Chapter 15

• “Oh thank goodness! I’ve never been to this village before and I nearly lost my way. Thank you so much, Sis, for leading me the way!” Yang Yu took a turn for the better, feeling relieved all at once. However, when he saw the simple appearance of the village woman, and how she looked as beautiful as anyone else but still had to come out to do such hard work, he could not help but empathized with her.
• “Uhm, Sis, why don’t I help you carry the tree instead?” Yang Yu knew that humans needed to help each other. He always had this mindset of ‘helping others is helping yourself’ in his heart. When he saw how hard the woman was working just for the sake of living, he felt that it was just right for him to lend a helping hand.
• “Are you pulling my leg? Look at you, you’re so fair and tender. I can tell that you’re from the city in just one glance. This tree weighs more than 100 pounds, you know? How are you going to carry it?” The village woman took a look at Yang Yu and instantly knew that this handsome young fella was from the city. It was good enough that he could climb this mountain, let alone carrying a tree.
• Yang Yu felt discontented right away. At any rate, he had followed Yuanxi to chop and hack some trees before when he was young. Even though he had not done so for more than ten years, he was, at the very least, a sport student in high school. He often practiced his run with several tires dragging from behind him.
• “Let me try carrying it first. I’ll give it back to you if I can’t handle it, and you can pass it back to me when you’re tired. This way, it’ll be a lot easier for us if we were to take turns. Since we’re making this journey together, let’s try to arrive the destination early.”
• The village woman pondered to herself. She wanted to arrive the destination early too. Since there was still a child awaiting her at home, she agreed to it right away.
• Yang Yu could truly carry the tree. Despite the fact that it was ridiculously heavy, he was still a man after all, and he could not lose to a woman. Gritting his teeth, he carried it by pure will and proceeded to walk forward.
• “Are you going to Pear Blossom Village for a holiday trip, or to look for someone?” The village woman saw how kind-hearted this young fella was and began to chat with him.
• “To look for somebody. I think he usually goes by the nickname ‘idiot’ or something,” Yang Yu replied, since he had to inquire about that idiot’s residence anyway.
• “Idiot?” The woman chuckled. “What a coincidence! I’m selling this tree to that idiot’s father!”
• As soon as Yang Yu heard it, he realized that the saying ‘what goes around does come around’ was indeed true! You do help yourself when you help others! He was interested in knowing the details about that idiot, so he cooked up a lie, and inquired all the news about him.
• It turned out that that idiot’s father was a craftsman, who made his fortune by making wooden or bamboo chairs. He would transport the goods to the city every month to sell since this kind of handicraft items were very popular in the city. Even if they were priced at a high price, the people in the city would still find them cheap. It was exactly because of this craft thingy that that idiot’s father made a fortune for himself, and became one of the richest men in Pear Blossom Village.
• Because this village woman had been doing business with that idiot’s father for a long time, she knew him very well. Thus, she just blurted everything about that idiot and his family to Yang Yu.
• No matter in which era, collecting information was the first step in solving a problem. Yang Yu knew about this very well.
• After taking turns to carry the tree for more than an hour, the two of them finally arrived at Pear Blossom Village. Strange enough, there was not a single Peach Blossom to be seen in the village.
• “Sis, you just go ahead and sell your tree first. I have some other things to attend to.” Yang Yu cooked up some excuses. It was not the time for him to go to that idiot’s house now, otherwise, his plan would be unmasked in a second.
• That village woman became perplexed. I thought he was looking for the idiot just now? Why did he suddenly change his mind? Then again, she did not put much thought in this matter. She knew that Yang Yu had helped her carry the tree for several miles.
• Blood was already soaking the shirt on Yang Yu’s shoulder. It was so terribly painful, and he decided to not force himself by pure will anymore. After finding a vacated place, he took out the white cloth from his pocket and tied it on the pole he brought along. Then, he wore his shirt inside-out, put on a scholar hat and took out his fake mustache to stick it under his nose. He was very pleased with himself after sorting everything out. When everything was already in place and no sign of abnormality could be seen, he reentered the village with a bamboo pole.
• Two big characters were written on the white cloth of the bamboo pole — Fortune Teller.