Chapter 51 : Give someone a taste of their own medicine

It was almost four o’clock in the afternoon when they returned to the village.

Su Xiaqiu went back to the brigade headquarters first, threw the mousetrap into the space, and planned to set it by the door at night.

She rummaged through the pile of snacks for a while and found only a box of cookies that looked somewhat similar to the snacks from this era.

Su Xieqiu opened the package and wrapped it in a piece of straw paper.

Then she took out a piece of pork belly, a piece of beef, and a whole chicken, placed them in a basket, and carried them to the foundation.

That night, when Grandpa Du was resting, he found a large bag of snacks on his bed.

On the simple table next to it was a basin with a piece of beef and a whole chicken, which must have been salted.

Thinking of the soft and chewy pork belly he had just eaten, Grandpa Du said to his son:

“Zhenyu’s wife is good in every way, except that she spends too much money. She bought me pork, beef, and a big bag of snacks. How much did that cost?”

When his son had mentioned this a few days ago, he still thought he was protecting the young couple.

But when he saw what his granddaughter-in-law had bought today, his heart ached.

Uncle Du had just seen these things. He sighed helplessly, “She spent at least several dollars to buy these things. The young couple doesn’t know how to save money. What will they do in the future?”

He was nearly worried to death. His nephew spent money lavishly and even married a wife who was even better at spending money than him.

It seemed that the snacks were all from big cities. He had never seen them in the supply and marketing cooperative. Most likely, Zhenyu’s wife had bought them at a high price on the black market.

The father and son were very worried, but Su Xieqiu had no idea they were worried about this.

She had already boiled the bathwater, but didn’t rush to wash herself. Instead, she stored the boiled water in the space.

If Zhang Quezi and Sun Dabishi wanted women, she would do a good deed and give each of them a wife.

It would also save them from doing evil things all day long and harming others.

Su Xieqiu took out a stack of general-purpose stationery and then dug out a box of erasable pens that she had bought before from her space.

Using her left hand, she wrote a love letter to Sun Dabishi in the name of Cao Min.

“Brother Sun, we have known each other for quite some time. When I first saw you, I was attracted by your masculinity.

I am embarrassed to say these words to your face, so I can only write to you secretly. I hope you won’t laugh at me.

I dream of marrying you, being with you every day, and giving birth to a bunch of sons for you.

But I’m afraid you’ll laugh at me when you know my feelings, so every time I see you, I deliberately treat you coldly.

But you, a grown man, don’t know how to take the initiative. I really hope you can hold me in your arms, kiss me, and then…

Humph! But you are such a blockhead, you seem to be unable to understand.

I was just testing you, but you actually went to see that woman at night. I was so pissed off.

I tell you, if you don’t actively pursue me anymore, I will find another man.

Minmin, who hopes to be loved by you in a wild and rough way.”

Su Xieqiu put the letter aside with a wicked smile.

She also wrote an even more passionate letter to Zhang Quezi in the name of Sun Yuexian.

She locked the door and walked along the path outside the village to the west end.

Sun Dabishi and Zhang Quezi had been frightened the previous night. They did not work today and slept at home all day.

Their family had rested long ago after a day’s work, but the two men were still energetic. However, since they had no wives, they could only lie on the kang and endure the pain.

In fact, after they came back from Su Xieqiu the night before, they realized the ghost must have been dressed like Su Xieqiu.

So the two of them discussed it in the afternoon and decided to go again that night.

But before they could take action, Sun Dabishi heard a knock on the door.

He thought it was Zhang the Cripple, so he opened the door without asking.

Su Xieqiu hid in the dark and saw the figure that was exactly like the one from last night.

Sun Dabishi didn’t see anyone and thought he had heard wrong, so he returned to the yard.

But just as he closed the door, he saw something thrown over the courtyard wall.

He picked it up and looked at it. Although he had only attended primary school for three years, he could barely understand the words on it.

Sun Dabishi felt his blood boiling, as if all the blood in his body was rushing to the same place.

He didn’t have time to think about it and immediately went back to his room to change into clothes he considered decent.

Meanwhile, Su Xieqiu had already thrown another letter to Zhang Quezi.

Zhang Quezi had also attended school for a few years, and his reaction to the confession in the letter was similar to Sun Dabishi’s.

You can imagine how excited an older bachelor would feel when a beautiful female educated youth from the city liked him.

When Sun Dabishi calmed down, he felt something was wrong.

He still had some self-awareness. How could a woman as proud as Cao Min be interested in him?

Sun Dabishi was about to go find Zhang Quezi to discuss something. As soon as he opened the gate, Su Xieqiu walked out from the dark.

With a smile, she asked, “Does your blood boil after reading the letter? Do you want to marry her? I have a good idea, do you want to hear it?”

Sun Dabishi was startled by the sudden appearance of the woman.

After seeing who it was, he took a few steps back in fright and quickly looked around.

After making sure there was no one around, he squinted his small, green bean-sized eyes and looked at Su Xieqiu. “It’s you…”

“Yes, it’s me.” Su Xieqiu said. “Go and call Zhang Quezi out. I’ll teach you how to marry a fair and tender wife without spending a penny.”

Sun Dabishi looked at the calm woman in the darkness and felt a little scared.

He asked, “Why do you want to help us find wives? What’s your purpose?”

“Do you think I don’t know who asked you to pry open my door last night?”

Su Xieqiu snorted and laughed. “You and Zhang Quezi are so bold, don’t you know who my man is? You want to take advantage of me, do you think my man will let you go?”

Sun Dabishi was silent for a while, knowing the woman had figured out their purpose. So he confessed everything to shirk responsibility.

“It was Cao Min and Sun Yuexian who asked us to go. They said Han Zhenyu didn’t like you at all, and that you were timid and didn’t dare to say anything when he took advantage of you.”

“Then do you think I’m timid?” Without waiting for Sun Dabishi to answer, Su Xieqiu asked him with a smile.

“If my man doesn’t like me, why would he build a big tiled house for me to live in? Are you and Zhang Quezi stupid? You just do whatever others say, and you don’t even know you’re being used as a pawn by those two women.”

Sun Dabishi didn’t say anything, just stood there, not knowing what he was thinking.

“I advise you not to have any evil thoughts, or I will make you pay for it.”

Su Xieqiu stopped smiling, and a cold voice rang out in the darkness. “Since I dared to come to you now, I’ve already prepared a way out. Do you want to get a wife for free, or do you want to be punished? You can choose.”

After hearing her threat, Sun Dabishi immediately said, “I’ll go call Zhang Quezi out.” He hurried to Zhang Quezi’s house.

About five or six minutes later, the two came out of Zhang Quezi’s house.

Su Xieqiu took them to a river not far away, then stretched out her hand to them. “Give me the letter.”

Sun Dabishi and Zhang Quezi looked at each other, neither moved nor gave her the letter.

“Why? You’re not so foolish as to think I wrote that letter?”

Su Xieqiu glanced at the two of them and said, “My patience is limited, and I’ll only give you this one chance. It’s up to you to decide whether to seize it.”

Zhang Quezi chuckled and said, “Su Xieqiu, even if you don’t come, we two brothers are going to look for you.”

“Really?” Su Xieqiu was delighted. “If I had known you had the guts, I should have waited for you at home. Why would you have come all the way here?”

Sun Dabishi kicked Zhang Quezi and whispered, “Idiot, if you want to die, don’t drag me with you.”

He took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Su Xieqiu with both hands. “Su Xieqiu, this is for you.”

Zhang Quezi always listened to Sun Dabishi. Seeing that Sun Dabishi had handed in the letter, he immediately took it out of his pocket and said, “Su Xieqiu, don’t mind it. I was just joking.”

Su Xieqiu opened the two letters and looked at the fonts, which were nearly fading.

She put the letters in her pocket, but actually hid them in the space.

She wrote these two letters just to stimulate the two older bachelors.

Whenever they felt lonely, they would have impure thoughts about those two women.

If they couldn’t get what they wanted for a long time, it would be strange if they didn’t have evil thoughts.

Sun Dabishi asked anxiously, “Su Xieqiu, how can I marry Cao Min?”

“I want to marry Sun Yuexian as my wife.” Zhang Quezi said with a beaming face.

Su Xieqiu looked at the two men’s eager expressions, smiled, and said, “Isn’t it easy to marry them?”