Chapter 17: Small Donkey

Translated by Dan-Dan, Edited by Ahzinal~

Luo Fei was not just scared away; he was so scared he almost peed himself!
　　
How did Xi Yanqing, after getting married, suddenly seem to change into another person? Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! He unexpectedly secretly kissed him and dared to press him on the peach tree to do it! Pei! Wrong! It is pressed onto the trunk of peach blossom! He simply had a human appearance but a beastly heart!

 

[T/N: Omg this author’s wordplay is so funny XD “树干上” or “shu gan shang” translates to “on the tree trunk” as in “LF was pressed on the tree trunk”, but LF accidentally switched the words so it became “树上干” or “shu shang gan” which translates to “do it on the tree” LOLOLOL Freudian slip! Freudian slip!!!]

 

He didn’t think that he was this kind of Xi Yanqing!

 

Luo Fei shut himself inside the house, one moment he sat on the bed, the next moment he got up. He was like a cat on a hot tin roof (idiom for anxious lol) walking back and forth, always feeling that Xi Yanqing did not have good intentions.

　　

When an owner of a film and television company had offered to exchange a role in an idol drama for a year of □□ with him, he still hadn’t agreed. How could he agree to Xi Yanqing?!

It won’t do!
　　

First, he still has to find a way to clear the thoughts in Xi Yanqing’s mind. What he wants is a harmonious relationship, not just going along with whoever likes him!

 

Luo Fei decided to find Xi Yanqing and set some basic rules.
　　
Xi Yanqing looked at the little duck that was almost going into his mouth, just to flutter his small wings and fly away. Although he was not anxious, he gently fiddled with the unopened peach blossom buds and made new plans in his heart. The first goal has been completed, and he got his little darling into his family. From now on, the goal is obviously to give this little darling a warm and comfortable living environment, so that he can not do without him.

 

[T/N: Xi Yanqing is showing his true colors :333]

“Hey! Xi Yanqing, are you outside?!” Luo Fei did not dare open the door. The crucial point was that, right now, he wasn’t only poorer than Xi Yanqing, but his strength is also not as big as Xi Yanqing’s. In a fight, he can’t beat the other side, so he can only rely on words to properly discuss things. Therefore, he hid his waist and poked out half a head: “Can we set some basic rules?”

“Set what?” Xi Yanqing laughed and walked over, “Set an appointment, set a meal, set a one night stand?”

 

[T/N: All the “set ____” phrases Xi Yanqing says begin with the word “约” or “yue” which usually means to “set up an appointment for something” or “set up rules” like how LF used it. However, the last phrase Xi Yanqing uses is “约炮” or “yue pao” which is slang for a one night stand :3]

　　　　
“Fuck! Can you be serious?! Also, also! Not allowed to go any further!” Luo Fei had an attitude of “if you to dare to go even further, I will close the door”. “I’m saying, can’t us two properly talk about it? I’m telling you that I wasn’t thinking… towards you …”

 

“Shh!” Xi Yanqing indicated that someone was coming.

 

Luo Fei’s reaction was very fast, and he quickly quieted.

 

Xi Yanqing walked forward naturally. He went to the door and whispered: “There are not many secrets in this village. Do you want the whole village to know what you think?”

　　
Once Luo Fei thought of how Zhang Yangfan, that softshell turtle (I think this is an insult calling him weak??), still missed him, he actually let Xi Yanqing in. Although he let this person in the house, he was still a little nervous. He knew that Xi Yanqing was tall and big before, but he hadn’t felt him as tall and big as he did right now. The bigness and tallness was like the view of a tiger in a little white rabbit’s eyes.

　　
“Don’t worry, I was just teasing you.” Xi Yanqing closed the door, “I would not go so as far as to abandon my morals that much.”

 

“Damned if I believe you. Not abandoning morals, didn’t you just steal a kiss from me?!” After Luo Fei said it, he regretted it. Standing in the corner, he said: “I, I mean…”

“How was that stealing a kiss?” Xi Yanqing said, extremely shamelessly, “I was honorably kissing. I kissed my legal spouse. Is there a problem with that?!”

 

“Yes! There is!” Luo Fei said, “Originally, it was you who said this. Find someone who has a common language as a partner to pass the days with. You didn’t say that you would, you, me do something. Otherwise, I would not have married you.”

“Does looking for someone who has a common language with me as a partner to pass the days with have a conflict with me liking you?” Xi Yanqing laid on his side of the bed then he patted it, “Come, sit here and talk. Don’t stand in the corner. You aren’t my student, so why are you being punished to stand over there?”

 

[T/N: A punishment teachers in China like to give is to stand in the corner usually facing the wall, like a time out lol.]

 

“No need. Standing here is pretty good.” Once Luo Fei thought of the pain he had felt when his chrysanthemum was injured, and he really wanted to sink into the mud wall and didn’t want to go on the bed, “How about first we talk about setting some rules?”

 

“All right. You talk, I’ll listen.”

 

“That, first of all, me marrying you means we are sharing a house, right? Since we’re living together, then we…we…”

 

“We what?” Xi Yan said with a smile, “Why don’t you continue?”

　　
Can’t say a damn thing! Luo Fei’s grass mud horses (fuck your moms) were once again rushing through his heart. As if he had the nerve to talk about living together! What was the premise of sharing a house? What is the difference between living together and cohabitation?! The difference is that two people each have their own lives and their finances are independent. But what about him?! He didn’t even have a cent to his name, and the copper coins on his body were still the ones given by Xi Yanqing!

 

[T/N: The whole sharing/living together/cohabitation thing got me confused too @-@, I may have mixed up some of the terms.]

　　
He has left the Luo family now, so it was impossible to completely go back in the future. He can stay for one or two days, but if he stayed for a long time, outsiders would definitely gossip. The most important thing was that his father and mother would definitely not agree. That is to say, in the future, he will have to eat Xi Yanqing’s food, drink Xi Yanqing’s drink, live in Xi Yanqing’s house, and use Xi Yanqing’s household items.

 

[T/N: The original Chinese doesn’t actually list “food, drink, house and household items, it’s implied. But if I translated literally then it would be he would have to eat Xi Yanqing’s, drink Xi Yanqing’s, live in Xi Yanqing’s and use Xi Yanqing’s… isn’t that interesting ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

 

Then, what leverage did he have to discuss conditions with Xi Yanqing?! Wasn’t this a situation of a disguised sugar daddy! Huh?!

 

[T/N: LMAO]

　　
He was like an eggplant beaten by frost (weird description I know lol). Luo Fei couldn’t lift his spirit.

 

Those small celebrities he knew, who were nurtured by sugar daddies, what were they like? When their bankroller called, they had to immediately be there. If they wanted them to cry, they couldn’t laugh. If they had them bend over, they had to bend over.

 

Although it wasn’t completely like this, most of them were still without dignity.

Xi Yanqing noticed his little wife wilt, bowing his head to the side while not speaking. He was also not pressing about the rules any further. It was night time anyway, so he decided to first lay down the cotton mattress, then put the quilt on top. He really liked this cotton mattress. Although it was pieced together, it was still pretty large and comfortable. Most importantly, thinking about being able to sleep (actually sleep this time lmaoooo) with Luo Fei on it; how beautiful was this quilt?
　　
Luo Fei saw Xi Yanqing spreading out the quilt. He calculated how much dowry he had in the end to see if it was enough to sustain him for a while until he could make money himself. But thinking back and forth, except for the two quilts and two pairs of shoes, there was only some rice noodles, a bag of flour, and some peanuts and melon seeds. How many days could they eat off of that? Oh right, the land under his name also followed him to the Xi house, so he can cultivate crops there alone. However, even if he raised them well, it was still not enough to provide for his own rations, let alone pay taxes in the autumn.

　　
Xi Yanqing looked at Luo Fei’s tangled appearance. He shook his head while smiling, then went out for a moment. When he came back, he brought some food in. There was a bowl of rice, some dishes and soup.

 

“Your stomach has been growling for half a day. Didn’t you feel it?” Xi Yanqing passed a pair of chopsticks to Luo Fei. “No matter what you are thinking about, you should eat first.”

 

“What about you?” Luo Fei took the chopsticks and bit them in his mouth. “You’re not eating?”

　　
“My stomach doesn’t feel very comfortable after drinking the wine. I will drink some soup in a while.” Xi Yanqing said and went to get another bowl. “Put the fishbones in here. I wanted to hide a fish in the house for you. Later when I thought about it, picking out the fishbones is troublesome, so I didn’t do it. Taste some now. This is what Han Yang and his mother made. The flavor is pretty good. I specially had someone leave you a fish.”

　　
“Thank you.” Luo Fei really found that the fish had not been touched. The fish’s body was still very complete, and there were still a few pieces of tofu in it. Seeing this, he sipped some of the very delicious soup.

 

“Don’t feel like you are under any pressure.” Xi Yanqing, watching Luo Fei eat for a while, said, “I do like you. Perhaps I liked you even before you liked Boyuan (Xi Yanqing’s cousin). But this won’t affect our living from here onwards. You can treat me as a good friend or a brother is okay too. Let nature take its course. If you still want to leave someday, or if you meet someone you like…”

 

[T/N: Dammit getting teary cuz Xi Yanqing is such a good hubby ;-;] [E/N: Finally, a big weight of my heart. Glad Xi Yanqing is respecting Luo Fei’s feelings.]

“You would let me go?”

 

“No.” Xi Yanqing said with a smile that was not a smile, “I think during that time I would still have to use violence.”

 

[T/N: ahh does someone smell vinegar???]

 

“Xi Yanqing! You are simply…” Luo Fei was so angry he got dizzy. This person has a problem!
　　
“Okay, okay. Eat your fish quickly. After it gets cold in a bit, it will taste fishy (in a pungent, bad way).” Xi Yanqing turned his head to look at the ground. “We should get a small heated table in the house. That way, when it is cold, us two can eat comfortably in the house.”

 

“Then let’s just build one!” Luo Fei said angrily.

 

“Also, it’s best to re-do the fence of the vegetable garden. Right now, there are several broken places that I haven’t had time to clean up.”

 

“Then just clean it up!”

 

“Accompany me to do it?”

 

“In your… oh right!” Luo Fei’s brain suddenly sounded a “diling”, “How about I do jobs for you, you pay me a salary, including meals and residence, and I’ll work for you? How about that?! ”

 

“…Boss and subordinate country love story?” Xi Yanqing said, “I wasn’t able to see that you actually have such sexual interests wife.”
　　
“Sexual interests, as if! I am serious. Yes or no, can you give a clear answer? I promise not to be lazy nor resort to tricks. I will work hard.” Luo Fei was floored. This person, how could he make any conversation stray crookedly?!

 

“Fine then.” Xi Yanqing sighed. “Then starting from today, including meals and residency, you have a salary of thirty wen per month.” He still had to take care of his wife’s self-esteem.

“Thirty wen? Then it is not even one liang of silver a year.” Luo Fei slightly hesitated. “When you came to pick me up today, you were riding a tall and big horse. Isn’t thirty wen a bit little? In any case, we are fellow transmigrators. Can’t you show some consideration?”

 

“Thirty wen is quite a lot. Don’t forget that I am including food and board. In the town, not including how much you eat, staying for a month is at least 150 wen. Besides, before and after the wedding, adding a piece here and there has made me spend around seven to eight liang of silver. I still have to save some living expenses. Also, this house has to be repaired. Didn’t you notice? If you want to plant the land, you still have to buy the seeds. If you don’t buy the seeds, you can’t cultivate the seeds. If you don’t cultivate the land, what do we eat after the fall? You like to eat rice that much, so I am reluctant to just let you settle with some porridge.”

　　
“What, what reluctant? Also, I am used to it now!” Luo Fei started uneasily, “Then it’s fine. Thirty wen is thirty wen. During this period, we are pure employer and employee!” Luo Fei finished. Seeing that Xi Yanqing agreed, his heart finally calmed down. “Then I will clean this up first.”

 

“Go then.” Xi Yanqing looked at Luo Fei’s back carrying dishes. In his heart, he was thinking how is this getting married to a wife? He had clearly married a small donkey!

The small donkey felt that he had reached a peace agreement with the big tiger, so he washed the dishes very happily. He felt that he couldn’t fall into the trap that Xi Yanqing had dug for him. He must work hard to earn money to support himself, so that he would not be angered by this person until he got a heart disease.

 

In the past, why didn’t he see that Xi Yanqing’s mouth was so vulgar?!

 

Also, it seems that Xi Yanqing is not all that wealthy.

　　
Originally, he had thought about whether the horse was Xi Yanqing’s or not. It seems that the person who had come to take the horse was its real owner.

 

Thinking about it too, a good horse was prestigious in the town. If Xi Yanqing really had a horse, why would he still return to this lousy place?

 

Luo Fei had forgotten that, no matter how lousy this place was, there was still a him.

　　
Xi Yanqing was probably busy preparing for the wedding in the past few days and was too tired. It may also be the effect of the wine. After he washed and fell under the covers, he was asleep in a short moment. At the beginning, Luo Fei thought that Xi Yanqing was pretending. He didn’t think that, after waiting for a long time, that person would still not wake up, so he also unconsciously curled up and fell asleep too.
　　　
Luo Fei had a dream. In his dream he saw that the peach blossoms in the yard had opened, and the delicate pink petals fluttered about. It seemed like snowflakes floating down onto his and Xi Yanqing’s shoulders. Xi Yanqing was standing by the peach blossom tree and opening his powerful arms towards him.

 

Xi Yanqing was sleeping well, but he suddenly felt something like a big bug was arching itself towards his body. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Luo Fei who had forgotten to cover himself with the quilt.

 

Luo Fei’s quilt was still flat and neat. With one look, you could tell he didn’t go in it to sleep. But the quilt on his side (Xi Yanqing’s) had a large part of it covering himself (Xi Yanqing) while a corner was crumpled by Luo Fei until it was all wrinkly.

 

Actually sending himself to his door? Then he wouldn’t be polite!

 

Xi Yanqing didn’t even think before lifting up the quilt. He pulled Luo Fei under the quilt covers, kissing him for a moment, then touching for another, straight until it was the next morning. Luo Fei groaned a little and seemed to be almost awake, so Xi Yanqing shamelessly turned around and shifted Luo Fei’s hands to his waist! It seemed like Luo Fei was the one who took the initiative to lean over and hug him!

[E/N: *tut tut* Shameless ML.]

Notes: 

And so their married lives begin~

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