A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

"..." This time it was You Qingyu who choked.

He is a carpenter, but why does he plant trees professionally!ah? !

"Little girl, don't misunderstand the carpenter's job." The old man surnamed Qi was very kind, with a smile on his face, "I have dealt with wood for most of my life. I don't know how many trees I have cut. It is not surprising that I have some feelings. Bar?

"Besides, between man and the forest, one should pay attention to the measure of retreat and advance, and must not be insatiable. After cutting down trees, you must plant more, otherwise the forest will hate you. So I have to plant trees from time to time. .”

He said leisurely, and looked at Fang Shiqing next to him, "If you are in a business that requires logging, you must also pay attention to this."

Fang Shiqing's heart shuddered.He only cut down a lot of trees when he was cleaning the farm, and now hearing this sentence, he always felt that the old man was trying to remind him of something.

In addition, he is also very interested in the work of the old man surnamed Qi.

"Carpenter" - this is an indispensable occupation in the simulation farm management game; the renovation and expansion of the house, the addition of special buildings, etc., all have to be counted on him.

"I've only been here for more than ten days, and I don't feel like I've seen you in the town. Do you usually live outside the town?" He asked the old man intentionally.

"Yes, I live here." Carpenter Qi didn't shy away from private topics, and pointed to the small wooden house behind him, "I'm getting old, and I usually want to hide quietly. It's not a few steps away from the town anyway. It was quite convenient in the past. Young man, you are the new farmer here, right?"

"Ah, I really am."

Fang Shiqing didn't react in time when the old man changed the subject.

I saw the other party looking at him with a smile: "I knew it, you must inquire about me. How about it, do you want to buy peach tree seedlings?"

——Peach saplings!

Unexpectedly, the other party would ask so bluntly, Fang Shiqing nodded hastily.

"How do you know I want to..."

"Hey, speaking of peach trees," the mayor next to him interjected, "isn't that your grandfather's favorite, Xiao Fang? It filled half of the farm at that time! When he was still alive, I would receive one every summer. The big basket of fresh and tender peaches was all grown by himself."

"That's right, Lao Fang's peaches are really unique. It's a pity that the farm changed hands later, and the person who took over said it was due to pollen allergies, so he cut down all the peach trees in the field. It's a pity, a pity." Carpenter Qi also sighed, "Now that his grandson is here, I think he has to find ways to plant another batch of peach trees."

After a man gets older, his ability to chat and talk nonsense is not weaker than that of aunts.Seeing the two old men recalling the past while singing and singing together, Fang Shiqing had to forcefully bring the topic back.

"Qibo, do you know where my grandfather's peach saplings came from before? In memory of his old man, I also want to plant peach trees on the farm again. When I grow peaches in the future, I will definitely give them to you two." How many baskets."

"There's nothing I don't know," Carpenter Qi said casually, "We don't have any place to sell it in Fengyue Town, so we can go to the neighboring town to buy it. The neighboring town has everything."

— Neighboring towns!

"Neighboring town?" You Qingyu asked blankly, "Are there other towns nearby? How to get there?"

"Of course there is a neighboring town. Our Fengyue Town is a bit out of the way, but it's not isolated from the world," the mayor continued. "If you want to go, you can take a bus on the first of every month. From the square The train goes directly to the neighboring town. Now our town is implementing measures to benefit the people, and the fare is not expensive."

"The first of the month?" Only one chance per month?And I have to wait for more than ten days, "Well... is there any other way?"

"You want to go by yourself? It's not easy," the mayor shook his head. "To get to the neighboring town, you have to climb over the mountain to the west, and it takes several hours by car."

Fang Shiqing understood.

From Fengyue Town to a neighboring town is essentially a scene switch, and "taking the bus" is the way to cut the map provided by the game system.

After all, this is a game rather than reality, and it is probably impossible to cut scenes only by physical movement.

There was no other way, the two had no choice but to thank the mayor and carpenter Qi, and went to line up to get the saplings instead.

"It seems that we can only wait until the first of next month," You Qingyu said softly, "Shall we go together then?"

"Okay." Fang Shiqing was still a little depressed, "According to what they said, the bus leaves for the neighboring town on the [-]st of every month and has to return before dark that day, which means that there are only a few hours of activity time in the neighboring town every month. .”

Such a short time is only enough to buy something at most, not enough to explore new maps.

The line moves quickly.During the period, Fang Shiqing looked around resolutely, then turned his head and stared at the way they came from for a long time, but when they lined up in front of Zeng Xin, they still couldn't wait for Xiao Fengdi.

—Is there anything wrong with him?

Although he had known him not long ago, Fang Shiqing just felt that the boss was not the kind of person who would break an appointment.

When he was distracted, there was a sudden commotion around him, and then there were several bang bangs directly in front of him, and the sound of loud heavy objects falling to the ground.

You Qingyu exclaimed softly.Fang Shiqing turned his head, only in time to see a puff of smoke and dust around the cabin, and the shadow of falling rocks could be seen faintly.

The smoke cleared, and a figure crawled out from the straw pile next to the cabin, stood up——

"Isn't that Brother Xiao?! He..." You Qingyu said in a daze, "He, he, he, he fell from above! The movement is like a leap of faith... You know, a leap of faith is that--"

"--What??"

Most of the people who had collected the saplings had already dispersed, but they were attracted by the abnormal noise.

The scene suddenly became a mess.

Both Carpenter Qi and the mayor jumped up from their seats in fright.Zeng Xin turned her back to that side and didn't know what happened. When she turned her head, she saw the mayor was on the verge of falling, so she hurried over to support him.

The crowd quickly piled up into three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the party in the middle.

Fang Shiqing came to his senses and ran over in a hurry.

"Nian, young man," Qi Carpenter clutched his chest, pointed to the top of his head, then pointed to the pile of straw, and stared at Xiao Fengdi opposite, "Did you jump down from the lover's cliff above?"

The cabin is located at the foot of the mountain, with the mountain behind it.

"..." Xiao Fengdi didn't speak, his face was pale, expressionless for a while, his attitude was confused and stiff.

Carpenter Qi gradually came to his senses, and first looked him up and down, as if to confirm whether he had broken an arm or a leg.When he found that everything was fine, he immediately became angry, wishing to go up and beat someone up.

"Below is the main road into the mountain. There are so many people here, how can you play dangerous moves here! Even if you can't think of jumping off the cliff, don't pull others on your back? This time it's lucky that you didn't hit anyone. There is a next time..."

Fang Shiqing paid close attention to the situation and squeezed his way into the crowd desperately.

Xiao Fengdi didn't speak, just stood there straight.

He looks like nothing is wrong.But if he fell from such a high place, he might have suffered some internal injuries; fortunately, this is a game, so as long as he didn't die on the spot, it wouldn't be a big deal.

"I'm sorry, Qi Bo, my friend has caused everyone trouble, I apologize for him—" He squeezed into the crowd and came to Xiao Fengdi's side, apologizing, while grabbing his hand, and asked in a low voice, " Boss, are you okay? What's wrong with you?"

The opponent's fingers were cold, and when he grasped them, he immediately grabbed his palm with a backhand.

When he saw him, Xiao Fengdi's eyes finally moved a little, and slowly moved to his face——

Fang Shiqing felt that he had seen a process of returning his soul to its place.

"I..." His lips moved, and after a long period of stalemate, he finally let out a long sigh, "I thought I would definitely die."

--I see.

If it really fell off the cliff as the NPC said, no matter who it is, it will definitely be frightened—even Xiao Fengdi is no exception.

This seemed to be the first time I saw him show weakness.

Teammates who are usually reliable can occasionally show this appearance, which undoubtedly makes people more protective.

Fang Shiqing immediately held him tighter, and comforted him repeatedly: "No, you are still alive and well."

The mayor finally regained consciousness, picked up the loudspeaker and handed it to Zeng Xin, telling her to maintain order and let the townspeople continue their activities.

Carpenter Qi also calmed down a bit, coughed twice, and complained: "What's the matter with this young man! The road to this side of the town is closed all year round. Although it was opened during the day today, I have been guarding here and have not seen You passed by. How did you get up the mountain?"

He looked at Xiao Fengdi, and finally heaved a helpless sigh.

"Forget it, we'll talk about this later. Probably he was too scared, Xiao Fang, you and I can take your friend to my room to rest for a while."

Carpenter Qi opened the door of the cabin and led them into the room.You Qingyu, who was standing far away from the corner of the crowd, also followed.

The room was neatly tidied up, and there were a lot of half-processed boards and furniture on the floor. The space seemed very narrow, but not oppressive.

The old man quickly poured hot water over.After drinking a glass of water, Xiao Fengdi's face looked much more normal, but his expression gradually became more subtle.

...Probably he himself felt that the scene just now was too shocking, so that he felt a little ashamed.

"...Sorry," he let go of his hand and stood up, first politely apologized to Carpenter Qi, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Carpenter Qi still didn't look very happy: "Tell me, how did you get into the mountain, what happened just now, did you commit suicide by jumping off a cliff?"

After a moment of silence, he said: "I went into the mountain this morning. Unfortunately, I encountered some difficult beasts, and I had to fight with them while escaping. I arrived halfway up the mountain without knowing it, and then...after that Falling off the cliff was purely accidental."

"Beast?" Carpenter Qi stared at him, "Could it be the wild bear this season's beast?"

Xiao Fengdi acquiesced.

"..." Carpenter Qi got up and walked out as if sleepwalking, muttering to himself, "This is really amazing, the young man nowadays can come back with a full tail even if he is chased by wild bears in spring... ...This is really the wave behind the Yangtze River pushing the wave ahead..."

"Qi Bo?" Fang Shiqing called out uncertainly.

"Ah, you guys rest here first, I'll go out and see Lao Li."

*

After watching Carpenter Qi leave, Xiao Fengdi let out a heavy breath and said suddenly: "Sorry, I'm late.

"I shouldn't be able to participate in the Arbor Day event——I promised you earlier, I'm sorry."

Fang Shiqing quickly shook his head vigorously: "It's okay, it's not important. Boss, are you okay? Are you not injured?"

He doesn't care about those little things at all now, he just wants to confirm the other party's current situation.

"Fortunately."

He moved his hands and feet to confirm that his body functions were intact, and then briefly said a few words about his previous experience.

Just above their heads—that is, above the cabin—was a cliff.Because it is high and steep, and the scenery is beautiful, many couples used to regard it as a good place to die in love many years ago, so it got such a wonderful name as "Lover's Cliff".

At that time, he encountered a rare wild bear, was chased all the way, had to run on this dead end, and was finally blocked on a cliff.

He originally wanted to climb down from a relatively gentle place on the edge of the cliff; but for some reason, the system kept saying 'operation cannot be performed', so he had no choice but to stay where he was and dealt with the beast for a long time.

While retreating, the stone on the edge of the cliff broke suddenly, and he fell down from such a high place with him.

When he fell, even if he was Xiao Fengdi, he couldn't think of any way to save himself.

In reality, if he fell from such a high place, not to mention breaking his limbs, his whole body would probably be smashed into meatloaf with a bang—he thought that this was probably how he would end up.

It is not an exaggeration to say that when you are in the air, even the revolving lantern has come out in your mind.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it landed on the flat ground unscathed——

This is too strange, right?

You Qingyu, who was listening silently, raised his hand: "Excuse me, have you heard of the Leap of Faith?"

"...What is that?" Xiao Fengdi frowned.

"It's a long story," You Qingyu said, "In short, as long as you can fall into a pile of straw in the end, no matter how high you jump from, you will be fine. No matter how high the cliff, the tower Just jump off the top and you'll be fine."

"...?"

"I guess, this game may not allow the situation of falling from a high altitude at all," she said, "As long as you go to the edge, you will be sent a reminder of 'operation cannot be performed', even if the player wants to jump, you can't jump. You were The reason why I was able to jump down should be because that position is just right for a leap of faith."

"...??"

Xiao Fengdi's expression cracked again.

Fang Shiqing felt that in Xiao Fengdi's mind, the game world might have already been equated with the strange things that violated the rules of physics.

"Cough," he changed the topic a little awkwardly, "Speaking of which, big brother, why did you come to the mountain here? The road on the east side has always been closed, right? Do you have anything special to do? "

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"Leap of Faith" is the stalk of the Assassin's Creed series...!