The last day of August.
Jiang Man had intended to go find Little Fatty and the others.
After all, he had to see what Luo Xuan had chosen.
It concerned how well Little Fatty would be living.
If he lived too well, Jiang Man would find neither food nor sleep peaceful.
"Old Huang, do you think Luo Xuan leaving would be good or bad for Little Fatty?" Jiang Man asked.
"Doesn't he want three wives and four concubines?" Old Yellow Ox swished his tail and continued grazing as he spoke. "This Luo Xuan is stronger than him, and there's a marriage alliance between their families. Though it hasn't happened yet, it's always weighing on him.
"Without the marriage alliance, wouldn't he be free?"
"So it would be better if she stayed?" Jiang Man asked.
"With a beautiful wife at his side, affection would grow over time." Old Yellow Ox calmly spoke before he had finished chewing the grass in his mouth. "You don't see your wife often. Is that because you don't like her?"
"I'm afraid she won't be able to resist eating beef," Jiang Man replied.
Then he added, "So it's better if she leaves? If she doesn't leave, that means he's plucked a flower from a lofty peak?"
Back in the Small Courtyard, Luo Xuan had possessed good looks, an excellent bearing, a powerful background, and great talent.
Normally, she and Little Fatty wouldn't have come within eight pole lengths of each other.
Though he hadn't plucked her yet, they had stayed together all this time.
Little Fatty would even complain about his suffering now and then. It always felt like he was showing off.
"Aren't you planning to interfere?" Old Yellow Ox asked.
"No." Jiang Man shook his head.
Precisely because he had no intention of intervening,