A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

Talking with other players is cumbersome, but it doesn't take much time. It's still ten o'clock in the morning.Fang Shiqing calculated in his heart that he would go to the ranch to buy something, have lunch by the way, and go back to feed the chickens just in time.

In recent days, he has become more or less familiar with the rancher's family.

The owner of the ranch is a middle-aged couple with three children.The two boys have grown up, and the male owner takes them outside every day to purchase, deliver goods, graze, and prepare feed; the hostess and the youngest daughter sometimes go with them, and sometimes stay to look at the store.

Fang Shiqing has been here a few times, and only met the hostess once. The rest of the time, he met the daughter of this family. After coming and going, he became familiar with her and learned a lot of tips about raising animals from her.

When he entered the door, the little girl was sitting behind the counter, stroking the cat boredly, and she was refreshed when she saw someone coming.

"Welcome! Are you here to buy feed today? Or do you want to see something else? Or come to see me?"

The little girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and her image and attitude seemed natural and lively. Even if she said such words with a slightly coquettish meaning, it did not make people feel frivolous.

Fang Shiqing saw the gauze wrapped around her hand at a glance: "What's the matter, are you injured?"

"I accidentally cut my hand while cooking yesterday." When she mentioned this, the little girl suddenly lost her face. "I don't think it's important. Dad insisted that I be wrapped up so that I couldn't move around and wouldn't let me do work. Today I just sit here all day and can't do anything, it's so boring."

Cook?

"You usually cook by yourself?" Fang Shiqing asked curiously.

"Otherwise?" the little girl asked in confusion, "what do you eat if you don't cook?"

For ordinary families, "cooking" is a very normal behavior.It can even be said that only the home where you start your own company has the feeling of "home".

However, since entering the game, the matter of "cooking" seems to be far away from Fang Shiqing. His farm doesn't even have a kitchen, let alone a refrigerator.

Not only him, but other players also defaulted to buying ten yuan of fast food every day, and none of them cooked for themselves.I went to You Qingyu's house before, and her house has a kitchen, but it's just a cold pot and a cold stove at first glance, and it's obvious that she never cooks.

...But thinking about it carefully, the situation of You Qingyu's family itself is not typical.

"I usually eat out."

Fang Shiqing was talking while looking at the price tag in front of the counter.

Several types of poultry and livestock commonly found on this ranch are available for sale.Chickens, ducks, geese, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and rabbits are all available, as well as various feeds for feeding and common medicines for curing diseases.

He had limited money before, so he only took a bunch of laying hens home. Now that he has a few thousand yuan more in his hand, he is much more relaxed and can buy a larger animal.

"That's it..." There was some subtle sympathy in the little girl's eyes, she pulled her arms and patted his shoulder, "I understand, Brother Shi Qing, ordinary bachelors are too lazy to start a gang... I will let my mother Introduce a few girls for you, and after you get married, you will have the motivation to cook at home, ah."

"..." Fang Shiqing trembled, "No, no, there's no need, really. I didn't mean that, I just think it's a bit too expensive to cook by yourself."

"Not expensive?" The little girl blinked, "Oh, the price of ingredients in our town is high, but like ours, it's better to just use our own ingredients. Ah yes!"

She clasped her hands together suddenly, and hurriedly stood up, "The rabbit meat we have processed in the past two days, do you want some for you to taste?"

In fact, there was no room for people to refuse. She went directly into the back room and quickly took out the meat that was packed in a transparent lunch box.

"You're welcome, thank you. But—"

Fang Shiqing was a little taken aback when he smelled the smell of cured meat. He had never seen such a thing as "meat" since he entered the game.Isn't it forbidden to kill animals in the game? Where do you get the ingredients?

"This is hare meat, it's delicious," the little girl said happily, "My father went hunting with Grandpa Qi a few days ago, and they caught three rabbits."

--hunt!By the way, there is another trick!Fang Shiqing's eyes lit up.

The "Grandpa Qi" here refers to the carpenter Qi I met on the Arbor Day.He remembered that Xiao Fengdi also mentioned before that Carpenter Qi had shotguns hanging on the wall in his house.

In modern society, out of environmental protection and management considerations, "hunting" is a strictly restricted behavior.However, in a remote mountain town in the game, hunting operations are still reasonable and legal.

He suddenly became interested: "Tell me more, do you usually go hunting in the town?"

Having said that, the little girl refused to say anything.

"Brother Shiqing, you have been in Fengyue Town for a while, why are you still so unfamiliar with the things in our town, and you need me to tell you?" She held her chin, slightly disgusted, "I didn't say that You, do you usually go out too little? My brother and the others said that they rarely see you in the town, so you have to go out to communicate with everyone. How can you keep your eyes on everyone's situation until now?"

"..." He just wanted to inquire about some news, why was the little girl educated him in reverse?

Could it be because the system decided that he and the townspeople didn't have enough goodwill, so some prompt dialogue was automatically triggered?

Thinking about it this way, it really is true that during his more than half a month of game time, he was either cleaning up the farm, soaking in the library, or exhausted himself in the dungeon.Among the NPCs in the town, except for the mayor, the carpenter, the grocery store and the ranch, I don't know much about others.

In a real farm management game, there are often only two or three NPCs in the town, and you can count them to make a good relationship.But this game is relatively closer to reality. No matter how small Fengyue Town is, there are thousands of people in the whole town. How can he have the time and energy to get to know each of them.

But—he reflected on himself, it seemed that he was living a little too closed.In the future, should we go to the town more regularly?

Probably because his expression was too ignorant, the little girl couldn't bear it, she waved her hand and said, "I heard from my father that there used to be many hunters in our town, but most of them moved away. The one who can still hunt now is my father." Are you with Grandpa Qi? Occasionally, animals from the mountains come into the town, and they are all chased by my father. There was a wild boar last week. After we knocked it down, we dried its meat and dried it. The dried meat tastes good, so you can come too Want to try it?"

"No need, what a shame." Fang Shiqing was still holding the rabbit meat in his hand, and he was really embarrassed to accept anything else.

"What's the matter with embarrassment, I'm really sorry, just come here to spend a few more times, and buy more things to go back. Ah, speaking of shopping, what are you going to buy this time?"

——The topic is finally back on track.

Fang Shiqing originally planned to buy a cow back. Milk is valuable and has a long production cycle.But after speaking, the little girl rubbed her chin and looked him up and down, then shook her head and said, "Well... it's up to you, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to raise cows now."

"It's a bit difficult? Where is it difficult?" Fang Shiqing scratched his head in confusion, and twitched the corner of his mouth when he saw the other party's distrustful gaze, "You don't think I can't hold a cow, do you?"

"That's not necessarily true." The little girl came out from behind the counter, pinched his arm, her face full of distrust, "Well, you and I will go to the back to see the situation, and then decide whether to buy cattle or not. gone."

Finding that she was seriously thinking for him, Fang Shiqing couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Is it because he is afraid that he will not be able to take it back with him?In fact, he has never seen a live cow, but there are some ranch girls milking cows in the stories. Since girls can milk cows with their physical strength, there is no reason why he can't, right?

The little girl led him through the back door of the storefront and out onto the enclosed pasture.All kinds of poultry and livestock are kept in captivity here, and they graze in different locations, separated by fences, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

This kind of picture was very new to him, so he couldn't help being a little excited.

Just two steps away, Fang Shiqing only felt the hem of his clothes tighten.

He thought that the clothes were hanging on the fences on both sides, and continued to move forward nonchalantly—anyway, the clothes will be refreshed if they are rotten, so there is no need to feel bad.

Unexpectedly, after taking a step, he didn't pull too much, but was dragged back. When he turned his head, he saw a big white goose clutching the hem of his clothes tightly.

It was really a very bright goose, with smooth feathers and dark eyeballs.He didn't shy away from Shang Shiqing's face, and even pulled it hard, as if he was demonstrating.

Occasionally, his own hen would jump up to grab people, but Fang Shiqing didn't care, and grabbed the hem of his clothes and whipped it back.

——At that time, he had no idea of ​​the ferocity of a creature like a goose.

"Don't!" The girl turned around and saw this scene, and immediately exclaimed.

The big white goose's neck was staggered, but it was still biting tightly.Fang Shiqing had no choice but to kick it lightly with his leg.

It was terrible at this moment, and the next moment it suddenly let out a rough cry, and suddenly spread its wings and rushed upwards.

The goose is very big, so it is directly in front of you with such a pounce.

"Damn it!" Fang Shiqing screamed subconsciously, shielding his face with both arms, and was immediately pecked several times on his arm, and at the same time the system prompt sounded faintly: "Your health value -8 points———10 o'clock--8 o'clock--"

Hey, this damage is not worse than the monsters in the dungeon!Fang Shiqing's face was distorted in pain, and he turned his head and ran away without knowing the direction.

The big white goose fluttered its wings and chased after him. After chasing him, it pecked several times. The flapping of its wings hurt more than a human slap.

The girl came up from behind, grabbed the goose by its neck and threw it aside.She only had one hand to use, but she used her force very accurately, and threw the goose directly to the other side of the fence. It wanted to fly this way, but she smeared its face with feed, and finally died down.

Fang Shiqing tripped before taking two steps, and fell face down on the edge of the fence hard, gasping for air in pain.

"Are you okay?" The little girl hurried over, "I'm sorry, my goose is too fierce——"

"No……"

He was dazed and wanted to sit up, but just as he lifted up half of his body, he suddenly stopped.

Just now he fell by the fence with his head just under the fence.Now when I opened my eyes, what appeared above was an elongated bull face——

A cow was poking its head out of the fence, looking down at him, its big eyes unblinking.

Fang Shiqing: "..."

Cow: "Moo."

"..."

One person and one cow continued to look at each other.Fang Shiqing's face turned green.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, it can't bite you—" the little girl stretched out her hand to pull him.

He stayed there for more than ten seconds, and finally let out a scream.

"Here! Cows! Why—so big!"

It is said that he has seen pigs run before eating pork. Fang Shiqing is a native of the city. He has never seen live cows, but he has also seen cows in film and television dramas.

But—in his impression, the cow is not such a huge creature, is it? !The cow is almost taller than him!This terrifying figure can definitely step on him to bleed internally as soon as he stretches his legs. At first glance, he looks very oppressive, not at all inferior to the zombies wandering around the farm, and even worse.

"...the cow is so big."

The little girl patted him sympathetically, "That's why I said you can't do it, Brother Shiqing."

This...probably won't work.

Fang Shiqing didn't have the self-confidence to tame such a behemoth weighing one or two tons with his bare hands.And it's not just him, most people should not be able to.

He vaguely knew that in reality, all farm cattle wear nose rings, and the cowherd boy walks with a rope leading the nose of the cow when herding the cattle, and may have a whip in his hand.But in the game, I don’t know if it is out of humanitarian spirit. There is no nose ring or grazing whip at all. The rancher seems to lead the cattle by shouting and strength.

"I'm sorry," he shook the little girl's hand and said sincerely, "You're right, I can't keep this kind of thing for the time being. I'd better buy something else."

The little girl seemed to have been prepared for a long time, she immediately grinned, and quickly brought a bunch of white things from the side——

"If you can't raise cows, how about raising sheep first? Sheep are the most docile, and I guarantee you can handle them! This season is just right, and the lambs born in winter have just been weaned."

In her arms was a shivering little lamb.

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In fact, the huge cow he saw was a bull... A bull is taller than a cow, and can weigh more than a ton. It is a very large cow.

And it is set here that the black and white cows in the game are bigger than the ones in reality

The little girl in the ranch knew it was a male, but she didn't remind him, because she had long planned to sell the sheep forcibly ()