A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] 103

After Zhai Su and Elder Zhu left, Song Qinghan closed the courtyard door and followed Wu Dahu into the kitchen, comforting him softly, “What’s gone is gone, just let it be!”

Wu Dahu silently added more firewood into the bricked hearth, nodded without words.

He also wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, just like Zhai Su did. But all those bad memories, those hurtful moments just kept bothering him every single moment, haunting him in his nightmares. And in the meantime, those memories were reminding him of the fact that how Zhai Su abandoned him and his father like throwing pieces of trash.

Song Qinghan sighed, he sat quietly aside by Wu Dahu, he thought that by doing so he was able to impart some positive energy to his husband.

As the dinner was served on the table, Song Qinghan and Yuan Wenxuan looked at each other without words. They didn’t dare to complain about the bad flavor of the meals.

After finishing the meal with much difficulty, Song Qinghan and Wu Dahu tucked themselves into the quilt, at the moment Song Qinghan was about to say something, he was covered and hugged by Wu Dahu all of a sudden.

Song Qinghan felt much warmth in Wu Dahu’s hug, and then he said gently, “If you don’t want to meet him, I will refuse to open the door for him next time.”

Wu Dahu sneered suddenly, the smile on his face seemed to be with a sense of disdain.

“He is rich, and he gets much power now. He can go anywhere except the emperor’s palace as he wishes.”

Recalling the luxurious mansion with various delicate decorations, Song Qinghan kept his silence wisely.

After a while, he suggested again, “Then, let’s escape from this place before he finds it out.”

Wu Dahu shook his head and said slowly, “It’s useless to run away. If he really intends to trouble us, he is able to follow us no matter where we will go. Well, he gets nothing to do in his daily life.”

“Moreover, running away means that we will lose everything we have earned so hard. Everything won’t be so smooth if we choose to restart our business, the tournament and your business. It won’t be kind easy to do so.”

Of course Song Qinghan knew the fact, he just wanted to cheer his husband up by saying so. Sighing, he mumbled, “Then, what should we do?”

Wu Dahu patted Song Qinghan on his back, consoling, “Don’t worry about that. Let’s see what his intention is first. I will try my best to be well-behaved.”

Well, if he couldn’t hold his emotion, probably he would give Zhai Su a punch on the face, sooner or later.

Seeing that Wu Dahu seemed to release a little bit, Song Qinghan nodded obediently. He was about to sleep, but when he saw that Wu Dahu lay on his back staring at the ceiling blankly without any sleepiness, his heart tightened and he smiled and talked about the trip about the Moshang Town.

As Wu Dahu heard the news about those ruffians who tried to rob Song Qinghan, he finally got his eyes off the ceiling and then turned to Song Qinghan while grabbing Song Qinghan’s hand tightly, he lowered his voice and said, “Please take me with you no matter where you go in the future. I have to protect you!”

Song Qinghan nodded slightly to Wu Dahu, the warmth in his heart swept away all the exhaustion from the trip, and then he continued to tell this experience to Wu Dahu. As he finally finished his story, he turned his head to Wu Dahu, only to find that Wu Dahu had already closed his eyes while his breathing pace became more even.

Looking at Wu Dahu’s face which was full of melancholy and fatigue, Song Qinghan reached out to pat Wu Dahu on the arm, saying gently in a way he petted Little Shitou to sleep, “You’ve got us, no one is going to abandon you anymore, my love, good night!”

After that, he yawned and then went to adjust the sleeping position of Little Shitou, went back to the bed and sank into his dreams.

But one thing he might never know was that just as he got his mind blurred and was torn between the real world and the dream, Wu Dahu let off a sound of “Mmm…” as if he gave a response to the words of Song Qinghan.

The next day, Wu Dahu got up early and prepared a sumptuous breakfast. He helped the Little Shitou change the diaper and fed him congee. He was acting so normal as if he wasn’t influenced by the matter yesterday.

After breakfast, the three of them gathered in the yard as usual. Wu Dahu headed to Liangyi Martial Club, Yuan Wenxuan went to Huichun Shop, and Song Qinghan got to his shop carrying Little Shitou in his arms.

But to his surprise, customers gathered so early as he just opened the shop for a short while.

He just wanted to see how the goods were. And after that he intended to arrange everything he brought from the Moshang Town. So when he perceived that someone was approaching behind him, he rushed to ask before recognizing the figure, “Hi, what do you like? I just…”

Zhai Su smiled indulgently while staring at Little Shitou in Song Qinghan’s arms, he then said peacefully, “Don’t you think he is the spitting image of me?”

Song Qinghan didn’t know how to react as he noticed that the one who showed up in front of him was the one he was supposed to call “Femina Father in Law”. He just smiled and coughed a bit, without saying anything.

In such an awkward situation, even a modern housewife would got a headache by handling it. What’s more, he had never thought of a way to deal with the “Relationship Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law”.

Zhai Su raised his eyelids a bit and glanced at Song Qinghan, saying without an emotional change, “Doctor Song, you’re much different from the previous figure. Well, you have brought back my health, tell me, what reward you want from me?”

Song Qinghan didn’t have much contact with Zhai Su before, but he only felt that Zhai Su was a man of calmness before. But now, it seemed that such an calmness came with an air of arrogance.

Song Qinghan became unhappy all of a sudden, and then he became no longer hesitant and turned around reaching out to close the door of the shop, and saying indifferently, “If this condition counts, I wish you won’t show up in front of Wu Dahu anymore.”

Zhai Su narrowed his eyes looking at Song Qinghan’s back, he followed Song Qinghan secretly to his house. Just as Song Qinghan entered the house and was about to shut the door, Zhai Su stretched forth his arms and blocked the door while it was closing, he stepped forward and got in without Song Qinghan’s permission, while murmuring to himself, “I haven’t taken a clear measurement to your house yet because it was too dark yesterday.”

Zhai Su was Wu Dahu’s femina father after all, Song Qinghan could do nothing to evict him even though Wu Dahu hated him. What he could do now was just eyeing Zhai Su wandering in the yard. Zhai Su walked around while judging every arrangement in the yard and talking to Song Qinghan.

Song Qinghan shook his head with resignation, and then he withdraw his sight back on the stuff he brought back from Moshang Town, arranged the stuff neatly and sorted them all out.

Zhai Su felt quite bored after he found out no one responded him after he delivered a long lecture. He stepped forward to Song Qinghan, reached out to take over Little Shitou in his arms, smiling faintly while saying, “What’s the child’s name?”

Song Qinghan looked at him nervously, as if he was afraid that Little Shitou was in danger in out of the man’s mind. Zhai Su was not a good parent, after all. Song Qinghan didn’t trust him at all.

“He just got a pet name now, Little Shitou.” he answered casually.

Zhai Su’s hand paused and frowned slightly. He said with an unpleasant expression, “Dahu is just as rough as his father, I won’t blame him of being a rough fellow. You have had a profound knowledge of medicine, you are smart. How can you be rough as Dahu? Don’t you think it’s ridiculous that the child hasn’t got a real name since he was born?”

Song Qinghan clapped his hands, he smiled but it seemed to be a smile out of anger, and then he said, “Well, we haven’t got a good name for him yet. But don’t worry, we will get him a good name before he’s ready to go to school.”

Seeing Song Qinghan’s indifferent expression, the dissatisfaction on Zhai Su’s face became even greater, he lowered his voice, saying, “Before school age? How old is he when he is going to school? if I take him to visit my neighbor today, I will surely be taunted by them if my grandson doesn’t get a name with him!”

Song Qinghan’s face sank hearing that and he said coldly, “Shitou is my son, isn’t it inappropriate for you to take him with you to visit your neighbor? So, tell me, how come it’s a matter for you when I will get him a name?”

Probably Song Qinghan would treat Zhai Su with a good etiquette if Zhai Su still remained his elegance like a careless celestial being. But since this “Celestial being” took his initiative to get himself in human beings’ world, Song Qinghan would show no more mercy without considering moral principle of filial piety.

Well, people will just treat you in the way you treat the others. Probably Zhai Su was accustomed to get a smooth life now, he was so slow-witted to know such a plain truth.

Zhai Su, who was irritated by Song Qinghan’s words, sneered and placed Little Shitou back on the table. He looked up and down at Song Qinghan and said inexplicably, “Every femina father does hope his child will get a better life. I think you are not that dumb to figure out how Little Shitou will develop in a better way if he is raised by me. So since you know the fact, you can’t just treat me in that way. I would say you’re pushing your luck.”

Little Shitou burst out into a fierce cry as if he could sense the hostility of Zhai Su while Song Qinghan got tense all of a sudden with the cry.

He reached out to hold the Little Shitou in his arms and said calmly, “Am I pushing my luck? How? Oh, speaking of the responsibility of being a femina father, I think you have no rights at all to lecture me. Someone who abandoned his own child and husband for the so-called benefit and fame doesn’t deserve to be called as a responsible femina father!”

Zhai Su trembled out of anger as if he was irritated again by Song Qinghan’s merciless words, he gritted his teeth, saying, “A femina man who possesses no virtue and morality doesn’t deserve Wu Dahu! Child, you’re really playing with fire.”

After that, he turned around and left without saying anything more.

Song Qinghan caressed Little Shitou on the head while staring at the back of Zhai Su. He got a bad feelings toward everything.

Zhai Su was really just as Wu Dahu said, he got used to act under his own principle without willingness to take others’ advice. if Zhai Su really kept his own principle and acted without restriction of rules, probably his life with Wu Dahu would be tough in the future.

However, it was useless to worry about this now. Song Qinghan shook his head with resignation and then tidied up everything. And after that, he carried Little Shitou again heading to the shop.

It seemed that “An Eccentric Shop” was quite famous within the area now, at least he got more and more frequenters in his shop. Only when Song Qinghan explained to the customers that he went out for patient visiting did they finally find out that Song Qinghan was a doctor too.

People here seemed to get an innate reverence to doctors. At the second glance at the goods in the shop after knowing that Song Qinghan was a doctor, everything seemed to level up all of a sudden. So they just purchased a lot just at once in case that Song Qinghan would go out for patient visiting again.

At noon, when Wu Dahu came back from the Liangyi Martial Club, he found that the goods in the shop had already been sold for half, especially lemon slices. Well, the lemon slices went viral within days because it got a good flavor and was easy to be stored, people just came and bought a big sack of it.

Seeing that the business was so good, he closed the door and then altered the business hours from “Noon Time” to “Only One Hour A Day” on the wooden board at the corner of the alley with Song Qinghan.

Song Qinghan dithered for a long while, he finally made up his mind not to tell Wu Dahu about the matter of Zhai Su’s visit today. That was not a good deed after all, it would just bother Wu Dahu a lot.