Begging You to Break Off This Engagement!

10.2

Translated by Amaryllideae~ Unedited

Xi Yanqing had just gone to the town for just a little while. He has already said to Luo Ji on the road, he wants to buy a cow as part of the bride-price, lest Luo Fei always envy other families having cattle. But this time, saying he would buy a cow doesn't mean he could just buy it.

Buying cows first of all is a big deal. Buying cows that work for the family, it has to be docile – some cows have a big temper, even will fight its master, and no one wanted to raise one like that. Some cows may be sick, but it wouldn't be apparent for a while. They had to be observant.

Xi Yanqing had brought his money when he left his house. He didn't expect to go to the ox market place, and see there was no suitable one. One bull looked good, one and a half years old, it looked fat and very healthy, but was flower-patterned, and the asking price is a bit high, the seller actually wants seven silver liang.

He is anxious to buy a cow, but he can't just throw away money!

Luo Ji also felt it expensive, and took Xi Yanqing away and did not let him buy.

Xi Yanqing wanted to see another one, but this town is not big, with only that one cattle market, there was no other place to buy here.

"If you really want to buy a cow to make Erbao happy, I will take you to find Han Yang." Luo Ji saw that Xi Yanqing still had an air of not wanting to give up and said, "Han Yang, do you remember? After you left in the past few years, his second uncle has started selling cows. It is understandable to them. We can ask him to help, and he will check if there are any people in the nearby villages who are selling cattle. I will find some acquaintances, and we can buy them cheaply but not get swindled. What the cattle dealers on this bull market say can't be trusted. I used to listen to Han's second uncle; he said that some black-hearted swindlers give medicine to sick cows. The cow looks fine and everything on the market and people would buy, but then after a few days. It's dead."

"That's terrible. Then, I just won't buy the cow today. But please do help me ask, Ji-ge." Xi Yanqing said, "I have been away from home all these years, I have already let Erbao suffer a lot of grievances, I don't want to be a husband in this life that makes him feel unhappy."

"I know it, you silly boy, you're more infatuated than me! Er-bao has met eight years of blessings." Luo Ji patted the shoulder of Xi Yanqing, "Go, I see there are other things you need to buy."

"If I buy too much, I am afraid that we will not be able bring it all back."

"Do not worry, we are two people, what things can you buy that we won't be able to bring back?" Luo Ji felt that even if they bought all the bride-price gifts, it would be fine.

Xi Yanqing smiled but didn't speak. Originally, according to his thoughts, he would go out early in the morning, and the sooner he arrived in the town, the better. After looking at the cows first, it was best to buy the cow at noon, so that he could buy other things, and when he got home, he could let the cows carry it back. But now he hadn't bought a cow.

It seemed that now he could only buy light, good things.

Xi Yanqing bought tea leaves, cakes, dates, peanuts, long yan, melon seeds, and so on. Then the brothers found a place to eat some dry food and found a tea house owner to buy two bowls of hot tea to wash it all down. Xi Yanqing then went to buy the fish, buy the meat, and a pair of chickens – these things according to what Luo Ji said, how much to buy depended on the number of parents living in the world. If both parents were alive, to buy two pairs, if one wasn't, then to buy one.

Finally, Xi Yanqing bought two chickens, two fish, six jars of wine, and six pounds of pork. Plus those bits and pieces of nuts, sugar, and others, he filled four baskets completely! Luckily Luo Ji had amazing strength, and if he wasn't with him, he didn't know how he would be able to bring all of it back.

[T/N: I'm a bit confused because 2 pairs would be 4 chickens but I assume the author made a mistake somewhere O.o]

At the time, Xi Yanqing said to Luo Fei that he was looking for someone who he had commonality and could discuss the same topics to live with, but when he was doing things, he was doing it according to the rules of actual marriage customs. As for the reason, perhaps only he knows it.

"This should be about enough?" Luo Ji had things on his back, hanging around his neck, in his hands, tied around his waist. Now he doesn't look like a person, but rather a shelf.