When talking about women, people always start with their own wives before mentioning other people's wives.
Then there are all sorts of women from the past, present, those I've heard from others, those I've made up, those I've imagined—all exaggerated to the extreme.
Some people, when talking about their affairs with women, want to explain every detail without any reservations.
He's fine talking about his own wife, but if he mentions his romantic encounters outside the marriage, he becomes even more animated and talkative.
When it comes to drinking, they'll definitely boast about how much they can drink, how high their alcohol tolerance is, and how they can drink as much as they want without getting drunk.
Then, they would belittle others, saying things like, "So-and-so makes a fool of himself when he drinks, gets kicked off the bed by his wife when he gets home, and sneaks back onto the bed in the middle of the night," and so on.
No one will take what is said at this time seriously. Everyone knows that this is just a way to relieve physical fatigue and mental boredom during leisure time.
Otherwise, these grown men would be burning with pent-up frustration staying on the mountain for months on end.
If I can't do anything else, it's good to at least vent my frustrations.
The men's bold and straightforward personalities, and the topics they talked about with great interest, embodied the most primitive and authentic human emotions in the remote forest.
Such people are actually more lovable and respectable than those who wear suits and ties, have slicked-back hair, pretend to be refined, and spout platitudes about morality.
Most of Sheng Xiping and the others were young men who were not yet married, so they did not participate in this kind of topic.
Of course, that didn't stop them from sitting in the corner, listening with smiles to the old workers bragging and exaggerating.
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