The White Cat's Divine Scratching PostCh63 - Treasure Tree

 

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Translator's Note

้œœ (shuฤng) frost
ๅŽ (huรก) magnificent / splendid / flowery
Or possibly
ๅŽ (huฤ) flower

Translator's Note

ๆœ‰็ผ˜ๅƒ้‡Œๆฅ็›ธไผš (yว’u yuรกn qiฤn lว lรกi xiฤng huรฌ) Though born a thousand li apart, souls which are one shall meet.

Translator's Note

ไธ€ๆญฅไธ‰ๅ›žๅคด (yฤซ bรน sฤn huรญ tรณu) To turn to look back repeatedly at every step.

Translator's Note

Lit. Jade Mountain ็Ž‰ๅฑฑ.

Translator's Note

ๆพ้นค้•ฟ้ธฃ Some artistic licence taken.
ๆพ (sลng)
้นค (hรจ) crane
้•ฟ (chรกng) length / long / forever / always / constantly
้ธฃ (mรญng) to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
ๆพ้นค Means pine and crane, and also means something like eternal/everlasting.

Translator's Note

His shรน (ๅบถ) brother.
In pre-modern eras, upper-class men in ancient China often had more than one spouse to ensure the birth of a male heir to their assets and titles. In China, a priority system was created to rank the offspring’s entitlement to this inheritance. Under this system, a man was allowed one official wife, called a or Di wife (ๅซกๅฆป), and her son was called the Di son (ๅซกๅญ).

A secondary spouse was called a Shu wife (ๅบถๅฆป). A shu wifeโ€˜s son was called the Shu son (ๅบถๅญ). Shu sons had to regard the Di wife of their father as their mother and respect her.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Di sons, regardless of their age, held much higher social status than the Shu sons, and the eldest Di son (ๅซก้•ทๅญ) held the paramount position over all other children of the house. An illegitimate son, born out of wedlock, was generally categorized as a Shu son, though he would have much lower status than those born to legitimate Shu wives. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishu_system

Translator's Note

ๅคฉ็ฝ—ๅœฐ็ฝ‘ (tiฤn luรณ dรฌ wวŽng) Nets above and snares below; a far-flung network; an escape-proof net; an invisible net preventing all escape.

Translator's Note

A male animal is ๅ…ฌ(gong). So maleยฒ would be ๅ…ฌๅ…ฌ (gลng gong), the only problem is that this word means eunuch (and also husband’s father or grandpa, apparently).

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23 comments

  1. Poor da-shixiong xD he keeps getting bullied!

    This is officially one of my fav danmei rn so thank you so much for translating it uwu I hope you’re getting enough rest while translating the chaps

  2. Why do I get the feeling that the half brother was only taking credit from Mo Tianliao’s inventions? The other brother would probably reconciled if they learn that the precious flask was actually a chamberpot hahahaha~ (โ‰งโ–ฝโ‰ฆ)

    Thanks for the update ๐Ÿ’•

  3. I hope once Shuang Ren rescues his Sister, they come back to the sect with them.

    It was so funny that the fox described Big Fatty as ‘the perpetually giggly da-shixiong.’ Everyone thinks he’s good only as a footrest.

    ๐Ÿ˜‚

    Thanks for the chapter!

  4. mo tianliao better get back his bracelet from that ding ziyu! that was the other part of his and lord kitty’s couple bracelet. i would have also love for mo tianliao to participate in the crafting contest and beat both the ding brothers, especially ziyu the duantian imitator

  5. Typo?? In the Mini Theatre, MTL is first called “Woodworker” and later “Woodworking”. I assume that the former is the correct word (and I personally think it’s a lot better than “Carpenter”)!

    Poor Xuanji! That distress over hemp rope not being an appropriate gift between sects ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚