"Hello, Auntie Qingqing!" Little Tongtong raised her hand, smiling widely as she greeted Ah Qing.
The woman whom Ah Qing lovingly called Little Brother Wei was holding another woman and walking out of the house with Little Tongtong, while Lai Foo joyfully followed them from behind.
"Ying? Yiyingying——"
The little fox on Ah Qing's shoulder looked utterly dumbfounded as it turned from Little Brother Wei back to Ah Qing, waving its paws frantically and letting out a worried whimper.
"Wow! Ah Qing, this is unbelievable; there must be a huge feng shui problem at Lai Foo's house! The dog basket got stuck in the door frame, and even my buddy has turned into a sister!"
"Should we get someone to perform a ritual? After all, we're just next door..."
Lai Foo's situation could be called an accident, but now even Lai Foo's little master seems to be affected.
Although Master Fu is never superstitious, matters concerning the bell are no small thing; Ansheng felt a chill down his trousers.
"What a marvel! Your dad actually lets you keep such spiritual creatures like foxes." Little Brother Wei greeted the little fox with a smile, "On such a hot day, why not stay home with the AC on instead of roaming around?"
"Nothing much, just Xiaolan was making a fuss about drinking something cold, so I'm taking him to the store for a stroll," Ah Qing replied politely, pinching the little fox's cheek.
"Can a fox even drink cold stuff?" What Ah Qing said left Little Brother Wei utterly perplexed, looking puzzled.
"If you don't add ice to his cola, he would roll around!" Ah Qing, somewhat helplessly, patted the little fox's head.
"Impressive..." Little Brother Wei teased.
After exchanging greetings with Little Brother Wei's family, Ah Qing led the little fox towards the village entrance.
"Yiying....." The little fox patted Ah Qing.
"Oh, it's nothing....." Ah Qing looked at the little fox and said, "Your little bell is hanging there just fine! Little Brother Wei's situation is a one-off case. He used to do the traditional three categories, um.... basically bodybuilding."
"It's not like the bell thing is contagious."
Little Brother Wei's full name is Li Weilin, and he has an older brother named Li Linwei. So, in terms of addressing, Ah Qing has always referred to Li Weilin as Little Brother Wei.
Before the incident, Little Brother Wei was practically a biochemical person built of muscles, having participated in numerous bodybuilding competitions domestically and abroad, acquiring trophies galore.
Until a challenge came along, Little Brother Wei attempted to deadlift a 600-kilogram barbell.
He lifted the barbell, but Li Weilin's explosive muscles broke his arm bones, and even his leg bones cracked in various degrees, leaving him severely injured and hospitalized.
Although Li Weilin didn't have a pointy head, during his recuperation, symptoms frequently appeared; after stopping the bodybuilding supplements, his muscle mass began to shrink.
His life was saved, but due to the effects of the medication, his own little bell shrank to the size of a raisin, hormones in his body were all over the place, inevitably walking towards feminization.
There was originally a way to avoid it, but continuing the use of hormonal drugs might have cost him his life.
Muscles are a use-it-or-lose-it thing, and after two years of recuperation, Li Weilin's muscles completely atrophied, his appearance underwent drastic changes, and his pecs became larger than his wife's.
With developed gluteal muscles, even his wife was speechless.
The once musculature beast of Changxi Town, a genius possibly setting the record for barbell deadlift, ultimately fell.
Regarding Li Weilin's situation, the whole village actually knew of it.
However, this matter was not discussed among everyone.
When Li Weilin was in his prime, he donated quite a lot to the village temple and ancestral halls, and during competitions, he promoted Changxi Town tea for free through many marketing advertisements.
"Is there... such a thing?" After hearing Ah Qing recount Little Brother Wei's story, Ansheng couldn't help but show a look of amazement on his face.
That being said, the feng shui at Lai Foo's house is quite good, right?
Before Lai Foo's little bell failed, he was at least dominating Changxi Town with his hefty hundred-pound weight, only midway did he crumble, losing his bell and too embarrassed to face his peers.
Although Little Brother Wei has turned into a peachy butt, he at least got through it unscathed, not directly ascending to the steroid planet.
Ansheng pondered a bit further and then commented, "In a certain sense.... Changxi Town is quite a place of extraordinary people."
First, there was Chen Nian, shackled in a detention cell targeted by the warden, fighting back against four gangster henchmen.
From fighting Old Mo in the east of Amei...
Then there was Ah Qing kicking a four-hundred-pound thick-skinned king of gluttony, mistaking pesticides for tonics along with super strong trees.
Even the wild boars in the back mountain were exceptionally sturdy, with muscles bulging all over.
Now, it even harbors a tech behemoth...
Clearly, there's no problem with Lai Foo's family feng shui; right now, Lord Fu suspects the ancestors of Changxi Town are buried in the wrong spot.
If not.
Why does the village only produce simple-minded folk, or those attempting to achieve Body Sanctification like reincarnated brutes?
It's not that there aren't educated people, but the recent acquaintance of Lord Fu from the village is all set to go to Amei after the holidays to join Chen Nian, working on making laser guns manually.
"If there's a chance, let Old Chen know to pick an auspicious day to invite the ancestors of the Chen family out, reposition the sarcophagus, and let the ancestors bless future generations with a new posture."
"Otherwise, seeing Body Sanctification berserkers popping up daily is just not right. In this entire village, it's pretty much only me, Lord Fu, who has a better temper." Ansheng muttered.
"Eh? Did you say the village feng shui was bad?" Ah Qing looked down at the little fox, who had hopped off her shoulder and was walking ahead with its little legs, smiling:
"I think it's quite nice! Verdant mountains and clear waters, no extreme heat island effect, and the little animals are having a blast here..."
As Ah Qing spoke, she picked up the little fox and pointed to a spot near the village entrance, saying, "Look, everyone seems to be enjoying themselves."
In front of the convenience store at the village entrance, Lin Zhe sat in a chair with his legs crossed, holding a bag of sunflower seeds, with three or five villagers sitting around him. Lin Zhe, speaking in the dialect of the Jiule City area, was leisurely enjoying tea with everyone, all while watching the road outside the village gate with great interest.
On the grassy patch of road, four or five female water buffaloes angrily charged at two robust men returning to the village.
The water buffaloes were grumbling, mostly shouting something like don't touch if you won't eat, Grandmother Cow invites you to taste cow delight.
Judging by the broken branches scattered on the ground, it seemed these two bored men wanted to study some cow delight.
"Hmm?"
Lin Zhe, sensing something, paused his action of passing around sunflower seeds and cigarettes to the villagers, glanced back, and saw Ah Qing carrying Lord Fu towards the convenience store.
"Huh? Ah Qing, you're just in time. Could you help translate what those big cows are saying?" Chen Li, who was watching the fun from in front of the convenience store, beamed when he saw Ah Qing and said with amusement:
"We just tried advising them, telling them those mother cows had recently given birth and not to mess around, but they wouldn't listen and even wanted to use fireworks to provoke the cows.... "
"No one should die, but I'm really curious about what those mother cows are mooing about."
"Hmm... It seemed like they were inviting them to drink milk, loudly asking if they want some, if they want some..." Ah Qing thought for a moment and then relayed what she heard.
After saying this, Ah Qing grabbed a plastic can of iced cola from the freezer of the convenience store.
"Boss! Get me an electric toothbrush too."
"Hmm?" The little fox, not missing out on the fun, looked at Ah Qing with some confusion, feeling like there was some sort of intent behind Ah Qing's purchase of the electric toothbrush.
"Oh! Fresh cow milk shouldn't be drunk, it contains bacteria." Chen Li, hearing this, thought for a bit, slapped his thigh, stood up, and shouted at the men and cattle engaged in the interaction on the opposite side.
"Stop being lazy and funny!"
"Help! We won't dare anymore!"