Deal with the proper business?
For Bai Chuan, he has only one purpose for coming back, to disgust that woman! In fact, at his age, he has let go of all the obsessions that should be let go. However, he can let go, (but)others can’t. Some people were just avaricious and insatiable in this life. For the sake of wealth, they don’t need any moral integrity. He thought that the only person he hated was his father in name only1Raw 徒有其名(tú yǒu qí míng); with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he’s made out to be., but he didn’t expect that woman to be so disgusting that she even wanted to find someone to take a video of him.
Bai Chuan said with an irritated look: “I know!” This kid Xiao Guo was good at everything, but he was too long-winded.
The Bai family villa can no longer be called a villa, it should be a separate courtyard. Being able to build this large house covering an area of nearly 100 acres in the city center shows the financial strength of the Bai family. South End City was a water city. South Green Jade Lake in the city center divides South End City into two. On the left was the flourishing Dongcheng District, and on the right was the run-down Xicheng District. The Huxin District was like the Gangnam District in South Korea. It was where the top rich and powerful people gathered, it was the center of wealth and power in the entire South End City.
He Danshao was forty-five years old and still looks enchanting. She insisted on training her voice every day for these years, just because of the song “Ode to the Pear Blossom” that Bai Ren fell in love with her.
“The pear blossoms in spring with rain, the pear blossoms fall into the mud in spring. I only go for one person in this life, he said that the King’s love is crazy, love is crazy…….“2Okay, so the whole translation for this paragraph, I pluck them here and there, I apologize if it incorrect… tbh, I think I burn down my brain cell just to translate this paragraph Orz For reference, here’s the raw context “梨花開，春帶雨。梨花落，春入泥。此生只為一人去，道他君王情也癡，情也癡……”|･ω･)
In the entire elite circle of South End City, He Danshao was also a well-known figure. She can rely on being an actress, to squeezed into South End Bai family. It cannot be said that she didn’t have any means at her disposal. Bai Ren had good intentions3Raw 用心良苦(yòngxīn liáng kǔ); Well intentioned(google); to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth. for her back then. But it was unfortunate that Mrs. Bai, who was officially wed into Bai family, although she was a few years older than Bai Ren, was gentle and generous. While she was pregnant, she had to endure rumors that Bai Ren was sleeping in an apartment overnight4Raw 夜宿外寓(yè sù wài yù); overnight in an apartment. 外寓 can also means mistress. . Later, the other party even attain a higher level5Raw 登堂入室(dēngtángrùshì); from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom); to go to the next level; to attain a higher level. In this context, might also means the other party directly go to the wife to stimulate her, or the mistress was only using another higher means to stimulate her. We only reach the 7th paragraph but the footnotes………._(: 」∠)_, and she was so angry that she almost had a miscarriage.
If it weren’t for Old Master Bai’s control, it was unknown what Bai Ren would have done. Later, He Danshao entered the Bai family and Bai Chuan was already ten years old at that time. His mother’s health was not good to begin with, after suffering two times, and giving birth to him also consumed a lot of her energy. Although she never mentioned it, Bai Chuan also knew that his mother’s illness was closely related to his father. If it not for his mother’s last words, to have this father and son lives in harmony, and never turn against each other, otherwise, it would be like given others advantage. With Bai Chuan’s temper, he would have exploded long ago.
Although he still exploded later, because his mother’s death was less than a hundred days, Bai Ren married and bring He Danshao back home right away, just because she was pregnant with her second child at that time.
Bai Ren kept telling Old Master Bai that the blood of the Bai family could not be left outside. Their eldest daughter was almost ten years old and it was time for her to recognize her ancestors. Bai Chuan’s maternal grandmother was so angry that she cut off contact with the Bai family and took Bai Chuan away in anger. Later, He Danshao gave birth to another daughter, three daughters in a row, and Bai Ren regarded them as the apple of his eye.
Even though he has been trying his best to ease the relationship between himself and his eldest son, but after so many things, Bai Chuan has long been heartbroken6Raw 誅了心(zhūle xīn); heartbroken/devastated, it refers to exposing and criticizing people’s thoughts or intentions.. Every time they met over the years, father and son were always hostile with each other. Later, Bai Chuan joined the army at the age of seventeen and stayed in the special forces for eight years. He made many military exploits and suffered many injuries. The last time he injured his muscles and bones, he could no longer shoot, and his legs were slightly disabled.
Over the years, Bai Ren had been trying to get him to come back, but he ignored them. Finally, this time, Old Master Bai spoke and sent him his liver cancer diagnosis report, and he finally relented. It was only after he came back that he found out that the old man had tricked him, but he had roughly guessed it. He came back not entirely because of the old man’s illness, he just wanted to see… He Danshao’s dream shattered.
After her painstaking efforts so many years, just to get everything in the Bai family, but in the end she lost everything because of a word from the old man. Because Bai Jinian was an old-fashioned pedantic, in his mind, only his grandson were members of the Bai family. No matter how many daughters you have, they belong to someone else’s family. He only said that as long as him, this old bones were still around, everything in the Bai family will belong to his grandson. Therefore, no matter how much He Danshao tries to sway Bai Ren through pillow talk, it cannot change the fact that Bai Chuan will come back to inherit the family business.
Furthermore, it had been twenty-seven years. No matter how hot-headed he was when he were young, it was time to clarified about it now. He has feelings for He Danshao, but felt ashamed towards Bai Chuan. He wanted to make up for it, so when Bai Jinian mentioned about it, he agreed without even thinking about it. No matter what he was his own son7Raw 左右是自己的兒子(Zuǒyòu shì zìjǐ de érzi); On the left and right are my sons. It sounded weird as I read them whole ><” 左右 means left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence. I try to apply these words but it sound even weirder ORZ, and his family fortune cannot be transferred to other people’s homes.
Bai Chuan asked Xiao Guo to park the car in the yard and entered the door himself. Everyone in the Bai family knows him, even if he doesn’t come back twice a year. Uncle Chi, who had been in charge of the Bai family for many years, brought him into the yard. Originally, he wanted to meet his grandfather first. In this Bai family, only his grandfather treated him sincerely. But as soon as he entered the backyard, he met Bai Ren. Bai Ren glanced at him and immediately said: “You still know how to come back?”
Bai Chuan glanced at him lightly, not even bothering to pay attention to him.
Bai Ren was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he suppressed it forcefully. For so many years, they had been fighting each other every time they met. Today they had something important, and he didn’t want them father and son to part on bad term because of everything(he had done) in the past. So he calmed down and said, “Let’s go! Go and sign the contract first to save you from making any mistakes. Although things are settled, you still have to go through the formality.”
Bai Chuan didn’t go against him and followed him to the front yard. At this time, a middle-aged old woman hurried over with a happy face. When she saw Bai Ren, she stepped forward to announce the good news: “Mr. Bai! I finally found you! I have good news8Raw 道喜(Dàoxǐ); announcing good news, to congratulate for you!”
Bai Ren frowned and asked, “What good news?”
The old woman said: “Ai, isn’t it because early in the morning, madam said she felt unwell and wanted to vomit, so she went to ask Mr. Zhen, an old Chinese doctor, to take a look. Once the doctor checked her pulse, he found that it was a happy pulse! Madam is pregnant!”
Bai Chuan: ……
Unable to hold back, Bai Chuan sneered. This woman was also amazing. Forty-five years old already, still dare to give birth? Was she don’t want her life anymore? Moreover she chose this time to announce the good news. It seemed that the good news was not only known in a day or two.
Bai Ren’s expression was very wonderful. In front of his son, he didn’t know whether to be happy or worried, so without any better option, he asked: “When did it happen?”
The old woman said, “Oh, the fetus is not small anymore, it’s three months old. Madam has been feeling uncomfortable, but she didn’t take it to heart. Today, she found out about it when Mr. Zhen took a look, she just regretted eating cold red bean paste so early in the morning. Mr. Zhen said that this baby looks like a son!”
Bai Chuan couldn’t stand it anymore and said directly: “Hey, dad, you are old but still vigorous ah? Congratulations!”
Bai Ren was so angry that his face turned green, and he said angrily to the old woman: “I know! If it nothing, just get on with your work! I still have something to do here!”
The old woman was a little embarrassed and said, “This…aren’t you going to see Madam?”
Bai Ren’s anger finally couldn’t be suppressed, and he took out all the anger Bai Chuan caused on the old woman: “See? What’s there to see! Don’t you have eyes? Didn’t you see that I was busy? Will she not feel uncomfortable if I go to see her? Let her stay there and take care of the fetus! Stop thinking about all sorts of nonsense when she have nothing to do!”
Growing up in the Bai family, Bai Ren was not stupid. He knew exactly what He Danshao was thinking about.
Bai Chuan seemed to be watching a good show. He was not anxious or angry. He Danshao had disgusted him for more than 20 years, and he was already immune to it now. It was just that he was make speechless by this woman. She was forty-five years old, and she still wanted to give birth? She wasn’t afraid of losing her life!
Bai Ren’s face looked ugly. What was this? There was absolutely no joy in having another son. If it was twenty years ago, he would definitely be jumping up and down with joy. But now, he was old. A person who was almost fifty, why bother? Children born in old age were all debt collectors. When he(unborn son) reaches adulthood, he(BR) doesn’t even know if he was still around.
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Dai Yao went to the backyard to look at the radish field again. The radish field was full of life. Compared with the morning, the white radish seedlings have grown much taller. Dai Yao was very excited. This was the first time he had planted a piece of land with his own hands. So he re-entered the panel to see if the bamboo scroll had issued a new task.
As soon as he opened the panel, Dai Yao saw the highlighted task icon in the panel. Dai Yao clicked on the task icon and saw the bamboo slip panel showing: Shennong Reconstruction Task 1. 6. Pull out the dense white radish seedlings and obtain 10 pieces of spiritual jade.
This should be to fix the white radish plant. This job was easy. Because when planting, four or five seeds were planted in each pit of white radish, and now almost all the seeds have sprouted. If all four or five radishes grow out, there must be insufficient space for growth, which will affect the size of the radishes. Small radishes were definitely not as easy to sell as large radishes, so when the radish seedlings grow to a certain size, he need to start fix planting9There is no specific meaning for 定株( dìng zhū). I found an explanation about this words in Japanese language and it’s talking about corporation/company. On yabla, this words is separated, 定 means to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order. 株 means tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; to involve others (in shady business). The word that closer to the context is fix planting, so I’m gonna use this words first until we get a specific meaning for this words in English(If I ever found it Orz)them.
The so called fix planting was to pull out the dense white radish seedlings and leave one or two plants in each pit.
Dai Yao rolled up the trouser leg of his jeans, put on a pair of mille-layer cloth shoes10Mille-layer cloth shoes. Pics below 🠗🠗🠗 and got into the field. Mille-layer cloth shoes were made for him by his neighbor second grandma11Raw 二奶奶(èr nǎinai); second grandma, also refers to a man’s second wife. In this context DY obviously mean the elderly grandma. Not many old people in the village knew this craft. The elderly woman12Raw 老人家( lǎorénjiā); polite term for old woman or man. Using old people or old woman sounded disrespectful, so, to fit the context I will use elderly woman/grandma for this words often came to see Dai Yao, and occasionally took shoe samples from him and made him two pairs of shoes. But grandma was already old, and often takes more than half a month to make a pair of shoes.
The advantage of these shoes was that they were good for your feet and comfortable. When they get dirty, you can wash them in water without worrying about the glue opening.
Dai Yao took a basket and went to the radish field to fix planting. He kept the plucked young radish seedlings for stir-frying at noon. Stir-fried radish sprouts were a very good side dish. One-tenth of land was not small. After fix planting the white radish seedlings, Dai Yao got a whole basket of radish seedlings. He would definitely not be able to finish it all, so he kept enough for two days and gave the rest to his neighbor second grandma.
The second grandma was over seventy years old and lives alone. She have an only son who settled in South End City after finishing college. He would come back every public holiday. The elderly woman couldn’t get used to the life in the city, so she kept putting off going to the city. When Dai Yao came by, the second grandma was making sticky paste. Using a low table, spread the paste on the table, and glue the useless rags on piece by piece. Applying the paste about four to five layers thick, and then put it under the sun to dry. This was used to make shoe soles. It was complicated and meticulous, and only the elderly woman has the spare time to do it.
When the second grandma saw that Dai Yao was coming, she immediately stopped what she was doing and said, “Yao Yao is here? You came just in time. Grandma pickled salted duck eggs! Hold on, grandma will fish some for you!” After saying that, she got up and went into the small east room, and soon she fished out a dozen duck eggs. Ducks were quacking in the yard, and Dai Yao felt a lump in his throat13Raw 鼻子有點發酸(Bízi yǒudiǎn fāsuān); lit. nose is a little sore. A metaphor for sadness, triggered by a sudden emotion, in which you are about to cry.
Every time Dai Yao came over, the second grandma would bring him something to eat. Dai Yao was a little embarrassed, put a bag of radish sprouts in his hand on the table, and said, “Second Grandma, today I… saw someone selling radish sprouts, so I bought a bit more. These radish sprouts are fresh. You should try them too.”
The second grandma didn’t refuse. She stepped forward and gave him the salted duck egg, she said, “That’s good, I just want to eat something tasty and refreshing. I’ve been getting excessive internal heat these past two days. Yaoyao, will you have lunch at second grandma’s house at noon?”
Dai Yao immediately waved his hand and said, “No, no, I have to go back already, second grandma.” After that, he took the dozen salted duck eggs and went home.
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It was already ten o’clock at night after returning from the Bai family mansion. Bai Chuan was kept by his grandfather for a meal. A group of people heard that he was back and they all went to mingled and be familiar. He was quite annoyed by these social events, and his face was very ugly during the whole process, like a grumpy wolf. After finally getting to the end of the banquet, the old man took him to see some uncle’s daughter. Not to mention that he has no sexual interest in women, even if he was sexually interested, he will not accept this kind of marriage.
After all, he was not Bai Ren. If he had resolutely refused the intermarriage between family, his mother would not have ended up in such a tragic ending.
When Lin Kangjian saw the familiar off-road vehicle driving in, he almost cried. The investor just said a word, and he kept running around at the agency for a long time and urged them. One went out to sell14This refers to DY who sell his body for money, who will keep their real name? Who will leave their real address? That child only said his name was Xiaoyao, and the address he left was also the address of a hotel room. If it weren’t for the agency that also ran a private detective studio, Lin Kangjian really felt that he would be finished this time.
Bai Chuan got out of the car, reeking of alcohol. Xiao Guo stepped forward and said to Lin Kangjian: “Give me all the information! The boss is in a bad mood today, so don’t get into trouble.”
Lin Kangjian gave the information to Xiao Guo with a grateful face and quietly escaped. Must not flattering on the horse’s feet15Raw 把馬屁拍到馬腿上( bǎ mǎ pì pāi dào mǎ tuǐ shàng); Flattery slapped on the horse’s leg. Flatterers do not flatter people to the right extent, and some even violate taboos and bring trouble to themselves again. This was a fierce horse, and one kicked can turn one to pieces.
Xiao Guo originally thought that Bai Chuan would not want to look at the information about Xiao Yao today, but as soon as he entered the room, Bai Chuan said, “Give me the information!”
[10] Mille-layer cloth shoes 🠗🠗🠗
![[10] Mille-layer cloth shoes 🠗🠗🠗](https://img.wattpad.com/ebe683f99eb22750ce1132c8a1a4633f7f134db4/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f44737479516364516448376d34513d3d2d313338373435363331372e313738626665353337636332363834643830333539373634333438322e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280)
First time got this much footnotes! This takes me half a day just for searching the meaning of those words _(=з」∠)_
See you next chapter! |ω･)ﾉ
