Chapter 139 — The Green Ox in the Vegetable Plot
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Xue Hu'er clicked her tongue in secret, thinking: "The young master is always so mighty, beating this one and that at the Academy — how is it he has been beaten by an ox?
" Behind them came the thud and thunder of hooves; plainly the ox was charging this way in fury, relentless and unforgiving. Shen Mu snatched Xue Hu'er up, set her on his shoulder, and ran for the mountain with all his might.
After a while, the green ox could not catch them and went back cursing. The moment the green ox reached the vegetable garden, from the tile-red courtyard nearby came the Libationer Bashan's voice, thick with sleep: "Why is it so noisy outside?
" "Master, someone is bullying your Ox-Ox! " The green ox hastily stooped and smiled ingratiatingly toward the courtyard: "He was going to steal from Master's vegetable plot too, and Ox-Ox drove him off.
" "Is such a thing possible?
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