A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] chapter 25

In the courtyard, Song Qinghan said to Wu Dahu, “What now? See? Do you think he is a good guy? It is such a bad luck to meet a jerk!”

Wu Dahu responded in a helpless tone, saying, “I have no idea about that, well, I mean, they got so many men in their village, but they pick me even though I am married.”

Fortunately, Wu Dahu performed not bad so far, it didn’t arouse the jealousy of Song Qinghan. Song Qinghan then spoke to Wu Dahu, saying, “Forget it, but if they come again next time, just keep the door shut.”

He happened to laugh after his request, thinking of the scene when Wu Dahu instructed him not to open the door for Lin Dafu.

If it wasn’t the matter today, he would think that Wu Dahu was too much sensitive about the presence of Lin Dafu. But now, he could totally feel the same. How could he leave the matter there being careless?

Since such a farce ended, the couple went to finish the unfinished work in the yard, and later, with the sun dipping down, the night fell. They had their dinner done and then went to bed together.

In bed, Wu Dahu pulled Song Qinghan’s feet over on his chest again, just like days ago, pressing the acupiont of him.

Song Qinghan missed the chance when he got up late in the afternoon to witness what they argued about, and he wondered the matter of dowry. He then asked in curiosity, “What dowry did they prepare? It can tell from the head villager’s face that he invested a lot on his son’s marriage!”

Wu Dahu paused for a moment as he massaged Song Qinghan and said vaguely, “Nothing but something like a shop and lands, whatever!”

“A shop?” repeated Song Qinghan, he then thought for a while and continued to ask, “Do you mean a shop in the town? It must be splendid, isn’t it?”

Seeing that he was not unhappy and was just with curiosity, Wu Dahu explained, “Well, it depends. If the shop is in the busy area, it’s worthy at least 500 silver coins. But if it is one in the edge area, it probably equals around 300 silver coins.”

Song Qinghan nodded and continued to ask, “What about the field? How wide the field did they prepare for you?”

“30 Acres, high-quality one.” answered Wu Dahu, as if he seemed to find out the point Song Qinghan was curious about, he continued to say, “It equals around 300 silver coins.”

“Alright!” responded Song Qinghan, he then kicked Wu Dahu slightly on his chest, asking, “What else did he prepare?”

Wu Dahu didn’t hesitate and answered directly, “500 silver coins.”

300 silver coins, another 300 silver coins and 500 silver coins, a total sum of 1.1 thousand silver coins!

Song Qinghan took a deep breath counting. Wu Dahu thought he was pressing too heavily, so he quickly rubbed him on his feet and asked, “Are you okay?”

“You’re worth 1.1 thousand silver coins, YOU’RE EXPENSIVE!” shouted Song Qinghan.

Song Qinghan sighed with his voice soaking in jealousy.

Wu Dahu smiled in bitterness, saying, “This is the way they measure about a man, but I think I am priceless.”

Song Qinghan took a pause all of a sudden and he seemed to realize that he might say something wrong hurting Wu Dahu. He coughed, consoling, “Of course, in my mind, you are far more than priceless. I don’t even care about the money as long as you are by my side. We will be richer than that sooner or later!”

All the grievance and bitterness were swept out in Wu Dahu’s mind suddenly when he heard the sincere words uttered from Song Qinghan. He pressed Song Qinghan’s feet on his chest in an intimate way, saying with a smile, “Yes, we will make it. Let’s sleep now. We gotta get up early tomorrow to the town.”

Song Qinghan nodded. But then he began to indulge in wild flights of fancy after he closed his eyes.

That wasn’t a tiny amount of money, even it was the head villager who paid that as a dowry, he must have invested all in. In that logic, the “Pale Face” was quite enchanted with Wu Dahu.

Song Qinhan couldn’t help but caress his own face while the scene of arguing with that “Pale Face” kept showing up in his mind.

Actually, he was also very curious. If he got no pretty face like that, would Wu Dahu still treat him like this?

Well, no matter how wild his imagination had gone, he would never ever give it a try to test his man. As long as he was a mankind, he got an aesthetic standard. It was rather normal for everyone to chase up beauty. Of course, Song Qinghan was the same, he was awfully eager to get a touch on Wu Dahu’s abdominal muscles.

If Wu Dahu got no six packs but a piece of fat on his belly, he probably…

Song Qinghan took a pause of thinking, but he then found out that even Wu Dahu being that out of shape, he wouldn’t feel any disgust, but on the contrary, that would be fun and cozy to touch that belly.

He couldn’t figure out why, and didn’t want to. He just took his head inside the quilt and began to sleep.

After Wu Dahu heard Song Qinghan’s breathing becoming even, he quietly put his feet aside. He slowly straightened up his back, turned to the side of head of the bed and then pulled off the quilt a bit to release Song Qinghan’s head.

Although it had been a hard time after married Song Qinghan, he was never regret about that. That was not because he had to take the responsibility, but he really spent a good time living with Song Qinghan. It never hid the happiness up although sometimes squabbles burst out between them.

In addition, he knew that he had changed a lot, in the past when he saw Lin Dafu met with Song Qinghan, he would always be upset, worrying that Song Qinghan might leave with Lin Dafu. But now, he got confidence.

He got a confidence that even when Song Qinghan regained his memories, he would still choose him, not Lin Dafu.

Both of these two young men got a sweet dream at that night. The next morning when they woke up, they packed up all the fruits and seasonings in one bag and took an oxcart heading to the town after breakfast.

When they arrived at the meat shop of Butcher Chen, Butcher Chen had already come out in advance to welcome them.

“Finally! You’re here, my brother Dahu! I am worried that you won’t come here today!” shouted Butcher Chen.

Hearing that, Song Qinghan asked in confusion, “Why are you being so worried about our absence, will they beat you up or something?”

Butcher Chen smiled in bitterness, saying, “Childe Qinghan, I am not worried about that they will beat me up, but they will blame me for not purchasing the seasonings, and show no willingness to purchase meat from my shop. This is what I care.”

Song Qinghan nodded as he figured it all out. Then he happened to be excited when he got the news that the seasoning gained such popularity among the folks.

Well, it seemed that they were going to be rich soon.

They displayed their stuffs aside, and then people came over. They sold half of the bag of the seasonings in a rather short time.

Witness the overflowing happiness from Butcher Chen, Song Qinghan spoke to him with the same feeling, saying, “It seems that you can get your meat sold earlier today. Doesn’t it?”

Butcher Chen nodded in satisfaction. And then his eyes lit up all of a sudden staring the front line of the customers, shouting, “Hey, Shopkeeper Lv, what brings you here today?”

Song Qinghan turned around trying to take a look on the one being called Shopkeeper Lv. He saw a man in a specific dress, with a pair of sharp eyes painting on his rather cunning face. That was totally a sophisticated businessman.

Shopkeeper Lv nodded in a good manner, walking slowly to the stand of Wu Dahu, and then lowered his head gently looking at the seasonings on the table, asking, “Is this the one that makes meat a perfectly splendid flavor?”

Butcher Chen smiled and patted himself on his thigh, saying before Wu Dahu reacted, “Shopkeeper Lv, you’ve got a pair of eyes and wisdom. If you come here later, they probably will be sold out without a piece.”

Shopkeeper Lv frowned slightly. He didn’t seem to be very affectionate with Butcher Chen’s interruption.

“Well, pack all up for me!” said Shopkeeper Lv.

Wu Dahu counted the rest pack of the seasonings and then raised his head, saying, “Here you go, 70 packs left. 5 copper coins for 1 pack. 3 silver coins and 50 cooper coins in total.”

Shopkeeper Lv rolled his eyes and asked slowly, “Hey, listen, I’ve got a business here. And I would love to negotiate with you. In my restaurant. What do you think?”

Wu Dahu kept his silence for a while and then noticed an empty area aside, he then pointed at the field, saying, “If you don’t mind. Maybe we can talk over there.”

Noticing that he didn’t accept his deal, Shopkeeper Lv showed a disdain in his eyes, but still walked over to the place with reluctance.

After that, Shopkeeper Lv said slowly, “It’s not a good choice for you to make a stand here, will you consider supplying the seasonings to my restaurant everyday?”

Wu Dahu thought about it and asked, “How about the quoted price? And how many do you want?”

Shopkeeper Lv raised up his hands gesturing, saying with a smile, “Six copper coins for each pack, and I need 50 packs everyday!”

Well, three silver coins each day, that was a real business for Wu Dahu now.

Wu Dahu then sunk into a hesitation before he was about to nod and accept. But he knew exactly the personality of Shopkeeper Lv, the man would never increase the quoted price so easily. There must be something of disadvantage existing, so he indulged himself in a deep thinking.

Seeing that Wu Dahu kept his silence, Shopkeeper Lv asked urgently, “How is it? Isn’t it a big deal for you?”

Something seemed to occur to Wu Dahu all of a sudden, he got his eyes squinted, asking in doubt, “So if I keep supplying the seasoning to your restaurant, am I allowed to sell outside?”

Shopkeeper Lv didn’t expect that Wu Dahu would sense his intention in such a short time, he answered calmly with a bit surprise, “Of course you can’t, you can’t sell or supply for any another shops and restaurants. You can only use them household.”

Wu Dahu shook his head decisively and refused, saying, “Okay, I get it. But never mind, I won’t take the deal. If we get a chance to cooperate in the future. We will see.”

“FINE” sighed Shopkeeper Lv, he nursed a rage in his mind while waving his sleeves angrily, and seeing Wu Dahu walked away.

Although he was angry, he still walked over and paid for the rest of the seasonings. Before he left, he still gave Wu Dahu a glance with an unknown meaning, saying, “Think it twice, you won’t have such an opportunity anymore if you miss it.”

Song Qinghan was confused hearing their strange conversation, he massaged on his sore waist, asking in confusion, “What did he mean ‘think it twice’? Does he want our seasonings?”

Wu Dahu nodded and told Song Qinghan what he just said.

Song Qinghan finally got the intention of Shopkeeper Lv all of a sudden, no wonder that Wu Dahu would refused him with hesitation. This cunning and shrewd businessman was trying to monopolize.

Furthermore, it was a second-hand monopoly he was trying to make.

He wanted to make his dishes a unique one with a special flavor if they kept supplying the seasonings to him and not sold to others. The price of the dish in his restaurant would probably double or even triple.

Although the man was kind of mean and crooked, but Song Qinghan had to praise over his far-sighted vision.