Pick up a dragon cub to farm

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Xiaoqi pushed the cart to the door, and saw two "Knights in Tsing Yi", one big and one small, coming out of the yard.Wen Yuren's green clothes made him slender, tall and handsome, but the little dragon cub he was leading was tightly covered by a wide cloak that mopped the floor.

"This, this is... Daoist Wen? And the baby dragon?" The young man burst out laughing, "Why are you two dressed like 'heroes'?"

"I'm afraid of the sun, and it's afraid of people." Wen Yuren replied lightly, "It's getting late, let's go."

"Hey - good!"

The man put the fruit basket shrouded in cold air on the cart, and covered it with two layers of cloth to block light and heat.Then the little dragon cub also staggered up.

After packing up, they set off.Along the way, Xiaoqi, who loves to chat, chattered non-stop: "Master Wen, I want to inquire about the price of fish by the way when I go back to the town. In our village, it is difficult to grow fruit, but it is close to the Xianghe River, and fishing is easy." It's easy..."

The man listened indifferently, occasionally turning his head to look at the situation of Nanvortex.It was a rare time to go far away, and the little dragon cub was sitting on the cart with a big face. Whenever Wen Yuren turned his head, it would show an innocent smile and say "hey".

After Wen Yuren carried it on his back, the restless little dragon cub stretched out his claws from time to time to tease Wen Yuren's snow-white hair hanging behind his head.And once the mischievous paw was caught by Wen Yuren, it would tap the back of the man's hand twice with the other paw, making a cry of joy.

After walking for almost half an hour, the crowd in front of him became dense, Wen Yuren turned around and put the hood on Nan Zuo's head. "When the Melon and Fruit Festival is over, I'll take you to a restaurant and buy something good to eat."

Nan Guo nodded obediently, gathered up his robe with his little paws, and carefully hid his tail.

"Hey, Daoist Wen, look, isn't that the village head Chen of our village?"

Lu Xiaoqi suddenly patted Wen Yuren's arm.Following the direction he pointed, both Wen Yuren and Nan Guo saw a group of people hurrying in front of them.One of the chubby figures walked forward empty-handed, while the other two men were dragging the cart just like them.

"I heard that the village head of our village goes to the Melon and Fruit Festival every year, and it really does this time!"

But Wen Yuren and Nan Guo's eyes were fixed on the two men pulling the cart next to the village head—they were none other than Lao Li and Xiao Kangzi who had bullied Xiaolong's cub several times!

Wen Yuren frowned, and asked Lu Xiaoqi: "Xiaoqi, what is the relationship between the other two people and Chen Erping, why did they go with him?"

"You are talking about Li Tan and Kang Xiaoding?" Lu Xiaoqi explained, "They are both cousins ​​of Village Chief Chen! Hey, Taoist Master, you rarely deal with people in the village. You don't know, if they didn't The cousin of the village chief, how could he have the guts to dominate the village and bully people everywhere?"

Wen Yuren glanced back imperceptibly, meeting the eyes of the little dragon cub.He nodded slightly, signaling Nanvortex not to be frightened.

Nan Zuo looked ahead vigilantly.Those two people recognized themselves, and they suffered losses twice at their own hands, so they must not be discovered by them when they go back to the town!

It decided to keep its mouth shut all day long and never cause trouble.

After arriving in the town, Nan Zuo tucked his claws into his wide sleeves, and gently lifted up the corner of the hood with his sleeves.Big blue eyes peered out through the cyan fabric.

There are so many people in the town, much more lively than the village.

The wide streets are full of traffic and bustling.All kinds of small businesses and hawkers on the street were yelling hard, selling all kinds of food, drink and interesting gadgets. Nan Guo even saw an old man holding a lot of candied haws strings, singing and selling along the street.

Xiaolong's stomach grumbled, a little hungry.

After walking forward for a quarter of an hour, they came to the center of the town.From far away, I could hear the sound of "dong dong rumbling" drums and people's loud yelling. Nan Voo stretched his neck carefully, and saw the lights and festoons in front of him, the lanterns were hung high, and the decoration was very festive.A wide platform was set up in the very center of the street, and a huge banner was erected on it, with a few big characters written on it: "Fengjian Town Guomeng", and a circular seal was added behind it.

Wen Yuren took out the application letter and went to submit it, leaving Lu Xiaoqi and the little dragon cub sitting on the cart.As soon as he left, the young man couldn't wait to sneak up to Nan Dio, and patted it on the head: "Don't be afraid, Long Bao, Xiao Qi will protect you!"

Nan Zuo under the hood whimpered and stuck out his tongue.

"Baby dragon, are you thirsty, let me feed you water!"

At this time, it was July, and the weather was hot, which made the mouth dry.Nan Zuo took the water bottle from Xiaoqi and opened his mouth to drink when suddenly a hoarse male voice came from behind him.

"Isn't this Lu Xiaoqi? What are you doing here?"

When the dragon cub heard it, his body stiffened immediately - that was clearly Lao Li's voice!He didn't know when he walked around behind them and spoke.

Lu Xiaoqi was calm and unhurried.He picked up the water bottle and smiled easily: "Of course Daoist Wen and I are here to participate in the Melon and Fruit Festival."

"Melon and Fruit Festival? What are you bringing to participate in the Melon and Fruit Festival?" Lao Li seemed very disbelieving, "The white-haired demon grows flowers, when did he switch to fruit?"

"Wen Daochang is an orthodox Taoist descendant from Qingyun Temple, not a demon!" Lu Xiaoqi was a little angry when he heard him belittle Wen Yuren so bluntly, "We are here to participate in the Melon and Fruit Festival, of course we are competing with melons and fruits! "

Nan Zuo, who was staying under his robe, glanced at his fruit basket. Under the tightly covered floral cloth, there was the fruit of his blood and sweat for the past month.

That must be the best and sweetest fruit!

Hearing this, Lao Li said disdainfully: "The two best fruit fields in our village are at my cousin's house. The other fields are either without sunlight or are far away from the water. Where can we grow fruit."

"That's right," Xiaokangzi agreed, "I advise you to go home and grow flowers honestly, and don't be whimsical all day long!"

They both sneered and ridiculed, but Lu Xiaoqi did not forget Wen Yuren's instructions.He turned his head coldly and ignored it.

Seeing that Xiao Qi ignored him, Xiao Kangzi spat hard, "You idiot, you don't know good people. I'll just wait for you to embarrass yourself at the Melon and Fruit Festival!" After that, he went to the village head with Lao Li up.

After the two left, Xiao Qi fed some water to the dragon cub, "Those two guys are too annoying. Baby dragon, you must surprise them this time at the Melon and Fruit Festival!"

Nan Nuo let out a low growl, and patted his chest confidently with his little paw.After a while, slap them in the face hard, and see who is the last one who is ashamed!

After Wen Yuren came back, they went under the ring together.Every participating fruit farmer set up a stall along the street, and stood on both sides of the road with the fruits grown by himself, to welcome passers-by and fruit shop owners to watch.

The stalls were divided according to the villages, so Wen Yuren and the others inevitably stood together with the village chief and his party.

"Come on, let's take out the fruit!"

Xiao Kangzi and Lao Li yelled and untied the bundled cloth strips, and took out a medium-sized wooden box from it.There was a protective charm affixed to the outside of the box. Lao Li tapped the paper twice with his index finger, and the spell fell off automatically, and the box opened.

Nan Voo watched intently through the gap in his cloth robe.Judging from the aura retained on the rune, it is a special talisman to protect the things inside the box.With it, the fresh things in this wooden box will not be scorched by the scorching sun.

Lu Xiaoqi uncovered the cloth and took out the covered bamboo basket from underneath.

Holding his exquisite fresh-keeping box, Xiao Kangzi looked at the plain bamboo basket in Xiaoqi's hand, and couldn't help laughing: "I can't even afford a decent fresh-keeping box. It's so hot, your fruits won't be able to eat." Got bugs!"

Wen Yuren opened the fruit basket calmly, and a puff of white mist suddenly appeared inside.The cold air suddenly overflowed and slowly drifted away.

Although they couldn't buy an expensive fresh-keeping box, the ice mouse's secret method of freezing can achieve a better fresh-keeping effect.No matter how hot it is, the cool air in the basket will not dissipate easily.

"Ah, this..."

The inconspicuous fruit basket was filled with cool air, and the juicy melons and fruits loomed under the cool mist, showing a beautiful outline, Xiaokangzi was dumbfounded for a moment.Looking at his fresh-keeping box which could only shade but not moisturize, he closed his mouth sourly.

"Okay, okay. Turn around, don't worry about the others."

A hoarse male voice came, and it was Chen Erping, the village head of Xizhuang who spoke.He carelessly opened the big black umbrella and kicked it on the ground, covering the three of them and the fruit box in the shadow.Lao Li and Xiao Kangzi quickly turned around and faced forward, not bothering Wen Yuren and the others anymore.

"It's Boss Xu from Xianguoji." Lu Xiaoqi recognized the middle-aged man walking along the street with sharp eyes. "Whether you can get the order or not depends on his evaluation!"

The main judges of this melon and fruit festival are the owners of various fruit shops, restaurants and snack stalls in Fengjian Town.They will walk through the streets full of fruit stalls one by one, check and appreciate the fruit on each stall one by one, and choose the most favorite partners among the fruit farmers participating in the festival to sign orders.

The Melon and Fruit Festival in Fengjian Town has been held for many times.It was the first time for Nanzuo Wen Yuren to participate, and almost none of the bosses in the town knew them.But Chen Erping is different. He has participated in the melon and fruit festival several times, and he is very familiar with the fruit shops in the town.When Boss Xu from Xianguoji came over, he immediately squeezed through the crowd and held Boss Xu's hand.

"Old Xu, you are here!"

The chubby village chief's eyes were narrowed with a smile.He seemed to have known Boss Xu for a long time, and warmly welcomed Boss Xu to his booth.

"Come and take a look, this is new this year - watermelon, mango, big strawberry!"

Lao Li and Xiao Kangzi took out the fruits in the box one by one and put them on the wooden board.The appearance is really good, no wonder, Chen Erping occupies the best large piece of land in the village, with the most abundant sunlight and water, and the fruits he grows are not inferior to those in other villages.

"Squeak!"

An orange-yellow rat-shaped beast jumped onto the cart.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it swaggered to the fresh-keeping box, grabbed a strawberry with its two little paws, and stuffed it into its mouth.

"It's a fruit rat."

Lu Xiaoqi said to Wen Yuren and Nan Guo, who saw this kind of rat for the first time: "This is a strange animal specially raised by Xianguoji to identify the quality of fruit. Fruit-eating rats love to eat fruits, and they are also the most picky. Anything that is slightly rotten It can detect fruits with moths and moths, and it also has extremely high requirements for the umami taste of fruits.”

Wen Yuren was a little surprised, "Boss Xu asked a strange beast to identify the quality of the fruit for him?"

"That's right, it's very powerful. Fruit-eating rats are keenly aware of the details that ordinary people can't distinguish with the naked eye, such as the amount of water in the fruit and whether there is any erosion inside." Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoqi also Slightly nervous, he glanced at their shabby little basket.

"Woo!" Nanwo didn't dare to yell loudly, but grabbed Xiao Qi's arm from under his sleeve, squeezed it firmly, and signaled him to relax.

The fruits used to participate in the Melon and Fruit Festival are carefully selected one by one by him and the ice mouse, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed.

The fruit-eating rat ate two strawberries, wiped his mouth, and then ate a piece of mango and a small piece of watermelon.Then it stood upright on its two hind legs, and at the same time a few yellow hairs on the top of its head also stood up.

"squeak!"

"The fruit-eating rat has been identified." Lu Xiaoqi whispered to Wen Yuren and Nan Guo, "It is said that the hair on the top of its head stands up according to its mood, and the more hairs on its head, it means that it eats more happily."

Nan Zuo looked at this scene in amazement, and really counted it. This time, the fruit-eating rat raised four hairs in total.Then when it comes to its side, there must be more than four vertical hairs!

After chatting with Chen Erping for a while, Boss Xu readily gave the contract "token" - a tail hair of a fruit-eating mouse, golden yellow, slender and very beautiful.

After watching the melons and fruits of Mr. Chen's house, Boss Xu walked towards Wen Yuren's cart next.And Lao Li and Xiao Kangzi wanted to see Wen Yuren make a fool of themselves, so they quietly followed Boss Xu.

Nan Zuo saw that the two people had no good intentions, and was afraid that they would come to make trouble again.Sure enough, before Boss Xu could open his mouth, Xiao Kangzi said first, "Boss Xu, these three are also from our Xizhuang. This white hair is originally a foreigner. He has been planting flowers in our village for two years, but this year he changed to fruit for some reason. "

Wen Yuren was neither humble nor overbearing, he just cupped his hands at Boss Xu: "Boss Xu, I'm Wen Yuren, from Xizhuang."

Boss Xu was still polite, and made a "please" gesture to him.

"Hmph, I'd like to see what this white hair can come up with!" Lao Li muttered, and the bosses who came to taste came forward and gathered around the cart.

Wen Yuren unhurriedly lifted the lid on the small basket.A faint cool mist cleared away, and the fruits in full bloom immediately revealed their true colors.

"hiss--"

Everyone gasped.I saw all kinds of melons and fruits neatly arranged in the basket, all of which were bright in color and tender.

Boss Xu narrowed his eyes slightly.Originally, he didn't have any expectations for the new faces at the Fruit Festival, but now he became interested: "Mr. Wen, you planted these?"

Wen Yuren replied in a low voice: "This year, the family bought a few acres of new fields. The red bayberries, plums, peaches, and grapes were all cultivated recently."

Boss Xu took out a red bayberry from it, looked at it carefully in front of his eyes, stroked it with his fingertips, and took it to his nose to smell it for a while.

"The color is bright and rosy, and the appearance is very good. If you don't mind, sir, I would like the fruit-eating mouse to taste it."

The man nodded, "Please go ahead."

As soon as the words fell, the Fruit Eater couldn't wait to jump on the cart in front of him.It stood by the fruit pile and thought for a while, then picked out a grape and put it in its mouth.

"Crack clap..."

As soon as the front teeth were bitten down, the purple grapes immediately overflowed with juice, which was extremely sweet.The fruit rat carefully ate the whole grape, and the hair on the top of its head immediately stood up.

"Woo!" Seeing this, Nan Zuo secretly clenched his fist, feeling very encouraged.It stared intently. Although it was nervous, it was not disturbed, because it knew that the melons and fruits it cultivated with spiritual energy were definitely full of vitality and sufficient water!

The fruit-eating mice tasted the remaining fruit seeds one by one, and they were all delicious and tender.Every time it eats one, the fluff on the top of its head will stand up.After the last bite of peach was eaten, the fruit-eater rubbed its belly in satisfaction, and two fluffs stood up!

In this way, Nanwo's booth got a total of five pricks!

Little Dragon Cub glanced to the side, and saw Lao Li and Xiao Kangzi staring straight at this side, gnashing their teeth with anger and hatred.It covered its mouth and sneered for a while, and saw the fruit-eating mouse earnestly pluck a golden hair from its tail, and handed it to Wen Yuren, heaving a deep sigh of relief.

After Boss Xu left the token, he exchanged thanks with Wen Yuren, and then walked leisurely to the next fruit farmer.

Quality is the last word.After seeing and tasting the fruit shop owners who came over, they all praised Wen Yuren's melons and fruits, and left orders one after another.After a round of exhibition reviews, Wen Yuren counted the orders in hand, and found that the total amount of all kinds of fruits ordered by the fruit shop has exceeded one thousand catties, which is really a big order.

"There will be passers-by watching the ceremony, melon and fruit direct sales and various programs, let's go and see."

When the order was received, the two rejoiced together.Ignoring the three exasperated gazes, they pushed the cart and withdrew from the side of the street.

"Look, there is a foreign fruit store in front of you!"

Lu Xiaoqi suddenly shouted loudly.Looking in the direction he pointed, I saw people watching the excitement in front surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.Among the crowd is a high platform, on which there are a few foreigners with colorful hair and pupils, singing and dancing; on both sides of the stage are long shelves filled with all kinds of exotic fruits , Many people are carrying baskets and sacks, happily picking inside.

"Let's go, let's buy some to try."

Wen Yuren tied the cart to the open space on the side of the street, picked up the little dragon cub, and walked towards the foreigner's fruit stand with Lu Xiaoqi.

In the midst of the commotion, Nan Nuo straightened his neck with great effort, and saw clearly the strangely shaped fruits on the wooden stand.

"Come on, everyone is here to buy berries!" The dark-skinned stall owner from a foreign country spoke a bad Qing language, and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Blackberry, blueberry, yellowberry, purpleberry, cranberry——South China Sea Don’t miss the native fruit of China, come and see it!”

There are colorful raspberries on the stalls, all of which have never been produced in Qingguo.Nan Zuo looked at it strangely, those raspberries were bright and of different sizes, as if there were many beautiful and colorful little pearls adorned on them.It couldn't help "Gudu" swallowing.

Hearing the little guy's swallowing sound, Wen Yuren took out a small cloth bag full of copper coins and said to the stall owner, "Grab a handful of every kind of raspberry."

The stall owner nodded cheerfully, "Okay!"

Lu Xiaoqi watched him bag Wen Yuren, and couldn't help swallowing.He lightly poked Nan Guo's head, "Why don't you leave the raspberry seeds behind and try to plant Long Bao?"

Through the robe, he heard the little dragon cub's "cheech" laughter, as if agreeing with his thoughts.The young man was overjoyed immediately, if Long Bao could also grow raspberries from the South China Sea, he would be lucky!

After buying raspberries, the three of them walked inside while eating.Taking advantage of the popularity of the Melon and Fruit Festival, not only fruit farmers, but also all kinds of stalls and hawkers are enthusiastically opening up, and the streets are very lively.

Wen Yuren held Nan Dio in his arms, and bought a lot of delicious things along the way: pumpkin cakes, mung bean soup, mutton skewers, and the kind of candied haws that Uncle Feng brought back last time.The little dragon cub's paws were full of food, and his mouth was so stuffed that it could barely hold it.It leaned comfortably in Wen Yuren's arms, feeling quite happy.

As he was walking, Nan Zuo suddenly saw many passers-by gathered in front of him, and he didn't know what they were doing.

"Oh...there is a loop in front!"

There is an array of bamboo sticks in the open space on the street, and a note with words is hung on each erected bamboo stick.On the other side, corresponding to these numbers, there are ring prizes.

People get rings from the stall owner, and three copper coins can be thrown ten times. Whichever bamboo stick is caught, they will get the corresponding prize according to the size on it.

Seeing that there are quite a lot of prizes on the side, there are snacks like peanuts and melon seeds, as well as toys like wooden swords and leather balls, Xiaoqi is eager to try.He took the copper plate and asked the boss for ten circles, then stood a foot away and threw the circles forward.

Nanwo felt itchy to see it, and wanted to try it too.It caught the farthest bamboo stick at a glance, and its prize corresponded to a delicate wooden pony.The boss fiddled with the clockwork mechanism behind the wooden pony, and the pony started walking on its own, which was very interesting.

However, the bamboo stick is the farthest away, and there are several longer bamboo sticks in front of it, even if it can be thrown, it may be blocked, and the difficulty in the sleeve is very high.

Xiaoqi was lucky, and within seven chances, he won the two bamboo sticks that were closer together, and got a bag of crispy roasted peanuts and a piece of red hair rope as prizes.

"Long Bao also wants to play?"

There were three circles left, Xiao Qi saw that the little dragon cub was about to move, so he gave it all the circles.After Nan Zuo carefully wrapped up his disguise, he took a circle and wobbled forward, and under the eyes of everyone watching, he threw it with all his might!

I saw—the circle flew forward slowly, less than three feet away, and landed on the ground with a slap.

Seeing this, the onlookers couldn't help laughing.

"This little brat can't even throw the nearest bamboo stick!"

Nan Zuo looked at the circle he threw, and at the laughing passers-by around him, feeling extremely embarrassed.Its arms are short and its strength is weak, and it really didn't even throw half a foot.

His self-esteem was hit, and the little dragon cub walked back with his head drooping, and shrank behind Wen Yuren's long legs, unwilling to come out again.

At this time, the man suddenly squatted down and asked it: "Which one do you want?"

Realizing that Wen Yuren was asking himself seriously, Nan Guo turned around timidly, and pointed to the wooden pony in the pile of prizes.

Wen Yuren understood, took the last two circles from the dragon cub's claws, and walked forward.