{"id":1793,"date":"2020-04-28T06:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T04:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2020-04-27T21:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:50:51","slug":"tofuh-chapter-53-going-shopping-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2020\/04\/28\/tofuh-chapter-53-going-shopping-together\/","title":{"rendered":"TOFUH &#8211; Chapter 53 &#8211; Going shopping together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first when he brought Zhao Jinge to the bed, Jiang Zhen just wanted to touch him. Although at the beginning it was always kissing and touching only, there were so many places that could catch fire . . . However, after Jiang Zhen said, \u201cI\u2019ll rub it,\u201d he really just dawdled and didn\u2019t go in. Although they didn\u2019t do it to the end, they relieved each other with their hands. Jiang Zhen even used Zhao Jinge\u2019s legs.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was nothing for Jiang Zhen, but for Zhao Jinge, the impact was obviously considerably stronger. When they finished, he lay frozen and motionless on Jiang Zhen\u2019s bed. It never occurred to him that he would do such a thing, this . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was a child, Zhao Jinge was told by Zhao Liu that as a ger, he could not let others see his body, let alone let anyone touch that place. Only after marriage could he let his husband touch it. As a result, before he got married, he and Jiang Zhen . . . Jiang Zhen&#8217;s scent was all over his body, and Zhao Jinge was in a trance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen was in a very good mood. Although he failed to do it to the end, it was the happiest time of his life. Only then did he realize that it was unbearable to use his hand and five fingers to relieve himself. The only regret was that, because of the lack of lubrication, it was a little painful after rubbing it for a long time. But it was not a bad thing, was it? If it didn&#8217;t continue that long, he wouldn\u2019t even be hurt. Obviously, after he got better, his endurance would also increase.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While humming, Jiang Zhen lit a fire to heat the water, and when the water was almost boiling, he asked Zhao Jinge to come over and take a bath. Jiang Zhen wanted to take a bath with Zhao Jinge very much; however, Zhao Jinge refused. He sighed and could only wash separately.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two of them had gone a little too far, and both of their clothes were stained. After taking a bath, Jiang Zhen took the clothes and the bedsheets to wash them, but Zhao Jinge stopped him. \u201cI\u2019ll do it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Zhao Jinge\u2019s opinion, washing clothes should be done by him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGood.\u201d Jiang Zhen smiled and didn\u2019t refuse. He lit a candle for Zhao Jinge, then moved a stool to sit behind him and helped him comb his hair.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We couldn\u2019t buy ready-made clothes in the county town, but there are some in Fucheng.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Before, when Jiang Zhen went to Fucheng, he asked a tailor to make clothes for their marriage and even bought two sets of ready-made clothes. This time, he and Zhao Jinge had changed into one of the sets.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fabric of this ready-made garment was very common, but it was much better than the coarse cloth he used to wear. After Zhao Jinge put it on, he looked more energetic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen wiped dry Zhao Jinge\u2019s hair while talking with him. In the end, they washed their clothes together sweetly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJinge, this is your pocket money.\u201d Jiang Zhen gave Zhao Jinge twenty silver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t need it,\u201d Zhao Jinge hurriedly said. Before, that hundred silver was intended to buy land under Jiang Zhen&#8217;s name, so they took it, but now . . . how could Jiang Zhen give him money in private?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone should have some money on their hands, so that you can buy whatever you want. You gave me all your savings before. Now I&#8217;m only giving you a part of mine, how can you not accept it?\u201d After Jiang Zhen accepted Zhao Jinge\u2019s money first, he didn\u2019t pay it back because he didn\u2019t have much money. Now that he had money, he had to let Zhao Jinge have some money too.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTwenty silver is too much,\u201d Zhao Jinge said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJinge, if you don\u2019t take it, I\u2019ll take you to bed again,\u201d Jiang Zhen said with a smile.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Jinge blushed and left with the silver in his hands. He wouldn\u2019t spend this money indiscriminately. First, he would find a place to hide the money, and when Jiang Zhen needed it, he would give it back to Jiang Zhen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Jinge sneaked back to his house and found that his mother was no longer in his room. When he thought of what he had done, he immediately felt ashamed. But he didn\u2019t regret it and was very happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBack . . .\u201d When Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui heard the noise coming from the room, their hearts felt overwhelmed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were some people in this village who slept together in secret before they got married, but they didn\u2019t expect that their lovely son would do the same. They used to worry that even if their Jinge got married, he would be despised or rejected in the bridal chamber. But now, it seemed that they were really thinking too much.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJiang Zhen made you new clothes and gave you a hairpin?\u201d Zhao Liu glanced at Zhao Jinge and noticed the difference in her son.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes.\u201d Zhao Jinge nodded.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s good to you, and you should be good to him too,\u201d Zhao Liu said and found that her son seemed to be holding something. \u201cWhat are you holding in your hand?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s silver,\u201d Zhao Jinge said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui&#8217;s expressions became more complicated, but at the same time they felt completely relieved. Jiang Zhen was so generous to their Jinge, which showed that he had really taken Jinge to his heart.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early the next morning, Zhao Liu got up and started\u00a0 busying herself. She cooked a pot of dry rice, steamed some salted fish on the steaming rack, opened the soybean oil brought by Jiang Zhen yesterday, and then fried a large plate of eggs in oil. In addition, she opened a jar of pickled mustard stored in her pantry, cut it into thin shreds and mixed it in the bowl with the seaweed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Jiang Zhen came to the Zhaos&#8217; house, the table was full of dishes. Having been away from home for more than twenty days, although they bought meat to eat, neither Jiang Zhen nor Wang Haisheng was very good at cooking. The food they ate was very simple. The food prepared by Zhao Liu was so delicious that Jiang Zhen could not help swallowing his saliva.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there was still something lacking in Zhao Liu\u2019s cooking . . . She had been living in the countryside, and had not much contact with any spices or eaten many good things. What she could prepare were only a few homemade dishes using spices and vinegar since other seasonings couldn\u2019t be bought often by farmers, so she didn\u2019t know how to use them. Hence, there was no vinegar in the cold seaweeds.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMom, Dad, Jinge. Today, let\u2019s go to Zhao Dahu\u2019s house first to let Jinge quit his job. Then we can go to the county town again,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the main reasons why he asked Zhao Fugui to buy land was that he wanted Zhao Jinge to stop working as a long-term worker for Zhao Dahu\u2019s family. Although he would be tired working in his own field, at least he could go there whenever he wanted to. He could also just hide at home at noon during the hot summer. He couldn\u2019t do that while he was a long-term worker in someone else\u2019s house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlright.\u201d Zhao Fugui pondered for a moment and nodded. Jinge used to work as a long-term worker, but this time, he was getting married. He should have children in the future, so it would be good to take care of that first . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Fugui nodded his head, and the Zhao family together with Jiang Zhen went to Zhao Dahu\u2019s house. By this time, the people in the village had already gotten up, and many people saw the Zhao family. At first glance, it seemed nothing unusual, but when they looked more carefully, they were a bit surprised.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Jinge used to do farm work all day long, which left his body covered in mud all the time. But now . . . he was wearing new clothes and had a silver hairpin in his hair. He looked very lively, and they discovered that he didn\u2019t look as ugly as they thought. Of course, he still looked very much like a man, there was no doubt about that. In other words, if he was a man, even if his family was poor, maybe there would be some women who would like his face and would be willing to marry him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat Zhao Jinge is really beautifully dressed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThen Zhao Liu may be right. Jiang Zhen . . . Maybe he is really good to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDoes Jiang Zhen really want to go to the Zhaos&#8217; house? Although he has no land, he has more money than the Zhao family. How could he want to be married in?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0. . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People looked at the Zhao family and Jiang Zhen with bewilderment, wondering what Jiang Zhen was doing. By that time, Jiang Zhen had already brought the Zhao family to Zhao Dahu\u2019s house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen wanted Zhao Jinge to quit his job, and the process went very smoothly. Although the Zhao family had some money, they had no real power. It was obvious that, even though they hired Zhao Jinge as a long-term worker, they didn\u2019t want to offend Jiang Zhen under any circumstances. They were afraid that Jiang Zhen would start giving them a hard time, so they even gave Zhao Jinge that year\u2019s salary even though he only worked for three or four months. Of course, after Jiang Zhen and the Zhao family left, they were very angry, but they wouldn&#8217;t let others know that.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was hard to find a long-term worker like Zhao Jinge, who worked hard and did a good job. So when Zhao Jinge quit suddenly, it seemed that Zhao Dahu\u2019s family would be busy in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After quitting his job, they intended to go to the country town. But before going to the county town, Zhao Fugui proposed to visit the village head first.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If their family wanted to buy land, it was better to buy it within the village. That way, it would be closer to their home. If they wanted to buy land in the village, they could go to the house of the village head to ask about land available for sale at the moment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were very few people in Hexi who wanted to buy or sell land. Although Zhao Fugui said that he would go to the village head to inquire about it, he did not have much hope. However, the result was beyond his expectations. In their Hexi there was indeed someone who wanted to sell land!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince the land of Butcher Jiang\u2019s family couldn\u2019t be planted, he wanted to sell 4 mu of paddy field, and he also happened to be in a hurry,\u201d the village head Jiang Ping said while glancing at Jiang Zhen\u2019s face with a look of surprise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because he was the village head, when Jiang Zhen did those things before, everyone asked him to reason with him, so he had met Jiang Zhen several times. This experience made him a bit afraid of Jiang Zhen. He also felt that Jiang Zhen was going to become a big bully in the village, harming the villagers. However, he didn\u2019t expect that he not only didn\u2019t commit evil deeds in the village, but even stood up when Liu Heitou came to their village to kidnap people. Now he was even going to buy land for the Zhao family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He . . . Was he trying to live a good life with Zhao Jinge? If so, it would be great.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, but maybe they wouldn\u2019t want to sell it to us. Village head, please don\u2019t tell them yet it&#8217;s us who want to buy the land,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a bit of a surprise to him that the Jiang family wanted to sell the land. However, no matter why the Jiang family wanted to sell it, he wanted to buy it. He didn\u2019t know what kind of expression the Jiang family would have when they learned he was the one who bought the land.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jiang family was not the only one selling land in the village. There was another family who also planned to sell a piece of dryland. The price for the dryland was divided in different categories. Land that was fertile or planted with mulberry trees wasn&#8217;t cheap. It cost at least ten silver per 1 mu of land, but some land was very cheap and could be bought very cheaply.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The land was very large with an area of 20 mu, but one couldn\u2019t grow much on it because there was a bamboo forest with many trees. If they wanted to use this kind of land to grow things, they must first dig out the bamboo wood, but that was a very troublesome process. Even if they cleared the land, the soil would not be fertile. Even if they wanted to dispose of this wasteland, no one would want to buy it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This land couldn&#8217;t sell for a long time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jiang Zhen recalled, but suddenly thought of something. \u201cThere seems to be a small pond in that land?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, there is a pond. It appears to be about two or three mu. You can actually grow water bamboo and water chestnuts. That is very good.\u201d Jiang Ping coughed a few times. \u201cBecause there is water over there, the price is not cheap. It costs 40 silver for 20 mu of land.\u201d In fact, the originally set price was a bit higher, but no one was interested in buying it all this time, so it was lowered, yet the price was still a little high.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this land produced bamboo and water chestnuts, there was also an ownerless bamboo forest near Hexi. Who would want to buy this bamboo forest in that situation?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want this land,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. The people of Hexi didn\u2019t think that this land was useful at all, but he thought it was very good . . . especially suitable for raising chicken and ducks. Besides, it was too cheap.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>Edited by : Faro<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Proofreader: Taalia<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=25191841\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-338 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/become_a_patron_button.png?resize=217%2C51\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/51;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/lajnaa\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kofi3-3.png?resize=185%2C47\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is kofi3-3.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/47;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first when he brought Zhao Jinge to the bed, Jiang Zhen just wanted to touch him. Although at the beginning it was always kissing and touching only, there were so many places that could catch fire . . . However, after Jiang Zhen said, \u201cI\u2019ll rub it,\u201d he really just dawdled and didn\u2019t go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tofuh","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/14193s.jpg?fit=200%2C280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/1794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}