Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool-Chapter 50: It’s So Great to Have Such a Son-in-law...

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: It’s So Great to Have Such a Son-in-law...

Changliu Village.

On an autumn morning, a thick white fog had settled in. The bamboo forest by the reservoir was especially shrouded, so misty you couldn’t see a thing.

This was originally just an ordinary village, an ordinary reservoir, and an ordinary bamboo forest at the foot of Taixing Mountain.

However, this place that looked as ordinary as could be...

...was the kind of place where even the Grand Celestial Master of Dou Shi Temple would be scared into cardiac arrest if he dared to venture more than a few steps inside.

Every few steps, you’d see a Ghost-faced White Monkey perched on a tree, staring toward the reservoir with a grotesque smile.

A few steps further, and you’d spot the deathly-pale Black Mountain Demon squatting at the base of a tree trunk.

Walk a few more steps, and you would see a Human-faced Two-legged Sheep.

If you were to explore not with your eyes but with a Technique, you would discover that the entire mountain was teeming with Da Xingzi.

Those with less than two hundred years of cultivation weren’t even qualified to sit here.

One every few steps, all of them sat here, craning their necks to watch the scene unfolding at the reservoir.

Meanwhile, at the reservoir, a miserable wail echoed.

"I’ve been framed!!!

I’ve truly been framed!!!

How would I dare trick the young master?!

There are really no fish left in this reservoir! Every time Changliang comes, I’ve been the one putting a fish on his hook.

Yesterday, I was out of options, so I had to hook a dead one for him. And it took me forever to even find that dead fish."

A Water Ghost, reeking of a fishy stench, wailed toward the shore, its face a mask of injustice.

The sound was so pitiful, anyone who didn’t know better would wonder what terrible thing had happened to it.

On the bank, Su Liyan’s anger had mostly subsided, but she still frowned and said:

"Even so, you can’t use a dead fish to fool my brother!

A dead fish taking the bait head-on—weren’t you just blatantly telling my brother there was a Xingzi down there!"

As Su Liyan spoke, the Xingzi, half-submerged in the water, lowered its head and mumbled pitifully:

"But I didn’t know there was such a rule...

I just saw that the dead fish hadn’t started to stink yet... that it was still edible... so I put it on the hook..."

At this, Su Liyan couldn’t say much more. She picked up the fishing rod and basket, saying:

"Anyway, stay away from my husband from now on. If you scare him again, we’ll see if I don’t skin you alive!"

With that, Su Liyan turned and left, leaving the Water Ghost to sullenly sink back beneath the water.

As the spectacle concluded, the surrounding Xingzi also departed, thoroughly satisfied.

Su Liyan had only taken a few steps when the Human-faced Two-legged Sheep emerged.

As soon as it appeared, the Two-legged Sheep looked at Su Liyan and said sheepishly:

"Young lady...

About what happened the other day... Old Sister didn’t say anything, did she?"

After the incident in Taiping City, the few Xingzi who had gone there discussed it upon their return.

They suddenly felt a lingering fear.

’If Old Sister finds out, she won’t get angry and settle the score with us later, will she?’

That’s why the Two-legged Sheep had come today to sound things out.

Amused by the Two-legged Sheep’s sudden appearance, Su Liyan replied:

"You’re so much older than my mother, yet you keep calling her ’Old Sister’?"

Hearing this, the Two-legged Sheep said with a completely straight face:

"What kind of talk is that?

Who around here isn’t older than Old Sister?

But we all owe our lives to her. Without Old Sister, none of us would be here.

It’s a term of respect, an affectionate title! It has nothing to do with age!"

After the Two-legged Sheep finished its solemn explanation, a Ghost-faced White Monkey in a nearby tree cackled with glee.

Its laughter was utterly sinister and terrifying.

While laughing, the white monkey spoke in human tongue:

"Last time, he saw Old Sister was in a good mood, so he tried to joke with her and called her Sister Ying.

As a result, Old Sister grabbed him by one leg and slammed him on the ground over eighty times. His soul was nearly beaten out of him.

GAGAGAGA..."

As the Ghost-faced White Monkey finished speaking, various mocking laughs erupted from the surrounding woods.

This sent the Two-legged Sheep into a fit of shame and anger. It yelled at its surroundings:

"Shoo, shoo! This is none of your business!"

Then, the Two-legged Sheep turned to Su Liyan, who also had a hint of a smile on her face, and said awkwardly:

"Liyan... Old Sister, she... really..."

Su Liyan waved her hand dismissively. Carrying her things, she started walking home and said:

"It’s fine.

No matter what you were like before, as long as you haven’t harmed anyone or done anything bad since you started following my mother, she won’t be angry."

Hearing this, the Two-legged Sheep let out a huge sigh of relief.

Not far away, the Black Mountain Demon, the Red-Hanging Ghost, and the other Xingzi also breathed sighs of relief.

After watching Su Liyan leave, the Two-legged Sheep glared at the Ghost-faced White Monkey, which was still cackling on its branch, and cursed,

"You monkey with an ass for a face, I’ll fight you to the death!!"

...

A little after seven in the morning, Lu Yuan got up.

The family gathered on the heated kang bed to eat breakfast.

They had a sliced egg soup, served with some leftover meat dishes from last night—a tasty and hassle-free breakfast.

After they finished eating, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and the two aunts arrived.

Today was going to be incredibly busy.

The feast was tomorrow.

They had to get almost everything ready today.

The live pigs and sheep had to be slaughtered and butchered.

Some of the other dishes also had to be prepped in advance.

Things like fried meatballs, fried pork, and fried fish.

All of this had to be done today, or there would be no way to have it ready for the noon banquet tomorrow.

The beef and mutton bones also had to be simmered into a rich stock.

Besides all that, the invitations had to be written today as well.

They also had to count the guests and figure out the number of tables needed.

Most importantly, they had to go out and borrow bowls, plates, and chopsticks today.

Tables and stools, all of it had to be borrowed.

Fortunately, none of these miscellaneous tasks had anything to do with Lu Yuan.

Slaughtering the pigs or the sheep? Second Uncle was there for that. He was leading a group to handle those tasks.

As for the invitations, well, that’s what Su Changliang was for.

Su Changliang could just write them.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, had grabbed a handful of roasted peanuts that his wife had just made for him after breakfast. He was squatting by the pig-slaughtering area, happily watching the spectacle.

The family’s aunts found Lu Yuan’s behavior quite amusing.

"Don’t scholars always say something like ’a gentleman stays far from the kitchen’? How come our son-in-law loves watching pig slaughtering so much?"

The aunts spoke among themselves while pasting "double happiness" characters on the wall, turning to look at Lu Yuan with curiosity.

Su Liyan’s mother also smiled and shook her head, saying:

"I don’t know about that. All I know is our son-in-law is different from everyone else in every way, and he’s simply wonderful."

It’s often said that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him.

And after what happened last night, Su Liyan’s mother felt even more strongly that her son-in-law was truly like a gold ingot bestowed by the heavens.

She was truly happy for her daughter.

They bustled about for the entire morning.

The morning’s work really wore everyone out.

Two pigs, one sheep, and a bunch of other odds and ends had all been butchered.

Everyone was drenched in sweat.

As noon approached, everyone squatted in the sun, smoking cigarettes and taking a break.

The old women also tidied up, lit the fires, and started cooking.

Lu Yuan looked at Su Changliang, who was still sitting in the sun writing invitations, and suddenly asked out of curiosity:

"By the way, how old is Changliang this year?"

Su Liyan’s mother, who was beside him, smiled at her son-in-law and said:

"He’s seventeen. He’s three years younger than Liyan."

Lu Yuan nodded and then said:

"He’s not a kid anymore. When I have the chance, I’ll go into the city and find some work for him."

As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, the courtyard fell silent.

Then, everyone turned their gaze to Lu Yuan.

For a moment, the members of Second Uncle’s and Third Uncle’s families looked on with faces full of envy.

’Having a son-in-law like him is really a blessing...’

’He’s someone you can truly rely on...’