Chapter 121: An Endless Wheat Field
"Our town is in the south, and the farmers come here to harvest the wheat, and there is endless wheat here all year round. Many people did not want to come here, they felt that it was too far away, and I was the only one who carried a basket and a sickle to each of them to cut the wheat. I don't like to be interrupted at work, and cutting wheat with them affects my speed. β
The farmer bundles a bunch of wheat, throws it behind him, and continues to harvest the next bunch.
"Of course, there is another reason, strangers will appear from the end of the wheat field, and there have been strangers a long time ago, and it seems that this statement is true. β
"Are the strangers who came here still there?"
"They took it for a few days, and then they leftβ" the farmer breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand, put his hands on his waist, and squinted at the end of the wheat field. But in a blink of an eye, his eyes were attracted by the clouds, his fair skin, long ice-blue hair draped over his shoulders, his slender eyebrows like ice and snow spread gently, and the black pupils in his smart eyes radiated light. Although Haiyun's appearance is not as captivating as her sister Princess Weiwei, in the ordinary world, she is a great beauty that is rare in people for a thousand years.
"-Haha!" the farmer put down the sickle in his hand and patted his head, his short black hair still sticking to Maimang, "little girl, you are so beautiful, I thought it was a god at that moment!!haha-I said, the voice is so sweet, it must be a great beauty-" The farmer let out a hearty laugh.
Haiyun scratched his head, a little overwhelmed.
"But, alas, alasβ" the farmer looked at Haiyun, "girl, you are only twenty years old this year, are you, and if I were twenty years younger, I would have haunted you, but now that I have a wife and two children, I will not be able to think about these things anymore when I am married." β
"You must love your wife and children. β
The farmer wiped the beads of sweat like ants from his forehead and smiled happily, "They are my favorite people, although my wife is not as beautiful as the girl, but she is the most beautiful in my eyes, girl, don't be unhappy, hahaha......"
"Where's it~"
"Although my two children are not smart, but they are very sensible, they are going to school today, so they did not come to help, if you come in normal times, maybe you can see the three of us! The boy is called Zhu Qing, the girl is called **, Zhu Qing is quick with hands and feet, and the speed of cutting wheat is about to surpass me, ** ingenious, everything is done safely, the harvested wheat is handed over to her to bundle, don't worry about the wheat scattered on the way. β
Haiyun is very envious of the farmer's happy family life, and compared with himself in the royal family, perhaps the ordinary life may be more peaceful.
"Well, girl, you haven't answered my question yet?"
"Huh?"
"You're only twenty years old!"
Haiyun smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I'm almost one hundred and twenty years old......"
"You're really kidding. The farmer stretched, bent down and picked up the sickle on the ground, and began to work again, "There will be a girl like you who is more than a hundred years old, and a person who is more than a hundred years old is not an old woman?" The farmer pointed to his short black hair and said, "My hair used to be very thick, but now, hehe, I'm afraid I'll be bald in ten years." β
"You've lived here for forty years?"
"yes, I've lived here since my grandfather. For generations, our ancestors had only one job, and that was to harvest wheat. My grandfather, my father, and I were the fastest wheat harvesters in the town, and at the end of the day, we could harvest close to three acres of wheat. β
"How big is three acres?" Haiyun looked at the empty wheat field behind the farmer, she was naturally curious with no farming experience.
"Girl, at first glance, you are a person who has never done farm work, ordinary people can only harvest one and a half acres of wheat a day, the speed can be close to two and a half acres, and the only person who can achieve three acres is our family. The farmer smiled, sweating all over his body, "Let me tell you a secret, the reason why we harvest wheat so quickly is to pay attention to a concentration, which is why I have to come so far away, working alone is more spiritual." And the deeper you go, the better the wheat grows, I really don't understand, obviously you can harvest more by taking a few more steps, but no one wants to take an extra step - when I was a child, my father told me that no matter what I do, I must do my best, to think, to improve, what I should do, how to do better. So I've spent my whole life figuring out how to harvest wheat as fast as possible, haha, so I'm the fastest one to harvest wheatβ"
The farmer was talking about the busy farming, and the work did not stop, and the large fields of golden wheat were harvested in a hurry, and in a short time the wheat field was harvested. Haiyun stood beside the farmer and listened intently to the stories he told, which he had difficulty learning from books.
From the farmer's mouth, Haiyun learned that the people here lived in a small town, and the name of the town was Karn. There are about 10,000 people in Karn, but there are not many people, and the town is well equipped, with a bazaar, blacksmiths, sewing shops, flower shops, and all kinds of shops. Most of the people in the town have never traveled too far and have lived in this town for the rest of their lives. Of course, there are still some curious people who have walked out of the town, but they are all blocked by the difficult terrain. To the north of the town is a golden wheat field, which the farmer calls Noah's wheat field, which Noah means to create. Further north, through the whole field of Noah's wheat field, is the high mountain that Haiyun had seen before, which was the Gonggar Mountain, which was so high that no one could climb it. To the east of Noah's wheat field are barren hills that stretch for thousands of miles, without any trees or vegetation, and the hills have no name, because the people of the town rarely give this ugly place a name. As for the west, there are still mysterious golden wheat fields, and there is no horizon in sight. The river Haiyun had seen before was the Bana River, which was left from the Gonggar Mountains and irrigated the entire Noah's wheat fields and flowed into the town of Karn. The Bana River is of extraordinary significance to the people of Karn, as it gives birth to the entire town of Karn, providing them with water and food.
The farmer told the story until sunset, and Haiyun listened patiently. The farmer did not think that this was an interruption to his work, because with such a beautiful girl by his side, his efficiency at work must have been improved accordingly.
The afterglow of the setting from the endless wheat fields to the west shone on the happy smile on the farmer's face, and finally he mentioned the so-called strangers.
"Girl, it's still that question, you should be a stranger!"
"Yes. Haiyun nodded.
"Since you're a stranger, I think you all have only one purpose, and that is to get out of here. "The farmer said as he busied himself with baling the wheat he had harvested," said the townspeople, and the strangers who came here would leave. It's been a long time since there have been no strangers in the town, and I guess you'll scare them when you go to Karntown!"
Haiyun smiled, "In that case, sir, can you tell me how to get out of here?"
"Of course!" said the farmer, putting down the wheat in his hand and clearing his throat, with a strange smile on his face, a smile that Haiyun seemed to have seen somewhere, "Lord Yatina told me to give you this, and if you do what he says, you will be able to leave this world." β
The farmer pulled out three small bags from his trousers, which were carved with black and white demon-like patterns.
"This is indeed Lord Yatina's. Haiyun took the three small bags with confidence, and was about to open them, but was stopped by the farmer.
"Mistress Yatina said that the three sachets should only be opened when you have no clue, otherwise the sachets above will be ineffective. β
Haiyun nodded, this farmer was not an ordinary person in this world at all. For them, the existence of Yatina and Bernard should be on the same level as God, that is, Noah in their mouth. But since he knew that God existed, he could explain why he met him here.
Maybe everything was secretly arranged by Yatina.
"Girl, let us say goodbye, for strangers have stranger affairs, and I have to bundle three acres of wheat, which will cost you a great deal of time. The farmer kept his head down, and his dexterous hands quickly knotted and bandaged, like a master of needlework, "and down the Bana River, you will see the village of Karn, and when you get to the village of Karn, you will know what to do." β
Haiyun nodded, and after saying goodbye to the farmer, he did as he said, and went down the Bana River. The view was still clear after the sun had set, and the bright moonlight reflected on the vast surface of the Bana River, like a bright lamp illuminating the darkness.
As the farmer said, the closer you get to the town of Karn, the more obvious the signs of the wheat field being harvested, and the farmers pack up the wheat they have harvested for the day and ride their wagons in the direction of the town of Karn. Even at night, Haiyun's beauty still attracts everyone's attention, "Hello, stranger!" Whenever Haiyun meets a farmer, they send out a simple greeting. Chatting with them, Haiyun also found it very interesting.
After more than two hours of walking, at the end of the wheat field, Haiyun finally saw the so-called town of Karn.