First volume of imprisonment Chapter 06: Looking for Wife
The gun captain couldn't help but think of his first experience as a thief. He had just returned home from school and there was a pocket-sized radio with two earphones that played cassettes. A cousin who was in high school in the county town happened to bring one back, which broadened the gun captain's horizons and made him very curious about it. He felt uncomfortable all day long, as if he was scratched by a cat. He thought about it when he slept, ate, and took a shit. Then an opportunity came. That day, his cousin went up the mountain with others to play and left the radio at Uncle Chen Cangshu's house. The gun captain took advantage of no one noticing and got under the bed where his cousin was sleeping. The radio was placed next to his pillow. He didn't dare to take it now, because if he took it, people would know. He could only steal it at night, when his cousin came back and fell asleep. Who would be able to explain it then?
At night, the gun captain waited until his brother fell asleep, then quietly rolled out from under the bed. Listening to his brother's faint snoring, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably, and he was extremely scared. What if his brother suddenly woke up, drank water? Pee? And then found himself, what should he do? He wanted to open the door and slip out immediately, but he was unwilling to do so. He regretted it when he was under the bed, but when he thought about taking possession of the radio, the fear disappeared.
Relying on the slight moonlight, the gun captain accurately got the audio player. At that moment, his like was far greater than his fear. When he was brave, he touched two of his clan brother's cassettes. The popular songs there were really nice! When the gun captain touched the door of the famous room lightly, he saw someone in the cottage getting up at night to relieve his hands. He didn't dare to squeak, and rushed out quickly. But just after he stepped out of the yard, the person in the cottage shouted "Who?". The gun captain still remembered the feeling at that time, and his whole body was cold, and he shrank under the stone staircase outside the yard. The gun captain heard that it was a big axe. If he was caught, he would probably be beaten halfway to death! But Chen Cangshu glanced casually and said to himself: "I clearly saw Xiaoping's head running past the door."
The gun chief did not dare to go out for three months after he returned. He hid at home all day and let his hair grow long. He did not dare to take risks easily. Dafu's words were indeed released the next day. His cousin's radio was stolen from his house. He saw a short-haired man walking by. Chen Cangshu said: If I know who did it, I will break his legs. Besides, the gun chief was deeply shocked when he saw the appearance of Qi Qin on the cover of the cassette box. After comparing, only the skin was comparable to the star in the portrait, but the hair was far worse. The hair behind the head was slightly curly. What a beautiful hairstyle! From then on, the gun chief began to like to let his hair grow long, but every time it was not longer than the shoulders, he would be scolded by the elders to cut it. Every time he went to cut it, he begged them to cut it shorter.
Looking at the short crew-head in the mirror, the gun commander felt a little inferior. How could he still have any grace? It was a pity that the half-grown wolf hair was gone.
The owner of Xingfu Restaurant is an honest man from Ningxia. After working hard in Xinjiang for several years, he went to Xi'an to open a restaurant and his business is doing pretty well.
The lady boss looked at the gun captain who was wearing a brand new service uniform and was a little disappointed. They only needed a doorman. Wu Jun could occasionally play a guest role, but Wu Jun was the foreman and couldn't stand at the door and waste resources. They had to arrange for the gun captain to pour tea and set the table with Wu Jun first, so that he could learn how to greet guests first.
At first, the gun captain thought it was quite interesting. He would watch the guests coming and going when he had nothing to do. Occasionally, there were a few beautiful women, and the gun captain could not stop fantasizing. It was not too tiring. He helped the guests add tea and served tea. After the guests left, he would collect the bowls, clean up, and wait for the next group to arrive. But before a month had passed, the boss's wife found that a few bottles of wine were missing during the inventory. This happened after the gun captain came, so it must have been him! The gun captain could not deny it. Originally, he took advantage of the closing time every night. The boss's wife did not make it difficult for him. Seeing that he admitted it, she deducted it from the salary. Ha, he didn't know when he calculated it. The gun captain jumped up and down. He now had 200 yuan for food and accommodation per month, and those bottles of wine totaled more than 500 yuan. No wonder it tasted so good. It seemed that one bottle was not enough. That's why he stole a few bottles. The boss was a real person and didn't want to bully the migrant workers. He calculated it according to the purchase price and gave it to the gun captain. This barely covered one and a half months' salary.
But the gun chief has been resentful ever since then, damn it! It's just a few bottles of broken wine, you give it to your uncle, the gun chief, and you want to see how I feel! It's not Maotai or Wuliangye; the gun chief made up his mind to get it back sooner or later with interest, but the boss didn't let him go, and moved him to the kitchen to wash dishes, standing for hours, and always bending over to wash dishes, which is not much different from when he was repairing the bridge. Repairing the bridge is a hard injury, but this is a soft injury, washing dishes, it doesn't seem to be hard work on the surface, but washing for several hours in a row, washing thousands of dishes, the waist can't be straightened, this time the gun chief cursed the boss's wife and her family in his heart, this is too fucking insulting, how can a human do it! I never wash dishes at home, I didn't expect to suffer here.
Wu Jun kept comforting him, asking the gun captain to be patient, and he would find a suitable opportunity to move him to the front. But half a month later, the gun captain had been working for four months, and Wu Jun still couldn't move the gun captain to the front. It seemed that the boss lady was a cuckold - she was determined to "go against" the gun captain. According to Wu Jun's retelling, "How can the gun captain be wasted?" This statement seemed sophisticated and cultured. Of course, the gun captain was not stupid enough to be complacent. He also heard that the other person was insulting him. So the action that had been planned for a long time began. One day, the boss's family went back early, and only their kitchen staff was still cleaning the store. The gun captain deliberately dawdled until the last minute, then took out a screwdriver and pried open the cash register. The boss lady would take away large amounts of cash every day, and all that was left were small bills below 100 yuan, but after counting, they were not bad, about 600 yuan. The gun captain smiled and accepted it without hesitation. This was a gift from his son and daughter-in-law, how could he refuse? After taking the money, the gun captain went back and prepared to lie to Wu Jun and leave. However, just as he returned to his residence and had not yet packed his clothes, the boss rushed up to him with several kitchen boys.
"Hand over the money!" The boss's dark face exuded a stern look. The gun captain stared at the boss in amazement, his face pale, and he was frightened and at a loss. Wu Jun looked at the boss with a confused look.
The boss pointed at the gun chief and said, "You tell me yourself."
The gun master's mouth trembled, unable to say anything. He looked at the guys behind him. They were definitely not good people. They were big and strong, and now they looked like they wanted to eat people. Wu Jun stared at the gun master and his voice changed. He knew the boss's character. He usually wouldn't get so angry about something. This posture showed that he was going to beat someone up. Could it be that the gun master stole something?
Wu Jun yelled at the gun captain: "What did you do?"
The gun captain looked at the angry Wu Jun, and for the first time he didn't curse in his mind. He was really scared. The boss looked at the furious Wu Jun and said, "Forget it, Wu Jun, it seems that you don't know about this. He was the last one to leave when we closed the store tonight. He pried open the cabinet and took away the change, about four or five hundred."
Wu Jun clenched his fists tightly. He wanted to knock the gun in front of him to the ground with one punch. It was so embarrassing. How could Zhang San, such a good friend, know such a sneaky person. The boss couldn't put down his face and pulled Wu Jun. The gun master bent his knees and knelt in front of Wu Jun. Tears rolled down his cheeks. He cried to Wu Jun: "Brother, please spare me this time! I am possessed by a ghost... Boss, I am sorry for you. It's all my fault for being hot-headed."
Everyone looked at the gun captain in front of them and felt that he was not a human being. He was just like a dog whose tail was stepped on and kept whining. Several guys pouted and turned away. Beating such a man really lowered their status. The boss closed his eyes and sighed, "Hand over the money. I will give you this month's salary. Where it comes from, it goes back."
Wu Jun's face turned pale. He had never thought that something like this would happen. He felt sorry for the captain who was crying out of fear. He said helplessly, "Boss, I am responsible for this. I am too ashamed to stay in the store. I resign. Sorry for causing you trouble."
The boss said anxiously, "Wu Jun, what are you talking about? Although he is a fellow villager you introduced, what he does has nothing to do with you. Don't say that. I will never agree to it."
Wu Jun looked at the anxious boss and was really touched. The gun captain hurriedly took out all the money and handed it to the boss. The boss didn't even count it and took out two fifty-dollar bills and handed them to the gun captain: "Take it, this is your salary. I won't pursue this matter for Wu Jun's sake. You can leave tomorrow."
After that, he took his men away. Wu Jun sat on the bed in a daze, his mind was blank, and he couldn't think of anything. The gun captain was still kneeling on the ground. He secretly looked at Wu Jun, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he didn't dare to get up, and just stood there.
After a long while, Wu Jun finally sighed and said, "Get up, Brother Siqing." When the gun leader heard this, he was still a little touched, but he couldn't help complaining: "You still know that I am your brother? Just now, you wanted to eat me alive, humph, I just want to see if you dare not really put me up. I am not so easy to bully as the surname Chen.
Wu Jun took out some money from under the quilt on the bed, took out two 100-yuan bills and handed them to the gun captain: "Zhang San is my best friend. We started working together and have kept in touch since we met. I don't know how good your relationship with him is, but he can write to you, so he regards you as a friend. When working outside, people should be honest and able to endure hardships. As the saying goes, it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to be away from home for a day. Who doesn't have difficulties? If you need money, you can tell me. I can't give you more, but we can think of a way together. It's very embarrassing to do this. The boss is a good person. He treats people honestly and won't make things difficult for us workers who come from afar, but we can't bully him like this. These two hundred yuan are my travel expenses for you. You don't have to pay it back. You can take it back tomorrow. For the rest, don't mention this to Zhang San. I don't want to embarrass my friend..." His voice was a little unnatural, and the gun captain was not moved. He now had another 300 yuan in his hand and was thinking about where to go next? Maybe I can travel all over China. He recalled how he had knelt down in disgrace just now, and felt a little . It was indeed very embarrassing, but he might as well save them this time, in case I beat my son and the sky would be thunderous.
The next day, Wu Jun asked for leave from his boss, and took the gun captain to the train to accompany him to buy a train ticket before leaving. The gun captain was thinking wildly all the way. He thought about how he would be laughed at if he went back like this. He thought about the laughter and ridicule of Mrs. Yu, and that from now on the old man would ignore him and Master Xiaobai. When they arrived at the train station, Wu Jun took the gun captain to line up. The gun captain suddenly had an idea and hurriedly pulled Wu Jun and said, "Xiaojun, you don't have to accompany me. This is not the first time I take a train. The business in the store is very busy. You can't delay too much. I have caused you a lot of trouble for my business. Go back! Go back!" Seeing the gun captain like this, Wu Jun also felt that he was such an old man, nothing should happen to him. After repeated instructions, he returned.
What was the gun captain thinking about? He thought of his wife who had abandoned him. Hey, isn't it in Henan? Although he didn't know the exact location, he could find it slowly. Her family said it seemed to be in some old shop in Xinyang. He could blackmail the guy who wore my shoes and maybe get some benefits. He made up his mind. Shaanxi and Henan border each other. It would take more than ten hours to take the train from Xi'an to Zhengzhou, and then transfer to Xinyang. He took the map in his hand, determined the route, and bought the ticket.
He stayed on the train the whole time. The gun leader thought that he was not a farmer who took a train for the first time, so he ran around everywhere. Since he had the ticket, he was not afraid of being checked. He carefully studied the rules of taking the train and remembered what Lao Li said. It really made sense. Now even if he had no money, he could take a cheap train.
After arriving in Xinyang, Henan, we found a bus station. There happened to be a bus passing by the old store, so Captain Gun got on the bus without thinking too much and just followed it. The older generation said that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, and this makes sense.
The gun captain thought that the people of Henan spoke very interestingly, but he basically listened but didn't understand. After all, Mandarin has been popularized for some years, and he can speak half of it, which is barely passable. When he arrived at the old store, the gun captain first found a small hotel to stay in. Ten yuan a night was quite reasonable. He had been on the road for the past few days. The legs of the bed became weak as soon as he saw it. As soon as he got in, he smelled a fishy smell. What kind of quilt is this? There are spots everywhere. It's not good at first glance. It's probably the dirty stuff left by some shameless dogs and men. Pah, pah, pah, he spit out a few mouthfuls of bad luck in a row, so he had to make do with it and sleep until he woke up the next morning. There was already a lot of traffic outside the window. Luckily, he happened to see a market. The gun captain rushed out as soon as he entered. He hadn't seen a market for several months. If it wasn't in a poor mountain valley, it would be in a big city every day.
Walking slowly along the street of old shops, there are two rows of shops, some are old-style buildings, it seems that these people built houses with mud walls, and there are also a few brick houses, which may not look fashionable, but practical. Looking around in the crowd, it is very lively. Walking to the door of a supply and marketing cooperative, looking inside, there is nothing special, just the door is open a little wider, and there are people shouting in Henan dialect everywhere. The gunman is inexplicably excited. When he was in his hometown, he would touch women everywhere when he went to the market. This time he will touch a Henan girl, maybe he can take her back to the small hotel for free and apply some spots.
The street was full of people, buying salt, cloth, rice, and other daily necessities, small handicrafts, agricultural specialties, etc. The gun captain followed a peasant woman wearing a red cloth with white flowers, and then followed closely and pressed against her. He first leaned against her with his thigh. It was so soft! He then touched her buttocks in front of him inadvertently with his hand, then turned his head, pretending that it was unintentional, and observed the peasant woman's reaction with his peripheral vision. But when the peasant woman turned her head, the two of them looked at each other and met each other's eyes. What do you think? He happened to meet the wife he was looking for!
"Si Qing! Why are you here? When did you get here?" The gun commander's wife is Zhu Hong, who is one year older than him. Looking at Zhu Hong's expression, the gun commander smiled and said, "You left without telling me, so I came to find you. I just arrived yesterday."
Zhu Hong looked at the gun captain in confusion. She knew this man too well. He was lazy and treacherous, but also timid. He could read, but sometimes he was like a beast.
The gun captain was very happy. What luck he had today. He just wanted to get a free spot treatment, and this was delivered to him immediately: "There are too many people here, follow me to the hotel."
Zhu Hong's face was determined: "I won't go back with you. I have already started a family here and have a son with my man. How did you find this place?" She really didn't believe that the gun captain could find her. She didn't even leave her home address, let alone the gun captain who was always lazy.
The gun captain was in a dilemma. He had always considered himself a cultured man who would not use violence. But now the person was right in front of him, but she refused to go back with him. The gun captain became more and more angry. You threw me away and came to have a son with someone else, but you gave me a girl! I am still your first wife. Anyway, no one here recognizes me. I am just afraid that this woman will scream and get beaten by her Henan husband. Otherwise, I don’t care so much. He thought so in his heart, but softened his words: "Zhu Hong, is it easy for me to come to you from thousands of miles away? I am not an unreasonable person. If I make a scene here, you are still my legal wife, and it will not be good for your husband."
Zhu Hong was speechless after hearing this. She was really afraid that the gun captain would go crazy. If the news got out, it would be bad. It would be fine if the man knew about it. He was an honest man and would not argue with others. But those villagers and parents-in-law were not kind people. She had no choice but to say to the gun captain: "I can't go to the hotel with you. If you have anything to say, wait for me by the electric pole five miles west at night."
The gun captain had no choice but to let Zhu Hong go. It was not that he was worried that Zhu Hong would lie to him, but he had never thought about it. It was no wonder, because Zhu Hong had never lied to him since they got married.
At night, just after nine o'clock, the gun captain left the hotel and walked to the place Zhu Hong said. After walking about five miles, he saw a pole on the side of the road. He thought this was the right place, so he squatted down and started smoking. After waiting for about two hours, he saw Zhu Hong holding a flashlight and walking towards him quickly, and then led the gun captain into the corn forest. She was worried that some passers-by at night would know him, and then she would not be able to explain.
Zhu Hong took out a few dozen yuan from her waist and stuffed it into the gun captain's pocket, saying, "I don't have much money. This is all from my daily savings. His mother manages the money at home, so I can't give you much. You can go back tomorrow... Is my daughter okay?"
The gun captain took the money and felt panic in his heart. I still have to blackmail that bastard, how can I just leave like this? He replied, "What's the good? Children without mothers are pitiful. His grandfather has been taking care of her. It's enough to give her food and clothes. I came to find you, and you just send me away? You have to go back with me today no matter what."
There were tears in Zhu Hong's eyes. After all, she was a woman. One night of love is worth a hundred days of grace. No matter how disappointing this spear leader was, he was still her man. "I'm sorry, but I can't go back now, and I can't go back!"
The gun leader gritted his teeth and encouraged himself: "You have to go back, otherwise, I will find the police tomorrow and accuse you of trafficking women!"
Zhu Hong glared and cursed, "Don't try to fool me. Do you think you can fool people just because you have studied for a few days? I have asked the village teacher. We don't have a marriage certificate. We are not legally married. I am married to my husband now. Who do you think you are? If you really dare to force me, there are dozens of people in my father-in-law's family. I can kill you here and no one will know."
The gun captain was frightened and his hair stood on end. He secretly thanked himself that fortunately, I didn't do anything rash. After all, this was someone else's territory. Dozens of people would come if he was called. His mind turned to other places, thinking about the spots on the bed in the small hotel, and he asked in a low voice: "Zhu Hong, are you doing well? Is he good to you? Does he beat you or scold you?"
朱红听着这话，心里热乎乎的，跟枪长最大的好处是这男人不骂人不打人，从来都是好好说话，现在的男人，虽然很疼自己，但是嘴很笨，几巴掌也揍不出个屁来。点点头，有些哽咽地说：“你重新找一个比我好的女人，还有，不要整天游手好闲，勤劳点，日子也就好过了，我跟你实在是苦不下去了才跑的，跟咱们女儿说，她妈死了……”眼泪儿大滴滴地往下掉，枪长赶忙拥住朱红说：“红，别说了，都怪我不争气，怨不得你，这次我也没真指望你能回去，都怪我自己，将来他有什么对不住你的地方，尽管又回来。”边说放手上边用力，朱红已经被他勒进了怀中。
The gun captain's mind was in a mess. Recalling his married life with Zhu Hong, he was even more lustful. He stretched out his hand to touch Zhu Hong's collar, but Zhu Hong held his hand tightly. The gun captain's strength was no match for Zhu Hong: "Si Qing, this won't do. I have a man again now. What's the point of being with you? Let go!" The gun captain panted and said to Zhu Hong: "Hong'er... after you left, I didn't... have that. Let me in once, and I'll leave tomorrow! Come on, let me in once!"
Zhu Hong felt a little weak after hearing the gun captain's explicit words, and her hands loosened. The gun captain immediately reached in and began to rub, holding Zhu Hong's chest with one hand and untying Zhu Hong's belt with the other. In two or three strokes, he pulled down her pants. Both of them began to pant rapidly. The gun captain didn't know where he got the strength from, and pressed Zhu Hong into the cornfield, took off her pants and started to move inside! The long-lost wetness and tenderness made the gun captain's whole body tremble, and his back felt numb.
He held Zhu Hong tightly, and said to her unwillingly, "Don't move, I'll be done soon, one more time, one more time!"
Zhu Hong was also aroused by him. When the gun chief came alive again, she wrapped her legs around his waist and began to twist vigorously. The gun chief felt like a general wielding a long gun. His butt kept moving, hitting several corn stalks and making them tremble. This time, it took more than ten minutes before the gun chief finally lay on Zhu Hong, panting heavily with sweat all over his body. His whole body was already limp and powerless. Zhu Hong's face was also covered with fine beads of sweat. It was really refreshing just now. After waiting for a while, Zhu Hong urged the gun chief to put on his pants, turned around and left the corn forest. When the gun chief came to him, he said, "We will go back tomorrow and don't come again. This is our last time!" The gun chief felt a little sad. It was so nice to have a woman by his side. He could do it whenever he wanted. But he also knew that Zhu Hong would not go back with him. No matter what, she was living a better life than him now!
What does it matter? If I don’t have a wife, I can find a few more women! Thinking of this, I felt happy and hummed “I am a wolf from the north, walking in the boundless wilderness…”
