A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] chapter 54

Nodding, Song Qinghan came to draw a conclusion that it was quite a perfect method of getting rich in this ancient time of seclusion, but if this way was applied in the modern time, probably it wouldn’t work smoothly.

Knowing that Song Qinghan could understand what he said, Wu Dahu continued to say, “The route to that town isn’t that kind of easy. And if I choose the main road, we might pass through a gang of villains and bandits. It would be fine if we just take a simple baggage in hands, they won’t bother us since we get nothing. But as for the fur stuff, at least we need two carriages to carry them back. And this must attract the attention of the group. And if we choose the route out-of-the-way, there will post some unknown risks like beasts and other monstrous creature. I heard that there existed a wolf king before in one mountain of the route. So to choose which route is such a trouble for us.”

“And now Laifu has already employed two assistants for his business. So now he got three people in this trip including him. He decided to set off when the team is consisted of five.” Wu Dahu continued to say.

With a shock and anxiety, Song Qinghan frowned, asking in a concerning tone, “So have they decided which way to go yet? Are the other two in this team good at fistfighting?”

Noticing that Song Qinghan did not show any meaning of retort, he came to know that it still had a room for consultation, then he answered, “They will combine the routes. In the beginning, they pick the main route, and as soon as they are approaching the gathering of bandits, they will change their way into the pathway. Once they leave far away from the bandits’ gang, they will go back on the main route. In addition, the other two Laifu employs currently are quite good at combat skills. After all, Laifu is not a guy of toughness, he needs someone to guard him and ensure his safety.”

Song Qinghan came to nod again, but the anxiety and worry still lingered on his face. With a sullen countenance, he continued to ask, “But… What if you guys don’t dodge those villains, nor the beasts? How can you make sure that the main route and pathway are going to be quite pleasant to your wills?”

As for this factor of risk, of course Wu Dahu had considered in advance, so he didn’t conceive any words to console Song Qinghan, but just uttered in a low voice, saying, “Well, I know that such risks are quite unavoidable. But I’ve heard from Laifu that one of the employed guy was an escort in transportation before, and he did escort once on that route. So I would say he probably get some know-hows. But it has been quite a long time since his last mission of escorting in transportation, I’m not sure if he still knows something valuable.”

Even though Wu Dahu showed no any indication and was neutral on the matter of this trip, Song Qinghan could still read out the inner eagerness of this man. Moreover, if Wu Dahu didn’t really want to go, he wouldn’t have said such a long sentence. Only if he would love to try it out did he get a motor-mouth.

Pondering for a while, Song Qinghan then came to asked calmly, “So have you counted yet how much you would make profit from this trip?”

Taking a pause, Wu Dahu then came to answer, saying, “Me and Laifu will share the most part of the profit. Probably I can earn five hundred silver coins for one trip.”

Opening eyes slightly, Song Qinghan tried to make a confirm, and saying, “Are you saying that you will share that five hundred silver coins with him, or you will take that amount of coins alone?”

With a smile, Wu Dahu answered in confidence, saying, “I will get the coins for my own only.”

Taking a deep and cold breath, Song Qinghan was shocked there. Well, now he could figure out why Wu Dahu just showed a decisive look over this matter even knowing how perilous the trip would be.

He pondered again for a while, and then asked in dubious tone, saying, “But wait. I can’t make it clear in my head now. How can you get five hundred silver coins from the trip? Didn’t Laifu just pay you five silver coins for your bearskin? So with this price, you have to transport one hundred bearskins for those coins. Right?”

One hundred bearskins, hmm… that should mean one hundred living bears. Such a scary scene!

Wu Dahu came to a laughter all of a sudden. But when he caught a glimpse of Song Qinghan who was nursing an anger there, he then coughed a bit, saying while trying to withdraw his face of laughter, “Five silver coins are for the bearskin of freshness. But if you use it to process and make them into clothes or something. The price would be fifty silver coins or higher. Moreover, bearskin isn’t the most expensive at all. If I can get row fox skin of best-quality, I can get at least one thousand silver coins. But you know, the more expensive it is, the rarer. We never expect to meet some animals like that, so it just goes with the worst situation in our minds.”

All of a sudden the penny dropped. Song Qinghan finally came to know the fact.

There was a gap between a raw material and a finished product, probably it was just like the fabrics and the clothes, the gap between them yielded a big profit.

Yet, he still had something he was confused about, so he then asked again, “So are you going to purchase the raw skin in this trip or buy the processed ones? If you’re going to get the raw, how can you just process them?”

Nodding with satisfaction, Wu Dahu said in confirming look, and saying, “We will go and buy the raw skin. And Laifu got a method to process the skins. That’s why he showed his eagerness to buy the bearskin from us. Once it is processed, the value of it will be increased tenfold.”

Everything just came to be clear all at once for Song Qinghan. No wonder such a man of feebleness like Laifu would bear such a risk to acquire the furs. That’s because this man got the most crucial key technique of making a raw material into infinite possibility.

Wu Dahu then nursed a delight since Song Qinghan didn’t show any expression of retorting so far, he then tried to ask tentatively, “How about the deal? Can I just join them?”

Thinking over the matter twice, Song Qinghan tried to untangle everything in his mind. In analyzing the weigh between the risk and the profit out of this matter, he finally drew a conclusion that the risk would possess a degree of six out of ten, while the profit possessing four. For a further consideration, the risk prevailed.

Letting his man take the risk wouldn’t be the inner conscience and thought of Song Qinghan. But…

Staring at the man who was delivering a pair of eyes full of expectation, Song Qinghan failed to say something in rejection.

Every man is a beast of ambition and loves to take adventure, so is Wu Dahu. And even Song Qinghan would still choose to use a risky operational method to cure people bearing a risk.

He could still recall every single moment when he made a successful operation, and how delightful he was when he saw his patients were in recovering phase. The gratification and sense of fulfillment from it were unparalleled.

Seeing the face of hesitation from Song Qinghan, Wu Dahu could read out his anxiety. And then he sighed, saying in a low voice, “Fine. I won’t go. Moreover, the due date is approaching. I won’t let you be alone that day. Otherwise I will be regretful.”

Pouting, Song Qinghan stood there with a sense of guilt.

Well, what Song Qinghan considered was based on a good intention. What he wanted was the well-being of his husband and his family. But to view this matter from its another angle, what was the difference between him and a perpetrator to enclose Wu Dahu within a tiny place of limitation?

And even Wu Dahu shows no grievance over it, the man will definitely lose his ambition and the eagerness to pursue his dream as the time goes by and finally, becomes a walking dead of mediocrity.

Just at the moment Wu Dahu was about to fetch water for Song Qinghan to wipe his body, Song Qinghan spoke all of a sudden, saying, “Just join them.”

Raising head with a face of astonishment, Wu Dahu tried to make a confirm of it, asking, “What? What did you say?”

Noticing the expectation hidden in the man’s eyes, Song Qinghan smiled big, and then he patted Wu Dahu on his shoulder, saying in an accentuating tone, “I said, go with Laifu if you really want to.”

Wu Dahu reached forth his arms and dragged Song Qinghan over in his chest, saying decisively, “Oh really! But don’t worry about me, I will come back as soon as possible and I will take good care of myself.”

Leaning close to Wu Dahu’s chest in surprise, and hearing the rhythmic heartbeat from his chest, Song Qinghan smiled and said in a gently low voice, “I trust you.”

Just before his heart started beating faster, Wu Dahu let go his hands, coughing and saying, “I will go fetch water.” And then turned around and went to the kitchen.

This man got his face blushed in the kitchen. And if Song Qinghan found out the red-rimmed face of his, he probably would show his astonishment over it.

But in the other side, Song Qinghan, who was still immersing in the feeling of cuddling of sweetness, got no time to figure out something else.

The sweet ambience diffused until their sleeping time, Song Qinghan got into bed blinking his eyes and speaking to his man, “Since you won’t bleed anymore, wipe clean your body and just sleep tonight with me. The board there is so hard and not comfortable to sleep.”

Just at the moment Wu Dahu was about to refuse, he caught a glimpse of the blinking eyes of Song Qinghan. The seemingly begging eyes failed him to say something in rejection. He then just nodded and turned around heading outwards.

He was thinking the whole time and trying to figure out the meaning of Song Qinghan about what he just said when he was wiping his body.

Was Song Qinghan afraid of sleeping alone? But it wasn’t true, Song Qinghan did sleep by himself sometimes.

Or maybe he felt cold alone? That’s nonsense too because he had already heated up the brick-bed and he had touched on the bed just then, it was warm, and it would be definitely warmer than his physical temperature.

Or maybe… what he intended was to…?

With the towel slipping from hands, the water splashed all over, and almost got on his wounds.

No matter how his mind went wild or just acted dumb, he didn’t dare to be absent-minded. After finishing wiping his whole body, he walked back to the room.

At the moment Song Qinghan took a glance at Wu Dahu, he reached out to touch the forehead of this man, staring at him in a rather queer way.

“You seem to lose your focus in your eyes. Do you get a fever?” asked Song Qinghan.

Being touched by Song Qinghan’s hand, Wu Dahu couldn’t help but shiver a bit, shaking his head and denying, “No, no fever.”

Moving a bit, Song Qinghan lifted the quilt and spoke to Wu Dahu, “Then come on here, and let’s sleep now. We got bunch of matters to do tomorrow.”

Getting into bed in a rather slow move, Wu Dahu got himself a flip in bed and just found himself was stared by the pathetic and delicate eyes from the “poor poppet” aside. Swallowing a bit, he finally came to say in a low voice, “Han, I heard from people that after the six months of pregnancy, it’s better for us not to…”

Song Qinghan couldn’t even hear his voice clearly though, he then got his face approached closer to Wu Dahu, asking, “What? What did you say?”

The action freaked Wu Dahu out as he thought that Song Qinghan was about to take a further movement of intimacy. He then grasped the quilt all of a sudden, closing his eyes and shouting as if he had thrown awkwardness to the wind, “I heard from people that it’s better for us not to do something intimate. Or it will be bad for the child.”