W Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Trimming

Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Trimming

Hearing Shen Hui’s voice, Ling Xing scrambled up, not even bothering to put on his fur coat. Shen Lai, who was still half-asleep, was startled by Ling Xing’s movement. After coming to his senses, he followed him out of bed.

Excitedly lifting the door curtain, Ling Xing looked up with a smile, only to see Shen Hui’s handsome face was cold. His hair, previously tied up high, was now shorter, with the ends hanging over his shoulders.

“Where’s your hair?” Ling Xing asked in surprise.

Shen Hui replied blandly, “Sold it.”

Then he stuffed the money bag into Ling Xing’s hand.

The worn money bag in his hand felt heavy, and so did Ling Xing’s heart.

He wasn’t clear about other things, but he knew that ancient people valued their hair and skin as gifts from their parents.

There was a fixed time each year for trimming hair, on the sixth day of the first lunar month. It didn’t have any special meaning other than being a legal rule.

At other times, people would not easily damage their hair or skin.

Ling Xing felt a little guilty. He was too anxious and Shen Hui had seen through him, so he sold his hair to get money for him.

As for where the hair would go, Ling Xing knew.

In the original owner’s memory, the stepmother always used hair buns when styling her hair.

The better the quality of the hair, the more it sold for.

Ling Xing lowered his eyes, “I’m sorry, I…”

“Second Brother, why did you sell your hair again?”

Shen Lai’s voice interrupted Ling Xing’s thoughts. Shen Hui lowered his eyes and glanced at Shen Lai, “I’m happy.”

After saying that, he left without looking back.

“Fierce, I won’t talk to you anymore.” Shen Lai muttered softly. He didn’t dare to speak loudly, for fear that Shen Hui would actually hear him.

Ling Xing didn’t finish his words and was pulled by Shen Lai, “Husband, let’s go to sleep together quickly. It’s cold in the quilt without you.”

This ge’er was too strong. Ling Xing staggered as he was dragged.

“Slow down, Fifth.”

Back in the quilt, feeling warmer, Ling Xing asked, “Has your Second Brother sold his hair before?”

Shen Lai yawned and nodded, “He’s sold it several times. It’s like he’s not used to having hair on his head. He sells it whenever it grows…”

Shen Lai’s voice grew softer and softer. Ling Xing clutched the money bag, and after Shen Lai fell asleep, he put on his coat and went out.

Xu Youfang was used to Shen Hui selling his hair. Ling Xing asked her about it, and she said, “He sold it once before. I remember clearly that it was the year that Eldest’s medicine almost ran out.”

Ling Xing frowned slightly. Xu Youfang’s and Shen Lai’s words were not the same.

One said he had sold it several times, and the other said there was one time before.

But Ling Xing wasn’t there to investigate. He was there to find scissors.

Xu Youfang did embroidery work, and the family had scissors.

“They’re in the room, Mother will get them for you.”

After getting the scissors, Ling Xing went to find Shen Hui.

He was whittling a wooden spear in the yard, which looked like it was for hunting.

“Second Brother, let me trim your hair for you.”

The people who bought hair only wanted the hair, they wouldn’t style it.

Shen Hui had already sold his hair, so there was nothing more to say.

Ling Xing had nothing else to do, he just wanted to make his hair look better.

In his previous life, during a special period, he was trapped at home with no place to cut his hair, so he followed videos and learned how to cut it.

Later, he became skilled and cut his own hair.

Shen Hui glanced at the scissors in Ling Xing’s hand, and his gaze stopped on Ling Xing’s face.

Ling Xing felt that Shen Hui wanted to refuse him, but after a moment of silence, he heard Shen Hui say, “I’ll give you a quarter of an hour.”

Getting permission, Ling Xing’s face broke into a smile, “I’ll be quick, I definitely won’t delay your work.”

He didn’t know if the hair buyer had a conscience, or if Shen Hui was too intimidating, but other than being a little ugly, his hair wasn’t too short.

According to ancient aesthetics, short hair was ugly. Ling Xing didn’t want Shen Hui to be secretly pointed at because of him, so he wanted to trim and style his hair.

At the beginning, Ling Xing was a little rusty, and he was nervous with every snip.

After getting familiar with it, he got the hang of it.

The scissors went snip, snip, snip, Ling Xing was focused and serious, circling around Shen Hui’s head.

With someone holding scissors to his head, Shen Hui’s body tensed up, and his face looked terrible as he suppressed his instinct to punch the person away.

Just as his patience was about to run out, a cheerful voice sounded above his head, “Okay, Second Brother!”

Shen Hui frowned and stood up. Hair had gotten into his collar, making him itchy and uncomfortable. He turned around to go into the house to get a cloth to wipe it off.

Xu Youfang, who was in the kitchen, saw Shen Hui’s hair and couldn’t help but widen her eyes.

“Second Son, your hair…”

“Mother, I gave Second Brother a wolf tail hairstyle, isn’t it good-looking!”

Ling Xing ran in holding the scissors, asking Xu Youfang with a smile.

Infected by Ling Xing’s cheerful voice, Xu Youfang took another look at her second son.

Although the hair looked strange at first glance, she had to admit that it made her second son’s face look even more handsome.

Second Son’s hair was naturally fluffy and slightly curly. The way the hair was trimmed now really added a wildness to it, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

“Star, your hair-cutting skills are so good that those hair stylists should worship you as their master.”

Xu Youfang praised him without reservation, and Ling Xing accepted it happily.

Shen Hui didn’t know what he looked like now, but his mother didn’t like to lie, so it seemed that the hair really looked good.

Shen Lai woke up and came out. After seeing Shen Hui’s appearance, he was stunned at first. Then, after finding out that Ling Xing had cut his hair, he grabbed the scissors without saying a word and was about to cut his own hair.

He pointed in Shen Hui’s direction, “Husband, please cut my hair like that too.”

It was so good-looking! He wanted it too!

Then he was dragged into the house by Xu Youfang, who twisted his ear and began to lecture him.

Ling Xing didn’t dare to stop her and stood in the yard, preparing to wait for the lecture to end before going in.

“Is that money really enough?”

Shen Hui, who was whittling the wooden spear, suddenly asked.

Ling Xing nodded, according to his calculations, 500 coins should be enough.

But Shen Hui had given him 800 coins, 300 coins more than he wanted. The extra money gave Ling Xing some leeway for trial and error.

“It’s enough. If it’s not enough, I’ll sell my hair too.”

He had to say that Shen Hui’s actions also gave Ling Xing an idea.

He hadn’t thought of doing that before.

Shen Hui paused in his movements, “No need. If it’s not enough, I’ll cut Shen Lai’s hair.”

Ling Xing laughed, “If you really do that, you’ll be the next one Mother drags in for a lecture.”

“Won’t.”

Shen Hui replied briefly and then stopped talking.

Shen Lai also escaped from his mother’s grasp and ran towards Ling Xing, grabbing Ling Xing’s clothes and dodging from left to right, “Mother, I really know I was wrong!”

Xu Youfang couldn’t catch him and put her hands on her hips in anger.

“Your husband’s health is not good, don’t grab him! If you make him fall, I’ll make you look good!”

Shen Lai didn’t dare to let go. If he let go, he would be finished and would definitely get slapped.

Because it was cold, Ling Xing was only wearing straw sandals. His legs were freezing and he couldn’t stand still. Being tossed around by Shen Lai like this, he really felt a little unsteady.

Shen Hui, who had been focused on whittling the wooden spear, looked up again and said coldly, “Shen Lai, let go.”

With just four words, it was like a hamster running wildly on a treadmill was forced to press the pause button.

Shen Lai, who had stopped moving instantly, looked at Shen Hui with some fear.

“Second Brother…”

Shen Lai wasn’t afraid of anything, except for Shen Hui.

Fortunately, Shen Hui rarely cared about him, but as soon as he spoke, Shen Lai would immediately become quiet.

Seeing Shen Lai stop, Xu Youfang felt a little pity for him when she saw how scared he was by Shen Hui.

“Alright, don’t stand there like an idiot, go into the house with your husband. Didn’t you say you wanted to sleep with your husband, why aren’t you tidying up the bedding?”

Knowing that his mother wasn’t going to hold it against him, Shen Lai came back to life and ran towards the house, pulling Ling Xing with him.

He was very fast, afraid of being called by his second brother again.

That feeling was like being called by the King of Hell, anyone who experienced it would know.