Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Adultery
Lu Qinghe wanted to find someone to partner up with first.
Zhao Zhanming had similar ideas.
In order to solve their current predicament, the two people's requirements for each other are more focused on character and morality. Of course, it would be even better if all conditions are suitable.
It just so happens that the two people meet each other's requirements in all aspects.
"What's your impression of me after these two meetings?" Zhao Zhanming asked, his brows slightly lowered.
"You meet my requirements for a future husband." Lu Qinghe looked over without hesitation. "What about you? How long can you take leave from your army?"
"I only have half a month's home leave, and half of it has already passed. So I hope that if we are satisfied with each other, we can confirm the relationship as soon as possible. Do you agree?"
"agree."
Zhao Zhanming hummed, then politely said, "I've already discussed this with my family. I'll make the decision there. Do you still need to tell them?"
"I can make my own decision. Let's agree on a fixed time."
"I see. In that case, I'll send a telegram this afternoon. After about three days of replying, Aunt Guo and my parents will come to propose marriage. Then we can go get the marriage certificate."
"Telegram?" Lu Qinghe still didn't understand. "Who is it for?"
"To the army, please understand that my identity requires political review if I want to get married. I will send your identity information along with it."
"So that's how it is. I can understand it, but I just didn't understand the reason behind it."
Before leaving, Zhao Zhanming stuffed a few more candies into Lu Qinghe's mouth. "I picked these up on my way out. Bring them to the children. There are also some other things I thought I'd ask Aunt Guo to bring to you tomorrow when I go to your house alone to propose marriage."
After all, Lu Qinghe had just divorced a few days ago, so Aunt Guo couldn't come to her house. However, Zhao Zhanming was short on time and was afraid that someone would get there first, so he made a private appointment to meet.
Now that so many days have passed, it is convenient. As a matchmaker, Aunt Guo must first go to the house to go through the marriage proposal process. Only then can the two meet openly and the man can come to propose marriage.
Lu Qinghe had also heard these things from Xue Lanhua. He took the fruit candy and nodded as he was told.
After the two separated, Zhao Zhanming went straight to the village entrance, rented a car and drove to the urban-rural fringe to send a telegram to the troops without wasting a second.
Afterwards, he went to the Rural Credit Union again, put the withdrawn money into his inner pocket, and then went home.
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Lu Qinghe also wanted to go home, but when he reached the edge of the field, he saw six or seven people with grim faces, holding weapons and walking towards the threshing ground in a menacing manner.
"Second aunt, what's going on?"
Many people who wanted to watch the fun followed the group. When Zhou Juxiang saw Lu Qinghe, she waved and pulled Lu Qinghe along.
Zhou Juxiang: "I heard that Captain Liu's son, Liu Naodan, is having an affair. His wife got the news somewhere and waited until Liu Naodan got a job before bringing her family to catch him in the act. I don't know if it's true or not, but I just followed along for the fun."
Well, that's going to be really exciting.
Lu Qinghe plucked a handful of wild sesame seeds from the ground, stuffed a few into Zhou Juxiang's hands, and followed her while eating.
Only then did they walk to the path outside the threshing ground. From a distance, Lu Qinghe saw Wu Youde standing watch.
Du Xiaoyun was not coming for Wu Youde, but Wu Youde knew what was going on. While no one was paying attention to him, he turned around and limped inside.
But his knees were hurt from kneeling and he couldn't walk fast. Before he reached the straw stack, Du Xiaoyun led a group of people and rushed in first.
The two people hiding behind the straw stack were so engrossed in their excitement that the cover in front of them was suddenly overturned to the ground.
Ma Wenli had taken off half of her clothes, and Liu Naodan had already taken off all his clothes.
Seeing the situation, the two of them quickly grabbed the clothes and ran away.
Du Xiaoyun was stunned for half a second, then rushed forward crying.
"Liu Naodan! You bastard! Your aunt is at home taking care of your children, and you, a stray dog, get horny the moment you step out! You beast who gets horny in any hole, today your aunt is going to crush your sack and feed it to the fish!!!"
Lu Qinghe almost spit out the sesame seeds in his mouth. His language level is even better than those modern abstract ones!
Looking at the two men again, seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Wenli pushed Liu Naodan out and turned around and ran towards the granary in the threshing ground.
Liu Nao's balls were bare, his face flushed, and he covered his scrotum with his hands, allowing Du Xiaoyun to pounce on him and punch, kick, and scratch him with his fingernails. In the blink of an eye, his upper body was covered with blood marks.
Du Xiaoyun's family members were not pushovers either. They chased Ma Wenli to the entrance of the granary and blocked the front and back doors to prevent her from coming out.
"Why are you covering it up? If you're so eager to use it, let the villagers see how you use it today. You can't even hold it up at home, and you don't see it sticking up very high outside!"
"Your little chicken-sized piece of meat is not as useful as two fingers."
"Come out and find a hole to hide in. If you love me so much, why don't you take me home? Call me 'ancestors' by my bedside. I'll take you in as my grandsons and empty my chamber pot!"
Liu Naodan knew he was in the wrong, so he stood there silently. Du Xiaoyun's family was following him, so he didn't dare to hide. It was better to be beaten by Du Xiaoyun than by the men behind him.
The curses continued one after another, each one different. As Lu Qinghe listened, he marveled at the charm of language art.
Until more and more people gathered around and Captain Liu came over after hearing the news, Du Xiaoyun stopped scolding. She sat on the ground with a wow, holding her ankle and started crying.
"Why is my life so miserable?! Everyone says I'm lucky to have married the captain's youngest son, but who knew this man is such a slut. He's always so active in bed and then he goes out and does it all. He's usually quiet, but who knows how many sluts are around him out there. My poor son is only three years old. How am I going to live like this from now on?!"
Captain Liu's face turned red and white after hearing this.
He is the captain of the brigade and is usually very prestigious. He has the final say on all matters in the village. But when it comes to his family affairs, if he fails to handle them well, who in the brigade will obey him in the future?
After thinking for a moment, Captain Liu snorted coldly, stepped forward to grab the iron hoe brought by Du Xiaoyun's family, raised it high, and hit Liu Naodan's back with all his strength.
There was a loud 'bang', so loud that the whole threshing floor could hear it. Liu Naodan, who had been silent all this time, cried out in pain and began to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Captain Liu didn't give in either. With red eyes, he hit him a few more times. He didn't stop until other members of the Liu family arrived, panting heavily.
"I was wrong, Dad. It's all my fault. I will definitely change in the future. Xiaoyun, please forgive me. I really know I was wrong."
"If you hit him again, someone will die. Dad, you can't hit him like this even if he made a mistake!"
Captain Liu snorted and looked at the granary again, "Where's that woman?! Go get the key and drag her out to be punished together! If it weren't for this kind of thing, our family would have lost all face!" Lu Qinghe watched coldly as Ma Wenli was about to be dragged out, and looked around but didn't see Wu Youde.
This is not just Ma Wenli's problem.
"Aunt, you know what, I met someone in the threshing ground a few days ago, and I felt something was wrong at the time." Lu Qinghe deliberately raised his voice in the crowd.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Zhou Juxiang was the kind of person who would go wherever there was excitement. She became interested as soon as she heard it, and many people pricked up their ears.
"One day when I was passing by, I heard strange noises coming from behind the straw stacks. Someone was keeping watch for them, but I was busy with other things at the time and didn't pay any attention."
"Who spread the rumor?"
"Who is it? Who is so shameless as to let this bastard have sex?"
"It's Ma Wenli's man, Wu Youde!"
After Lu Qinghe said this, people in the threshing ground quickly responded.
"Yeah, come to think of it, I've seen Wu Youde hanging around the door these past few days."
"Of course he was here just now."
"Where are the others?"
Liu Naodan is from the security team and he has to watch Wu Youde and make him kneel down as punishment. Ma Wenli is Wu Youde's wife.
After a while, everyone guessed what was going on.
Without Captain Liu's order, Du Xiaoyun's family rushed to drag Wu Youde to the threshing ground and knelt at the door.
Liu Naodan had been beaten to the point where he couldn't speak, and Ma Wenli cried and said that she was also forced.
For a moment, all of Du Xiaoyun's anger was focused on Wu Youde. She spat, and the saliva fell directly on Wu Youde's face.
"I've seen turtles in the river before, but today I finally saw a live one! You're pimping for your wife, why don't you pimp one for your own mother too? You don't want to be a good person, but you have to be a pimp. How disgusting!"
"If you ask me, these three should be paraded through the streets!!"
"Wu Youde is the most despicable. He ruins our village's reputation if he stays here! Kick him out of Dagu Village!"
"Yes! Drive the entire Wu family out of Dagu Village!"
In the end, Village Chief Meng saved his face, and Captain Liu did not protect his son and handed Liu Naodan over to Du Xiaoyun's family for disposal.
Ma Wenli cried and shouted that she wanted a divorce and to go back to her parents' home, but was dragged away. Wu Youde instigated and seduced his wife into having an affair. In addition to being punished by kneeling, he was also sent to the cowshed on the farm behind Zhaojiagou amid the outrage of the villagers.
Lu Qinghe watched the wonderful show and went home to cook, while the Wu family looked like a completely different home.
Wu Youmei could no longer pretend to be sick, but the Wu family was now being condemned by everyone, so she dared not go out. She and Qian Lamei kept their heads down and took care of Wu Youde's two children.
"Your father took the initiative to admit the crime in order to protect your second brother and you, so that you could contact your eldest brother and get him out of this mountainous area. And you, you didn't even bother writing a letter when asked!"
Qian Lamei cursed, but Wu Youmei pretended not to hear.
"Mom, even if I wrote it, I'd definitely be spitted on if I went out. I don't want to go out."
"You write it and I'll send it. Is that okay? If your brother can establish himself in Hua City, then our whole family will benefit from it. Who would want to stay in this poor Dagu Village where you can't even fart? Hurry and write!"
Wu Youmei reluctantly sat up. "What good will it do if I write it? My second brother has to live in the cowshed for half a year, and you won't let me leave with our two children. If I write it, what else can my eldest brother do except send money? Besides, he can't send much."
Qian Lamei looked at her two crying grandchildren and gritted her teeth. "I'll go and persuade Wenli to come back someday. We'll leave the children at home with you. Tell your eldest brother that your family wants you to settle down in Hua City first, and we'll bring the whole family over later!"
"Really?" Wu Youmei said happily, "I haven't even left Dagu Village yet. Don't go back on your word. I'm writing it now!"
Dagu Village is far away from the commune and one has to walk along a mountain road. Generally, if one wants to send a letter, one has to hand it over to the village brigade's agency for unified processing.
The Wu family had no face in the village, so Qian Lamei could only go to the brigade when it was dark. She was looked down upon along the way and could only pretend not to see when people poked her in the back.
"Hey, Qinghe, I saw your ex-mother-in-law when I came back. She seemed to be going to the brigade to mail a letter."
After Zhang Meizhi arrived home, she joked with a smile, "I haven't heard that he has any relatives in other places. Maybe he sent it to Hua City."
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