Title: Meow Meow Meow
Author: 橘花散里
Chapter: 151.2 - Best farming in history
As soon as these words were said, Bull Devil was spooked out of his mind. He desperately dashed off into the woods with his four legs. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace.
“Younger brother-in-law! Why are you just standing there? Go after him!” Elder sister-in-law was anxious. “You won't be able to compensate for the loss of such a good bull if you lose him.”
Xiang Qing followed her order and scrammed. I also hurriedly followed him.
We followed the footprints and ran for a while before seeing that Bull Devil had already changed back to his human form. He was sitting underneath a big tree panting. I knew that he wasn’t happy, so I hurriedly walked forward to smile apologetically, “Big brother, thank you for your hard work and trouble today. You suffered grievances because of me.
Bull devil stared at me without speaking.
After I thought about it, I continued, “Big brother… you already have a wife and a concubine. You definitely can’t mate with those shameless little cows. Otherwise, elder sister-in-law Luo Sha will lose her temper and you’ll have to kneel on a washing board again.”
(T/N: Here's a picture of an animal kneeling on a washing board. The washing board has grooves, so as you kneel, it'll press against your knees and hurt a lot more than simply kneeling on the ground.)
“You!” I didn’t know why Bull Devil was so angry that he seemed half dead. He seemed like he wanted to hit me. Xiang Qing quickly went forward to intercept out of worry. Unexpectedly, Bull Devil’s hand went in a circle and hit his own leg instead.
I guessed that he was upset over not having the chance to be close to that beautiful heifer, but also worried what Luo Sha would do if she found out.
So, I hurriedly continued to persuade him, “Big brother, what’s wrong? You can’t make this mistake of violating a fundamental principle. You can only think about doing this in your heart.”
“Miao Miao, don’t say anymore…” Xiang Qing covered my mouth and pulled me behind him. Then, he smiled apologetically, “Elder brother-in-law, she was saying nonsense. Don’t keep her words in your heart. How about I treat you to a meal as an apology?”
“I don’t want to eat!” Bull Devil said raspingly.
Xiang Qing felt bad, “You came here from so far away and we caused you so much trouble. You won’t even let me act as a host. I truly feel very apologetic.”
“I want to drink wine!” Bull Devil suddenly smiled. The previous vexation was swept away. He pulled Xiang Qing’s closer by the shoulder, “Drink with me.”
“My ability to drink wine isn’t good.” Xiang Qing was in a difficult position.
“If you had a good alcohol tolerance, why would I ask you to drink with me?” Bull Devil gave him an angry look and scolded, “I want you to drink until you fall over in order to remove the resentment in my heart. And in the future, I’ll be able to say this old bull can outdrink you.”
Xiang Qing was helpless and could only agree. He turned around to say that I shouldn’t follow them and should return home to eat and rest. He’ll return home later, but I didn’t need to wait for him at the door.
I didn’t have any other way and could only watch them leave.
I returned to the fields by myself.
Elder sister-in-law saw that I had returned and anxiously asked, “Where’s that bull? Did you catch up to him?”
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“We found him. Xiang Qing is returning him now.” I replied without thinking. Yin Zi and I were packing up the farm tools.
I didn’t expect that elder sister-in-law wouldn’t give up, and she continued to ask, “Then what about the breeding? Go ask that family from Ji Lei Mountain. I had just asked my second maternal aunt about it. She said it wouldn’t be a problem. Once the calf is born, she’ll sell it to us.”
“Ah…” Seeing elder sister-in-law’s determined attitude, I really didn’t how to answer her questions. I could only look at Yin Zi for help.
Yin Zi considered for a moment before saying, “That ox can’t be used for breeding. He’s already been castrated.”
“No wonder he was so big,” Elder sister-in-law was lost in her thoughts for a moment, and then she sighed regretfully, “What a pity…”
Seeing that she didn’t continue asking questions about this, I hurriedly pull Yin Zi along to return home. I planned to come back tomorrow to sow seeds. I didn’t expect that before the setting sun had touched the horizon and set it aflame, Xiao Mao had already returned from school.
He was happily playing with Xiao Cha in the courtyard. Using the fact that she couldn’t see through his little tricks, he deceived her to the point that she was torn between living and dying.
Xiao Cha saw that Yin Zi had returned and wanted to come closer. She didn’t expect that Yin Zi would toss the tools in his hands to her. He said he was too tired lately and wanted to return to Ying Mountain to rest for a period of time. He ran off right after saying this.
I didn’t have a reason to stop him, so I only walked forward to ask Xiao Mao who returned earlier than usual, “You didn’t skip class, right?”
“Nope,” Xiao Mao replied with a smile. “Blue Feather Goddess gave our class a break, so I ran here to spend time with mom.”
"Even if you're on break, you can't relax on practicing." I lectured my son with a strong sense of righteousness, “Since everything happens to be okay at the moment, follow me to practice martial arts.”
(T/N: Remember when Miao Miao was a student?)
"Okay." Xiao Mao directly replied without fooling around. He left Xiao Cha and followed me going out.
I ran and led my son to a forest that was a few miles away. I found a place that didn’t have traces of other people and changed into my cat form to practice fighting together.
“Your core strength isn’t strong enough. Your legs’ ability depends on your core strength. With such weakness, you won’t be able to defeat anyone.” While I attacked, I admonished Xiao Mao, “You need to be faster! Your legs are short. If you can’t defeat someone, then its okay to hide too.
Xiao Mao suddenly jumped up. In midair, he twisted his body and using his hands as support, he fiercely kicked out in a series of connected movements.
I had somewhat underestimated the enemy and was almost hit in the waist.
At this time, he roguishly smiled, “All’s fair in war.”
“Good job.” I couldn’t help but praise, “You have cat and snake lineage. You should be excellent at concealing your actions and using this to your advantage. Against fellows that you can’t defeat directly, secretly wait until you the right time to attack just like when you’re hunting."
Xiao Mao stopped his movement, rubbed his head and said, “Uncle Bull Devil told me differently. He said that I have to fight fairly and without tricks. Its disgraceful to be sneaky.”
“He’s speaking nonsense,” I smiled as I shook my head, “His animal form can’t be hidden, so of course, he said that you have to fight honorably. And, when you’re fighting to the death, who cares about lofty principles. In the end, whoever lives is the winner. Let people say whatever they want.”
“So, its like that. Offset my weakness with strengths and disregard gossip.” Xiao Mao nodded and leapt into the battlefield to continue fighting with me.
The sky was gradually getting darker. The treetops were awash by the moon’s light. The air was somewhat chilly.
I saw that we had already practiced enough and went forward to bring Xiao Mao home. But, he twisted out my grasp and disagreed. He said that he wanted to continue to practicing and wouldn’t go with me no matter what.
I was never good at refusing my son, so I could only listen to him and continue our practicing
When my entire attention was focused on Xiao Mao, a white horse unexpectedly burst out of the tall underbrush. On the horse, there was a bald monk with delicate features. He had a straight nose and slightly thick lips. He looked like a kind and an amicable person. He was wearing a long grey robe with a crimson kasaya over it and worn out shoes. He looked extremely shabby looking, except for his hat that looked exceptionally beautiful and special.
The lotus-shaped hat was embedded with gold and the sides were red. On each petal of the lotus flower, there was a multi-colored portrait of Buddha. It had a feeling of saintliness.
When I recovered my sense, I suddenly remember that I was in my cat demon form. I hadn’t changed back to my human form yet and felt somewhat guilty.
As I was pondering whether Xiao Mao and I should hide or ask Xiao Mao to not say any irresponsible remarks and walk forward to greet the monk, the monk suddenly screamed earth-shakingly loud, “Disciples, save me! There are demons here! Demons! Hurry here!”
The sound was so loud that it could break through sky until it reached the Nine Heavens. It shook the surrounding area… My ears only hear buzzing sound afterwards…
T/N: I saw this as the cover for a "Meow Meow Meow" audiobook. I think its Miao Miao and Xiao Mao. Its so rare for them to have mother son bonding time.