Vol 1 Chapter 34 (1/2)

Chapter 34: Reht

The ocean breeze in March was exceptionally gentle in Danzhou Spring was in the air; an unknown breed of yelloers littered thethe petals fro outside their houses while they enjoy the tea A light, clear fragrance could be detected as one strolls along the streets of Danzhou It was neither too faint nor too overwhel, and it certainly cheered one’s mood

But the rain ca with the breeze and nourishi+ng the earth soundlessly Every ebony eave and bluestone road in Danzhou was covered with a misty film of water

The tiny droplets of rain fell gently upon the tarpaulin of the grocery stall There was not much sound from the impact and the rain , rocery stall was not open today Fan Xian had informed the Old Madam beforehand and stole away secretly to the stall He was scoffing down peanuts and enjoying ith Five-Bamboo

The servants frorocery stall, but they all presu master was fond of the wine that was brewed by the blind ood wine, Fan Xian also needed an excuse to h their interaction was not really a secret, it was better to be careful lest people find out the true reason for their s

The vegetable knife was left on the chopping board The chopping board was dry and the edge of the blade was also free froetables; it see time now

The cracking sound of the peanut shells echoed Fan Xian popped one into his rant paste He grabbed the small ceramic cup that was about three thumbs wide (Seriously, is there even a need to describe cups like that? ~MCM), placed it upon his lips and washed down everything in a gulp

It was not rice wine today; it was tribute wine (No idea what this is though ~MCM) sent from the Capital He was not in a hurry to ask questions He knew that Uncle Five-Ba

the concentration was slightly greater, Fan Xian got the saye (It’s a type of wine in China rains ~MCM)

Five-Bamboo did not sit directly opposite him He was situated at a dark corner of the room with a bowl of rice wine in his hand Eventually, he spoke faintly

“The Mistress’ full na the direct hanyu for this I get that Ye could be Ip in Cantonese, but hey, I’m not Canton ~MCM) I was a servant in her household Many years ago, the Mistress and I left the house…”

“Ye Qing Mei…” Fan Xian felt an inexplicable warently and drank another cup of wine and did not ask where ho to, he will eventually tell him

“We stayed in the Eastern Yi City for a few years The Mistress was naturally gifted and was also a compassionate soul When she was fifteen, she started a business in the Eastern Yi City She was too young at that time, however She could only let the shopkeeper pretend to be the ohile she worked behind the scenes

Fan Xian stopped the wine cup in his hand inbusinesses have to do with being compassionate?” He was not really curious about why his enius or how she was able to start a business at a e of 15 All these years, he had already deduced that, when it coical explanation can be used on such a person

Five-Bamboo coolly replied, “Because the Mistress was sy, she would often do charity When the Eastern Yi City was flooded, the one who opened the most soup kitchens was the Mistress In order to do charity, you would need a lot of capital That hy the Mistress decided to find a way to earn money” (That is the most convoluted excuse to start a business I’ve ever heard ~MCM)

Fan Xian nodded and could not fault this logic

“When the business began to prosper, there were eventually so behind the scenes was the Mistress and began to plot Of course, these people were killed by me later on” (Well that escalated quickly ~MCM)

Though the way Five-Bamboo put it was casual, Fan Xian knew that the situation at that time must have been rather dire Since Uncle Five-Baood, that“wealth breeds irl who possess such a large fortune must have attracted a lot of attention from the unpleasant scum of society However, when he rehters in the world as a bodyguard, he relaxed (The actual line, when hard-translated, goes “Fan Xian then allowed his inexplicably tensed heart to relax” which was kind of weird, but captures the finer points of the sentence since it mentions that his fears were unfounded Just sayin’ ~MCM)

(Besides, his mum was a ball buster anyway ~MCM)

He suddenly recalled so important and frowned “Mum’s surname was Ye Does that ed to the Ye Family?”