Chapter 29: A Toad Wants to Eat a Swan
Chapter 30: A Toad Wants to Eat a Swan
The next village is Zhaojiatun. Compared with Liujiagou, Zhaojiatun has a larger population and more people. In the past two years, the village has organized everyone to learn advanced technology and even built vegetable greenhouses. Although it failed many times at the beginning, Zhaojiatun has a good harvest this year. The people have tasted the sweetness and are preparing to expand the planting area next year. The village chief was so happy that he organized a movie screening activity for several consecutive days, which attracted many young people from the next village.
Liu Dabao sat on a low stool wrapped in a torn cotton jacket, sniffing his nose. He had quarreled with his grandfather two days ago and was ready to run away from home, but there was no car in the middle of the night, and he was spoiled so much that he was too tired to stand up straight after walking a few kilometers.
Zhao Dahu from the next village happened to be back from work and saw him shaking with cold on the roadside, so he helped him back home. He fed him well for a few days, and when he asked, he found out that it was Liu Dabao from Liujiagou. He was so angry that he kicked him out without saying a word.
It was nothing. A few years ago, Liu Dabao had flirted with his fiancée. Unable to bear the criticism, the girl went to another province with her relatives and the marriage was called off. In a rage, he wanted to go to Liujiagou to argue, but was stopped by his family. He had no choice but to go out to work. He didn't expect to meet him here today.
Liu Dabao was beaten and had nowhere to go for a while, so he went to the county town to spend money on wine and women. He soon spent all his money. He wanted to find a job, but he either felt too tired or the salary was too low, so he had to go back.
Seeing that a movie was being shown in Zhaojiatun, he mixed in with the crowd and prepared to get some food. But not long after he sat down, he saw a figure in the crowd that made him grit his teeth.
"Fang...Qing...just wait and see how I deal with you today!"
In Liu Dabao's opinion, he had such a miserable experience because of Fang Qing. If she hadn't gone to his grandfather to complain, he wouldn't have been scolded by his grandfather, let alone run away from home, and then met bad guys and fell into this situation. So he couldn't swallow this anger if he didn't take revenge.
But there were too many people protecting Fang Qing, including the troublesome Liu Daya, and several other children from the village, which made Liu Dabao feel a little embarrassed.
Suddenly he saw his old friend Zhao Tiedan sitting down in the back with a group of people. Thinking that Zhao Tiedan still had no wife because of his ugly appearance, he came up with a good idea.
Fang Qing and her cousin arrived late, so they just found a seat on the outside of the crowd. The group of people were cracking melon seeds while following the plot, and occasionally gossiping about which girl in the crowd was pretty or which boy was handsome.
Daya was completely absorbed in the movie and had long forgotten her mother's instructions. When Fang Qing said she wanted to go to the toilet, she just asked the little girl outside to lead the way and continued to focus on the movie.
Fang Qing held the thermos to warm her hands. Following the guidance of the little girl, she found a public toilet. After quickly solving her personal problem, she felt relieved.
But when he came out, he found that the little girl had already gone back. He could only go back the same way he came. Just after he took a few steps, he was stopped by three strange men.
A short man whose face could not be seen spoke excitedly, "I heard that you have a crush on me? Hahaha, I knew that I, Zhao Tiedan, am charming. Since we both want this, why don't you follow me home tonight? I will go to your house to propose marriage tomorrow morning. How about it, Sister Qingqing?"
Fang Qing took a deep breath. He knew his name even though he didn't recognize the man. It seemed that they were targeting him again. However, there were not as many people this time. There were only three of them. As long as he didn't panic, he should have no problem escaping.
As she thought about it, Fang Qing quietly reached for her waist. Ever since she encountered hooligans in the alley last time, her uncle-in-law specially prepared a bunch of self-defense items for her, such as pepper spray and switchblades, but the most convenient one was the steel chain belt around her waist.
It looks like a simple steel chain, but it is extremely painful when it hits the body. Although it cannot directly control the enemy, as long as it gives her a chance to escape, all the training time will not be in vain.
"I don't know you, and I definitely don't have a crush on you. Get out of the way!"
Zhao Tiedan chuckled. He liked girls with personality. He rubbed his hands and was about to step forward. "You still don't admit it? Hehe, it doesn't matter. When you become my wife, I won't say that anymore..."
Seeing that the three people on the opposite side were about to approach, Fang Qing splashed the hot water in his hand over to them. The man in the middle was splashed in the face with the hot water. He immediately took two steps back, screaming and signaling them to catch Fang Qing.
Fang Qing took the opportunity to pull out his steel chain belt, slapped one person with it, then slapped another person away with his backhand. He took a few steps forward and slapped the short man with his hand. While the men were in pain, he ran towards the light in the distance.
Zhao Tiedan had never suffered such a big loss before. He covered his face and chased after him with his teeth bared.
But there were crowds of people outside, hundreds of people were watching the show with great interest, and when they were suddenly interrupted, they immediately turned around and glared at the instigator. Zhao Tiedan covered his face and was about to shout, but the village director kicked him, "What are you shouting for? Everyone is watching the show with great interest. Go back and stop embarrassing yourself here!"
Zhao Tiedan was most afraid of the village director. He looked around but couldn't find Fang Qing, so he had to return home in disappointment.
Fang Qing, who was hiding behind the haystack, heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the people leaving. He felt his way to fasten his belt, untied his original braid and let it fall down to cover half of his face, put on his hat and returned to his seat.
As soon as the movie ended, Fang Qing pulled Daya all the way home. She hadn't recovered until they sat on the kang.
That night she discussed with her mother that it was time to go home and prepare New Year's goods. Fang's mother thought the same thing, and early the next morning Fang and her son hurried back to the county town.
As soon as they left, Zhao Tiedan and the village director came to the uncle's house and said they wanted to discuss a marriage. When Liu's uncle heard this, he immediately became furious and said that his niece had never seen your child, so how could you say that they were in love?
But Zhao Tiedan swore that it was Fang Qing who was pestering her, so the uncle picked up a carrying pole and beat them out, scolding them for being toads who wanted to eat swan meat and had no shame...
This was a very ugly incident, and it finally alarmed the village chief. The village chief and his grandson were unhappy and some of his anger was directed at Fang Qing, so he tried to smooth things over until Sun Changqing stepped forward, looked at the short and ugly Zhao Tiedan, and sneered, "Fang Qing doesn't even like me, so how could he like you? You didn't let others fool you, did you?"
Zhao Tiedan was not convinced, so Sun Changqing told him about the broken engagement between the two families, and said that the engagement was broken off because the other party had high standards.
Zhao Tiedan took a closer look at Sun Changqing and found him to be a handsome man. Only then did he believe that he might have been fooled.
He turned around and looked for Liu Dabao, but Liu Dabao had already slipped back home, and Zhao Tiedan could only blame his bad luck.
This incident caused such a stir that Uncle Fang Qing and his family couldn't even have a good New Year.
At this time, Du Fangqing, who was completely unaware of the situation, was also facing trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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