Begging You to Break Off This Engagement! Chapter 16.1

Translated by Amaryllideae, Edited by Ahzinal

When Xi Yanqing reached home, he finally picked up the veil, shook it off and placed it on Luo Fei again. Luo Fei's appearance today, he does not want more people to see.

　　
When the familiar sounds of firecrackers rang again, Luo Fei only saw the fireworks exploding near him from under the veil. He felt like he was in a dream. He was helped by Xi Yanqing to the ground. They held the red silk ribbon together and entered the courtyard. Next to them was a group of children who came to enjoy the wedding. They were laughing happily, chasing each other around non-stop, and scattering flower seeds — scattering flower seeds was a local wedding custom signifying that the new couple will live a happy and sweet married life and have a house full of children.

[They're holding the red silk ribbon]

Luo Fei did not know until later that Xi Yanqing specifically told the children to sprinkle a little more.

[Editor: Oh my… Our gong is so eager and thirsty. Transmigrating to this world must be his gift from the heavens. :$]

“I'm troubling you to work again Grandpa Lin.” Xi Yanqing said. The Grandpa Lin he was referring to is the village head of Huaping Village. Village Head Lin was about seventy years old. His hair had already turned white, but his two eyes were still spirited, and he was fair to the people of the village. This person is very respected in Huaping Village, so most young people will find him to preside over their wedding ceremonies.
　　
“I ought to. You are all kids I have watched grow up. Now, you are all marrying one by one. This old man is extremely happy.” Village Head Lin finished speaking then patted Xi Yanqing's shoulder. “Go, the fortuitous time is here.”

[T/N: People believed that rituals and things should all be carried out during specific lucky times.]

　　
Luo Fei was eager to eat, so when he heard these words, he immediately went to where he was supposed to stand next to Han Xu. Han Xu played a role similar to a bridesmaid in the wedding, so he stood next to him to help.

“First respects to the heavens and earth ~~~~~” Village Head Lin's voice sounded at this time. He said the word “earth” so that the the end was drawn out and there was a lingering sound for a long time.

“Second respects to the honorable parents ~~~~~~”

“Husband and wife pay respects to each other ~~~~~~”

“Rites~~complete~~~~escort into the bridal chamber~~~~~~~”

All of the relatives and friends yelled "good!", but Luo Fei stood still.

“Luo Fei, what are you thinking about? Enter the bridal chamber!” Han Xu, beside him, reminded. Somehow, Luo Fei seemed to be suddenly distracted.

“Wait a minute.” Xi Yanqing called to Luo Fei and whispered, “There is a cabinet above the bed, and there is food inside.”

"I know it!” Yes, there is food in the room! Why was he thinking so much? Anyway, he had already reached this step, so first fill the stomach and then see!

Luo Fei, at this time, began to move. He was helped by Han Xu into the house. When he felt that there should be no one coming in, he busily closed the door, then he lifted the veil and put it to the side.

He had a clear goal in his mind: Above the bed! A small cabinet!

Luo Fei roughly swept his gaze around the room and determined which cabinet it was. He opened the door and pulled out a food box from inside. The box did not seem high quality, but the things inside were fragrant. A bowl of braised pork with egg, and one! Bowl! Of! Rice!

[Braised pork with egg, I am so hungry (º﹃º)]

Rice! ! !

“You, you want to eat a meal?” Han Xu was speechless.

　　
“Are you hungry? Do you want to eat some together?” When Luo Fei saw each grain of the white, soft rice, he didn't really want to share it, but after hearing Han Xu's words, he must share. Hey! How is this rice so cute? It found a place so deep in his heart!

“This is what your Xi-gege prepared for you. I don't dare to eat it.” Han Xu said, “I will go out to keep watch. You should eat a lot, don't worry.”

“What a good bro!” Luo Fei picked up the chopsticks and began eating without even thinking about it. As for outside, who cared? This meat is really fragrant, this fish is so delicious; You can just eat and eat! Anyway, the most delicious out there would just be steamed buns and porridge, definitely had no rice!

　　　
Since Luo Fei had finally found this long-lost taste, plus him being really hungry, he had eaten the entire bowl of rice into his stomach in a matter of seconds. There was still tea on the side of the room, so he took it and drank some of it. He took the used tableware and repacked it into the box, then he put that into the cabinet. Once all of this was done, he began to carefully look around the house.

　　
When he first came to the Xi house, Luo Fei discovered that Xi Yanqing was clean; but he did not expect Xi Yanqing to organize the house so well. There are bedrooms in the Xi house, and, in the middle, there is what would be considered to be a living room. The living room is connected to the kitchen and the dining room. It is estimated that, except for the mud brick foundations, the layout is indeed like a modern two-bedroom, two-living room house which even had an open kitchen.

　　
Luo Fei is now sitting in the master bedroom. The bed took up half the space; a woven bamboo mat was spread on the bed flat and neat while, on the west side of the bed, two sets of cabinets were placed there. The cabinets were obviously the ones he had seen before. When you looked at the worn corners, you would know that they had been used for a long time. This was not unusual; However, what surprised him was the vanity mirror on the ground. This should be a new purchase. As for when he had bought it, Luo Fei could not tell.

　　
The quilt that Luo Fei had previously made had already been placed in the house on top of the cabinet. Luo Fei thought it looked okay. He got up and touched this and that, then he finally sat back on it and began to think about how much money was spent on the wedding.

At first, he thought that Xi Yanqing was as poor as him. After all, he still said that he wanted to count on his dowry to help fill his stomach. But afterwards, when he saw the bride-price that Xi Yanqing had gifted and the silver he gave him, he began to feel that Xi Yanqing shouldn't be too poor but not so much as being considered  rich. Now, he really felt that he wasn't able to accurately figure out how much family property Xi Yanqing had.

Did he have a lot of money or not?! It was impossible to not have any money, but was there a lot or a little?!

Today, when he went to fetch the bride, he rode a horse there. In this era, a horse is a very precious and expensive thing. A common one was already a few tens of silver while for some of the better ones, it was normal to go up to a few hundreds liang of silver. Even he, who has never seen horses before, felt that the horse they rode had bright and shiny fur, and its four limbs had strength. He estimated that it was not too good nor too bad. Then where did the horse even come from?!

　　
In his heart, Luo Fei felt that the situation of Xi Yanqing is much better than that of the Luo family. Right now, the wooden window in the room was covered with paper. He couldn't see the situation outside now, but, from what he had just observed, he felt that it might not be too bad to follow Xi Yanqing after all.

Coincidentally at this moment, Luo Fei was thinking about Xi Yanqing and Xi Yanqing was also thinking about him.

　　
Xi Yanqing now understood why most of the ancient people wanted to get married at dusk. This is clearly so that they could finish paying respects to the parents, finish drinking wine, and then enter the bridal chamber to "eat a few bites". Although he has not reached the point in which he can take a few bites of Luo Fei, if he goes in, he can still feast his eyes, right? This big day, he wanted to enter the house early but it was not easy to find a reason.

He also wants to know whether Luo Fei has eaten enough. All these villagers, he says a sentence, you say a sentence, talking incessantly.

　　
The villager folks had eaten well, but they were too embarrassed to just lift their butts and leave, so they naturally would stay and say something nice. It's just that Xi Yanqing was in a hurry to enjoy his time alone with Luo Fei, so he felt that all that time was quite difficult to bear.

“I finally understand why you wanted to be married in the morning.” When the sun almost set beneath the mountains, the last guest finally left. Han Yang saw Xi Yanqing continuously looking towards the bridal chamber, he laughed and said, “It turns out you wanted to enter the bridal chamber earlier.”

“*Cough* That's what I was thinking.” Xi Yanqing did not deny it.

“Ha ha ha ha ha, you!” Han Yang did not expect him to be so straightforward, so he heartily laughed, “All right, let us clean up outside. You should just enter the house to see your new wife!”

Chapter end