A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

In the past, winter was the most difficult season for Fang Shiqing.His body is weak, so he is especially afraid of the cold; when the weather is the coldest, if the air conditioner is not turned on all day, he can't even get out of bed at all.

But this year the situation is different.On the one hand, his health has improved a lot, and his living conditions have also improved. On the other hand, he has an extra boyfriend who can be called a stove by his side.

After winter, the pace of life of the two became slower than before.The weather in the south is damp and cold, and even Xiao Fengdi doesn't like to go out very much. In addition, the follow-up matters of moving and inheriting assets are basically dealt with in autumn, so there is no need to go out.

Except for getting up early for exercise and necessary shopping, most of the time, they just stay in the house together.

Due to the cold weather, the kitten he kept also started to crawl into the bed, and after being thrown out of bed several times by Xiao Fengdi, he still didn't learn to behave.Xiao Fengdi couldn't really get rough on a half-sized cat, so they had no choice but to lock the bedroom door and let it scratch no matter what.

Fang Shiqing also named the cat Xiaohua.Xiaohua is afraid of Xiao Fengdi who disciplines her strictly, but she is very clingy to Fang Shiqing, and often sneaks into his arms during the day.

The cat's fur is warm, and Fang Shiqing doesn't dislike it, but most of the time he still likes to hide in Xiao Fengdi's arms by himself.The other party could hold him up and wrap him in his arms, and the two of them curled up together on the sofa, breathing together, warmer than anything else.

Poor Xiaohua didn't dare to lean towards Xiao Fengdi when she saw Xiao Fengdi, so she could only hide in the cat's nest, meowing aggrievedly.

Life is too leisurely and meaningless. Apart from playing games every day, Fang Shiqing also wants to develop new hobbies.

A while ago he bought a k○ndle, and also became a member of several well-known open class apps, read books and listened to lectures every day, and later he taught himself Un○ty3D (a game engine) - after all, every gamer has I have a dream of becoming a developer.

However, in winter, the pace of doing these things slows down imperceptibly.

He didn't want to sit alone in front of the laptop, he wanted to huddle on the sofa, leaning on Xiao Fengdi's shoulders, and the two of them watched a movie or a ball game together, even if they didn't do anything, just staying together like this would be fine. very good.

Time passed to a certain afternoon in early January, Xiao Fengdi received a call.

At that time, the two were leaning together as usual, talking without a word, in a leisurely manner.However, as soon as he saw the number of the call, Xiao Fengdi immediately changed his face slightly, stood up immediately, and went to the balcony to pick it up.

Fang Shiqing couldn't care less about this.

When he came back, Xiao Fengdi's expression was a bit conflicted.

"Who is calling?" Fang Shiqing couldn't help feeling a little nervous.To make the other party behave like this, the first thing he thought of was the organization of the Exorcist. Those people would never want to call him back, would they?

"It's not a big deal, you don't have to worry," Xiao Fengdi said with a heavy expression, "Actually..."

"What's the matter?"

"...It's actually my master." The other party let out a breath and said, "She wants to meet you and ask me if I can take you to her place to celebrate the New Year this year."

"--what?"

Fang Shiqing almost fell off the sofa, "Your master? Want, want to see me??"

"Master" is the one who taught the big brother about removing spirits and brought him into this business, right?The so-called teacher for one day and father for life, the other party's master wants to see him, for people like them whose parents are no longer there, isn't it equivalent to meeting their parents!

"Don't be nervous," Xiao Fengdi supported him, "I haven't decided whether to agree to her or not. How should I put it, my friendship with Master...may not be as good as that of a normal master and student."

"Huh?" Fang Shiqing was puzzled.

Xiao Fengdi didn't know where to start.

His "master" was actually the master who taught his father, the old man who came to see him after his father left.

The old lady looked inconspicuous, but she was actually the inheritor of the local orthodox spirit-elimination technique combined with traditional Taoism, and she had a high status among domestic spirit-eliminators.

Her genre requires a high talent to learn, so she kept looking for successors all over the country until she was seventy and eighty, and took in a bunch of apprentices.

Xiao Fengdi's father, Xiao Fengyun, was brought up by her, but later they disliked each other. A portion of the income is sent back.

However, they are master and apprentice after all, Xiao Fengyun still invited her to go when he got married.

After Xiao Fengyun's wife gave birth to a child, the old lady found that the newborn was also quite talented, and almost took the baby away. At that time, she had a very unpleasant fight with Xiao Fengyun and his wife who didn't want the next generation to continue to be spirit removers.

This child was of course Xiao Fengdi himself.

Later, Xiao Fengdi's mother passed away, and her father disappeared, so she came to find him again.

Xiao Fengdi slowly talked about the past, Fang Shiqing understood, but he was even more confused: So, the boss should learn from that old man in the end, but they don't seem to have a good relationship?

"I became a monk halfway, and when I started studying, I was already a little old," Xiao Fengdi said.

In addition to spirit art and martial arts, it pays attention to boy skills.Xiao Fengdi was already more than ten years old when he first came into contact with this thing, and he had completely delayed the best time to practice, so the old man actually didn't think he could learn it well.

Although he was taken away from home with the mentality that there is no harm in trying, and thrown into the deep mountains and old forests for training, he has hardly given any decent guidance.

That's all, anyway, he really learned it in the end.What made Xiao Fengdi most unhappy was that the old lady didn't like his mother very much, and almost every time she saw him, she expressed her dissatisfaction both openly and secretly.

On the one hand, his mother learned a school from abroad, and she had a grudge with the old man's traditional school. On the other hand, when the old man wanted to take him away as a baby to learn the art of removing spirits, his mother firmly stopped him. , Once you come and go, you will end up with enemies.

Some people will become more open-minded as they grow older, while others will be the opposite.It is difficult for ordinary people to speak ill of a deceased person, but she can say it to the descendants of the deceased without any scruples.

In short, as soon as he turned 20, Xiao Fengdi ran away.He never went back after that, just like his father back then, he didn't care about anything except sending money to the old lady's card.

Xiao Fengdi said these things lightly, but Fang Shiqing felt very uncomfortable.In other words, after his mother passed away, there was no one in the world who sincerely treated him well. His father didn't care about him, and his master didn't care about him. How did he come here all these years alone?

He must treat the boss better, he thought.

"So you probably don't have any feelings for each other, so why does she suddenly want to visit you to celebrate the New Year?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Fengdi's expression became more subtle.

"Because she is very old, but there are only three or four students who have followed her and are still alive."

The death rate in the spirit removal business is very high. The old man has accepted twenty or thirty disciples in the past few decades, except for a few who ran away without persevering, most of the rest will not live to be 30 years old.

Now that she is so old that she can hardly move around, it is on the agenda to find a young man to die for her.Under normal circumstances, of course, it is the chosen person who will pass on the mantle, but it seems that the students are either dead, or live in the shadow of death every day, and they may die earlier than her.

Only Xiao Fengdi has officially left the business, and compared to the others, the probability of survival is much higher.

So she took the opportunity of Chinese New Year to contact him, hoping to restore the teacher-student relationship.

"..."

Listening and listening, Fang Shiqing also felt that he couldn't explain it in words.

That old man was Xiao Fengdi's teacher in name, and he was indeed kind to him. If he asked his apprentice to help him die, he would definitely go here.only……

I thought that neither of them had any relatives, and it was impossible for them to have any family problems, but they still couldn't hide in the end.

Forget it, the so-called life is like this, there are always such unreasonable and unavoidable things.

"...Since she has spoken, we should go back." Fang Shiqing thought for a while and said.Although Xiao Fengdi has a tough personality, he has always done things well. Since that master has taken care of him, he will definitely repay him.

Xiao Fengdi frowned tightly, it seemed that he knew the reason, but he was really unwilling to do it.After a while he said: "Otherwise, I'd better go back to see her by myself, and you stay here—"

"??" Fang Shiqing asked, "This is our first year together, are you going to throw me at home?"

"No, no, I'm sorry, I didn't notice," Xiao Fengdi immediately apologized, "Well, I'll go back in a few days, two days at most, and I can come back a year ago, and then we celebrate the New Year together."

"Can't we go together?"

Fang Shiqing was a little puzzled.Didn't his master ask him to take him back by name? Why did the boss think not to take him? Could it be that Xiao Fengdi didn't want his master to meet him?Is that old lady that difficult to live with?

Not at all, since the other party wants to repair the relationship, it stands to reason that they will be very polite to them.And since they were all asked to go back together, the elderly should not be homophobic.

"It's not impossible, but," Xiao Fengdi pursed his lips and said, "You should know that the place where I practiced at that time was in the mountains in the north. Although I won't go into the mountains this time, most of the time I can only live in the village. The old house. It’s a long way from here, and the conditions over there are not good. If you go with me on the way, it’s not comfortable to live there.”

After all, Fang Shiqing wasn't ready yet, he didn't want him to be too tired from running around with him.

It turned out to be the case.Fang Shiqing understood, but his curiosity was aroused instead.

"If you go back, will you live in the village? How is the environment there?"

"What kind of environment is there in the north in winter?" Xiao Fengdi smiled wryly. "In other seasons, you can see all kinds of crops planted in the fields. There is nothing in winter."

During the slack season in winter, the fields are bare and dusty. Over the years, more farmers use greenhouses to grow vegetables, but vegetable greenhouses are also gray from the outside.

"Then, does anyone keep animals?" Fang Shiqing continued to ask.He played business simulation games very well, but in reality, he is a native of the city and knows nothing about these things. To be honest, he is very interested.

"There is not much raising there. Some farmers may raise chickens, ducks and geese free-range, but there are very few raising cattle and sheep. Oh, but there are many raising dogs."

Now there are fewer free-range animals, but many farmers still raise chickens to collect eggs from the soil.As for the dog, it is used to watch the nursing home.

Listening to the other party's scattered talk, Fang Shiqing became more and more interested.He grabbed Xiao Fengdi's hand and asked earnestly, "Can you take me with you?"

Xiao Fengdi was stunned: "You want to go? But—"

"Well, I want to go. My health is much better now, I'm fine." Fang Shiqing begged, "Please, sir! I actually wanted to try to live in the country for a few days a long time ago, but I just stayed for a few days. God, it must be fine."

Xiao Fengdi also knew that he was interested in life in the country, he had mentioned it when he was still in the game.

Winter is not a good season to go to experience, because at this time the fields are chilling and there is nothing to see; but it is also a more suitable season, although it is cold, at least there are no mosquitoes.

"But the journey is too far." Xiao Fengdi was still hesitating, "It will take a day or two non-stop to drive back. If you take a plane, you need to make several transfers in the middle. Anyway, it will be a toss no matter how you come. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it. .”

"It's okay! I can take most of the troubles now."

After finishing speaking, Fang Shiqing realized that what he said seemed to be a bit... that implied, and his face was a little hot, but he insisted on asking, "Can I go with you?"

"Alright then," Xiao Fengdi finally let go, "Let me think again."

In the next few days, Xiao Fengdi checked the route carefully and made a set of detailed travel plans.

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This is the last episode!But I didn’t expect that I was so procrastinated in writing, and I didn’t have time to finish it, so I had to divide it into two parts (, if there is no accident, the full text will be finished tomorrow!