First volume of imprisonment Chapter 03 Chinese New Year
The red oranges all over the mountain are reflected against the gray sky, and the cold air blows in the gloomy day. Oranges are the lifeblood of the people in Banpo. When the twelfth lunar month comes, all the expenses for the coming year depend on these red fruits. In Banpo, the Chen family produces the largest quantity and the best quality oranges. The three generations of the Qiangzhang family have been counting on this little profit from the mountain.
It was past noon, and after getting up, the gun captain dawdled for a long time but could not find a place to go. He sat by the fire in a daze. His father came into the house panting and spitting, dragging his crippled legs. He saw the gun captain warming himself by the fire like a kitchen god, panting heavily and making waves of disgusting spitting sounds. He hummed and said, "The Yu family downstairs asked you to pay back the money. They just ran into me on the mountain. If you don't pay it back, it will be bad."
The spearman replied woodenly: "How much did she say?"
"He said it was over a hundred!"
The spearman jumped up and cursed, "Bullshit! Four pounds and three ounces of wine, two packs of cigarettes, only twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents!"
His father still panted and said, "Then go and explain it to them."
The spearman was like a deflated ball, and he immediately stopped talking. After a long while, he asked, "Dad, how many oranges can we harvest this year?"
"Hey... Hey... It's less than a thousand kilograms. It's good enough if we can sell it for three hundred and fifty."
The spear master lowered his head and said nothing. The father and son sat together in silence. The fire in the stove gradually weakened. His father said, "Go pick up some charcoal to add to the fire."
The gunner turned around and said, "I'm going to do something!"
His father sighed and said, "Don't go to the power station and mess around with them."
The gunner didn't answer and went straight down the hill, calculating in his mind all the way. Four catties and three ounces of wine, two yuan a catty of corn wine, four and two equals eight, three and two equals six, eight and six, two packs of cigarettes are twenty! Adding up to twenty-eight and six, why did Old Yu say it was more than a hundred? His daughter was there at the time, although not every time, but she can prove it. But why would the girl do this? Hehe, anyway, I didn't get a warrant, if I was in a hurry... I would do whatever I wanted, hehe, do whatever I wanted!
Then the image of the girl from the Yu family’s rosy face and her narrow, curved eyes suddenly popped up in my mind. Although her mouth was a little wide, it looked very fragrant. Yes, very fragrant!
The gunner leaned against the window of Lao Yu's small shop, trying to make his tone more polite. He didn't like rude villagers and felt that he had to show some culture. He made his tone soft and gentle, trying to show his sincerity on his face. After all, he owed someone money, and it was not the point of doing anything wrong.
Old Yu had a black scarf wrapped around her head, tied into a big knot, like a stone millstone that had been used for decades. She glanced at the spearman and shouted at the top of her voice: "Hey, spearman, you are willing to go down the mountain!"
The spearman frowned and said softly, "Aunt, please stop yelling!"
"Roar? Whom to roar at? I dare to roar at anyone!"
Seeing that the other party's voice was too loud, the gun captain panicked, so he took out a cigarette from his pants and squatted on the ground to smoke, as if he was very sophisticated. He also hoped that others would sympathize with him a little. Although he didn't say it, he still had to think about it.
The old woman asked, "You haven't returned it yet?"
The gun chief said slowly, "I just came to settle the accounts. I also told Auntie that I will settle the accounts after I sell the oranges."
The old woman said, "Check the accounts? I can't read. We do this little business to support our family. How are you going to check the accounts?"
The gun master said, "You get what you pay for. I'm not a debtor. Four pounds and three ounces of wine and two packs of cigarettes, a total of twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents. Is that right?"
"That's not right! When did you buy it on credit? There's interest on money borrowed from a credit union, not to mention that you're using my money for the goods. Oh, now you say it's twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents. If you don't owe me, I've used the money to buy and sell goods dozens of times. So how much do you think it should be? Everyone knows that my business has always been good. Do you want to settle the bill?"
The gun captain smoked silently, feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out the reason. He thought about arguing with her, but felt embarrassed. People who didn't know would say that I was defaulting on my debt. It was not decent to borrow things from others on credit. What a bitch.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the old woman changed her tone and said slowly, "I also know that your family is having a hard time, and you don't do anything to change the money. I have also told your father today that I won't charge you too much. I will give you a hundred yuan interest, and the total return to me is one hundred and twenty-eight and sixty yuan. How about that?"
The gun commander felt dizzy before his eyes when he heard this, and frowned: "I'm afraid this is not right! Auntie..."
"It's wrong? What's wrong? What's wrong? Oh, it's right if I eat and drink? It's right if I deny it?"
The spear leader saw her voice getting louder and louder, and he was even more worried, fearing that people on both sides would come to surround him, so he tried to lower his voice and said, "Can you please stop making trouble? We are discussing this! Besides, you see, I can't take it out now."
The old woman glared and said decisively: "No money? Fine, write me an IOU. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Write me a note and pay it back before the New Year. That way I won't force you."
The gun commander felt bitter in his mouth, and the fire in his heart was rising. His legs trembled a few times. He felt like jumping up, just like a wild frog in the ditch, but his mind was blank. How nice it would be to have some wine at this moment? If he had some wine, he would definitely jump up.
"Okay... Auntie, if you say it's messy, then it's messy."
The old woman chuckled and said, "We are all family. I know that you, the chief of the spear, have always been very capable. Come on, here is some paper and pen, write it down."
The rifleman raised his pen, frowned, and thought for a long time before he wrote crookedly on the paper:
I owe Yu's family 128.60 yuan for cigarettes and alcohol, and the deadline is to pay it back before the New Year.
——Chen Siqing
Mrs. Yu picked up the IOU and squinted at it for a long time, then turned her head and called her girl. The girl from the Yu family had a pair of narrow eyes and a fair face, which could be considered upper-middle-class in the area. The gun captain looked at her and thought to himself, what if he had sex with her tonight? Would he owe so much if he had sex with her?
The girl from the Yu family glanced at the gun captain, picked up the IOU and read it, and quietly read the words on it. The gun captain wanted her to say something fair at this time. He felt that the girl from the Yu family had a conscience, after all, she was not married yet. But the girl from the Yu family smiled and said, "Gun captain, what year do you want?"
The gunner raised his head and said, "Of course it's this year."
The girl slapped the IOU in front of him and said, "Add the date."
The gun master blushed, ashamed, and stammered, "Am I that kind of person? Am I that kind of person? This guy doesn't believe me, hehe." He hurriedly added the year after the deadline. At this time, the old woman came over with a ball of red ink and said, "Press it."
The gun master's eyes suddenly turned red. He gritted his teeth and put his hand into the ink and pressed hard a few times, then left his fingerprints on the IOU. At this time, he could only mess around in his mind, maybe he could come up with something, such as the girl from the Yu family would be so fucked that she would call him her dear brother, and the old woman would be dead without any fucking. Oh, it's no wonder that the girl from the Yu family can't get married. It seems that the rumor that she has epilepsy is true. Why doesn't she go crazy now? It looks so good when it's pulled. If it's pulled, maybe the old woman will want my help. I have to help her until the evening and drink two taels of wine. This matter is more fun than that night with Hu Laodao. Hum, I also yelled: Take it off!
When the gunner walked into the substation, his face was still a little green. He didn't want to go home, hoping to have a drink with Master Xiaobai and ask him for help. After all, he was a comrade from a state-owned unit, and he had some culture and knowledge. He could come up with some ideas that would be more useful than these country people. Master Xiaobai was usually very eloquent, maybe he could come forward to help?
When he came to the door, he took off his shoes first, then rubbed them vigorously. This Xiaobai master was very hygienic. He was different from the people from the county town. When he entered the duty room, he saw Xiaobai taking a nap on the wire bed. He went over quietly, not wanting to disturb her sweet dream. He squatted on the tiles until his feet were numb. He saw that she was still asleep, so he sat down with his buttocks, deliberately making a louder sound. However, there was no flesh on his buttocks, so it hurt a lot. He gritted his teeth and took a hissing breath. Xiaobai turned over and saw the gun captain, and said in a daze: "There are cigarettes on the table, pour yourself some water, have you eaten?"
The gun master was so touched that his own father was not as good as this little white master. He bent down, smiled flatteringly, and reached for a cigarette with a mouthpiece and lit it.
Xiaobai's name is Bai Tianli. He is from the county town and is the only son in the family. He looks delicate, like a little girl, with a small nose, a small mouth, and big eyes. It would be nice if he were a girl. Wouldn't it be nice to have two girls in this power station?
Xiao Bai yawned and asked the rifle captain: "It's so cold, why are you here instead of staying at home?"
The gun chief put on a good expression, at least to make Master Xiaobai believe that he was bullied. The city people are bold and have more authority in this area. They are connected with the power company. If he offends the people at the power station and his water supply is cut off, it will be very uncomfortable. When his eyebrows were tangled together, the gun chief pursed his lips and said, "Alas, the world is new now. There is also the story of the White Haired Girl. I only heard about it when I was in school. I didn't expect it."
Xiao Bai knew the gun captain's temper very well, and he scolded him with a smile: "Stop keeping me in suspense, and tell me now."
The gun master thought that although it was not decent to buy on credit, he couldn't bully people like this, so he told him about being forced to write an IOU. Xiao Bai stared at the gun master with wide eyes, as if he wanted to see through something in him, and shook his head and said, "You usually brag so much, but did you really write it?"
The gun captain felt so embarrassed that he said unnaturally, "I wrote it. The old lady yelled too loudly. If she wasn't so fierce, I wouldn't bother to say more to her."
Xiao Bai laughed loudly and said helplessly to the gun captain, "I admire you. It was originally a matter without any written evidence. If you really want to deny the debt, what can she do? Just show her the written evidence. Now look what happened! You just want to add an extra hundred yuan for nothing. What does that mean? It's almost a hundred kilograms of tangerines. You are being played like a monkey by others, and you are still pretending to be pitiful. Haha, do you want to drink some wine? I will ask someone to help you prepare explosives and blow up her house. You are also a man of blood. How can you not vent your anger?"
The gun chief looked at Xiao Bai in fear. This city dweller is really bold. He just owes someone some money, but he still blows up the whole family. He didn't dare to look at Xiao Bai. He felt that Xiao Bai's eyes were murderous and there was a cold light in them. Avoiding Xiao Bai's gaze, the muscles on the gun chief's face twitched a few times and he said with a smile: "What did you mean? You can't do this kind of thing casually. If someone dies, it's a crime punishable by death."
Xiao Bai took out five yuan from under his pillow and gave it to the gun captain, and ordered: "Go get two catties of liquor!"
The gun captain took the money in a daze, and was urged by Xiaobai to go out and get some wine. Until the wine was brought, he still didn't figure out what was going on with Xiaobai.
After pouring the wine, Xiao Bai picked up the glass and asked seriously, "How old are you this year?"
"Twenty-three, twenty-four in lunar years."
"I'll help you settle this tonight. It's the 1990s now, and many people are going out to work. I know you came to me to hear my opinion! Don't say anything. The wine I drank tonight is so irritating. You, a grown man, have been bullied like this, and you dare not even fart! It's pitiful. You are a coward, you know that? As the saying goes, good people are often bullied, and good horses are often ridden. You are so useless, are you willing to be an old farmer all your life? Even if you are willing, look at your physique, you are almost 90 pounds, right? Everyone has ideals, right? I know you want to drive a car, make money Big money, but can you have a future if you just live like this every day? The old saying goes that a good man has ambitions in all directions! Why don't you go out and see the outside world? You live here, there are mountains and cliffs all around, and the sky above your head is only as big as a palm. Drink the wine tonight, or you can go and rob the family who bullies you. Bombing is fake, I will give you a steel pipe, go and smash her house, stand up straight and be a man, be upright and don't let others look down on you! If you are still like this after drinking, then go out, be hardworking, study hard, and learn skills in three to five years, and also work to earn some money to support your family. How about it, let's do it?"
The gun captain's eyes were bloodshot as he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. He wiped his mouth and cursed: "Qiu! If I take two more sips, I'll go raid her house! Fuck you, you bully me, Chen, do you still want to stay here, damn..."
Xiao Bai encouraged him and poured him some wine. After he drank almost a pound of wine, he was still cursing. Xiao Bai slapped the table and shouted, "That's enough! The steel pipe is in the corner. Pick it up. Go and do it!"
The gun master rushed out like a starving wild dog, picking up the steel pipe. Xiao Bai followed behind him with an excited look on his face. The gun master rushed to the road and glanced in the direction of Yu's shop. Seeing that the lights were still on, he said to Xiao Bai: "Fuck her, wait a little longer, I will beat her after the lights are turned off!"
Xiao Bai stared at the gun captain until he felt uneasy. He quickly said, "No, I just want to reduce my responsibility. I don't want her to know that I did it even if I smashed her house!"
Xiao Bai turned his head and said without even looking at him, "How shameful! You drank a pound of liquor and waited for people to turn off the lights. You were clearly raiding someone's house. Do you think you are a thief? Did you steal their light bulbs first, cut off the wires, and then grab their flashlights? Do you have the guts to do it in the dark?"
The gun captain didn't dare to answer, and was scolded as worthless again, but he drank a lot of wine today. He hadn't had such a good time in a long time. Recently, no one has slaughtered pigs, and even if they did, no one would invite them. Xiaobai scolded him and he was very embarrassed. He also wanted to rush in and burn, kill, and plunder. Yes, and then press that crazy little bitch under him. Hehehe, it's so satisfying, ha!
Looking at the gunman squatting under the electric pole on the roadside, Xiaobai remembered a saying: A dog will always eat shit! A cow is still a cow even if it is taken to Beijing. This kid is hopeless!
The spearman suddenly raised his head. He felt that he had drunk Master Xiaobai's wine today and had made many bold statements, but now he was frustrated. This was not good. He shouted at Xiaobai: "Accompany me to her door. Accompany me to her door!"
Xiaobai saw through this guy, but he also hoped for a miracle to happen, so he took the lead and walked towards Yu's house. When they were only ten meters away, the spear captain grabbed Xiaobai and said, "Master Bai, there's no need to go. I want to smoke another cigarette." He was sweating while speaking and kept strumming the sanxian with his feet.
Xiao Bai looked at the gun leader fiercely: "I'll yell for you, and then you start charging!"
The gunner held Xiao Bai tightly, as if he was trying to persuade someone. His hands, clutching his sleeves, were shaking. He begged in a low voice, "Wait for me to finish my cigarette, okay?"
Xiaobai stopped, took out a cigarette and gave it to him, then waited quietly. The captain's heart was beating like a drum at this moment. He wished so much that the cigarette was dozens of meters long, and he must not finish it so quickly. He smoked it in small puffs, as if it was some kind of extraordinary delicacy, and he was reluctant to take a long puff. Seeing that the cigarette was about to end, it was time to go into battle. The fear in his heart swelled rapidly, and finally he looked at Xiaobai weakly, his voice as small as a mosquito: "I think I'd better go out to work. Once I make some money, everything will be fine..."
Xiao Bai walked away without looking back, saying, "Go ahead. I'll give you two hundred yuan when you leave, as a token of our friendship! Don't come to me again, unless one day you feel like a man."
For the first time, the gun captain felt like crying. He stared at the Yu family's shop and was angry in his heart. I will burn down this broken shop in two or three o'clock! That's right, I will burn down your house. Master Xiaobai is such a good person. Hehe, if I let Xiaobai have sex with that little girl a few times, maybe he will still pay attention to me.
He turned around and staggered back home. After returning to the house, he fell on the bed. His mind was in a mess. He looked down on his own behavior, but then he thought, I have always controlled myself and didn't commit a crime tonight. Is it necessary? It's just a hundred yuan. I will go out to work and earn it to reward you! It was really dangerous tonight. If I really smashed Yu's house, I might have been handcuffed by the police now. Fortunately, although Master Xiaobai was very hardworking, he is a friend, how can I be really angry! I will go and apologize to him tomorrow to satisfy his self-esteem.
By the way, self-esteem, this thing is very wonderful, I also have self-esteem, when I work and come back to earn enough money, I will have self-esteem! Whoever asks me to write an IOU by then, I will fuck his ancestors. I was really lucky tonight, I almost couldn't come back! Let their family be proud for a while, what's the big deal, isn't it just a shabby store?
Or think about that girl. Look at the white and tender skin on her neck, her breasts are tall, and her waist is not as thick and strong as other women. When she twists, oh, yes, she will definitely cum! Damn, what a fairy. She must make a lot of money as a whore. Maybe that's how her small shop started. Bah, she's not as good as me. Will she really sell it? Hehe, if she really sells it, let her let me have sex with her a few more times for the sake of our neighborhood?
That white meat is so tender, as I thought about it, my hand reached towards the crotch.
