Begging You to Break Off This Engagement! Chapter 26

Thank you for ko-fis~~~ ❤

Edited by Ahzinal

On the way to the corn field, Luo Fei didn't talk to Xi Yanqing very much. Xi Yanqing walked in front while he followed behind like a young newly-wed wife. When Xi Yanqing walked, he walked; when Xi Yanqing stopped, he stopped. Furthermore, once Xi Yanqing turned his head to take a glance at him, he would turn his head away.

It turned out that the little hedgehog, who loved to explode in anger, seemed to have put away all his spikes. He was no longer acting fierce; instead, he had become as docile as a little white rabbit. However, Xi Yanqing was not sure whether this would be temporary or permanent.

Although the time was still very early, there were already people busying around in the fields. Seeing the couple walking together, one in front and the other behind, someone greeted them and said, “Xi fellows, are you going to the fields?”

“Yes, we're thinning out the corn. Uncle He, are you also quite busy today? ” Xi Yanqing was in a good mood, so he smiled happily at everyone he met.

“Of course, there is a lot of work at home. If I don't hurry, it won't get finished. Uncle is not as strong as you youngsters, working so quickly.” The man, who was called Uncle He, said as he bent down again to work while he chatted with Xi Yanqing. “By the way, Xi fellow, is your piece of land next to Old Zhang's?”

“Yes, Uncle He, what about it?”

“When I walked past there today, I looked at your corn. It seems that it is too sparse, won't it affect the harvest?” Uncle He had good intentions. He felt that at least 20% of the production would be lost by planting that way. Just think! Only seven or eight plants were planted in a spot where ten seedlings could have been planted. The number of cobs that could have been grown is obviously less.

“I want to try to grow corn and beans together this year, so there is a wider gap between the rows.”

“Aiyo, can that be done?!”

“It's hard to say whether it will affect the harvest. It's only on about a mu of land. I'll just try it first. ” Xi Yanqing said, “Then we'll go first. Uncle He, please come over to our place to sit down and chat when you are free.”

“Good, good. Then you'd better go quickly.” Uncle He thought, corn and soybeans planted together, what kind of method was that? He scratched his head. “Can it be done?”

“Wasting so much good land.” Someone nearby said, “In the end, there is just too little land, or else who wouldn't try it? Trying to grow corn and soybeans together. Isn't it like two babies trying to fight over milk, in the end no one gets enough to eat? “

[T/N: Basically he's saying that they're trying to obtain too much corn & soybeans rather than just planting one and having enough. Editor Ahzinal interpreted it as both the corn and beans fighting over the same nutrients so neither would get enough which actually seems to make more sense lmao]

“That's also true.” Uncle He shook his head and continued to thin out his corn seedlings.

However, Xi Yanqing had chosen this land after considering how good quality the soil was. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to plant corn interspersed with soybeans. Originally, there were no fertilizers or pesticides here at all. It all depended on the soil and farm manure, so if this land was not good, then he really wouldn't have tried planting like that.

Most of the corn seedlings planted with Luo Fei last time had already sprouted–two leaves and one heart, the perfect time to start thinning them out. After finding his family's land, Xi Yanqing taught Luo Fei how to do the work like before. Then the husband and wife divided up the work, each to one row of crops.

Their land was quite good. The quality of the soil was good and the location was also not bad. However, there was one thing that's not so great about it, that is it was next to Old Zhang's land.

Zhang Yangfan wouldn't come to work in the field and Jiang Baining, who claimed to be pregnant, also couldn't come, so everytime Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing came to the fields they would see Qin Guizhi! Who made them have more land? Working the land was working away the days of ones' life. The Zhang family, who had a lot of land, needed people to come take care of it every day. They may not necessarily meet Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing, who had less land and only came once in a while.

Qin Guizhi had already seen Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei's land. She couldn't help but laugh. Because she didn't know that Xi Yanqing had saved space for the soybeans, she only thought that, after fighting in the war, his brain didn't work anymore. He actually separated each corn plant so far from each other, wasn't that just wasting land?!

However, the Zhang family had too much land, so Qin Guizhi didn't have much time to turn her attention onto Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing.

Xi Yanqing thinned out the seedlings, then used his elbow to lightly poke Luo Fei next to him who was doing the same thing: “Really planning to not talk to me?”

Luo Fei didn't even look at him. Still immersing himself in the work: “What did you say?”

Xi Yanqing's hands were dirty, so he could not touch Luo Fei. He just looked at him and asked in a low voice, “Did it feel good last night?”

Luo Fei's face immediately became hot, he turned his head and glared at Xi Yanqing. He lowered his voice: “Don't you bother me! Not allowed to say that! “

Looking at this little cutie, it could be seen that he had hit the nail on the head, making him fly into a rage out of humiliation.

Xi Yanqing just thought it was boring while doing work, so he just teased Luo Fei a little. Anyway, he could not help but feel a stir in his heart at the thought of that night. Although they hadn't really been able to truly connect together, it still felt good that Luo Fei would relax under his titillations. And moreover, this kind of thing, as long as there was a first time, it would be much easier in the future. It was important to let Luo Fei get a taste of what might happen.

At the thought of what happened last night, Luo Fei was ashamed to death. How dare he regard it as a casual topic for chatting? He quickened his pace of thinning the seedlings, and, for a moment, he was actually faster than Xi Yanqing.

Xi Yanqing hurried to catch up: “Luo Fei, could you make me a shirt with shorter sleeves when you are free? It's so hot.”

He basically wore the same clothes through spring, autumn, and winter. Due to the climate of the place he fought at, he only wore long sleeves there. However, working in long sleeved clothes this time was simply torture. The next month he would have to go to the fields everyday. If he kept on wearing the same clothes, he would definitely develop a heat rash.

“You'll have to wait until I find time to buy the right materials in town.” Luo Fei said, “Han Xu will be getting married next month. I'll go ask him later if he'll go with me. If he does, we'll go together and buy you clothes material.” He would also like to buy two pieces of red cloth to make a pair of mandarin duck pendants for Han Xu, as thanks for the furniture they made for them.

[T/N: Mandarin ducks represent a happy married couple]

“Then I'd like gray.” “Xi Yanqing smiled and said,”It's still wifey who's the best. “

“Fuck you! Who is your wifey! ” Luo Fei threw the corn seedling in his hand at Xi Yanqing, “Even when working, you can't stop that big mouth of yours!”

“When I'm working, I'm not using my mouth, so of course I can't stop it. But at night I can… “

“Not allowed to speak!” Luo Fei held up the corn seedling in a posture exuding "if you dare say it, I'll stuff this seedling in your mouth!"

“Tsk tsk tsk, good wifey, where are your thoughts going to? What your husband wanted to say was that you can stop my mouth when having dinner in the evening. You must have thought of something dirty, didn't you? “

“You shut up!” Luo Fei's thoughts were guessed correctly, so he exploded again. The rabbit had become anxious and was about to start biting people. How dare he say he was dirty?!

“Fine, fine, I won't say it, I won't say it, happy?” Xi Yanqing smiled and shook his head. Seeing that the sun was rising higher and higher, he hurried to work. It's nice and cool in the morning. However, it would become hot after this time. He didn't want to let Luo Fei suffer.

Less land, faster work. Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing were finished before noon. However, Xi Yanqing had to go to the paddy fields to have a look, so he sent Luo Fei home, ate something simple, and then left again.

As soon as Luo Fei locked the gates, he went crazy, as if all his energy had returned. He grabbed his head: Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! Fuck! He was teasing him with those weird comments!

But that feeling was really comfortable ah. It made him feel as light as a feather. Like he was going up to heaven…

No more thinking about it!

But I can't control myself…

Even if you can't, you have to!

Oh.

Luo Fei's expression was strange, going from stirred up to extremely calm, and Aunt Zhou, who accidentally witnessed his series of private behaviors, was dumbfounded.

What's the matter with this child?!

Luo Fei felt a strange look and smiled widely at Aunt Zhou: “Aunt Zhou, you're hanging your clothes out to dry?”

Aunt Zhou smiled: “Yes. What just happened to you? Are you not comfortable somewhere? “

As soon as Luo Fei heard the word “comfortable”, he thought of what Xi Yanqing said to him in the fields: “No, no, it's just, hehe, just having some fun. Aunt Zhou, you put the chicks outside, won't they get cold? “

“They won't. The sun is very bright, let them bask in the sun, and get used to staying outside. Then when we release them to raise outside it will be easier. “

“Oh, then I'll take it ours out to bask in the sun too.” Luo Fei had thought that the chicks could not suffer through wind these days, so he put them all in the house. However, when he considered they had bought them on the same day, if others let them go out, then he could also do the same. Thus, he brought out all the chicks and gave them some more food.

Because he went to the fields early in the morning and came back to cook at noon, he didn't wash the clothes yet. After feeding the chickens, Luo Fei washed the clothes and hung them up to dry. Then he began to think about what to do next. The cloth articles that the house needed had been added, and the thread that Xi Yanqing gave him was almost used up. The colors that were not commonly used still had a lot left over, but those good-looking and commonly used ones were almost gone. He estimated that it would not be enough to embroider the mandarin duck pendants for Han Xu, and it was even more impossible to embroider anything much bigger.

But was it appropriate for him to buy these things with the housekeeping money? It's understandable to buy the essentials, but thread… actually it was not very necessary. But he wanted to see if he could sell it. If he could embroider a couple of things before he went to town and showed them to the people at the embroidering workshop, maybe they would accept them?

Don't worry about that now! In any case, it's also to get another source of income for the family, so we still have to buy this thread!

Then, what if no one buys your embroidery and you can't earn back the costs?!

Then… then pretend to be dead! If worse comes to worst, he can do some extra work and compensate Xi Yanqing!

Luo Fei made up his mind and went to the back garden. He found that some of the bok choy had grown rather tall. Perhaps they could dip them in sauce to eat, so he went back to the Luo house, thinking about taking some fermented soybean paste home so they could have bok choy and dipping sauce at night.

In the past, once Luo Ru saw him she would become very happy, going Er-ge this, Er-ge that. But today, he didn't know why, but she looked like she had cried. One should know that this girl's temperament is very outspoken and straightforward like a boy and seldom cries.

“What happened San-bao?” Luofei didn't see anyone else at home he could ask, so he could only directly ask her.

“It's nothing.” Luo Ru lowered her head and helped Luo Fei  pack the sauce, and didn't say anything more.

“If it's nothing then why are your eyes still so red? If there's something you're unhappy about,  talk to Er-ge, Er-ge will help you. “

“It's really all right.” Luo Ru hurriedly wiped at her tear-filled eyes, preventing them from rolling down. “Second brother, do you think this is enough?”

“It's enough.” Luo Fei took the small jar, but after thinking about it, he decided not to go back first. He would spend some more time with Luo Ru.

“You should go back, Er-ge..” Luo Ru, however, seemed to not want anyone around. She pushed Luo Fei out and said, “I don't want to see anyone now. I'm going to work by myself.”

“Ah, then you… Then you must not act recklessly ah! “

“I'm not you! Of course I wouldn't mess around! ” Luo Fu pushed Luo Fei out the gates, then closed it.

Luo Fei went home with a dumbfounded expression. When cooking, he was somewhat absent-minded. What's on earth was the matter?!

When Xi Yanqing came back from the fields, after washing and entering the house, he smelled the fragrance of the meal. He sniffed and felt that the fatigue of the day somehow easily melted away. However, once he saw Luo Fei he discovered that he was lost in thought.

“What are you thinking about?”

“San-bao was being strange.” Luo Fei took the steamed buns outside and said, “I went back to get some soybean paste today and found that she seems to have cried. But no matter how I asked, she wouldn't tell me what's wrong. I didn't dare to ask further when I saw she seemed like she was about to cry again. “

“I know about this.” Xi Yanqing took a big steamed bun, “Previously there was someone acting as a matchmaker. It seems to be a farm family in the neighboring village, surnamed Fang. It seems that the elders of this Fang family like Sanbao very much. They said that they had found a matchmaker to talk with Luo family. But that family's brat did not like Sanbao very much because she is so strong, so he has always opposed this matter. But his parents like Sanbao ah. His little arms can't twist back a thigh. This morning, he came to Luo's house on his own to discuss. What he said should not have been very pleasant to hear. Anyway, this matter fell through. “

“How do you know?” Luo Fei looked at Xi Yanqing doubtfully.

“When I went to work in the fields in the afternoon, I heard elder brother say that.” The paddy field as given as part of Luo Fei's dowry was next to the Luo family's and he saw Luo Ji when he went there to work. He asked when he saw that Luo Ji's face was not happy. Luo Ji also treated him as part of the family, and told him about it.

“Fuck, who was it? Dislikes Sanbao for being too strong. Does he look like some heavenly being? He couldn't make it clear to his family, so he came as if he's the matchmaker! Annoying! ” Luo Fei has been here for two months. He has become familiar with the Luo family for a while now. Besides, they treated him as their close relative. He couldn't just have no feelings for them, so now that Luo Ru was wronged, he was also not happy.

“Who knows the reason for this, perhaps Sanbao will find a better one in the future.” Xi Yanqing took some bok choy and put it in Luofei's bowl, “Don't be angry anymore. Eat.”

“En.” Luo Fei lowered his head and peeled at the steamed buns for a while. “Qing-ge, do you think that if we didn't get married at that time, would I have been gossiped about for a long time?”

“Otherwise? If I wasn't worried about that, I would have wanted to marry you when you were ready and willing. ” Xi Yanqing pinched Luo Fei's ear, “So slow.”

“You are slow!” Luo Fei stuffed the steamed bun into Xi Yanqing's mouth, “I'm not really hungry, you eat slowly. Afterwards, I still need you to do something for me later. “

“Do what?”

Luofei went inside the house and took out the curtain from the cupboard: “Put this on the cupboard for me please.”

“Not helping,” Xi Yanqing seeing it said.

Luo Fei stared blankly: “why?”

Xi Yanqing pointed to the tiger on the curtain: “He's an eyesore. If you cut it off, I'll do it for you.”

Luo Fei: “…”

Surname Xi did you eat something and get sick!!!

At first, Luo Fei thought that Xi Yanqing was joking, but after taking a peek at that guy's straight face, he realized that he was being serious.

“Is it because you think I embroidered you too badly?” Luo Fei couldn't think of any other reason. Didn't he just use some yellow and green? But isn't the embroidery work pretty good?!

“You mean… what you embroidered was me?! ” Xi Yanqing was immediately surprised, did he even have a hair of similarity to a tiger?!

“If not then?” Luo Fei said strangely, “You are so strong, just looking at you, and you seem quite formidable. You were able to swing such a big hammer so easily. If not you, then who would it be?”

“I thought it was Boyuan… Didn't you know that his zodiac is a tiger? “

“I didn't know. I only knew that he's a little older than me,” Luo Fei said. Then he laughed mischievously, "But now I know, turns out his zodiac is a tiger.”

"Even if you know now, you are not allowed to think about him. In the future, only allowed to think about me!” Xi Yanqing went over to Luo Fei and heavily kissed him on the forehead. “When you are free, make the pillow longer. I want to share a pillow with you. I also want to sleep in the same blankets with you. “

“I don't want to sleep in the same blankets with you!” At the thought of another night like before, Luo Fei's heart skipped a beat. “Tonight, each person will sleep in their own blankets!”

“Oh…”

When Luo Fei was tidying up the dishes, Xi Yanqing stealthily took a bowl of water into the bedroom. After a while: “Aiyo! This is bad, wifey~. I caused trouble! “

“What's happened?”

“I wanted to help you do some work and make the bed, but I accidentally spilled water on the quilt. On a really big piece of it!”

“Then take it out to dry. Isn't there still a thick quilt? We can get by with that for a night. “

“Thick quilt?” Xi Yanqing took a glance at the other half of the water and said, “That also got wet!”

“You!” Luofei came over quietly to have a look, and saw Xi Yanqing holding the bowl with a smile. He was immediately so angry that he took off his shoes to give a beating to Xi Yanqing. "Xi Yanqing! Beat you to death ahhhhhhhhhh (battle cry lololol)! “

“Ai, don't hit, don't hit! It's almost the festival, you can't let me get a wound on my face, right? “

“Festival?” Luofei put on his shoes again. “What festival?”

“Dragon Boat Festival. It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival, didn't you know? "

[T/N: vid with info https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1WQ90F4HlI%5D

“Right! It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival! ” Luo Fei was immediately happy. Why was he still thinking so hard about what to make?! It's going to be the Dragon Boat Festival. Couldn't he just make small zongzi and fragrant pouches to sell?!

[T/N: zongzi are yummy savory or sweet sticky rice things~ Recipe:

[T/N: Fragrant pouches are little embroidered decorations stuffed with herbs and flowers. They smell really nice! Supposed to ward off evil and have healing properties.]

Notes:

WASN'T THAT A SUPER CUTE CHAPTER?! :DDDDDDD Sooooo flufffffyyyyyy~

Luo Fei?

Chapter end