If it were a normal day, Lu Qingjiu would probably think carefully about it, but his mind, which was corroded by alcohol, was unable to think for a while. He remained dazed, staring at the ceiling, and fell asleep not long after.
The next morning, Lu Qingjiu woke up from his hangover. The first thing he did after getting up was to run around the yard.
Bai Yuehu got up earlier than Lu Qingjiu and seemed to be planning to water the fields.
"Moon Fox." Lu Qingjiu suddenly spoke.
Bai Yuehu looked at him: "Hmm?"
"Last night..." Lu Qingjiu said, "Did anything happen last night?" Although he was drunk, he vaguely remembered something.
Bai Yuehu said, "Nothing."
Lu Qingjiu sighed inwardly, thinking that Bai Yuehu didn't want to say more. Who knew his next words would be: "It's not a big deal, I just added a meal."
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
Bai Yuehu saw Lu Qingjiu's shocked expression, thought for a moment, and added, "There will be outsiders coming today."
Lu Qingjiu trembled: "Is it a guest?"
Bai Yuehu said, "Guest?" He was silent for a moment, as if thinking about whether this word was appropriate for this person. Finally, he said, "It depends on the situation."
Lu Qingjiu: “…” Miraculously, he actually understood what Bai Yuehu meant. He probably wanted to see if the person who came was tasty or not. If he was not tasty, he could barely be considered a guest. If he was tasty… then his fate would probably be the same as that of the big bird last night.
Bai Yuehu picked up the bucket and left. Lu Qingjiu watched his back and silently returned to the kitchen to make breakfast, waiting for Bai Yuehu to come back after watering the plants.
Today's breakfast is glutinous rice balls, made by Lu Qingjiu himself. The glutinous rice is bought from the village, ground into a powder, and then mixed with water. Then, the glutinous rice balls are added. The glutinous rice balls are filled with sesame seeds and bought directly from town. The glutinous rice balls are wrapped in glutinous rice, then boiled in water. A little rice wine is added, and an egg is beaten in. And that's it! A bowl of glutinous rice balls is ready.
Bai Yuehu solved the most troublesome vegetable garden at home, which made Lu Qingjiu feel a lot more relaxed and able to spend more time on food. I guess Bai Yuehu also thought so, otherwise he would definitely not be so active in farming.
Lu Qingjiu had finished making the glutinous rice balls, and Bai Yuehu was almost back, along with a yawning Yin Xun.
Yin Xun was eating glutinous rice balls in the yard while feeding the chickens. Their chickens were growing incredibly fast. Normally, it would take at least half a year for a hen to start growing and laying eggs, but their chickens were growing several times bigger, as if they had taken hormones. Yin Xun was not surprised by this and didn't mention it to Lu Qingjiu. Lu Qingjiu had little experience raising chickens and didn't notice anything unusual about her chickens.
The chicks chirped around Yin Xun. Yin Xun would occasionally pick out a dumpling to feed them, and they ate it with relish.
The White Moon Fox was still not afraid of the heat. He ate one glutinous rice dumpling at a time, which made Lu Qingjiu's tongue hurt. Although the glutinous rice dumpling core was bought, it was also very fragrant. After biting the glutinous rice, the black sesame filling flowed out. He rolled it with his tongue and swallowed it into his stomach.
But glutinous rice was very filling, and Lu Qingjiu was full after just one bowl. Yin Xun didn't have a big appetite either, so the rest went into Bai Yuehu's stomach. After he finished eating, he walked to his chair in the yard as usual, sat down, and began to doze off.
Lu Qingjiu said, “Yuehu, shall I buy you a rocking chair?”
Bai Yuehu asked, "Rocking chair?"
"It's the kind that can be shaken, very comfortable..." Lu Qingjiu said.
Although Bai Yuehu didn't seem to understand, he didn't refute it and nodded in agreement.
Lu Qingjiu went to the pigsty to feed the pigs first. When she was about to go to the field with Yin Xun to pick some vegetables for lunch, she heard the sound of a car at the door.
This village is very small, and there are only two people who own cars. When Lu Qingjiu heard the sound of the car, he knew that outsiders had come. He immediately remembered what Bai Yuehu had said before - whether it was a guest or not depended on the situation.
With a creaking sound, everyone's eyes fell on the door that was pushed open. A slightly familiar face appeared at the door. Lu Qingjiu immediately recognized the person's identity: "Mr. Chao?!"
That's right, the visitor was none other than Chao Qianyu, the big customer Lu Qingjiu met in the market yesterday who bought all the tomatoes. Although he had said before that he would come to visit Lu Qingjiu, Lu Qingjiu didn't expect him to come the next day, and judging from his expression, he seemed to be a little anxious.
He said to Qianyu, "Mr. Lu, sorry to bother you." He stood at the door, with no intention of going inside. His eyes wandered around the yard for a moment, and finally fell on the White Moon Fox who seemed to be asleep.
"Yeah." Lu Qingjiu said, "You're here so soon?"
"Yes." Chao Qianyu said, "Do you mind if I come in and talk to you in detail?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "Sure."
Chao Qianyu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. He walked a few steps to Lu Qingjiu's side. When he passed the center of the yard, his nose sniffed, as if he smelled something. Then his face changed drastically and he said, "Mr. Lu!"
Lu Qingjiu said: "Ah?"
Chao Qianyu said, "I didn't recognize the real talent. Please, Mr. Lu, let my bird go!"
Lu Qingjiu was shocked by this development. He was stunned for three seconds and still didn’t understand what Chao Qianyu meant: “What did you say?”
Chao Qianyu's face turned pale, as if he thought Lu Qingjiu was pretending to be confused. He said, "Mr. Lu, just state your conditions. I will definitely agree to anything I can satisfy!"
Lu Qingjiu seemed to remember something, and he coughed awkwardly: "You mean the bird with a red beak and white feathers... the big... bird?"
Nodded solemnly to Qianyu.
Lu Qingjiu said, "Hmm..." He glanced at Bai Yuehu secretly, and seeing that Bai Yuehu hadn't even opened its eyes from beginning to end, he couldn't help but feel even more guilty. Facing Chao Qianyu's sharp eyes, he had the illusion that his own pet had accidentally bitten someone else's pet to death...
Chao Qianyu saw something from Lu Qingjiu's expression and called out, "Mr. Lu?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Well...it's like this. I saw that bird last night, but it flew away."
Chao Qianyu: "..."
Lu Qingjiu gave a guilty smile: "Really."
Chao Qianyu's expression grew even darker, and he said, "Then please answer a question for me, Mr. Lu."
Lu Qingjiu said: "Hmm?"
Chao Qianyu said, "Since it has flown away, why is there a smell of my bird's blood in Mr. Lu's yard?"
Lu Qingjiu: "You must have smelled it wrong..."
Before he finished speaking, the White Moon Fox, who was sitting and resting, suddenly opened his eyes. It was still the same pair of black eyes, and still did not contain any special emotion. However, Chao Qianyu's body suddenly shook, as if the White Moon Fox's gaze was a terrifying sight.
"I know where your bird is," White Moon Fox said. "Do you want to see it?"
He forced a smile towards Qianyu: "I wonder who this person is..."
"This is my friend." Lu Qingjiu said, "His name is Bai Yuehu."
Towards Qianyu: "White Moon Fox..." He chewed on the name carefully, his eyes filled with doubt, and he muttered softly, "That's not right..."
Bai Yuehu interrupted him coldly: "What's wrong?" He stood up, walked in front of Chao Qianyu, and spoke again, "You want to be with your bird?"
Chao Qianyu seemed to finally understand what Bai Yuehu meant. His eyes widened instantly, his whole body trembled twice, and he immediately turned around to leave, but Bai Yuehu grabbed his shoulder.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Bai Yuehu said coldly.
Even though Lu Qingjiu didn't know what was going on, he could clearly feel that Chao Qianyu was very scared. He was so scared that he didn't dare to look Bai Yuehu in the eye. He opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Bai..."
"Aren't you here to buy tomatoes?" said Bai Yuehu.
Chao Qianyu was stunned, obviously he had never expected Bai Yuehu to say such a thing.
Bai Yuehu seemed a little unhappy when he saw Chao Qianyu was silent. He asked, "Why, you don't plan to buy it?"
Not buying tomatoes = no money to buy meat = no meat to eat = going hungry... Bai Yuehu's eyes darkened.
"No, no, no, I'm buying, buying, buying." Chao Qianyu shuddered and shouted, "I'm buying them all!"
Only then did Bai Yuehu let go of the hand that was holding his shoulder with satisfaction and turned away.
Chao Qianyu breathed a sigh of relief and said weakly, "Mr. Lu... I want all those tomatoes..."
Lu Qingjiu noticed that there were two lines of water stains running down his ears, which looked like cold sweat caused by fear. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Excuse me for asking." Chao Qianyu seemed to remember something after recovering from her nervous state, and asked Lu Qingjiu in a low voice, "Did you grow those tomatoes, Mr. Lu?"
"Tomato? No." Lu Qingjiu shook his head.
"Who planted that?" Chao Qianyu asked.
"It's the White Moon Fox." Lu Qingjiu said honestly.
He showed an indescribable expression to Qianyu. Because the expression was too complicated, Lu Qingjiu didn't know what it meant, but the astonishment mixed in it was still very obvious.
"I'll buy them all," Chao Qianyu said. "I'll take as many as you can get... Please, please don't be polite with me!"
Lu Qingjiu: "...You won't force me, will you?" He was afraid that Chao Qianyu bought it because of Bai Yuehu's relationship. Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, Chao Qianyu excitedly said: "No, no! Please sell all the tomatoes to me from now on. If anyone dares to snatch them from me - I will kill him -"
Lu Qingjiu: “…” Well, people nowadays are really hard to understand.
The author has something to say: Bai Yuehu: Either buy tomatoes or die.
Chao Qianyu: I’ll buy it!!!
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