Translated & Edited by Dandan

"Open the door! Let me out!"

"If you still won't let me out, believe me, I'm going to pee on the firewood stack!" Luo Fei put a hand on his waist and kicked the door of the firewood shack, creating a "Guang Dang" sound.

"Second Brother, don't waste your energy now." From outside the firewood shack came a quiet, helpless voice, "Father already said that no matter what, today I can't let you out. Just put up with it; if you really can't hold it, just pee on the ground; it's our house's firewood shack anyway, so no one will care."

“No, on what basis (are you locking me up)?!”  Luo Fei was so mad he was going nuts, “Isn't it just that Zhang Yangfan getting married? What will happen if I go out? It's not like I'll eat him!"

"That's what you said yesterday, but if I let you out you'll try to jump in the river (commit suicide)!"

"Jump, jump in what?”

"Jump in the river." Luo Yi stopped playing dumb and tried to face the truth, "Second Brother, I'm not trying to chastise you, but what's so great about Zhang Yangfan? He's getting married yet why are you still thinking about him?"

"Bah! Who's still thinking about him?!”

"Isn't it you… ok ok, I won't be stubborn with you. It doesn't matter anyway; father said, wait until Zhang Yangfan has had his wedding, then he will allow you to be let out.”

"…fine! I'll just let Zhang Yangfan get married." Luo Fei pounded his chest and cursed in his heart: Zhang Yangfan, fuck your dad, what kind of person are you? In the future, you better not let this one (talking about himself in an arrogant way) bump into you!

Talking about this person "Zhang Yangfan"  made Luo Fei's heart fill with anger because it was now this person who hurt him indirectly.

Zhang Yangfan, male, twenty years old, the only scholar in Hua Ping village, with a decent face, was Luo Fei's boyfriend. Correct, it is Luo Fei (罗飞), not Luo Fei (罗非).

Luo Fei (罗飞) had already died because Zhang Yangfan seduced and abandoned him. Luo Fei (罗飞) took things badly, and in the end, decided to jump in the river to commit suicide. Also, Luo Fei (罗非), a student from the 21st century, through an unexpected happening, time traveled to ancient times and ended up transmigrating into the body of Luo Fei's (罗飞) that had just been dragged ashore.

To sum it up: The one who jumped in the river was Luo Fei (罗飞), the one who liked Zhang Yangfan was (罗飞), but now the one who has to deal with all the consequences is Luo Fei (罗非).

Even more pitiful was that the Luo family, searching for a way to prevent his short sighted-ness shut him in the firewood shack; it had already been one night.

The previous night, he was thinking about how to return, but now he doesn't want to "return". With this impractical problem, now he's only thinking about how to get out. He has already emphasized many times that he will not think about it anymore (suicide), he would seek death even less, he even made his throat sore shouting, yet to no avail as the Luo family would still not believe him.

On the outside, Luo Yi listened and did not hear any sounds of movement for a while. Thinking that his Second Brother has finally stopped, he scooped some water into a bucket, preparing to bring it to the house.

Luo Fei was already rather anxious, but when he heard the” hualala" (water sound effect) sound of movement, his efforts grew even more aggressive. He looked through the crack of the door, seeing that Luo Yi was about to leave with a bucket of water, he shouted in a hurry: "Luo Yi, wait!"

"What's wrong, Second Brother?”  Luo Yi jumped in surprise.

"I'm asking you, are you really not going to let me out?”

"How can I be lying? Dad already said, whoever dares to let you out, he will break their legs.” Luo Yi remembered how at that time, his father had completely lost his temper, and one couldn't help but tremble.

"Now that that's established… if you tell Mom or Dad, I won't be filial; later, I just won't be able to be under their knee serving as the second eldest anymore.” Didn't they not believe he was over it? How about he just "isn't over it" then! Luo Fei hit the doorframe with his fist with a loud, "dang!" sound, and then his body immediately crumpled, falling to the floor——as one of the most promising students at film and acting school, this little act was nothing to him！

"Se-second brother?!” Luo Yi, hearing the weird noise was frightened. Stretching his neck, he peered into the shack. His family's firewood shack was made of mud and grass, there was only one door, there wasn't even a window. In order to be sure that his Second Brother couldn't run away, he put a large tank of water to block the doorway. He stood next to the water tank, and when he couldn't see any movement, he felt that something wasn't right.

"Second Brother, don't frighten me!" Luo Yi didn't know what to do: “Second Brother? Second Brother?”

"Dad! Mom!" at the beginning Luo Yi thought the person inside might have been tricking him, but when he thought about how the person had a bad record (of trying to commit suicide), he was too afraid to wait for any longer. He threw away the water pail and began to push at the big water tank blocking the entrance. When he was not able to move it, he anxiously yelled towards the vegetable garden,” Dad! Mom! Second Brother is trying to die again!!!"

Luo Fei lay on the ground, hearing what was going on outside angered him until all he could do was roll his eyes. However, very quickly he heard hasty and flustered footsteps coming.

"My child! My child, don't scare your mother!" His mother, Li Yuehua ran over, helping her little son to push at the big water tank. After pushing it away, her hands that held the keys were trembling so much that they couldn't fit it into the lock.

"Mom, Hurry! Give me the keys!" Luo Yi took the keys, hurriedly unlocked the door, and seeing his family's Second Brother fallen on the floor, he didn't think to check if his body was all intact or if everything was normal, and just lifted him to sit up.”Second Brother, Second Brother?!”

"My dear child, my dear child, hurry and wake up!" Li Yuehua shook him a few times, but seeing as there was no reaction, began to panic.

Luo Fei thought that it should be enough, and was preparing to"slowly wake up", but before this could happen, Luo Yi said: "Mom, this is bad! Here, let me!"

Luo Fei thought in his heart, what does this guy want to do now? But then all he heard was "pa!" on his left cheek!

"Ah!" Fuck, this little brat actually dared to hit this one on the face?! Luo Fei resisted the urge to throttle Luo Yi and opened his eyes wide.

"Mom, Second Brother woke up!" Luo Yi's eyes were bright, thinking it was because of him, "Second Brother, you're fine, right Second Brother?”

"I-I'm fine, my head is just a little dizzy.” I wasn't dizzy until you hit me!

"Fourth Child, hurry, help Mother support him. Help bring him inside the house. The ground is cold, he mustn't lie there.” Li Yuehua supported Luo Fei to his feet, and with her younger son, brought him into the house.

Luo Fei tried to put his body weight onto Luo Yi and Li Yuehua and looked around at his surroundings inconspicuously. If he had any hope of returning when he was shut up in the firewood shack, now it was gone and he was desperate. When he was taken into the small yard where they raised chickens and ducks, and the memory of when he was dragged from the river and then when he was put in the small shack… the small shack had a small grinding stone in front; he saw this all clearly. All of this just proved that he wasn't dreaming— that he would never be able to return.

"Mom, if we let Second Brother out, will dad get angry?” Luo Yi asked Li Yuehua.

"Him being angry, it's your mother who should be angry!" Li Yuehua had on a distressed face a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye it turned into a fierce one,” It's not like there's no space in the house, why lock him in the firewood shed? And he's not even concerned that your Second Brother will get cold at night.” Li Yuehua supported Luo Fei so that he could lean on the side for support, "Darling, don't worry, your mother will talk to your dad. But you have to promise your mother, that you won't do such a foolish thing again. Zhang Yangfan, he is a blind man (basically saying he's blind not to have taken Luo Fei), we don't want him! Afterward, we'll find someone even better than him!"

"…I got it, mom." Luo Fei answered stiffly, leg curling in upon himself. Unfamiliar environments always made people feel a bit uncomfortable… ah no, it was just that he had to pee.

"I'm going to go to the wash—the outhouse.” Luo Fei said. (He was about to say washroom but back then they used little outhouses and so he changed the term.)

"I'll carry you there, Second Brother.” Luo Yi supported Luo Fei again and Luo Fei didn't push him away, only following Luo Yi out.

The Luo Jia's outhouse wasn't far from the little vegetable garden, going down a small path on the left of the house and it was there. Looking at it from the outside, it was decent, however, it was hard to say the same about the inside. Not being able to bring himself to solve his problem, he came out without peeing and stared at the bare vegetable garden in a daze. 　　

It was mainly confusion, his current state was like that of a prisoner who had served long years and was finally released; although he did not actually "serve", his feeling of being out of touch with society was the same.　　

Some people can't keep up with the modern times, however, it was him who was laughably unable to keep up with the past times.

"Second Brother, you can't still be thinking about Zhang……"

"If you say those three words again do you think I won't beat you??!” Luo Fei didn't wait for Luo Yi to finish his words, glaring at Luo Yi, “In the future, you are not allowed to mention him; why is the name of that scum always hanging from your lips? This matter is over!"

"Eh…" originally wasn't the person who always had that guy's name (Zhang Yangfan) hanging off his lips himself? Luo Yi wanted to say that, but after a moment of thought dismissed the idea, he said smiling: "Okay, Second Brother if you keep on thinking this way, everything will be fine. You are our village's young and handsome ger, how could that Zhang—that guy be worthy of you? ”

"Really?” Luo Fei stroked his chin,” It seems to be true.” It wasn't that he was boasting, but that Luo Fei (罗飞) was truly beautiful. In modern times, Luo Fei's looks were considered average, but it seemed Luo Fei (罗飞) was better than him. Their facial structure was similar, but Luo Fei (罗飞) is handsome: he has tender and pale skin, his body structure is also not bad. He would be able to have children with others.

He received Luo Fei's （罗飞）body and Luo Fei's（罗飞） memory, so he knew that the place he had transmigrated to was called Yu Qing Country. Yu Qing Country had 3 types of people, besides the normal men and women, there was a third type——known as “gers”.

On the surface, gers looked male, but most of them are smaller than normal males, and they are also a bit weaker. Their chances of getting pregnant and giving birth were not very high. Generally, out of ten people, there are about one or two who are able to. The biggest difference is that if there is a plum blossom marking on the left hand, it shows who is able to breed future generations.

Luo Fei is gay himself, so he is not surprised by Luo Fei (罗飞)'s feelings for Zhang Yangfan, so he did not really have much dissent to the existence of the gers. But the setting for gers to be able to have a child is really… a bit forced.

The only thing to be thankful for is that his plum blossoms marks are very light in color. People say that the lighter it is, the lower the fertility rate. It seems that Zhang Yangfan had abandoned Luo Fei for just that reason. But for now, it is a good thing for him.

Luo Fei touched the plum blossoms on his hand and swept across the ground with his eyes. From outside unexpectedly came the sound of knocking and drumming.

Huaping Village is not big. An event where such happy sounds occur can be heard throughout. As far as Luo Fei knows, there is only the Zhang Family who has something to celebrate in the village. This time, it seemed that Zhang Yangfan would be coming back with a newcomer.

"Second brother, how about we go to the vegetable garden to help Mother work?" Luo Yi carefully looked at his brother, fearing that he was caught up in his feelings and contemplating suicide once again.

“Work?  What do I want to do? Go get me a pot filled with water." Luo Fei shook his sleeves, "If I am going to let Zhang Yangfan just go straight past the front door of my house, then my surname isn't Luo!"

“Sec-Second brother, what are you trying to do?" Luo Yi's eyes opened wide, his whole person was flabbergasted. Is this reckless man still his Second Brother who anytime Zhang Yangfan was mentioned would become depressed?!

“Do what? Do Zhang Yangfan! " Seeing his younger brother not moving, he picked up a wooden bowl himself. He filled it with water, and scooped in several handfuls of dirt from the ground, and while walking towards the door, spit in it, waiting until the horn sounds came closer, he held out the bowl… then withdrew it, turning his body back he asked Luo Yi: "Is Dad at home?" How come he didn't come when I was pretending to die just a while ago? If he really wasn't at home, then he couldn't spill this water yet.

“He is here, he's in the vegetable garden." Luo Yi looked suspicious. "Second Brother, why are you asking?"

"No reason!" Luo Fei didn't even pause to think before he dumped the dirty water onto the marriage parade outside!

"Hualala—" (sound of water)

"Ah——! "

"Pu! Pei! Pei! "

"Who is so wicked!" The musicians stopped playing the song, and a person from the Zhang family went straight to the door of the Luo Family.

"Surname Luo, what is the meaning of this! " Zhang Yangfan's cousin Zhang Sheng asked Luo Fei.

"What do you mean what does this mean?" Luo Fei put down the bowl and swept his eyes across Zhang Yangfan," Are you saying that I have to ask when I pour water out of my house?"

"You obviously did it on purpose! " Zhang Yangfan, truth be told was at fault about the matter with Luo Fei, however, his wedding clothes had gotten wet and his heart was also enraged.

"Forget about it." Jiang Baining said softly. "You refused him and he went to the river to commit suicide because of you. If everyone in the village knew about this matter, who would want him? Besides, it seems that he has a lot of misfortune. Luo Dazhen (Head of Luo family) must be very sad, we can not add to that responsibility."

“You—! Are you using your intelligence?" If you were kind, you would not have gotten in the way of Luo Fei (罗飞) and Zhang Yangfan's feelings. Maybe then he wouldn't have had to come to this bird-shit god-forsaken place! The more Luo Fei thought about it, the angrier he got!

“How are you, you, so ignorant?" Jiang Baining's eyes bulged.

“Fuck your ‘so ignorant'. Jiang Baining, you also shouldn't be too proud. Zhang Yangfan is really not a good thing, actually, let me thank you for taking him away; if you didn't I wouldn't have found out what a little villain he is! Alright alright, you guys stop blocking my house's front entrance, whoever has a place to go should go! " Luo Fei took the bar (that closes/locks the door) and brandished it.

“What a joke, so the water you poured was for nothing?! Compensate us! " Zhang Sheng yelled.

“Right, compensation with money! You can't just leave it like this! " A few people followed suit and demanded.

“What are you guys yelling? Do you think our old Luo Family is empty right now?!" Li Yuehua wielded an ax and came rushing out, “Darling, don't be afraid! Your Mommy is here! "

“What? You wanna fight?" Luo Sheng was already quite angry, but at this, his anger was considerably elevated to another level, “Comrades, let us fight! Let's see if they end up paying today or not! "

"Let's see who dares!" suddenly from the yard came a roar full of pure qi (spiritual energy), right after that came the "pa!" sound of a whip cracking, Luo family's Luo Tian held a horsewhip in his hands, coming out with a stormy look,” The old Zhang family huh, the ones who recognize me quickly get the hell out, I haven't begun to punish anyone yet, don't reach further than you are able!"

"It was obviously Luo Fei who dumped out water!"

"If he poured it out, he poured it out. What's wrong with dumping out water at our door?” Luo Tian's six-foot figure filled the large doorway, saying,” Is it necessary to give salutation? (referring to when dumping out water)”

"That's not how it is.” Zhang Sheng wanted to refute, but he did not dare, and his face flushed. Who in Hua Ping Village did not know that Luo Tian had the air of someone who crawled from his grave, full of rage? If he had seen this person, he would not have provoked them.

"Leave it, cousin.” Zhang Yangfan's complexion was also not so good, however ever since the news of Luo Fei trying to drown himself spread through the village, he had been worried that the Luo Family would be looking for him to start trouble. If the issue today became heated, he was afraid that this marriage would not be able to be completed.

"Sorry about this, Uncle Luo, we'll go right now.” Zhang Yangfan said with a slightly green face.

Jiang Baining hearing the apology almost vomited blood, but he also did not dare to say anything.

Zhang Sheng suppressed his words and shouted: "Music! Let's all be merry!"

The parade shuffled away and Luo Fei slammed the door with a "bang". Shaking out his sleeves, he turned and prepared to enter the house.

Luo Tian checked, and seeing that the musicians and procession were getting farther away, went to Luo Fei. He walked forwards a few steps and grabbed Luo Fei's collar, lifting him up like a small chick, he brought him closer to ask: "My son, stand here for your father. Father wants to ask you about something."

"What, Dad?” Luo Fei turned his head with difficulty.

"Just then, was it you who poured that dirty water?” He had seen the spots of dirt on Zhang Yangfan and Zhang Sheng's clothes.

"Ah, it was me, what's the matter?” Was it bad that he poured it?

"Well done!" Luo Tian put Luo Fei down, face full of smiles, he straightened Luo Fei's clothing,” continuing, "If you get bullied, you must bully and fight back, do you understand? If there's an issue, your father's here, what are you afraid of? We can't get bullied!"

"I know, Dad.” Luo Fei smiled, but he was uncomfortable again, making a "si~~" sound. He had transmigrated for about a whole entire night now. He hadn't eaten well, slept well, thinking about how he couldn't go back made his heart agitated, flaring up, making him foam at the mouth.

"Go ahead.” Luo Tian patted Luo Fei's back, patting it three times, then grabbed him again："Wait.”

"What is it now? Dad?” It couldn't be that he had suddenly found out he was different from the original Luo Fei?! Luo Fei's heart rate sped up.

“That guy from the Xi family wrote a letter, saying that he will be back after two days. I have discussed it with your mother, and we plan to go and let him cross with you.”

"Cr-cross what?” (The Chinese phrase/idiom for marriage is 过门 or literally cross the threshold.)

"Cross the threshold of marriage.” Luo Tian raised his eyebrows,” You haven't forgotten about your childhood betrothal to the Xi family have you?”

"I… of course I haven't forgotten. But isn't he dead?” All the people in the village knew about this and gossiped about it.

"He's still alive.” Luo Tian thinking about the matter was very happy, “No we won't have to worry about your marriage matters anymore. That kid from the Xi Family is a good guy. Although we haven't met for a very long time, however, he was always like his Uncle Xi, you won't go wrong with him.”

"But I'm already over sixteen… " Not fulfilling the contract seemed to also be an option? In Yu Qing Country, if a party turned sixteen and their partner was still not able to take them in marriage, then that betrothal contract could be considered void.

"That's not okay!" Luo Tian's face darkened, ” Unless there is some serious problem with him, you must get married to him! You can't be a wondering moth forever, do you hear me?”

"T-then don't come back (about the Xi suitor), Amitabha!" Luo Fei said in a small voice.

"What are you muttering about?”

"Nothing!" Luo Fei smiled foolishly, however, he suddenly heard Luo Yi shouting from outside: "Dad! Mom! Second Brother, quick, come see! Brother Xi's house is smoking!"

“What?!” Luo Fei's mouth dropped open and he looked in the distance. Well, the Xi family's chimney that did not smoke for a long time had actually started to smoke.

Buddha, I just made a wish, Buddha! Why are you hitting my face so soon? !

Notes:

If anyone is confused about the two Luo Fei people thing, basically in Chinese, 罗飞 and 罗非 sound the same. The one who actually died is 罗飞 and 罗非(our MC) is a guy from the future who transmigrated into 罗飞's body. I'll make the distinctions later if need be but I think the rest of the Luo Fei's should be referring to our MC.

Thanks to mimidono, karenen and thisworldofmine1! “Little brother” has been changed to “ger” which is a male who has the ability to give birth (but isn't an omega).

I love the family dynamics so much; they're all kinds of funny XD