Chapter 5  ☆ Pork Purchase Incident

Cheng Yaoyao threw herself on the bed, suddenly covering her mouth and sobbing. She didn’t know who she was crying for—for herself, for Xie San, or for this unfortunate era?

Cheng Yaoyao felt sorry for herself and cried for a long time before falling asleep.

BMW cars, elegant ladies, and waiters in tuxedos shuttled back and forth with fine wine and delicacies. The eldest daughter of the Cheng family wrapped her exquisite body in a black dress, without any jewelry on her body, and walked into the dance floor in 10-centimeter Chanel combat boots. The ordinary makeup lost its color in an instant, and the men’s crazy eyes were hot, vying to bow down to her skirt. She is a muse, a goddess, and a delicate and rich flower in the world.

Cheng Yaoyao was still immersed in the old dream of extravagance until she was woken up by Zhang Xiaofeng. It was already dark, and the lights were not on in the dormitory. Cheng Yaoyao didn’t know what day it was.

Zhang Xiaofeng spoke quickly, breaking her sweet dream: “Hurry up, let’s go buy some meat!”

It turns out it wasn’t a dream.

Cheng Yaoyao sighed in disappointment and sat up slowly. How could she be in the mood to eat meat now? But her stomach rumbled, honestly clamoring for meat. The original owner had fled early in the morning and trekked in the mountains for half a day. She had nothing to eat except a bowl of ginger soup. She didn’t realize it just now, but when Zhang Xiaofeng reminded her, she realized that she was already starving.

Cheng Yaoyao followed Zhang Xiaofeng out with shaky steps and asked casually, “Where are we going to buy it?”

Cheng Nuonuo and the others had been waiting outside for a long time. Upon hearing this, they said, “Didn’t Xie San kill a wild boar today? He sold it to the brigade at a discount, and everyone in the village went to buy it. Let’s go quickly, or we won’t be able to buy it if we’re late!”

Cheng Yaoyao felt sore all over and complained, “Why don’t you just go and queue up? Why are you holding me back?”

Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin looked at each other, smiled strangely, and dragged Cheng Yaoyao out.

Summer rain comes and goes quickly. Walking into the village, the willow branches are so green that they seem to be dripping with water, and they shade the mud-walled and black-tiled bungalows. The bluestone pavement in the alley was wet, as if a girl with a lilac-like sorrow was about to walk out at any time.

Unfortunately, only dirty mud-monkey-like children ran out from the roadside, holding their fingers and chasing Cheng Yaoyao, as if they were watching a foreign spectacle. They also clapped their hands and shouted: “The vixen is coming, the vixen is coming!”

Cheng Yaoyao stamped her feet in anger and said fiercely, “Go!”

Cheng Yaoyao’s voice was delicate and not intimidating at all. The children clapped their hands and chased her to sing a nursery rhyme: “Hahahaha, you are angry! My dear wife, don’t be angry. I will take you to the market for tea!”

Cheng Yaoyao clenched her fists, wishing she could punch every naughty kid. Zhang Xiaofeng pulled her aside and advised, “We’re almost there, ignore them. Kids are only joking with you because you’re pretty.”

The three of them walked to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, where a group of people had already gathered. Cheng Yaoyao then realized why Zhang Xiaofeng had asked her to come.

When they saw Cheng Yaoyao, several young men pushed through the crowd and made way for her. A young man in a green army short-sleeved shirt said to her politely, “Cheng Zhiqing, we’ve got a good spot for you!”

The women were not happy and said to the young man who was trying to please her, “Lin Junsheng, everyone has been waiting in line for a long time. Why do you let people cut in line?”

Lin Junsheng spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth and said, “I’m happy with it!”

“Why don’t you give it to me? Do you think my sister-in-law is not pretty enough?!” The women refused to give in and laughed and scolded Lin Junsheng, but all their unfriendly eyes flew towards Cheng Yaoyao’s face.

Cheng Yaoyao wore a white shirt and black pants today. Her extremely plain outfit made her face look bright and beautiful, taking full advantage of the spring scenery. A vixen is a vixen. No matter how she dresses, she looks coquettish!

At that moment, a voice popped up in the crowd: “Just because you’re pretty, you can get special treatment?”

“That’s right, they’re lazy at work, and now they don’t even line up properly.”

Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin were not happy. It was one thing for them to dislike Cheng Yaoyao, but they, the educated youth, had to stick together when they were outside: “What are you talking about? How can we be treated specially? They voluntarily let us join the queue!”

“We didn’t agree!” The woman was also fierce. “Everyone has come to line up. Why should you cut in line? If you buy first, others will not be able to buy!”

Everyone started arguing, but Cheng Yaoyao’s attention had already been drawn to the butcher.

The wild boar that almost crushed Cheng Yaoyao to death was placed on the chopping board. It had been slaughtered and shaved, and was placed naked on the chopping board, waiting to be cut up. The young butcher was wearing a torn vest, with broad and stretched bones, and a thin layer of muscle. The weather was cool after the rain, but he was the only one who was steaming with heat, and his hormones were thriving.

He was a young beast, with narrow eyebrows and eyes drooping, claws restrained, and fangs restrained. But Cheng Yaoyao still remembered that when he cut the wild boar’s throat with a knife on the mountain, his eyes shot out through the blood, full of murderous intent.

The noise around him had nothing to do with him. Xie San raised his knife, his right arm muscles bulging, and the knife cut through the flesh and bones, rolling on the chopping board. Cheng Yaoyao felt a chill on her neck, as if the wild boar was her own fate.

She took a step back silently.

But others didn’t allow it. Lin Junsheng was irritated by everyone and pulled Cheng Yaoyao forward with a frown: “I must let Cheng Yaoyao buy meat first today!”

Cheng Yaoyao was unexpectedly pushed in front of the chopping board. She put her hands on the greasy surface and made eye contact with the wild boar, which was unwilling to close its eyes.

“Ah!” Cheng Yaoyao screamed.

A big hand supported her in time, saving her from the tragedy of kissing a wild boar. The man’s palm was large and hot, and the moment their skin touched, another wave of memories flooded into her mind.

Before Cheng Yaoyao could think about it, Xie San had already withdrawn his hand and lowered his eyes to look at the chopping board, as if the wild boar head was more worthy of appreciation than Cheng Yaoyao.

Lin Junsheng slammed the chopping board and said arrogantly, “Xie San, cut some pork for Cheng Zhiqing!”

Without even looking up, Xie San wiped the blade with a piece of white cloth.

Lin Junsheng couldn’t hold back his expression and asked angrily, “Are you deaf?”

Xie San’s thumb brushed the sharp blade, and Lin Junsheng subconsciously took two steps back, feeling frightened. Xie San was a silent guy, but he was very ruthless in a fight.

Xie San raised his eyes to look at him, his expression very calm: “Get in line.”

Cheng Yaoyao took out a small handkerchief to wipe the grease off her hands and rolled her eyes at Lin Junsheng. Is there anyone who is so attentive?

“You, you…” Lin Junsheng took Cheng Yaoyao’s look as encouragement. In front of the beautiful girl, he was unwilling to lose face: “You! You landlord’s son of a bitch, if my father hadn’t taken pity on you and used your pork to pay off the brigade’s debt, your house would have been taken away long ago! By then, your landlord wife, sick brothers and sisters, all…”

With a “bang,” Xie San chopped the knife on the chopping board, stepped out, and grabbed Lin Junsheng’s collar like a chicken: “Go to the grain drying field, do you dare?”

The threshing ground is the best place for fights in the village. The blood of young males is like gasoline that ignites at any time.

The young people were eager to create chaos and started to make a fuss: “Fight! Fight!”

Cheng Yaoyao was closest to them. She saw Xie San grabbing Lin Junsheng’s arm, his muscles bulged and veins were visible. There were red veins in his narrow eyes, which was very scary.

Cheng Yaoyao whispered: “Stop fighting…”

It would have been fine if Cheng Yaoyao hadn’t said anything. But when he heard her voice, Lin Junsheng was like a chicken with blood pumped up. He stiffened his neck and shouted, “Go ahead! I’m not afraid of you!”

“Stop it!”

The team leader and the village party secretary rushed over, saw the two men at loggerheads, and shouted angrily.

The village party secretary was a hot-tempered and straightforward old man. His biggest failure in life was his youngest son, Lin Junsheng. He took off his shoes and said, “Junsheng, you are itching for trouble, right? Come here!”

When Lin Junsheng saw his father coming, he didn’t care about fighting with Xie San and ran away. The village party secretary limped after him with his shoes in his hands, causing everyone to laugh.

The captain also said to Xie San: “Everyone is still waiting to share the pork. The weather is hot, and the pork cannot be kept.”

After that, he looked at Cheng Yaoyao, who was shivering by the chopping board, and frowned, “It’s you again. You female educated youth are really troublesome.”

The women in the village shouted, “It was Cheng Yaoyao who caused this trouble by trying to cut in line!”

Han Yin refused to give in: “What do you mean we cut in line? It was clearly Lin Junsheng who asked us to cut in line!”

Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Cheng Yaoyao interrupted loudly: “Stop arguing! I didn’t intend to cut in line from the beginning.”

“What?” Did Cheng Yaoyao change her personality? Everyone was stunned.

How annoying the original owner was. Cheng Yaoyao coughed lightly and explained politely to the captain: “When I arrived just now, Lin Junsheng dragged me to the front of the line. It was not my decision to cut in line.”

Cheng Yaoyao stood there with her head lowered and her tone indifferent, but somehow it gave people the feeling that she was wronged.

A man among the villagers immediately spoke up: “That’s right, it was Lin Junsheng who was trying to show his affection. What does it have to do with Cheng Zhiqing!”

Zhang Xiaofeng also quickly said: “Captain, it really has nothing to do with Yaoyao. Everyone saw it, you can ask them.”

The team leader waved his hand and said, “Alright, your dormitory for educated youth is outside the village. It’s so late now, so I’ll let you cut the meat first. It’s not safe for the girls to go back later. What do you think?”

The captain spoke, and of course, no one objected, except for a few women who curled their lips in disdain.

Cheng Yaoyao walked to the chopping board, and Xie San pulled out a knife. The blade was so sharp that Cheng Yaoyao couldn’t help but shiver.

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