He quietly pushed open the kitchen door, touched the light button, and turn it on suddenly, a small shadow flashed in front of the refrigerator. Dai Yao agilely grabbed the shadow and pushed him to the ground. Just as he was about to swing the mop, he saw clearly that the little thing he threw on the ground turned out to be a small lump of pink and tender glutinous rice doll1Raw 糯米娃娃(nuòmǐ wáwá); glutinous rice doll. No specific translation for this, I assume this is some kind of doll. When I look it up, I found only 糯米女(Nuòmǐ nǚ), nickname of the heroine in “Glass Doll No. 97. The 糯米((Nuòmǐ); glutinous rice, probably is an idea of sticky, soft, white, fragrant and delicious ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!
The glutinous rice doll looks about eight or nine years old, with a pitch-black braid on his head and a piece of jade around his neck. The main point was that he has no clothes on. His eyes were dark, his skin was tender and white, and his little arms and legs were like lotus roots, as if he had just stepped out of a New Year painting doll. He was holding the buns he(DY) bought yesterday in his hands, and his mouth was full of oil stained.
Dai Yao put away the mop, frowned and asked: “Whose family’s child are you? Why did you come to my kitchen to steal food? No…why do you look so familiar? Have I seen you somewhere?”
The little glutinous doll was obviously frightened. He moved his little butt back a step and said, “I, I, I, I…”
Dai Yao felt that he might have frightened the child. He was so poor that he couldn’t even afford the food. Isn’t this the same as a period of time in his previous life? He put away the mop and said: “You eat first, and then you can tell me after eating.”
Seeing that Dai Yao stopped beating him, the little glutinous rice doll immediately started to wolf down the buns hungrily. After eating one, he looked at him expectantly again. Having no other choice, Dai Yao took out the buns from the refrigerator, heated them in the microwave, and put them in front of the little child. Unexpectedly, the child seemed to have been hungry for seven days and seven nights, and ate all four buns on the plate in one go.
Dai Yao was stunned, this meal was bigger than him2 Raw context 这饭量比他都大了(zhè fànliàng bǐ tā dū dàle);this meal was bigger than him. This maybe refers to the amount is bigger than the child’s body size or might refers to DY’s meal portion size. He swallowed his saliva and asked, “Kid, how many days have you been hungry?”
The satiated little glutinous rice doll stood up, patted his round belly, and said, “I know you, your name is Dai Yao. I watched you grow up since you were a child, and now you are so big already! Alas, you, this child also had a hard life, but it has all passed. As long as I protect you from now on, those unfortunate things will never happen to you again!”
Dai Yao: ???
No, where did this little kid come from? He looks cute, but very old-fashioned when he speaks. Dai Yao frowned and said, “Whose child are you? Don’t imitate how adults speak, okay? You’ve watched me grow up since you were a child! Have all your teeth grown already?”
The little glutinous rice doll got up from the ground and said calmly: “When you were a child, you liked to pee under the laurel tree, and you even had a small red mole on your penis. Is it true?”
Dai Yao subconsciously touched his crotch, took a step back and said, “You…how do you know?”
The little glutinous rice doll said: “Alas, you kid, you are still so shy. I was buried under your family’s laurel tree, and you had pee all over me when you were a kid. But these are all trivial matters, and I, an old man, will not make a fuss with you.”
Hearing this, Dai Yao suddenly remembered who the little glutinous rice doll was. The series of supernatural events that occurred after his rebirth should all be related to his backyard. He said that he was buried under his laurel tree. The current location of his laurel tree was exactly where the radish field was, and it happened to be where the old radish grows.
Although the laurel tree had been cut down long ago, he would never forget the location. Dai Yao immediately asked: “I see, are you the old radish spirit?” Dai Yao thought to himself that this was not good. If this little kid was the old radish spirit, then he will definitely not agreed to his plan to eat his radish children and grandchildren, right? Then can this bun shop still be opened successfully? If it cannot be opened, won’t the thousands yuan of money be wasted?
Dai Yao felt depressed, but he heard the little doll say: “Don’t talk nonsense, how could I be that useless old radish? That was just a place for me to live. I was originally a piece of beautiful jade on the neck of Crown Prince Hehuan. After being fiddled by the prince for several years, I gained a little bit of spiritual energy. The Crown Prince’s lover Ruyi was secretly executed by his parents because he was not tolerated by the world. The prince was so affectionate that he buried me with him. I have a little bit of Ruyi’s blood on my body, which has become a climate. And because of the… Anyway, I have become a spirit through cultivation. But I am a piece of jade that cannot take shape, so I am living in this old radish. It can help me transform, but it is just an ordinary radish. If I didn’t inhabit it, it would only be used as a vegetable.”
So that was it, Dai Yao understood. He nodded and said, “Then why are you here? Does the Jade Spirit still need to eat?”
The little glutinous rice doll said with a worried look: “Isn’t it that I… just transformed, and I don’t have enough energy? It’s not that I need to eat, it’s this old radish. After all, it is a growth type, so after I transformed, it retained some of the attributes of a living thing, which requires metabolism. ”
Dai Yao: …This is the first time I heard that goblin spirits3Raw 妖精(yāojing); goblin, evil spirit, alluring woman, fairy, leprechaun, demon, elf, banshee, sprite. So, 成精(Chéng jīng); become a spirit, 萝卜精(Luóbo jīng); Radish spirit/goblin, the 精 is the same words from 妖精… and 精 means essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic). If this 精 pop out again, I might use “spirit”, “demon” “goblin” or “goblin spirit”, depend on the context….as you saw in the previous paragraph, I’m using “Radish spirit” and “become a spirit“ need metabolism.
However, there was a goblin living in his backyard, and he felt a little uneasy no matter what. After listening to his self-introduction, Dai Yao made a decision and said, “Then have you eaten enough? You can leave when you’re full! I’m the only one in my house, so it’s strange for a child to suddenly appear. You goblin should have a goblin nest, right? How about going to find your mountain king?”
When the little glutinous rice doll heard this, he immediately unwilling and said in a gruff voice: “What? You actually want to drive me this old man away? You…why?”
Dai Yao thought for a while, turned around and went back to his room, took out a small notebook and said, “Did you see it? This is the house deed! This is my home! If you dare to stay in my house and not leave, be careful I file a complaint that you to break into a private house.” Oh, you are underage. Then I will send you to an orphanage! Anyway, I have no obligation to feed you. I can hardly afford to feed myself. You are so good at eating, it’s a wonder if I can afford to feed you!”
This was also an objective fact. Dai Yao only has 20,000 yuan left in his hand. What can he do with 20,000 yuan? If the bun shop loses money, he would have to work again and 20,000 yuan would only be enough for a few months of living expenses. If he keep this little doll any longer, perhaps both of them will starve to death. As the saying goes, goblins have goblins path, and goblins naturally have their own way of survival. Dai Yao didn’t want to raise a little child inexplicably, and it was a thousand-year-old goblin child!
When the little doll heard that Dai Yao wanted to drive him away, he immediately threatened: “Do you believe it or not, I will pull out all your radishes right now?”
When Dai Yao heard this, he sneered, picked up the little doll, threw it out of the room and shut him out the door. The little doll banged on the door and shouted: “Hey, Yaoyao, please don’t be so cruel, okay? Do you have the heart to let me, a little baby, live on the street? I have just transformed! I am still a little baby ne!”
Dai Yao opened the door and said, “Keep your voice down! The next door grandma is asleep!”
The little doll squeezed in and said, “Who told you to shut me out?”
Dai Yao said: “No matter what, I won’t feed you. I have no money! I can’t even feed myself, how can I feed you?”
The little doll thought for a while and said: “No! Let’s be mutually beneficial, okay? I heard that you are going to open a bun shop? Ai, can you handle it by yourself? Don’t worry, I can eat, but I’m also very strong! I can help you steam and sell steamed buns, and I can also weed and plant the field for you! Multiple helpers can do more work, you just need to take care of yourself, and I won’t charge you any wages!”
When Dai Yao heard this, he suddenly hesitated again. He originally thought that if the bun shop became busy in the future, he would also hire hourly workers. Twenty or thirty yuan an hour means only fifty or sixty yuan a day. But even if this kid eats ten steamed buns a day, it only costs ten yuan, which was very cost-effective! And he was a permanent employee, not an hourly employee. So Dai Yao relented and said: “There are conditions. You are not allowed to be lazy. You must do whatever I ask you to do. If you want to be lazy, I will turn you into old radish soup right away.”
The little glutinous doll immediately said: “Don’t worry, I won’t be lazy! But… I also have a condition. … Hey, don’t close the door first, just listen to me! My conditions are very simple, when you build the house in the backyard in the future, can you give me the first room?”
Dai Yao frowned and said, “Where did the house come from?”
The little doll said: “You will know after you completed your task.”
The kid actually knows that he has a task? So, he should know the origin of this system? Considering this, he really can’t let him go. So he nodded and said, “The conditions will be discussed later. It’s already good I let you to stay now!” He didn’t want to be led by the other party. He suffered too much in his previous life, so he must be careful in this life.
Dai Yao yawned and said, “By the way, you don’t have a name yet, right? I think… how about this! I’ll give you a name, you will be called… Luo Bei4Finally! I thought I have to keep translating little glutinous doll or little doll for several chapters ne! Orz! Just said you are my distant maternal cousin who came to seek refuge with me. Other things…yawn…” Dai Yao yawned again. He was really sleepy, then he said to the little doll: “Let’s talk about other things tomorrow! You sleep on the sofa tonight!” After that, he went back to the room to sleep.
Little doll: “…Yaoyao, can you be mindful a little when naming?”
Dai Yao slammed the door and shouted from the room: “Also, don’t call me Yaoyao in the future! Is Yaoyao also a name you can called?”
Luo Bei: “Yes, cousin!”
Dai Yao: ……
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No matter what, Bai Chuan took office smoothly. No matter how much He Danshao makes trouble, even if she gives birth to the child now, it will take at least twenty years to train him to inherit the family business. Not to mention twenty years, two years were enough for Bai Chuan to acquire all the assets of the entire Bai family. He has only one purpose, when you entered the Bai family, it was for the Bai family’s property. Now I will not let you take a penny from the Bai family.
Although I disdain this money, but looking at that woman failed appearance when her beautiful dream fall through, at least I can comfort my mother’s soul in heaven.
Bai Chuan smiled faintly, there was an endless evil in his smile.
At this time, Guo Yao knocked on the door from outside and said, “Boss, there is a lecture at Nanchuan Normal University today, and the principal would like to invite you to come and attend.”
Few days ago I realize I forgot to post this series on NU |･ω･｀) Now I posted the series already but still no chapters… hopefully will be done tomorrow or the day after~
See you next chapter ya! －＝≡ヘ(*・ω・)ノ
