Begging You to Break Off This Engagement! Chapter 20.2

Translated by Dan-dan, Edited by Ahzinal

Luo Fei helplessly followed behind him, then looked left and right and saw no one: “Xi Yan Qing, can I ask you a question?”

“What is it?” Xi Yanqing halted, turned around, and looked at Luo Fei with his back against the light.

“Is there some matter that's making you unhappy?” Although he was rather dense, he still had the ability to perceive emotions. Xi Yanqing didn't seem like himself.

“…Why do you like Bo Yuan?” Xi Yanqing suddenly asked.

“Eh, he's a male god, so many people like him.” Luo Fei roughly recalled some memories, but he really didn't remember why he liked Liang Boyuan. “Do you need a reason to like someone? It is just some kind of attraction. Then you…you, um, why do you like me?”

“Yeah, why?” Xi Yanqing  smiled, “Maybe it's because my eyes have problems.”

“Ah? What does that mean?”

“Every time I see you standing with other people, only you are shining.” After Xi Yanqing finished speaking, he turned and continued to move forward. “So you became my focus. I always immediately notice you.” He said this sentence very quietly. Perhaps he didn't want anyone to hear it at all.

The clouds that obscured the sun just drifted away at this time, and the golden rays of light suddenly dispersed, highlighting Xi Yanqing again with a faint golden silhouette.

Luo Fei thought in his heart, who shines? Only you shine! Your whole family shines! All sparkle-sparkle bling-bling!

This person was too baffling. How does he (LF) shine? He isn't some luminous pearl*.

[T/N: The Chinese literally says "夜明珠" or night pearl. It's apparently some kind of precious stone that is fluorescent and shines]

Luo Fei, who occasionally was not very shiny (bright) in the brain, only just reacted when they arrived at the fields. Xi Yanqing said that he was special in his eyes. In this current situation, he could not continue this subject.

According to the regulations of Yu Qing Country, a land belongs to each person for life until one dies. After death, it would be completely regained by the state. When a new life is born, then it would be distributed to this new life. And so, as each generation passes like this, everyone will have their own land. After each child is one full year old, according to the local geological conditions, he would be given somewhere between two to five mu* of land, which could be dry fields or paddy fields.

[T/N: A mu is one fifteenth of a hectare]

In the past, there were four people in the Xi family. They had eight acres of paddy fields and four acres of dry fields. Later, when Xi couple died, their land turned into four acres of paddy fields and two acres of dry fields. Some of these acres of land were also sold while the old Madam was sick, so there were only two acres of paddy fields and one acre of dry fields left for Xi Yanqing.

Today Xi Yanqing brought Luo Fei to see the acre of dry land under his name where he plans to grow the soybeans and corn.

Xi Yanqing had already brought all the seeds, which was the corn that Luo Fei used to pop popcorn that day.

“Didn't you say you were going to plant both kinds? How come you only brought one kind of seeds?” Luo Fei seemed to only see the corn and hadn't see the soybeans.

“Yellow beans should be planted after the corn has germinated. There should be a gap of about one week to ten days apart.” Xi Yanqing took a small shovel and dug a pit, about 10 centimeters in depth. “Do you want to try?” He lifted up the small shovel and asked Luo Fei.

“Of course, isn't it just digging holes?” Luo Fei took the shovel. “I'll dig holes, you plant corn seeds, a clear-cut division of labor!”

“Yes, the division of labor is clear. I will plant seeds in your hole.” Xi Yanqing smiled as he sprinkled a few kernels of corn in each of the pits dug by Luo Fei then covered each of them with dirt on top.

[T/N: Seeds! Hole! Xi Yanqing lmaooooo]

“Do you know how to speak? It is obviously supposed to be that you are going to plant in the holes I dig! What 'plant in my hole'…” Luo Fei suddenly realized, “Xi Yanqing! Don't tell me you're thinking down crooked paths again?!" Luo Fei took the small shovel and pointed it at Xi Yanqing. "I'm not doing it, you dig holes! I'll plant the seeds*!"

[T/N: Lil' shou wants to top our gong hahaha]

“Don't arbitrarily refuse the work that the boss has arranged.” Xi Yanqing sprinkled the seeds as he had his fun, “Hurry up! Not allowed to be lazy! Otherwise, your salary will be deducted.”

“Fuck, you bully landlord*!”

[T/N: Original text said "周扒皮" or "Zhou Bapi" or  "Zhou the exploiter". He was this landlord in a short story called "半夜鸡叫", "The Rooster Crows at Midnight" that learned how to crow like a rooster so he could wake up the workers who labored on his land at midnight and make them start working. Because they didn't have clocks back then, the workers woke with roosters and since the Zhou guy woke them extra early, they had to work a lot more. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2ZZ-LngN4%5D

Luo Fei fiercely picked up the shovel, and while he was digging the holes, dirty dirty things passed through his mind.

That big! That thick! There must also be a lot of seeds…

Oh my god, Luo Fei, what on earth are you thinking about! Quickly dig your holes! ! !

Luo Fei used the strength of digging the ancestral tombs of enemies to dig holes for  the kernels of corn. At this time, there was a sudden voice coming from a distance. At first, Luo Fei didn't care. He just glanced up and looked at who it was coming from. Turns out, it was actually Zhang Yangfan's mother and his wife, Jiang Baining. Followed by three less familiar people.　　

Jiang Baining also only discovered it when he got closer. Their family had land on this side, and not little of it. This position was the best in the village, and they have always been retaining it. He saw Luo Fei digging holes, laughed and said: “Did you come out to work the land, Luo Fei? But that's true, only that much land, after paying the tax paid in the fall, it won't even be enough to scrape by, it is quite tight. So, when marrying, you still have to find a good family. You see, my family's Zhang Yangfan is a scholar, our family will be exempt from paying taxes.”

Luo Fei didn't understand at first why this person came over all mysteriously. Actually, it turns out he just wanted to show off that point. But he wouldn't just sit here and eat it!

“Whether a scholar is better or a soldier, whoever marries who will know in their heart. You don't have to pay taxes, but don't you still have to work like me? Does your family's scholar help you do it? Does he love you dearly? If there is anything for you to show off, then if you have the ability, have him come down to the fields and labor with you!” Luo Fei rolled his eyes and said to Xi Yanqing: “Qing-ge, I'm tired, I want to play for a while.”

“All right, then just sit on the side and rest.” As Xi Yanqing spoke he took the food box and brought it to Luo Fei. “This morning, I put some delicious foods in it for you. You sit there and eat.” After he finished speaking, he bent down and squeezed Luo Fei's nose, whispering: “Whose family's little donkey is as delicate as you? Brat.”

“Bleh!” Luo Fei stuck out his tongue and made a face, then he went right ahead to sit on the side and began to eat. He especially took out a date and infuriatingly hooked his fingers towards Jiang Baining, silently asking: “Do you have this? Do you have this?”

Jiang Baining was so angry he became red in the face. Xi Yanqing simply obeyed! Luo Fei's conduct really was incomparable! Caused him to be angry all day long!

Chapter end