A Western Doctor's Happy Farming Life

Chapter 138: Sworn Brothers

Translator: LiamHW

After a while, the man took out a stack of rice paper from his arms and spread it to take a look. He sighed softly, “I didn’t expect there to be such a miraculous man in this world.”

The servant beside him couldn’t help but quietly look up at the painting and find that the person in the painting who was quite with a heroic spirit was actually Song Qinghan!

When Song Qinghan and Yuan Wenxuan back at their ‘home’, they found Wu Dahu was challenged again, and this time the other party seemed to be someone who got the same level with Wu Dahu who was good at both close and distance combat.

When Song Qinghan and Yuan Wenxuan arrived at the ring, the battle had already been in the heat. Their movements on the stage were just all bewildering, Song Qinghan and Yuan Wenxuan couldn’t catch anything in their eyes but just heard some fierce sound of hand-on-flesh combat. They could judge only by the sound that the combat was extremely violent.

In a distance not too far, Song Qinghan noticed that a clear scar emerged right on Wu Dahu’s face, he got tense suddenly, and then couldn’t help but take a glance at that greeter who was laughing secretly.

The greeter seemed to have sensed a hint of uneasiness, he slowly turned his head and happened to meet Song Qinghan eye-to-eye, Song Qinghan’s pupils were full of coldness which made the greeter feel a shiver going through him. He slowly withdrew the awkward smile on his face, with his expression turning into the one of solemnity, and then stared at the stage not daring to turn his head anymore.

Half an hour passed, the two on the stage finally moved their battling field to the edge. It could be seen that Wu Dahu almost fell off as he was teetering.

Little Shitou was carried by Hualian among the scattered crowd, and he was also staring at the stage without taking his eyes off. As he witnessed that his father almost fell, he clenched his fists tight and shouted, “Daddy!”

Song Qinghan turned his head and looked at Little Shitou who was putting on an expression of pushing an explosive force. Just as he felt quite proud and moved over Little Shitou’s sensibility and wisdom, Hualian uttered suddenly in embarrassment, “It’s time to change the diaper for Little Childe now, Young Mistress, should I take him back for that…”

Noticing that the expression on Song Qinghan’s face turned suddenly into a speechless one, Yuan Wenxuan couldn’t help but titter secretly, the next moment he caught a glance from the corner of his eyes, and then he shouted subconsciously, “Master, Uncle Wu won the game!”

Song Qinghan regained his attention interrupting by the sound, and then turned his head again to stare at the stage, at the moment he turned he happened to witness how Wu Dahu lifted the man up and threw him off the stage. With a eased mind, he nodded and whispered, “Thank god…”

Wu Dahu got off the stage while hiding both his hands behind his back. Noticing the sneaky action, Song Qinghan squinted his eyes, and then ordered coldly, “Let me check.”

In resignation, Wu Dahu stretched his hands forward reluctantly. Both his hands were trembling slightly as Song Qinghan was meticulously observing at them, so he came to explain, “I will be fine later, I just don’t want you to worry about that, so…”

Song Qinghan snorted coldly, dragged Wu Dahu back to the yard and then found out the medical cream to help him apply while massaging on his black and blue skins.

Not long after the challenge came to the end, someone knocked on the door again. It was the greeter who annoying sound buzzing like a fly.

“Childe Wu, I should remind you that here comes another challenger…”

“I got it.” replied Wu Dahu.

It could be heard that Wu Dahu’s tone was rather cold and indifferent. And the greeter finally came to know that he had completely incurred the wrath of this family, he felt a bit guilty while feeling a bit wronged at the same time.

He admitted that he indeed had added fuel to the flames in the previous challenges, but this time, he thought he shouldn’t bear the guilt because it was the attendee himself to come up with such an idea. And no matter how he dissuaded, the man just didn’t listen to him, and insisted on challenging Wu Dahu right currently. He who at the scene right now would definitely see through the man’s thought that he was harboring hostile intentions.

Wu Dahu walked out from the yard. And the man outside put on a fake smile while folding both his hand on his back, saying, “Every martial artist gets no perfect skin at all, he who loves the martial arts will always get hurt. And yet, this doesn’t kill you or influence something. After all, what if one day you are required to get into the war, or let’s say that you have to hunt for a living. You can just tell your enemy or the wild animal ‘Let’s fight the other day, I get a bad hurt today’, right? Brother!”

Noticing that the man was trying to disguise his cowardliness, Wu Dahu remained his calmness, saying, “It’s my first time to hear that someone describes himself as a wild animal, what a joke!”

A tall figure appeared suddenly at the moment the man was trying his best to think of another excuse to refute Wu Dahu. And at the same time, a muffled sound sounded as if every single word was made through one’s chest directly into the air.

“Are you the insane little brat who dare to challenge Brother Dahu? Come on, challenge me first!”

Wu Dahu was stunned when he saw the person and subconsciously said, “Brother Ziniu, you don’t have to bother yourself by that. You get more injured, you should rest for your own good.”

Song Qinghan recognized that the tall man was actually the one whom was thrown off the stage by Wu Dahu just then. And now he finally came to know that not every candidate was weirdo, and instead, there still existed several know-how-to-act ones.

Li Ziniu shook his head, and then approached to drag the man’s collar and lifted him up, roaring in a low voice, “Brother Dahu, don’t worry, it will be effortless for me to handle this little brat, I can totally put him down just by one single finger. Come on!”

The man was completely suppressed by the Li Ziniu. He could only struggle to wave his hands as he watched Wu Dahu’s figure gradually disappear from his sight.

If he was allow to do refuse Li Ziniu’s challenge, he would definitely ignore the bulky man right now. However, it was strictly regulated within this mansion that anyone who was challenged had no choice to refuse, but only admitted defeat or surrendered. And, it was right this principle which gave the chance for the man to exploit an advantage. He probably would never have expected that his plan was destroyed by such a ‘Third Wheel’.

Most importantly, no matter whether he won or lost in the battle with Li Ziniu, it was impossible for him to challenge Wu Dahu in this recent period.

If he lost, he wouldn’t get a face to challenge again since he was defeated by Wu Dahu’s vanquished foe.

If he won, probably it would be a tough one which might be at the cost of his flesh and blood. At that time, what would be his confidence to challenge Wu Dahu one more time?

Wu Dahu thought about it and took the medical cream from Song Qinghan. He took the initiative to go to the ring and decided to apply this healing medicine to Li Ziniu. No matter whether he won or lost, it would at least work anyway.

Song Qinghan didn’t follow him. He ordered the servants to prepare a heartier dinner and heated up the fruit wine he had brought with him. He intended to treat this so-called Li Ziniu cordially.

He had made a careful observation these days and he found that among the candidates who gathered here in this mansion, Wu Dahu was the only one bringing his whole family.

At most, some of people brought only their personal servant to take care of themselves in daily life here. Yet most of them came here their own without taking even a package.

Sure enough, just as the night almost fell, Wu Dahu took Li Ziniu back to their yard. And it seemed that the Li Ziniu guy got several more new scars on his face. Judging from this subtle evidence, Song Qinghan could clearly draw a conclusion that the man who dared to challenge Wu Dahu actually got a good basic himself.

Probably what he really wanted to do was to gather all his strength to defeat Wu Dahu when Wu Dahu was at his weakness, and to gain a far-flung fame.

After all, Wu Dahu should be the one who was quite popular as, if any in this ancient time, a well-known ‘celebrity’ within the mansion currently. He had incurred a heated discussion about whether he would be the champion of this final game.

He who was able to defeat Wu Dahu right at this moment probably would gain a sounder fame himself.

It seemed that Li Ziniu was getting along quite well with Wu Dahu, the two of them served themselves with a joyous feast of wine and meat. And not long they even bent arm around the other’s shoulder while talking bombastically about their own futures. Even Song Qinghan who looked at the scene couldn’t help but be a bit jealous.

Luckily, he knew that Wu Dahu wasn’t that kind of man who was into such a tall and stalwart man like Li Ziniu. If not, he would approach and separate them right away.

After the meal, Li Ziniu proposed to Wu Dahu that they should become sworn brothers, and by a further meticulous consideration, he even decorated the area to be a ceremony scene by himself. From the night on, Wu Dahu would be the older brother, and Li Ziniu would be the younger, and they became a pair of brothers of different genders.

Song Qinghan was not jealous of this because he knew that Wu Dahu would take part in running the country in the future. It would be definitely his fortune to acquaint with several trusted friends as he gained no background and support here at all. In addition, Li Ziniu seemed to get quite a profound martial skill himself, he would surely burst out in radiant splendour himself.

The next morning came fast, just as Song Qinghan and Yuan Wenxuan stepped out the gate preparing to head to the Huichun Shop, they were blocked by a familiar figure.

“You, you won.”

The man seemed to get bunch of words in his throat, yet he could only make his tongue stiff and stuttered.

Song Qinghan recognized the person as the white-clothed man who made a bet with him yesterday. He looked indifferent and seemed to have expected this result. He calmly said, “So from now on, you are my subordinate, right? What’s your name?”

“Name?” replied the man, zoning out.

He was stunned and silent for a while. Noticing that Song Qinghan was staring at him, he finally regained his attention, hurriedly saying, “Luo Haiyun, I’m Luo Haiyun.”

Song Qinghan nodded with satisfaction and waved at him motioning Luo Haiyun to follow. He calmly said, “From now on, you should follow me every time I’m heading to the Huichun Shop, and, you should give me an address in case that I can’t find you anywhere, hehe…”

As Song Qinghan sneered, Luo Haiyun could clearly feel his back stabbed with thousand invisible ‘cold needles’, yet he couldn’t tell why. He quickly answered, “Okay, I will definitely follow you, But… I am so curious… that how come you know the fact so clearly? According to the coachman who went to the town yesterday, the steps you wrote were like the the real experiences the villagers there had gone through, just like you experienced the entire event with them! Could it be that you’ve already had an idea your own, but unfortunately, someone else took one step ahead of you to steal your thunder? But how can that be? How come an ordinary person is able to conceive of such a perfect solution to cure that unprecedented disease?”

He frowned tight while asking so. It could be seen from his ambivalent expression that this guy must have gotten bunch of questions in his mind right now.

Song Qinghan smiled faintly and said decisively, “Well, since you asked so, I’m not going to lie. I was indeed the one who went for curing the disease, and Wenxuan was there too, and a doctor from Huichun Shop in provincial capital was there too.”

Hearing that, Luo Haiyun paused with his mouth opening widely, as if he had never expected such an answer.

Why did he propose such a bet? Was there a problem with his brain as he dared to make a bet with the one who had come up with the most realistic solution? It would be more ridiculous and cockamamie than teaching a fish to swim!

Moreover, Song Qinghan did not mention it before ……, so he did not guess something in that way. Actually, thinking about it now, no wonder Song Qinghan agreed so decisively yesterday. Probably Song Qinghan had already teased at him in his own mind for like thousand times right now!

Bitterness festered in Luo Haiyun’s mouth. In fact, he had never lost any bet in his life expect this one. And he lost completely without any leeway. It would count as a matter of self face-slapping and finding bad by himself.