Begging You to Break Off This Engagement! Chapter 18

Translated by Dandan, Edited by Ahzinal

When Luo Fei opened his eyes, he saw a field of white in front of him. He was still a little groggy at the time, so he was wondering what it was. He subconsciously poked it with his hand. When he finished  poking, the thing actually moved! It was alive!

A live Xi Yanqing!

Luo Fei was so scared that he quickly pushed him: “You! How are you in my blanket?!”

As Xi Yanqing turned, he rubbed at his eyes: “I'm not?” He looked left and right and especially innocently said: “Is this not my blanket?”

Luo Fei opened his mouth and looked carefully. Fuck, it couldn't be! His blanket was folded properly, still waiting for its master, and he, the master, hadn't even gone under it to sleep!　

Even if he was justified, he definitely wouldn't be able to argue with Xi Yanqing until things were made clear. Luo Fei's whole face turned red: “M-maybe it's because, at home, Si-bao always steals my blankets. I got used to trying to look for them on the left side… Cough, what time is it?”

“It should be just about Mao Shi (5-7 AM). The sky is already getting bright.” Xi Yanqing said as he grew sober and got up to change his outer clothes. He naturally got off the bed and said, “If you are still sleepy, then just keep sleeping for a little. I'll go out to heat the water first.”

“Oh, t-then I will go out to help you in a little.” Luo Fei felt a little guilty, and did not dare to look at Xi Yanqing. When Xi Yanqing went out, he held his head and rocked back and forth while shouting silently like a madman: Fuckfuckfuck. Luo Fei, do you want to ascend to the heavens and sit side by side to the sun*?! You actually dared to go hug the tiger's back? You're not looking for that!

[T/N: His whole freak out is just about how he basically "offered" himself up as a sacrifice lol]

You must be aware of it next time, got it? !

Got it.

That's more like it!

Luo Fei nodded with satisfaction and cut out his personality of the severely mentally ill film emperor and changed his clothes in a solemn manner. He didn't even take off his wedding clothes yesterday. Yesterday, it was another matter, but today, it is not suitable to wear to do work.

When Xi Yanqing was not in the room anymore, Luo Fei changed into a set of common coarse cotton clothes, then folded the quilts and dilly-dallied out.

Xi Yanqing was already carrying the chopped wood into the house.

“The water in the pot is still warm. You can wash your face first.” Xi Yanqing pointed at a relatively large wooden basin and said, “You can use that basin, I usually use it for washing my face and rinsing my mouth. Use that one for washing vegetables to cook.” Xi Yanqing pointed again to a smaller one. “I will go out and bring in two more buckets of water. If you need anything, call for me.”

“Okay, then what should we eat for breakfast today?” Luo Fei thought of the fish he had eaten last night. He was not sure if Xi Yanqing would be willing to eat his leftovers.

“Isn't there still some fish left from yesterday?” Xi Yanqing said, not the least bit concerned. “There are also still some steamed buns, and we can make some porridge in a little bit. Let's just eat this mouthful for breakfast.”

“All right.” Luo Fei watched Xi Yanqing go out and lifted the pot lid.

The Xi house has a total of two stovetops. One was a stovetop for two pots; a large pot could be used to boil water and heat up dishes, a small pan could be used for stir-frying dishes or making porridge or rice. The other was a medium-sized pan stovetop on the side of the connection to the smaller building. Usually, it was not used a lot. It was just used for boiling some water every few days. Its main purpose was to warm up the smaller building, or it would be too cold. Although no one really lived in the smaller building, some stuff was still put in there, and if it was cold there, it would affect the overall temperature of the whole house, so every few days, they would still use it.

He really didn't know how to do these things in his last life. He had to thank the original body for these memories.

Xi Yanqing, carrying the two buckets of water came in. One bucket was poured into the water tank, and the other bucket was directly poured into a large pot. After doing this, he lit the firewood and added some new pieces to the fire pit under the stove from time to time. This way they could have hot water to use for the whole day.

"What are we doing today?" asked Luo Fei. When he first came, he didn't move very much since he had poor health. Later, after agreeing to get married, he began doing needlework every day. So up to now, he really had not done any real field labor. However, Xi Yanqing was very clear yesterday, he was clearly going to have to work in the fields.

“Today, first we have to clean the back garden up. There are several big holes in the fence. Those old hens from Aunt Zhou's house next door all like to sneak out and come here. If we wait until the vegetables we plant start to sprout, I bet that before they even pass through our lips, they'll be in those hen's stomachs.”

“How do we fix it up? Can I help with anything?” Luo Fei did not forget that last night, he had been hired by the person in front of him.

“Previously, when I went to the mountain to cut trees, I brought the new wood that we can use to replace the old, but I haven't had time to sharpen it. Afterwards, when I sharpen them, you can go bring them over and line them up. When I finish sharpening, I'll go and pound them into the ground." Xi Yanqing asked, "Do you understand?"

“Nonsense! Do you still doubt my IQ?!” Luo Fei was not happy now, “Isn't it just looking for holes and patching them up?!” How would he not be able to understand such a simple matter!

“All right all right, let's just count it as I said the wrong thing?” Xi Yanqing laughed. “Little donkey, you are so crabby.”

Luo Fei made a fist, and he made a devilish face to Xi Yanqing. Before the porridge was cooked, he had gone to wash his face and tie his hair back again. When he came back, he saw that the porridge was almost finished boiling. He ladled all the porridge out and put it aside, and then poured the fish into a small pot to heat up.

Xi Yanqing found that he was pretty familiar with it, and watching from the side, he said, “How about you take care of the cooking in the future? I think you are much better at doing it than me.”

Luo Fei thought a little: “Sure. How about we divide the work?”

Although he is just a small laborer who was hired, he couldn't just do any work, this job doesn't give overtime.

Xi Yanqing is also not willing to let Luo Fei work too hard, but he really wants to know how Luo Fei intends to divide the work. He smiled and asked: “How do you want to divide it?”

“I'll cook, I'll also clean the house. Anyway, as long as there is something you need help with at home, I can help you, but I won't go down to the field to do any work. Ai, did you know? There are leeches in the fields here. If they stick to you, they won't come off, and they also suck people's blood; really scares people!” Even Luo Fei's scalp had goosebumps as he called the scene in his memory. “Anyway, at most I will be in charge of sending you your lunch!”

“All right, so basically you'll manage the inner household, and I'll manage the things outside. This is no problem ." Xi Yanqing contentedly agreed. “But this is counted as divided. Afterwards, you can't change it anymore. Are you certain you want it to be divided like this? Anything I need help with at home, you will help me do?”

“Yes, what I said I will do!” Luo Fei vouched for his promise.

And so, after breakfast, Xi Yanqing went outside to look for suitable branches out of all the wood, and Luo Fei stayed in the house to wash the bowls and wipe down the table. When Xi Yanqing was finished peeling off the bark and sharpening the tips of the branches, Luo Fei was in the courtyard washing Xi Yanqing's underwear- reportedly, it was from last night, newly changed. When he lifted it in his hands, ah don't even mention it, he really wanted to poke a few big holes in it!

He never dreamed that one day he would be washing Xi Yanqing's underwear!

He was about to become paralyzed from the shock!

As for why he was washing it outside? ! You still had to ask that, it was because he couldn't see in the house! Couldn't wash them clean!

Luo Fei was using hot water to wash the things, and there wasn't much. In addition to the underwear that Xi Yanqing gave him, there was also his own, plus a pair of socks for both of them, only a total of four articles of clothing. The amount of  clothes they have is not much, and now the weather is colder. After washing the clothes, it was not easy to dry them, so they couldn't just pile up clothing and not wash them. Otherwise, there is a high possibility that they would have nothing to change into.

As Xi Yanqing was sharpening the wood, he saw Luo Fei washing his underwear like he was fighting a battle. Afraid that the little donkey would really wash a hole into them, he smiled and said: "Before you said you wanted to raise chickens, later I'll fix a chicken coop for you. How many do you want to raise? Tell me so I can make a suitable sized coop.

“Twenty, is that okay?” The chickens raised in peasant homes are mostly free-range, usually let outside to pick around in the sand. Feeding them some green vegetables and what not once in a while would be enough. However, they also can't raise too many chickens. After all, once in a while you would have to feed them some grain.

“Okay.  Then do you still want to raise something else?” Xi Yanqing said, “Let's see whether we can mend the vegetable garden fence today. If we can, I'll sort out some of the old boards from home, see if it's enough to make a few coops."

“Raising some ducks is also fine. Also, can you switch the cupboard in the kitchen?” That cupboard is really quite old, decades more ancient than the normal "old". They also often put food in it, keeping such an old cupboard, even the door was broken, no matter how much you cleaned it, looking at it would still affect one's mood.

“Yes, when you finish washing the clothes, you might as well take a look around the house. See what we're missing at home. After you've confirmed it, come and tell me later. The stuff we can fix, we'll just fix. The stuff we can't fix, we'll just slowly think of a solution." Xi Yanqing had sharpened around six or seven sticks that were as thick as an adult's wrist, yet he had still not called Luo Fei to come and lift them. He just sat there sharpening, until Luo Fei had finished putting out the washed clothing to dry, that he called Luo Fei over to move them together.

Xi Yanqing moved the sharpened wood to the back garden, and then pulled out the rotted wood stakes. Xi Yanqing was very strong. When he pulled out the rotten wood, he just had to work at it a few times. If it was particularly difficult, he would just loosen the soil around it with his shovel and then pull it out. Luo Fei looked at him, then looked at his own thin arms and legs. Tsk tsk, this was what 30 copper coins including meals and board looked like. If he was the boss, he wouldn't give a single penny to the other!

Luo Fei inwardly ridiculed his own strength, Xi Yanqing's small follower followed him and replaced the vacancies that the rotten wood left with new sticks. Xi Yanqing, seeing that the job done was not too bad, went to grab a hammer and tapped all of the sticks into the ground. Each of them were tapped forty to fifty centimeters into the ground. With a glance, one could see it was very sturdy, and wouldn't randomly topple over.

The next door neighbor, Big Auntie Zhou, was also working in her back garden. Her family's vegetable garden and the Xi family's were less than a meter apart, very close to each other, and anyone could look over and see the other clearly. She saw that the young couple matched quite well, and said with a smile: “Hey, Youngster Xi. You young married couple are so hardworking, other people would have to rest for a couple days after just getting married, but you guys are all ready to plant crops?”

“Yes, Big Auntie Zhou.” Xi Yanqing said, “If we don't plant now, the food supply won't be able to keep up with how much we eat.” When he had just come here, he had  gotten rid of the weeds, cleaned up the yard, and sorted out the things that couldn't be used. He had done a lot of work, but had only planted the seeds of some sticky corn. The other seeds had not even been touched, because he had to start preparations for the wedding ceremony and didn't have time. Now, each day was getting warmer than the next. If they didn't hurry now, then they would definitely not be ready.

“Diligence is good. A young married couple must live diligently and later on take care of their parents. But you two still have to be careful, especially Erbao, don't do too much heavy labor.” Big Auntie Zhou likes hardworking children, and -adding on the fact that she watched Xi Yanqing grow up and is also his neighbor, she couldn't help but be a bit more concerned, "Er-bao, you are still young. It is very easy to get pregnant, so do less of the work where you have to carry and move stuff."

“Eh, hehehehehe…” Luo Fei awkwardly laughed, “Thank you Big Auntie Zhou, I-I will take note of that.”

“Then you go take a  break, the rest of the work I will do.” Xi Yanqing held back his laughter, and gently poked Luo Fei's stomach. “What if you are going to have one, then what should we do?”

“Have a ball!” Luo Fei's back was to Big Auntie Zhou as he squeezed out the sentence from between his teeth, “We already established it. We have a purely employer and employee relationship! Not allowed to make these sort of jokes!”

“All right all right, won't crack jokes with you. You quickly go and rest, if you don't want to take a break, then go get me a bowl of water to drink.” Xi Yanqing  wiped at his sweat. Early in the morning it was still okay, but now that the sun shone down on the top of the head, adding on how much work he had been doing, his body had begun to sweat. He really was so thirsty and hot.

“Then wait!” Luo Fei glared at him, then strode to the front yard with big steps. He first drank a bowl of water himself and then poured another  bowl for Xi Yanqing. But when he was about to bring the bowl of water out, someone actually came to their house.

Han Xu and Luo Fei were very close. Luo Fei had gotten married, so he naturally wanted to come over and see what the newlywed couple looked like on the first day. Besides, he also had something to say to Luo Fei, so he took his sewing kit and came over. He originally hadn't wanted to wear a veil, feeling that it didn't matter whether he covered his head or not, and didn't want to expend that extra effort.  But seeing that when Luo Fei got married with a veil, he didn't look too bad, his interest in one was renewed again. But he had thought for half a day and couldn't figure out what to embroider on the veil.

Luo Fei holding the bowl of water responded, “You sit and wait in the house for a little. I'm going to deliver, cough, give this bowl of water for Xi Yanqing to drink.”

Han Xu waved his hand: “Go, go.”

When Luo Fei came back, Han Xu asked: “Why are you still calling your man with his full name along with his surname*?”

[T/N: An intimate way to call someone is without their surname, so for Xi Yanqing it'd be just "Yanqing"]

Luo Fei was stupefied: “Then tell me, what should I call him?”

Han Xu thought for a moment: “Hubby? Youth Xi? Xi-gege? Hahahaha, isn't it better than calling his whole name? You two are a couple, why address each other like strangers?” Han Xu's smiling expression slowly dwindled, and his face became serious: “Er Bao, although this is not a big thing to gawk at, but when you call him in such an estranged way, some people who have wicked hearts like to chatter behind your back. Isn't that bad? Even for me, I think you should change it.”

Luo Fei thought about it then agreed. It's just that the ones Han Xu said out loud were too nauseating!

He has to think about it properly!

Han Xu told Luo Fei about a few basic designs, wanting to hear Luo Fei's opinion. Luo Fei told him to just embroider some clusters of flowers and a flying phoenix, the symbolism was good and it would also look beautiful. When he was in the modern world, Luo Fei used to see a lot of his Grandma's embroidery drawings, after a few minutes he already suggested a few classic ones to Han Xu. As Han Xu listened, he was extremely pleased, as expected and said: “That is also good, then let's embroider what you said. But when I don't know how to do something you ought to teach me.”

“Don't worry, don't worry, who's the one with you? If you don't know how to do something just come over with the veil anytime.” Luo Fei finished and rubbed his ears. “Hey, what if I just call him ‘big tiger'?”

“Ah? What big tiger?” Han Xu didn't look up from embroidering.

“Just Xi Yanqing, how about I call him 'big tiger'?"

“Pfft, why do you want to call him 'big tiger'?”

"Look, he's so tall and big, and he definitely has a lot of strength, you know? Even that heavy of a hammer when you ask him to swing it, he can just do it, if it was me, just lifting it would take so much energy.”

“The yellow cow's strength is also big, why don't you just call him 'big yellow cow'?! Ha, what exactly is your brain filled with?” Han Xu teased, “although hearing you say it like that it seems like it would be pretty fun, occasionally calling him like that would be okay. My family's Hua Zhang-ge, I usually call him a Brother Carpenter, others don't call him like this, and he is willing to let me be the only one to call him like that.”

“Wow wow, you seem so satisfied.”

“Of course, his carpentry work is very good. He has built a new set of furniture for the new house. I will take you to see it later, it is super beautiful.” Han Xu just thinking about it made him happy. “Right, right, there is also an important thing I almost forgot to tell you. Five years ago, Brother Carpenter prepared a lot of wood. This time, even after making the furniture, there is still some material left. He asked me if you and your Xi-dage is lacking any furniture, if so he will find the time to build it for you. No need to pay. But it seems he won't be able to make anything too big, he should be able to make two small pieces, like tables or chairs.”

“We actually do have stuff we need to make, but this matter I will have to ask Xi Yanqing first, I can't make your Brother Carpenter work for nothing.” He has a good relationship with Han Xu, but this is another matter*. Furniture are big items, these ancient times aren't like the modern times where there are many convenient tools to use, what electric drill or expander bolts, here it is really purely reliant on one's craftsmanship, making things was quite troublesome.

[T/N: The idiom is literally "That's a horse of another color."]

“You saying it like that I am not happy to hear, who just talked to  you about that? Us two, who is close with whom?”

“All right, then I will first ask Xi Yanqing what we're missing.” Xi Yanqing is the boss, this matter has to be reported to the boss.

Han Xu sat down for another while and then said that he would first sketch out the design and the come find Luo Fei. And Luo Fei, with new information, naturally hurriedly went to the boss to discuss.

Xi Yanqing had already finished mending the vegetable garden fence. At this moment, he was carrying the shovel on his right shoulder, with his left hand carrying the hammer, walking to the front yard. In the end, he really was a person who been a soldier and fought a war, when he walked his footsteps felt particularly firm and steady.

Luo Fei was standing and admiring him from the perspective of a homosexual male, feeling  that this person was actually quite… good.

“What are you looking at?” Xi Yanqing walked over, laid down the hammer and the shovel, as he lowered his voice and asked Luo Fei. “Did you suddenly realize that your husband is quite handsome?”

“As if! Hey, let me talk to you a real matter. Just now Han Xu said that his Brother Carpenter has finished making their furniture and has some wood left. He can make two small pieces. Tables and chairs or something, asking us if we want it or not, no need to pay. I said I would ask you.”

"It'd be good if he could do it. I've seen Chen Huazhang's craftsmanship, it is rather good. But doing for free may not be good. Not to mention, the furniture we need is more than just a small piece or two, later let's think about what we need together, and then invite him to our place to consult. 　　

“… Do we have enough money?” Luo Fei hesitated before asking.

“When that time comes, let's ask first. If we really can't do it, then let's do two practical things first. Didn't you say that you wanted to change the dish rack in the morning? Let's switch to a bigger one, and then have a table made. Right, we also have to get a small chair for you, so when you wash the clothes you don't have to just squat there.” There is a small stool in the house, but it is too tall, if Luo Fei is just sitting then it's fine, but if he's sitting on it doing work, it would be uncomfortable.

“Then I'll tell Han Xu later.” Luo Fei finished saying and then didn't move. Originally he had thought about mentioning the “big tiger” matter. But afterwards he thought it would be quite ambiguous to make a special form of address for him that others didn't use. So he just forgot about it, lest Xi Yanqing think too much about it.

The next morning, the last bowl of braised pork with stewed egg and six steamed buns from their wedding was left. Luo Fei heated them up and they ate them with some plain boiled water. After eating, he went to the garden with Xi Yanqing to work. Xi Yanqing said that the potatoes and Chinese cabbage* had to be planted today.

[T/N: Chinese cabbage is different from American cabbage; it's more watery and I personally like it better~]

Luo Fei was not quite sure how to do this kind of work, because Xi Yanqing planted the crops was not quite the same as others. He looked at the neighbors' fields and they first sowed the seeds before they watered them. However Xi Yanqing first watered, and then spread a thin layer of soil on top before sowing, also the depth of the seeds he planted was also different from that of their neighbors. Different from how the Luo family did it as well. However, Luo Fei watched for a while, and felt that he was able to do this work, he took over and let Xi Yanqing go do other things.

Xi Yanqing said that he would go set up the chicken coop, and seeing that Luo Fei was planting well, he went to go bring the old planks over. Previously when he went to the Luo House to borrow planes, he kept one, this time he picked suitable old boards to use and used the plane to even the surfaces again, trying to use the waste material to the greatest extent of its usefulness.

The front yard of the house is smaller than the backyard. The front yard is about 40 to 50 square meters, and the backyard is around three to four hundred square meters. After Xi Yanqing finished planing the boards and figured out what to do with Luo Fei, they decided to put the chicken coop next to the entrance of the vegetable garden, so that when they were weeding or thinning out the seedlings, the greens could be thrown to the chickens to eat without having to bring them to the front yard. In addition, whenever people come, the first place they enter is the front yard, if the front yard is clean then it would give people the feeling that the whole house is very neat.

Xi Yanqing's work is very efficient, after pounding for a while, he managed to make a chicken coop. As for others, the old boards were gone, and if they wanted something else they'd have to find the suitable materials for it.

Luo Fei had finished planting the potato and Chinese cabbage according how Xi Yanqing instructed, he saw that a piece of land next to him  was still clear, and it was especially in the middle, and so he asked Xi Yanqing: “What are we planting on this piece of land?”

Xi Yanqing said mysteriously: “This piece of land we won't plant anything for the time being, I'll tell you about it later.”

Luo Fei curled his lip: "Don't care if you won't tell me.”

Xi Yanqing seeing his little donkey's mood, smiled and said nothing.

During the day, they did a lot of work. In the evening, Xi Yanqing couldn't stand his own body's sweatiness any longer. Fortunately, they had boiled a lot of water at home, and it was quite convenient to take a bath. He ate the porridge that Luo Fei had boiled with a "virgin"* sesame coated baked cake that Luo Fei had made; it was so hard every time he took a bite he thought his teeth would fall out. Soon after he moved the bath tub to the kitchen and poured hot water into it, after telling Luo Fei he undressed and went in to soak.

[T/N: Xi Yanqing called it a "virgin" cake because virgin males don't have a S.O. to cook good food for them, thus why it's so hard lolol The cakes aren't sweet dessert cakes, more like salty pan fried breakfast biscuit things. Sometimes they're stuffed with veggies, meat or bean paste!]

Luo Fei sitting in the house listening to the "hualala" (water splashing)  movements, couldn't sleep. Plus, the sesame pancake was so hard that after eating it, his stomach felt uncomfortable. And so he sat by the lamp and began to piece together cloth–his pillowcase has not been finished yet.

After a while, around the time the water was pretty much cold, and Xi Yanqing shouted from the kitchen: ” Luo Fei, can you get a clean underwear for me?”

Xi Yanqing really did not deliberately forget this time, it was just that he was used to washing by himself, and after washing he just went – naked – into the house to wipe his body. But Luo Fei is here, and he could not really just go in face to face Luo Fei naked.

[T/N: Or he could ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

However Luo Fei was sewing to a critical place but actually wrongly stitched—it was mainly because the light was too dim, and he pieced it together incorrectly. He had planned to piece out several geometric patterns for the design, piecing it together was not the outcome he had wanted. And since he was annoyed, he yelled back: "Why don't you get it yourself! I don't care! Just come out naked!”

Xi Yanqing heard this and thought, ah, you brat, you think I won't? This is what you told me to do!

Xi Yanqing stood up, and it was that kind of quietly standing up, giving people the illusion that he was still in the tub. Then he didn't even put on his shoes, barefoot, dripping water and entered the house.

“You…” Luo Fei felt that the already dim light that was suddenly blocked by something, and it became darker. He looked up and was immediately dumbfounded. “Xi Yanqing! You  you you! You hoodlum*!”

[T/N: Could be translated as exhibitionist too lol]

“I am a hoodlum? You were obviously the one that had me come out like this.” Deep down in Xi Yanqing's heart there was also a sense discomfort. After all, he has gotten this old and this was still his first time revealing his entire body to someone else. However, he tried to keep his face from changing. He opened the cabinet and took some clothes out. “My body's not bad, huh?”

“As if it's not bad! I, I, I, I'm going out! Yo can change slowly!” Luo Fei was really a little frightened this time. He also didn't care whether the thing in his hand needed to have the stitching torn, after throwing it to the side he slipped away and ran outside.

“Tsk, his face is really thin.” Xi Yanqing  dressed himself in an unhurried manner, and after finishing it, he remembered that when Luo Fei ran out, he seemed to be only wearing a flimsy garment. So he took a coat and went out to see if his little wife was really embarrassed.　　

The air outside was indeed cool, and the heat on Luo Fei's face had dissipated a bit. But for thousands, no ten thousands of reasons he shouldn't have said at this moment while poking a pole of the fence: "Fuck! The boss's bird* seems to be thicker than this!"

Xi Yanqing was holding the clothes as he said: “Pff, what are you talking about?”

Luo Fei: “!!!”

This was so fucking embarrassing!

Luo Fei turned around his complexion alternating between green and red: “I, I mean, this wood is quite, quite thick.”

Xi Yanqing  nodded and acted as if he was taking this very seriously: “En, it seems to only be a little thinner than mine.”

Luo Fei: “…”

You really heard it! Heard it! Heard it!

Xi Yanqing draped the clothing over Luo Fei: “Let's go into the house, it's cold outside.”

Luo Fei just discovered that Xi Yanqing  had come out to bring clothes to him when he had not even finished drying his hair. He knows that he should say thank you at this time, but, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, could it get even more 囧* than this? ! Now Luo Fei wished he could just hang himself on the tree. How could he be stupid to this point? Could he just say that kind of thing casually? !

[T/N: Chinese character used as an emoji 囧]

After Luo Fei entered the house, he let little Film Emperor Luo out without thinking, deciding to play mute for a few days.

After Xi Yanqing tidied up the tub and went inside, at first glance he saw Luo Fei face down on the bed, asleep. But he did not call to him. Let's just let it be today. It is estimated that the stimulation of this little donkey was also quite big. In fact, thinking about it, it was a little impulsive. He should not have let the little donkey see it so quickly, otherwise, if this little donkey is even more afraid of it, then wasn't it just adding obstacles to his road of chasing his wife?

This was truly lifting a rock and dropping it on your own feet!

The more he thought, the more Xi Yanqing felt regretful, but he knew that regret was useless. He could only let Luo Fei get over it slowly. However, the next morning, Xi Yanqing painfully* found that Luo Fei actually did not take the initiative to talk to him.

[T/N: The literal Chinese was "ball-breaking"??? LOL]

“As for?” Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Xi Yanqing said, “Didn't you just see something you would have seen sooner or later earlier? You really won't even speak to me?”

“En.” Luo Fei's face was unnaturally red, he pointed outside, indicating that he was going to go wash clothes.

“Forget it, if you don't want to talk, then don't talk, I need to go into the mountains today. I'm guessing I will come back very late. If you are hungry, then you should eat first by yourself.”After he finished, he took the ax, “Right, after I leave, you should close the door properly and protect yourself.”

“I know, pain in the ass!” Luo Fei muttered quietly, glared at him, and then resumed his combat stance for washing laundry.

After Xi Yanqing left, he really didn't return for the whole day. Luo Fei washed the laundry in the morning and set them out to dry, however, the result of when he was hanging them on the fence was him thinking of some things he shouldn't be thinking about.

There are no drying racks in the countryside, and there are no clotheslines at this time, so everyone hung laundry on the fence. But this is not the point. The point is that Luo Fei found that when he glanced at the fence, he would think of Xi Yanqing's thing!

So big! Even when it's not erect, there's still enough (meat) to cook an entire dish with! *

[T/N: Translation provided by danmei discord friend juju!]

Pei pei pei! What are you thinking about Luo Xiaofei!

Luo Fei made himself flushed and swelling. He shook his head, and decided to hurry and do something else to divert his attention!

He always wanted to earn money to support himself. But these days, they passed like water flowing through, but before he has even accomplished anything, he has already gotten married. This won't do, he has to firmly grab onto time! His mother's teaching to him is: People! Must have the ability to support themselves! Not because you want to prevent from one day being abandoned, but to improve yourself.

Although in his previous life he had only been working in fits and starts*, now that he is in this era, he could not do that anymore.

[T/N: Literal is "to fish for three days while drying the nets for two days" and it's basically not persevering and actually working hard]

Luo Fei took advantage of the light being good, and quickly pieced the remaining pieces of cloth together and made a complete pillowcase. After that, he wanted to ponder over a few purse patterns. When he made a purse, he would go to the town to see if he could sell it. But when he went to the storage room – it was actually just a small room, he went inside to find some ingredients, he unexpectedly found half a bag of dried corn kernels.

How about… not cooking at night, instead make some popcorn to eat? Anyway, there is oil and sugar at home.

Luo Fei was carried away on a whim and scooped out two large bowls of corn. He remembered that he had seen his grandma doing this before, that is, just putting some oil into the wok, and then put some corn kernels inside, then the fire lit, dinglangdinglang, and there was popcorn. And then just put some caramel on top. Tsk! It is fragrant and nutritious. He likes to eat popcorn while watching a movie, and can even eat a big pot by himself! The pot at home is so big, this way he can make two bowls right?

Make more, in this era should be no popcorn! Anyway, he hasn't seen it in town. If you can make it, you can also sell it!

Luo Fei was super happy. He washed the corn kernels and even considered that the wet kernels would cause the oil to jump out so he wiped the washed corn kernels with a clean cloth. After rubbing at them, he put them aside and got some firewood to light the fire. He had already cleaned the pot earlier, and it could be used directly. He poured a little oil into the pot, then poured all the dried corn kernels into it, and covered it with the lid!

Add some wood, let the fire burn, and just wait to eat!

Luo Fei squatted before the fireplace, and after adding firewood, he moved his ear closer to the pot, trying to hear whether there was any sound inside the pot. Afterward, he discovered that this pot was bigger and also thicker than the pots from modern times, adding some more firewood wouldn't make it immediately cook with a big fire, and so adding heat was very slow.

He waited patiently for a while, and finally heard a smothered “peng!” after a few minutes!

There it is! There is definitely popcorn now! When his grandma popped corn it was exactly this sound!

Luo Fei Ma went under the kitchen stove to continue to add firewood, seeing that the other popcorn kernels did not explode, the heat should not be enough. He added more firewood to the premise of not making sure the fire wasn't extinguished, and he took also took a thing fan some wind in front of the stove.

After a while, the pot was again going “peng peng peng”, and it sounded three times!

Luo Fei was so excited, he almost jumped up and began to fan even harder. But it was strange, afterward, there was actually no more movement in the pot.

Was it because the skin of the remaining corn kernels was too thick?

Luo Fei wanted to take off the lid to see because the lid is a wooden cover, he wasn't able to see the situation the inside. But what if the hot air ran out after he opened it?! Besides, no fragrance has started wafting out. He decided to let it cook for a little longer and then look.

At this time, the fire was already very strong. Luo Fei did not need to fan more wind and just added some wood to it.

Still no movement.

Luo Fei vaguely felt that something was wrong and finally decided to open the lid…

“Pop! Pop!” The condensation on the lid of the pot fell in and made a sound. Luo Fei looked inside. Fuck! Burned?! The golden corn kernels he had just seen a while ago were all burnt at the bottom of the pot. They had become pitch black and gave off a scorched scent! A person who took a bite could be poisoned and killed like this!

What he had smelled before was clearly the smell of popcorn! Luo Fei became anxious, at this rate pot might become useless, and he quickly added a big ladle of water!

“Whoosh…” From the pot suddenly burst out a cloud of pungent greenish-black smoke!

“Cough cough!” Luo Fei threw away ladle, and quickly covered his mouth and nose, backing away to the side, “Ah! Did I make a mistake!” This was clearly what his grandma had done!

As Xi Yanqing followed the setting sun home, he saw at a glance that the chimney of their house was fuming with smoke. He felt that it was a good time for Luo Fei to be cooking, just on time for his return.

It is estimated that he can have a hot meal in a while. At noon, in the mountains, he wasn't able to find any convenient places and was hungry for a whole day.

He also didn't know what Luo Fei had made. It shouldn't be those tooth-breaking virgin pancakes, right?

Xi Yanqing smiled and pushed open the big door of the entrance: “Erbao, I'm back!”

Luo Fei hearing this movement quickly shouted: “Don't come in first!”

Such a shameful matter! Must destroy the evidence!

Luo Fei quickly took the thing for scraping out the pot to go at the burned corn, but the parts that did not stick were fine, but parts that did stick were exceptionally firm and couldn't be scraped off in a short time!

“Ah!” He even fucking scraped his finger!

“What's happened ?! What happened?!” Xi Yanqing originally wanted to wait and see what Luo Fei wanted to do. But hearing this he couldn't wait anymore, and quickly shook off the water on his hand and went into the house. When he saw the situation inside, he was speechless. “You are… making the virgin sesame pancakes again?! No, this is even more evil than the virgin sesame pancake, what is this?”

“Virgin popcorn.” After Luo Fei said that he wilted, “but I failed.”

“What happened to your hand?” Xi Yanqing saw that Luo Fei was blowing on his finger, and grabbed it to take a look. “It's cut, wash it in a bit, and sprinkle on some medicated powder. Do you still have some of what I gave you last time?”

“En.” Luo Fei quickly pulled his hand back. Thinking about where the powder was used before, he was 囧 again. “I used to watch my grandma popcorn this way, ah, although we did use the wok at home, the procedure was the same. Why did it burn? It must be that the pot is too big!”

“It's not because the pot is big.” Xi Yanqing went to get some clean water to let Luo Fei wash his wound. He took a look at the pot. “You use the corn in the storeroom? That corn is not suitable for popping. The type of corn that we could use and pop at home has a very small grain size and is specially made for popping. The corn her is not good, very difficult to pop.”

“Well, I didn't know.” Luo Fei said, “What should we do now? There is nothing to eat tonight. What if soaking and scraping out the pot doesn't work.”

“It shouldn't be as bad as that. Wait for a little, I'll make something to eat.” Xi Yanqing  went to get some flour, added some water and then gently stirred it to form little clumps of dough. Then he added some water, continued to stir, and made a lot of dough clumps. At this time, the small pot was almost finished soaking. After all, the fire below was still burning, adding heat made it soak fast. After Xi Yanqing tested the water and felt that it was too hot, he added some cold water, quickly scraped clean the pot, and then put a proper amount of clean water, waited for it to boil, before slowly adding the dough clumps inside. He slowly dispersed the dough clumps, and then afterward as if performing a magic trick added in some quail eggs! He did not know where they came from.

[Dough clumps]

[Dough clump vegetable soup]

[Soy sauce braised meat and quail eggs, basically just mini chicken eggs]　　

And so, five minutes later, a bowl of quail egg dough clump soup was done. To call it a better sounding name, would be "pearl and white jade soup".

Xi Yanqing added some salt into it, ladled some into two bowls and placed them onto the table. When Luo Fei finished sprinkling the medicine and came out and saw it, five quail eggs, Xi Yanqing actually gave them all to him.

Although these eggs are not very big, instantly Luo Fei felt that his heart swelled a little!

Chapter end