A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

I remember that on the [-]st of last month, he had invited Xiao Fengdi to go to a neighboring town together next time, that's why he asked this question.

"—Of course," Xiao Fengdi looked at him, and agreed without hesitation, "As long as you are willing."

"What's wrong with me... um." Fang Shiqing suddenly realized that this time, You Qingyu and the others had something to do, and they were probably the only ones traveling with them.

There are only two people traveling together, so it sounds like a date.

No, don't think about it, he forced himself to get his thoughts back on track.

however--

In the early morning of Qiuyue 1st, standing in front of the unstarted bus and waiting for the driver to arrive, Fang Shiqing was completely numb.

I don't know what day it is today, but there are so many young couples waiting for the bus early in the morning, which has exceeded the total number of people in the bus last time.A group of young people chirped and chatted, holding hands and hooking shoulders as if no one else was there, making the single dogs among them very uncomfortable.

Although there were many couples in the same car last time, the number was far less than this time.

"..." Xiao Fengdi glanced at the couples who were holding hands in front and back, and calmly extended his hand to him, "Shall we hold hands too?"

"Boss, stop joking at a time like this." He smiled wryly.

"No kidding, I'm serious."

The other party stared at him without a smile on his face.Fang Shiqing couldn't take it seriously, those around him looked like couples, so it was only natural that they could hold hands, what were they?Besides, there is no danger around now.

He looked left and right for a while, and finally he met an acquaintance: Manager Zhang of the grocery store.

"Hey," the store manager greeted him familiarly, "Young man, are you going to a neighboring town this month?" He looked at Xiao Fengdi with a clear expression on his face, "Oh, I just made a new boyfriend and plan to go together Go and play."

"No, no, no!" Fang Shiqing almost went crazy, what's the matter with this uncle, as long as he sees two young people of the right age together, will he acquiesce in their relationship?The last time You Qingyu was still leaning on his shoulders, this time he and the boss just stood together, not even any intimacy, it's not like a romantic relationship!

He hastily glanced at Xiao Fengdi, afraid that he would feel unhappy about it.

Xiao Fengdi didn't respond, nor did he explain. Instead, he exchanged a few words with the store manager, and asked about today's situation in a few moments.

"You ask why there are so many young people around? Oh, because the school in the neighboring town starts today. What are you going to do... On the open day of the campus, anyone can enter. The Maple Leaf Road in that school is very famous, and young people like to be lively. , so I want to see the scenery, by the way, you can go too."

No wonder there are mostly young people in their teens and 20s around.

While speaking, the driver arrived and opened the door to let the passengers get on.Neither of them felt motion sickness, so they took the double seat in the back row and sat down.

"Do you want to go see it?"

"What?" Fang Shiqing was taken aback, realizing that the other party was referring to the "Campus Open Day".Xiao Fengdi seemed to be asking casually, but he clenched his hands intentionally or unintentionally.

So the boss would be interested in this kind of thing?It is also a good thing to be interested in the surrounding scenery. Fang Shiqing sighed in his heart. To be honest, he has lost interest in such activities since graduating from university, but if the other party likes it...

"I can do it. Let's get down to business as soon as possible and go and have a look after we're done, okay?"

"Well, that's how it is," Xiao Fengdi looked at him after a while and said, "I have something to say to you when the time comes."

Fang Shiqing didn't care: "If you have anything, you can tell me right now, as long as I can do it, I will do anything."

"No, it's not appropriate now." He lowered his eyes and whispered, "This needs an opportunity to—"

The car started and headed west.

The car gradually became quiet, and Fang Shiqing actually felt a little sleepy as the body of the car swayed on the mountain road.

His head moved bit by bit from time to time, and finally it just touched the car window.Seeing this, Xiao Fengdi nodded his shoulder: "If you're sleepy, you can lean here."

"No...uh, okay, then I'll trouble you."

Fang Shiqing originally wanted to decline, but the other party's attitude was very firm.After being stared at by the other party for a while, he simply gave up and leaned over obediently.

...In the final analysis, he himself was not firm enough.

It was really comfortable to lean on other people's shoulders. A man's shoulders were broad enough, and Xiao Fengdi happened to be a little taller than him, so the position was just right.It was just a little drowsiness at first, but it quickly fermented after that, and he fell asleep without knowing it.

In the dimness, the other party seemed to be gently touching his hair all the time.He felt that this was either a dream or a delusion, and it couldn't be true anyway: this kind of gentle attitude should only be given to the other half.

But even if it was just a dream, he still felt peaceful and happy about it.

This sleep was very peaceful, and it was almost ten o'clock when I woke up.Xiao Fengdi gently supported his shoulder with one hand to prevent his head from slipping down, and at the same time he was talking in a low voice with the shop manager Zhang who had changed to the front seat at some point.

After listening to a few words, he realized that they were talking about the grocery store business.Xiao Fengdi intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the store manager's purchase channel, but he didn't know if the store manager was just pretending to be stupid or something, and every time he accurately avoided the key information and only said something unimportant.

"Are you awake?" Realizing that he had opened his eyes, Xiao Fengdi let go of his hands and said, "We'll be there soon."

"Yeah." Unexpectedly, he would lean on him for two or three hours, Fang Shiqing straightened his neck, and stretched out his hand to rub the other person's shoulder in embarrassment.

The shop manager didn't speak any more, just laughed twice and turned his head back.

The bus slowly pulled into the station and stopped, and the passengers got off one by one.

The neighboring town is more lively than last time.While flipping through the tourist brochures of neighboring towns, Fang Shiqing wondered where to buy goods. There is no concept of country in this game, and the oil industry is not state-owned, so he can definitely buy it.

"Anyway, let's go to this energy company first," he circled a location in the manual with a pen, "Boss, shall we...Boss?"

Xiao Fengdi was distracted.

"what happened to you?"

"It's nothing," Xiao Fengdi returned to God, "I'm just a little curious. Aren't the grocery stores in Fengyue Town always selling supernatural props such as talismans and statues? I want to know where those things come from, but The owner has been refusing to mention it."

"Oh, those are purchased from the neighboring town, right?" Fang Shiqing said casually, "The store manager is here to pick up the goods, right—"

"What did you say?!"

Xiao Fengdi grabbed him, and his reaction was beyond imagination, "Are you sure it was done from a neighboring town? But don't the so-called supernatural events only happen in the land of Fengyue Town? Why would someone from other places do it?" That kind of thing?"

Fang Shiqing was dumbfounded by the question: "I don't know, I heard from Zhang Yu a long time ago, he said that those talismans were all made from neighboring towns."

"..."

Xiao Fengdi turned around and looked in another direction. Just after the store manager said goodbye to them, he left directly there.After a few seconds of silence, he seemed to have made up his mind.

"Sorry, I have to go and have a look. You go first, be careful on the road."

After speaking, he chased over there.Fang Shiqing was stunned for a moment, and quickly shouted to his back: "Be sure to come back here before four o'clock!"

That figure was quickly submerged in the bustling crowd of people.

Fang Shiqing stood there for a while.

Judging from the boss's reaction, the source of those things seems to be very important to him.Could this be related to his work?

That's right, not everyone can make talismans, amulets and the like, and it's not guaranteed to have any connection with the spirit remover.However, it is really rare for the other party to look so urgent.

It shouldn't matter... right?On the ground in the neighboring town, there should be no danger.Boss shouldn't get lost and can't find it, right?

He couldn't help with this kind of thing, so he had to deal with his own affairs first.

The purchase went smoother than he expected.In the game world, there is almost no control over industrial raw materials. Although the price of buying in small quantities is much more expensive than the unit price of batches, it is relatively easy to get spot goods.

Fang Shiqing didn't expect that there would be a day when he would be able to touch crude oil with his own hands.Even though this is a game, when he put more than a dozen barrels of oil into the inventory, he still had the feeling of "having learned a lot".

The industries related to chemical products are concentrated on the outer edge of the neighboring town, which is quite far from the residents’ living areas. It took about three hours to go shopping. By the time he returned to the commercial street near the station, it was already noon. It's more than one o'clock.

He wandered around casually, and bought some life and production supplies that he had planned before.

The first purchase was a household refrigerator.In the game, the refrigerator is a special item used to store ingredients. The storage effect is the same as that of the item bar, but the storage quantity is more than that of the item bar.With this thing, when a large amount of ingredients are harvested later, they can be stored in large quantities.

Later, he bought a steamer, and even wanted to buy an electric rice cooker, but the price of home appliances was too expensive, so he finally gave up.

He also went to the forest farm and bought a batch of oak.In the matter of making wooden utensils, oak is cheaper and more practical than peach wood, and the most practical point of oak is that it can be made into oak barrels-this is what is traditionally used for wine making.

In addition, there are some odds and ends. Once purchased, seven to eighty thousand yuan was spent like running water. Even though he knew that these were necessary investments, he couldn't help but feel a little soft.

The mine he went to last time was not far from the forest farm. He hesitated whether to go there again, and felt that going to such a place alone would be a bit deadly.

At this moment, when he looked up, he saw that Manager Zhang of the grocery store was passing by not far away.

The store manager seemed to be in a good mood, humming a song as he walked, and carrying a medium-sized package on his shoulder—probably some kind of special storage item.

Why is he here?Fang Shiqing was sure that when he got out of the car, he went in the completely opposite direction.Besides, this neighborhood is relatively desolate, and all that can be bought are raw materials such as wood and stone, so it stands to reason that he doesn't need to come here to buy goods.

"Uncle Zhang." He stopped the other party and said hello.

"It's you," the other party stopped, a little surprised, "Young man, why did you come to such a remote place by yourself, there are no scenic spots here, where is your boyfriend?"

"No, he and I are not that kind... I got separated from him." It was troublesome to explain, Fang Shiqing said simply, "Did you see him just now?"

"No, I didn't see it. Alas, there are too many people in the neighboring town, and sometimes it is easy to be squeezed out. You don't have to worry, you must go back to the bus before four o'clock, and you will see you then... "

Fang Shiqing was not surprised that the other party did not see Xiao Fengdi again.

Although Xiao Fengdi went after this NPC before, but because the NPC was obviously unwilling to disclose the source of the supernatural props, even if Xiao Fengdi managed to catch up with him, most likely he would just follow him secretly to see where he was going restock.

At this time, Store Manager Zhang suddenly showed a slightly secretive expression.He cautiously looked around, leaned over and said in a low voice, "Since this is the case, this opportunity is rare...Young man, this is also our fate. Are you interested in coming with me to see the world?"

"...you mean?"

"Do you know that there is a special place in the neighboring town called 'Black Market'?" The store manager lowered his voice further, "Not everyone can go to this place, you have to be introduced by an acquaintance to find the place. Yes, we are familiar with each other, so I want to take you to see, how about it, should we go or not?"

black market!Hearing this word for a long time, Fang Shiqing was moved.

Seeing that he was moved, the store manager said again: "Whether you go or not, don't tell others about it casually. According to the rules of the black market, only regular customers who spend the full limit are eligible to lead people in."

Fang Shiqing nodded vigorously: "Okay, I understand. Please take me to have a look."

He probably guessed that the NPC in front of him was the key person who triggered the scenes related to the black market.

To trigger the branch line, you may need to have a considerable degree of favorability with the NPC. Before, there were other players with insufficient favorability by his side, so it has not been triggered.

"Then let's go now, time is running out."

Manager Zhang led him to continue walking westward, bypassing the last mine pit, and found a small shack at a corner of the mountain.

Standing at the door of the shack was a tall, middle-aged male NPC, who looked ferocious.The store manager seemed to be very familiar with him, and the other party moved away after saying hello.

"If you introduce a reliable newcomer, the entrance fee can be waived for the first time," the store manager explained to him. "Next time, if you come by yourself, remember to prepare a fee of 6000 yuan."

"..." So the store manager brought him here on purpose to save the entrance fee.

There is a downward staircase made of blue bricks in the shack, and the atmosphere looks a bit gloomy.Fang Shiqing was a little scared suddenly, but he was already here, and it would be shameful to back down any longer. He collected himself and walked down behind the shop manager.