In a poor village in a township in China, a man listens to "It's All the Moon's Fault" as he rides his motorcycle westward, but his face is filled with sadness.
Today, his wife ran off with someone else, and he's going to chase after her.
"My wife, my wife."
He shouted as he sped along, his mind replaying every moment of his encounter with his wife.
His name is Xu Chang, but everyone calls him Lao Xu. He is thirty-five years old this year.
Xu Chang didn't have any great skills in his life. He stopped studying after finishing junior high school. He first worked as a car washer, then worked as a waiter in a restaurant. Once, he accidentally spilled food on a customer's head, which caused a big fight. He also worked as a sewing machine operator for two years.
After he got out, he used his superb sewing machine skills to learn to drive and started driving a car. Of course, it was an unlicensed car because the formal procedures were too expensive and the companies were too shady.
He worked for several years and saved some money, but when he was caught, all his savings were confiscated.
Xu Chang has one advantage: he is tenacious and persevering. He always reminds himself that as long as one is alive, there will always be a day when one can rise above one's circumstances.
So he left the city and returned to a small village in the countryside, where he started growing fruits and vegetables and began shooting videos, taking advantage of the rise of short online videos.
He wasn't lucky enough to become an overnight sensation like some of the team's streamers, but over the years, he gradually accumulated over a million followers, and his monthly income was quite good.
He's finally made it big, but he still has personal problems to solve. He's already thirty-three years old, and who would want him?
Although he could earn more than 10,000 yuan a month by monetizing his fans, he had no house or car at the moment, and no girl would be willing to marry him.
Xu Chang was well aware that if he wanted to get married, he would have to save enough money to buy a house and a car, and then have several hundred thousand yuan in savings. By then, he would be over forty years old.
Just when he thought he would never be able to get married in his life, one day, the village chief came to his house in high spirits and asked, "Little Xu, do you want a wife?"
Xu Chang smiled shyly and said, "Sure, who doesn't want a wife?"
"Haha, okay then, I'll introduce you to a wife, how about that?"
The village chief said with a smile.
"Sure. If you can find me a wife, I'll give you a 10,000 yuan red envelope."
Xu Chang thought the village chief was joking and naturally agreed.
But to everyone's surprise, after the village chief left for a while, he actually brought a young girl of about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old to his house.
This left Xu Chang completely bewildered and speechless.
After the village chief left, Xu Chang learned that the girl in front of him was named Wang Chunhua. She came from the mountainous area of Yunnan and Guizhou. Because her family was poor and could not afford to eat, she wanted to go out to make a living.
In the past, people would go out to make a living by begging or farming for others, but now, Wang Chunhua's intention is to find someone to marry.
Of course, Wang Chunhua had been married before, but because her family was poor and she couldn't get enough nutrition, she miscarried, and her husband died in an accident.
Perhaps it was fate, but he unexpectedly met her in Xuchang.
Looking at Wang Chunhua, who was pale and thin but still had a pretty face, Xu Chang felt conflicted and hesitant.
"Here's what we'll do. I'll give you some money, and you can go home."
Xu Chang took out 10,000 yuan in cash and placed it in Wang Chunhua's hand. His noble character overcame his desires; he could not kick someone when they were down.
Wang Chunhua was stunned for a moment. She had never seen much money in her life. More importantly, money was secondary. What she felt was that the man in front of her seemed to look down on her.
"Do you think I'm ugly?"
She suddenly burst into tears.
"ah..."
Xu Chang was so frightened that he lost his mind. The old bachelor had never seen a woman cry before, and he immediately lost his composure.
"It's not that I despise you; I wish I could take you to bed right now, make you my wife, and have your son with me. But...but I...I can't do that...I don't deserve it..."
Before Xu Chang could finish speaking, Wang Chunhua suddenly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"You are a good person, hug me, I will give you a son."
Wang Chunhua was actually a very intelligent woman. She took a liking to the dull-witted man in front of her at first sight. Although he was a bit older, she knew that such a man would care for her and cherish her.
Moreover, I heard from the village chief that he relied on his own abilities to earn money by growing crops and making videos, even though he didn't have access to education. He must have a bright future ahead of him.
Who could resist being embraced by a 35-year-old bachelor, who was clearly dressed up and looked delicate and pretty, and who said those kinds of things?
Xu Chang's mind went blank for a moment, all his sense of justice was consumed by evil fire, his breathing became rapid, his heart raced, he grabbed Wang Chunhua's head, looked at it, and then bit down hard.
In broad daylight, with the door open, Xu Chang was tearing at Wang Chunhua's clothes haphazardly; his hunger and thirst were palpable even to the dogs in the yard.
At that time, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, like a volcanic eruption, wave after wave, like an avalanche pressing down, with howling winds in gusts.
Finally, like an atomic bomb exploding instantly, after a loud bang, it slowly returned to calm.
And so, Xu Chang got a wife. Wang Chunhua was cute and beautiful, hardworking, considerate, gentle and kind, and she gave birth to a big, fat son for him.
The family was living happily together, but just a few days ago, he became addicted to gambling and lost all his money overnight.
Heartbroken, Wang Chunhua left home with her child, vowing never to return. In reality, she was simply too disappointed with Xuchang.
Xu Chang lost money and spent his days drinking, neglecting everything else and ignoring all concerns.
Just today, he even gambled away all the tens of thousands of yuan he had saved up at home, betting on Chen Feng to win. He did this not for any other reason than that Chen Feng's music helped him get through these difficult nights.
It wasn't until the village chief and a group of people beat him awake that he realized he was nothing but an animal.
But he had no money left. He didn't even need to look at the money he had bet on Chen Feng; he was sure to lose, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait.
He told people his story, and everyone was angry at his lack of ambition.
After everyone left, he was heartbroken and thought of ending it all. Gambling is truly harmful; it can destroy a family overnight.
He learned his lesson and vowed never to gamble again in his next life.
He picked up his phone, intending to send his wife a final message, but a news article suddenly caught his eye. He opened it and froze on the spot.
He was breathing heavily, quickly went to the official website, and finally, after rolling his eyes, he fainted on the spot.
He didn't know how much time had passed before he slowly woke up. The first thing he did after waking up was to get on his little motorcycle and head west.
He was happy because a chance bet could win him 300,000; he was sad because his wife had left him.
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