"The wheat ripened too late this year......"

"Not only is it late, but the harvest is also poor, and in some places all the wheat is dead, and there is no work to be found."

"This year's ...... the hell"

These are all wheat customers from all over the world.

Dayan has a developed commodity economy and many opportunities to work. Wheat is abundant in the northwest region, and the rich farmers who own large tracts of land are too busy to keep busy, so when the wheat is ripe, many farmers come to Longzhou thousands of miles to help people cut wheat, so that they can get food for a period of time and earn some hard money, which is considered a job.

These people were called McKes.

When Song You was in Yizhou before, and even traveled in dozens of other states, he had never seen this kind of mobile workmanship.

Coming here is another insight.

These people are close to the people of the state, but they don't grow wheat in the area, and when the wheat is ripe, they are empty, or the wheat is not ripe at the same time, or they don't have their own land, so they have to come to help others when the harvest comes. Those who are far away are from neighboring states, and they have to walk thousands of miles all the way, busy from morning to night, and time to grab money to make money.

It's just that this year's job doesn't seem to be easy.

Due to climate change, wheat ripens in the northwest much later this year, which means that wheat customers often miscalculate the time and arrive at the wheat fields early, but they don't have the work to do.

Even if you go to the same place every year, and you are already familiar with the local owners and wealthy households, if you don't work, people will not give you food in vain. And the wheat customers are often hard-working people, who go out to beg for food, without any money, and if they can't find a job to do, they have no food to eat, and they will starve to death at the door of the rich farmer's house.

In addition, this year's severe drought has caused a poor wheat harvest in the local area, and even a lot of land is barren, and without a harvest, it is even more difficult for wheat customers to find work.

This is the lowest level of the current society, even if it is just ordinary farmers, they are better than them, and they are also the group of people who are the least able to resist risks.

Song You was lying on a somewhat sloping dirt slope, looking at the starry sky, breaking a piece of baked bun in his hand, and listening to them while unconsciously sending it to his mouth.

Life is bitter to the extreme, and there is an abnormal open-mindedness to life.

These wheat customers got together today, and what they talked about was not where they couldn't find a job to do, or how difficult it was for a wheat customer they knew, they had no food to eat, and they changed from looking for a job to begging for food, but this year the whole northwest was in a natural disaster, and the horse bandits who usually looked down on the little money on the wheat customer began to fight the idea of the wheat customer, and how could it be so easy to get food, so how long and how long did they have no food to eat and no water to drink, so they died in a foreign land, and they didn't even leave a name.

When the McKes spoke, although they were extremely emotional, they were also very light, with a kind of habitual numbness, as if they had seen their fate in it and accepted it calmly.

"Fortunately, several owners of Baijun who we often go to believe in Buddhism and have a good heart, and they took us in for a few meals, otherwise I am afraid that we will starve to death on this road."

"Who's to say it isn't? I also took my baby with me, if I hadn't met a kind-hearted rich man, although I didn't do any work, I would have been rewarded with two mouthfuls of food, otherwise I would have starved to death. It's nothing if I'm starving to death at my age, it's just that there is only one seedling at home, and if I die, it will be extinct. ”

Most of the people who survived this trip were lucky.

Everyone talked and talked, and the topic slowly changed.

"It is said that this drought in Longzhou and Shazhou is a ghost made by monsters, is it true or false?"

"I heard that the drought in the Western Regions is even worse!"

"What the hell are youkai? How did I hear that the fire jar of the Earth Fire Country in the Shazhou Desert was shattered and the fire gas floated out, which led to the great drought in Longzhou and Shazhou? ”

"I heard that it was the fire god of the Flame Mountain in the Western Regions who was angry, saying that people only believe in the Buddha now, not the fire god, so they cast a spell to cause a great drought in the northwest!"

"The people over there in Baijun said that it was because the people in the northwest slowly only offered to the Buddha, only believed in Buddhism, did not respect Taoism, and did not offer to the Heavenly Palace, which caused the Red Emperor in the sky to be angry, so he ordered the gods who were in charge of the rain not to give rain to the northwest, so they had no way to live."

When communicating with each other, they often lower their voices and open their eyes, as if they were saying something unacceptable, for fear that the gods in the sky or the demons in the night would hear and cause trouble.

Sanhua Niangniang, who was originally catching lizards in the desert, heard the topic she was interested in, and ran back, sitting beside the Taoist in a proper manner, staring at these Maike with a serious face.

There was another pair of eyes in the night, equally dark and bright.

It was the middle-aged Maike son, estimated to be in his teens, but he had already followed his father to break into the world, and there were even traces of work on his body.

At this time, he shrank next to his father, and opened his eyes in the dark, while staring at the Taoist in Taoist robes and the three-flowered cat beside him, while listening to the adults talking about evil things.

"Since last year, there has been unrest everywhere in this world, there are many people who walk at night to break ghosts, and there are many people who meet monsters on mountain roads, I can't say for sure."

"God doesn't have long eyes!"

While everyone was discussing in a low voice, a voice suddenly came from the side that was not very social: "I don't know what the Fire Country and the Flame Mountain say?" ”

The crowd followed the voice.

By the glow of the sky, it was vaguely visible that there was a Taoist sitting there, who had just sat up, and indeed remembered that a young Taoist had come to them in the afternoon, and he was the only one in the clearing with a horse and a large pile of luggage, and a cat, and rested in that place.

"What......"

"Oh, I have vaguely heard of the Flame Mountain and the Earth Fire Country before, but it is not detailed, and now I have heard a few people say that it seems to be related to the great drought in the northwest this year, and I am curious, so I want to ask you, where are the Flame Mountains and the Earth Fire Country, and what are the unique features?" Song You didn't care whether they could see clearly or not, he sat and saluted in the dark, and his eyes reflected the half-day glow in the west.

Everyone looked at each other, a little timid.

This kind of timidity is not because of the identity of Taoists, but because they feel that they are vulgar, so they dare not speak for a while.

"Mr. Hui, Mr. Hui, this is going west, out of Longzhou to Shazhou, west of Shazhou, deep in the desert is the land of fire. Legend has it that there is a fire jar under the earth and fire country, which is a treasure, and the flames come from the cracks in the ground to the ground, and they are not extinguished all year round, and the local people rely on these fires to make fires and make meals. Finally, someone spoke, stammering, "After passing through Shazhou, there is a flaming mountain not far from the Western Regions, and the mountain is full of fire, and it will not be extinguished all year round, so that that place can kill people in heat during the day." There is a fire god living in the Flaming Mountain, and it is amazing that the local people have worshipped him since many years ago. ”

After speaking, he didn't forget to add: "We have also heard of these, but we have never seen ...... with our own eyes."

"Is the drought in the Northwest serious?"

"Seriously, very seriously. It's better here, the further west you go, the more serious it gets, and I heard that out of Shazhou, the grass doesn't grow in some places in the Western Regions. Maike whispered to him, "Some places have smashed the statues of the dragon king, and some places have sent many monks to catch the monsters that have caused the drought. ”

"I see."

Song You nodded and bowed his hand to him:

"Thank you."

The microphone didn't answer, but silently lowered his head.

After a short period of time, many customers were quietly looking at him, but they did not dare to ask him anything, nor did they dare to discuss it in front of him, until this time passed, they gradually resumed their original topic and continued to talk about evil things.

Song You was thinking about those two places in his heart.

At this time, he had already collected three directions to condense the five directions of the underworld, namely the main gold, earth and water, and there was still fire and wood left, and the northwest side of the earth was likely to be the main fire.

I don't know if it's in these two places.

The glow dissipated, and the starlight grew brighter and brighter.

There is a Milky Way overhead, which can be seen with the naked eye.

The customers were tired all day, and after chatting for a long time, they each covered their money, water, food and fell asleep, and the clearing soon snored like thunder, one after another.

The Taoist also slowly closed his eyes.

……

In the early hours of the next morning, it was still dark.

There was a voice in my ears.

As you wake up, your voice becomes clearer.

It's Sanhua Niangniang talking to a child. It's just that most of the time it's the voice of Sanhua Niangniang, and only occasionally I hear the child respond with two sentences, mostly curious questions, and the voice reveals the timidity peculiar to children from poor families, and then closes his mouth again, only to listen to the girl tell him the origin of Danxia with great interest, showing his erudition.

It is difficult for people who fall asleep soon after dark to sleep until the next day, so even if it is still early in the morning and the sky is full of stars, there are already many microphones who have woken up, and at this time they either don't want to talk or listen interestingly, and they are quietly listening to the girl's speech.

Naturally, the content was all listened to on the road yesterday.

"Are immortals and elixirs really colorful?"

"Of course! When the immortals refine the elixir, they will add the colorful auspicious clouds in the sky, and the ones that are refined must be colorful, and they will shine! ”

"That'...... Are the clouds and sunset really filled with paint? ”

The child's voice was low and worried.

"Yes!"

Although the girl's voice was not loud, her tone was categorical, and she did not hesitate: "The paint comes from the sun, and every morning the sun sends the paint, and the clouds will be dyed in different colors at different times, and they will be taken back at night. ”

The child lay close to his father, his eyes wide as he listened.

The girl was very satisfied.

Song You was silent.

"Bragging ......"

"Not really!"

"And how do you know?"

"My Taoist priest said it! My Taoist priest is very powerful, more powerful than the gods in the sky, he never tells lies! ”

“……”

Song You, who was lying next to him, was even more silent.

The eyes that had just opened were simply closed again, ready to sleep again.

(End of chapter)