Chapter 5.2: Brother is handsome (2)

Title: Baby’s Breath

Translator: System Yaoi

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Chapter 5 Brother is handsome

It had been several years since Xue Youka had moved from the county; the young boy followed his grandmother up the mountain to pick tea. He had forgotten about it now. Xue Youka just remembered that the tea merchants came to collect spring buds and Mingqian tea in March. Several years had passed, and the prices of pork had doubled, and tea will never fail to rise too, right?

He said as he walked in: “Lingyun Baihao tea, all picked by Gu Yuqian, is 30 yuan per catty. If you want to go to the tea garden, you must buy more than 10 catties, or pay the entrance fee separately.”

Not anyone could come into their tea garden. As a child, Xue Youka loved to go there to play hide-and-seek with a few good friends. He recalled that there were guests who came to pick tea in March. This was also the rule. If you pick more tea, they don’t charge entrance tickets, but if you pick less, you would be charged extra for visiting.　　

Grandpa Chu listened to him so eloquently and found it very interesting, and then asked, “Where are the grown-ups?”

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Xue Youka couldn’t remember the earlier conversation clearly, his eyes rolled stubbornly, saying that he was thirteen years old.

In fact, he celebrated his eleventh birthday only half a month ago.　

“That’s one year younger than our family’s Cheng Yu. This brother is fourteen years old.” Grandpa pointed to his grandson who was about the same height as his grandpa, who stood next to him. “Kid, what’s your name?”　　

“Xue…” He became cautious, “Xue Liqing.”　　

Even if he did not look like a bad person, it was not necessarily true. He had watched real story based crime programs, and the bad guys would not say that they are bad guys, let alone he doesn’t even know them.　　

Grandpa Chu wasn’t sure if he was a boy or a girl. If he said he was a girl, he looked heroic. If he said he was a boy, his features were too soft and his voice was sweet. What’s more, when he saw him that night, he was wearing a skirt. Only after hearing the name could he be sure that he was really a girl.　　

Grandpa asked him how long he had to walk up the mountain, so Xue Youka replied, twenty more minutes.　　

“Just the one at the top, have you seen it?” He pointed to the sunken dark green in the mountains, which was the tea field planted by the Xue family.　　

Mountain roads were made up with natural stones, which were not easy to walk on. The roads that had been wet by rain were slippery, and the mud made it extremely greasy.　　

Xue Youka still felt a little pain. He walked slowly, which also made him tell the old man in front of him to slow down: “Old man, don’t walk too fast. There is a round stone in the corner in front, which is especially easy to slip on…”　　

“The hiking shoes I wear are non-slip. I usually like to climb mountains and rarely fall. But your mountain road is really a bit difficult to walk.” Grandpa Chu spoke to him in a dialectic accent, and lifted his leg over. “You, don’t call me old man. My surname is Chu. Call me Uncle Chu.”　　

Xue Youka just reminded him, but when he went up, he stepped and slipped accidentally. He yelled, and groaned. Preparing to sit on the ground, Cheng Yu, who was walking behind him, quickly stretched out his hand, held his arms out, and firmly supported his back.　　

A few seconds passed by.　　

“Oh, are you okay?” Uncle Chu in front stretched out his hand to pull him, and Cheng Yu immediately withdrew his hand.　　

Xue Youka thanked him in a low voice.　　

Cheng Yu said with a cold face: “Yeah.”　　

Xue Youka had already learned how difficult his character was to get along with, and didn’t care about him. The road behind them was much easier, and when he arrived at the tea field, he said, “Summer is not a good season to pick tea, because in summer it is hot, the tea will taste bitter.”　　

He didn’t understand the specific reason, but he had just heard it from his Grandpa.　　

Grandpa Chu praised him: “You still know so much.”　　

Xue Youka waved his hand humbly: “Not much, not much.”

The grandpa didn’t intend to come to pick tea in summer. The reason to come here was that the mountain scenery was good and the air in the tea field was fragrant. Here you could overlook the entire county seat of Shanling County.

The architectural and cultural differences between the old county and the big city could be seen at a glance from the heights.

He specialized in taking Cheng Yu out to breathe and relax.

In order to make the child happy, he had thought about everything during this period. Generally, what boys liked to do, Cheng Yu did not like it. Grandpa Chu asked him to follow him in the name of accompanying him out. In the end, Cheng Ziwei always followed. Cheng Yu was still the same and would not take much interest in these things.

Xue Youka taught Uncle Chu how to pick tea and what kind of tea could be picked. He took the scissors and prepared to go and put up a tutorial. Cheng Yu stood in the middle of the tea field and said, “You don’t need to teach me, I won’t be picking tea.

“Oh.”

Xue Youka didn’t want to pay attention to the wind on the mountain, and took out an old comic magazine from his backpack.

He had anticipated that going up the mountain would be boring, so he had already prepared something to kill time with.

This comic book was borrowed from Hu Pi. Xue Youka looked at it for a while and noticed that Cheng Yu and Uncle Chu had found a place to sit down and enjoy the scenery under the mountain.

Xue Youka walked across the green tea fields and asked, “How much did you pick? Do you want to pick more?”

Grandpa Chu answered: “No more picking, we will take a rest, the scenery here is really beautiful, and I will go down the mountain to buy your tea. Bud, I will buy ten catties.”

Ten catties!

Three hundred yuan!

Xue Youka immediately showed a brilliant smile, then sat down next to him, and approached him affectionately: “Uncle Chu, are you not a local.”

“I don’t count as one, this child’s grandma is a native of yours. After she left, I rarely came back.”

Xue Youka nodded faintly, and then asked, “Uncle Chu, what constellation do you have?”

“Constellation?” Where does Chu Jin understand these things, but he liked this kid very much. So he seemed very interested, “You help uncle, what constellation am I?”

Xue Youka opened the comic magazine: “When is your birthday?”

“Uncle’s birthday is January 10.”

“Tenth of January, if you are a Capricorn, the horoscope here is written,’Farewell to the busy rhythm of life, and you can relax for the time being…'” Xue Youka read the fortune to him, and Uncle Chu said, “It’s pretty accurate, then what is your zodiac sign?”

“I am a Gemini, and the horoscope says that I will have a windfall this week.”

Grandpa smiled and said, “Then you can help your brother to see, his birthday is on October 29th.”

Xue Youka was reluctant: “October 29…” He followed the column where he found the zodiac sign Scorpio.

“Well, it says that there will be peach blossoms around singles, you can pay attention to the people around you.”

Grandpa laughed and pointed at Cheng Yu: “Look at this big brother, he doesn’t even smile. Where does the peach blossom come from?”

“But the brother is very handsome.”

Cheng Yu turned his head to look at him.

The little girl looked serious when she spoke.

Xue Youka used to sell peaches on the street with his grandma, and he still understood this business experience.　　

When you meet big customers, if you want them to spend more money, you have to be sweet, and it is best to praise their children. Xue Youka was fascinated by his eyes, and knew a lot, but no matter how ugly the children were or how much he hated them, his grandma could boast that they were really clever.

The author has something to say:

Xue Youka: Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu, you are really clever!