Chapter 17: Big Bird

On a normal day, Lu Qingjiu would probably have thought it through, but his alcohol-addled mind was unable to think for a while, and he remained dazed, staring at the ceiling, and fell asleep before long.

The next morning Lu Qingjiu sobered up from his hangover and the first thing he did when he woke up was to run out into the yard and have a look around.

Bai Yuehu had risen earlier than Lu Qingjiu and seemed to be planning to go to the field to water.

" Bai Yuehu ." Lu Qingjiu suddenly spoke.

Bai Yuehu looks over at him, "Hmm."

"Last night," Lu Qingjiu said, "did anything happen last night?" He was drunk but remembered something vaguely.

Bai Yuehu said, "It's nothing."

Lu Qingjiu sighed slightly, thinking Bai Yuehu didn't want to say more, but the next thing he said was, "It's not a big deal, I added a meal."

Lu Qingjiu :""

Bai Yuehu, seeing Lu Qingjiu's shocked face, thought for a moment and added, "There will be outsiders coming over today."

Lu Qingjiu, trembling: "Is it a guest?"

Bai Yuehu said, "Guest," and he was silent for a moment, as if pondering whether that was the right word for this man, before finally saying, "It depends."

Lu Qingjiu: ""Miraculously, he actually understood Bai Yuehu's meaning, which was probably to see if the person who came was good or not, if not, he could barely be considered a guest, if not, then he would probably end up like that big bird last night.

Bai Yuehu picked up the bucket and left. Lu Qingjiu watched his back and silently went back to the kitchen to make breakfast, waiting for Bai Yuehu to come back later to eat after watering.

The glutinous rice for the dumplings is bought from the village, powdered and mixed with water, and then filled with a dumpling core. The cores are bought directly from the town and are filled with sesame seeds. The cores are wrapped in the glutinous rice, put into boiling water, add some rice wine and an egg, and the bowl of dumplings is ready.

With Bai Yuehu having taken care of the most troublesome part of the family's vegetable patch, Lu Qingjiu was able to spend more time on food. I'm sure Bai Yuehu felt the same way, otherwise he wouldn't have been so active in gardening.

Lu Qingjiu has finished the dumplings and Bai Yuehu is almost back, joined by a yawning Yin Xun.

Yin Xun is eating a bowl of dumplings in the courtyard while feeding the chickens, who are growing very fast. Yin Xun was not surprised by this and did not mention it to Lu Qingjiu, who had no experience in chicken farming and did not notice the difference in his chickens.

The chicks chatter around Yin Xun, who occasionally picks out a dumpling and feeds it to them, and they eat it with gusto.

Bai Yuehu is still not afraid of being hot, eating the dumplings one by one, which makes Lu Qingjiu's tongue ache. The cores of these dumplings are bought, but they are also very fragrant, and after biting into the glutinous rice, the black sesame seed filling flows out, and once rolled with the tongue, it is smoothly swallowed into the stomach.

Lu Qingjiu was full after one bowl and Yin Xun had little appetite, so the rest went into Bai Yuehu's stomach. When he had finished eating, he went to his usual chair in the courtyard, sat down and began to doze off.

Lu Qingjiu said, "Bai Yuehu, let me buy you a rocking chair."

Bai Yuehu Road: "Rocking Chair"

"It's the kind that you can rock, it's very comfortable," Lu Qingjiu says.

Bai Yuehu didn't seem to understand, but he didn't retort, nodding his head in agreement.

Lu Qingjiu went to feed the pigs in the pig pen and was about to go to the field with Yin Xun to pick some vegetables for lunch when he heard the sound of a car at the door.

The village is very small and there are only two cars in the village. When Lu Qingjiu hears the sound of a car, he knows that someone from outside is coming and he immediately remembers what Bai Yuehu said earlier.

With a creak of the door, all eyes fell on the door that was pushed open, revealing a slightly familiar face, Lu Qingjiu immediately recognised the person's identity: "Mr. Chao"

Yes, it was Chao Qianyu, the big customer Lu Qingjiu had met at the market yesterday who had bought all the tomatoes, and although he had said he would visit Lu Qingjiu before, Lu Qingjiu didn't expect him to come the next day, and from the look on his face, he seemed vaguely anxious.

Chao Qianyu said, "Mr. Lu, excuse me." He stood in the doorway, with no intention of going inside, and his eyes wandered the courtyard for a moment before finally settling on Bai Yuehu, who seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Well." Lu Qingjiu said, "You're here so soon."

"Yes." Chao Qianyu said, "Would you mind if I came in and talked to you more carefully?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "Yes, you can."

Chao Qianyu was relieved to hear this, he took a few steps to walk next to Lu Qingjiu, as he passed the centre of the courtyard his nose twitched as if he smelled something, then his face changed dramatically and he said, " Mr. Lu "

Lu Qingjiu said, "Ah"

Chao Qianyu said, "I am not aware of the mountain, please Mr. Lu, let my bird go."

Lu Qingjiu was stunned by this development and for three seconds he froze, still not understanding what Chao Qianyu meant: "What did you say?"

Chao Qianyu's face was blue, as if he thought Lu Qingjiu was pretending to be confused, and he said, "Mr. Lu, if you have any conditions, just ask, and I will do whatever I can."

Lu Qingjiu seemed to remember something as he coughed awkwardly, "By bird do you mean the big bird with the red beak and white feathers?"

Chao Qianyu nods solemnly.

Lu Qingjiu said, "Well," he quietly took a look at Bai Yuehu and saw that Bai Yuehu had not even opened his eyes from the beginning to the end, so he was even more vain. Faced with Chao Qianyu's sharp eyes, he had the impression that his pet had accidentally bitten someone else's pet to death!

Chao Qianyu could see something in Lu Qingjiu's expression and called out, " Mr. Lu ".

Lu Qingjiu said, "Well, I saw the bird last night, but it flew away afterwards."

Chao Qianyu :""

Lu Qingjiu smiled sheepishly, "Really."

Chao Qianyu's face became even more sombre as he said, "Then please, Mr. Lu, answer me a question."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Yes."

Chao Qianyu said, "Since it has flown away, may I ask why, in Mr. Lu's yard, there is a smell of the blood of a bird belonging to me"

Lu Qingjiu: "You smell wrong, don't you?"

Before he had finished speaking, Bai Yuehu, who had been sitting and resting, suddenly opened his eyes, still with the same black eyes, still without any special emotion, but Chao Qianyu's body shook violently, as if Bai Yuehu's gaze was some kind of terrible sight.

"I know where your bird is." Bai Yuehu said, "Do you want to see it?"

Chao Qianyu forced a smile: "I don't know who this is"

"This is my friend." Lu Qingjiu said, "It's Bai Yuehu."

Chao Qianyu: " Bai Yuehu" He chewed on the name carefully, his eyes showing intense confusion as he muttered in a small voice, "That's not right"

Bai Yuehu interrupted him coldly, "What's wrong", he stood up, walked over to Chao Qianyu and spoke again, "You want to be with your bird".

Chao Qianyu seemed to have finally understood what Bai Yuehu meant by this, his eyes rounded instantly and he trembled twice.

"What's the hurry to leave." Bai Yuehu said coldly.

Even though Lu Qingjiu did not know what was happening, he could clearly sense that Chao Qianyu was very scared, so scared that he did not dare to meet Bai Yuehu's gaze.

"You're not here to buy tomatoes," Bai Yuehu says.

Chao Qianyu looked stunned, obviously not expecting Bai Yuehu to come out with such a statement.

Bai Yuehu

Seeing that Chao Qianyu was silent and seemed a little upset, he said, "What, you're not going to buy it?"

If you don't buy tomatoes you can't afford to buy meat and if you don't eat meat you will be hungry Bai Yuehu's eyes clouded over.

"No, no, no, no, I'll buy it." Chao Qianyu gave a jolt and exclaimed, "I'll buy it all."

Bai Yuehu was now content to release his grip on his shoulder and turn to walk away.

Chao Qianyu let out a huge sigh of relief and said breathlessly, "Mr. Lu, I'll take all those tomatoes."

Lu Qingjiu noticed two lines of water stains running down his temples, which looked like cold sweat from shock, and he was at a loss for words.

"May I take the liberty of asking a question?" Chao Qianyu seemed to remember something after he had recovered from his nervous state and asked Lu Qingjiu in a small voice, "Did you grow that tomato, Mr. Lu?"

"Tomatoes aren't it." Lu Qingjiu shook his head.

"Who planted that?" Chao Qianyu asks.

"It's Bai Yuehu." Lu Qingjiu said honestly.

Chao Qianyu showed an indescribable expression, so complex that Lu Qingjiu did not know exactly what it meant, but the shock that was mixed with it was obvious.

"Buy, I'll buy it all." Chao Qianyu said, "I'll take as much as I can get, you mustn't be polite to me."

Lu Qingjiu: "This, you don't want to force it, do you?" He was afraid that Chao Qianyu had bought it because of Bai Yuehu's relationship. He was afraid that Chao Qianyu would buy the tomatoes because of Bai Yuehu's relationship with him, but as soon as he said that, Chao Qianyu said, "No, no, no, no, no, no.

Lu Qingjiu: ""Well, it's hard to understand people nowadays.

What the author has to say: Bai Yuehu: Buy tomatoes or die.

Chao Qianyu: I'll take it