A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

Fang Shiqing didn't sleep well the whole night.

The quilt was refreshed on the hour and restored to its original state, and he picked it up and covered it again, but the lamb was really noisy.As soon as it fell asleep, it gnawed all over the room, from wood to fabric, from the window to the corner of the wall, and finally simply chewed the hanging bed sheet, almost dragging him to the ground.

The next day, with thick dark circles under his eyes, he thought to himself, there is a reason why humans don't treat sheep as pets——

Although normal sheep probably don't sleepwalk and chew things.This shaking sheep may be a special breed.

Fang Shiqing made up his mind to get the barn done as soon as possible and let him live by himself.

He planned to put the lambs in the storage room next to the farm tools to raise them, but he was stunned when he opened the door.

it's raining outside.

The weather in the game is randomized according to a certain weight.In terms of Fengyue Town's geography, the probability of rain in spring is not high, and it only happens once or twice in such a few days.

The sky is overcast and the temperature is a bit low.The raindrops fell and accumulated in low-lying places, forming large and small water surfaces.

The sound of rain filled my ears, making the whole world quiet.

He put the lambs next door, then went out to the chicken coop to feed the chickens.Although the distance along the way was not too far, I was still soaked through.

After entering the chicken coop, today the hens didn't chase after him to peck, instead they hid far away, not sure whether they disliked him or the water vapor he brought in.Fang Shiqing took off his shirt at the door, twisted it hastily, and felt that it was necessary to buy some rain gear and use it back, otherwise it would be fine now, wouldn’t it be the end of the summer when there was a thunderstorm and had to go out, and he would definitely be watered Become a real drowned rat.

Xiao Hei was very excited. When he opened the door, he rushed directly into the rain curtain, stepped into the puddle and jumped and rolled - this is probably the nature of dogs.

There is not much work to do on the farm now either.After pouring the feed into the trough and collecting the eggs laid yesterday, he waited for a while at the door of the chicken coop. Seeing that the rain was still falling in a slow and steady manner, he felt that he could not wait like this, so he left the farm. Follow the road to town.

The whole town was shrouded in a layer of rain and fog, and the shadow of the mountains in the distance looked hazy, like a Chinese painting pattern rendered in ink.

The road on a rainy day is also very quiet. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians pass by, and they are all fully equipped, with their umbrellas or raincoat hats pressed down, and they walk quickly in silence.Although the rain is not as heavy and urgent as the summer showers, it is not the kind of drizzle that can be ignored directly. There is no such thing as a psychopath like him who walks outside without cover.

After trotting all the way to the grocery store, Fang Shiqing stood at the door for a while, controlled the water on his body, and then opened the door and walked in.

There was almost no one in the small shop, and the store manager, Uncle Zhang, sat behind the counter and dozed off by himself.The rain gear is placed on the outermost shelf. Umbrellas, raincoats, ponchos and rain boots are all available, even bamboo hats.

Needless to say, for him, the bamboo hat might be the most practical. Wearing it can keep out the rain without affecting his work.

Fang Shiqing picked up a bamboo hat and a big blue raincoat, and calculated that the total cost of the two items was less than 1000 yuan. Looking around, he picked up two sets of pasture seeds from the place where the seeds were placed—we will raise them later. The sheep are gone, and the pasture needs to be prepared as soon as possible.

When he knocked on the counter and woke up to pay the bill, the store manager was still dazed and miscalculated twice in a row.

"Why do you still go out in this weather?" Uncle Zhang said vigorously, "Sleep on rainy days, and sleep at home if you don't have much work. Young people, don't work so hard, you must know how to enjoy life."

"Make money first, enjoy later." Fang Shiqing replied seriously, thinking that no one can stop working completely because of the rain. Don't look at the uncle's words, but in fact, he didn't close the door and go home to sleep. .

However, although the pace of life in the town is usually not fast, it is significantly slower when it rains.

He habitually wandered around the small and large stores, but found nothing else that he had to buy.

As he approached the remote corner where supernatural items were placed, he hesitated for a moment, thinking whether to buy a bag of cinnabar or something—just then, an arm suddenly stretched out from behind the shelf and pulled him over.

The other party presciently blocked his mouth and made a "quiet" gesture.

Fang Shiqing swallowed the exclamation welling up in his throat.

The person pulling him turned out to be Zhang Yu, the beautiful son of the store manager...or his daughter Zhang Yu?The two looked so similar that he couldn't tell them apart.

The handsome young man with indistinguishable male and female features was quite nervously lying on the shelf and looking at the other end.He couldn't help being confused for a while, isn't this his own shop, what is this kid wary of?

"you--"

"Hush," the other party raised his index finger at him immediately, and said in a breathy voice, "Don't expose me——if dad finds out that I'm in the store, he will definitely ask me to watch the store and go back to sleep by himself!"

"..." Fang Shiqing couldn't laugh or cry.

After squatting behind the shelf and waiting for a while, seeing the uncle at the counter start to doze off again, the other party was relieved, and winked at him apologetically: "Sorry, did I scare you?"

Judging from the tone of voice, this person should be Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu probably wouldn't be so reserved.Fang Shiqing also replied in a breathy voice: "It's okay, but what's the matter with you?"

In all fairness, he is not very familiar with this NPC, that is, he can talk a few words when they meet each other, so today's appearance really surprised him.

Zhang Yu was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, I have something to ask for your help."

He looked at Fang Shiqing, "I want...to ask you to accompany me to go, um, the library."

"--ah??"

"Be quiet, be quiet," Zhang Yu gestured desperately at him to silence, "Of course, I won't tell you to make this trip in vain. I can tell you an important secret, how about it? This secret is definitely for you It's very useful, but after I tell you, you can't tell it outside."

Fang Shiqing didn't think too much about it, but was simply shocked by the fact that "he actually went to the library!"It is conceivable that Zhang Yu's going to the library is definitely not to borrow books. As for what he is going to do... I can't think about it carefully, and I am terrified of thinking about it.

"You..." He looked at Zhang Yu and didn't know what to say for a while, "Why do you want to 'I'll accompany you'?"

He also knows that some people just like to drag their companions to move together, whether eating, shopping or going to the bathroom, they never leave alone.However, as mentioned above, the two are not familiar. Even if Zhang Yu wants to inspire others together, he should find his friend or sister instead of an ordinary acquaintance?

"I think it's safer this way," Zhang Yu replied vaguely, "I just want to take a look, and I won't cause you any trouble."

"..."

Zhang Yu looked at him eagerly.In fact, he has something to discuss with the boss recently, so it's a good way to go there, but this request...is really delicate.

"Let's put it this way," Zhang Yu said again seeing him hesitate, "Don't you often come to the store to look at the cinnabar we sell? Don't you want to know where our cinnabar comes from?"

"...Isn't it purchased from a neighboring town?"

"The talismans and statues all come from neighboring towns, but not the cinnabar. The cinnabar is local in our town." Zhang Yu smiled slightly, "You accompany me to the library, and I will take the cinnabar I will tell you the production information as a secret, how about it, okay?"

local?Fang Shiqing's heart skipped a beat.

Cinnabar, also known as cinnabar, is a mercury-containing mineral.According to what the other party said, could it be that there is a cinnabar mining area near Fengyue Town?

If the cinnabar ore can be directly mined, among other things, at least there will be a stable source of cinnabar in the future, which can save a lot of related expenses and provide a lot of security.

Seeing that he was moved, Zhang Yu assured again: "I really won't cause trouble to the library, I'm not Xiaoyu, I have a sense of propriety—hey, have you met Xiaoyu?"

People have talked about this, and it's really hard to refuse.

Fang Shiqing smiled and said, "Then let's go together, when do you plan to go?"

"Right now, is it okay? The sooner the better, I want to go as soon as possible." Zhang Yu's eyes lit up immediately, and a childlike expression of joy appeared on that delicate and beautiful face.

"I can do it."

Fang Shiqing looked out the window, it was raining as usual outside, and now it was past the time for ordinary people to go to work, and the gray road was getting more and more empty.

——Under this kind of weather, the boss is really a sinful man who can make an NPC go out just to have a look at him, he thought to himself.

The shop manager had already fallen asleep lying on the counter, snoring up and down, Zhang Yu took the opportunity to drag Fang Shiqing out the door like a thief.

Fang Shiqing originally planned to try on the newly bought raincoat, but Zhang Yu held up a big umbrella and beckoned him to get under the umbrella together.

The color of this umbrella is very monotonous, and it cannot be compared with the small flower umbrellas with different patterns in the store, but it is very easy to use, and it keeps the rainwater out tightly.The two walked into the rain together, Fang Shiqing felt a little sorry, and reached out to take the umbrella: "Let me fight."

"No need," Zhang Yu looked at him, "I'm still taller."

"..." Fang Shiqing was speechless.

The feeling of walking in the rain with an umbrella is different.The raindrops hit the umbrella surface and slid down along the arc, forming intermittent water lines, vaguely isolating the small space under the umbrella from the outside world.As he walked forward step by step in the rain, Fang Shiqing gradually became a little dazed, and for a while he felt as if he was the only one left in the whole world.

"That...Brother Fang...?"

The NPC next to him called him tentatively, "What are you thinking?"

Fang Shiqing was taken aback for a moment.Just now he almost forgot that there was Zhang Yu next to him.

After all, for players like them, "NPC" is essentially just a virtual image, just an electronic wave, without much sense of existence.Zhang Yu poked at the side, giving him the impression of a holographic projection.

"It's nothing, I just think it's been raining for a long time."

"The rain here often lasts for a day." Zhang Yu said, "Don't worry, even if the surrounding mountains collapse or mudslide, it will not have any impact on our town, but it is inconvenient to travel."

Fang Shiqing nodded, thinking that no matter how inconvenient it is, the two of us have already walked outside.

After a while, Zhang Yu suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, you are quite familiar with the very good-looking manager brother in the library, right?"

"Ah? Oh, okay." Fang Shiqing said vaguely. He had already guessed that the other party would take the opportunity to bring up this topic, but he still found it difficult to deal with.

Speaking of it, he felt that he and the boss were friends now, but if he just admitted it to the NPC, it might cause trouble.

"I think you must be very familiar with each other," Zhang Yu didn't mind his attitude, and said freely, "At least your hobbies are quite similar. Whenever you come to the store, you will always go to the special supplies section twice. You don't necessarily buy them, just Take a look. We locals have long been used to these things, and we rarely come here to just look at them or buy them, while outsiders don’t even look at them. Only you two have a special style of painting. My father sometimes guesses in private, saying that you can’t do it. Good idea."

"...No, no, really not. I've been just looking around."

I always feel that there is something wrong with the term "special supplies".

"By the way," he raised his hand and pinned his slightly wet forehead hair behind his ears, "do you always carry the peace amulet I gave you with you?"