The women in Gumula Village like to crowd into the small shop run by Lao Yang's wife to play cards and chat.
The men of Gumula Village loved to gather in the village hall, cigarette in hand, shaking off the ash, and chatting about national affairs. Of course, there weren't many national affairs to discuss; it was always the same few sentences, repeated over and over again, meaningless. More often, they would chat about gossip about the people around them: someone had made a fortune, someone had a lover, someone else...
When men gossip, they look righteous and laugh heartily, and their connotations are no less than those of women.
When Su Youfu limped over, the men in the village office were already a little tired from chatting.
It was two or three o'clock, the sun was shining brightly, and I was feeling a little sleepy. There was a big TV in the auditorium, and the sound from the TV rarely drowned out the sound of everyone chatting.
The villagers always start work early rather than late. They get up at around four in the morning and go into the mountains at around five. They have plenty of time in the morning and plenty of energy.
If you go up the mountain at eight or nine o'clock, you won't get much work done. When the sun rises and the sunlight is scorching, you won't be able to do much work.
So everyone starts work early and finishes work early, except for some slow workers who have to work for a whole day, or some who are particularly diligent.
Su Youfu is an exception among them. He is diligent but works slowly.
It was rare to see him come to the village office to chat at this time, and when the villagers saw his limping gait, they would make fun of him, thinking they had found a topic of conversation.
"Su Quezi, why don't you make your basket?"
"Su Quezi heard that you made a lot of money and wanted to send your daughter to an aristocratic school. The tuition is more than 10,000 yuan a year."
"I'm afraid your daughter is not made of gold."
"I heard that the fourth child from the next village is willing to pay a 100,000 yuan betrothal gift to marry a college graduate. Su Quezi, are you willing? You have a college graduate in your family."
Suddenly the whole auditorium became lively.
Su Youfu's face turned a little red. Those people usually laughed at him and called him Su Lame, but he didn't care. He was used to being called that. Even his own mother would casually scold him like that.
But when these people talked about his daughter, he felt uncomfortable.
The fourth boy from the next village is a scoundrel who is idle and steals things. It is said that he was caught and imprisoned once. Who would marry a girl to him?
"If my daughter can get into college, I will support her. If she wants to marry the fourth brother, you can do it yourself." Su Youfu said with a red face and a stiff neck as he stood there.
He originally wanted to show off, but he was not good at speaking and was defeated before he even opened his mouth.
The honest man was very angry.
But there's nothing I can do.
Everyone burst into laughter as if they were watching a joke.
Admittedly, it would be a bit embarrassing to laugh at Su Youfu face to face. After all, everyone in the village is related to each other, and they are all relatives and family members. But when everyone laughs at him in a group, it seems that laughing with others is the right thing to do, which makes oneself appear sociable and popular.
At this moment, they suddenly saw Su Youfu standing there with his mouth and eyes wide open, as if he was possessed by evil spirits, pointing his finger forward. Everyone was startled, wondering if he was really angry about what he said.
Everyone saw that Su Guizi's whole body was shaking, as if he was about to drool and pout at any time.
I carried it over in the direction of his finger and saw that Su Guizi was pointing at the TV in the middle of the auditorium.
The TV was playing the sports channel, Lushan Channel 5, and I didn't know who had tuned it.
At this time, the auditorium fell silent because of Su Guizi's strange behavior, and the sound of the TV became louder.
The reporter was interviewing a little girl with a microphone.
The little girl was wearing sportswear. She was very pretty, tall and thin, but she looked a little familiar.
Reporter: How do you feel about your condition? Are you confident about the competition?
Su Xiaoqi: I feel that I am in good condition and I am confident.
Reporter: Who do you think will win the championship?
Su Xiaoqi: I don’t know.
Reporter: What plans do you have for your future development?
Su Xiaoqi: Go to college.
Finally, someone pushed Su Youfu and asked in surprise, "Su Quezi, is this your daughter?"
Su Youfu also nodded in disbelief.
He didn't expect his daughter to be like this on TV, calm and generous, so much so that even he, as a father, didn't dare to recognize her.
After a long time, he finally found his voice, which was a little shaky.
"My daughter said she won a competition and was on TV, and told me to watch Lushan Channel 5. Lushan News is also broadcast in the evening."
He thought it was just a shot, but he didn't expect there would be a special interview.
At this time, someone brought a long bench for Su Youfu to sit on.
Obviously, the news that someone from the village appeared on TV was much bigger than ordinary gossip, and much closer than the national affairs on TV.
Everyone stopped talking and started watching TV seriously.
At the same time, the people playing cards over at Old Yang's wife's grocery store were becoming less and less interested. Usually, when they played cards, there would be a group of people watching, chatting and laughing as they played. But at this moment, there were four people alone, and one of them was even looking up at the TV, afraid of missing out.
The others also looked up. The TV in the convenience store was small and hung on the ceiling, so one had to look up to watch it.
The woman who had just laughed at Sheng Juanhua for buying meat for her ancestors looked at the cards in her hand. Seeing that there were no good cards, she threw the cards away and said, "Forget it, I won't play anymore. Let's watch TV."
At this time, Lao Yang's wife took out a big bag of melon seeds and shared them with everyone.
She is very good at dealing with people. The melon seeds are in bulk and not expensive, so she shares them with others. Everyone remembers her kindness and feels embarrassed not to ask her for help when buying things.
Sheng Juanhua was a little flattered when she was stuffed with a handful of melon seeds for the first time.
Then I heard Lao Yang's wife say, "That was your daughter just now. She looks just like you. She is so beautiful."
Others were annoyed by Lao Yang's wife's noise and blocked the sound of the TV. This was the first gossip scene, and it said "replay". It was replayed once, so who knows if it will be replayed again.
"Old Yang's, please turn up the volume a little. I can't hear you clearly."
People don’t have the habit of watching sports competitions. They usually like to watch TV dramas. The sports channels are more excited about the National Olympics and ask how many gold medals our country has won.
But everyone was actually watching the swimming competition with great interest, because from time to time there would be a familiar yet unfamiliar face, and there was also a huge banner on the field that read "Come on Su Xiaoqi."
Isn’t Su Xiaoqi from their Gumula Village? She is the only daughter of Su Quezi and Sheng Juanhua.
Some people murmured that wearing so little was immoral, but their voices were low and did not resonate.
Although Gumula Village is remote and poor, it has television. This swimming competition is held all over the world, including the Olympics. The little girl was wearing a one-piece swimsuit, revealing her arms and legs, and her chest was tightly covered. The women playing cards in the village only wear less in summer, and their clothes are transparent so that you can see their bras, and their low collars can show their plumpness.
Moreover, the little girl doesn't look very developed yet, and is very straight.
When we watched the end, we saw Su Xiaoqi actually standing on the champion's podium. The TV said that the provincial leader was presenting the award, and there was also a prize of 15,000 yuan. In an instant, everyone watching TV was excited.
That's not one hundred and fifty, nor one thousand and fifteen, it's fifteen thousand.
Looking at the red envelope being handed over, it was thick.
The sign says fifteen thousand.
Who just laughed at Su Guizi's woman and said she was made of gold? Well, she is made of gold. She can get 15,000 yuan by running around in the water.
And on TV, he is not at all shy when talking to his boss.
Completely different from them.
Everyone in the auditorium had just laughed at Su Guizi, but now their faces were burning with pain.
Besides, there was nothing big happening in the village. I don’t know who made the noise just now, but most of the people in the village who were able to walk ran to watch TV. Old Yang’s wife’s grocery store and the village office were packed.
Even the village chief and secretary were alarmed.
The village chief is from the village, but the secretary was sent from the city to take up this temporary position. His surname is Gong.
At this moment, Gong Shu walked up to Su Youfu, shook his hand vigorously, patted his shoulder, and said, "Comrade Youfu, you have raised a good daughter. She has brought honor not only to our Gumula Village, but also to Lushan City. In the future, she may even bring honor to the country."
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