My aunt smiled broadly, looking very happy: "It's not that the riverside is lively, we're going to join in the fun."
Qian Xiao became interested, and her buttocks were practically raised, as if she could rush out to see what was going on as soon as someone mentioned that a fight had broken out: "What happened? Who's fighting?"
"Oh, we were talking about Qian Wangcai. I don't know what's wrong with that kid lately, he's like he's been touched by honey, and all the girls in our village are completely infatuated with him. It's like he's performing a grand opera all the time."
"Just yesterday, Zhang's Peach Blossom and Li's Third Sister got into a fight over that kid, which gave everyone quite a show. Do you remember those two, Erdan?"
Qian Xiao's eyes darted around before she vaguely remembered the two people. She didn't recall what they looked like, but she knew which family they belonged to: "I know them, what's up?"
Auntie slapped her thigh excitedly: "You didn't see it! Those two girls usually look so honest and harmless, you'd think they were good people. But when they fight, they curse and swear like crazy, even spicier than an old woman."
"Those two guys had their faces scratched all over. If the adults from both families hadn't come to stop them, their clothes would have been ripped off. They were pretty fierce."
Qian Xiao was quite puzzled: "What's so great about Qian Wangcai? Nobody in our school wants to talk to him. Wait, I haven't seen him for a while. Has he not been to school?"
Or is it that she doesn't pay attention to Qian Wangcai's affairs? Doesn't she even know when Qian Wangcai stopped going to school?
“That kid has been back for seven or eight days. He said his mother was sick. He’s lying. His mother is always bragging about him. She’s sick. She looks healthier than me.”
"That's right, I didn't see anything good about that kid either. You don't know, lately all the young women and wives in the village are staring at Qian Wangcai like his eyes are shining, as if he's gold."
"Several young couples got into fights over this, which really annoyed my uncle. That's why I say, Qian Wangcai is like he's been coated in honey. He used to hang around the village all the time, but he wasn't as popular as he is now."
Second Aunt nudged Third Aunt sitting next to her: "Sister-in-law, do you think what I said is right?"
Third Aunt nodded: "That Shan Gen wife who's always with me, oh my god, lately she's been praising Qian Wangcai to me every day, saying how handsome he is and how cultured he is."
"I looked him up and down, left and right, but I couldn't see anything good about Qian Wangcai. I think he's far inferior to my third son. Do you think Shan Gen's wife has something wrong with her eyes?"
"This girl is so annoying, I don't even want to hang out with her anymore. She just keeps talking about money, money, money. If you didn't know better, you'd think that money is her man."
“I noticed her husband’s expression was off yesterday. I reminded her several times, but she acted like she’d lost her mind and got upset with me. I was so angry that I didn’t bother with her anymore. I haven’t seen her today. I guess her husband beat her up.”
"Ah! Yamane beats his wife? I didn't realize that. Yamane has always been such an honest and simple person."
"So what if he's an honest man? An honest man is even scarier when he gets angry. With Shan Gen's wife's small frame, if the two of them were to fight, Shan Gen's wife would be no match for him."
“If your second brother were to lay a hand on me, I wouldn’t hold back. Men who hit women are the most spineless.”
My second aunt isn't afraid to say these things in front of her mother-in-law at all!
Awesome!
Third Aunt nodded in agreement: "But the men in our family don't hit women. But if I were Shan Gen, I would be angry too. No one can stand it when their wife is thinking about other men all the time."
Auntie thought for a moment and nodded: "You're right. There aren't many men in our Qian family who are prone to violence. There really isn't anyone who beats their wife for no reason."
Qian Xiao... that's not the main reason. The key is that Northeastern women are all tough and won't take a beating. Even if they can't beat their own men, they'll bite off a piece of flesh from them to vent their anger. So there aren't many couples fighting in their village.
Most of the time, they would just argue a few words and that would be the end of it. On the contrary, the middle-aged and elderly women in the village liked to gossip outside and would occasionally get into a physical altercation, but they would never suffer any serious injuries.
Grandma really didn't care about her daughter-in-law's words. In the old lady's words, men beat women because they are weak and can only beat women weaker than themselves to show off their strength.
If your husband hits you for no reason, I'll chop off his hands so you won't be so itchy and unable to control yourself.
The old lady listened for a long time, even forgetting the corncob she was rubbing in her hand: "I feel like something's wrong with Qian Wangcai, like he's possessed by something."
The words were spoken vaguely, but everyone understood: "Mother, are you telling the truth? I heard about this when I was little, but I've never seen it. Mother, what kind of family do you think they are?"
Qian Xiao was completely bewildered. What did that mean? Could it be that there really was such a thing as possession by a spirit? And what kind of spirit was it? Are there different kinds of spirits?
The old lady shook her head: "Who knows? Anyway, I feel something's not right. How can someone who was not well regarded before suddenly become a hot commodity? It doesn't seem right. You should all stay away from that kid. I always feel there's something wrong with him."
"We know, Mother. We don't see anything good about that boy. He just wanders around the village all day without doing any work. Only the young girls and wives think he's a good person."
Auntie was incredibly curious: "Mom, can you tell me about it? Have you ever seen anything like this before?"
The old lady squinted at the distance, and after a long while she spoke: "That was when I was little. I was probably not even as old as Erdan is now."
"Back then, there was a girl like that in the place where we worked. She was always thinking about how to get ahead in one step. But the problem is, if you want to get ahead in one step, you at least have something outstanding to show for it."
"I can still clearly remember what that little girl looked like. In those days, everyone was struggling and often went hungry. I don't know how that girl got so chubby and dark-skinned. You couldn't even see her at night unless you lit an oil lamp."
"His face wasn't good-looking either; you could even say it was ugly. He had thick lips, yellow teeth, droopy eyes, and single eyelids. He had more white in his eyes than black pupils, and he could be a little scary if you glanced at him unexpectedly."
"The problem is that she has no self-awareness. She always thinks she's the most beautiful fairy in the world, and she's always acting coy and affected. Anyway, none of us who work with her like her. She even said that we're all just jealous of her looks."
Qian Xiao: Awesome, this is an awesome person, just like Ru Hua.
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