"This mushroom... Youkai too?" I asked.

"No, mushrooms are ordinary mushrooms, rulers are not picky monsters, as long as they are mushrooms, they can be parasitic, so each demon exterminator's ruler is different," Yu Ping took out a small box of brown sugar from his bag, "If a demon exterminator wants to have a ruler, you must figure out its taste, and then feed it with a specific food all year round, and when it gets used to this food, it will become your unique ruler." Yu Ping said as he picked up a small pinch of sugar and put it next to the green bud, the bud seemed to get a signal to open, and after swallowing the sugar in his hand, he stretched the petals, looking like a trumpet flower, "For example, my ruler likes sweets, I have been raising it with this sugar for five or six years, and it will only open when I encounter this kind of sugar." ”

Curious, I touched the petals with my hand, and it instantly retracted back into the bud.

"Haha, it's very recognizable, and unfamiliar flavors won't open up. "Only the kind of wild ruler that has never been raised will accept food from strangers, and if you want one, it's better to find the newborn juvenile ruler, which is a perennial hot item in the underground market." ”

"But how does it know where the recipient is?" I said, "the world is so big, what if the delivery is wrong?"

"This reflects the importance of having one," Yu Ping said, "The ruler can recognize your thoughts and find the recipient through the spore network, and then the ruler closest to the recipient will come to the other party, and the other party must pay a certain amount of food if they want to see the content of the letter, although it sounds complicated, but due to the existence of the spore network, the implementation process is still very efficient, but there are also some surprises." He fed his ruler some sugar again, and the petals stretched again, "For example, finding the wrong recipient, missing or delayed information, there is still a certain chance that these situations will happen in the wild ruler." ”

"You wouldn't raise it yourself?" I looked at the incredible little creature in front of me.

"Well, people who keep rulers for a long time basically have some fixed recipients, and after a long time, some kind of connection will be formed between the ruler and the ruler, and the chance of error is almost zero. ”

I also picked up a pinch of sugar like Yu Ping, but his ruler ignored me, "I really can't imagine how they accurately found each other." ”

"You can understand that they are a whole, and the countless rulers are like nerves on a whole, and the perspectives of the nerves will be concentrated and united into an invisible monster with God's perspective. Yu Ping said, "Write down the information you want to convey on a small piece of paper, try to be concise and to the point, if the recipient's information is accurate enough, my ruler should still be able to deliver." ”

I wrote down everything I wanted to tell Shou according to his words, rolled it into a small paper ball, Yu Ping put the small paper ball into the ruler of the flower, and the flower swallowed the paper ball like it had a stomach.

"If nothing else, your friend will hear from you in a few minutes. Yu Ping was quite proud and put the parasitic mushroom back into the box.

There were many fewer people on the train back to City A than when I came, Yu Ping and I said goodbye at the station, and before he left, he repeatedly told me not to forget what I promised him, and when I finally returned to the store, it was already noon the next day.

"Looks like I found it. The old man said without raising his head.

“... Boss, you know everything. ”

"Because the concert program has been sent to the neighbors," he said, "Lao Cai has given up the stage position." ”

Oh my God, is this a god speed? I didn't even have time to put my bag down, and went straight to the old street.

Sure enough, as the old man said, a large open space was given up at the end of the old street, and a few young men were building a stage, and a young man was standing not far away, talking to the owner of the bun shop.

"Yo, I'm back. When it saw me, it came to me, "I received your letter and immediately informed the children who love music, the families of the vendors will be here by this afternoon, your suggestion is really good, put the concert and the family dinner together, kill two birds with one stone, come at seven o'clock in the evening, on time." ”

"Anyway," I looked at Mamoru who didn't have any traces of time, "no one wonders why you haven't changed at all?"

"Why not," it pointed to its hair, "I've changed a few more gray hairs." ”

“... I can't even notice it, so let's not talk about it, why are you in such a hurry to arrange a concert? ”

"I've found the gap in the sound, where else do I need to prepare, this is the best gift for those children. ”

"Ordinary humans don't know the gap in sound..."

"yes," Mamoru scratched his head, "but it's okay, the sooner the better." ”

"What the hell are you anxious about?" I really didn't understand it.

"There's no better time than tonight, "there's no better time than tonight." ”

I was about to continue, but Shou was called away by the other vendors.

"I'll talk about it later," the humanoid laughed, still gritting its teeth, "I'll go over and have a look." ”

As far as the eye can see, Shou really handled everything in an orderly manner, the stage, lights, carpets, and auditorium seats for the performance were all prepared, and a children's program was placed on every seat, and a large round table had been placed in the middle of the old street not far from the stage, twelve tables were lined up, and the vendors were laying tablecloths on the tables, and even flowers and table sticks were placed on the brand-new white tablecloths.

This guy has even thought of such details as seating arrangements. But I couldn't say that there was anything wrong, and I always felt a little uneasy.

"Here, put this one on. Just as I was thinking about which part I had overlooked, Mamoru didn't know where to change out of a suit, "Like you said, the concert, it's still more formal." ”

"Haha, you're so thoughtful," I said with a smile, "and my boss should be over in the evening, and three friends might be too." ”

It looked at the list in its hand, "Tian Bei, Guan Qing, Chun, and another one named Yu Ping, right." ”

“......”

"I've been in the old street since I was born," Shou said, "I still have this ability, don't worry, I've reserved all the places." It pushed me, "Let's go change our clothes, we'll start in three hours, don't worry about it here." ”

"Okay," I promised, "I'll bring the sound gap then." ”

It bared its teeth, "If you don't bring it, the consequences will be serious." ”

When I returned to the store with my suit, Guan Qing was already dressed and sat on a chair, even the old man was rarely dressed in a formal suit, and I explained again what they were going to do the next night, and after making sure that everything was safe, I went to the warehouse to change into the clothes that Shou had prepared for me.

"This dress fits unexpectedly," I walked out of the warehouse as I straightened my tie, "Shou this guy is really..."

The royal blue dress skirt flowed with light, the necklace around the neck was as transparent as a drop of water, the pale gray hair was coiled high, the broken hair in front of the forehead hung down to the slightly pink cheeks, the eyelashes flickered, and the lips were soaked in peach blossoms, all the way up.

Tsubaki, who hadn't seen her in days, returned to the store, and she was talking and laughing with Guan Qing.

I wanted to say something to her, but my tongue seemed to be knotted.

Clear blue eyes looked at me, and my mouth moved slightly.

"Hi. I'll be back. ”