How much is enough in Chapter 346?
Brother Fang's pupils shrank suddenly, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't even make a sound.
The fruit knife, gleaming with a cold, sharp light, plunged straight into the gap between his outstretched fingers on the table, right before his eyes.
"Lady, put down the knife."
The prison guards noticed the situation, rushed over, grabbed Fang Erniu's arm, and slammed her head onto the table.
"Brother, look, I practiced peeling fruit for customers, isn't it pretty accurate?"
Brother Fang stared at her in horror. Seeing the seriousness in her eyes, his heart trembled. He instinctively tried to back away, forgetting that he was sitting in a chair. He flipped over with the chair and fell flat on his face.
She scrambled to her feet, backed away to the doorway, and shouted, "Fang Erniu, you've gone mad, you've gone mad..."
Fang Erniu struggled to lift her head and look at him.
He said, "Brother, I taught you that the stubborn fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear the reckless. It's okay that you were suppressed this time. Don't be afraid, don't bow your head, keep shouting. I'll come to see you again when I get the news..."
Brother Fang muttered to himself, "What, what is it?"
"...Once is acceptable, twice is acceptable, but three times is not. Don't worry, I won't kill you until it's been three times. Murder is illegal and you have to pay with your life. But don't be afraid, brother, I'm with you."
"Erniu, do you know what you're saying?"
Brother Fang was going crazy. His face was pale as he looked at Fang Erniu, whose lower eyelids were partially visible as she strained to look up at him. He felt a chilling, eerie feeling. "Are you really crazy? A man... If Su Laosan doesn't want you, there are plenty of other men, you..."
"Fang Jianhua, stop talking."
The prison guard coldly reminded him not to provoke Fang Erniu any further, and then called over another prison guard to take Brother Fang back.
Fang Erniu was held down and kept staring at him longingly.
He called out, "Big Brother."
Brother Fang's expression was complex, his eyes filled with resentment, anger, and hatred, but mostly sadness. As the prison guards pushed him back into his cell, he called out to Erniu, "Brother... I'm sorry."
One wrong step leads to another, and he has ended up like this today. It is indeed his own fault for being greedy.
If only his mother had stopped him back then and facilitated the marriage between Erniu and Su Laosan;
if……
Brother Fang was sent back, and Fang Erniu gradually regained her composure.
"I'm sorry, I lost control of my emotions just now..."
The prison guard first removed the fruit knife and asked her, "Are you really alright?"
"It's really okay now."
Her voice sounded normal, so the prison guard slowly released her.
Fang Erniu thanked her and left.
The prison guard watched her walk away and sighed softly.
As Fang Erniu stepped out of the prison gate and saw Su Laosan, she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes. She quickly looked up at the sky and blinked them back.
"What's wrong? Did he bully you again? I told him I'd go in with him..."
"No."
Fang Erniu smiled at him and said, "He's the one I bullied. Let's go."
She took Su Laosan's arm, and the two walked to the bicycle and slowly rode back to the shop.
Fang Erniu went to the small compartment of the grocery store to pack her clothes, while Su Laosan rode his bicycle out for a while and came back with a jewelry box in his hand.
His cousin asked him, "What is this?"
Su Laosan opened it, revealing the hardware inside: a bracelet, a pair of earrings, a necklace, a ring, and a hairpin with a phoenix in flight.
His cousin looked at him in surprise.
"Third brother, what's wrong with you...?"
Su Laosan silently took the small bag that had been given to him, put the jewelry box inside, stuffed it into his pocket, and asked his cousin to give him all the money he had.
My cousin paused for a moment, then suddenly understood what he meant.
He opened his mouth, then turned to look at the storeroom, "You..."
Su Laosan looked up, and his cousin saw the bloodshot eyes in him, instantly losing all words.
He sighed and turned to get the money.
As she handed it to him, she said, "The rest of the money is either used to buy goods in the store or to pay deposits to the villagers. Third brother, you can't do anything like taking the deposits back from the villagers again. People can't say anything if they approve, but it will ruin the reputation of our general store. This thousand or so plus that two thousand, and these hardware items, is enough..."
"Cousin, how much is enough?"
Su Laosan's voice was a little hoarse. He looked at his cousin and smiled, "These things originally belonged to both of us, and the money we earn in the future will also belong to both of us. The money is still there, but I lost Erniu..."
My cousin didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only pat him on the shoulder to comfort him.
The door to the small cubicle suddenly opened, and Fang Erniu came out carrying a large bundle wrapped in a bed sheet. Her cousin gestured to Su Laosan, who nodded and said, "I'll go see Erniu off."
He walked over and took the large bundle from him. The two didn't exchange a word, but the unspoken understanding between them made his cousin feel uneasy.
Two perfectly fine people, how... sigh...
The large bundle was placed on the back seat of the bicycle. Su Laosan pushed the bicycle, and Fang Erniu walked beside him. The two left the grocery store in silence.
When I arrived at the station, there was a bus that was about to leave.
Fang Erniu wanted to take the big bundle, but Su Laosan, holding the cart, said he would take it, "...You get in the cart first."
While Fang Erniu turned to get into the car, he stuffed the jewelry box and money from his pocket into his bundle.
Once in the car, Fang Erniu urged him to get off, just like before.
She leaned against the car window, watching him grip the handlebars and look up at her, listening to him say goodbye.
However, this goodbye has a different meaning than before.
Before, it was goodbye.
Now, it's over, we'll never see each other again.
The car started, and the two looked at each other. Fang Erniu's eyes were frighteningly red, but she still managed a smile and waved to Su Laosan, "...Let's go back."
Su Laosan shook his head.
As the car drove away, Su Laosan remained standing there watching. Fang Erniu steeled herself, looked away, and buried her head in her large bundle.
The tears that flowed from her eyes soaked a large part of the bundle's cover.
She didn't know how much time had passed when she vaguely heard an announcement that they had arrived at the nearest station to their village.
Fang Erniu looked up, and after confirming that it was the right place, she wiped away her tears and waited blankly for the bus to stop.
On her way back to the village, she encountered some familiar villagers who greeted her. Fang Erniu smiled in response, but the smile never seemed to reach her eyes.
She could sense it herself, but she couldn't control it.
When she arrived home, her sister-in-law was sweeping the yard with her back to her, while her nephews were squatting in a clean spot, playing with pebbles.
Her nephews saw her first, looked up and exclaimed with delight, "Auntie, Auntie's back, Mom..."
Sister-in-law Fang turned around and was stunned to see her coming back with such a big bag on her back.
She hurriedly dropped the broom she was holding to catch it, "Erniu, what... what happened?"
He paused halfway through his sentence because the cleaver had touched Fang Erniu's reddened eyes.
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