Chapter 7- Excitement at the Entrance of the Village
edited by aprilmayaugust
The reason why Wu Qingyuan decided to choose Lin Laogen as the one to help him was naturally that he was confident.
Whether it was before or after the apocalypse came, he has garnered a lot of experience. What kind of person Lin Laogen is can be seen in the short interactions they’ve had. A country guy who can put noodles in a bamboo tube and take them home will not be a slippery man. His work efficiency may not be so high, but he is reliable.
After getting a bowl of Yangchun noodles and semi-consecutive copper coins, Lin Laogen’s face almost burst into laughter, putting the copper coins into his purse- he began to ask Wu Qingyuan for more information and where he would be able to find him.
This time, even though Wu Qingyuan was generous with the noodles and the copper coins for asking questions- in fact, he didn’t have any money on him.
There are a lot of gold bars in his space, but he is not ready to take it out for the time being. The size of the gold bar is not small, by taking out a piece of gold in this small town- it would be easy to attract trouble. His only silver now is the one he got when he was at the ship’s bow. They thanked him for his help and even the clothes he was wearing were given by them.
So he couldn’t live in an inn until he got some money.
“Is this younger brother still thinking of a place to stay?”
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Lin Laogen couldn’t help but tentatively ask.
He saw a lot of people like Wu Qingyuan from outside at the dock, and he guessed a little bit of his difficulty by looking at his clothes.
Of course, he didn’t guess Wu Qingyuan’s actual situation, he just guessed that since he just said he came here to find someone then he must stay here before he found that someone. It’s not cheap to live in an inn, and Wu Qingyuan’s appearance does not imply he can live in one for a long time. So he was naturally a little worried about the issue of whereabouts.
“Yes, uncle, I am not very familiar with this place. I haven’t thought of a place to stay. In addition to finding people, I also want to find a village here to settle down. It’s just that I was in a shipwreck before, and all the official documents on my body to prove my identity are in the water, and I don’t know if it can be settled here, and regarding the surrounding villages, I don’t know which one would be suitable…”
Wu Qingyuan nodded and said so without concealing much, and at the same time said that he wanted to settle down.
In terms of settling down and building a home, he also learned about other things during the time he was on the boat. The population statistics of this place are not complete and the management is not strict. He heard that a rare famine occurred in the Xia Kingdom more than ten years ago, and many people died. Just when the population is lacking, and weak, it would not be difficult for a strong laborer like him to settle down.
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Most of the country folks are simple. Wu Qingyuan looks good and has a good temperament. He doesn’t look like a bad person. Lin Laogen never doubted his words, and his identity, and enthusiastically helped him find a way. Of course, the last sentence was his driving point.
“Okay, then thank you, uncle.”
After wandering around for a long time to make extra money for his family, when Lin Laogen waited for Wu Qingyuan to answer- he had a slightly nervous expression, Wu Qingyuan suddenly smiled and nodded- he saw that Lin Laogen was an honest man, but he still had a mind of a businessman.
Once things were discussed and the payment for the noodles was given, Wu Qingyuan followed the happy Lin Laogen to leave the dock to the Liushu Village that the other party had mentioned.
Having discussed things for so long, the time was getting late. And after making his money today, Lin Laogen had no plans of going back to the dock to be a coolie anymore and immediately prepared to return to the village.
Along the way, Lin Laogen had a very enthusiastic attitude and talked a lot because he earned his silver, but most of the topics were around his two children, and how smart his son is, and he was praised by his teacher when he first entered the private school. The ger at home is more than capable, and he works in the field and cooks well, and he doesn’t look like a man at all.
But Wu Qingyuan was very patient. He didn’t find him annoying. He was indifferent in his last days. He couldn’t tell anyone regarding family affairs- he couldn’t even say hello to the unfamiliar ones. He hadn’t experienced such a simple and down-to-earth feeling for a long time.
Occasionally accompanied by the sentence “Your ger/son is really capable”, Lin Laogen would laugh from ear to ear and be more enthusiastic and close to him.
Liushu Village is not far from Shiqiao Town. Of course, this “not far” is defined by the people here. Walking from Shiqiao Town to Liushu Village, Wu Qingyuan estimated the time to be more than an hour.
This is still under the condition that he and Lin Laogen are both big men with good physical strength. If they were replaced with other people of lower physical strength, the pace would be slower, he was afraid that it would be more or less a two-hour journey.
At sunset, Wu Qingyuan finally saw Liushu Village he heard from the mouth of Lin Laogen.
It was a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and rivers. The size of the village is medium-sized. Looking from a distance, the population looks to be two to three hundred households. There are rows of willow trees on the roadside of the village. Liushu Village should be named after this- the whole village is full of life, full of vitality, and pleasant scenery. Wu Qingyuan liked it very much from his first impression.
After entering the village, he found that the life of the people in this village should be pretty good.
Although most of the homes are still houses with mud walls and thatched roofs, the villagers look very good on the streets, not as hungry. There are still several good brick houses in the village. It can be seen that the people in Liushu Village are not rich but not too poor.
He remembered that on the canal before, merchant ships had docked in some small villages and towns. The people in those villages were all yellowish and thin, like starving ghosts, and the houses were all kinds of dilapidated. In contrast, the villagers in Liushu Village also had yellowish skin and lean nutrition, although it was bad compared to modern times, the overall standard of living is relatively good.
Nodding in his heart, he included Liushu Village as a candidate for his settlement, Wu Qingyuan continued to listen to Liu Laogen’s words follow him without changing his face.
As he was walking, a villager hurried over in front of him, pulling Lin Laogen before he could catch his breath, and began to speak.
“Lin Laogen, you are back, hurry over, your ger quarreled with the old woman again, and he is about to fight her with a stick!”
“What? Why did he quarrel with the old lady of the Zhou family again, this kid, Jin Shui, where are they now? I’ll go over immediately.”
Upon hearing the words of the villagers, Lin Laogen’s expression changed and he asked the other person anxiously.
“They are in the village square now, I will take you there…”
The villager quickly answered, and then helped Lin Laogen to start running in a hurry, Wu Qingyuan followed.
It was only a few minutes walk from the entrance of the village to the village square so the three of them arrived very quickly. Before they walked past, they saw that the drying yard was surrounded by villagers, and the chattering and discussions were very lively.
As an awakened person, Wu Qingyuan’s six senses are very sensitive. At a glance, he saw the two protagonists fighting in the middle through the gap in the crowd.
One is an elderly woman with a sturdy figure, wearing a navy blue floral dress with black and white hair, and the other is a young man who is only eighteen or nineteen years old with a large green spot on his face, not looking good.
The two were surrounded by the crowd, holding a stick in each hand, and arguing fiercely with red, flushing faces. The old woman was bitter and mean, and the young man was also clever and refused to admit defeat.
Seeing Lin Laogen coming, the old woman finally took a breath, ignored the young man, transferred her anger to Lin Laogen, who is relatively weak in combat effectiveness and screamed sharply.
“Lin Laogen, you failure of a parent! Look at what kind of ger you taught, he dares to quarrel with this old lady and threaten me with a stick. You can’t find him a husband with an attitude like his, who dares disrespect his elders. The ger doesn’t put me in his eyes! If you don’t give me an explanation today, I will never forgive your Lin family!”
“Grandma Zhou, it’s me who is arguing with you, why are you scolding my father for?”
The old woman transferred her firepower to Lin Laogen, and the young man became even angrier.
A ten-year-old boy standing nearby also ran to Lin Laogen to explain.
“Dad, it’s all Grandma Zhou’s fault, today she let Zhou-ger go up the mountain to cut firewood, Zhou-ger met a fierce bear on the mountain, and he came back alive but he was almost caught by the bear and eaten alive. Grandma Zhou didn’t buy medicine for Zhou-ger, instead, she still beat him up, you see, Zhou-ger was about to be beaten to death by her! My brother was only trying to help Zhou-ger speak but she only turned to us saying that my brother hated her and wanted her to lose all her money. You shouldn’t listen to her!”
The child said angrily while pointing to Zhou-ger next to the teenager.
Wu Qingyuan also followed suit, because the identity of a ger made it not very convenient to undress for people to check, but from the blood on the skinny little boy named Zhou-ger, as well as the exposed arms, ankles, neck, and face where there were all kinds of bruises, it was not difficult to see that the injury was indeed serious.
The surrounding villagers also discussed and backed the facts spoken, but the old lady of Zhou’s family was a well-known fierce trickster in the village. Everyone didn’t dare to speak too loudly for fear that the old lady would throw her anger on others and cause trouble.
Grandma Zhou’s face was not good when she listened to the whispers in the crowd, but she couldn’t refute it, and no matter how fierce she was, she couldn’t offend the whole village, so she could only scold the father and his sons of the Lin family with arrogance and unreasonableness.
“Bah, why is it your business for a mother to discipline her child? He didn’t cut any firewood and instead lost my old mother’s hatchet. A chai knife worth more than 20 copper coins is enough to eat a catty of meat. Shouldn’t I teach him a lesson? Just take care of your family’s business, no wonder you are so ugly, it may be retribution, and why no one wants to marry you…”
“You! Old Lady Zhou, what are you talking about? Why can’t my child get married?!”
Lin Laogen, who had just listened to his son’s report and hadn’t reacted yet, heard the words of Mrs. Zhou, and the honest-looking man instantly exploded and roared.
Not to mention the fact that Grandma Zhou and the surrounding villagers were startled, even Wu Qingyuan was shaken by his voice.
THNX FOR THE UPDATE~ ahhhh when’s the next chapter~!
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Thanks for the chapter!!!
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Thank you for the chapter (◍•ᴗ•◍)💚
Thank you for the translation.
“Correction? I will forgive…” -> “I will not forgive…”
Thank you for the chapter 🤍
»… I will forgive your Lin family!« will not
Yo, always those fierce, unreasonable old witches in these stories x’D
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Nevermind, it was already pointed out xD
Thanks for the chapter 🥰🥰
Unreasonable village shrew, check✓
Oho, first stupid beach on the horizon 🙄 Let’s see what will happen latter… Hope this poor boy will be alright
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Eh~ I still have doubts about who is the future partner…..
Than you for the chapter
This Zhou-ger… is it the younger brother of old man Zhou? Did I nailed it? Lmao 😅😂
I bet it has only been 10-15 years in the original world since Old Zhou arrived in modern times, so this Zhou boy is the lost younger brother.