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Lin Lixuan saw Ger Yan standing under the tree from a distance. The branches of the old lotus tree were withered, and the handsome little Shuang’er standing under the tree was like the first flower blooming on a withered tree in spring. He looked fresh and vibrant, which made his eyes shine. Ger Yan also saw the Lin-dage he’d been thinking about this entire time.
Ger Yan was overjoyed and trotted forward. He wanted to run up quickly to inquire about the situation, but he suddenly saw three other people in the donkey cart. One was Village chief Zhao, but the other two were strangers. He couldn’t help but be more reserved and tried to disguise his trotting to a brisk walk. His steps slowly slowed down, pretending to be exhausted.
Lin Lixuan jumped out of the cart and walked to Ger Yan’s side. Ger Yan’s face was unnaturally ruddy. His small mouth was slightly panting. Lin Lixuan studied him. The young man’s expressions reflected in the other man’s pupils, so he didn’t dare look at him directly. If he got closer, he could feel the heat coming from his body.
Like a xiaolongbao that just came out of the steamer, but this xiaolongbao must have been made by Ger Yan. Lin Lixuan wouldn’t have been able to make such a delicate little shuang’er.
Ignoring the presence of the three people beside him, Lin Lixuan grabbed Ger’s hand and asked, “Ger Yan, what are you doing here? Did something happen at home?” Seeing Ger’s happy bubbles, it didn’t look like anything urgent. He was probably just waiting for him to come back on such a cold day, standing alone in the cold wind and waiting. Lin Lixuan couldn’t help but feel his heart surging and moving when he saw him.
It felt good to have someone waiting for you at home!
“No, no…I was just waiting for you to return,” Ger Yan lowered his head and muttered.
Lin Lixuan leaned close to his ear and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Did you miss me? Ger Yan, you’re getting more clingy. I didn’t take you to the county town once and you’re already like this?”
It was also said that Lin Lixuan had been accustomed to driving on the donkey cart to the county town with Ger Yan. The two sat on the cart and had seen every bit of the road. Although the scenery was familiar, with the flow of time, the long branches were blown away by the cold wind, the cold dew covered the yellow leaves, and the yellow flowers suddenly grew into weeds. Suddenly, there were so many noteworthy things around him, and he unconsciously wanted to call the person beside him to show off these discoveries.
“…” Ger Yan’s eyes widened. This xiaolongbao that was once 90% cooked was now fully cooked…Who knew if Village chief Zhao heard Lin-dage’s words. Ger Yan wanted to shout that he wasn’t. He wasn’t a sticky glutinous rice dumpling. How could he miss him so much when they were only apart for a little bit.
Of course, he was a bit unaccustomed to it. After their relationship developed on new years day, they always stuck together. Even if they were only separated for an hour, it felt like an entire day.
However, Ger Yan’s biggest concern wasn’t this. He—he was more afraid of Lin Lixuan spending money indiscriminately!!!!
And so, he was worried.
In terms of spending money, Lin-dage had always been extremely willful. He would spend however much he had. He didn’t know how to save. He was the definition of “spend money to make money”—He’d learned this from Lin-dage. Ger Yan didn’t agree with this sentence. How could it be that easy to earn money after spending it all?
Good things naturally needed to be saved and cherished. Just like good paintings, or rats hiding their food in the cold winter. They had to be carefully hidden. Only then could you have sweet dreams when you sleep.
It was okay to buy the mountain, but Ger Yan was afraid something would happen along the way. Ger Yan took the 300 silver taels like it was a drop of wine. He could raise his hand and spend it easily, bringing back something strange and mysterious. Ger Yan learned to read and write with Lin-dage. He was able to read some simple novels, and Lin-dage normally told him stories. His brain hole1 wasn’t small, going from the original quail egg size to be as big and round as the grinding disc at home.
He was the new and improved Ger Yan!
When he was waiting under the locust tree, Ger Yan’s little head kept spinning. His thought flew higher than the fallen leaves. Would Lin-dage use the 300 taels to buy a magical stone just because the stone seller told him it would turn into a monkey…? Or buy back a snake spirit with white scales that was caught by a snake catcher? The kind that Lin-dage would release, and then…
Lin Lixuan didn’t know what the little Shuang’er in his arms was thinking. He only thought Ger Yan was embarrassed to speak and pulled him to the donkey cart to introduce him to the “hot and cold” brothers from All Water County.
If he knew Ger Yan’s thoughts, he probably would have laughed. He wasn’t a real fool, no, he was never a fool in the first place. How could he buy a strange stone that would turn into a monke2y? He wouldn’t buy a white snake3 just to release it either. Ger Yan really thought too much. Although Lin Lixuan spent money carelessly, he wouldn’t be too careless. Ger Yan probably thought this way probably because of the “weakness halo” he saw him in. In the eyes of a lover, their beloved partner would always be simple and stupid. He unconsciously worried that he would be careless. Just like how a mother thinks their child is stupid.
“These two Zhang-dages, this is my husband, Ger Yan.”
Ger Yan’s voice was crisp and clear when he greeted the two older brothers. He put the things down for the time being and looked at the two people form the county town yamen with curiosity. One had the name containing fire, and the other had the name containing water. One had a round face, the other had a square face. Comparing the two, it was like playing with dice…
Zhang Huoda nodded slightly in response, and Zhang Shuishen greeted affectionately “Lin family’s littler husband”. They joked like they had a deep relationship. When they were riding the cart he would keep chatting about his husband, and the other party was looking forward to seeing him. Hearing this made Ger Yan blush.
Zhang Shuishen’s “wife” was also a Shuang’er. The two grew up together and had a very good relationship, so he didn’t discriminate against Shuang’ers. He thought that since they were able to buy a mountain and the fact that Lin Lixuan was the only son, he would definitely marry a woman for a wife. He never thought it would be a pretty and delicate Shuang’er. Just from a glance, outsiders could see there was true affection between the two. They were loving husbands.
In this regard, Zhang Shuishen had an “understanding: with Lin Lixuan. Shuang’ers were a bit lacking compared to women. But he liked his own Shuang’er.
The husband Shuang’er from the Lin family didn’t look like a little Shuang’er from the countryside. His eyes were clear, his lips red, and his teeth white. His temperament wasn’t inferior to those from the city at all. This husband pair was quite a match.
In ancient times, they weren’t strict when measuring land. At the beginning, they based it off of their footsteps. One step, two step, three step, but the footstep was different for each person, so the margin of error was high.
Zhang Shuishen brought a special wooden rope to measure using the distance of the rope. The two brothers soon arrived at the destination. After listening to Village chief Zhao’s introduction, they started to measure. Ger Yan and Lin Lixuan watched from the side. Village chief Zhao returned home due to some matters.
Zhang Shuishen and his older brother ran around with the rope, but his mouth kept running off to the two onlookers. He naturally gossiped about the folks in the city. To Lin Lixuan’s surprise, Ger Yan also knew a lot of the gossip. Zhang Shuishen said something strange had happened in the Li family recently. Ger Yan immediately added, “Are you talking about the Li family from the north of the city? I’ve also heard…”
“Yes, that family. You’ve also heard…?”
The two enthusiastically exchanged information, chatting and laughing. Lin Lixuan, who was thrown to the side, unattended, was extremely puzzled. Zhang Shuishen didn’t stop chattering. Was he really measuring the land?
And so he smiled curiously and asked, “Do you have some sort of magic? How can you measure while talking?”
Zhang Shuishen’s round watermelon-like head smiled. He was currently squatting on the ground holding the hemp rope and revealing a mysterious smile.
- You probably heard of this if you read a lot of chinese novels. It basically means having a wild imagination ↩︎
- He’s referring to Sun Wukong from Journey to the West ↩︎
- Referring to the Legend of the White Snake ↩︎
