Fantasy FarmCh69 - Old people, old matters

translator: baumkuchen 

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That morning’s beef noodles were as delicious as usual. Not only were the noodles mixed with beef, there were also beef tendons. There was no need to worry about not being able to chew through the beef tendons, which had been stewed until they were soft, melting in the mouth. Paired with fresh vegetables and noodles, they made for a great start to another refreshing day.

Lu Qingjiu hadn’t gotten a good rest the night before, so he was a little out of it today. After eating breakfast, and giving the pigs and chickens a simple meal, he sat down in the courtyard to rest.

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After tending the fields, Bai Yuehu brought back a few fresh vegetables. Yin Xun washed a cucumber and began crunching loudly on it next to Lu Qingjiu. Bai Yuehu’s cucumbers were top-tier in terms of taste, fresh, sweet and crisp, practically tasting like fruit. No matter whether it was eaten raw in salads or cooked in soup, it would always be absolutely delicious.

After Lu Qingjiu took a short nap under the sun and started feeling better, he got up to make lunch. xkOR7C

Yin Xun was still a little worried about Lu Qingjiu, hurriedly following after him, saying that he’d help him out. As he washed the vegetables, he asked Lu Qingjiu when they should go out to play. Since the weather was good, they should take advantage of it to fly kites.

“Anytime works.” Lu Qingjiu’s head was lowered as he beat the eggs in a bowl. “Didn’t it rain yesterday? It’s still wet on the mountain, let’s wait until it’s dry.”

Yin Xun said, “Then let’s go the day after tomorrow. The weather will be really good the day after tomorrow.”

Lu Qingjiu said, “Alright.”

Seeing Lu Qingjiu agree, only then did Yin Xun finally relax slightly. He had been worried about Lu Qingjiu being in too bad of a mood, and wanted to find something fun to do to make Lu Qingjiu feel a little better.

Because Lu Qingjiu wasn’t very energetic, the food he made was a little simpler than usual. He steamed a large bowl of steamed rice powder and pork, then made vegetable soup and fried up twice-cooked pork, and even made some glutinous rice and red dates. The red dates were candied, tasting very sweet. After being steamed together with glutinous rice, their sweetness would seep into the rice, making it taste deliciously sweet.

Lu Qingjiu liked this kind of sweet dish, and hence ate a little more than he had that morning.

At the table, Yin Xun talked about going out for an outing the day after tomorrow. 09tdDg

“Can I go out?” Lu Qingjiu suddenly asked. Yesterday, Bai Yuehu had said that there was a high chance of the dragon coming to find him after escaping. If he went out just like that, would he encounter any danger?

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In the afternoon, Lu Qingjiu perked himself up and made a few sweets in the oven. The sweets were comparatively simple cookies, but after using Niuniu’s (their cow. Lit. cowcow. Only just realised that they were using it as a name instead of a cutesy way of saying it oops. I guess I’ll have to fix that in past chapters :P) milk, the cookies tasted especially good. Lu Qingjiu even thought about planting some wheat at home in the spring, so they’d have a reliable source of flour next year. Originally, there was very little space to plant wheat in this area, but not making use of Bai Yuehu’s special farming skills would be a bit of a pity…… Mf7wgi

The fruit tree seedlings they’d planted in the courtyard were slowly growing bigger. From the rate they were growing, Lu Qingjiu even suspected that they might be able to fruit this autumn. He just didn’t know how they would taste, but thinking about it, with Bai Yuehu here, they definitely wouldn’t taste bad.

When they were children, when spring came, Lu Qingjiu’s grandmother would bring them up onto the mountain to play, pluck some wild fruits, and fly some kites. At that time, they didn’t have a lot of money, so they made all their kites by themselves. His grandmother would usually make a butterfly for Lu Qingjiu, and a bee for Yin Xun. Then, after they got to the mountain, she would watch as the two children ran wild around the mountain, until the kite string in their hands grew taut, and the beautiful kites were flying high in the sky.

They didn’t have any kites in the house. Lu Qingjiu originally planned on going to town to buy one that afternoon, but who knew that Yin Xun would bravely volunteer, saying that he would make a kite, promising the kite that he made would definitely be beautiful.

Lu Qingjiu was skeptical of his self-confidence, but seeing Yin Xun placing a hand on his chest and vowing it to be so, he decided he should give his idiot son a chance. ddDo8g

The paper used in the kite was ordinary paper, and the skeleton was made from bamboo that Yin Xun brought over. After cutting the bamboo into strips, they were fit to be used to make the skeleton of the kite. Lu Qingjiu sat next to him. Upon seeing that Yin Xun’s kite actually looked rather well made, he was a little shocked.

“What kind of kite are you making?” Lu Qingjiu asked him.

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“A squid (yóu yú),” Yin Xun replied.

Lu Qingjiu, “A swimming fish (yóu yú – fish and squid sound the same in chinese)?” Thinking about it, he felt like fish-shaped kites weren’t really anything very strange, and hence relaxed, returning to the courtyard to do other things after preparing colouring supplies for Yin Xun. Taking advantage of the good weather, he wanted to clean up the pig sty, and swap out all straw inside. ICXj25

When Lu Qingjiu finished his work and turned and went back once more, he saw Yin Xun’s so-called “fish”.

Lu Qingjiu started. “……What is this?”

Yin Xun, “A squid?”

Lu Qingjiu, “What kind of fish has tentacles?” RynI2g

Yin Xun, “Don’t all squid have tentacles?”

Lu Qingjiu paused for a moment. “Wait, when you say ‘yóu yú’, which two words is it?”

Yin Xun, “……The yóu yú in yóu yú dùn jī.”

Lu Qingjiu instantly became resigned. This Yin Xun, had made the kite extremely big, and it was completely black, with just two bright yellow eyes. The tentacles at the bottom of it were both long and thin. Lu Qingjiu could already imagine this kite scaring children to the point of tears as it flew in the sky. aiL7Sr

But it was already done, so they might as well use it. In the end, Lu Qingjiu decided to say nothing.

In one breath, Yin Xun made two kites, both their shapes and colour indescribable. But in order to not put a damper on his child’s enthusiasm, as his father, Lu Qingjiu decided to just bear with it.

Yin Xun had already begun to look forward to their outing the day after tomorrow.

Even though he didn’t have many abilities, Yin Xun’s weather forecasting was still very good. The next two days were both clear. The morning of the third day, Lu Qingju got up early to prepare food, and just like that, the family went out on their outing. RkQyqK

Xiao Hua, Xiao Hei, and the little fox came along as well. Three people and three animals majestically made their way up the mountain.

Close to the top of the mountain peak, there was a rather spacious plateau. In the spring, the wind there was particularly strong, very suited to flying kites.

Yin Xun held his big black squid in one hand, and an unidentifiable animal in the other, running happily along behind Lu Qingjiu. Lu Qingjiu even had to look back and tell him not to fall. Bai Yuehu seemed as lazy as ever. His hair had become short once more, just that this time, Lu Qingjiu had cut it. He hadn’t cut Bai Yuehu’s hair too short, just short enough such that it wouldn’t affect his eating. But this was a lot better than Bai Yuehu’s “bitten off by a dog” haircut that he gave himself—— Even though no matter what hairstyle Bai Yuehu had wouldn’t affect his beauty.

The wind on the mountain brought with it the fragrance of flowers. In the grass between the trees, they could see wildflowers of all colours. Around them hovered butterflies and bees. Compared to the deathly stillness of winter, everywhere was filled with life. 3B1jEW

The three took the kites and a bamboo basket full of food up along the mountain path to the peak. Upon feeling that strong wind at the top of the mountain, Yin Xun excitedly pulled out his kite and began to run around on the mountain. Originally, Lu Qingjiu had slightly doubted if Yin Xun’s kite would be able to fly, but who knew that after running one round on the plateau, the squid kite would rise up into the air, going straight up into the sky.

Yin Xun laughed loudly like a child, “Look, look, my kite’s flying!”

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Xiao Hua and Xiao Hei ran along next to him. Seeing that they also wanted to play, Yin Xun wrapped the string around Xiao Hua’s hoof. In the end, the wind at the top of the mountain was too strong, and Xiao Hua too small, resulting in him almost being pulled into the sky by the wind. In the end, it was Lu Qingjiu who snatched hold of his little tail with quick reflexes, avoiding a tragedy from occurring.

“Watch over Xiao Hua when he’s playing with the kite. He’s really unsafe as a little pig.” Lu Qingjiu was like an adult teaching little children. “Don’t let any accidents happen.” EiQ0b4

Yin Xun obediently agreed.

After managing Yin Xun, Lu Qingjiu then opened up the bamboo basket he’d brought, spreading the cloth he’d kept inside out on the lush green grass, then filled the surface of the cloth with all kinds of food. There was stewed meat and fried chicken packed in thermal lunch boxes, as well as strawberry biscuits and an apple cake he’d woken up early to bake. Lu Qingjiu had even remembered to bring a few bottles of soda wrapped in cold towels.

Bai Yuehu sat down on the ground next to Lu Qingjiu, lifting his head to watch the kites in the sky.

Lu Qingjiu stood next to him, smiling and saying, “When we were children, we all liked to tie grass onto the kite strings. When we tied the grass, we would make a silent wish in our hearts. It was said that this way, we could send messages to the gods in the heavens, and let the gods realise our wishes.” gDWnPA

Bai Yuehu said, “Did the gods realise your wish?”

Lu Qingjiu was disappointed. “Of course not.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuehu looked down and casually pulled out a green blade of grass and passed it to Lu Qingjiu. “Try again?”

Lu Qingjiu laughed, “Alright.” With the grass in hand, he went over to Yin Xun’s side, and tied it to the kite string. Then, Yin Xun began to relax the line, letting the kite fly even higher, bringing Lu Qingjiu’s blade of grass along with it into the air. FqMGDg

As of what wish Lu Qingjiu had made, it wasn’t very important. After all, there were no gods in the heavens. Since there were no gods, who would realise his wish?

baum: to go along with the beef noodles they had for breakfast, here’s fanart of Bai Yuehu in his dragon form eating noodles by Avis (@bewarethemandragora)~

link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCr1OjblQeg/?igshid=tq6pimyknj3r U fDXY