Begging You to Break Off This Engagement!

8.2

Translated by Amaryllideae; Dear editor hasn't been able to edit this yet, I think she's probably also bogged down with her own school work ;-; If there are any mistakes you notice, feel free to comment them and I'll rectify ASAP~

"What happened to your foot?" Luo Fei tried to remember the appearance of his predecessor's (original LF) memory of Han Xu, and he concernedly looked at the feet of Han Xu.

"Don't mention it. When I came back, I stumbled and it got swollen like a pig's head. If not when I came back, I would have come see you." Han Xu sent Luo Yi to go out and get the good food he brought back. Seeing Luo Yi go out, he used his fists to hit Luo Fei's chest. "Luo Erbao, you are really alive! You've grown up; actually dared to jump in the river? You wanted to scare me!"

"Aiyo, let's not bring that up? Am I not very well now?"

"You're well now, but you still scared me! When I came back to the village and heard people talking about, it was really... you really screwed up! I haven't felt good thing about that family named Zhang. Now, it seems it's fine!"

"Shush, if you keeping on talking about this I'm going to leave!" Luo Fei said in his heart that I came here very serious to make friends, okay? ! Here, besides that bad friend Xi Yanqing, he had no other legitimate friends, if you mention that scum with the surname Zhang be careful of my wrath!

"Fine fine fine, we won't discuss him, but let's discuss Xi Yanqing?" Han Xu smiled evilly, a pair of phoenix eyes revealing cleverness, "I heard from my older brother said that recently he runs to your home a lot, do you guys have good news?"

"Ah, I guess so." Luo Fei said with no heart, "My mother is looking for a day with Xi Yanqing." After being beaten until he relented that day, the whole family was very careful about the matter, but in the countryside they did not have much attention about it after a little, plus both he and Xi Yanqing are male, so the "Na Cai" and "Wen Ming" in the six rituals, as well as "Na Ji" three steps were skipped and his marriage customs with XYQ began at the "Nan Zheng" step.

(Long explanation: the Six Steps in Marriage are an ancient Chinese tradition from around Han times apparently. This is a short explanation from China Today: "Han Chinese weddings involve six stages, called the Six Etiquettes. They start off with a marriage proposal (Na Cai), followed by an inquiry into the bride's birthplace and other personal information (Wen Ming) and divination (Na Ji). Acceptance of the bridal gifts is next (Na Zheng), then choosing the wedding day (Qing Qi), and finally the wedding ceremony (Qin Ying)." I have links to some more reading about this if anyone is interested :3)

Luo Fei did not know what the original body of Xi Yanqing (Xi Yu) was involved within the past few years, but according to his personal feeling, if he was involved in some good stuff, he shouldn't have returned to the countryside, so he estimated that XYQ had not much money. Besides, even if he had money, he still can't send too much to the Luo family to make a gift! It was even too late to keep himself safe – although he also knows what he should do for the original Luo Fei, at least Luo Fei has been raised by the family for so many years. But he feels that reciprocation was not important in the present, now the key is to feed yourself.
　　　

Anyway, how much Xi Yanqing had given for the "bride price" he had not asked, he just told him to not give too much.

At that time, Xi Yanqing was still joking, about how he cared for neither outsiders nor his own people (idiom is turned his elbows out lol) causing him contempt with that one sentence.

"I think the sooner the better." Han Xu said, "You'd better get married and then quickly have a fat baby with Xi-ge. Then we can see just how pissed Zhang Yangfan will get!"

"I said not to mention that scum!" Luo Fei was done. A fat baby, a plump baby he said! He and his father already did not see eye to eye and he was telling him to have a fat baby! As if!

"In any case, you have to do something, are you just going let the Zhang family bully? Besides, Zhang Yangfan and Jiang Baining are not good people. Especially Jiang Baining, that shameful bastard, is really a bad breath of air! You did not see how when he saw me, he was so proud and flaunted at me, what was he proud of? Didn't he just marry a scholar, see what benefits that gives him."

"I get it, I see that we can't finish discussing this thing today. Where is Uncle Han? I want to ask him something." Luo Fei didn't want to listen to those anger-inducing names again.

He went to see my eldest brother, what is it?"

"My dad said that tomorrow will be a good day, and wants to go up the mountain to get some wood. He wanted me ask you if you guys are using your oxcart tomorrow, if you don't need it, then could you let us borrow it."

"I really don't know about this, then I will accompany you to ask."

"Are you able to get off of the bed this way?"

"Aiyo, don't talk nonsense, help support me and go walk around. I am almost dying, my mother won't let me out." Han Xu inched off like a thief, cautiously and supporting himself with an arm around Luo Fei's waist, he started to hop on one leg.

Luo Fei originally did not have much strength, and was only able to difficultly help him out of the room.

Han Yang's family lived opposite Han Xu's family. After he got married, he left home and lived in the house left by Grandfather Han.

"Dad, are you inside?" Han Xu shouted from the outside.