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Chapter 110: That City, Respect the Clothes First and the People Later

While Sun Erniang was instructing Zhu Youjun in the distance, Xie Hushan and Zhu Sanyuan, one big and one small, were sitting at the door of the train, eating as their four legs of different lengths swung back and forth.

At this time, Xie Hushan was holding a handful of something called Gu Di in his hand. Zhu Sanyuan had just picked it for him from somewhere. It was the only snack for the child in spring.

He thought this might be some ungrown weed. Zhu Sanyuan picked up one and peeled off the hard skin on the outside, leaving only the tender young spike inside. He then held it up to Xie Hushan's mouth, motioning him to open his mouth.

It tastes sweet, tender, crispy and soft, with the fragrance of wild grass.

In fact, Xie Hushan felt that it tasted just a little sweeter and more grassy than tender eggplant.

Zhu Sanyuan put a piece of grass into Xie Hushan's mouth, then stopped and sat down like Xie Hushan, holding the candy in his mouth, swinging his legs, and looking at his sister and mother in the distance.

When his mother and sister were crying about parting, Zhu Fengjun walked up to Xie Hushan, bowed to him first, and said in a low but serious tone:

"Thank you, big brother. Thank you for taking care of my sister. I really don't have anything to show my appreciation. I kowtow to you on behalf of my mother and my sister. Please bear with me and take good care of her."

As he said this, he bent his legs and knelt down, ready to kowtow to Xie Hushan solemnly. Xie Hushan quickly jumped out of the car to pull him up. Seeing that he was kneeling with sincerity and strength, he immediately said:
"Hurry up, what are you talking about? It doesn't look good to kowtow alone. Stop it. When there's a chance, you and your sister can kowtow to me together. That way it will look neat and I like it."

Zhu Fengjun, who insisted on kowtowing, was shocked when these frivolous words came out.

Taking this opportunity, Xie Hushan pulled the other person up. Zhu Fengjun was so brave that she looked at the young man seriously. At this time, Xie Hushan had already taken back his hands that were pulling her up, and sat back at the car door, continuing to eat Gu Di:

"I took her away not because I wanted you to thank me, but because I wanted to thank your mother. For your mother, I will take good care of her as well."

Zhu Fengjun bowed to Xie Hushan again, then covered his mouth and walked towards his mother and sister.

"Hey, can't your eldest sister beat your second sister at home?" Xie Hushan looked at Zhu Sanyuan beside him and asked with a smile.

Zhu Sanyuan thought for a moment and said, "She and my eldest sister don't fight. It's just that every time my second sister fights with others, my eldest sister always says it was her who did it."

"Then we have to deal with your second sister. She can't even take responsibility for what she did. What's the point of fighting?" Xie Hushan said with disdain:
"She's still someone's wife. If you bring this kind of person home, Daxiu will really beat her up eight times a day."

Zhu Sanyuan held a candy in his mouth, puffed up his cheeks and asked Xie Hushan in confusion: "Brother Xie, what is a wife?"

"A wife is just like your mother. She controls you all day long, takes away your candy and delicious food. You have to give her your money first, and she says how you can spend it. If you don't obey, she will always want to beat you until you obey. She also won't let you go out and play with other wives. She doesn't want you to have a baby with someone else, and she blames you when she has a stomachache after giving birth. In short, she is a very unreasonable person." Xie Hushan explained the concept of a wife to Zhu Sanyuan.

Perhaps the mention of a daughter-in-law being the same as her mother, coupled with the fact that Xie Hushan's example was very easy to understand, made Zhu Sanyuan nod his head in sudden enlightenment:

"No wonder you don't let your elder sister and second sister be your wives. Anyone who wants a wife is a fool. I won't marry a wife either. I can eat whatever I want and play whatever I want."

"Although you look like a stray dog ​​that has shed its hair and has turned into a spirit, and you look like a boy, you are actually a girl." Xie Hushan saw this guy talking like a little adult and said with a smile:

"You have to marry someone in the future. If you can marry a wife, your mother won't want to have another brother at such an old age."

Zhu Sanyuan was stunned for a moment, then slowly reacted after a while:

"Hey, Brother Xie, if I become someone's wife, I can control him, spend his money to buy candy, and beat him?"

"You look like a spirit dog. Do you still want to be someone's wife? The big monkeys in the mountains won't steal a child like yours, for fear of scaring their own children." Xie Hushan said to Zhu Sanyuan with a smile:

"Go home and wash your hair and face properly, stop running around barefoot all the time, go to school if you have the chance, and when you get to college, you might find a fool with bad eyesight who is willing to take a beating from you and give you money to spend."

Seeing Sun Erniang and Zhu Youjun coming over here, Xie Hushan grabbed a handful of candy and put it on Zhu Sanyuan's tattered clothes, asking her to hold it:

"Don't learn from your second sister. She is useless. When your family has money in the future, study hard."

Then he carried the person out of the car and put her on the ground, then returned to the car and waved at her.

"Yeah." Zhu Sanyuan pocketed the candies in her hands, raised her little face to look at Xie Hushan, then turned around and walked barefoot towards her mother and sister.

He ran a few steps and then ran back, trying to free up one hand, picked up a few unpeeled reeds in his pocket, tiptoed to hand them to Xie Hushan, and then ran away again.

Xie Hushan smiled and said, "She is really ugly, and as dirty as a clay figurine, but she has a good heart."

……

The train rumbled forward in the night.

Han Hongbing and Xie Hushan sat side by side at the car door, enjoying the breeze. Han Hongbing bought a bottle of wine, and he and Xie Hushan ate luncheon meat with the wine while chatting.

However, Han Hongbing kept turning his head to look at Zhu Youjun, who was holding a basket of steamed buns and huddled on a sack of hay, watching him and Xie Hushan warily, and began to persuade him:
"Comrade, don't be afraid. Just lie down and take a nap. We are not bad people." Seeing that the other party did not react, Han Hongbing speechlessly withdrew his gaze and said to Xie Hushan:
"Xie Siling, please speak human language. Why do you keep scaring her? I think you've almost frightened her to death."

"Don't sleep. If you dare to sleep, we will strip you naked and lie on top of you! And then we'll throw you down after we're done!" After hearing this, Xie Hushan turned around and shouted at Zhu Youjun bluntly.

Zhu Youjun, who was originally sleepy and had red eyes, immediately forced himself to stay awake, widened his eyes, shrank his body towards the cowshed, leaned against the fence and stared at the two people, but soon began to doze off again.

"It's been two days and two nights, and you're still sitting here trying to stay awake?" Han Hongbing sighed.

"It's for her own good. I won't keep her awake. She hasn't been sleeping well the whole way. It's almost time. I think she'll sleep soundly this time." Xie Hushan retracted his gaze and said lightly.

Han Hongbing took a sip of wine and asked Xie Hushan, "Are you really taking her to Hong Kong Island?"

"It's just a side job. If you can help, help. Don't let people think that the people of Yaoshan don't know how to repay kindness." Xie Hushan looked at Han Hongbing:
"Besides, what if I don't take her with me? How about changing the name on the letter of introduction to yours and taking her home as my wife?"

Han Hongbing shook his head decisively:

"Forget it, don't be like this. I need to find someone virtuous and obedient. This stubborn person is useless no matter how good he is. Just one look at him reminds me of the time when my mom beat up my dad and my dad had to apologize to my mom."

Xie Hushan laughed: "Then it will be difficult for you to find a wife. Don't say that I don't take care of you. Since we have such a good relationship, I will help my aunt to persuade you. I think Daxiu's personality is suitable for you. If you don't want to, you can help your brother to persuade him. Han Laosan is also suitable..."

"Xie Siling, I have been loyal to you since I was a child. I don't think you will harm me when you grow up." Han Hongbing laughed:

"Daxiu will definitely have a bright future. Let her take over my job and let her cause trouble to the people in the city. I think it's hard to find anyone willing to date her within a 30-mile radius of Zhongping. If you're not afraid of her, you should be afraid of her, my brother-in-law. You've beaten up every troublemaker."

Xie Hushan thought of another suitable candidate and continued to recommend:
"How's Taozi's sister? She's not bad either. She's about the same age as Daxiu, but much more sensible than Daxiu. Before, there was someone who wanted to arrange a blind date for her, but because I like to help others, the matchmaker was scared and turned it down. Her mother worries every day about who she will marry in the future and who dares to be my brother-in-law."

Han Hongbing continued to curl his lips: "My mother would definitely not like me. I am just like Taozi, too skinny and can't do any hard work. I would not like me either. With my conditions, I must find a vice president like the Five Golden Flowers or a steel mill like Liu Sanjie to barely make ends meet."

"Chief of Staff Han, when you brag again, please consider the consequences first. Don't brag casually. Don't wait until the circle of your ancestral tomb is blown up by your bragging and you have nowhere to cry." Xie Hushan took the bottle of wine, raised his head, took a sip, and cursed with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and Han Hongbing looked back at Zhu Youjun and said to Xie Hushan:
"Fell asleep."

"Take off her clothes! I'll go first! I'll take off my pants!" Xie Hushan shouted a few words loudly.

Zhu Youjun, who was curled up against the cowshed fence, didn't react at all.

"Okay, after this sleep, she will feel at ease knowing that she will not be bullied by us." Xie Hushan stood up and walked over, picked up the woman with both hands, put her on the sack where he usually slept, and took off her shoes.

He searched the other person's body again and found two things. He showed them to Han Hongbing with a smile, and then covered her with his tattered coat which he used as a quilt.

Zhu Youjun didn't know how long she had slept. She suddenly woke up and sat up, and found that the train was still moving forward. Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing were working together to feed the cows. She looked at her position, the bright sky outside, and the clothes on her body. After making sure that no one seemed to have taken advantage of her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, her face changed, and the things she had hidden on her body for self-defense were gone.

"Awake?" He glanced at Xie Hushan who was pushing feed into the trough with a shovel.
"Don't you have the guts to sleep? I tell you, just because you fell asleep, we have already ruined you. You are completely finished."

"Bullshit! Stop talking nonsense and ruining my reputation. If you want to be treated as a gangster, don't take me with you. I'm a decent person." In the cowshed, Han Hongbing's voice rang out from under the cow's neck:
"Comrade, don't worry. Xie Siling has been sleeping next to me these past two days. It's true that I have abused him."

"You're in a good mood when the carriage is full of the smell of cow dung and cow urine?" Xie Hushan pushed the feed:

"Hurry up, we will probably have to change to an express train today or tomorrow. We won't have to stop temporarily anymore and can go straight to our destination."

Zhu Youjun knew that what Xie Hushan said was not true. He felt a little embarrassed and asked Xie Hushan in a low voice:

"Did you take my things?"

"Do you think you are very smart and have a very powerful idea? Do you think that if we dare to bully you in the car, you will jump into the cowshed and hit the cows. Then we will definitely be in big trouble, right?" Xie Hushan said to Zhu Youjun:

"The food is in your basket. Hurry up and eat something. You can put on water for Han Laoer and get in to clean up the cow dung later."

Zhu Youjun looked at the basket next to her. Inside were two small knives hidden on her body, one hidden outside and one hidden close to her body. Now they were both found out and placed in the basket, as if mocking her idea as a joke.

"No, no..." When Han Hongbing heard Xie Hushan asking Zhu Youjun to help clean up the cow dung, he quickly said no.

"Let her work. She can't bear this kind of hardship. Why go to Hong Kong? She really thinks that it's a capitalist society where everyone is a tycoon." Xie Hushan signaled Han Hongbing not to be polite:
"If you can't bear this little bit of hardship and fatigue, you will be treated as a nobody by those over there. She will have to endure even more. That's a city that respects clothes before people."

(End of this chapter)