Fantasy FarmCh74.1 - Those Years

Edited by Yuki

After Gou Mang left, it didn’t take long for him to return and this time, with a bunch of black seeds in his hands. He passed them to Bai Yuehu and expressed that these were the eyeballs’ seeds. M56dJz

Bai Yuehu motioned for Lu Qingjiu to accept them and returned the black umbrella to Gou Mang. Gou Mang, who finally got his umbrella back, gently stroked it for a long time. In return, the umbrella who seemed to have a consciousness of its own, used its body to nudge against Gou Mang’s face as if it had finally escaped a great calamity. They were like a pair of lovers who’d just been reunited.

Having received the seeds, Lu Qingjiu observed that they looked no different from ordinary seeds apart from being a little heavier and its exterior looking a little tougher. He carefully pocketed them before hearing Bai Yuehu say, “How’s the Spring Festival coming along?”

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“It’s coming along fine.” Gou Mang said, “There’s nothing much to do this year.”

“Nothing to do?” Bai Yuehu seemed doubtful. UfyqEj

Gou Mang replied, “That’s right, nothing much to do.” His tone was somewhat nonchalant but his next words caught Lu Qingjiu’s attention.

He continued, “They’re all busy searching for the dragon.”

Dragon? The black dragon that had escaped? Lu Qingjiu’s ears pricked up and although his eyes were still fixed on the seeds, his ears were focused on listening to their conversation.

“Why haven’t they found him yet?” Bai Yuehu asked.

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“I’m not sure.” Gou Mang put away his umbrella and complained, “Isn’t it because he hasn’t been found that my cute umbrella came to Shuifu to take a look? Who would have known that it’d be captured and eaten by you for so long?”

Bai Yuehu laughed coldly, “Don’t you know whose territory this is? Who told you to look in this area?”

Gou Mang seemed to be at fault in this regard and no longer refuted Bai Yuehu.

“Continue searching,” Bai Yuehu said, “If you still can’t find him, you all will have to bear this responsibility.” vtPzm3

Gou Mang huffed and turned around to leave. But just as he stepped out of the courtyard, his last words to Bai Yuehu were, “You ought to be careful too. There’s a chance that Zhu Rong may drop by because until that dragon has been found, no one can be at ease.”

After he left, Lu Qingjiu couldn’t help but ask about the matter regarding Zhu Rong.

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However, Bai Yuehu’s impression of Zhu Rong didn’t seem to be favourable. Once he heard Gou Mang say that Zhu Rong was coming to Shuifu, his expression turned ugly. OJhdPW

“Why would Zhu Rong come to Shuifu village?” Lu Qingjiu asked, “Is he also trying to find the dragon?”

Bai Yuehu nodded.

Lu Qingjiu asked, “Why are you unhappy?”

Bai Yuehu answered, “He’s an executor.” oeEkdx

Lu Qingjiu froze, immediately comprehending what the word executor meant. Before the black dragon was imprisoned, its horns had been sliced off, its eyes dug out and its tongue cut off. Although Lu Qingjiu had felt that the punishment was brutal, he also wondered what kind of person could mete out such a cruel punishment. He had thought the executor was one of Bai Yuehu’s kinsmen but never thought it was the legendary God of Fire.

“That dragon… was locked up by him?” Lu Qingjiu didn’t know why, but his heart would tremble whenever he thought of the warm eyes he had seen previously.

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“Yeah.” Bai Yuehu said, “They all accused him of the crime and he didn’t defend himself either.” He sighed, “So he was punished.” If that dragon had wanted to escape, it wouldn’t be difficult. But no one knew why he admitted all the crimes and willingly stayed, accepting such cruel punishment. There were 2 body parts that the dragon race couldn’t stand others touching – their horns and their reverse scales, but the black dragon had his horns cut off. This was something many of the dragon race would rather die than lose; as it was the pride of being a dragon.

Bai Yuehu couldn’t understand this punishment and so, he also didn’t have any goodwill towards the executioner. Now that Gou Mang said Zhu Rong was coming, he naturally felt unhappy. cARIlo

Lu Qingjiu thought for a moment before asking, “So is he coming to Shuifu just to find the dragon?”

Bai Yuehu replied, “Most probably.”

Lu Qingjiu was silent. He wanted to say words of comfort to the gloomy Bai Yuehu but felt that anything he said would be unnecessary, after all he wasn’t a dragon. Even he felt uncomfortable when he saw the black dragon’s haggard appearance,in that case, there was no need to mention Bai Yuehu who belonged to the same dragon race.

Not knowing how to use words to comfort Bai Yuehu, Lu Qingjiu prepared a feast that night to console him. Q9PRf1

He let Bai Yuehu kill a chicken, stuffed its belly full with various ingredients, and baked it in the oven. The grilled chicken was crispy on the outside, yet juicy and tender on the inside; and even the bones were crispy. The chickens they had raised were the best. Not only were they strong but they also tasted good. The rich aroma that wafted out could make anyone salivate. Lu Qingjiu also planned to buy some rabbits from the town to raise them. Rabbit meat was a common dish around these parts as it was white meat that didn’t contain any fat and had less bones than a chicken. When it’s cooked well, rabbit meat is very tender and delicious. Even rabbit liver tasted far better than other types of liver. Its taste was simply exquisite without the bloodiness that usually came from livers.

After dinner, Bai Yuehu was in a better mood and said that the seeds Gou Mang had given them were ready to be planted.

“Where should we plant it? Probably the backyard.” Lu Qingjiu said, “If these seeds bore fruit and were seen by others, our family is definitely going to be seen as monsters.”

“Okay.” Bai Yuehu thought for a bit and felt Lu Qingjiu’s words made sense. “Let’s plant them near the well.” v5UdLG

Lu Qingjiu nodded.

Because of the hair growth water sales, the halo above the well in the backyard was getting brighter. It now shone so brightly at night, that there was no need for street lights. In Yin Xun’s words, it even saved their family a whole lot of electricity bills. According to Bai Yuehu, it was possible that after some time, the female ghost in the well will be able to reveal her original appearance and become a God. Yin Xun, this mountain god, was torn after hearing this. He felt that he was not even as good as the female ghost in other people’s courtyard. Although everyone was a deity, others had an annual income in the millions while he barely had enough to afford xiao long baos.

Lu Qingjiu patted his shoulder in comfort and expressed that the one who’d contributed the most to this family was really this well…

After planting the black-coloured seeds into a pit, Lu Qingjiu filled it with soil and watered the seeds. Although Bai Yuehu said to just plant the seeds and just leave them to grow, Lu Qingjiu was still worried about whether they would germinate. KHh05M

“Don’t worry. We have the dangkangs?” Bai Yuehu said, “Let them play in the backyard and run on this plot of land. Even if they don’t succeed, I’m still here.”

Bai Yuehu’s title as a farming expert couldn’t be forgotten. The fruit tree they’d planted in March was already taller than himself and Lu Qingjiu suspected that it’d begin to produce fruit by autumn, completely unlike the few years other families had to wait for.

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According to Bai Yuehu, once these seeds were planted, the fruits that it bore resembled eyeballs while having a fruity flavour. It sounded very delicious, making Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun who had eaten it before eagerly anticipate. kae6rE

A few days after Gou Mang left, they still hadn’t seen Zhu Rong’s shadow and thus, Lu Qingjiu forgot about this matter.

He was also a fast-mover. Once he decided to buy rabbits, he went out the very next day and brought back a few adorable white bunnies, intending to raise them beside the chicken coop.

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The bunnies weren’t shy. In no time, they began to integrate well with the chickens and its scope of movement had expanded to the entire courtyard.

Lu Qingjiu had wanted to raise some other animals like ducks and geese but their home was too far away from any brooks and was without a constant supply of running water. After all, he couldn’t let them swim in the backyard well either. So this plan of his temporarily came to a halt and would be put on hold until an opportunity arose in the future. Yh5gs0

The weather gradually grew warmer and before they knew it, the forest had already shed its bleak and desolate appearance from winter time. It was now lush and flourishing.

Spring was originally a time for mushroom picking in the mountains. The Shuifu villagers who relied on the mountains for their food naturally wouldn’t forget this side income opportunity. It was just that this year’s rainfall was lesser which negatively impacted mushroom growth rates. Thankfully, when April came, there was finally continuous rainfall for days.

Yin Xun shouted at Lu Qingjiu that many mushrooms had sprouted and asked if he wanted to go pick some.

Wild mushrooms were extremely fresh, suitable for roasting or stewing. However, there was a problem. Most people weren’t able to differentiate edible and poisonous mushrooms which resulted in many people being admitted into the hospital after eating mushrooms every year. sVn0Ml

Lu Qingjiu had also left Shuifu village for a long time and didn’t have any idea on how to differentiate mushrooms. Thankfully, there was still Yin Xun who patted his own chest and boasted that there wasn’t a mushroom on this mountain he couldn’t recognise.

Thus, Lu Qingjiu carried a wooden basket and went up the mountain with Yin Xun to pick mushrooms.

The idle Bai Yuehu had nothing to do either and followed along with his basket. After the rain, wild mushrooms grew everywhere, all you had to do was pull away some leaves to see a large patch of mushrooms.

Yin Xun was extremely familiar with the mountain; everywhere they went seemed to have a thicket of mushrooms. Lu Qingjiu could recognise some of those they picked such as the macrolepiota  but he found others foreign and there were some he had never even seen before. HUeWdV

“Can these really be eaten?” Watching Yin Xun put a red mushroom into his basket, Lu Qingjiu revealed a doubtful expression.

“You can.” Yin Xun said, “It tastes good.”

“It’s really fine?” Lu Qingjiu asked. “I am a human through and through, who will die from consuming poisonous mushrooms.”

Yin Xun: “It’s absolutely fine. Even if it’s not, don’t you still have Bai Yuehu?” PvV3Ua

Bai Yuehu looked up and glanced at Yin Xun coldly.

Yin Xun immediately shrank back.


T/n; WuWu is craving mushrooms QAQ am sucker for mushooms. Yuki would like to present to you how to cook mushrooms you can stew, boil, grill, fry, *** etc etc it. :blobpats:

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15 comments

  1. Mushrooms, 😋! I love Katsu take, and my uncle usually sends us some in the fall. He has his secret hunting places in the mountains. But he may not hunt anymore due to age. 😞

    Enoki are easy to find, and I like plain old white buttons too.

    I think I’ll go fry some now.

    Thank you

  2. As someone who had a strangely serious fear of eating poisonous mushrooms while young, I can only go to the store for them. And I’m okay with that 👍🏻

    Thanks for the great translation ♥️

  3. I love mala enoki mushrooms (o´ω`o) and wood ear mushrooms in tekwan. oddly enough, the common white button mushrooms in grocery stores taste off to me…

    thanks for the chapter! looking forward to miss well ghost’s ascension

  4. Mushrooms ԅ(¯﹃¯ԅ) Now I want to eat them too ;__;

    I hope they won’t find his ‘grandpa’ dragon >__>Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)

  5. Thank you for the chapter!

    Ahhh mushroom! Love it a lot! I wonder how will Jiu-ge make them 🤔