Fantasy Farm

Day by day passed, and life returned to its former tranquility.This should have been a good thing, but because of the candle dragon who sneaked into the human world, it seemed that there were turbulent waves hidden in this calmness, which made people feel worried while enjoying it.

Zhulong no longer committed crimes, everything returned to calm, but Zhulong, who had restrained his desire and hid himself in the human world, could hardly be found out from the human world even by Phoenix. In desperation, everyone could only pin their hopes on Shaohao's family is still on the Phoenix of Nirvana, after all, he was the one who found the Candle Dragon more than ten years ago.

Summer is gradually receding, the autumn wind is rising again, and it is the harvest season of the year again.

This year their family has planted a lot of rice, and the field is bright yellow, and it is finally time to harvest.After the rice is collected, several processes are required, first threshing, and then husking. After husking, the new rice is as clean as new, exuding a faint rice fragrance.Unlike the old rice that has been stored for several years, this kind of fresh rice is delicious no matter how you make it. They grow a rice variety with a high viscosity, which is just right for making rice cakes.Lu Qingjiu grinds the rice into powder, adds water and stirs it evenly, and then heats it. After heating, the rice noodles will become soft and sticky. Add eggs and milk, and finally shape it with a mold. The rice cakes exuding a rich milk fragrance are just like this. out of the oven.Soft and bouncy, chewing the aroma of rice filled his mouth, Lu Qingjiu took out the rice cakes to cool, and conveniently decorated some patterns with green vegetable juice on the rice cakes.

The colored rice cakes looked more attractive. He shared a piece with Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu, saying that he wanted to make some rice noodles.

Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu fully agreed with Lu Qingjiu's proposal, saying that Lu Qingjiu can do whatever he wants.

Last year, Lu Qingjiu also made a lot of rice noodles, but it was almost enough to eat in winter, and after that, the food at home was bought in the town. Although the taste was good, it was different from the ones he made himself.

Rice noodles are the best ingredients for breakfast. Adding a chicken soup base, a handful of chopped green onions, and a few green vegetables is enough to tempt you.Lu Qingjiu likes this kind of food very much, because the taste is not greasy, and he is very hungry.

The tough winter is coming again, and Lu Qingjiu still has to prepare for the winter. Last year, he bought supplies for the winter for the first time. After all, there are some things that he didn't consider. This year, Lu Qingjiu plans to buy a generator for his own home, and buy enough engine oil , Make sure that at least there will be no power outage at home. In this way, life will be much better after the heavy snow closes the mountains.

The weather has been cool recently, and there are fewer animal activities. Snakes and frogs are preparing to hibernate. Bai Yuehu said that there is probably no candle dragon to be found this year.

Candle dragons actually like the hot summer, and they will be more active in summer. Once autumn comes, they will start to become lazy. What's more, this candle dragon has already found a residence in the human world, which is even more troublesome. .

"Then what should we do?" Lu Qingjiu said, "Don't let it stay in the human world?"

"After all, it's Zhulong, and it will always show its feet." Bai Yuehu said. "He can't bear it for long." The biggest difference between Candle Dragon and ordinary non-humans is that it is difficult for them to control their desires, whether it is love or loathing, even if this desire can be held back for a while, it will eventually explode, and this explosion is destruction. sex, so that they simply cannot survive in the human world like normal non-humans.

Thinking of the fire, Lu Qingjiu still felt a little worried, but he didn't say it out, he just changed his tone to comfort Bai Yuehu, saying that he would definitely catch Zhulong as soon as possible.

In September, when it was time to eat fresh chestnuts, they went to pick the wild chestnut tree in the forest last year as usual. This time Yin Xun wisely found a hat and gloves to avoid screaming like last year.After the fresh chestnuts were taken out, Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu to kill a chicken and used it to make stewed chicken with chestnuts. The taste of the chicken and the chestnuts blended together perfectly. The chestnuts were soft and sweet, and the chicken was tender and juicy. With the smell, it makes people salivate.

In autumn, the weather becomes cooler, and there is more rain than in summer. With the rain, there are mushrooms all over the mountain.These wild mushrooms are delicious, whether they are stewed with chicken, stir-fried, or stored in the sun.Originally, eating wild mushrooms was risky, but because they had Yin Xun in their family, they didn't have any worries about it.

Picking an afternoon after the rain, Lu Qingjiu went up the mountain with Yin Xun to pick mushrooms with a small bamboo basket on his back.

Bai Yuehu didn't go with them, he was called to the city by Zhu Rong's phone call, it seemed that something important happened to them.

"The little girl who picked mushrooms carried a big bamboo basket and walked through the woods and hills with bare feet in the morning~" Yin Xun sang happily while picking mushrooms.

Lu Qingjiu followed behind, asking how old you are, can you be more mature.

Yin Xundao: "Although I have grown up, I will always have the same heart as a child."

Lu Qingjiu: "I think you look like a child all over."

Yin Xun: "Are you praising me for being cute?"

Lu Qingjiu: "I'm calling you short."

Yin Xun: "..." Lu Qingjiu, you have turned bad.

In the sky after the rain, a small half of the sun was exposed in the clouds. Different from the scorching sun in summer, the sun at this time is warm and gentle, and there is only a warm feeling when it shines on people. Lu Qingjiu put all his attention on it. On the footpath.

What Yin Xun took him was a road that he didn't usually walk. Because he didn't walk often, the road was full of weeds and fallen leaves.On such a road, there are the most mushrooms. As long as you sweep away the fallen leaves on the ground with a stick in your hand, you can see cute mushrooms growing on the moist soil.The mushrooms are all kinds of strange and different colors. If Lu Qingjiu came here by himself, he would definitely not dare to pick them up and eat them. There are many cases of death from mushroom poisoning in the news.

It's different with Yin Xun. He can distinguish almost all mushrooms and determine whether they are edible.As for the small part that cannot be distinguished, they don't have to pick it, so don't worry too much.

Lu Qingjiu put the confirmed mushrooms into his back basket, and praised: "Yin Xun, you are really amazing."

Yin Xundao: "Praise, praise, praise."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Did you know that there is another animal in the world that can look for precious mushrooms like you, and the name of that mushroom is matsutake..."

Yin Xun said, "What animal?"

Lu Qingjiu: "Pig."

Yin Xun glared angrily, he found that Lu Qingjiu was really sluggish, he didn't notice it usually, but occasionally he would show up when he became lively.

Lu Qingjiu pretended not to see Yin Xun's angry gaze, and continued to walk slowly behind.

The autumn wind blew the green leaves into a beautiful golden color, and with the wind falling on the ground, they were spread into a beautiful blanket. Yin Xunhu, who was walking in front, let out a surprise cry: "Jiu'er, come here, come here!" There are a lot of mushrooms."

Lu Qingjiu hummed, and hurried forward.

There was indeed a lot of mushrooms growing in an open space, but the number of these mushrooms was a bit strange. Yin Xun didn't think much about it, and had already bent down to pick them excitedly.

Lu Qingjiu said, "Why are there so many mushrooms here?"

"Maybe there are dead trees underneath." Yin Xun turned to look at Lu Qingjiu, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Lu Qingjiu also felt that he was a little too sensitive, so he also squatted down, but he didn't rush to pick it up, but observed the surrounding situation.

Yin Xun said: "These mushrooms are really fat, and they are all non-toxic. This kind of mushroom tastes very good, and it is used to stew chicken..." He was halfway through speaking, and suddenly his expression froze for a moment, and his voice stopped.

"Yin Xun?" Lu Qingjiu asked suspiciously.

Yin Xun stiffly raised his head to look at Lu Qingjiu, grabbed his wrist, and shook his head stiffly.

"Why..." Lu Qingjiu originally wanted to ask what's wrong, but after seeing Yin Xun's terrified eyes, he lowered his head as if feeling something, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "Is there something wrong with the mushroom?"

Yin Xun nodded slowly.

Lu Qingjiu lowered his eyes and looked at the place where Yin Xun picked mushrooms. There used to be dense mushrooms growing in that area, but now Yin Xun picked a lot of them, revealing the sparse foundation. On the foundation, a closed Eyes, looming in the mushroom bushes - under this mushroom... there is actually a person buried.

Yin Xun was obviously frightened, his face turned pale, his lips trembled: "Jiu'er, let's go back."

Lu Qingjiu said: "Calm down, come here."

The two stood aside, and Lu Qingjiu used the stick in his hand to sweep away the mushroom bushes in front of him bit by bit. After the mushroom bushes were swept away, what was underneath was revealed. Dense mushrooms, these mushrooms almost completely covered his body, only the place where Yin Xun picked a lot just now was slightly sparse.

Lu Qingjiu slowly swept away the mushrooms on that person's face, and after seeing that person's face clearly, his heart sank.

Noticing the unusual look on Lu Qingjiu's face, Yin Xun asked Lu Qingjiu if he knew the victim.

"En." Lu Qingjiu said, "I know..." This person is the Qiushen Lishou they saw at the market in summer, but at this time he has lost his breath and turned into a cold corpse. Breeding other plants with their own flesh and blood, just like the generous autumn.

Lu Qingjiu's head was a little dizzy, he didn't want to understand why Li Shou appeared here, he took out his mobile phone and was about to call Bai Yuehu, but Yin Xun beside him uttered a terrified cry, pulling Lu Qingjiu back again and again.

"What's wrong?" Lu Qingjiu was taken aback by Yin Xun.

"He, he, he opened his eyes!" Yin Xun was not very courageous in the first place, and almost fainted after being so frightened, "Is he going to get up from the ground!"

Lu Qingjiu said: "Calm down, I'll go take a look."

Yin Xun said, "But..."

Before Yin Xun could finish speaking, Lu Qingjiu had already cautiously walked to Liao Shou's side, and saw that his eyes were indeed opened.It's just that those originally beautiful black eyes had lost their luster, and were covered with a layer of white shadow. Then, Lu Qingjiu noticed the mushrooms on Ruo Shou's body, and there were some slight changes. They began to grow bigger and bigger, and the color It became more and more colorful, and finally spread to Rushou's whole body rapidly, covering all parts except his eyes.

There seemed to be something moving in those eyes. The next moment, Lu Qingjiu saw a few ice-blue worms crawling out of his eyes. After crawling out, these icy-blue worms started eating The surrounding mushrooms then began to spin silk and cocoon, wrapping themselves up.

Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu quickly backed away, telling Yin Xun not to come any closer.

Yin Xun asked Lu Qingjiu in a trembling voice what he saw, and Lu Qingjiu said, "Butterfly..."

As soon as he finished speaking, ice-blue butterflies flew up from Rushou's body. They waved their beautiful wings and flew towards the sky. They quickly turned into blue spots of light and disappeared in Lu Qingjiu's body. in view.

Lu Qingjiu didn't wait any longer, took out his mobile phone and called Bai Yuehu.

The phone rang more than a dozen times before it was picked up. Bai Yuehu's voice came from the other end of the phone, which made Lu Qingjiu's heart unexpectedly calm down. His words hit the point. gone."

"Where are you?" Bai Yuehu's tone was instantly tense.

"Yin Xun and I are on the mountain." Lu Qingjiu said, "After you left, we went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, and then... found Lishou's body." He quickly described what happened to Lishou's body , and those ice-blue butterflies.

Bai Yuehu asked Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun to go home immediately after listening, and he rushed back immediately.

Lu Qingjiu hummed, hung up the phone, and wanted to leave with the basket in his hand, Yin Xun said tremblingly, "Then, should we put him here?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "I don't know what's going on with this corpse, let's not touch it." Although he has a quarter of the dragon blood, his ability is the same as that of a human, and Yin Xun is just a weak mountain god. What happened to the two of them, I am afraid there is no way to fight back.

Yin Xundao: "It's also... Do you still want to take my mushrooms back?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "Forget it, put your frame here." It's not that he doesn't want to take it, but that the mushrooms that Yin Xun picked from the corpse just now are all mixed with the previous mushrooms, so even if you take them back Also dare not eat.

Yin Xun nodded in despair, and the two started walking home.

Along the way, Yin Xun said in a low voice that he had never seen such a scene with the mountain god's vision before, nor did he feel any strange aura. It seems that the non-human who killed Lishou has powerful power to directly block caught Yin Xun's sight.

Lu Qingjiu comforted Yin Xun for a long time before he managed to recover. It was no wonder that Yin Xun was so depressed. He was supposed to be a mountain god who could see everything in the Water Mansion. From his point of view, at least he could give Lu Xun a good look here. Sake had predicted danger in advance, but now it seemed that he couldn't even do that.Someone quietly placed the corpse in front of them, but he didn't even capture the shadow of that person.

Bai Yuehu came back quickly, and when he learned that Liao Shou's body was on the mountain, he hurried to the forest.

Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun waited in the courtyard. This kind of waiting was exhausting, so Lu Qingjiu simply found something for them to do, saying that they should clean the mushrooms they picked today.

But after the two took out the mushrooms, they involuntarily stopped their movements, looked at each other and saw the same wry smile in each other's eyes.That's right, when they saw the mushrooms, they all thought of the corpses they found in the forest today, and it can be said that they lost their appetite at all.

Fortunately, Bai Yuehu came back fairly quickly. Lu Qingjiu originally thought that he would bring back the corpse, but he was empty-handed and brought nothing.

"Where's the corpse?" Lu Qingjiu asked carefully.

"Put it where it should go." Bai Yuehu's face sank like water, "Why did you suddenly think of going to the mountain to pick mushrooms?"

Yin Xundao: "Yes... I... suggested it."

Bai Yuehu glanced at Yin Xun and pursed her lips slightly.

"Didn't I talk about it a few days ago, but it rained today, and Yin Xun asked if he wanted to pick mushrooms." Lu Qingjiu said, "I saw that you were not here, so I agreed." This year's rain is less, today is not Go, I don't know when I will wait until the next time.

Bai Yuehu nodded and understood.

"Will Lishou be resurrected?" Yin Xun recalled the killing of Spring God before, and asked Bai Yuehu expectantly.

But this time, Bai Yuehu didn't give a definite answer.

Lu Qingjiu had a bad heart, as expected, Bai Yuehu sighed softly: "As long as Autumn is still there, he will be resurrected."

Yin Xun relaxed after hearing this, and said with a smile, "That would be great."

Bai Yuehu glanced at Yin Xun: "But the premise is that there will be autumn."

Lu Qingjiu didn't understand that the four seasons are what they should be in the human world. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, time doesn't stop, and the four seasons will continue to flow.Hearing Bai Yuehu's meaning, could the four seasons also disappear?

Bai Yuehu continued: "There are four seasons to give birth to gods, Jumang is spring, Zhurong is summer, harvest is for seeking, Xuanming is east, these are the rules that only exist in the human world." There was some helplessness in his tone, "But in another world, there are no four seasons." There are 360 ​​and five days in a year, and every day has the same appearance, and there are no four seasons.

Without the four seasons, there is no need for the gods who control the four seasons. Of course, the dead will not be resurrected.

Both Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun understood the meaning of Bai Yuehu's words, and their eyes widened slightly, full of disbelief.

"Yuehu, do you mean that if the foreign world and the human world merge, then the four seasons will dissipate, and the dead four seasons gods will not be resurrected?" Lu Qingjiu said, "Is that so?"

Bai Yuehu nodded.

Now that the God of Spring and God of Autumn are dead, only the God of Xia, Zhu Rong, and the God of Winter, Xuanming, are left. Lu Qingjiu has seen Zhu Rong, but he has never heard about Xuanming, so he asked, wanting to know About Xuan Ming.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yuehu shook his head, saying that they hadn't heard the news about Xuan Ming for a long time. In this world where spiritual power is weak and beliefs are gradually fading, the God of Four Seasons can be said to be a god with relatively abundant divine power. Responsible for maintaining the rules of non-human beings living in the human world.Xuanming was supposed to be the overlord of one party, but he has disappeared for a long time. No one has any news about him, and no one knows his life or death.

"Is Zhu Rong okay?" Lu Qingjiu couldn't help worrying.

"Not for the time being." Bai Yuehu said, "Zhu Rong is the executioner, powerful, and the one who is the least likely to die." He said, "If he is gone, then this world is over."

The Four Seasons God can control the wind and rain according to the prayers and sacrifices of the believers, so that the world will become smooth and rainy, but they will not have this ability when they die. .

Fortunately, with the continuous development of human science and technology, the requirements for weather are not as harsh as in ancient times, but abnormal weather is still fatal to farmers. It is conceivable that a hailstorm or snowfall suddenly fell in midsummer. The crops will fail.

In front of nature, human beings are humble.

Rushou's death cast a shadow of melancholy on the whole family, and Lu Qingjiu was also depressed for a few days, but he quickly forced himself to pull himself together.He first dried the mushrooms brought down from the mountain, and then stewed chicken with the mushrooms. The rich aroma and taste diluted everyone's shadow of mushrooms.

At the end of September, it was the annual Mid-Autumn Festival again. Lu Qingjiu felt that the atmosphere at home was not very good recently, so he greeted everyone to cook a big meal together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then make some moon cakes and crabs to enjoy the moon.

The crabs were sent over from Zhu Miaomiao's side. They are all round and plump. The huge crab claws and plump crab paste are very attractive.Lu Qingjiu made mooncakes of various flavors a few days in advance, and secretly wrapped copper coins in the mooncakes to win the prize.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large table of various dishes was placed on the table. The most eye-catching thing is the spicy crab in the middle. Stir-fried together and cooked, there are soft sweet potato chips and onions inside.Both Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu ate quite a lot. At night, Lu Qingjiu saw that the weather was good, so he made tea and brought mooncakes to the yard. Everyone watched the moon and ate mooncakes together. The atmosphere was much better, but After eating the mooncakes, Lu Qingjiu didn't even eat the copper coins. He was a little confused, and muttered that he forgot to wrap it?I still lost a few months of cakes...

Yin Xun asked what happened to Lu Qingjiu.

"No, didn't you eat any hard things?" Lu Qingjiu was confused, "I baked five copper coins in the mooncakes...why didn't I eat any of them."

Both Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu's expressions changed.

Lu Qingjiu had a horrified guess, and looked at the two contented people who were eating mooncakes beside him in disbelief: "Hey, you two won't be able to eat it, will you?"

Yin Xun said: "I don't have one."

Bai Yuehu: "Me neither."

Lu Qingjiu was very suspicious, and wanted to see some clues from the expressions of the two, but Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu both looked innocent, which made Lu Qingjiu wonder if he had misunderstood them.

"You really haven't eaten?" Lu Qingjiu confirmed again.

"No." Yin Xun said, "I can't bite."

Bai Yuehu also shook his head.

Lu Qingjiu could only let it go, and stop entangled in this matter.

Just waiting for Lu Qingjiu to enter the room to get hot water and prepare to add tea, Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu looked at each other, and they both saw guilt in each other's eyes. Yin Xun whispered: "I ate two..." He thought it was rock sugar and swallowed it whole.

Bai Yuehu stretched out three fingers, he was much crueler than Yin Xun, he didn't notice the copper coins at all, but felt that the stuffing was a little hard, and then crunched and swallowed it all.

After the two of them said this, Lu Qingjiu just came back, and their expressions changed back to the calm and calm look before, pretending that nothing happened.

It seems that Lu Qingjiu's luck is really not very good, he didn't even get a single copper coin, as for what he got...is it considered to be eaten if he swallowed it?

The author has something to say: Yin Xun: This piece is a bit big, but it will be fine if you swallow it.

Bai Yuehu: This piece is a bit hard, it will be fine if you chew it.

Lu Qingjiu: Meow meow? ? ?