The man's big face was covered with pockmarks, his sparse eyebrows were dull eyes, his cracked and bleeding lips were turned outward, and his whispering movements pulled apart the lip skin that had just healed. As his mouth opened and closed, the smell of blood once again filled his nasal cavity.
"roll."
Cheng Fangyi pushed the man away and pulled Su Qing away.
Unexpectedly, the man pounced on her like a madman.
"Luo Yulan, you shameless little bitch, I've been so good to you, how could you betray me? Do you know that I've become a laughing stock in the village? They all laughed at me for marrying a bastard, supporting her for half a year, and then she ran off with another man. I'm too ashamed to go home, and I have no home anymore."
Cheng Fangyi kicked the man away.
The man still refused to give in and tried to pounce on Su Qing with his teeth and claws.
Cheng Fangyi kicked him a few more times.
The man, who had no power to fight back, curled up on the ground, crying and complaining about the injustice he had suffered.
"My poor son, you little bitch, you have to compensate me for my son." The man's insults echoed in the narrow corridor. "You slut, why don't you just die? You dare to show off with your adulterer in public. Aren't you afraid that your son will come back to find you in your dreams at midnight?"
Gradually, the harsh shouting died down.
The man fell asleep.
The people around seemed to be used to it, and when they saw that the man had stopped making a fuss, they dispersed on their own.
It was as if this farce had been performed hundreds or thousands of times.
"Let's go, wife."
Cheng Fangyi held Su Qing in his arms, fearing that someone else would rush out and hug Su Qing.
"Is he the one?"
Looking at the man's dazed and emotional appearance, he is probably addicted.
"Well, I'm addicted to drugs. Wife, you'd better not come with me next time. It's too dangerous."
There are people who may suffer from drug addiction at any time, and it is difficult to guard against them.
"Cheng Fangyi, don't underestimate female comrades. I have plenty of means of self-defense." The kind that won't take anyone's life.
"Yes, yes, my wife is the best. Now let me ask my best wife to take me to find out the news from the villagers." Cheng Fangyi kept rubbing Su Qing's head like a dog asking for praise.
Without saying a word, Su Qing pulled Cheng Fangyi out of the black market and headed straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Sister, please give me two pounds of glutinous rice noodles, two cans of yellow peaches, and a can of malted milk." Su Qingchao, an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, said sweetly.
The eldest sister pointed at herself in disbelief, "Are you calling me?"
"Yes, you look the youngest here, so what else should I call you if not sister?" Su Qing has done research on how to grasp a woman's thoughts.
The eldest sister said shyly, "There's only a little over a pound of glutinous rice noodles left. How about some peach cakes? If so, I'll give you a pound as well."
"It's all right. Sister has the final say."
In Su Qing's repeated call of "sister", the elder sister gradually lost herself.
When weighing glutinous rice noodles, a quantity of one and a half catties is also calculated as one catty.
"Sister, you know that one, the one where there's a very famous carpenter in the village?" Su Qing said in a daze, pretending that she couldn't remember.
The eldest sister understood immediately, "Oh, you're looking for a carpenter. The couple is getting close to getting married. Are they going to fight thirty-six times?"
The eldest sister was very curious.
"Yes, I have been dating my boyfriend for half a year. Now my family is urging us to get married, so we are thinking of buying some things, getting the marriage certificate quickly, and moving in together." Su Qing answered happily.
"Congratulations. As for you, just go straight along this road and turn left at the first intersection. It's the one at the very end. It's not far away, just a few minutes."
The elder sister kindly showed me the way.
Su Qing proudly took Cheng Fangyi away from the supply and marketing cooperative.
"How about it, your wife is awesome, isn't she?"
It was easy to get the clue.
Cheng Fangyi, who was in love, immediately agreed, "Amazing, awesome! My wife is amazing."
Su Qing felt very happy after hearing Cheng Fangyi's praise.
…
Following the direction given by the eldest sister, the two soon arrived at the carpenter's house.
The sound of chiseling wood came from the carpenter's house.
But Su Qing had no intention of going in.
Instead, he changed direction and prepared to find the "gossip distribution center" of this village.
"Give it to me, Mommy, give it to me!!! Please, give me another breath."
A young man rushed out from the carpenter's house, staggering, and stretched out his hand to grab the thing in the woman's hand.
The woman looked at the boy with tears in her eyes, "Gou Wa, please don't touch this thing."
This thing harms people.
In order to buy it, I exchanged everything useful in my home for money.
Even her daughter, who had just turned sixteen, was coaxed into marriage by the young man.
He squandered the considerable betrothal gift in one day.
The last time she went to see her daughter, she looked like a woman in her twenties or thirties.
Her heart was filled with regret.
"Mom, this is the last time. If I suck it again, I will never touch it again."
The young man's face turned blue, his body trembled, and he kept begging the woman.
Even through layers of clothes, Su Qing could still see the scabies on the back of his neck.
"well--"
The woman softened her heart and said, "I will trust you one last time. If you still don't repent, Gou Wa, just pretend that you don't have me as your mother and this family."
The boy agreed readily.
He got the things and ran away.
The woman looked up and saw Su Qing and the other man not far away. She smiled awkwardly and said, "Come to find Carpenter Tan. He's at home."
"Oh, well, we've looked for him and were just about to leave," Su Qing replied. "Aunt, what happened to your son? I've seen a lot of people like this along the way. It's terrifying."
"You don't know?" The woman looked at the two of them suspiciously.
How could someone not know about the white powder that everyone in Bac Ninh knows about?
"Oh——" the woman sighed.
Not knowing is a good thing.
This stuff is like white flour, but it's more powerful than opium.
"We live in a remote area and only come to the city once a year or two. If I hadn't gone to get the marriage certificate with my partner, I probably wouldn't have come here." Su Qing explained.
The woman obviously believed Su Qing's words.
"What else can it be? It's just a drug addiction."
Three parts heartache and seven parts resentment.
The woman pursed her lips, but ultimately did not utter the words to curse the boy.
Wiping away her tears, the woman began to persuade, "Hey, girl, listen to my advice. Leave this troubled place with your partner as soon as possible. It's nice to stay in your mountain village. It's quiet and peaceful."
His son used to work odd jobs in the next city. He was a hardworking and diligent young man.
Just one trip back home and I fell into that "hell".
After that, the family became restless and both people and animals were uneasy.
"That won't do, auntie. We still have to go buy some melon seeds, candies, and other things later. Marriage is the only chance in a lifetime, so we can't just be careless about it." Su Qing said anxiously.
The woman's mood changed drastically, and she roared at Su Qing, "Which is more important, life or marriage? If you don't want your wedding to turn into a sad one, just leave."
After saying that, he slammed the door shut.
If Su Qing hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been in trouble now.
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