Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, I still go there...

Zhao Ruyue walked slowly to the fan, picked up a magazine, and leisurely read it while blowing her hair. "Why rush? I'll go out when I finish blowing my hair dry. Anyway, even if we go too early, there won't be many shops open on the pedestrian street. It will be more lively if we go after dinner."

Lu Qiuying was so eager to go out that Zhao Ruyue thought that after she said that, she would definitely get anxious, and people are likely to show their true colors when they are anxious.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qiuying did not urge her to go out, "Okay, I was thinking of going out early to visit the newly opened shopping malls and supermarkets near the pedestrian street, and then eat outside at noon. Since you don't want to go out shopping so early, forget it."

She changed the subject: "But it's so hard to get a day off. It's such a waste to stay at home and do nothing. My husband just bought a DVD player. Didn't you say last time that you wanted to watch that foreign movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Matrix"? How about we rent a few DVDs and watch them?"

Zhao Ruyue trembled all over when she heard her words.

After Lu Qiuying finished speaking, she lowered her head and busied herself with putting vegetables and eating porridge, not noticing Zhao Ruyue's abnormality.

She thought she understood Zhao Ruyue and felt that Zhao Ruyue liked watching movies and TV series, and now she had the time, so once she mentioned this, she would definitely agree to go.

A movie ticket costs more than ten dollars, but renting a disc for a day only costs one to five dollars. The money you spend on watching a movie can be used to rent several discs.

For working people like them who have debts at home and children to raise, most of them are reluctant to spend money to go to the cinema when they want to watch a movie.

Many times we would go to a video store to rent discs, and then go to a friend’s house who had a DVD player to watch them.

Except for the person who provides the DVD player, the cost of renting the DVD is shared by everyone else. In this way, you can watch several movies at almost no cost, which is much more cost-effective than going to the cinema.

However, Lu Qiuying finished the third bowl of porridge and the remaining bean sprouts without waiting for Zhao Ruyue's response.

"Why don't you say anything? It's just watching a DVD, but why do you have to think for so long?" She turned her head to look at Zhao Ruyue, only to see that Zhao Ruyue was staring at the magazine with such fascination that she seemed to be completely unable to hear any sound outside.

But Lu Qiuying didn't notice that, hidden by her long hair, Zhao Ruyue, who was facing sideways to her, had used such force in her fingers that she had torn the paper of the magazine.

Zhao Ruyue only vaguely remembered that the disgusting thing happened this winter.

That day, she and Lu Qiuying watched these two movies, but after decades, she couldn't remember the exact date, but she would never forget what happened that day and those two movies.

Just now, Zhao Ruyue was thinking that the date might be these few days, so she didn't show it on her face, but was secretly on guard against Lu Qiuying in her heart.

If it weren't for these few days, she would definitely find an opportunity to break up with Lu Qiuying, draw a clear line between her and stay away from her, then run back to her hometown or go to another city to find a job.

And now, Zhao Ruyue understood the purpose of Lu Qiuying urging her to go out so early today, and also confirmed that the exact time when the incident happened was today.

In her previous life, she promised to go out for a walk with Lu Qiuying early in the morning.

After the two of them walked around outside, they passed by a video store. Lu Qiuying said she didn't want to go shopping anymore and suggested renting a disc to watch a movie at home.

It seems that no matter whether he agrees to go out with Lu Qiuying early in the morning today, the other party's ultimate goal is to rent a DVD and go to her house to watch a movie.

Thinking of the losses and grievances she had suffered in her previous life, Zhao Ruyue tried hard to suppress her anger and slap Lu Qiuying a few times, and tried to calm herself down.

When he spoke, his voice was extremely calm: "I was too engrossed in reading the magazine just now, but I heard what you said, so I'll rent these two and read them later."

"We have so much time today, how can we just rent two movies?" Lu Qiuying was so focused on what she was about to do that she didn't notice anything unusual about Zhao Ruyue.

In order to reserve more time for her plans, she suggested again: "Let's rent a few more movies and watch them until the afternoon. We can return the discs when we go shopping. If we don't keep them until tomorrow, we can save one day's rent. If we keep them until tomorrow, we will have to pay for two days' rent."

Zhao Ruyue pretended to be unhappy: "No one else can rest today, only the two of us can watch. You buy the DVD player, and I have to pay for renting the DVDs. Renting foreign films is more expensive than renting Hong Kong and mainland films. Shaoming and I have not paid off our debts, and we still have two children to support at home. I can't bear to spend more money. Let's just watch two movies to satisfy our cravings."

To achieve her goal, Lu Qiuying gritted her teeth and said with some pain, "Besides those two foreign films, I can share the cost of renting other discs with you, right?"

She felt that she had let Zhao Ruyue take advantage of her this time, which was very kind of her. If Zhao Ruyue didn't agree, it would be a bit ungrateful.

Zhao Ruyue pretended to be hesitant, lowered her head and thought for a while before nodding: "Okay then."

The almanac said it was not suitable to go out today, but after thinking it over, she still decided to go there even though she knew there was a tiger there.

After all, a thief can only steal for a thousand days, so how can you guard against thieves for a thousand days?

If I don't go out with Lu Qiuying this time, she will find other ways to harm me next time, and I will be hard to guard against. After all, my husband and I both have jobs, and even if we decide to leave as soon as possible, it will be impossible for us to leave immediately after making the decision.

After Zhao Ruyue's hair was dry, the two went out together.

On the way to the video store, Zhao Ruyue happened to pass by a breakfast shop. She was a little hungry, so she bought a cup of soy milk and a meat bun for breakfast.

Lu Qiuying looked at the steaming steamer and the soy milk pot with a fragrant aroma, and said with a look of longing and envy, "I haven't had breakfast outside for a long time." As she spoke, she let out a sad and helpless sigh.

She always told others that her husband kept the money in the family and only gave her a little living expense every day, and never gave her more. Occasionally, when she came across cheap food, she would save a few cents or a dollar and secretly keep it for her pocket money.

Zhao Ruyue snorted in her heart. This was what she called a good friend at this moment.

After her rebirth, her past memories became clearer in her mind. She remembered that when they went out together in the past, Lu Qiuying spent almost no money and always pretended to be pitiful and asked her to treat them.

At that time, Zhao Ruyue really regarded Lu Qiuying as a friend. Every time Lu Qiuying said this, Zhao Ruyue couldn't help but feel sorry for her friend and kindly invited her to eat something. After all, the prices in the old city were not high. Like now, a cup of soy milk and a bun didn't cost much.

Even if they went shopping together one day and the food they bought was a little expensive, Zhao Ruyue would not be willing to buy a second helping and would share the food she bought with her, but she had never eaten the food she gave her.

It's just that I used to think of Lu Qiuying as a good friend, and I felt sorry for her being manipulated by her husband. The little money she had was carefully saved from her teeth, so I didn't care so much.

This time, Lu Qiuying's little trick didn't work.

Zhao Ruyue seemed not to understand the hidden meaning in her words, and said calmly, "Why is your husband always like this? He doesn't even give you any pocket money. How can a grown man be so stingy to his wife? Next time I see him, I will definitely give him a good scolding for you. In my hometown, apart from your family, I have never seen a man manage the money in any other family."

"No, no, no, he's also thinking about our little family," Lu Qiuying subconsciously refuted Zhao Ruyue's words and defended her husband. "Have you forgotten that we both came out to work because we were in debt in our hometown? How can we spend money lavishly? Besides, I'm a woman with little education. How can I be as independent as a man when encountering problems? I feel very anxious when I have too much money in my hands. We women are easily deceived. It's safer to put money in the hands of men."

Is money safer in men's hands?

It's such a huge joke!

Lu Qiuying's words made Zhao Ruyue roll her eyes countless times in her heart.

In their hometown, most people of their generation only have primary school or junior high school education, and many even drop out of school before graduating from primary school.

There are many families whose family money is managed by women who don’t even have an elementary school education, not to mention the previous generation, which had a lot of illiterate people who couldn’t read or write, and it was the women who managed the money! This is the local custom, and people manage it well.

What's more, Lu Qiuying's husband didn't read much more books than her. She stopped reading after the third grade of elementary school, while her husband was in the fourth grade. So who is more educated?

In the past, Zhao Ruyue would definitely continue to comfort her, persuade her, and give her advice on how to take control of the family's "financial power".

Now, Zhao Ruyue doesn't care whether the east wind prevails over the west wind or the west wind prevails over the east wind between the couple.

If you say too much, you will be accused of sowing discord between other couples, and others will not think well of you.

If you don't have money, then don't eat.

Zhao Ruyue: "Let's not talk about him anymore, let's go."

"Ah?" Lu Qiuying was stunned in front of the breakfast stall, thinking: Zhao Ruyue seemed to have a bad memory today. Why did she forget to treat her to soy milk and buns and leave?

Zhao Ruyue pretended not to see her reaction and urged, "It's too hot outside. This winter is just like summer. I'll eat while walking to save time. You should walk faster. Maybe we can get back before the sun comes out."

After she said that, she continued walking forward while eating the bun, not caring about Lu Qiuying's reaction or whether she followed her or not.

Lu Qiuying swallowed, looked at the breakfast stall, and then looked at Zhao Ruyue's back.

The other person had already walked to the corner of the street and had no intention of treating her, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and quickly catch up.

The video rental store was not far from their rental house, just a dozen minutes' walk away.

When renting DVDs, Lu Qiuying chose a Hong Kong police and gangster film, a Hong Kong horror film and a Hong Kong horror comedy.

When paying the bill, she said that she didn't have enough money and wanted Zhao Ruyue to pay first and she would give her the money when she got back.

This time, Zhao Ruyue still didn't indulge her. She directly said that if the money was not enough, she would not rent other discs and would just rent those two foreign films.

Lu Qiuying pretended to be depressed and suddenly remembered that he had a few dollars hidden under his insole, so he took out the money to pay.

Less than half an hour after leaving the house, they rented the disc and returned to Lu Qiuying's house.

Everything was normal at first, and the first movie they watched was a foreign movie that Zhao Ruyue wanted to watch.

Unfortunately, Zhao Ruyue had watched these movies in her previous life and had seen enough of them, so she had no interest in them now. She just pretended to be very happy and watched the movies seriously.

In fact, she was anxiously waiting for the moment to watch the second movie.

When watching the second movie, Lu Qiuying said she wanted to watch that Hong Kong horror movie, and Zhao Ruyue had no objection.

But before the horror movie started, Lu Qiuying said, "It's broad daylight now, and the sun is shining brightly outside. There's no atmosphere for watching a horror movie. Fortunately, I installed curtains a few days ago. Let's close the doors, windows and curtains before watching, shall we?"

As she spoke, without waiting for Zhao Ruyue to answer, she closed the doors and windows and drew the curtains.

The room suddenly became dark.