A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

Dragon Boat Festival?

...the Dragon Boat Festival in commemoration of Qu Yuan?The Dragon Boat Festival where you eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats?

After Xiao Fengdi got the puppet, he left temporarily.Before leaving, I asked Fang Shiqing not to walk around as much as possible today, and go to the library when I am done with work. If I meet that doll again on the road, just pretend I didn't see it and don't talk to her.

Fang Shiqing fed the animals as usual, and then sat on the steps, flipping through the notice over and over again.

The above is actually very simple, to the effect:

The annual Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and there will be related activities in the central square area. If you have time, you can come and see it.

The specific time is January-no, to be precise, it is the penultimate day of the "Spring Moon".

Why is it Dragon Boat Festival?

There is no river in Fengyue Town, and there is no conditions for dragon boat racing at all. What activities can we do? ... Do you want to invite players to compete with NPCs to make zongzi?

Before he recovered, the corner of the notice in his hand was suddenly grabbed by something, and he pulled it back vigorously.He subconsciously grasped it tightly, only to hear a thud, and a corner of the paper was torn off, revealing the innocent eyes of the little lamb behind——

The sheep slipped to his side at some point, probably thinking that the food inside him was delicious, so it bit its mouth immediately.

I have only heard that goats like to eat things indiscriminately. Is it the same for sheep? !

Fang Shiqing held his breath and said, "Shaking, this thing is not edible." At the same time, he tried to snatch the fragments back from the sheep's mouth.

However, the lamb opened its big ignorant eyes and swallowed the piece of paper without chewing it.

"—Ah, I told you not to eat it!" He immediately went crazy, grabbed the lamb and lifted it up. The piece of paper itself is nothing rare. The question is, can the lamb eat the paper?Will I get sick and have diarrhea if I eat it? !

The lamb was carried in mid-air, probably because it sensed that Fang Shiqing's aura was not right, it immediately began to tremble again, rubbing against his hand while shaking, looking very flattering.

"..." The lamb's fluff was wrapped around his hands, and he became more depressed, "It's useless to act like a baby! Spit it out!"

Fang Shiqing was afraid that the little thing would cause stomach problems if he ate something he shouldn't eat, so he didn't dare to go far, so he had to keep staring at it while tidying up things and flipping through the skill book.

It wasn't until the afternoon that he found the lamb was still alive and kicking, so he packed up and went out.

When he arrived at the library, Xiao Fengdi had finished his day's work and was waiting at the door.Fang Shiqing seldom saw him standing at the door, and was a little uneasy for a while: Did he delay too late and made people worry again?

"Sorry, I am late--"

"It's okay, it's not too late," Xiao Fengdi replied briefly, and walked into the library, "The time is just right."

"?" Appropriate for what?

Xiao Fengdi took him back to the lounge, Sanhuamao chased him from the corridor, meowed and approached Fang Shiqing, was grabbed by the back of the neck and thrown out by the boss, and locked outside.

I saw a long scroll spread out on the long table, with complex patterns drawn in ink on it, and five or six wooden dolls with similar looks were placed at different positions on the scroll, all of which were fixed on both sides of the torso with tacks. side.

It seems that the number of dolls has increased.Xiao Fengdi picked up one from the bar last night, dug one from under the street tree, and took one from Fang Shiqing. There are only three in total, but there are so many here—maybe he found the same thing elsewhere?

"I tried to reverse locate the owners of these doubles, but failed."

Xiao Fengdi put away the scroll casually. It seems that this is the formation he used to "reverse positioning". "The result of the feedback from the formation is that there is no target within the known range."

"But you don't need to worry about it for the time being." He kicked away the chair next to him and let Fang Shiqing sit down. "I've checked it carefully. It's not very dangerous. It's not too dangerous."

"Uh, I'm actually not worried." Fang Shiqing said in a daze, "I just feel a little panicked. After all, we haven't seen a ghost who goes out during the day before..."

"That's not a ghost, but a monster or a spirit. They are not afraid of the sun."

"No, the point is not the sun. Isn't it written in our announcement from the beginning? Close the doors and windows after dark and don't go out, otherwise it may be dangerous. It didn't say that there are monsters during the day."

Fang Shiqing always felt that the boss might not be good at thinking in the way of a gamer, so he wanted to remind him more.

He was thinking about how he could speak more clearly: "Unless this puppet is a special monster that is independent of the rules..."

"Well, you're right," Xiao Fengdi nodded, as if he had guessed what he would say, "Until the doll's real body is found, the crisis cannot be resolved, so—"

He looked at Fang Shiqing and said, "You're going to live in the library first."

"……what?"

Xiao Fengdi sat down beside him and looked at him with calm eyes: "Is there any problem?"

"..." In fact, because he was distracted and thinking just now, he didn't hear clearly.

What did the boss just say?Speaking of which, did he really speak?Fang Shiqing looked at the other party's plain face, and couldn't help but doubt himself.

The big brother said, let him live in...where?

"Varied--"

Without waiting for the question to come out, the other party replied: "Because this is the safest place in the whole town, as I said before? When you encounter any danger, I recommend you to come here to hide. You don't want to come here It's okay, it's just a suggestion."

"..."

No, you answered too quickly.

"Oh, you mean to let me live in the library," Fang Shiqing scratched the back of his head, "Okay, but you don't have extra quilts and pillows here, sir? Then I have to go back first and put the bedding I took—"

"...you agreed?"

Xiao Fengdi had maintained a good expression before, but now it cracked.

——That's it, simply, agree?

"Yeah," Fang Shiqing was puzzled, "Is there any problem?...uh."

It suddenly occurred to him that the boss might just be polite to him.In the end, he just agreed so smoothly, shouldn't he be in a dilemma now, right?

"Forget it, in fact, I just said casually—"

"No, no problem, no problem at all. You move here as soon as possible," Xiao Fengdi immediately changed his words, "The sooner the better, it's getting dark."

"..."

Fang Shiqing was confused.

I always feel that something is not right...

However, it is always right to listen to the boss.

Just do what he said, he immediately stood up and planned to go back to pick up his things.Before going out, I suddenly thought of another question.

"By the way, should we invite other people to live with us?"

Zhao Jun and Gu Jinhong have also seen that wooden doll, and it may be dangerous.

"No need for now, they haven't talked to it yet," Xiao Fengdi said, "If monsters want to confuse humans, they usually have to use words to sway people's hearts."

In a more colloquial way, this process is called "casting the curse".

Fang Shiqing has seen similar content in novels, so it is not difficult to understand.

It was indeed getting late.He seized the time to make another trip, put the quilt into the props rack and put it back in. When he was about to leave, he didn't forget to shut the lamb that was running around outside back into the tool room.

By the time we got back to the library, it was already dark.

Xiao Fengdi directly took him to the door of the room where he usually lives, and let him sleep here at night.

This made Fang Shiqing somewhat flattered.

He has always felt that Xiao Fengdi is a person who pays great attention to personal privacy. Although the doors of the library are open most of the time, the room where he sleeps is always locked, let alone allowing others to come in and out, without even looking at it. Who has seen it.

However, after seeing the other party's residence with his own eyes, this emotion suddenly changed to embarrassment——

This is a very narrow small room, about a quarter of the size of his farm hut, and can only fit a single bed and a bedside table.

Xiao Fengdi's personal items are very few, and most of the important props are stored in the lounge, and there is no change of clothes in the game, so this room is really just a place to sleep.

"Boss, if I sleep here, where will you sleep?"

"I'm going to the lounge."

Xiao Fengdi rolled up the original quilt in the room and was about to take it out.

lounge?There was no bed in the lounge, so he either put together chairs to lie down on, or borrowed a tabletop, either of which sounded uncomfortable.

How could the original owner be allowed to do such a thing!Fang Shiqing immediately blocked the door, preventing the other party from taking out the quilt: "No, no, no, forget it, this is your room, or you live by yourself. I can just find a place to sleep-"

The other party took a deep look at him, reached out and grabbed his neck, and lifted him to the other side before he could react.

"I don't think so," Xiao Fengdi said with a faint smile, "You should have a good rest at night."

"..."

Fang Shiqing wanted to cry but had no tears.Seeing that he was about to go out, he had no choice but to tug on his sleeve and propose a compromise.

"...Then let's sleep together, sleep together, okay?"

Anyway, it's not like I haven't squeezed into a bed before, no matter how you say it, it's better than letting people sleep on the table.

Afraid that the other party would continue to refuse, he firmly said: "If you disagree anyway, then I will make a bed on the floor in this room." Anyway, he can't occupy other people's beds with a big face, so he either sleeps together or doesn't sleep at all.

The bed boards in this room looked irregular, a little wider than the standard size of 1.2 meters in his cabin, but not as wide as a double bed.

Xiao Fengdi looked at him and then at the bed, revealing a subtle expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"Okay," he said.

It wasn't until nightfall, when he lay down on the bed, that Fang Shiqing realized how bad his hasty proposal was.

The last time they slept together, of course, but that time was a special situation, Xiao Fengdi fell on the bed as soon as he touched it, and it felt the same as putting a human figure sculpture on the bed.And this time...

Both are sober.

The two lay side by side on the narrow bed.

The distance between them is only two or three inches.

In the darkness, one could clearly hear the other party's breathing and the slight sound of the bedding rubbing against each other, and even feel the body temperature emanating from the exposed arms and shoulders.

"..."

"..."

This--

It's too embarrassing, right? !ah? ! !

Fang Shiqing felt that he could hardly breathe. He felt that he was a purebred idiot.

Xiao Fengdi just turned off the bedside wall lamp and lay down on the outside of the bed, also very silent.He couldn't help but think that maybe the boss is also very embarrassed, and he is madly insulting himself for proposing this "compromise method" in his heart.

"that……"

He tried to keep his voice from trembling.Because of the embarrassment, he tried to find something to say.

"Boss, how many days do you think I need to stay here at the library?"

He regretted it after he finished speaking, which was a strange statement, as if he hated living in the library and couldn't wait to move back.In fact, he is the one who is protected, how can he have the right to despise others?The boss despises him almost.

After a while, the other party's answer came from the darkness around him: "It won't be long. It will be almost the Dragon Boat Festival."

The voice is peaceful and doesn't sound offended.

"Oh..." Fang Shiqing didn't dare to ask more.

Xiao Fengdi took the initiative to explain: "Did you know that the Dragon Boat Festival is also called 'Daughter's Day'."

"Isn't Girl's Day the third day of March?"

Fang Shiqing had heard of this festival, and the mobile game he played had a Girl's Day event before.But the timing doesn't seem right.

"It's also said to be on the fifth day of May. Also, there's neither March nor May in this game; there's only 'Spring Moon.'"

That said, it's not surprising that two disparate festivals are rolled into one here.

"And the 'Girl's Day', there is another name in the country across the sea, called—"

"Puppet Festival."

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Speaking of "curse", the author's original concept of the word "curse" comes from the novel "Onmyoji".

I like the novels and movies of "Onmyoji" very much, Amway to everyone!

In addition, the dolls of the Japanese Doll Festival (Hina Doll Festival) are made of paper, not wooden dolls like in this article ()