blazing fire

Cheng Zhuo thought of the girl he saw that day, with wheat-colored skin similar to Yuan Yu, with a well-proportioned figure and facial features... Although he didn't look carefully, it seemed to be passable.

Yuan Yu called her "sister".

In the past few days, Cheng Zhuo has not seen any other young girls. It is estimated that this man is here to propose marriage to that girl.

Recalling that man's expression of wanting/going to death that he saw last night, Cheng Zhuo got goosebumps all over his body under the sun.

But now Yuan Yu should not be at home, and he doesn't know the rest of the Yuan family, so he can't rush to the door.

If he hadn't quarreled with Yuan Yu, he could still ask him about the specific situation now, but what should he do now?Do you want him to pull his face and apologize if he wants to help others?

He won't do it!

Cheng Zhuo scratched his head, kicked the road hard, and kicked up the gravel.

He went home in a fit of anger.

Grandma was surprised when she saw him: "Are you back? So early?"

This dialect is not difficult to understand, Cheng Zhuo thought for a while, and finally remembered the lie he told yesterday, and said as if to make amends: "I woke up early today - I will come back to get some things, and I will go out later."

"Then do you eat?" Grandma asked.

Cheng Zhuo paused as he walked upstairs, blinked, and asked hesitantly, "Will Second Uncle and the others come today?"

Grandma explained to him chatteringly, Cheng Zhuo only understood the word "not coming", thought for a while and said: "Then eat."

He went upstairs to pack a few changes of clothes, put them in a large environmental protection bag he bought later, and carried them downstairs.Grandma has already brought over the freshly prepared breakfast, and today's portion is much smaller, obviously not for the second uncle and the others.

After drinking wine for half the night, it is indeed a lot more comfortable to have a mouthful of hot porridge.After he was full, Cheng Zhuo went out with his bag.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw Yuan Yu's sister crying and rushing out the door, and ran forward along the dirt road.

Cheng Zhuo was stunned, and waited on the spot for a few seconds, unexpectedly, he didn't see anyone coming out of the original house to stop her or persuade her, but there were some quarrels.Seeing that the woman was about to run out of sight, Cheng Zhuo frowned, and ran after her.

He chased all the way to a place he had never been before.There are fields nearby, neatly planted green seedlings lined up, and tall straw rows form a natural barrier.

There was no one else nearby, and she was the only one squatting on the ground crying while suppressing her voice.

Who wouldn't even dare to cry loudly in a place where no one is around.

Cheng Zhuo frowned, this was the second time in his life he saw a woman cry, the last time was when he was 8 years old.

Maybe it was because of this, or maybe it was because the porridge just made him feel a lot better. He didn't hesitate for too long, so he walked over and tried to shout: "Hello."

Then I saw the woman raised her head in horror, and she calmed down a little after seeing that it was him.

"It's you, I recognize it." She wiped her tears and stood up from the ground, "You belong to the eldest brother...?"

"Ah," Cheng Zhuo scratched his head a little irritably, "I am Yuan Yu's...friend."

In fact, he is not sure if he is friends with Yuan Yu now, but let's put it this way.

The woman nodded: "What's the matter with you? Brother, he has gone to school. If you want to find him, you should go to the town."

"I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you." Cheng Zhuo said, "Is the man who just went to your house going to marry you?"

He didn't know how to say what he saw yesterday, so he could only bring the topic to marriage first.

The woman was startled, then lowered her head: "Probably... right, Dad has taken a fancy to him, so he should..."

"What if he's bad? You want to marry too?"

The woman raised her head abruptly, her eyes with light were almost the same as Yuan Yu's.

But a few seconds later, the light in her eyes dimmed again, and she smiled slightly: "Mom doesn't agree, it's still useless. I don't know if he is bad, but Dad thinks he is good anyway. I will always marry , Besides, the family is willing to give a gift of 30 yuan, and Dad said that I can't find a better partner."

30 bride price?

Is this "I can't find a better one" or "I can't find a bigger buyer"?

"Why do you want a gift of 30 yuan?" Cheng Zhuo only felt that his anger was rising, "Isn't it for Yuan Yu to marry a wife? Selling the daughter for the son to marry?"

"Aren't you from our place?" The woman glanced at Cheng Zhuo and asked with a smile.She may have been holding back for too long. It is rare that there is someone who can talk and hide nothing: "Dad said he wanted to repair the house, and he said it several times. Now this old house has no face, and it will be hard to find my brother at that time." Daughter-in-law. Dowry...Of course you have to prepare. In the village, how can you marry a daughter-in-law without a dowry? But the dowry, of course, can only be taken from the daughter’s dowry. Otherwise, where can I get such a large sum of money? I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. , just... I just want to marry someone who is closer, so that I can take care of her when I go home."

Too bad her dad didn't think so.

"But what if that man likes men?" Cheng Zhuo felt himself laughing angrily, "You want to marry too?"

"A man?" The woman was stunned, "How can a man... like a man?"

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

Ah, he forgot, this is Yang Huai Town.

A dilapidated place where even homosexuality is a diorama.

"I'm going...I'm going to the town." Cheng Zhuo shook his head and took two steps back, "I'll go find Yuan Yu first—by the way, what's your name?"

"Yuan Yun."

"My name is Cheng Zhuo." Cheng Zhuo left after speaking.

He ran to the bus station in one breath, and the cool wind blew the hot air above him, and he calmed down after panting evenly.

Yuan Yu was still in class at this point, even if he went to the school to look for him, he couldn't find anyone.

...It's better to go to my aunt's house to take a bath first, and think about what to do about it by the way.

He went to the two aunts' houses in turn, and the condition of the younger aunt's house was better, at least the bathroom was at home, not shared.But today my little aunt is not at home, so I went to my big aunt.

When I came out of the shower, my aunt was answering the phone on the balcony.Cheng Zhuo didn't pay much attention, he was concerned about Yuan Yun's matter, and took the changed clothes to the balcony to wash.

At this moment, a few key words drifted into his ears suddenly, he slowly raised his head, and looked at the eldest aunt quietly with his eyes.

As soon as the eldest aunt turned her head, she saw him squatting on the ground staring at her, and was startled.

"It's my dad?" Cheng Zhuo stretched out his hand, "It's just right, I have something to tell him."

Seeing his cold and serious aura, the eldest aunt's heart trembled, and she subconsciously handed over the phone.

"Hey."

I haven't heard his father's voice for a while, and it sounds a little strange at first.Cheng Zhuo didn't want to greet him, so he got straight to the point after answering the phone: "The money I took before is almost spent, please call me some more."

The other side was silent for three seconds, and then Cheng Guangzong raised his voice: "More than 1000 yuan, you will spend it in less than ten days??? I let you enjoy the happiness??!?!!"

Cheng Zhuo has always hated his yelling, but today, perhaps because of Yuan Yun's incident made him extremely angry, his mind is calm instead.

He didn't raise his voice like his father, but said in that calm tone: "To be precise, there are more than 400 yuan left. You know how much you give me. According to the usual way of spending, it will be gone. It’s already very economical, what else do you want?”

"What do I want? Little brat, do you even know who you're talking to—"

"If you don't give it, I can ask grandma to ask for it. How much money you have called grandma in private all these years, do you really think I don't know?"

The voice on the other side of the phone stopped abruptly, and Cheng Zhuo could even imagine his father's expression like a chicken being strangled.

After a long while, Cheng Guangzong spoke again: "Are you peeking at my journal?"

"You always wanted me to learn to look at running water. Didn't I do what you wanted?"

"I told you to learn to read the company's flow! You kid look at my personal flow? Who gave you the courage?"

Cheng Zhuo was too lazy to answer this question, and laughed: "Just say whether you will give it or not. Otherwise, because I am the eldest grandson, I will go ask for pocket money and think grandma will not give it."

"That's the pension money I gave your grandma! Where's your filial piety???"

"I don't think grandma spends money on herself, so why don't you use it for me." Cheng Zhuo paused, "Also, ask that woman to send me some more clothes, I don't have to change them."

"How many times have I told you to call Auntie!"

Cheng Zhuo remained silent.

"Two boxes of clothes are not enough for you to change?"

"Go and ask her what she put on for me." Cheng Zhuo sneered, "I don't even have pajamas, and I slept naked on the first day I came here. I really think it's strange, Dad, when you put me When you want to come over from my mother, you clearly said that you will take good care of me, but your care is that you don't even give me clothes?"

When Cheng Zhuo's mother was mentioned, the phone fell silent again.

Although Cheng Zhuo didn't really want to use his mother as a rescuer, but it has to be said that this trick is very useful for his father.Cheng Zhuo's mother is a well-known beauty, and Cheng Guangzong also fantasized about the "blessing of all people", but it's a pity that she can't tolerate sand in her eyes. She was sad when she heard that her husband cheated, but she resolutely divorced.

If the beauty is not on his bed, it will become a white moonlight in his heart, and he feels a little guilty when he thinks about it.

After a while, there seemed to be a compromise: "Did you bring the card?"

"If I bring the card, why don't you ask for money?" Cheng Zhuo rolled his eyes, even though his father couldn't see it.

"Then go and get one, and ask your aunt to send you the card number later, and I'll send you money on a regular basis." Cheng Guangzong paused, and then raised his voice again, "But you are not allowed to ask your grandma for money!"

Cheng Zhuo didn't answer, he put the phone back into the hands of his aunt, and poured out the washing powder.

The eldest aunt talked to his father a few more words before hanging up the phone, but the person didn't leave, she just stood behind Cheng Zhuo.

After he started the washing machine, he looked back suspiciously, and saw that his eldest aunt was in a daze with a dazed expression on her face.

"what happened?"

"It turns out... Mom is rich." The eldest aunt sighed, "I just said, where did Yaozu get the money to build a new house at that time..."

Cheng Zhuo is so smart.

He blinked and realized something: "You paid for the food that you and your little aunt brought over?"

The eldest aunt glanced at him.

"Have you returned the money to grandma?"

The eldest aunt smiled wryly.

Cheng Zhuo was stunned.

Then he shook off his dad's underpants: "My dad can put 20 to [-] a year in grandma's account, and I have saved millions over the years, you should give priority to your own life , Grandma is definitely not short of money."

The eldest aunt let out a long sigh: "Don't talk about this, let's go, I will take you to apply for the card. Guangzong told me all about it."

The bank is not far from my aunt's house, and Cheng Zhuo has to go online recently, so he has always carried his ID card with him, so it went smoothly.

After the laundry was done, he packed it up as usual, carried the bag downstairs, and headed for the Internet cafe.

The pocket money issue was temporarily resolved, but he still couldn't figure out the matter of Yuan Yun after thinking about it for a long time.The concept in the small town is very different from that in Jiangcheng, it is impossible for him to rush into Yuan's house and say "that man likes to be fucked by men" to make the marriage go away.

Maybe Yuanyun's father simply only wanted the 30 yuan?That is, if a person proposes a marriage, he will agree to it.

Cheng Zhuo frowned, feeling that time passed too slowly for the first time.

Why hasn't Yuan Yu finished school yet?

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