Ten diligent days: the fields are still

Chapter 269 Entering the Trap

Yuan Lai gently picked up a small flag again and carefully looked at the beautiful handwriting on it.

I saw the line of words clearly written: "I wish you ten sunny days, good fortune and prosperity." Every word contains sincere blessings and deep expectations.

The colorful little flags around were also densely covered with all kinds of good wishes.

Some of these blessings are concise and clear, while others are a bit lengthy, but all of them are written with care, and the sincerity of the writer is revealed between the lines.

My aunt looked up curiously and stared at the small flags for a long time. Because she had been looking up for a long time, her neck felt a little sore, so she reached out and rubbed it gently.

After a moment, she asked doubtfully, "I don't know what this 'ten sunny days' means?"

Yuan Lai, standing nearby, couldn't help but chuckle when she heard her aunt's question. She patiently explained, "Aunt, do you know there's a variety show called 'Let's Farm the Land'? It features ten young people who named themselves 'Ten Sunny Days.'"

"Oh... so that's how it is." Aunt nodded in sudden realization, still waving the fan slowly in her hand.

Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she said, "I was wondering why that little girl gave me such a beautiful fan for no reason." After saying that, a kind smile appeared on her face.

The melodious and solemn sound of chanting seemed to come from the distant sky, lingering in the entire square, never ending, like a mysterious piece of music, inspiring awe.

The crowd that had originally gathered together to watch the excitement gradually lost their patience and began to disperse.

Yuan Lai stood there quietly. After the surroundings relaxed a little, she slowly walked towards the stall not far away that was filled with various lucky bags, colored threads and lucky paper.

The stall owner warmly greeted every customer who came to patronize with a smile on his face.

Yuan Lai came to the stall and carefully selected the lucky bags. Finally, she chose an exquisitely embroidered lucky bag with a lifelike blooming lotus embroidered with colorful silk threads.

Then, she picked up a pen and after a moment's thought, she wrote a line on a piece of paper. Then, she carefully stuffed the paper into the lucky bag and gently tightened the string.

Yuan Lai stood up, holding the lucky bag in both hands, and walked towards the tall tree next to him. The branches were already covered with various lucky bags and lucky paper, which swayed gently in the breeze, expressing quiet wishes.

Yuan Lai stood on tiptoe and tied the lucky bag in his hand to a thicker branch.

The tree was so tall that it reached the sky, and its branches were so thick that two adults could only barely touch each other with their arms outstretched.

Looking at the towering tree in front of him, Yuan Lai's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the past.

She was just a kitten at that time. One day, she remembered that she had followed Qi Rong and ten brothers to the temple to pray for blessings.

Now that he was revisiting the old place, Yuan Lai couldn't help but feel an urge to try to find the few words left by Qi Rong.

However, when she looked up at the dense leaves, she realized that finding any trace of Qi Rong among them was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Despite this, she was still unwilling to give up, and her eyes eagerly shuttled between every branch, trying to catch a hint of familiar scent.

The prayer service was drawing to a close. A young monk, holding a bundle of incense, was seen methodically distributing it to the crowd. People formed a long, orderly queue and entered the main hall one after another to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying for peace and happiness.

In the distant sky, the setting sun dyed the entire sky a brilliant orange-red. Meanwhile, Yunlin Temple had also ushered in its daily closing time. Yuan Lai didn't dare delay even a moment and hurriedly set out on his journey back to the mountains.

When she returned to the big pit on the top of the mountain, she was surprised to find that the pit was bottomless and Zhao Li was nowhere to be seen. There was only a high pile of earth beside the pit.

Yuan Lai couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering how Zhao Li was doing down there.

She slowly raised her head and looked towards the east, trying to find the moon in the gradually darkening sky.

However, the sky was still covered by the afterglow of the setting sun, and the bright moon had not yet risen.

Yuan Lai stood quietly, waiting for the night to fall completely, hoping to see the bright moonlight illuminating the earth.

Everything around was silent, and only the faint sound of Zhao Li digging the earth with a shovel could be heard.

Soon, Zhaoli jumped out from the bottom of the pit. His face no longer resembled a human being, but was covered in dirt.

"I'm going to hold Ren He responsible for this. I'm so exhausted." Zhao Li looked up at the sky and wailed, "Why hasn't the moon come out yet?"

Yuan Lai pulled out a pack of wet wipes from her pocket, opened the package, and pulled out a wipe. She leaned in close to Zhao Li and wiped his dirty cheek. While wiping, Yuan Lai said with concern: "Why don't you take a break first? Look at you, even your words have become trembling."

However, Zhao Li held Yuan Lai's hand tightly, looked ahead firmly, and answered in a resolute tone: "No, we are about to succeed, I must not give up halfway!" After the words fell, Zhao Li turned around without hesitation, and jumped into the bottomless pit again in one step.

Yuan Lai sighed helplessly, but could only wait quietly by the pit, silently waiting. Her eyes were always fixed on the sky, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing it.

After watching for an unknown amount of time, she noticed a hazy crescent moon gradually emerging in the distant sky.

Yuan Lai was overjoyed and quickly shouted to the people below: "Zhao Li! Zhao Li! The moon is out! Come out quickly!"

After a long while, Zhao Li's voice finally responded from the bottom of the pit. Then, a dazzling light suddenly rose from the bottom of the pit, and a nimble dragon soared into the air and landed steadily beside Yuan Lai.

Yuan Lai was so excited that he used his hands and feet to climb onto the dragon's back. Zhao Li roared loudly and rushed into the sky like a flash of lightning.

They soared through the sky, the moon so close before their eyes that Yuan Lai suspected she could touch it with just a stretch of her hand. Then, Zhao Li turned around and dived straight towards the huge pit at the top of the mountain...

A strong wind rushed past his ears, and Yuan Lai felt that the scene in front of his eyes was switching rapidly like a camera lens. First, there was a clear blue sky and white clouds complementing each other, and in a blink of an eye, everything was swallowed up by endless darkness, and the surroundings became pitch black, and he could not see his hand in front of him.