dream of you

Li Zhi thought for a whole night, if she stayed in Yingyou City, she would definitely not be able to go back.

This world seems to be quite big, and it is possible to find the way back only by walking around. Besides, in such a world, it is a pity not to go out to travel and fight monsters. Then the problem of money is urgent.

Sitting in front of the breakfast stall, Li Zhi was unconsciously stirring the bowl of soybean milk with a spoon, while her head kept thinking, if she wanted to make big money here as soon as possible, it would be a good idea to monopolize some indispensable commodity. The way, there is neither competition concerns nor concerns about not being sold.

So, what are the essentials here?

Inadvertently, Li Zhi caught a glimpse of the lantern hanging in the shop next to it. Naturally, the lantern would not be lit during the day, so Li Zhi could see clearly what was inside the lantern.

It was indeed not a candle, but indeed a plant, with bright red flowers, red petals, and red stems. It was hard to imagine that it was just a single flower that burned all night.

After inquiring, Li Zhi learned that the flower was a scorpion hagi. Once lit, it can burn overnight. The specific time depends on the season. From the time the sun sets to the sun rises, almost every household has this thing. Naturally, it is very cheap. You can buy them in lantern shops.

These flowers all grow in Hagijia Village, forty miles away from the city gate, and the villagers make a living by growing them.

When Li Zhi came to Hagi's Village, he could tell at a glance that the village was very poor.

Dilapidated thatched huts, children wearing ill-fitting clothes and bare feet, everyone's face is tired of life, their eyes are full of compromises with poverty, they are busy doing what they can, just to beg for food .

This is the Hagi Village, which is only forty miles away from the Prosperous Sakura City.

A certain distance, a city wall, separated two lives.

The endless fiery red fields in front of him really made Li Zhi's heart tremble. He never thought that one day he would see such a scene. Except for red, it was still red, without any other colors, rolling under the gentle breeze. Flaming flower waves.

The sky in the morning is light blue, so clean that there is no trace of impurities. The light blue and the dazzling red meet in the distance, just like western oil paintings. I never thought that peace and passion can complement each other like this.

This is the Fuhagi flower field that Hagijia Village relies on for its survival.

Li Zhi approached Qi Kang, the village head of Hagi's Village, and offered to reserve all the Fuhags at twice the price, but asked the other party to guarantee that they would never sell them to others.

The village stared wide-eyed in surprise and asked, "Young Master, you are paying twice the price to buy all the Fuhagi? Including the amount for each year in the future?"

The output of Fuhagi is large every year. Although the price is low, it will never be a small sum.

Li Zhi nodded to show that he really meant it, and Qi Kang said after pondering that he would discuss it with the villagers and reply tomorrow.

A month later, Li Zhi opened a pastry shop called "Pear Flavor".

The clerks are all villagers from Hagi's Village. Although the villagers are poor, they are honest and simple. They are all grateful to Li Zhi. They are full of respect in words and deeds, and they do their best without any small thoughts. .

Among them was a young man who was outstanding, his eyes were covered by long loose hair, but Ruifeng's dark purple pupils were shimmering, and his lips were slightly pursed because of shyness, with clear lines, red lips and white teeth, but a little dark , but I have to admit that he will be a handsome man in the future.

After some inquiring, I found out that this young man was called Xiao Ye, an abandoned child Qi Kang picked up at the gate of Hagi’s Village, Qi Kang could only barely know that his name had the word “Ye” in it, and he was four years old. As for where his home was, his parents It's unknown who's surname is.

Qi Kang is a kind person, so he adopted him and named him Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye was a little in awe of the young master in front of her, she lowered her head shyly and dared not speak.

Li Zhi smiled and patted him on the shoulder, making him look up at him, and pretending to be serious, he said: "Why don't you dare to look at me, and I won't eat you, or am I not good-looking enough?"

After Xiao Ye heard this, she quickly shook her head vigorously, looked up at Li Zhi, and said sincerely: "No, no, the young master is very good-looking, really!"

Seeing Li Zhi laughing "hehehe", Xiao Ye's ears immediately turned red, which soon spread to her face, and Li Zhi laughed even more happily.

Li Zhi discovered that Xiao Ye was a very smart young man.

In five days, I can skillfully use the four calculations to settle accounts, and in ten days I can comprehend the management policy and the way of dealing with customers.

Every night, he would report to Li Zhi the specific accounts of the store. Li Zhi really thought it was unnecessary, but he couldn't bear Li Ye's dedication to his duties.Li Zhi became a hands-off shopkeeper.

For some reason, in the past few days, there seemed to be many more people in Yingyou City than before, and the town, which was not big at all, was packed to the brim.

Li Zhi approached Li Ye and asked, "What day is it these days, why are there so many people here?"

Li Ye took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said, "Tomorrow will be the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, so you forget things."

On July [-]th, the Ghost Festival, all the ghosts will be released from the underworld on that day, and the ghosts will be able to return home to accept sacrifices from descendants, while the lonely and wild ghosts without sacrifices will wander around the world in search of food.What does such a festival have to do with crowds?

Seeing that Li Zhi was still looking at him suspiciously, Li Ye smiled softly: "I forgot, you are not a local. The July [-]th in Moshang Yingyou not only has the Ghost Festival, but also the burial ceremony, While sacrificing the ancestors and saving the souls of the dead, we send away the decline of the first half of the year to usher in the prosperity of the new year, which is held once a year and is very grand, and many people from other places come here to participate every year."

No wonder, such a festival, it is inevitable that everyone wants to come and participate.

Li Ye wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the rushing clerk, saying that there was a big customer who wanted to talk in detail, so Li Zhi waved Li Ye to hurry.

At night, Li Zhi lay on the bed tossing and turning, not knowing what was going on, unable to fall asleep, feeling inexplicably bored.

I looked at the time, and it was two or ten minutes before midnight, which was my birthday.

Dean Lin said that it was the early morning of July [-]th when he found himself at the gate of the orphanage, and the amniotic fluid and blood on his body hadn't been wiped off. It was obvious that he had just been born, so today might be his birthday.

Turning over again, the insomnia is really painful, Li Zhi got out of bed and changed into pajamas.

I remember that there were still some taverns open, so Li Zhi planned to go out for a stroll and have a drink or two as a way of wishing himself a happy birthday, and he would probably be able to sleep comfortably when he came back.

The whole street was still brightly lit, but after all, it was this time, so naturally there were no people there, only the ghost lights hanging in front of the shops were flickering.

Li Zhi found that every household, including the door of his own house, had set up a small altar, with a burnt stick of incense sticking in it, and some fruits and other things were enshrined.

There is also a very strange piece of paper covering most of the door panels on each door. When you walk in, you can see that it should be some kind of talisman. The big red cinnabar is drawn into a complicated pattern on the yellow talisman paper. It is the traditional custom of the Ghost Festival, to guide the ancestors or something.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi wanted to walk slowly to the tavern.

Unfortunately, all the taverns were closed without exception, which is really rare, maybe it's a special holiday, everyone didn't want to be noisy on such a day, so they all went home to wash and sleep.

Li Zhi shook her head helplessly, and could only turn around and go home. Fortunately, the boredom in her heart had almost disappeared, and she would definitely be able to fall asleep now.

When I came here, I didn’t feel the road was quiet, but when I walked back, I felt very desolate, as if... there was no trace of popularity, the ghost lights were still flickering, and the streets were flickering, making people feel a little flustered .

Li Zhi had always thought of herself as not a coward, but she was still a little scared at this moment, and her steps became hurried.

After passing a corner, I saw a grey-haired man squatting in front of a house. I don't know what he was doing. Anyway, he was not alone.

At this time, Li Zhi was eager to have a word with someone, to break the dead silence with a voice, to comfort herself, and then she stepped forward and said, "Excuse me..."

Just when she opened her mouth, Li Zhi wished she could slap her two big ears.

Hearing the sound, the man raised his head, his eyes were only the whites of the eyes, his wrinkled face was pale, a large piece of skin on his right cheek had long since disappeared, revealing the white bones, holding a pear in one hand, and grabbing a pear in the other. Holding a handful of incense ash, he opened his mouth and made a hoarse voice: "You, call, me?"

Li Zhi's scalp felt numb immediately, damn it, I ran into a ghost who was going home to eat sacrifices, and I actually fucking talked to him!

Li Zhi hurriedly cupped her hands, and stammered, "Excuse me... Excuse me."

Turning around and running, a hoarse "giggle" laughter sounded behind him.

Running, Li Zhi found that there were obviously more "people" on the street, but they were also obviously abnormal.

"They" were all squatting in front of the door of each house, eating sacrifices, while watching Li Zhi who ran past let out a hoarse "giggle" laugh that was exactly the same as the ghost in front.

Li Zhi didn't dare to stop to take a breath, because she was afraid that if she took a break, that breath would never come back, and she didn't dare to look at them, who knew what kind of ghosts they were, if they didn't do anything, she would be scared to death. The thought of becoming a ghost as soon as I died, and then looking at each other with them, I feel a little awkward and funny.

With all his strength, he ran home at a faster speed, Li Zhi slapped himself hard in his heart, telling you not to sleep, telling you to go out indiscriminately, telling you to run so far...

After passing this alley, turn another corner and you will be there. When you go back, you must rush into Li Ye's room, hug him for a few breaths, or sleep with him!

Li Zhi's body froze suddenly, obviously something patted his shoulder a few times, it was icy cold, this feeling made Li Zhi completely cold from head to toe, he was running all the way, patting his shoulder I can't think of what it will be, it's not human anyway!

Strange why this alley is so long?

It seemed to be extending infinitely. He could clearly see the intersection, but he couldn't run to the end. Li Zhi didn't dare to stop. He was almost out of breath, but he didn't dare to stop even if he moved.

Something grabbed her back, Li Zhi couldn't run at all, she stood there taking a deep breath for a long time, she would have to close her eyes if she died, and twisted her body stiffly, Li Zhi almost fainted from nervousness.

Just fainting like this, at least he can die more quickly, so as not to suffer from such extreme fear and unknown torment.

Those were a pair of dark eyes with nothing in their eye sockets, they suddenly appeared in front of Li Zhi's eyes, and they were about to touch Li Zhi's face, it seemed that they were looking at each other affectionately.

Li Zhi's eyes widened, and she took a step back in panic before she could see what was in front of her.

It was a woman's face, with a wide grin, the corners of which opened almost to the ears, and a long forked purple tongue sticking out of the big mouth.

The moment Li Zhi was about to lick Li Zhi's eyes, Li Zhi stepped back in time. Unexpectedly, she forced herself to the edge of the wall. As soon as her back touched the hard and cold wall, her face suddenly came together again. up.

Li Zhi could see it more clearly this time, there was not only one face, but that face was connected to a long neck, and her body was wearing a bright red wedding gown. She was standing three steps away from Li Zhi, with her palms stacked on top of each other. In front of him, his waist was slightly bent forward, his legs were put together, and he stood there in an orderly manner, as if bowing to say hello.

Of course, the premise is to ignore this bloody face.

The purple tongue finally landed on Li Zhi's face, and after licking it, the long-necked female ghost seemed very satisfied, and made a sound of "um~um~".

Li Zhi's back was already soaked in cold sweat, and she wanted to cut off this foul-smelling tongue, fan away this disgusting face, and ruthlessly kick the body that was three steps away, but she couldn't move because of fear.

The long-necked female ghost withdrew her tongue, lingered in her mouth, and suddenly opened her mouth to Li Zhi with a "wow". Judging by the posture, she opened her mouth to the extreme.

He is ready to swallow himself, alas, whatever, even if he can't swallow his whole body at once, at least he can chew his head off first.

Comforting herself like this, Li Zhi gave up resisting and closed her eyes. The key point is that I can't beat her...