Chapter 24: What About Him? Just Average Part Three
“Eh!” Fang Jie nodded earnestly.
“I’m leaving. I have to lead soldiers to patrol this side of Wolf Breast Mountain Range. I can’t see you off; don’t blame me. Have a good trip!” After saying this, Qu Feng turned around and left.
After the soldiers left, the residents swarmed up and talked to Fang Jie. People said that Fang Jie should see Fangu as his home; they were all reluctant to see him leave.
“Big Boss, don’t worry about Gold Essence Shop. I will take care of it. If you don’t come back, I will send someone to bring the account book to you every year,” Second Boss of Gold Essence Shop, Chu Huaili, said as he rubbed his eyes.
“Eh, it is easy to make money from those from the grassland; Gold Essence Shop has to stand. Even though Beckon of the Red Sleeve won’t be here, Gold Essence Shop and Guest-Prosper Dwell will still be the money tree of Fangu. As long as these two buildings stand, the residents’ lives wouldn’t be as tough as before,” Fang Jie reminded this man.
Then, he got close and said to Chu Huaili, “Li Xiaozong will burn all the previous account books to wipe away the traces of greed on him. Make a copy of all account books and hide them well. Also, he will try to distant himself from all the businesses in Fangu. This is an opportunity. Without him, all the money-making businesses will be owned by all the residents. Even without Beckon of the Red Sleeve, their dividends wouldn’t be much different from before.”
“Big Boss, I got it!” Chu Huaili nodded with force. He was only a poor scholar in Fangu, and his life turned around because of Fang Jie.
“Save some money for yourself.” Fang Jie smiled and said, “You are too honest, and you still don’t have money to get married to a beautiful wife. Without me here, most of the girls in Fangu will be fond of you.”
The dull-headed Chu Huaili blushed and didn’t know what to say.
…
“Go! You can all go back! This won’t be our last time seeing each other. If I will be as rich as Wu Yidao one day, I will bring all of you to live in Chang’an! Of course, don’t place too much hope in it.”
Fang Jie stood on the horse-drawn carriage and shouted, “Let’s… see each other again!”
Aunt He stood on her toes and shouted in the crowd, “Even if the girls at Chang’an are more beautiful, the girls at Fangu are more reliable!”
“Aunt He… I will ask Chu Huaili to send you some money to start a pleas… ah, a dating agency. I already thought of a name… call it OkCupid.”
[TL Note: The original text used a famous Chinese dating site, so I changed it to fit the context of the translation.]
“Fang Jie! Remember me! I will be waiting for you to come back and marry me!”
“Stop it! If I don’t come back for ten years, you will stay single for ten years? When you are young, your options are open! Make a good pick!”
“Fang Jie, the Capital is too big! Don’t get lost!”
“Don’t worry! If I’m lost, I will go to the police!”
“Fang Jie, they said that your weenie grew a lot! Tell me how you did it before you leave!”
“Brother, you exposed yourself!”
-Inside Li Xiaozong’s residence-
Li Xiaozong poured himself a cup of aged liquor and self-mocked as he heard the noises outside. “Life is interesting. I didn’t anticipate that a general like myself is less popular than a sleazy merchant. I wonder how many people will see me off and call me names when I leave. Fang Jie, all the 700 plus soldiers went to see you off. Are you trying to tell me that… you are better than me?”
-East Gate of Fangu-
Under an oil-paper umbrella, a woman in a long white dress looked at the scene in the city and smiled. She turned around and whispered, “Let’s go.”
It was hard to tell whether the oil-paper umbrella that had peony flowers painted on it added to this girl’s fairy-like presence, or her beauty made the oil-paper umbrella more charming.
Three maids who were about 17 years old walked behind her and followed her out of the city. Not far away, Beckon of the Red Sleeve’s caravan fleet was quietly waiting by the side.
“What do you think about him?” Aunt Xi’s voice sounded from a horse-drawn carriage.
“Just average; an ordinary person,” this beautiful woman replied and got onto the carriage. “When he loses this peasant-like presence… he will achieve something big.”
“If he loses this peasant-like presence, he will be even inferior.”
“I’m leaving. I have to lead soldiers to patrol this side of Wolf Breast Mountain Range. I can’t see you off; don’t blame me. Have a good trip!” After saying this, Qu Feng turned around and left.
After the soldiers left, the residents swarmed up and talked to Fang Jie. People said that Fang Jie should see Fangu as his home; they were all reluctant to see him leave.
“Big Boss, don’t worry about Gold Essence Shop. I will take care of it. If you don’t come back, I will send someone to bring the account book to you every year,” Second Boss of Gold Essence Shop, Chu Huaili, said as he rubbed his eyes.
“Eh, it is easy to make money from those from the grassland; Gold Essence Shop has to stand. Even though Beckon of the Red Sleeve won’t be here, Gold Essence Shop and Guest-Prosper Dwell will still be the money tree of Fangu. As long as these two buildings stand, the residents’ lives wouldn’t be as tough as before,” Fang Jie reminded this man.
Then, he got close and said to Chu Huaili, “Li Xiaozong will burn all the previous account books to wipe away the traces of greed on him. Make a copy of all account books and hide them well. Also, he will try to distant himself from all the businesses in Fangu. This is an opportunity. Without him, all the money-making businesses will be owned by all the residents. Even without Beckon of the Red Sleeve, their dividends wouldn’t be much different from before.”
“Big Boss, I got it!” Chu Huaili nodded with force. He was only a poor scholar in Fangu, and his life turned around because of Fang Jie.
“Save some money for yourself.” Fang Jie smiled and said, “You are too honest, and you still don’t have money to get married to a beautiful wife. Without me here, most of the girls in Fangu will be fond of you.”
The dull-headed Chu Huaili blushed and didn’t know what to say.
…
“Go! You can all go back! This won’t be our last time seeing each other. If I will be as rich as Wu Yidao one day, I will bring all of you to live in Chang’an! Of course, don’t place too much hope in it.”
Fang Jie stood on the horse-drawn carriage and shouted, “Let’s… see each other again!”
Aunt He stood on her toes and shouted in the crowd, “Even if the girls at Chang’an are more beautiful, the girls at Fangu are more reliable!”
“Aunt He… I will ask Chu Huaili to send you some money to start a pleas… ah, a dating agency. I already thought of a name… call it OkCupid.”
[TL Note: The original text used a famous Chinese dating site, so I changed it to fit the context of the translation.]
“Fang Jie! Remember me! I will be waiting for you to come back and marry me!”
“Stop it! If I don’t come back for ten years, you will stay single for ten years? When you are young, your options are open! Make a good pick!”
“Fang Jie, the Capital is too big! Don’t get lost!”
“Don’t worry! If I’m lost, I will go to the police!”
“Fang Jie, they said that your weenie grew a lot! Tell me how you did it before you leave!”
“Brother, you exposed yourself!”
-Inside Li Xiaozong’s residence-
Li Xiaozong poured himself a cup of aged liquor and self-mocked as he heard the noises outside. “Life is interesting. I didn’t anticipate that a general like myself is less popular than a sleazy merchant. I wonder how many people will see me off and call me names when I leave. Fang Jie, all the 700 plus soldiers went to see you off. Are you trying to tell me that… you are better than me?”
-East Gate of Fangu-
Under an oil-paper umbrella, a woman in a long white dress looked at the scene in the city and smiled. She turned around and whispered, “Let’s go.”
It was hard to tell whether the oil-paper umbrella that had peony flowers painted on it added to this girl’s fairy-like presence, or her beauty made the oil-paper umbrella more charming.
Three maids who were about 17 years old walked behind her and followed her out of the city. Not far away, Beckon of the Red Sleeve’s caravan fleet was quietly waiting by the side.
“What do you think about him?” Aunt Xi’s voice sounded from a horse-drawn carriage.
“Just average; an ordinary person,” this beautiful woman replied and got onto the carriage. “When he loses this peasant-like presence… he will achieve something big.”
“If he loses this peasant-like presence, he will be even inferior.”
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