Ah Fang? ? ?
Who is Afang?
After a moment of stunned silence, the others realized that the "Afang" Xu Weiguo mentioned must be Chen Ming's ex-wife.
Having received confirmation from Xu Weiguo that Xu Fang would not remarry Chen Ming, they were no longer afraid to speak out.
Xu Weiguo's meaning was quite clear: they didn't have a good relationship with Chen Ming, so they didn't care how badly Chen Ming was suffering.
The worse Chen Ming's situation becomes, the happier they might be.
“I know that after Chen Ming came back, he originally wanted to go and seek refuge with Chen Hao, but Chen Hao said that they had broken off their relationship, so he refused him.”
"Because Chen Ming's house was burned down, he had to stay at the village chief's house for the time being, and planned to rebuild a house himself when he had more money in the future."
"The first few days were fine, but after a few days, the village chief's wife and sons became unhappy."
"Because when Chen Ming came back, he only had one set of clothes and no food or anything. So he ate, drank and stayed at the village chief's house for free."
"Even though the village chief said Chen Ming had given money, the village chief's wife and sons were still unhappy. So they kicked Chen Ming out."
"Chen Ming must have slept outdoors for two days before he announced that he would sell his bicycle and build a simple thatched hut to live in for the time being."
“But no one in our village can afford a bicycle, so he planned to sell it on the black market.”
"We don't know exactly what happened, we only know that when Chen Ming came back, he was limping and looked very disheveled."
"We later heard that Chen Ming went to the black market to sell his bicycle, but not only did he not make any money, he was also robbed of the bicycle and all the money he had on him."
"His leg was broken by the black market people because he resisted. When he first came back, he kept saying that the gang leader was a real monster!"
Upon hearing the name "gangster boss," Xu Weiguo immediately interrupted to confirm, "Wait! You mean, Chen Ming was robbed by the gangster boss and had his leg broken?"
The aunt, who was speaking, was interrupted by Xu Weiguo. Thinking she had said something wrong, she stammered, "Um, that, I heard, I heard it's, yes..."
Xu Weiguo confirmed again: "Are you sure that person is called 'Black Boss'?"
When Xu Weiguo asked the question again, the aunt who had just answered was now standing there trembling, not daring to utter a sound.
Then a slightly bolder auntie chimed in, "Yes, that's right, he's called Boss Hei. Our whole village knows him."
Xu Weiguo nodded, and after confirming that it really was a gang leader, he gestured for them to continue: "Okay, you can continue."
"Oh, oh... where were we?"
She was so interrupted by Xu Weiguo that she had no idea where she was in the conversation.
Someone nearby reminded him, "Speaking of Chen Ming, his leg was broken."
The person who reminded them didn't dare say that they had been interrupted by the gang leader, for fear that Xu Weiguo would chase after them and ask about the gang leader again.
"Oh, right, Chen Ming had his things stolen and his leg broken. He can't work, so he can't earn work points."
“He had no money, and his two younger brothers were unwilling to take him in, so he has been living on the mountain for the past few months.”
“He had injured his leg before and was borrowing grain from the village every day, so he had no money to buy clothes.”
"So he only had this one set of clothes on, and he hadn't changed them for several months. Gradually, he became more and more sloppy."
That's about it.
After the aunt finished speaking, she emphasized, "Because he lives in the mountains now, and he is indeed very slovenly."
“People in our village basically don’t have any contact with Chen Ming now. We’re afraid he might have fleas and they could infect us.”
After hearing how miserable Chen Ming's life was after returning to Chenjia Village, Zhang Yumei could hardly suppress her tears.
To avoid bursting out laughing on the spot, she recalled all the saddest things that had happened to her in her life.
Xu Weiguo was initially trying to suppress a laugh, but after hearing the gang leader's name from them, he stopped paying attention to what they were saying afterward.
From their words, we can tell that the gang leader must be someone from the black market.
Xu Weiguo only knew one person in the black market: Scarface. However, he wasn't sure if the gang leader and Scarface were in the same black market.
There seem to be three or four black markets in the city, and Xu Weiguo knows of at least two.
However, Xu Weiguo felt that since they were all people in the black market, even if they weren't from the same black market, they should know something about each other.
So Xu Weiguo plans to go to the black market tomorrow and ask Scarface.
Although he met Scarface in Xujia Village today, Xu Weiguo did not believe that they actually lived in Xujia Village.
Xu Fang had mixed feelings about Chen Ming's situation after his divorce.
Even when she first met him, Xu Fang guessed that he must be having a rough time.
But she never imagined that Chen Ming would live such a miserable life.
Xu Fang still had some feelings for Chen Ming. After all, they had lived together for more than ten years, and it was impossible for her to feel nothing at all just because they were about to separate.
but!
Xu Fang had to admit that when she learned that Chen Ming was not doing well, she was happy and even gloating.
There was this inexplicable feeling that she could feel at ease knowing he wasn't doing well.
Seeing that Xu Weiguo and Xu Fang were both deep in thought, Zhang Yumei did not disturb them.
She then started settling accounts for the dried longan for others herself, since the money was in her possession and she could manage on her own.
But after she settled the payment for the dried longan, she saw a huge pile of dried longan on the ground and realized that things seemed to be in big trouble.
Before asking her question, she glanced at the dried longan in the hands of those women; the total weight of the dried longan was at most forty or fifty jin (20-35 kg).
However, the number of dried longan piled on the ground is clearly more than that.
Zhang Yumei quickly took out the remaining money from her pocket and started calculating.
When she realized she had just given away more than eight yuan, she couldn't help but gasp, "Hiss~"
Zhang Yumei paid one cent per pound, so there are over eighty pounds of dried longan here!
Zhang Yumei repeatedly doubted herself, wondering if she had misread it at the beginning, since she clearly felt there weren't that many!
Actually, Zhang Yumei wasn't mistaken. While they were talking, two women went back and brought over dried longan from their relatives' house.
Zhang Yumei looked at the dried longan on the ground with despair, and cried out in a trembling voice, "Weiguo, something terrible has happened!"
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