Chapter 85 Young version of "Mule"
After returning home, Ye Lianlian's mother thought more and more that Bai Yangfan was right. Abortion pills can't be taken carelessly; if they go wrong, they can be fatal.
She only has one daughter, how could she let her take such a risk?
Forget it, let’s not look for any medicine for her.
Just give birth to the baby safely.
The medical conditions in rural areas are really poor. If something goes wrong during the treatment, where can she find someone to help her?
Hearing that Bai Yangfan couldn't dig abortion pills, Ye Lianlian's mother explained to her daughter some of the disadvantages of abortion. Even if Ye Lianlian wanted to have an abortion, she had no way to do it.
She was scared after spending ten dollars and having a stomachache all night.
It would be too unprofitable to risk your life just to get rid of the fat in your belly.
If there is really no other option, just give birth to the baby. When she wants to leave in the future, she can make up her mind to leave. But she feels very unwilling in her heart. Why should she give birth to a child for Zhang Xiaoming, a gangster? Why?
But no matter why, she had no other options and was at her wit's end. What else could she do except compromise and give birth to the evil child in her belly?
During the first month of the lunar year, Bai Yangfan basically stayed at home, only planning a trip to the county town when he was almost done with food. Today was the last day of the first month of the lunar year, and it was rare that it didn't rain, nor was it sunny, just cloudy with occasional glimpses of sunshine.
Bai Qihang and Er Gouzi went out to play again. After a while, he came back panting, "Sister! Do we have any chicken, duck, or goose feathers, toothpaste wrappers, or chicken gizzard lining?"
Bai Yangfan put down his book and looked at his brother. "What are you looking for? Did you forget that we didn't kill a chicken for the New Year? There are two toothpaste wrappers and three chicken gizzard linings left over from the past. Do you want to exchange them for candy?"
Bai Qihang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. "There's a guy out there exchanging chicken, duck, and goose feathers. He seems a bit silly. He said one chicken gizzard lining can be exchanged for ten candies. Er Gouzi said he used to exchange five candies, but he said this guy exchanged a lot, so he told me to go home and find him to exchange."
Children all like to eat candy. One piece of chicken gizzard can be exchanged for ten candies, so three pieces can be exchanged for thirty candies, which seems like a lot.
Bai Yangfan found some chicken gizzard lining and gave it to his brother, holding his hand. "I'll go with you. You're too young, and I'm afraid people will trick you and give you less candy."
As the brother and sister were talking, Lu Jingheng arrived and asked, "Where are you going? Yangfan! The weather is nice today, do you want to go into the mountains with me?"
Ignoring the dog man, Bai Yangfan just locked the door. Bai Qihang answered cheerfully: "Sister wants to take me to exchange for sugar, in exchange for chicken gizzard."
Swap for sugar? Squinting his eyes slightly, Lu Jingheng remembered that rural people had the custom of killing chickens, ducks, and geese during the New Year. Usually, after the beginning of the new year, people would come to collect chicken, duck, and goose feathers.
Some people also use the feathers of these poultry to exchange for soap for washing clothes, and many people use toothpaste tubes and chicken gizzards to exchange for sugar.
This is probably what Qihang was talking about, but Bai Yangfan's family didn't kill chickens during the New Year. She didn't even raise chickens, so what could she kill?
Lu Jingheng was bored and asked, "Where can we change?"
Bai Qihang pointed in the other direction of Liujia Village and said, "Go there and exchange. Everyone says this person is a fool. He exchanges twice as much candy as others."
"Then I'll go take a look too."
It was rare that his brother-in-law was willing to talk to him. There was no rush to go to the mountains anyway, so Lu Jingheng followed Bai Yangfan and Bai Qihang leisurely.
During the first month of the year, he would try his best to eat at the Bai family, even if Bai Yangfan scolded him, because the food she cooked suited his taste.
After a period of tempering, his skin can be said to be as thick as a city wall. He is not afraid of being scolded at all, let alone Bai Yangfan's contempt.
As long as he could eat delicious food, he would swallow the word "dignity" directly.
Bai Yangfan also knew how thick-skinned this man was, so it didn't matter. If he wanted to follow him, he could follow him. It was just to exchange some candy for the child. He didn't understand what was worth him following over to see.
When we got to the place where we exchanged candies, there were quite a lot of people. Adults were carrying chicken, duck, and goose feathers, and children were holding chicken gizzards and toothpaste tubes. They were all surrounding a young man who looked to be about 25 or 26 years old.
"Come here, I have three chicken feathers here, how many bars of soap do you want?"
"I have feathers from a goose and two ducks. You should give me three loads of soap. Why only two?"
(Soap back then wasn't like the individual soap bars we have today; it was usually two bars connected together, called a "yilian" (a chain).
The two bars of soap women refer to are actually four bars of soap.
"I want to change sugar, change sugar, change sugar."
"Change it for me first. I have a chicken gizzard lining and a toothpaste tube."
Adults and children alike rushed to shout at the person who wanted to exchange something. The person did not get angry but just raised his face and smiled.
The tone of his voice was also very gentle: "Okay! Okay! Okay! No rush, no rush, change them all."
What kind of face is that?
It is a very special long horse face, very distinctive, and most people who have seen it will remember it.
Seeing this face, Bai Yangfan couldn't help but gasp. Why did he come here?
Wasn't he the steward of the organization she belonged to in her previous life, nicknamed "Mule"? Did she meet the younger version of him?
In her previous life, the mule she had seen when she was eight years old was much older than this one, and his appearance was somewhat different. After joining the organization, the mule also gave people the impression of being stupid.
He joked with them with a smile all day long, and sometimes he would make some clever little gadgets to make these little girls happy.
At that time, she was not very familiar with Mule, and she was aloof by nature, so she didn't get along well with Mule. She always felt that a man who only knew how to stay in the organization and manage miscellaneous matters had no real talent and was not a good man.
Later when I grew up, I found out that Mule was one of the few veteran figures in the organization.
He followed the leader of the organization to conquer the world and is not a useless person.
Later she learned that Mule was from the Alanwong tribe in the Elephant Kingdom.
How could such a person appear here? Did she make a mistake?
It didn't matter. Even if she changed her body, she would still remember that the mule's left pinky finger could never be straightened. It was bent and shorter than that of an average person. He said it was a family trait. If it was their bloodline, you could tell by looking at the pinky finger alone.
Lu Jingheng, who was following her, clearly felt the change in Bai Yangfan's aura. He looked at her in confusion, then looked at the man who was busy giving people soap and candy in confusion.
He lowered his voice and asked the woman beside him: "What's wrong? Did you notice something?"
Bai Yangfan didn't even look at Lu Jingheng, and replied softly: "Wait a moment."
Lu Jingheng was slightly stunned: "..." Wait a moment? What does that mean? Is there really something wrong with this person? Why can't he see it?
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