One hundred and eight Liujia Village
When I arrived at Liu Hong's house, I saw a padlock on the big iron door, and I could guess that there was no one at home.
I guessed it, but I still knocked on the door and shouted, "Is Aunt Liu at home?" Aunt Liu!"
"Don't shout." The door of the next room opened and poked his head out, "I must have gone down to the ground now, and I will be back by lunchtime at noon."
The person who spoke was an uncle, with a long face, very thin, and a thick fur coat against the spring cold.
It's a little cloudy today, and it's almost noon and the sun isn't out. The perceived temperature in spring depends on the sun, and in spring, when you can't see the sun, the wind blows, and it is not much different from winter.
Sun Wu took two steps forward and stepped up.
"Hey, uncle, can you ask where their field is, I have something urgent."
As he spoke, Sun Wu took out a cigarette from his pocket, took out one and handed it over.
The uncle looked over and saw that the cigarette in Sun Wu's hand was in red packaging, squinted, and caught a glimpse of the word "Hua", so he took it with satisfaction and put it on his mouth.
Sun Wu was very discerning and leaned in to light a cigarette for him.
The lighter clicked twice, named the fire, and the uncle took a sharp breath, slowly spit out two smoke rings, and then continued to speak.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" The uncle closed the door a little more, took two more puffs, and did not get to the bottom of it. "Over there, go to the east end of the village, and walk three or four miles out of the village."
Uncle's Mandarin has some local accents, "It's not easy to drive in the field, and it will take you almost an hour to get there, and it's almost time to eat, so it's better to wait for her to come back." Why don't you come to my house and sit down?"
Sun Wu and Xie Jingchen did not refuse, and followed the uncle into the courtyard.
The uncle brought out a reddish-brown wooden table and brought them two small wooden stools.
The wooden stool was a little short, and sitting up was not very friendly to Xie Jingchen's long legs.
Sun Wu then accosted the uncle, "Uncle, are you familiar with the Liu family?"
"The Liu family? Which Liu family? Our whole village belongs to the Liu family."
After the uncle finished smoking, he threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it.
"You're from the city, aren't you? I don't believe that Liu Liping can know any people in the city, you are Liu Hong who met while working in the city?"
After asking, the uncle smacked his lips again, "No, you don't look like poor workers." What are you doing with her?"
"It can't be that Liu Hong owes loan sharks outside, so you can chase them to the house to ask for debts, right?"
Regarding the uncle's speculation, Sun Wu and Xie Jingchen were a little crying and laughing.
The aunt, who was cooking in the house, heard the sound of talking and came out of the stove, still holding a spatula in her hand.
"Who? Lao Liu, who are you talking to?"
After coming out, when I saw Sun Wu and Xie Jingchen, especially Xie Jingchen, my eyes lit up, and when I came up to catch him, there was a series of questions.
"Whose boy are you? What is your name? How old is it? Have a job? Have you found a match?"
Xie Jingchen felt a little overwhelmed by his aunt's enthusiasm, and only answered the last question, "I have a partner."
Hearing that he had a partner, the aunt instantly lost interest in him, and instead pulled Sun Wu to speak.
Sun Wu replied seriously one by one, "My surname is Sun, I am 28 years old, I am a civil servant, and I don't have a partner yet."
"O civil servant! Yes, yes, it's not easy to have an iron rice bowl, it's just ......" Auntie nodded, "It's a pity that I'm a little old, but it's also good, and having a good job is better than anything else!"
Young people in the village who don't go to college get married relatively early, and the age of 28 is normal in the city, but it is already "leftover" in the village.
"There are a lot of good girls in our village, all of whom are hardworking and capable! What do you think? Would you like to get acquainted?"
Over there, Sun Wu and the aunt who was busy pulling the marriage line had a hot chat, and the uncle grabbed a handful of melon seeds for Xie Jingchen. Squatting on the ground slowly, chatting with Xie Jingchen without a word.
"Isn't it a debt collector?"
「…… Not really."
"Oh......"
The uncle looked at Xie Jingchen again, squatted and concentrated on eating melon seeds, and threw the melon seed skin everywhere on the ground in front of him.
Xie Jingchen also began to eat melon seeds, and after eating, he pinched the skin of melon seeds in the palm of his hand, and kept it to find a trash can to throw it away.
Seeing that Sun Wu and his aunt couldn't interject, Xie Jingchen felt that he couldn't be idle, so he tried to take the initiative to ask the uncle for news.
"Uncle...... May I ask why you keep thinking we're here to collect debts?"
The uncle glanced at him, scattered the melon seed shells in his hand on the ground, and did not speak.
Xie Jingchen, who felt a little embarrassed, stubbornly asked again, "Is it because someone in their family has come to collect debts before?"
The uncle squatted on the ground, glanced at his daughter-in-law, and found that she was not looking here, so he beckoned to Xie Jingchen and motioned for him to come closer.
Xie Jingchen was obedient and moved the small bench under him towards the uncle.
"I'll tell you secretly, don't say I said it then."
"I promise not to!"
After Xie Jingchen made a guarantee, the uncle motioned for him to come over close to his ear.
"Let me tell you, Liu Hong's daughter is not a serious person. In the past, she borrowed that online loan outside, and she couldn't pay it back after borrowing, and people sent photos of her without clothes everywhere and sent them to my mobile phone!"
Liu Hong borrowed a naked loan?
Xie Jingchen kept this news in his heart.
The uncle didn't react much when he saw Xie Jingchen, and pulled his clothes, "Don't believe it! That picture is still on my phone!
If you want me to see, if they don't learn well, it's genetic! Liu Hong is the same as her mother Liu Liping! It's not good to hook up with a man, and you can't have a son when you get married!
That's why Liu Hong is like a, and her husband has run away!"
After finishing speaking, the uncle even took the mobile phone and showed it to Xie Jingchen.
The belittling of Liu Liping and Liu Hong's mother and daughter in these words made Xie Jingchen very uncomfortable to listen to.
However, I finally sorted out some news from it, that is, Liu Liping and Liu Hong were both married, but they did not get a license, and later because there was no legal protection, the man ran away.
After hearing this, Xie Jingchen began to popularize the law to the uncle, trying to get the uncle to delete the photos stored in the mobile phone.
There is a high probability that Liu Hong is dead. She was not a big woman who did great evil in her lifetime, and after her death, everyone turned into white bones, Xie Jingchen felt that it was still necessary to maintain a basic respect for the deceased.
Popularize the law to the uncle, and tell the uncle that it is illegal to spread astringent Yin obscene materials, and if it is serious, he may go to jail, and the uncle is not willing to delete the photos.
In the end, it was the aunt who heard the movement, ran over and snatched the uncle's mobile phone, and after seeing the photos inside, she scolded and grabbed the uncle's ears and deleted the photos.
In the uncle's complaining eyes, Sun Wu and Xie Jingchen, who had some news, waited back to the first owner they were looking for, Liu Liping.