Fantasy Farm

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Qingjiu started to prepare for the winter.Last year was inexperienced, and the preparations were a bit late. The winter in Shuifu Village was more difficult than he imagined. This year's situation may not look better than last year, so it is better to prepare all the things at home earlier. .

It's just that the weather hasn't completely cooled down at this time, and some food can't be stored for the time being. Lu Qingjiu first stocked up dry goods and other supplies that are easy to store, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, coal and other daily necessities that will definitely be used.

The generator that Lu Qingjiu wanted to buy was not available in the town yet, so he had no choice but to go to the city to buy one. He also bought diesel for the machine along with the generator. Lu Qingjiu bought quite a lot, so he could do it It will be used until February next year.

In addition to the most important generator, Lu Qingjiu bought a lot of quilts, bedding, down jackets and other items for his family, as well as coal for burning kang. He directly ordered a truckload of goods with the coal seller in the town. Take it home when you arrive.Candles, household batteries, desk lamps, torches and other small things, Lu Qingjiu did not buy less, just to prevent the home from being in the dark if something happened to the generator.

Hu Shu in the town saw Lu Qingjiu pulling large and small bags home, and it was a bit strange to pull these unusual daily necessities. He said that winter is still early, what are you doing, is it the end of the world? Stock up?

Lu Qingjiu said: "Isn't that right, you also remember to stock up on more food."

Hu Shu said in horror: "Really? Are you kidding me?" If someone said this, he would take it as a joke, but it was Lu Qingjiu who said it. Lu Qingjiu helped them so much before. They also saw that Lu Qingjiu's identity was unusual. As soon as he said this, Hu Shu immediately became nervous, "Is it really going to end the world?"

Lu Qingjiu was squatting on the ground picking duck eggs, but when he heard Hu Shu's nervous tone, he said, "Why are you so nervous?"

Hu Shu said: "It's going to be the end of the world, of course I'm going to be nervous."

Lu Qingjiu said: "You don't think I'm joking with you?"

Hu Shu: "..." He was silent for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Are you really joking with me?"

Lu Qingjiu showed helplessness.He could only explain the situation in Shuifu Village, saying that after it snowed, he would not be able to come to the town, so he had to prepare a lot of supplies for the winter. If it was really the end of the world, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

Hu Shu was relieved after listening, and enthusiastically expressed to Lu Qingjiu, if there is anything that can help, let Lu Qingjiu just say it.

Lu Qingjiu waved his hand to signal that he can leave, he hasn't chosen his egg yet.

The best duck eggs to make salted duck eggs are sea duck eggs. If you insert the salted duck eggs in this way with chopsticks, red oil will ooze out. You can use ordinary duck eggs to make preserved eggs. Lu Qingjiu really likes preserved eggs. However, both Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun were not very interested in this kind of egg that looked like mold, which was relatively rare.

In addition to duck eggs, Lu Qingjiu also purchased a lot of dry goods from the town. Dried seafood is a must. I bought a lot of squid, sea cucumber, dried shrimp and kelp. Besides dried seafood, there are also fungus vermicelli. , He has a complete set of things with a relatively long shelf life.

In order to buy these things, Lu Qingjiu spent almost 3 to [-] yuan. Among them, the generator he bought was a better one, and together with the diesel, he spent a full [-] yuan.Fortunately, their family is not short of money now, and because of the increased production of hair tonic, the numbers on the passbook are more beautiful.

Yin Xun looked at Lu Qingjiu as busy as a little ant moving house, and said, isn't it two months before winter, why is he so busy.

Lu Qingjiu said, who knows, if winter comes early and they haven't prepared anything, wouldn't they freeze to death in Shuifu Village?Yin Xun said yes, but the autumn harvest festival was coming, so he asked Lu Qingjiu if he could go.

Lu Qingjiu thought about it, and decided not to go. He went last year to establish a good relationship with the villagers. This year, he found that none of the villagers were alive. He always felt that it was strange to sacrifice with them.Yin Xun also expressed his understanding of this, so when the autumn harvest festival was approaching, Lu Qingjiu held their own autumn harvest festival at home.He also went to the town to buy a big pig's head, moved it home and kept it at home, put incense on it and began to worship Yin Xun who is a mountain god.

Yin Xun was a little embarrassed by Lu Qingjiu at the side.

After the pork sacrifice was over, Lu Qingjiu marinated it and ate it. It tasted very good. This year, their family didn't think it was too troublesome to raise pigs. Lu Qingjiu planned to raise two pigs next year. After all, the taste of pork at home is quite different from pork outside.In addition to pigs, he plans to raise two more lambs. By this time next year, he should be able to eat his own fat roast lamb.

In a blink of an eye, it was the National Day. Zhu Miaomiao originally wanted to come and play, but she had to work overtime, so she had to meet next year with tears in her eyes.National Day is the last holiday that you can come to Shuifu Village. By the time of New Year's Day, Shuifu Village has been covered with snow, and people can't get out or get in.

Autumn is a very satisfying season. The crops and vegetables in the field are ripe, and the branches are full of fruits. The most beautiful thing is the plump and round persimmons, which grow at the east end of the village, attracting people. to pick.Lu Qingjiu found an afternoon with good weather, and went to pick persimmons with Bai Yuehu. The two picked two big baskets. Lu Qingjiu originally wanted to eat as much as he could eat, and he used the rest to make persimmon cakes. In the end, he took a look at Bai Yuehu, who was eating persimmons without even peeling the skin, and finally gave up, saying: "Fox, you can save some, if there are more, let's make persimmons."

"Okay." Bai Yuehu agreed quite straightforwardly, "I'll just eat one basket."

Only then did Lu Qingjiu feel relieved.

Persimmons must be dried well in order to be easy to preserve and eat. Fortunately, there is not much rain this year and the sun is very sunny, so drying them should be no problem.Lu Qingjiu brought forward all the things that were supposed to be done in November, bought meat and casings, and prepared to start making bacon and bacon.This year he also plans to use beef to make bacon. Beef bacon is much more fragrant than pork. The important thing is that it can be eaten directly without cooking or steaming.The meat is moderately salty and chewy, and it is also good to eat as a snack while watching TV.

In addition to bacon, Lu Qingjiu also made a lot of cured pork ribs. These meats can be kept at home for a long time, so there is no need to worry about them getting spoiled.

After about a whole month of busy work, Lu Qingjiu, who turned into a hamster, finally packed their home to the brim, to the point where there wasn't even a single gap in the refrigerator's freezer.After it was full, Lu Qingjiu cleaned the cellar again, planning to wait for the temperature to come down again, then go to buy cabbage and put it in the cellar. Last year, I bought too little cabbage, so I had to save it. This year, I must buy more to avoid It was uncomfortable to have no food to eat in the end.In addition to cabbage, sweet potatoes are also essential. This kind of food is easy to store, and it is very hungry. The point is that they grow it at home, and the taste is particularly good.During the few days of harvest, Bai Yuehu carried several sacks home, and managed to collect all the sweet potatoes in the field.

Everything that needed to be prepared was prepared, and the rest had to wait for the temperature to be more suitable. In late October, Lu Qingjiu miraculously became idle.

With nothing else to do, he began to watch TV with Yin Xun every day. Bai Yuehu was not very interested in this kind of entertainment. He would rather lie in the yard and bask in the sun without thinking about anything.

"It's so boring." Yin Xun lay on the chair, "Can't we have some thrilling and exciting activities?"

Lu Qingjiu glanced at Yin Xun: "What thrilling and exciting activity?"

"I don't know." Yin Xun said, "It's so boring now, if it snows, we'll die of boredom."

Lu Qingjiu said: "I have prepared a lot of books, do you want to read them?"

"No." Yin Xun refused.

Lu Qingjiu felt that Yin Xun was short of pumping, and cast a slanted glance at him: "Then let me teach you an activity that can pass the time and make money at the same time."

Yin Xun: "What?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "You wait."

The next day, Lu Qingjiu went to the town to buy tools and put them in front of Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu.Yin Xun was stunned when he saw this thing, but Bai Yuehu didn't recognize it, so he poked the ball of thread and two needles in front of him and said, "What is this?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "Sweater line."

"Why do you buy sweater thread?" Yin Xun asked, "Do you know how to knit sweaters?"

Lu Qingjiu said that he doesn't know anything about knitting sweaters, but it doesn't matter, he has also prepared a complete book of knitting sweater patterns and colors, and if Yin Xun is willing, he can even download tutorials online. All in all, there are more methods than difficulties.

"Look, if you are bored, you can knit a sweater. When spring comes, the sweater can be sold in the town for money." Lu Qingjiu explained very understandingly, but in fact, he really felt that Yin Xun That look of being out of shit is very embarrassing.

Yin Xun: "..."

Feeling that his masculinity was insulted, Yin Xun firmly rejected Lu Qingjiu's proposal. Lu Qingjiu didn't mind it, but put the sweater needle and ball of yarn in a conspicuous position.

On the afternoon of the third day Yin Xun refused, Lu Qingjiu took a long nap and got up from the bed in a daze. He saw what Yin Xun was doing with his shoulders hunched. He took a closer look and found that Yin Xun was studying the colors of flowers. , Hearing his footsteps, he immediately wanted to put down the things in his hand, but it was too late.

"Do you have anything to say?" Lu Qingjiu asked him.

"It smells so good." Yin Xun said sadly while pinching the sweater needle.

It's colder and there's a lot less to do, no weeds growing in the yard, and no insects in sight.The land does not need to be sown or watered. As the temperature drops, the order of the entire world seems to be gradually stagnating.

Winter is also a season for nature to rest. Everything is quiet, and even the air exudes a lazy atmosphere.

Lu Qingjiu has been waiting for the first snow. He thought that the first snow would fall at the end of November like last year, but he didn't expect that this snow would fall at the beginning of November.Because of the snow, Lu Qingjiu hurried to the town, bought all the vegetables and fruits that should be bought, dragged them home and stored them in the cellar.It's just that this light snow is not accompanied by the coming tranquility, but another fire.

A fire broke out in the urban area, and the place where the fire started was a relatively remote warehouse. Fortunately, there were no casualties.But this fire is different from ordinary fires. It is said that Zhu Rong found the trace of the dragon at the scene of the fire.At first they thought that the trail belonged to Zhulong, but after Bai Yuehu left, they found that not only Zhulong was included, but Lu Qingjiu's grandfather Ao Run was also included.

However, they don't know why the two of them appeared in the same place at the same time, and why they created the fire.

Lu Qingjiu hadn't heard from his grandfather for a long time, since his grandfather was cut off by Zhu Rong, he disappeared from everyone's sight, and no one knew where he went.

The numerous snowflakes soon dyed the world in front of him the same color. Lu Qingjiu was wearing thick clothes, but he still felt cold.

Zhu Rong came to Shuifu Village before closing the mountain, and gave Lu Qingjiu a big bag of ginger tea that was said to be very special. Bai Yuehu said that this ginger tea was fused with the power of Zhu Rong, which could warm the body and make people feel warm. Lu Qingjiu's winter is not so difficult.

Lu Qingjiu huddled into a ball, gasping: "It's really early for the snow to fall."

Bai Yuehu said: "Well, it's quite early."

Lu Qingjiu said: "I haven't eaten this year's mutton, but it's okay, I have a lot of it in the refrigerator, but it's not as delicious as the fresh one."

Bai Yuehu said: "It's okay, I like everything."

The first snowfall was not too heavy, and the mountain road could barely pass. Lu Qingjiu was still grateful, but the first snowfall only stopped for a day, and the second snowfall fell.

The snow was so heavy that it fluttered like a curtain, covering the whole world. Standing outside, you couldn't even see people five meters away.As the snow fell, Shuifu Village also fell into a strange silence, and there was no longer a single villager outside.Lu Qingjiu was really curious about where the villagers went, so he cheekily climbed into Li Xiaoyu's house next door from the fence, wanting to see what their family members were doing in winter.

Because the clothes were too thick, Lu Qingjiu crawled over with great difficulty, and fell into the snow, leaving a complete butt mark in the snow. After getting up, he looked at Li Xiaoyu's house. In the yard, it was confirmed that there was no one in Li Xiaoyu's house - the snow in the yard didn't even have a trace of trampling on it. He went to the window and took a look, and saw that there was no light in the house.

"Is anyone here? Is anyone here?" Lu Qingjiu called out twice, but naturally there was no answer. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door, only to find that the door of Li Xiaoyu's house was unlocked, and he pushed it casually opened.

Yin Xun, who was standing by the fence and watching, hurriedly asked, "Is there anyone at home?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "No one, it's just that the door of his house is not closed."

Yin Xun said, "You want to go in and have a look?"

Lu Qingjiu said: "There shouldn't be anything wrong." Isn't Bai Yuehu still at home, it's just that he has no interest in participating in Lu Qingjiu's behavior as idle as Yin Xun, so he just He took a handful of fried melon seeds and sat in the yard watching Yin Xun and Lu Qingjiu mess around.

"I'm going in." Lu Qingjiu mustered up his courage.

He opened the door and entered, and saw that the room was dark, and it didn't look like anyone was there.There was no power outage in the village at this moment, Lu Qingjiu touched the switch on the wall next to him, and after turning it on, the room was enveloped by warm lights.

Although there was light, there was still no one. Lu Qingjiu thought that Li Xiaoyu's family had disappeared just like that, until he walked near the bedroom, took a look inside, and was startled by the scene in the bedroom.I saw a few people lying straight on the beds in the bedroom. Those people were wearing thin autumn clothes, without any cold-proof clothing, and they just lay on the bed.And these people are clearly Li Xiaoyu's family. It seems that the villagers of Shuifu Village did not disappear in the winter, but just lay in bed all winter, until the warm spring breeze melted the cold snow before getting up and continuing their activities.

Seeing this scene, Lu Qingjiu turned around and left, and quickly climbed back to his home from the fence.

Yin Xun said, "What did you see?"

Lu Qingjiu rubbed his red hands from the cold and described the situation in the room.

Yin Xun felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it, saying that they would just lie in the house all winter...

"En." Lu Qingjiu said, "No wonder the whole village is so quiet in winter. Last year I thought it was because everyone was afraid of the cold and didn't want to go out..." As he was talking, Bai Yuehu who was sitting next to him stretched out his hand , wrapped Lu Qingjiu's cold hand in his palm, his palm was hot, after slowly rubbing, Lu Qingjiu's hand quickly returned to temperature.

"Have you played enough?" Bai Yuehu asked.

"Enough." Lu Qingjiu replied obediently.

"Go back to the house when you've had enough." Bai Yuehu said, "It's too cold outside, and it's going to snow again later."

Lu Qingjiu responded, but his feet didn't move. He was worried that if it snowed again, he might be so cold that he wouldn't even be able to leave the door. Why not stand outside to inhale the fresh air while the temperature is okay now.How could Bai Yuehu fail to see Lu Qingjiu's careful thinking, he bent his arms, and immediately hugged Lu Qingjiu, Lu Qingjiu was startled by Bai Yuehu's action, and hurriedly said: "Don't...don't I'll go by myself!"

Bai Yuehu didn't listen at all, and entered the room with Lu Qingjiu in his arms, and closed the door with one hand.

Standing outside the door, Yin Xun felt that his heart was really cold, let alone his mother's cold body, Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu had to feed him dog food, which made his fragile heart cold.

After being carried into the house, Bai Yuehu stuffed Lu Qingjiu with a big bowl of ginger soup, and under Bai Yuehu's stare, Lu Qingjiu had no choice but to drink it all.Although usually Bai Yuehu doesn't care about anything, but when it comes to Lu Qingjiu's health, he is not sloppy at all.

Lu Qingjiu's body warmed up quickly, and his cheeks turned red. He put down the bowl, and said, "When will this winter end?" When he spends time in the room, he feels uncomfortable.

Bai Yuehu said: "This winter will be a little longer."

Lu Qingjiu sighed.

Bai Yuehu said: "But I will always be with you."

Lu Qingjiu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and it happened that Yin Xun came in from outside the house at this moment, and he said casually: "Oh, the child is so old, you still say this, don't be ashamed."

Yin Xun: "????" You two can't stop talking.

Soon, the generators I bought came in handy. The public power supply here was cut off within a few days of snowfall. Along with the public power supply, TV signals and network cables were also broken. Less than one Within a month, they were completely isolated from the world.

Yin Xun became the one who found his own interest, knitting sweaters with relish, and even took out a soft measure to measure Lu Qingjiu's height and knit a sweater for him.

Lu Qingjiu was in a very complicated mood. Is knitting sweaters just that fun?

"Do you want to try it?" Yin Xun said, "It's really addictive."

Lu Qingjiu: "...try?"

Yin Xun: "Come, come, let me teach you, let's start with this..."

Bai Yuehu sitting next to him: "..." Is it really fun?

Just over a month later, one day when Zhu Rong came to Shuifu Village to look for Bai Yuehu for something, he knocked on the door and no one answered. When he came in, he saw three sitting on the kang with their heads bowed. Happy big man knitting a sweater.They raised their heads upon hearing the sound, and three pairs of eyes fell on Zhu Rong at the same time.

"... bothering you?" Zhu Rong didn't know what to say.

Lu Qingjiu silently put down the sweater in his hand. He has been trying to knit a pair of earmuffs for Bai Yuehu's furry ears these days, and he is working hard on knitting. At this moment, he can only pretend that nothing happened. Said: "No, no, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Zhu Rong was silent for a moment: "It's nothing serious."

When Bai Yuehu heard that there was nothing serious, he continued. He focused on the sweater needles in front of him. He planned to knit a sweater for Lu Qingjiu. The money in the family was earned by Lu Qingjiu, so he usually brought some fresh clothes at most. After returning from the food, there was nothing to give to Lu Qingjiu, and now he suddenly found that he had a special gift to give to his lover, so he was naturally very happy, as for what Zhu Rong came to do - it didn't matter.

The room was quiet for a while, and the atmosphere became more and more embarrassing. Finally, Lu Qingjiu couldn't stand it any longer. With an awkward smile, he got up and asked Zhu Rong if he wanted to have lunch before leaving. He just planned to do it.

Zhu Rong thought about it and agreed.

When Bai Yuehu heard that Zhu Rong was going to have lunch here, he was a little unhappy, but Zhu Rong was invited by Lu Qingjiu, and he couldn't just drive him out, so he looked over with unkind eyes.Zhu Rong had long been used to Bai Yuehu's food protection, so he didn't care about it at all, and even sat down beside Lu Qingjiu naturally.

"Let's have pork stewed vermicelli today." Lu Qingjiu was thinking about the recipe, "And then a piece of kelp shredded in cold salad, fried bacon..."

Zhu Rong said: "It's fine, you can do whatever you want, as simple as you want."

"Then you guys talk first, Yin Xun, come and help me." Lu Qingjiu called Yin Xun, and left the room to Bai Yuehu and Zhu Rong alone.

"Do you like life in the human world?" Zhu Rong asked after Lu Qingjiu left.

"You don't like it?" Bai Yuehu asked back.

Zhu Rong smiled and said, "Of course I like it." Otherwise, I wouldn't have worked so hard to maintain all this.

"What happened?" Bai Yuehu asked.

Zhu Rong sighed, his brows were a little tired, and he said, "It's nothing serious."

Bai Yuehu frowned slightly, and didn't believe Zhu Rong's answer, but Zhu Rong didn't intend to continue talking, and the two remained silent until Lu Qingjiu came in to say that the meal was ready, and the silence was broken.

"I'm very happy to see you like this." Zhu Rong finally said, "It would be great if all the dragons could meet the right person like you."

It's a pity that miracles are not miracles if they keep happening.

The author has something to say: Bai Yuehu: This is our token of love!

Lu Qingjiu took the sweater and changed into it with complicated emotions.