Chapter 73.2 - Umbrella

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

On this day, there was a light shower. Lu Qingjiu had just harvested a lot of chives and was preparing to make scallion pancakes when he heard the banging on his door. After he opened it, he saw a beautiful lady standing outside. She wore a traditional chinese garment and had a head full of jet-black hair. Although she was pretty, it was complete unlike modern people.

“Hello, how may I help you?” Lu Qingjiu asked. j6IKl

The lady looked at the chives in Lu Qingjiu’s hands and replied, “I lost my umbrella.”

Lu Qingjiu: “…” They’re finished. The owner had come to find them.

The lady asked, “Did you see it?”

Lu Qingjiu answered, “En… I saw it.” psYMvT

The lady continued, “Can you return it to me?” She revealed a pitiful expression, the kind that would cause others to feel tender affection.

Under her gaze, Lu Qingjiu felt a little guilty. He had, after all, tied another person’s umbrella up and ate from it for nearly a week. Now that the owner had appeared, there was inevitably embarrassment and after thinking for a while, he invited the lady into the house to wait for Bai Yuehu to return.

Bai Yuehu had just taken the umbrella and headed towards the field. Usually, he wouldn’t use an umbrella but ever since he had gotten the black umbrella, he began to actively put it to use since not only could it provide shade, it even provided snacks. There was nothing better than this.

The lady entered the house. Lu Qingjiu didn’t feel it was right to simply leave her in the living room so he took the chopping board out and began to chop up the chives and meat. euro09

The lady was curious. “What are you doing?”

“I’m making scallion pancakes,” Lu Qingjiu replied.

“Scallion pancakes?” The lady asked, “What’s that?”

“Something delicious.” Lu Qingjiu told her, “Have you not tried it before? Wait a little while. I’ll let you try it once it’s done.” He felt that this lady was probably not human. Y6s7kM

The lady nodded and continued to wait quiety.

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“What are you doing?!” She roared.

Bai Yuehu ignored her, the corners of his lips rose to reveal a provocative expression.

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The lady: “Bai Yuehu, you bastard!”

“It’s alright.” Bai Yuehu said, “Why did you come? Is this umbrella yours?” Ax78nr

The lady replied sarcastically, “If it’s not mine, then could it be yours?”

Bai Yuehu: “Once it’s in my house, it’s mine. If it’s not because you don’t even taste as good as pork, I would have eaten you together with it.”

The lady: “…”

From the two people’s dialogue, it was clear to see they were old acquaintances. It was just that their relationship was too bad, the kind that could go off on each other any time. iTdXe1

“Return my umbrella to me.” The lady knew that it wasn’t advantageous for her to quarrel with Bai Yuehu over this matter and simply ignored his comment about her and pork. “You’ve already eaten it for over five days! Aren’t you afraid of getting a stomach ache?!”

Bai Yuehu ignored her and pulled out another eyeball, eating it with a crunch.

The lady instantly exploded but Bai Yuehu still didn’t pay her any attention.

Seeing that Bai Yuehu wouldn’t bend to either soft or hard approaches, she could only swallow her anger. She gritted her teeth and asked, “Tell me, what do I need to get you to return my umbrella?” CDdMSz

Bai Yuehu: “Wait for me to finish eating it.”

“You damned—” The lady was forced into cursing. But under Bai Yuehu’s icy-cold gaze, she had to swallow these dirty words back.

Bai Yuehu said, “Since you’ve sent the umbrella here, don’t think about getting it back.”

The lady replied, “It came out on its own!” Va3JM7

Bai Yuehu mused, “This is the first time I heard that the Spring God’s umbrella can come out on its own.”

When Lu Qingjiu heard this, he was surprised. He didn’t expect that the lady in front of him was the Spring God from the legends. Rumor has it that the four gods of the seasons were Spring God, Gou Mang, Summer God, Zhu Rong, Autumn God, Ru Shou, and Winter God, Xuan Ming. In the legends, all the gods were depicted as men and the lady in front of him didn’t look like a man. Lu Qingjiu was wondering when he heard Gou Mang crying loudly. Her beautiful tears like pear blossoms could provoke pity in those who saw it.

Unfortunately, his family’s fox spirit didn’t have the slightest bit of tender feelings for the fairer sex. He heartlessly said, “I’ll kick you out if you continue to cry.”

Gou Mang immediately became silent. I31DFQ

Bai Yuehu continued, “It’s not impossible if you want to take your umbrella back.”

A suspicious expression appeared on Gou Mang’s face. She was evidently doubtful of Bai Yuehu.

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“But you must leave the seeds behind.”

“What seeds?” Gou Mang asked. RbC5Q2

“Of course it’s the eyeballs seeds.” Bai Yuehu said, “This mythical umbrella can plant any thing, no matter what type of seeds it is. They would definitely grow in the umbrella. These eyeballs are a plant, right?”

Gou Mang snorted softly, “I can give the seed to you but whether or not you can let it grow is your problem.”

Bai Yuehu replied, “En.”

Gou Mang continued, “You’ll return my umbrella if I give those seeds to you?” 3wClBD

Bai Yuehu nodded.

Gou Mang, “Deal.” She stood up and left the courtyard, seemingly going to find those seeds for Bai Yuehu.

Lu Qingjiu watched Gou Mang leave and asked, “Is she the God of Spring from the legends? Isn’t the Spring God a man?”

Bai Yuehu glanced at Lu Qingjiu and said something astonishing, “Who said that’s a woman?” rl29Ke

Lu Qingjiu: “…”

Bai Yuehu, “That’s a man.”

Lu Qingjiu: “…”

Bai Yuehu, “Doesn’t seem like a man?” 2H14 i

Gou Mang’s clothes and that coy snort… No matter how he looked, it didn’t seem like a… forget it. He was clearly a cute boy.

Perhaps Lu Qingjiu seemed as if he’d suffered a huge shock but Bai Yuehu gave him a comforting sentence. He said now that it was spring, the Spring God wore sacrificial garments. Once summer comes, he’d wear short-sleeved garments and by then, he should be able to tell Gou Mang’s gender.

Lu Qingjiu asked, “How did the umbrella come about?”

Bai Yuehu answered, “That’s a seed. No matter if it’s dead or alive, it’ll be able to grow in the umbrella but it must be a type of plant.” nvId1z

Lu Qingjiu, “So you already knew from the start?” No wonder he could eat it with a peace of heart.

Bai Yuehu hummed in agreement.

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“But why did that umbrella come over to Shuifu?” Lu Qingjiu glanced at the black umbrella, “Did it get lost?”

Bai Yuehu laughed coldly. “It’s the Spring God’s umbrella. How could it get lost?” vGUym6

All these gods were extremely troublesome.

scallion pancakes although the one they’re eating has the vegs wrapped inside of the flour rather than being fried with it (like a little dumpling)

and here’s the eyeball plant a reader found. It has a strange name. Got chills when googling

(Guaraná da Amazônia) Uy7tug

Thank you to yuki who noticed that I got Gou Mang’s name wrong at first. Also, gou mang is kinda like a bird lady(or man) in the legends. He do be looking kinda good in the second photo.

Thank you all for the welcome!! Don’t ask wuwu why these eyeballs go crunch crunch~

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Thank you to yuki who noticed that I got Gou Mang’s name wrong at first. Also, gou mang is kinda like a bird lady(or man) in the legends. He do be looking kinda good in the second photo.

Thank you all for the welcome!! Don’t ask wuwu why these eyeballs go crunch crunch~

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