Yu Zhennan said, "Brother, I was able to get out alive this time, all thanks to you, but I'm curious, how did you do it?"
Liu Junchen smiled and didn't say much.
Qin Huai glanced at Liu Junchen and said, "Brother Yu, this is a long story. Let's talk about it slowly when we get back." When he got off the car and saw Teacher Wu and Liu Junchen together, he realized that Teacher Wu's appearance was not accidental.
The Liu family is indeed very powerful.
After leaving the train station, Qin Huai saw the difference between the northern Anhui county and the capital.
This place had just experienced a famine, and the people in the square looked morbidly weak. The children were skinny, and even the adults were pale and thin, with weak limbs. Many adults were skinny and squatted on the ground, looking at people like old dogs with fierce looks on their faces.
His heart instantly returned from heaven to the real world.
There is only one capital city in the whole country, and the Liu family's luxury is just an exception. The life in front of you is real.
Qin Huai hesitated for a moment and then did something stupid. He walked to a steamed bun shop opposite the train station and bought twenty coarse grain steamed buns, which he distributed to everyone. When those people saw the food, they began to look a little more like human beings and grabbed the steamed buns and gobbled them up.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. Dozens more people came over, all stretching out their hands to beg for food. Seeing Qin Huai staring blankly, someone shouted, "Why give it to them and not to us? Rich people are all evil people with black consciences."
Teacher Wu said, "Qin Huai, you can't help enough." Then he pulled him away.
These people didn't want to let them go, and they chased after them, cursing even louder and more harshly.
Liu Junchen said: "Teacher Wu, why don't you buy some more? Good things should be done in time."
Teacher Wu said: "No matter how much money you spend, there will always be people who will scold you. Don't make trouble for yourself."
Qin Huai could only listen to the old man.
After walking a long way, a man came up to them with a bamboo basket on his shoulder and asked, "Comrade, do you want some white flour buns?"
I guess he saw Qin Huai buying coarse grain steamed bread for everyone just now, so he thought he could afford it and was most likely to buy it.
But how could he know that after seeing what he saw just now, Qin Huai could not possibly eat.
Teacher Wu was tempted and stopped to ask, "White flour buns, they are rare. How many do you have?"
"How much more? Just one."
This steamed bun costs one dollar and fifty cents. It is white, soft, and steaming hot.
The coarse grain steamed bread Qin Huai bought cost 20 cents each. Although the steamed bread was not small, weighing at most half a pound, the price was almost ten times higher.
Teacher Wu bought one and took a bite of it when suddenly a well-dressed young man rushed over, snatched it from his hand and started biting it.
Seeing this, Qin Huai and Yu Zhennan subconsciously surrounded the young man and wanted to snatch the steamed bun back, but the young man held the steamed bun tightly in both hands, lowered his head and ate it in big mouthfuls, spitting on the bun.
Qin Huai was utterly disgusted. Seeing that his steamed bun had been stained by his saliva, he couldn't eat it even if he wanted it back. Teacher Wu hit him viciously a few times. The young man seemed completely unmoved. He just kept his head down, tightly holding the steamed bun and gobbling it down without stopping.
Teacher Wu could only come back and smile helplessly.
Qin Huai said, "Teacher, it's just a steamed bun, forget it."
Teacher Wu said: "I haven't eaten it for a year. It makes me so angry."
Yu Zhennan lamented, "To make a living, people will do anything. Face and morality have long become worthless in the face of food and survival."
In this era, it’s not a matter of money. Things like white flour buns cannot be bought even if you have money unless you happen to come across them today. No wonder Teacher Wu is so angry.
The young man obviously looked very respectable. In his 20s, people should be most concerned about their reputation, but because of his stuttering, who would have thought that he would do such a thing.
They went straight to the repair shop without saying a word. Old Man Qin was surprised to see him back. Qin Huai excitedly called him, "Grandpa, are you all okay?"
Old Man Qin said, "We are fine. It's good that you are back. It's good that you are back."
There was actually a woman in her thirties cleaning the store. When she saw Qin Huai and his group, she immediately hid behind Qin Zhonglin like a little rabbit.
Qin Zhonglin said: "Boss, you are finally back."
Qin Huai pointed at the woman and said, "Who is she?" Qin Zhonglin's expression suddenly became shy.
Old Man Qin spoke for her, saying, "She's Zhonglin's new wife. Her family is so poor they can't stand starvation, so she ran away to find a job. She came to our shop and stayed there. She asked if there were any single men willing to take her in and provide her with food. It doesn't matter what age or appearance she's in. If she's willing, she can stay as his temporary wife. If she's suitable, we'll consider her as a long-term wife. Teacher Wu and I saw that she was the right age, so we asked Zhonglin to take her in."
Whether from the city or the countryside, men or women, everyone has an inexplicable obsession with matchmaking.
Qin Huai immediately grasped the key point and asked, "What does 'temporary wife' mean?"
Teacher Wu also said, "Don't you understand? This woman probably has a family and fled because she couldn't survive at home. She wants to go back when the famine is over."
Qin Zhonglin turned pale after hearing this.
The woman whispered, "I'm not leaving. I've decided that Zhonglin is my man."
Old Man Qin said, "Don't be a bitch, you bitch. I only married you to Zhonglin out of pity for you. Don't be so picky."
"I can't, I can't." The woman said in a panic.
"Finding a wife is a good thing. Don't scare her." Qin Huai then called Yu Zhennan and said, "Brother, please sit down first. Teacher Wu, let's chat for a while."
He took Liu Junchen and the other man to a corner, handed each of them a cigarette, and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Teacher Wu looked at him with interest and asked, "What do you want to know? Where should I start?"
"Teacher Wu, you're staying in my shop not because of Maggie Cheung, right?"
"Actually, you've already guessed it. I came to Northern Anhui for you."
Teacher Wu continued, "Everyone in the Liu family knows that Liu Chengzong has a son like you in northern Anhui. They searched for a long time before they determined that you were the one they were looking for."
"The reason I came here this time is actually to get your blood and hair and send them to Liu Chengzong for a matching test."
No wonder Mr. Liu and the others didn't care about Qin Huai's denial at all and insisted that he was a descendant of the Liu family. It turned out that the root was here. Teacher Wu had obtained Qin Huai's blood and hair, and they had tested it long ago.
It was no use for Qin Huai to deny it again.
"What about you? Liu Junchen?"
"I've been entrusted by my second uncle to tell you something about the Liu family. As the head of the Liu family, there are many things you should know."
Qin Huai asked, "Who is your second uncle?"
"Liu Chengzong."
Qin Huai had heard this name so many times that his ears were almost callused. He wanted to hear it again when he returned to northern Anhui. However, when he thought of the Liu family's extravagant life, he became angry again and said, "Don't say it. The Liu family has nothing to do with me. I don't want to know anything."
Liu Junchen smiled but said nothing. Teacher Wu said, "Qin Huai, I always thought you were very kind, but I didn't expect you to be such a traitor."
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