A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] 136

Wang Chaoyuan thought it was actually Wang Huailing who ruined Song Qinghan and Wu Dahu’s moods as these two were both putting on an expression of seriousness and solemnity, he didn’t know the fact that they had just encountered a troublesome issue in that medical mansion just then. Thus, he hurriedly said with an earnest face, “Don’t worry, I will definitely teach that bastard fiercely this time. You know what? His father insisted on getting him married to me, I wanted to refuse yet I got no proper reason. And now, well, I think I have caught something to make an excuse.”

Song Qinghan delivered him a wry smile, and then he shook his head, saying, “Marrying him or not is your own business, what’s the relation between the disharmony between us and your marriage with him?”

Beyond Song Qinghan’s expectation, Wang Chaoyuan opened his eyes wide and then took a step forward to approach to Wu Dahu, he put one of his hands on Wu Dahu’s shoulder, saying in a casual tone as if he had long been a good acquaintance to Wu Dahu, “I get a close relationship with Brother Dahu, closer than those ones of blood tie! Don’t I? Brother Dahu. We should have become sworn brothers! It would be equivalent to slap myself in the face to offend you. So tell me, how come it’s not being called a relation?”

Wu Dahu pulled his hand away expressionlessly and said calmly, “Is that all your intention today to get us informed?”

Wang Chaoyuan chuckled, rubbed his hands as his eyes rolling, and then he whispered, “Today’s such a brightly good day, isn’t it? I would love to draw a picture of all of you as a keepsake. Will you allow?”

Well, even a dead rat knows that there isn’t a free pie in this spacious world. Wu Dahu raised his eyebrows, saying expressionlessly again, “Make it clearer!”

Noticing that his own tricks were being exposed, Wang Chaoyuan didn’t intend to hide anymore, he coughed slightly, and then said in a cheeky awkwardness, “Actually… I made a bet with someone, I told him that your husband should be the third beauty within the state capital. But that guy refused to accept my idea. So I’m coming here today wanting to draw a picture of your husband. Please, I am confident to win that bet!”

No one would be happy as his beloved partner was used as an ‘object’ in a bet! It could be seen from Wu Dahu’s expression that he was actually struggling to suppress his anger in mind. Getting face darkened with impatience, he answered indifferently, “Well, then you should go back to admit defeat yourself!”

Wang Chaoyuan grabbed the corner of Wu Dahu’s clothes and hurriedly responded, “Don’t rush to make a decision, why don’t you decide after listening to the conditions I am able to offer you…”

Wu Dahu coldly glanced at the hands of Wang Chaoyuan and said calmly, “Let go, I will never accept any deal in exchange of the cost of my husband, not even a picture of appearance copy. Furthermore, I will definitely tear your mouth apart if you dare to be garrulous around!”

Seeing that Wu Dahu said so with solemnity, Wang Chaoyuan only had to loosen his hands and remove from Wu Dahu’s cloth, yet his sight fixed on Song Qinghan without any movement, and then he said in grievance, “If I win the bet, the shop located at the city north will be mine. In fact, the shop isn’t my goal at all, I just want to win that bastard one time. If I will win that bet, I will consider giving you the shop as a present…”

A shop? Song Qinghan raised his eyebrows in surprise. How he felt now was just like someone sent him a pillow while the drowsiness overwhelmed and occupied his brain. He pondered for a short while, and then replied, “Deal! Just draw right here.”

And then he waved and raised his hemline high in the air naturally and unrestrainedly, sat directly on the stool in the pavilion. Among his delicate appearance there outflowed a sense of heroic spirit.

Wu Dahu looked at Song Qinghan with resignation. Noticing that Wang Chaoyuan was peeking at him in a sneaky way, he roared in a lower voice, “Just listen to him. But we have to see the picture first as long as you finish drawing it.”

If Wang Chaoyuan drew bad and portrayed Song Qinghan with a bad figure, or processed some indecent gadgets on him, Wu Dahu would never allow Wang Chaoyuan to take the picture away even if Song Qinghan showed no unwillingness.

Wang Chaoyuan bounced up in excitement when he got allowance from both of them, he took out the writing brush, ink, rice paper which he had already prepared, and then put them all on the table in the pavilion, raised his head and responded to Wu Dahu with a complacent smile, “Don’t worry, I will definitely and perfectly copy the flawless look of your husband which you might be reluctant to give it back to me and keep it yourself… umm, no! Even if you’re reluctant to give it to me, it will be mine!”

Wu Dahu stood there in resignation. And then he went away to the kitchen to check out the dinner, leaving Yuan Wenxuan there carrying Little Shitou in arms.

Song Qinghan thought it was interesting at first, but as the time went by he felt bitterly difficult to endure. Every time he wanted to change his position, he was stared by Wang Chaoyuan with a pair of bulging eyes, as if he was under scrutiny and surveillance by a yamen runner in a jail. And every time Song Qinghan moved, the ‘runner’ would roar, “Don’t move, don’t move, I don’t want to alter the detail anymore.”

Such a ‘Role Play’ seemed to be quite funny for Little Shitou. He shouted happily while Wang Chaoyuan roared, and in his babbling words added several vague pronounce of ‘Dade.’

Yuan Wenxuan couldn’t help echoing, “Master, he almost finishes it. Now I can clearly see the contour of you on the paper, it’s quite pretty.”

It would be better if Song Qinghan didn’t catch Yuan Wenxuan’s words. After hearing that, he became rather disappointed right now.

Ha? Only the contour was finished?

“Finished!”, Wang Chaoyuan finally shouted before Song Qinghan started to doze off. He unfolded the long rice paper and spread it on the table, displaying the whole drawn figure to Song Qinghan.

Right on the paper there stood vividly a gracious and elegant young man. Though the face was indeed the one of Song Qinghan, Song Qinghan didn’t think that it was. He felt so strange, as if that was not him but someone else who lived in a life of peace in the parallel universe, and just happened to transmigrate through time and space in a causal glance, resurrecting under the writing brush held by Wang Chaoyuan.

Noticing that Song Qinghan was silent standing there, Wang Chaoyuan withdrew the rice paper, and then he explained, “Though I drew it by copying your appearance, I did add some of my imagination in it. For example, something like this ornament, if you don’t like it, I will consider modifying it…”

“No need, it’s good, but are you sure you can win the bet with this painting?”

Song Qinghan interrupted, as his eyes were filled with full of doubts.

Well, everyone’s criterion towards beauty actually varied. If the other party persisted claiming that it did not reach his appreciation of the beauty, it would be no possibility for Wang Chaoyuan to win such a queer bet.

Wang Chaoyuan smiled mysteriously, and then he said with confidence, “Don’t worry about that, I will surely win this bet. Just wait for the good news and get yourself ready for the new shop.”

After that, he saw Wu Dahu did not show reluctance on face, so he grinned and waved his hand to them, and then quickly rushed out, seemingly he couldn’t wait to slap someone in the face.

Song Qinghan shook his head and saw a hint of worry in Wu Dahu’s eyes. He then approached and comforted, “It’s fine. It’s just a picture. People won’t know it is me even if they get a chance to see it.”

Wu Dahu answered thoughtfully, “People who can take out a shop for a boring gambling shouldn’t be many even in the capital city. Moreover, it seems that Wang Chaoyuan is just hurried to play a game with that guy.”

Being reminded by Wu Dahu, Song Qinghan found that it was actually the truth, and he couldn’t help but worry. However, they couldn’t catch Wang Chaoyuan now since this guy probably had fled far away. Yet since the general situation had settled, it would be useless for them to worry for unknown matter.

After dinner, they took a walk in the yard. When the food in their stomachs was digested, they went to bed together, ready to welcome the arrival of a new day.

The next morning when they just woke up, outside the gate came the exciting shout of Wang Chaoyuan.

“You guys should come out now, I got you the shop! Aha, finally it’s my turn to win that little bastard! You should have seen his expression when he got a slap in the face!”

The two of them walked out of the room and saw that Wang Chaoyuan was standing right there jumping with joy while his face was glowing with excitement

Song Qinghan took over the deed in Wang Chaoyuan’s hand, and glanced at the size of the shop which was drawn on the paper, he then asked in surprise, “So wide?”

Wang Chaoyuan raised his head slightly with his chest out lightly, and then replied proudly and peacefully, “Now you know my capability!? I can make a bet with someone and get such a big shop… Alright, alright, I’m not going to brag myself here right now, I am so excited that I should tell everyone I finally win that bastard!”

After that, he walked away impatiently. He was so impatient as if one beauty who was holding a bottle of fine wine was waiting for him to enjoy.

Song Qinghan and Wu Dahu looked at each other in the eyes. Both of them got no idea towards such a deed in hands.

Even though Wang Chaoyuan didn’t care much about that, they still felt much uneasy towards the FREE deed of a big shop. In addition, they did not do anything but it just happened that Song Qinghan got a good appearance, even the picture was drawn by Wang Chaoyuan himself!

Thinking about the fact, Song Qinghan felt that the deed in his hands seemed to commence ‘burning’ with hotness. It was Wu Dahu who came to comfort, “Let’s check out the situation there first, if businesses there are boosting, we can give this deed back to Wang Chaoyuan; if businesses there are dull, we can consider opening a shop there and give it a try, at that time it will be a renting shop for us, and we should pay some coins to the Wang Mansion monthly.”

Song Qinghan was persuaded by him, and then he asked Hualian to go with them together. The group walked towards the store in go forward with great strength and vigour.

The north of the city was considered a bustling area. All manners of customers went in and out in every shop, even the stalls at both sides of the street were packed with bunch of people.

Just as Song Qinghan felt rather disappointed as his mood almost sank into the bottom of the unfathomable ocean, an empty and lifeless shop which was a striking contrast to the other shops and stalls showed up in front of them all of a sudden.

Song Qinghan looked at the land deed in his hands, he finally confirmed that this empty shop was actually the one on the paper. And then he mumbled in confusion, “How come this shop is so empty and neat arranged? I wonder what the former owner sold…”

“Haha, young brother, are you new here? Because someone who has long lived here should know the fact that the shop here did not sell anything decent, it’s normal to witness them vanished because of that!”

An enthusiastic voice sounded behind them. Song Qinghan turned his head, and he found it was an old man who featured a bunch of pale white and long beard on face.

He smiled and asked curiously, “Sorry? Do you mind me asking what they actually sold here in the shop? We want to know that because we will take over this shop very soon.”

The old man with long white beard sized Song Qinghan up and down, and then shook his head with a pity, while saying with emotion, “Oh? Didn’t you think that you’re being cheated? The shop is quite notorious, people will refuse coming over here even you are opening a new shop. As for your question about what they sold…”

Noticing that the old man was drawing out the last word, Wu Dahu took out several pieces of silver coins and then put into the old man’s hands secretly.

After that, the old man with white beard delivered a satisfying smile towards them, and then he continued to say, “The former owner of this shop here sold some unlawful drugs like soul-extracting powder, seven-day erection pill and so on. Though they named their shop as a decent ‘medical center’ for covering the fact, people here have already found out their dirty evil and covert transaction! If it wasn’t that they got a solid background and support, their shop wouldn’t have lasted long till today!”

“In the past two days, bunch of people just came over here, seemingly they were coming for the former owner and probably they did not know that the former owner decided to relocate!”