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Carefully holding the box of strawberries, the two returned home in the pickup truck.
Yin Xun at home didn’t know what had happened. He and Bai Yuehu were cleaning the yard, when Bai Yuehu’s phone sounded with an incoming message, and after reading it, his face changed drastically. He threw the broom in his hand and turned around and went out. He didn’t dare to ask Bai Yuehu what happened and initially wanted to tell Lu Qingjiu when he came back, but he saw that Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu came back together.
“Why are you two together?” Yin Xun was a little confused.
“Oh, I had something to do and called Bai Yuehu over.” Lu Qingjiu said, “Then I came back with him.”
Yin Xun didn’t think much after hearing the words. Lu Qingjiu tidied up the things he brought back, took out the strawberries and asked Yin Xun to wash them, and then to pick some eyeball fruits from the backyard. The juice of the eyeball fruit was also quite sufficient, and it should be delicious when used to make candied haws.
Yin Xun went to wash the fruits happily, while Lu Qingjiu put on his apron and went to the kitchen, took rock sugar and prepared to boil it.
The sugar must be boiled on a low fire, and stirred at a very slow speed, otherwise it would easily become very sticky quickly. After boiling, the hard rock sugar would melt into soft sugar syrup. Meanwhile, the washed strawberries and other fruits should be skewered on the bamboo sticks in advance, and then dipped into the sugar syrup at once, and when it cooled down, the candied haws were ready.
Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu stood beside him and waited intently. Seeing that the coating had solidified, Lu Qingjiu said it was ready to eat.
The two immediately reached out their hands to grab a bunch of candied strawberries. As they put the candied strawberry in their mouth and bit through the sugar coating with a crunch, the strawberry juice overflowed in their mouths. The rock sugar perfectly diluted the sourness of the strawberries, making the whole fruit much sweeter, and the taste richer and softer, along with the crispiness of the sugar coating.
“It’s delicious.” Yin Xun’s eyes lit up like little stars, “I’ve never eaten such delicious food before.”
Lu Qingjiu looked at the two benevolently, and picked a bunch himself. He didn’t eat the strawberries, but picked the candied grapes. He had eaten a lot of strawberries a while back, so he didn’t really like them at the moment. Since Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun both liked strawberries very much, he just left it for them.
After eating candied haws, Lu Qingjiu casually talked about today’s events, and commented that non-humans and humans cooperated very well, so wouldn’t that solve most of the household registration and ID card issues?
Bai Yuehu chewed and crunched on the candied haws and hummed.
“Then why did Shaohao say that you don’t have an ID card and household registration?” Lu Qingjiu was a little curious.
Bai Yuehu said: “Because I am outside the establishment.”
Lu Qingjiu: “Damn it, is there still a system like that?”
Bai Yuehu replied: “Yes.”
He also explained roughly the meaning of establishment, that non-humans who wanted to obtain these things had to enter the human world to live, and after obtaining the residence permit, they must work in the human world for at least a few years, otherwise the residence permit and ID card would be revoked. Bai Yuehu couldn’t leave Shuifu Village, so naturally he couldn’t fulfill such a requirement. In desperation, he could only become a black household. But Zhu Rong still had a conscience. Although he didn’t give Bai Yuehu his household registration and ID card, he gave him his driver’s permit and a small truck that he could drive.
Lu Qingjiu didn’t expect that it was Zhu Rong who delivered the pickup truck to his home, and commented that he should invite Zhu Rong to have a meal and thank him if he was free.
Bai Yuehu snorted, expressing his disdain for this idea.
Fruits from the human world were delicious when made into candied haws, as well as the eyeball fruits, especially because they had all kinds of flavors in them. The only fly in the ointment was that Lu Qingjiu didn’t like some flavors of the eyeball fruit, but one could only know when you bit into them.
In addition to buying fruits, Lu Qingjiu also bought a lot of other ingredients in the supermarket, such as steak and seafood, and some things that Bai Yuehu must have never eaten before.
After putting the candied haws outside, giving Xiaohua, Xiaohei a bunch of each, and feeding the little fox a few, Lu Qingjiu got busy with lunch. Yin Xun was driven outside to clean the yard, and Bai Yuehu stood beside Lu Qingjiu to help.
Lu Qingjiu lowered his head while cooking, remembered something, and said, “By the way, I forgot to ask you, has my Grandpa not been found yet?”
“En.” Bai Yuehu responded.
Lu Qingjiu said: “Why will the Phoenix be able to find my Grandfather?”
Bai Yuehu said: “Actually, the Phoenix Clan and the Dragon Clan were both gods at the time, and their abilities were incomparable. But later, due to some incidents, their clan was exterminated, and there are no descendants of them in the other world.”
Lu Qingjiu listened carefully.
It turned out that although the Phoenixes in the other world had been exterminated, there were still some phoenix bloodlines left in the human world, but the blood of such Phoenixes was usually diluted a lot, and because the aura in the human world was also thin, almost none of them were as strong as they were back then. One of the strongest powers of the Phoenix was that it could see through the eyes of all birds and understand the spirit of all birds. Simply put, they could relate to all birds. So many birds naturally formed a huge surveillance network, which was perfect for finding people. Originally, Zhu Rong wanted Shaohao to help him, but the Phoenix in Shaohao’s house was even more unreliable than Xiaomei. After being addicted to gambling, he went directly to Nirvana. In desperation, Zhu Rong had to transfer a Phoenix from another place to come and help.
After hearing this, Lu Qingjiu was a little worried. Last time that Zhu Rong found his Grandfather, he chopped off one of his Grandfather’s hands. If his grandfather was found again this time, he would definitely suffer other injuries.
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Lu Qingjiu suddenly understood: “So that’s how it is.”
Bai Yuehu nodded: “Of course, it’s just that this matter would surely cause panic, so it wasn’t announced to the outside world, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
Lu Qingjiu sighed, feeling better, but he was still thinking about his Grandfather. He really wanted to meet him again and have a good chat
After the arrival of summer, the night came very slowly. It was almost eight o’clock when the sun completely disappeared from the horizon. The air was stuffy and humid. There were swallows gliding in the low sky. It seemed that a huge storm was approaching.
The dark clouds unknowingly covered the moon and stars in the sky, and there was a strong wind blowing on the roads, taking sand, stones and leaves with it.
Wu Xiaohang worked overtime today, and by the time he got off work, it was almost ten o’clock in the night. The crackling rain was coming down hard, and the umbrella he held in his hand was as fragile as a toy, utterly useless. After a while, his body was completely soaked. It was not easy to take a taxi during this time, so he had no choice but to walk home with a crumbling umbrella.
Fortunately, his home was not far from the company, he just needed to walk through a few isolated alleys to get there.
Although the rain was a little less in this small alley, there were no lights. Wu Xiaohang walked forward slowly, but when he reached a certain corner, he heard voices, as if there were people talking.
“Hurry up and hand over the money.” Someone was threatening in a vicious voice.
“Wuuwuuu! I don’t have any money.” The person being threatened seemed to be a young teenager, with a hint of crying in his voice.
When the robber heard there was ‘no money’, he shined the flashlight on the other party. After seeing his appearance clearly, the robber suddenly shifted his target, “Your appearance is good-looking. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. Take off your clothes for me.”
“Undress” the boy was stunned, “Undress for what?”
“I told you to take off your clothes, so take them off quickly.” The man raised the dagger in his hand.
Seeing this scene, Wu Xiaohang felt anxious. He quickly took out his mobile phone and called the police in a low voice. After calling the police, he looked at the scene again, and saw that the boy had slowly taken off his shirt. Although the light was dim, with the light of the flashlight, Wu Xiaohang could still see the young man’s soft and fair skin, as well as that delicate face that looked like he was about to cry.
The robber got excited and was about to reach out to grab the boy, but Wu Xiaohang felt that he couldn’t wait for the police any longer. He shouted out loud, and turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone to shine on the robber: “What are you doing?”
The robber was taken aback by the sudden appearance of another person, but after realizing that Wu Xiaohang was alone, he quickly calmed down, and said, “You fucking do not meddle, ah!” and gestured to the dagger in his hand.
Wu Xiaohang said: “I’ve already called the police, get out of here quickly, or when the police arrive, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to.”
Hearing the words, the robber’s expression turned ferocious, he cursed, and holding the dagger, rushed towards Wu Xiaohang. Wu Xiaohang dodged immediately. The alley was very narrow and dark. When the robber rushed over, he tripped over something and fell to the ground. Seeing this, Wu Xiaohang rushed towards the boy who was being robbed, grabbed his hand, and told the boy to run, and the two of them rushed out of the alley like a gust of wind.
However, Wu Xiaohang didn’t notice that just after they both left the alley, a blinding flame ignited behind him. The flame burned directly from the robber’s feet to the top of his head at an extremely fast speed, and within a few breaths, that person turned into a puddle of black ash and was washed into the sewer by the wet rain.
Wu Xiaohang ran for a while, seeing no one was chasing after them, he then stopped, panting hard. After he stopped, he noticed that both he and the young man were already soaked, and quickly asked the young man if he was okay.
The boy shook his head and said that he was fine, but his face was frighteningly pale.
This place was not very far from Wu Xiaohang’s home. He looked at the boy’s naked upper body and said, “Little friend, why don’t you go to my house to find some clothes and put them on first.” Worried that the boy was afraid, he added, “I’m not a bad guy.”
Looking at Wu Xiaohang’s appearance, the boy agreed hesitantly.
Wu Xiaohang led the boy to his home, first asked him to take a bath, and then found some clean clothes for him. After putting on clean clothes, the boy was like a pearl that had been dusted off. His pretty face and clean temperament were extremely attractive.
Wu Xiaohang asked the young man a few questions, and the young man answered them all. However, when it came to the topic of his name and family, the young man chose to avoid it. Wu Xiaohang was a little helpless, so he thought about taking him to the police station to let the police do their work, but who knew that the boy got up and wanted to leave when he heard that he was going to the police station, and Wu Xiaohang couldn’t stop him no matter what.
“Okay, okay, I won’t call the police for now. Did you argue with your family members?” Wu Xiaohang could only temporarily compromise, “You are young, and your family members will worry about you when you go out like this, what if you meet such bad people outside again?”
The boy did not speak.
Wu Xiaohang said: “Okay, I won’t call the police, but you have to tell me your name.”
“Ruhuo.” The boy said, “My name is Wu Ruhuo.”
Wu Xiaohang didn’t expect for the young man to have the same surname as himself, so he felt a little happy in his heart. He thought for a while and said, “Why don’t you stay at my house for a few days, and go home after you figure things out?”
The boy looked at Wu Xiaohang and nodded slowly.
Wu Xiaohang only thought that Wu Ruhuo was a child who had run away from home. Looking at his appearance, he should be from a good family. He must have been at odds with his parents, and would figure it out in a few days. So he didn’t take this matter too seriously, he only thought of doing this as a good deed, and kept the boy at home for a few days, so as not to meet any bad people when he went out again.
However, at this time, Wu Xiaohang didn’t know that he had welcomed a King of Hell back to his home.
Furthermore, on Lu Qingjiu’s side, the weather has been hot recently. Lu Qingjiu’s body was affected by the cold and he couldn’t turn on the air conditioner, so he put the range of his activities in the backyard. There were thick vines above the backyard, which shaded the harsh sun, and there was a well to absorb the heat, making the backyard cool.
Bai Yuehu also accompanied Lu Qingjiu in the backyard to cool off. Their watermelon was also ripe, big and round. After cutting it, the red juice overflowed, and the rustling flesh inside could be seen. After cutting the watermelon, the whole yard exuded a refreshing aroma of watermelon. Lu Qingjiu couldn’t eat it ice-cold, so he kept a piece for himself and put the rest in the refrigerator to chill.
Yin Xun was a little hot. He sat next to the mouth of the well and fanned himself with his cattail fan. Lu Qingjiu went to make hawthorn juice. The hawthorn sauce he had made previously was then added with ice cubes. It was sweet and sour, refreshing relief. There were frozen milk popsicles that could also be eaten. Lu Qingjiu was still thinking about whether to make some ice cream, but these holy products to cool off the summer had nothing to do with him, he couldn’t touch any ice in this summer weather.
“It’s delicious.” Yin Xun drank ice water and ate watermelon, feeling very happy. Bai Yuehu didn’t even spit out the seeds when eating watermelon. If Lu Qingjiu hadn’t stared at him, he might have eaten the whole melon rind .
In the evening, after the sun went down, there was finally a cool breeze in the air. After Lu Qingjiu had dinner, he planned to sit in the backyard for a while, but as soon as he arrived in the backyard, he saw the Lady Ghost crawling out of the well again, sitting by the well and looking like she was thinking about life seriously.
Lu Qingjiu took a stool and sat next to her, and asked, “What are you thinking?”
Lady Ghost replied: “My name is Fu Ziying, right?”
Lu Qingjiu didn’t expect her to remember it, so he didn’t deny it: “Yes.”
After she became a God, she seemed to have lost a lot of memories, but because she didn’t actively ask about it, and didn’t seem to care much about what happened before, Lu Qingjiu didn’t take the initiative to mention it to her. Of course, if the Lady Ghost wanted to know, he would not hide it. After all, the Lady Ghost was the number one productive labor force in his family, as the family’s income was almost entirely dependent on the sold hair tonics.
“I’m thinking about a problem.” The Lady Ghost exuded a soft light all over her body, like a striking firefly in the dark night. This light was not blinding, but had a holy appearance, “Why do you think I am so obsessed with hair.”
Lu Qingjiu thought for a while: “I don’t know about this either.”
The Lady Ghost said: “I have to think about it.”
Lu Qingjiu: “…..”
So the Lady Ghost thought about it all night, and the next morning, when Lu Qingjiu went to pick green onions from the backyard to make fried eggs, she grabbed him and said she finally remembered everything about her life, about her scum boyfriend, and a lot of past events. Lu Qingjiu intuitively felt that this was a long story, so he politely asked if he could go back and cook a meal first, and then bring some melon seeds over to listen to the story.
The Lady Ghost thought about it, and asked Lu Qingjiu to bring her some sunflower seeds as well. She hadn’t eaten sunflower seeds for a long time.
Lu Qingjiu agreed.
After breakfast, Lu Qingjiu did his chores, and then came to the backyard, bringing a bag of melon seeds and sunflower seeds along with him. These seeds were bought from the town, and there were all kinds of flavors. Lu Qingjiu liked caramel better. Yin Xun followed Lu Qingjiu to join in the fun. The two of them brought a small stool and sat in front of Lady Ghost and began to listen to the story.
The Lady Ghost grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, began to nibble slowly, and told the story of her life in a deep tone. It turned out that Lady Ghost came to Shuifu Village to relax with her boyfriend. There were some problems in their relationship and they wanted to fix it, but a fierce quarrel broke out after arriving in Shuifu Village.
Yin Xun spat out the melon seed shells and asked “Why were you arguing?” Usually couples quarreled and at most would break up, but the two people lost their lives in the quarrel.
The female ghost said: “You know, people nowadays are under a lot of pressure and their work and rest are irregular. When the pressure is high and the work and rest time are not good, it will be easy.”
Yin Xun was at a loss: “Easy for what?”
The female ghost pointed to the top of her head.
Only then did Yin Xun understand, and he clapped his hands and said, “Oh, bald!” Before he could say another word, a ball of hair was stuffed into his mouth. Under his terrified eyes, Lady Ghost said quietly, “Please don’t say the word in front of me.”
Yin Xun nodded like he was pounding garlic, and then the hair was removed from his mouth.
The Lady Ghost continued: “He just disliked me. It was my birthday, but when he took out the birthday present, I hated him.”
When Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun heard what the birthday present was, they almost choked on the melon seeds in their mouths. They really couldn’t guess how Lady Ghost’s boyfriend found a girlfriend. He actually took out a wig and a set of hair growth products from his bag at such a romantic moment!
How could the Lady Ghost bear this stimulation, and she had a fierce argument with her boyfriend on the spot, and then she made an irreversible move and reached out to grip at her boyfriend’s head, and after gripping his hair, she said that sooner or later the boyfriend would also go bald, the Mediterranean kind of bald.
By that point, the two of them had completely broken off their friendship. In extreme rage, the boyfriend ruthlessly killed the Lady Ghost and threw her body in the deserted well.
Both Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun had never suffered from hair loss, so they were stunned. After a while, Yin Xun choked out a sentence: “Just for this ahh?”
Lady Ghost was furious: “What do you mean just for this? Do you know how important hair is to me?”
After being yelled at, Yin Xun apologized limply, saying that he didn’t mean it that way.
“Oh, now I finally understand my mission to become a God.” The light on Lady Ghost’s body became even brighter, and she folded her hands together in a prayer-like gesture, “I want to free the world from the troubles of hair loss.”
Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun were eating melon seeds and listening.
Lady Ghost said: “Thank you, Mr. Lu, you are the one who provided me with this path. Can I make a small request?”
Lu Qingjiu said: “Please say it.” She was the main labor force in the family after all.
Lady Ghost said: “I want to increase the production of hair tonic.”
Lu Qingjiu: “That’s fine, but if the output is too much, it will easily attract the attention of others.” Currently his hair tonic was already very popular on the Internet, but because the production was so little, not many large companies or organizations noticed. After all, it did not touch the cake of others, but if you want to increase production, it would be possible to attract the attention of these big people.
Lady Ghost: “That’s right, then don’t add too much, just add another hundred bottles.” She now needed a stronger power of faith to maintain her God-hood.
Lu Qingjiu thought about it, agreed to Lady Ghost’s request, and asked her if she had any opinions or suggestions on the price.
Lady Ghost shook her head and said that this matter was up to Lu Qingjiu, as long as the price was not too high for everyone to afford.
Lu Qingjiu nodded, saying that the original price should be kept.
“Also, can you bring me some food every day?” Lady Ghost said, “I find that I seem to be able to eat now.”
Lu Qingjiu said: “No problem, are you living in the well now?”
“Yes.” Lady Ghost said, “After a few more years, I may condense into a solid body.”
Lu Qingjiu thought to himself that it would take several years, that was really a long way to go, but she could take her time, the days to come were still long.
After chatting, Lu Qingjiu realized that it was time to make lunch, he stood up and bid farewell to Lady Ghost, and was about to leave, but she came to him and said: “Mr. Lu, I really appreciate you, but I don’t know how to express my gratitude, I can only give you the only one I have.” Lu Qingjiu had a bad premonition when he heard the words, and was about to refuse, but her hands had already lightly pressed on his shoulders. Yin Xun standing next to him was not spared either, and was held down with a dazed expression.
Lu Qingjiu: “…..”
Yin Xun: “…..”
The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and they could see the horror in each other’s eyes.
When Bai Yuehu came back from the field, the first thing he did was to look for Lu Qingjiu in the kitchen, but he was startled when he entered the kitchen. He saw a black figure standing in the kitchen, who at first glance looked like a primitive person. It wasn’t until the person turned his head that Bai Yuehu realized that it was Lu Qingjui, with a head of long black hair.
“What’s wrong with you?” Bai Yuehu asked, “Why did you drink the well water?”
Lu Qingjiu said in pain, “It’s a thank you gift from her.”
Bai Yuehu said: “Oh, isn’t it just long hair? It’s okay, I’ll cut it off for you.”
Lu Qingjiu gritted his teeth and said, “It’s not just the head hair.”
Bai Yuehu: “….”
Lu Qingjiu said in despair: “All the body hairs are…”
Bai Yuehu: “….”
Lu Qingjiu: “Just cut it off.”
Bai Yuehu had a subtle expression and held back a smile.
Lu Qingjiu sighed in pain. At this moment, he finally understood what the phrase, ‘how time flies’ meant!
thank you for the translation!!
Thanks for the chapter! Oh, dear… she meant well.
Miss hair might need anger management? Also, what is up with the new pretty boy (from Hell™) encounter oooh 👀
Thanks for the chapter!
Dear Mr. Lu.. I am in desperate need of that ghostly hair tonic.. Link please.. Thank you..