Early the next morning, Wang Shouyi drove back to the county town with big dark circles under his eyes.
He was restless the whole day. Thinking about what his elder brother had experienced yesterday and what his mother had said, he was tormented and couldn't sleep well the whole night.
He forced himself to work hard and went out for three trips, exhausted. When he arrived at the provincial bus station, he ran to the bench under the shed with the cloth bag he brought from home and sat down.
He took out the sweet potatoes that Li Chunhua had cooked for him early in the morning from the cloth bag.
He was eating with great relish when suddenly someone patted his shoulder.
"Shouyi, what are you eating?"
Wang Shouyi looked back and saw that it was his colleague Lin Baogui. He showed him the sweet potato in his hand with an expressionless face.
Lin Baogui sneered, "Look at you, you only earn a few dozen dollars a month, and you treat yourself badly like this."
Wang Shouyi was eating sweet potatoes and said vaguely, "I have a daughter who is in junior high school."
Going to junior high school is a big expense. The tuition for one semester is five yuan, plus you have to pay 31 kilograms of fine grains and three taels of soybean oil every month.
In the past, it was difficult for a large family to support Zhengkang and Zhengguo. Now he has to support Xiaohe, a junior high school student, by himself. You can imagine how difficult it is.
Lin Baogui curled his lips and said, "She is just a little girl. After you support her, she will belong to someone else's family. I think you are really stupid."
Wang Shouyi didn't say anything. He had thought so before, but now it was no longer possible because he didn't have any biological son.
When it comes to choosing between his adopted son and his biological daughter, he is already wavering. If his adopted son is unfilial, he will still rely on his daughter in the future.
If the daughter is a failure and can't even support herself, how can she take care of him
So just like his mother said, let's train our daughter to be a good person. It can be regarded as a double guarantee for ourselves!
Seeing that Wang Shouyi remained silent and did not refute, Lin Baogui thought that he was a little strange. In the past, whenever he spoke, Wang Shouyi would agree with him. What happened now
He was a little confused, so he patted his shoulder, leaned close to his ear, winked and said, "I told you last time that we should have a baby, a son. What do you think about this?"
It would have been better if he didn't say it. As soon as he mentioned this, Wang Shouyi thought of Zhao Daqiang's tragic death. He was stabbed thirty or forty times and even his thing was stomped to pieces. When he heard about it yesterday, he almost broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, because the weather was hot, his family couldn't tell whether he was hot or scared.
Wang Shouyi immediately shook his head, "I won't have a son anymore."
Lin Baogui's face froze, but when he thought of his wife-in-law, he forced a smile on his face again, "What's going on! She's really become a henpecked woman!"
"Pa Erduo" is a Sichuan dialect. Lin Baogui's ancestral home is in Sichuan. After having contact with him for a long time, Wang Shouyi also knew this word.
Being mocked as a henpecked man, Wang Shouyi was furious. He stood up from the bench and glared at him fiercely, looking like he was going to fight him. He shouted at him in a loud voice, "Who are you calling a henpecked man?"
Seeing that he was angry, Lin Baogui laughed and put his arm around his neck like a good brother, "I was just joking, why are you so excited?"
Seeing that he admitted his mistake, Wang Shouyi did not hold on to him and sat back on the bench.
"Don't eat sweet potatoes! Come with me to my little home, I'll ask Su Ping to cook you two side dishes to make amends, okay?"
Wang Shouyi shook his head, "No need! I'm almost done eating!"
Lin Baogui snatched the sweet potato from his hand, stuffed it into his cloth bag, and pulled him up, "Don't worry! Come with me. I'll apologize to you!"
Wang Shouyi didn't want to go to that place. He felt uncomfortable when he saw that woman, so he quickly pulled down his hand and said, "No need! I'm really not angry. Go by yourself. Besides, if I go, I'll disturb you guys!"
Lin Baogui's face froze! What the hell!
He forced a smile again and dragged Wang Shouyi up with all his might.
This is a very crowded alley, the aisle in the middle is so small that it can only accommodate one person. On both sides are precarious thatched houses, which are full of people. Things are piled everywhere, and the light is very dim.
When Wang Shouyi followed Lin Baogui in, there were people standing at several doorways looking at them.
There were old people, women, and children, all looking at Wang Shouyi with curiosity.
Wang Shouyi felt a little uncomfortable, but he forced himself to remain calm and followed Lin Baogui in.
Lin Baogui’s small home is much better than the ones he just passed by. The room is about 40 square meters.
Such a big place is quite spacious for only one woman living there.
The room was cleaned tidy, and there was a shoe cabinet at the entrance with everything neatly arranged on it.
There is a portrait of Chairman M hanging on the wall, and the living room is furnished with sofas, coffee tables, dining tables and chairs, making it look particularly neat.
The sofa was a wooden sofa covered with white lace. The rectangular dining table was also covered with the same white lace tablecloth, and on it was a very new radio.
Huang Suping, wearing a yellow plaid shirt, brought out a plate of shredded potatoes from the kitchen. Seeing Wang Shouyi still standing at the door, she hurriedly greeted him, "Comrade Wang, please come in and sit down!"
Seeing that he was reserved, Lin Baogui joked, "It's not like you haven't been here before, why are you so timid?"
Wang Shouyi felt a little uncomfortable. When he looked at Lin Baogui, he felt that he was on the road to death.
But he also knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he didn't open his mouth.
I just made up my mind that after eating this apology meal, I must stay away from Lin Baogui.
After he sat down on the sofa, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Huang Suping called out from the kitchen, "Baogui, help me open the door."
Lin Baogui patted Wang Shouyi on the shoulder, stood up to open the door, and then shouted to the kitchen, "Su Ping, my sister is back."
Huang Suzhi, who was dressed in pink and had a slender figure, smiled at Lin Baogui after she came in and said, "Brother-in-law, I came back yesterday."
Huang Suping came out of the kitchen, agreed with a smile, and then called Wang Shouyi to sit over, "Come and eat quickly!"
Lin Baogui pulled Wang Shouyi up and introduced him, "This is my sister-in-law. She just graduated from high school and is looking for a job. If you have any good connections, remember to introduce her to someone else."
After hearing this, Huang Suzhi smiled slightly, stretched out her hand, and introduced herself, "My name is Huang Suzhi! I am 18 years old."
Huang Suzhi was supposed to be prettier than her sister, especially her skin was as white as jade and her lips were pink and pretty. Her sweet smile could melt a man's heart.
It was a pity that she was facing Wang Shouyi, a man who didn't have any lustful intentions. How could he fall for her tricks? He shook his head unmoved, "Where would I get the connections? Brother Lin, you are joking!"
Huang Suzhi's face froze, and she looked at Lin Baogui with deer-like eyes that were somewhat helpless. He was immediately attracted by her and felt his mouth dry.
But thinking that she was Huang Suping's sister after all, he gave up the flirtatious idea and punched Wang Shouyi on the shoulder, "I was just joking with you just now, why do you take it seriously!"
He said to Huang Suzhi, "Ignore him! He is just from the countryside, petty!"
Hearing this, Wang Shouyi clenched his fists but did not get angry.
The four of them sat down. Lin Baogui looked at the sumptuous dishes, poured some wine for Wang Shouyi and said, "Today's meal is my apology to you. You are a generous man."
Wang Shouyi quickly declined, "I swore to my mother that I would never drink again. Brother Lin, please don't pour it for me. Just drink it yourself!"
Hearing this, Lin Baogui immediately became unhappy and slammed the bottle on the table, "Brother, do you look down on me? I have been so humble, but you are still arrogant. Aren't you too disrespectful to me?"
Wang Shouyi was so anxious that his face turned red. "Really? I don't look down on you! I'm not angry with you! I really swore to my mother."
Lin Baogui waved his hands, "Come on! It's already this time, we've already destroyed the Four Olds, and you're still swearing to me. I tell you, if you don't drink this wine today, we'll be enemies! From now on, at the bus station, it's either you or me! It's up to you!"
Seeing that he was serious, Wang Shouyi's face suddenly froze.
Huang Suping hurriedly said, "Comrade Wang, just have a drink with Baogui. He hasn't drunk for a long time, so he needs someone to accompany him."
Huang Suzhi curled her lips beside her, "It's just a glass of wine, why are you being so pretentious! It's not like you can't drink!"
After a round of persuasion, Wang Shouyi finally couldn't stand it anymore.
"Then I'll drink this one!"
Lin Baogui's face immediately lit up with joy. "One cup won't do. We need at least three cups! Who made you so unhappy just now?"
Wang Shouyi couldn't refuse, so he had to drink with him.
After he finished one glass, Lin Baogui filled it up again.
Wang Shouyi, who hadn't drunk for a long time, seemed to have found the long-lost feeling. He chatted with Lin Baogui for a long time and didn't know how many glasses he had drunk.
By the end of his drinking, Wang Shouyi's eyes were blurry, his head tilted, and he fell on the dining table.
Seeing that he was drunk, Lin Baogui threw the wine glass on the table and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I'm so tired."
Huang Suping quickly took his hat to wipe his sweat, "What should we do now?"
"What else can we do! Of course we have to get it to Suzhi's room."
Huang Suzhi tilted her head and said, "We agreed that I would give you half."
Lin Baogui nodded quickly, "I will definitely do what I promised you."
Huang Suzhi pursed her lips and smiled.
Lin Baogui used all his strength to carry Wang Shouyi to Huang Suzhi's room.
Then Huang Suzhi was locked in together.
After closing the door, Lin Baogui went to Huang Suping's room and saw her lying on the bed resting.
He sat on the other side of the bed and reached out to touch her belly.
Huang Suping leaned over and asked, "Do you think this can be accomplished?"
Lin Baogui curled his lips, "It has to work out! How can we have a child without money? Your expenses are so high, we have to find a way to get some money."
Huang Suping touched her belly and said nothing more.
Lin Baogui also fell asleep at this time.
Huang Suping felt relieved when she thought that there was some medicine in the wine.
Early the next morning, when Wang Shouyi opened his eyes, he saw himself lying naked on a small bed with a girl in his arms.
Wang Shouyi was so scared that he fell off the bed.
At this moment, Huang Suzhi also woke up from her sleep, and then there was a shrill scream.
He woke up Lin Baogui and Huang Suping who were still sleeping, and then broke into the house.
"Shouyi, how could you do such a thing?"
Huang Suping, with a distorted face, picked up a pillow and threw it at him, "You beast, you have to pay for my sister's innocence!"
Huang Suzhi wrapped herself in the bed sheet and cried bitterly.
Wang Shouyi's mind was still confused. He only remembered that he drank a lot of wine yesterday, and then he couldn't remember anything else. He blinked. It took him a long time to figure out what happened.
He turned his head and saw a pool of blood on the bed, and his face suddenly froze.
"I..."
Huang Suping immediately spoke up: "Marry my sister!"
Wang Shouyi was so scared that he kept shaking his head, "No, no! My mother won't agree."
Huang Suzhi cried even louder.
Huang Suping was so angry that she glared at Lin Baogui and said, "Talk to him!"
Lin Baogui pulled Wang Shouyi out and sat him on the sofa. "Shouyi, how could you do such a thing?"
Wang Shouyi also felt wronged. He scratched his hair and said, "I don't know either. I can't remember it at all."
"What are you going to do? Rape is punishable by law."
Wang Shouyi's face froze. "No, no! I can't go to labor camp. What do you think I should do? Brother Lin, save me!"
"Since you don't want to marry her, why don't you just give her some money and let her go."
Wang Shouyi was stunned, a little dazed, "How much?"
"one thousand!"
Wang Shouyi took a deep breath and objected without thinking, "Where can I get so much money?"
Lin Baogui looked at him coldly, and Wang Shouren felt his scalp tingling.
If he doesn't take it out, he will have to go to labor camp! One thousand yuan? He can't take it out!
Wang Shouyi's eyes turned red, "Brother Lin, I really can't take out so much! Please give me less! I haven't been working for a few years, and I have to support the elderly and children at home! Even if you ask me to take out all my family assets, I can't save so much money!"
Lin Baogui thought for a moment and said, "You're right! I'll go ask." Then he pretended to go inside and came back and said, "Eight hundred yuan! Not a penny less!"
Wang Shouyi scratched his head and said, "I'll go back and discuss it with my mother."
"Okay! You have to hurry up on this!"
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