BXBX NOVEL Chapter 981 Fool courting death
So like always with a little calf and a goat following behind him, Yu Mai headed to the grass field with the rest of the livestock. Beside him was Lang Ru who carefully looked around the fields while Yu Mai said to her, " Sister Ru, you should go back home. Mai can take care of them, you are a scholar herding livestock is not something you should be doing."
Chen Mi had repeatedly warned Yu Mai to not treat Lang Ru like before, now that Lang Ru was a scholar, her reputation was no longer the same as before. She could not do the things she did when she was living with their family and had to act respectfully and elegant all the time, Chen Mi was worried that Yu Mai would drag Lang Ru around with him and ask her to catch loaches from the small stream next to the field where the livestock of the village grazed.
Ever since Yu Mai had befriended the naughty kids of the village he was quite keen on running along with them, he would not only rush to catch loaches but he would also try to look for bird eggs with his friends which caused his entire clothes to be covered with mud.
Chen Mi did not want something like this to happen to Lang Ru, as she was willing to play along with Yu Mai, he knew that Lang Ru would not refuse him but as Yu Mai\'s brother-in-law, it was his responsibility to teach Yu Mai. He was not going to stop Yu Mai from having a little fun but he had to take care of his actions at the very least when he was with Lang Ru.
Lang Ru immediately felt her heart squeeze with worry as she turned to look at Yu Mai who was getting taller, she heard from her mother that this summer Yu Mai was going to turn eight years old. And with Yu Dong and her husbands taking care of him, Yu Mai was no longer the skinny, yellow-looking monkey anymore —— instead, he looked delicate and pretty especially those eyes which were like tiny globes of dark sky with stars glittering within them.
With his appearance, Lang Ru couldn\'t help but worry as she was no longer a young child and knew that she liked Yu Mai as a mer and not a little brother. This was why she always Yu Mai whether or not he made other friends in the village and as much as she tried to warn Yu Mai to stay away from other girls and stay next to mers, the little naughty monkey did not listen to her and ended up befriending a lot of girls of the village.
This was why when Lang Ru heard Yu Mai chasing her off, she was worried that he was doing this because he did not want other girls to see him as he was no longer close to her as he was before, with a tight smile she said, " I am fine. I think I will follow you as I haven\'t been around the village ever since I came back."
Yu Mai helplessly looked at Lang Ru, he was sending her back because he wanted to play around with Mister Goat and the little calf but now that Lang Ru was here, he had to act respectful! How annoying!
" Mai!" Just as Yu Mai and Lang Ru arrived at the fields, a young girl around thirteen came running towards Yu Mai. She smiled at Yu Mai ignoring Lang Ru completely as she said, " I reserved the best spot for your herd to graze, come with me! It\'s next to the river … we can catch some loaches."
This young girl was Nie Liang.
And ever since she turned thirteen her parents started to look for a match for her, in this era a girl around the age of twelve was considered an adult and could take on the responsibility of one\'s house. By the age of fifteen most of the girls in the village were married off and by sixteen or seventeen they would become mothers.
Nie Liang liked Yu Mai ever since she became friends with him and she knew that as long as Yu Mai turned eleven, she could propose to him which was why she was extremely nice to Yu Mai.
Yu Mai was about to agree when he was stopped by Lang Ru who raised her voice and then interrupted the conversation with the sound of someone clearing his throat, " Ahem, Mai…wouldn\'t you introduce me to this young woman?"
Lang Ru\'s voice was filled with vigilance as she could see that this young girl treated Yu Mai differently. Similarly, Nie Liang looked at Lang Ru with narrowed eyes as she had heard about the rumours of a young girl living with the Yu family.
" She is my friend, Nie Liang," Yu Mai did not sense the tension between the two girls and then turned to look at the rest of the group that was playing next to the creek. His hands itched to catch some loaches but he stopped himself as he turned to look at Nie Liang and then said, " Sister Nie, I am not going to catch loaches with you. Today I need to be careful while herding the livestock."
" Why? Isn\'t Little Calf and Mister Goat with you? You can play with us and they can herd the group or …" Nie Liang turned to look at Lang Ru and added venomously, " Is it because of this young scholar that you are holding yourself back?"
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