A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] chapter 60

Song Qinghan frowned a bit, he knew exactly that he wasn’t able to persuade Youning.

Tough Yuan Boshu was a man of a fine morality, it would still be hard to predict the life spending with him. Moreover, remarriage wasn’t something of glory, and to be one’s second femina husband, he should do better or otherwise would be condemned by others. In addition, Youning was bought by Yuan Boshu, he wouldn’t be that kind of delightful or something. Instead, he thought he had to be subservient.

Just as the two were chatting, Wu Dahu came back with tools. He delivered the writing brushes, ink and rice paper to Yuan Boshu. Yuan Boshu took over the kit and put the rice paper on flagstone aside evenly, then he commenced writing.

Not long, he finished drafting two agreements respectively.

Tough Song Qinghan didn’t take a careful glance at the content on the paper, he could discern the difference one from another.

Youning’s father, the one who was almost a completely illiterate person, finished reading the content on the paper in a rather difficult way. What he could make sure was that he didn’t see any single word which mentioned the “Pay Back” term. He then bit his thumb, and used the blood on it to leave a mark on the paper.

With all the process done, Youning’s father raised his eyelids, saying menacingly, “It’s time to pay now. Don’t play with us with tricks, we don’t have much time and mood to do that.”

Without hesitation, Yuan Boshu took out the ingot again and then he saw Youning’s father was inspired all of a sudden with a grinning face, he urged, saying, “I would highly suggest you to leave Youning alone from now on, he doesn’t belong to you two anymore. Never ever bother him again.”

After that, he turned around in a nimble action and then walked to Youning with a face of embarrassment, saying in a low voice, “Just come with me first to Childe Wu’s house first, we will talk about a further detail then.”

The sorrow was still lingering on Youning’s face, yet he was much more released. Youning then nodded in response, following up behind Yuan Boshu.

After they were all at home, Song Qinghan was all anxiety to ask Yuan Boshu, “Brother Yuan, the two agreements are drafted in different contents. Aren’t they?”

Scratching himself on his head with an awkward smile, Yuan Boshu came to know his trick was all exposed by Song Qinghan. He then passed the paper in hands to Youning, while explaining, “The first agreement paper is written with something like ‘From the day on, Youning is in the matrimonial tie with me, betrothal money One Hundred silver coins, No Dowry’, and the second one is written with something like ‘From the day on, Youning officially breaks off the relation with his original family, his parents are not allowed to impede any personal affair of his.’”

At the moment Youning heard the words “No Dowry”, he felt a bit worthless in thinking that he was nothing for Yuan Boshu. But after he heard the latter words, he came to a relief. His mind was just like a roller coaster, which was at the top right at the moment and then down to the trough the next second.

Well, at least he would never ever be bullied again by those two evils. Even if Yuan Boshu would finally abandon him in the end, he wouldn’t be regretful at all because he didn’t need to go back to the place suffered him the most.

But, why would Yuan Boshu think of writing something like that, was he afraid of getting entangled with Youning’s father? Well, he might dislike Youning’s family background?

Yuan Boshu didn’t over-think about the inner thoughts of Youning, he just smiled while saying, “Keep these two agreement papers yourself. You own your life from now on. And when you’re a grown-up and you get someone you love. I can help you prepare your dowry, and I promise you a good wedding ceremony. Don’t worry.”

Youning was shocked hearing that. But he wasn’t the only one who showed a face of astonishment, Song Qinghan and Wu Dahu were also standing there with their mouth wide-open.

Youning tried his best to quell his emotion, yet his eyes were full of despair. He then spoke to Yuan Boshu in a trembling tone, “You… Don’t you want to marry me now?”

Waving hands, Yuan Boshu kept his silence. But then he just saw Youning turning around and running away.

“I will go home now and get the money back to you!” said Youning, running.

Yuan Boshu wanted to explain but he got no chance since Youning ran immediately. He then caught up and then grabbed the arm of Youning. At the moment he was about to lecture the boy, he noticed the pitiful boy was with a pair of red-rimmed eyes. Taking a pause, he lowered his voice, saying, “Probably you don’t know quite well about my situation. If you know one day, you probably will just give it up marrying me. In addition, I did this all just for getting you out of trouble. After all, you are so young and innocent, I am ten years older than you.”

After that, a trace of sorrow just flashed deep in the eyes of Yuan Boshu.

Flowers will bloom again, but a man will never be younger. Yuan Boshu still remembered how high-spirited and vigorous he was ten years ago, but now he was just a middle-age man with a plump shape.

Hearing that, Youning wiped the tears off on his face, and then raised his face to stare at Yuan Boshu, suspicion was lingering on his face. He tried to confirm what Yuan Boshu said, asking, “Are you sure that you did that for me? And won’t reconcile with your ex-husband? Or maybe you are seeing someone?”

With a shocking face, Yuan Boshu turned around to look at Song Qinghan and then stared back at Youning, asking, “You do know everything?”

“Well, fine. If you have known something about me, I won’t hide and keep it as a secret anyway. If you know my story, you should have known that there exists an indelible resentment between me and my ex-husband. He is unforgivable, how am I supposed to reconcile with him? And as for someone I’m seeing, that’s a total nonsense. If I really have been seeing someone, I would have accepted him as a concubine now. In all, I’m not able to think of something about love when I am suffering the pain and getting stuck in such a trouble.” Yuan Boshu continued to say without waiting for the reaction of Youning.

Though Youning was innocent, he was never foolish. After hearing the words from Yuan Boshu, he lowered down his head and twisted the corner of his cloth, saying, “I’m sorry. I misunderstand you.”

Just at the moment Yuan Boshu sighed with a relief, Youning raised his head all of a sudden, saying, “BUT! Since you have pay for the betrothal gift and marry me. You can’t resort to arrange another marriage for me. One femina male isn’t allowed to live with two husbands. Unless you abandon me by kicking me out of your family.”

The tone of Youning was somehow of toughness. However, Yuan Boshu wasn’t irritated at all but was just moved by the sincerity of that boy.

But in thinking the age gap between them, he still felt much embarrassed to promise something to the boy. In this thought, he could just avoid the eye contact with him and answered in a vague tone, “I will consider about it. But just wait until you’re a total grown-up.”

Sensing the man’s unconcerness, Youning got his face rounded and bulging and was about to say something more. But he was dragged by Song Qinghan suddenly.

Tough he was reluctant to give up asking for further details, he did not struggle to resist at all in preventing any harm to Song Qinghan. He just waited until Song Qinghan stopped, and then complained, “Why did you pull me from him? He hasn’t given me any answer. I want to make sure if he wants me or not.”

Song Qinghan smiled in an awkwardness, saying, “His husband just betrayed him. How is he able to get himself relieved so soon and remarried? Furthermore, he offers you with such a great condition. Why don’t you just take the deal?”

Biting lips, Youning retorted in stubbornness, saying, “He gave my dad an ingot for the betrothal gift and the agreement is written with the fact that I am his husband from the day on. How can I be such a heartless man and marry other man?”

Song Qinghan raised his eyelids a bit, and then answered leisurely, “Who told you that you have to remarry another guy when you are a grown-up? He just told you that you can marry someone you love. If the other party is him, he can’t refuse it. Can he?”

The explanation from Song Qinghan was just like a good wake-up call. And for a further thinking, it was indeed Youning himself who was splitting hairs and failed to find the logic fallacy.

Seeing that Youning becoming speechless, Song Qinghan found it was such an amusing thing, and then he explained, “He does consider thoroughly for you, just don’t force him so tight. Moreover, what if you really crush on someone in the future? So I think that to be friends right now would be the best choice. How do you think?”

Youning pursed his lips tight standing there, although he wanted to say something in retort, he knew Song Qinghan was good to him and would never make a wrong decision. If he couldn’t drop his bad habits, he probably would offend everyone around him.

It was getting late outside, Yuan Boshu took initiative to say, “I will doss down on the floor in the room next door.”

Youning interrupted, saying, “I will go to Qin Aye’s house tonight. I have to make meal for him tomorrow anyway.”

Pondering for a moment, Yuan Boshu reached an agreement with Youning on this matter. After all, no other outsider know what happened to them today. And it probably would incur some troubles if people saw Youning walk out from Wu Dahu’s house. They had to make sure there would be no rumor.

So he walked out and said, “Then let me accompany with you.”

After the two left, Song Qinghan suddenly pushed Wu Dahu with his elbow, saying while blinking his eyes and being gossipy, “Do you feel that love’s in the air? Haha”

Wu Dahu was amused by Song Qinghan’s gossipy look, shaking his head and saying, “Well, nothing is clear right now. Youning is a boy with tough nature, he probably is not the type for Yuan Boshu. In addition, Yuan Boshu had just passed through something heartbreaking for him, it probably will take a long time for him to get his life back on track and start seeing someone. It’s such a coincidence today for Yuan Boshu to help Youning out of trouble. Probably it was because how Youning suffered today triggered the sorrow memories of him.”

Song Qinghan snorted while holding his arms across his chest, complaining, “Though Youning is a tough boy, he is still a boy full of innocent and romantic thoughts. Once he makes up his mind, nothing is able to change him. Well, I mean, as long as he sees Yuan Boshu as his husband, he will surely follow Yuan Boshu till the end of the world. I don’t think at that time Yuan Boshu will still keep his original mind without getting himself moved.”

Without words, Wu Dahu just delivered Song Qinghan a big smile towards his guess.

If a couple is in a “Cat and Mouse” type relationship, it probably won’t last long. It will be like one of them in this relationship evades while the other chasing, the distance between them will be farther and farther. And there are two possible consequences probably will be seen in their future, fall in love or become a pair of foe. Furthermore, no one is capable to predict his future.

Without further conversation, this couple went to bed together. The next morning, Wu Dahu woke up and went to the back mountain directly for picking up more seasoning materials.

He knew Yuan Boshu was a man of ambition, and the man probably would acquire all the seasoning and spices as long as he could carry. The quantity of seasoning and spices wasn’t enough. Thus, he had to enter the back mountain back and forth transporting the seasoning materials one basket after another.

On the other side, Yuan Boshu was kind of a man of autopsyche, he went out after breakfast. And no one knew where he went.

Song Qinghan was at home alone processing the seasoning Wu Dahu brought back. And finally, three whole sacks were all stuffed with processed seasonings. So he just stopped Wu Dahu from going to the back mountain again.

The two worked together to finish processing the remaining spices. As the noon approached, they found Yuan Boshu still kept absent.

Wu Dahu pondered for a moment, and then he went to Qin Aye’s house for checking. But he found Yuan Boshu had joined their meal already with Youning and Qin Aye. He went back home and told everything to Song Qinghan. Without worry, they had their lunch joyfully.