my mother at the age of 50! This is still strict, Lu Qingjiu, be more sober."

Lu Qingjiu laughed out loud, tears came out of the laughter, he patted Bai Yuehu's shoulder while laughing, and said, "What should I do, Hu'er, you are so much older than me, you don't meet the standard."

Bai Yuehu looked at Zhu Miaomiao faintly, and didn't know whether he should thank her for recommending him, or hate her for having such strict requirements on the age range.

Zhu Miaomiao heard Lu Qingjiu's words, and then looked at the look of the two people's eyebrows, and tasted it, and asked in doubt: "Hey, what's going on, you two...could it be..."

"Okay, no more joking." Lu Qingjiu stood up straight, pointed at Bai Yuehu, "I'm in love with him."

Zhu Miaomiao: "..."

Lu Qingjiu said: "He's not a human being, to be precise he should be older than my grandma, as for how old he is, I don't know."

Zhu Miaomiao: "..."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Zhu Miaomiao looked Bai Yuehu up and down, and finally held back for a long time before saying: "He is not human, so you have to tell me what he is."

Lu Qingjiu thought for a moment, and decided to help Bai Yuehu sew his vest that he would never tear off: "Fox spirit."

"Oh oh oh, it's the vixen in Liao Zhai, no wonder it's so good-looking." Zhu Miaomiao had a flash of inspiration, "Could it be that Su Xi is his kindred? Ah... the prototype of Bai Yuehu must also be furry."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Well...forget it? Right?" At least the ears are still hairy.

Zhu Miaomiao smiled brightly, like a mother watching her older son solve a personal problem: "That's great, great, it's great that there are no old ladies in their 80s."

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "Okay, let me ask what flavor of milk you want, and I'll get it for you."

Zhu Miaomiao waved her hand casually. She is not interested in milk, and now she wants to know more about Bai Yuehu. After all, Bai Yuehu seemed very indifferent the few times she came here before, and she didn't chat much. Now she knows that Lu Qingjiu is in To fall in love with him, I naturally want to know more.

Lu Qingjiu said hello helplessly, and got up to help Zhu Miaomiao get milk.

After Zhu Miaomiao came to the house, the house became much more lively. Lu Qingjiu cooked a large table of good dishes and served a few bottles of wine.Everyone ate and chatted in a happy atmosphere.After eating, Zhu Miaomiao went to see Qinyuan, which produces her favorite honey in the backyard. When she learned that Qinyuan worked five days off and did not work overtime on holidays, she expressed envy for their life, saying that she was being bullied by capitalism every day. Exploitation, the three-day vacation is still paid for by their honey.

So Lu Qingjiu just watched helplessly as Zhu Miaomiao, the squeezed social animal, hit it off with those Qin Yuan, who hated work, and exchanged contact information passionately.

Yin Xun whispered next to him, "I haven't seen Zhu Miaomiao being so enthusiastic about me."

Lu Qingjiu said: "That's because your way of removing acne is wrong."

Yin Xun: "Huh?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "If you can get rid of acne without having diarrhea after eating the food you cook, she will treat you with the same attitude."

Yin Xun was speechless immediately, and had the illusion that he had seen through the dirty deeds in this world.

The hundreds-year-old Bai Yuehu washed the dishes, and sat in the yard basking in the sun leisurely as before, preparing for his lunch break.Lu Qingjiu leaned against him and asked him about the menu for the evening.

Seeing the warm scene of the two getting along, Zhu Miaomiao wiped away a tear from the corner of his eye, saying that Lu Qingjiu has finally grown up and knows how to abuse dogs.

Yin Xun asked blankly, "Abusing a dog? What kind of dog?"

Zhu Miaomiao said with pity: "Silly boy, of course it's a single dog like you."

Yin Xun: "..."

For dinner in the evening, the rice dumplings made by Lu Qingjiu, for the Dragon Boat Festival, of course we still have to eat the most suitable food for the festival.After eating, Lu Qingjiu cleaned the stone mortar that hadn't been used for a long time at home, took it to the yard, and then put the steamed glutinous rice into the stone mortar, planning to make some glutinous rice cakes.During the Dragon Boat Festival here, they not only eat zongzi, but also have the custom of eating glutinous rice cakes. They use toon to hammer glutinous rice into a viscous liquid in a stone mortar, and then knead it into small balls.The glutinous rice cakes kneaded into a ball can be steamed and eaten with soybean noodles, or they can be coated with a layer of egg liquid, then fried in a low heat, and sprinkled with thick brown sugar.Ciba tastes soft and waxy, and you can pull out slender strands when you bite it. It is a kind of sweet food that children especially like when they were young.

But when Lu Qingjiu was young, the price of glutinous rice was relatively expensive, and his grandmother was not in good health, so he could only eat it once during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Lu Qingjiu hehehe hammered the glutinous rice into balls. Yin Xun originally wanted to be the one who turned the glutinous rice, but Lu Qingjiu refused, saying what to do if he accidentally hammered his hand.

Yin Xun was moved and said it was okay, he basically didn't feel any pain, Lu Qingjiu said ruthlessly: "I didn't mean that, what I meant was that if your hands get mixed into the glutinous rice cake, we will have diarrhea after eating the glutinous rice cake."

Yin Xun: "..." Lu Qingjiu, you have changed.

Zhu Miaomiao is a girl's family, and the big men in the family can't let her come, so in the end, the matter fell on Bai Yuehu. He stretched out his hand to turn over the glutinous rice, and Lu Qingjiu hammered it.Lu Qingjiu was quite careful at the beginning, but after all, he hadn't used this tool for too long. Once, he accidentally dropped a toon into Bai Yuehu's hand. His heart tightened at that time, and he saw Bai Yuehu frowned. Voice: "Not good."

Lu Qingjiu said nervously: "It's okay, your hands are okay! I should take it lightly..." Before he finished speaking, he found that the toon in his hand was missing a piece, and Bai Yuehu's slender hands didn't care about anything. No, not even a red mark.

"It's broken." Bai Yuehu raised her eyes innocently, her tone was a little cautious, "Is it okay?"

Lu Qingjiu: "...It's okay, let's continue."

Then, Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu were more careful - they were afraid that if they hammered Bai Yuehu's hands a few more times, the glutinous rice cake would be broken before it came out.

By the time the glutinous rice cakes were beaten, it was completely dark, Yin Xun yawned and said goodbye to them.Lu Qingjiu also went to wash up and lay down on the same bed with Bai Yuehu and went to sleep.

The next morning, Lu Qingjiu got up early, fried the glutinous rice cakes prepared last night with egg liquid until golden on both sides, and then prepared soybean noodles and brown sugar.A lot of rice dumplings were also steamed, both sweet and salty. Lu Qingjiu also asked Yin Xun to make soy milk. After all the food was ready, everyone sat down at the dining table and started eating.

Zhu Miaomiao was full of praise for this glutinous rice cake. It is different from the one made by machine, and it is more elastic when beaten manually. The rice is also made of good rice. It is full of rice fragrance when chewed. It is served with thick brown sugar and fragrant soybean noodles. Zhu Miaomiao eats it Can't stop.

Lu Qingjiu ate a meat dumpling. This year's meat dumpling was specially made very large. The meat inside was as thick as a finger. The most beautiful thing was that it was fat and thin. The fat meat completely turned into a scalding liquid after being heated. , soaked in the glutinous rice, take a bite, and you can feel the gravy filling the entire mouth.

But glutinous rice has always been the most filling, fist-sized zongzi, Lu Qingjiu eats two to be full, Zhu Miaomiao ate a lot of zongzi, forced another zongzi to go down, and finally completely slumped on the chair, shaking his head Humph said she couldn't eat it, and she would have to feed herself to death if she ate any more.

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "Take it easy, don't spoil your stomach."

Yin Xun was eating zongzi, and he still didn't forget to tease Bai Yuehu, saying that the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is to eat zongzi and row a dragon boat. The dragon boat is gone, so can we use dragons to make do with it...

Bai Yuehu put down his chopsticks slowly, and said softly, "Do you want to try?"

Yin Xun: "...Brother, I'm just kidding."

Lu Qingjiu laughed beside him.

After dinner, everyone went to do their own things. Lu Qingjiu planned to clean up the house and do a big cleaning.The Dragon Boat Festival has the habit of removing the five poisons. According to folklore, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the season for the five poisons to breed. At this time, it is necessary to clean all the corners of the house to prevent the poisonous insects from multiplying at home.From a scientific point of view, June is when there is plenty of rain and the climate is relatively humid, so there are indeed conditions suitable for mosquito breeding.

Lu Qingjiu was in charge of the front yard, Yin Xun was in charge of the house, and Bai Yuehu took Zhu Miaomiao to work in the fields.

Lu Qingjiu was holding a broom, sweeping the dust and cobwebs in the corner of the wall, and was working with his head down, when he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Lu Qingjiu asked.

"Is Bai Yuehu here?" Zhu Rong's voice came from outside.

"Come in, he's not here, he went to the field just now." Lu Qingjiu said, "What's the matter?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Rong pushing the door and entering. Zhu Rong was holding something in his hand, with a serious expression on his face, and a strong bloody smell exuded from his body. No blood was visible, but Lu Qingjiu still noticed that there were some wet marks on his clothes.

"I have something to tell Bai Yuehu." Zhu Rong said, "Is he in the field?"

"Yes." Lu Qingjiu saw the thing in Zhu Rong's hand. At first he thought it was a piece of wood, but after looking carefully, his expression froze...it turned out to be a shrunken dragon's claw.Zhu Rong held it in his hand like a cargo, and the red blood slowly slid down on it, dripping into the black ground.

"This... what is this?" Lu Qingjiu had a bad premonition in his heart.

Zhu Rong glanced at Lu Qingjiu: "Do you know Bai Yuehu's real body?"

Lu Qingjiu nodded.

"Of course you should recognize what it is." Zhu Rong replied coldly.

Lu Qingjiu said: "Is it the dragon's claw?! Is it the prisoner dragon?"

Zhu Rong doesn't speak, but sometimes silence is also a kind of answer.Lu Qingjiu thought of the last time he saw his grandfather, it was a few months ago. At that time, he seemed to want to remind himself of something, but was interrupted by Bai Yuehu who rushed over.It's just that he didn't expect that when he saw his grandfather again, it was at Zhu Rong's place, and Zhu Rong actually broke his grandfather's claw.

From Lu Qingjiu's expression, Zhu Rong knew that Lu Qingjiu must also know the truth, he said lightly: "Although he is your grandfather, he is also the one who abandoned your grandmother and ate your parents, so why should you be angry with him? emotion?"

Lu Qingjiu frowned, but said nothing.

"He could refute, but he didn't." Zhu Rong said, "So he must have done it before admitting it." He sighed slightly, "Forget it, it's pointless for me to tell you this." He turned around and was about to leave.

Lu Qingjiu stood behind him, but he couldn't take his eyes off the pair of dragon claws for a moment. He had seen Bai Yuehu's dragon claws before. They were beautiful, clean, sharp claws like sharp blades, and exuded a chilly air.But the one that Zhu Rong was holding was covered with large and small bruises, and even two claws were split from the middle, obviously it was severely injured.Inside the fingers, there were dust and stones, which reminded Lu Qingjiu of the scales that Bai Yuehu hadn't cleaned for a long time.

"He... was caught?" Before Zhu Rong left, Lu Qingjiu couldn't help asking this question.

Zhu Rong paused, turned around and said, "Do you want him to be caught?"

"I don't know." Lu Qingjiu replied.

"No." Zhu Rong's red eyes seemed to be burning with flames, but his voice was cold, like a howling wind, which made people feel chills, "But I would rather, he was caught earlier."

Lu Qingjiu frowned.

"He will die if he continues to escape." Zhu Rong said, "He won't come back, and he won't hurt anyone, so he can only get hurt again and again." He glanced at the bloody paw in his hand, laughing at himself He smiled, "This time it's a claw, next time, it might be a dragon's head."

Lu Qingjiu was silent. For some reason, the words of the person in front of him were obviously so vicious, but Lu Qingjiu felt an indescribable sadness in his cold expression—as if he was watching a miracle fall.

The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: I don't like old ladies.

Zhu Miaomiao: That's really great.

Lu Qingjiu: It's the old man...

Zhu Miaomiao & Bai Yuehu: ...