Tian Tian, startled like a frightened bird, retreated repeatedly, a nameless fire burning within her. Before she could roar, the middleman asked again:
"Hey girl, you're pretty, so even if you don't want eggs, you'll at least want sandals, right?"
As she spoke, a pair of bright red chemical sandals appeared in her basket, each with a small golden butterfly on its surface. Tian Tian's eyes lit up.
"Are there other colors? I like the transparent one."
His lucky star, the God of Wealth, was right again; this guy likes light colors. Fifth Master Qin grinned, "Yes."
He added, seemingly casually, "We have everything we need. Would you like anything else, miss?"
These words jolted Tian Tian, who had almost been seduced by a pair of sandals, back to reality. What kind of situation was this? Still trying to look pretty? Furious, she threw down the shoes and left.
Qin Wuye didn't stop him, but slowly said, "What the supply and marketing cooperative has, we have at home, and what the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have, we also have at home. After this village, I won't be here tomorrow."
Thinking of the syphilis sores, Tian Tian suddenly stopped in her tracks, her heart pounding wildly.
Yes! Could she get the large syphilis lesions she's been racking her brains to find from a middleman?
Turning around, he saw the guy fiddling with a Teresa Teng cassette tape in his hand. Just as he had said, he had something good.
She stepped back, and the middleman's face lit up with delight. "Little sister, have you decided what you want? I'm not bragging, but all the stuff we have here is the latest trend from the south. Look at this hair tie, isn't it pretty?"
"I want a job, do you have one?" Tian Tian asked arrogantly.
Qin Wuye looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then lowered his voice and said, "Hey! You've come to the right person. My brother has a textile worker job, and the price is negotiable."
"It's still a gang crime," Tian Tian said thoughtfully. "Then give me a serving of bayberry boils!"
Even though he was mentally prepared, Qin Wuye still couldn't help but curse: "Are you out of your mind, you bastard?"
She turned to leave, leaving behind a bad taste, but her basket was suddenly grabbed again. Tian Tian said in a low voice, "Didn't you say you could have anything? Is this not allowed?"
Qin Wuye turned around, gritting his teeth, "There's nothing I can't get in Beisi, but if you want something really fancy, girl, it'll cost at least this much."
He stretched out one hand, bent two fingers, thought for a moment, and then shakily pressed down another finger.
Is asking for two hundred not unreasonable?
He risked his life.
Surely not everyone is as stingy as that little auntie?!
Tian Tian: "I'll give you two hundred and fifty, and I want it today."
Perhaps her mother had foreseen something, because on the first day she returned to Beijing, she gave her the family savings book. It was just money; all she wanted was to send Old Man Ruan to his death!
Master Qin was shocked, and he showed it on his face. His eyes seemed to say: I've already asked for an exorbitant price, and this fool actually wants it?!
Driven by hatred, Tian Tian didn't care about these trivial details; she only knew that money could make the devil turn the millstone!
"Fine!" Qin Wuye gritted his teeth. "You idiot, I'll get you a pair of underwear that a syphilis patient wore."
Tian Tian recalled that syphilis is mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse and blood.
Given his vigilance, it was impractical for him to cut Ruan Kangri and stain him with dirty blood, and providing him with a pair of underwear that had never been worn before would easily alert the enemy...
"I need the patient's 'mirror'."
"You want a mirror? That's easy, red or green, with a beautiful woman on it... Pfft!" Halfway through his sentence, Fifth Master Qin almost choked on his saliva.
How could the people my great-aunt knows be even more perverted than her?!
"We have mirrors, but it costs extra."
The two agreed on a time and place for the transaction and then parted ways. Master Qin was in no hurry to leave; he was determined to sell all the goods he had brought with him.
He was strolling along West Lake Road when a young man who didn't look like a good person stood in front of him. "What's up?"
"Eggs, sandals, a mirror, little brother, what do you want?" Master Qin chuckled, slightly lifting his eyelids.
The young man casually rummaged through the eggs in the basket and asked, "What did that lady just buy from you?"
An emotion flashed in Fifth Master's wise eyes, and he grinned lewdly:
"Is this your boyfriend? I know, that girl has good taste, she bought two pairs of sandals."
Would you like a pair, young man?
"No, thank you!" Having asked the question he wanted to ask, and finding nothing inappropriate, the young man stood up.
Watching his departing figure, Master Qin scoffed disdainfully: "Trying to show off your skills in front of Guan Yu!"
They squatted there for a while longer, and when they returned to the meeting point, all the goods they had brought out of the basket had already been sold.
...
Even after Tian Tian closed the door, her heart was still pounding.
The thought of Ruan Kangri suffering from syphilis and having his whole body covered in sores and pustules made her tremble uncontrollably with emotion.
He clenched his fists and stared at the second floor: You forced me to this!
Several major events occurred in the military region on this day.
Someone was given a demerit.
Someone was fired.
Others were sent to military courts.
The courtyard was in an uproar, filled with the shouts and chatter of the women.
Ruan Kangri returned late at night.
To prevent the sisters from fighting again and causing trouble, and also to help Ruan Baozhu avoid this incident, she was sent to her maternal grandmother's house during the day under the pretext of recuperating.
The door opened, and Ruan Kangri was ashen-faced, his clothes dripping with dirty water, which had been splashed on him by a family member who had misremembered his punishment.
It wasn't until he arrived at the military region that he learned just how much trouble his family had caused.
The wife of the man who was sent to a military court vowed not to let him off the hook.
If the man gets into trouble, the family loses its income. What's the difference between that and driving the mother and daughter to their deaths?
People often don't reflect on their own mistakes; they only blame the person who exposed them.
Splash—
The sound of the car keys being slammed onto the shoe cabinet startled Tian Tian, who was lightly asleep on the sofa.
Without saying a word, she went into the kitchen and brought out several dishes, placing them on the table.
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