“Wife, I want to eat meat” 《娘子，我要吃肉》Chapter 2
Wang Yun Feng shading his eyes with his hand looked into the
distance at the large bird circling around his head, suddenly stepped back.
Tong Juan Shu beside him asked with suspicion: “Could it
be?” His voice dropped, Juan Shu shouted, covering his face flabbergasted,
quite a while before she removed her hand, she leaned close with her nose to
smell: “This is…bird poop!?”
Wang Yun Fun with an indifferent expression lightly sighed
with sorrow “Fei Dao, is a creature that hates evil as one does one’s enemy.”
Juan Shu: “Vomit-----!”
Just then Bai Yan who had come out of the residence raised
her head to look at the miles of cloudless blue sky, and looked again
completely confused to the corner where Juan Shu was throwing up, positively
saying: “Master, the child inside Juan Shu’s stomach isn’t mine.”
Wang Yun Fen wore a face of a zombie: “I know.”
Juan Shu vomited even louder. Bai Yan rubbed the palms of
his hands together: “Then does Master know, the biggest secret of our
neighbour?”
Wang Yun Feng followed Bai Yan’s finger, sweeping all the
way from his own high wall to the low wall of the Gu residence. It was early
summer, within the wall half the peach blossoms were already in ruins, only one
or two old branches climbed along the wall needing to fall but doesn’t.
Bai Yan mischievously laughed twice, moving to the master’s
ear: “It’s said that, the old Lady Gu settled on that house herself.”
Wang Yun Feng shot him a glance neither hot or cold, minding
his own business he entered his own courtyard, examining closely at all three
doors of his residence, and intentionally made someone bring a tall ladder
placed against the neighbouring Gu residence’s courtyard wall, as he hummed
coldly, like a henchman Bai Yan climbed up and down, as he climbed he still
prattled: “Ah, how can I not climb back over!? I still want to see the beauty
inside Gu residence.” He clicked his tongue he felt regretful for some time.
“Master, I’ve asked around. That Gu family, from top to
bottom apart from the young manservants at the door, the cart driver, and
Master Gu are all male, the remaining fifty so people are all female.
Naturally, Fei Dao is male.”
“Yeah.”
“Master, I saw the madam, no, its Lady Xia, is it possible
she has moved someplace else again? We have followed her footsteps this past
year, we almost went round the entire territory of the Dayan[2]
in a circle, look at my arms and legs they have become so thin like bamboo
poles.”
“Humph.”
“Ah, of course, master does not mind hard work, as a servant
why would I suffer, no matter how much suffering, it would not be as bitter as
master’s heart ache being by himself for more than seven years ah, ah, ah,
ah…Juan Shu you dare to hit me? I’ve said before, the child in your stomach
isn’t mine. Ai, ai, fine, it’s mine, it’s mine, but I will not take
responsibility for you…ai, you still hit me.”
Wang Yun Feng sighed sadly, looking into the distance at the
high wall, wondering what the girl he thought of during the day and wished for
at night was doing right now. The image of her desperate back when she left
home that year always lingered at the bottom of his heart not willing to go, he
never imagined, he himself also had a time when he would constantly chase
someone. The unstopping tear of the girl that night flowing into his palm, gathering
into a lake at the bottom of his heart. At the bottom of the lake was buried
the several years of countless neglect and mistakes he had made, whenever he
went boating on the lake, he could not help but be in pain.[3]
He had offended, but he was unable to apologise.
Not knowing where he appeared from Bai Yan covered in injuries[4]
said: “Master, now is a good time, why don’t we climb the wall tonight. To take
a look at the madam?”
Wang Yun Feng’s heart overflowing with sadness, in a flash
it disappeared without a trace. He stared at his own servant, quite a while
after he shook out his long sleeves, choking out: “It would be an insult to our
educated class!”
Bai Yan following behind him shook his shoulder: “Master,
you said it wrong, this servant could only be at most considered to be an
immoral and despicable person.”
Inside the second door, Juan Shu shouted loudly: “Beast, you
still won’t hurry and come to tidy up the study.”
“Ai, I’m coming-----”
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The
residence Wang Yun Feng bought was beside the Gu family’s, their fifty miles of
land was in the centre of Chenzhou. In between the two large residences was a
street which allowed two carts to pass through at the same time, evergreen
trees grew on both sides of the street, Wang family’s main entrance was in the
east, Gu family’s was in the south, the backyard was separated by two streets, leaving
the main entrance you would still only see a high wall, stepping out of another
door it was a street filled with endless stream of horse and carts, turning two
corners that was Chenzhou’s county office.
Truthfully,
Xia Ling Mei was not living with much ease.
Every day
between three-five am not yet three quarter of an hour, you would be able to
hear a young woman’s young and tender voice selling flowers, the donkey calling
out in the tofu courtyard, and from the red street through the entire night intoxicated
men who had not yet married hugged pillars and talked nonsense. Waiting until
the first quarter hour between five-seven am, completely accidental you’ll be
able to hear the cow hide drum being sounded, afterwards the repeated sound of
“Lord, you have to seek justice for me ------injustice, ai!” The accent often
varied, sometimes it was with a Jing accent, sometimes it was Huangmei accent,
sometimes it was Yue accent, modulation, could also be considered to be one of Chenzhou’s
biggest characteristic. Afterwards, Xia Ling Mei would crawl awake as the powerful
sound of `All----rise----` from the county office.
That was
the bad thing about those who practiced martial arts, five senses were too
sensitive, a little bit of movement and she was unable to sleep peacefully.
At the end
of last year she had come together with Lord Gu to Chenzhou, it had already
been four or five months. Originally she just wanted to wonder around, after
she accidentally saved Gu Lang’s life, he just spoke over and over again he
must repay her. That day, hero rescuing a maiden, the beauty then wanted to
give her heart to the hero. Xia Ling Mei read a lot of plays, she was familiar
with the plot of those pairs of ideal lovers, on the spot she jokingly said one
sentence: “Then why not the young master make me his wife.”
She only
said it as a joke, one because she had been bored since she left Wanyan City,
second because she didn’t want to go back to her home city Beiding for the New
Year, three because to throw off those people who were constantly following her
in the shadows. But this joke was taken seriously by Gu Lang, right away
dragging her to see old Lady Gu. Xia Ling Mei had walked the Jianghu for so
many years, her personality was doing whatever she wanted. Even though she did not
have the status of a well-bred young lady from a famous family, but she was a
pretty daughter in a humble family who had an outstanding enviable
extraordinary beauty, as well as the outspoken temperament of a person of the
Jianghu, wherever she went it was as if there was a rainbow which appeared
after a recent wash of rain.
Provided
that, no one provoked her for no reason, otherwise the red coral whip in her
hand did not know `etiquette`.
Gu Lang had
a good idea, the first time he saw Xia Ling Mei he found her identity was not
that simple. Speaking aside, even he did not know where she hid that whip, the
whole thing was red, all kinds of polished smooth gems were inlayed on the
coral handle, a random gem was able to cover the expense of the Gu residence
for three or four years; she never carried money on her, in aid of the homeless
victims of disaster during the winter she did not give gems or money, she
directly ran to the granary of the local merchant, swishing her whip a few
times at once she opened the granary and release provisions, after this she was
taken to the county office, and still she was able to escape unscathed; the two
maids who followed her also had snow-white skin and beautiful appearance, small
hands smooth and fair, waiting on Xia Ling Mei taking care of everything,
speaking with deep respect, not servants that can be kept by common humble
families.
All this
time, since she’s arrived at Gu residence, he painstakingly kept her here,
every day he visited her, observing her food and clothing, words and actions,
mannerism everything in was different from that of the usual rich families of
the county he had seen, even if old Lady Gu was deliberately making things
difficult for her, she remained majestic like a mountain not at all emotionally
moved. This sort of presence, made Gu Lang unable not to think too much, the
original thought he had to only deceive her into escorting himself on his
journey also faded, every day he said to people he needed to repay kindness, he
must marry this woman as his wife, in order to scheme to get her fortune.
In this
way, he showed a different personality to the old lady, even though he deceived
Xia Ling Mei into staying. He was careful around Xia Ling Mei, he gradually
made the master and servants three people get rid of their alienation. Only,
Xia Ling Mei never gave a direct answer about the two’s marriage predestined by
the fate. Sometimes when she is forced into a corner she would say with a
smile: “Time will tell.” This cunning enthusiasm only made men itch, itching to
tear her apart and consume her in his stomach.
Every day Xia
Ling Mei leisured doing nothing, apart from playing with birds, growing
flowers, feeding fishes she could only practice martial arts. At the first note
of the chant to sell flowers first thing in the morning she would brandish her
whip in the small courtyard moving up and down, at the curtain of night, the
sexual frolics separated by a wall she would still brandish her whip in the air
with energy, the beautiful whip drew together lines of red in the air, like
splatter of blood on a person’s cheek, and also similar to a bitterness pulled
out of a chest.
Gu Lang, every
night would certainly play the quqin to one side accompanying her. Outstanding
battle, yellow sand dyed with blood, the cries of clashing swords sounded
loudly in the mountains and rivers. Only, today he anyhow did not dare to open
his eyes and face Xia Ling Mei’s graceful body as she danced.
The long
whip flew with a `xiu` sound on his left side, hitting the corner of small side
table, fragments flying: “You say your female cousin is coming to live at the
residence temporarily?”
Gu Lang
incessantly played on the musical instrument under his hand, lifting one of his
eyes open, with lightning speed he stared fixedly at the badly damaged small
table, feigning calmness: “My cousin’s surname is Hua, her father and my father
are sworn brothers. I heard there is a tree peony flower festival in Chenzhou,
I believe she is coming deliberately to take a look, on the way visit my mother
to chat about daily life of the family. If you want, we could also go and join
the hustle and bustle at that time, get to know Chenzhou’s beautiful scenery,
how cheerful it would be.”
`Swish`,
the money tree to the right even flew up roots and earth still attached.
Gu Lang
forced a smile: “If you don’t want to, we can take a break that day, it’s also
fine if we could go together to appreciate flowers.” Thinking about it, the
sound of the guqin also gradually became gentler, overflowing with emotions,
his deep and lowered voice increased in seductiveness: “Within a hundred miles
outside there is a temple, supposedly the Goddess Guanyin consecrated inside it
is the most effective, we can go and pay our respects. If it’s interesting, we
can stay at the temple two more…”
`Ka` at
that moment even the guiqin was divided into two.
Xia Ling
Mei stunned said: “Oh my, this weapon of mine is too slippery, did I hurt you?”
Gu Lang
frightened, frozen visually assessed the distance between the destroyed guiqin
and his own two legs, cold sweat covered his forehead: “No, no.”
Xia Ling
Mei was not reassured, she put the long whip away at her waist, smiling
brightly she went and helped him, saying: “I understand your gesture, you’re
afraid I don’t understand etiquette and will burst into Lady Hua’s courtyard, in
the end making things difficult to you and old Lady Gu.”
“What, I’m afraid
of cousin’s arrogant temperament…”
“Oh, I’m a
person of the Jianghu, I don’t know the twists and turns of your stomach.[5] Lady Hua is after all your
cousin, I would be more considerate of her. What’s more, could it be you also
feel I am a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong and just
use force on another?”
Gu Lang’s
eyes did not stray from the ruined flower on the damaged table, he only nodded:
“I understand, you are the fair and reasonable person in the world, a woman big
bellied enough to tolerate…”[6]
Xia Ling
Mei personally poured him a cup of tea, blowing across the cold surface of the
tea before presenting it into his hands, said with mock extravagance: “It’s
good you know that in your heart.”
He
understood, he very much understood, he also understood, the shrewdness of a
wife, this originated from a classical story, he couldn’t help but be covered
in a cold sweat, Gu Lang finished the cup of tea, he could only taste it was
half bitter, half sweet, for a while he couldn’t figure out what there was more
of.
Waiting
until the back of Gu Lang had gotten far away from the small courtyard. Xia
Ling Mei had already shaken out her whip furiously: “Again it’s a female
cousin, these men besides cousins as close female friends, can they not find
other females!” Saying it with such hatred, she even bite her gums making them
bleed.
Brandishing
her long whip once more: “Bath.”
Xiu Yu had
just closed the far door, knowing the lady wasn’t in a good mood, she gave a
look to Ying Shi in the house, the two softly and quietly took care of
preparing the clothes and hot water. Now and then they could still hear the stamping
of feet by Xia Ling Mei coming from the inner wing. After everything had been
properly prepared, Xia Ling Mei ad already vented out her anger, half covering
the skylight, with a screen separating her, she sat down inside the bathtub,
holding a Chinese honey locust she scrubbed her arms until they were red.
She who was
extremely angry had long ago lost her usual alertness, totally obvious that
tonight on the roof was a thief.
[1]
Adultery.
[2]
The land this is set in.
[3]
Very metaphoric like, whenever he thought about it, it was him sailing on the
lake.
[4]
The saying used here is literally describing what you see in cartoons where the
character has a massive lumps all over his head from being hit.
[5]
Definition: I don’t know what the workings of your class.
[6]
Not literal meaning something along the lines of being generous.
Is that Wang Yun Feng her husband and the male lead?
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