Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

When Lou Xiao'e saw Xu Damao coming back, she asked him what the man Qin Jingru was looking for was like and whether he was as good as him.

Xu Damao responded casually: "The guy Jingru found is very good." Then he pretended that he had a stomachache and went out to the toilet with paper.

Lou Xiao'e did not notice that Xu Damao omitted the word "Qin" in his words, nor did she notice that Xu Damao was a little embarrassed and did not dare to look her in the face. She asked him with concern whether he had caught a cold and had a diarrheal disorder.

Xu Damao wandered around outside for a long time and did not return home until late at night. He quietly went to bed and lay next to Lou Xiao'e.

Xu Damao looked at Lou Xiao'e's silhouette dimly in the darkness, still thinking about how to drive Lou Xiao'e out of the Xu family and keep her dowry. Lou Xiao'e had not made any mistakes since her marriage except for not being able to give birth to a child. As a bourgeois lady, she never got angry and insulted when Xu's mother, who used to serve her and now became her mother-in-law, squeezed her during the New Year. She was also friendly to the neighbors and was willing to help anyone who had a problem. Such Lou Xiao'e was like a hedgehog to Xu Damao, who wanted to find fault with her.

The next day, Sha Zhu came back early in the afternoon because he promised to cook for the old lady. He prepared the braised pork and stewed meatballs that the old lady liked and brought them over.

When she entered the room, she saw Lou Xiao'e was also in the old lady's room. The old lady said that Xiao'e always brought her food before, and today Sha Zhu prepared some delicious food, so she wanted to treat Lou Xiao'e.

Because of the scene in the dream, Sha Zhu had a special feeling for Lou Xiao'e, especially when she was blind before, she would occasionally accompany the old lady to visit Sha Zhu. Therefore, although Sha Zhu could not love, he was willing to be closer, so he let Lou Xiao'e sit down and eat together. The three of them chatted while eating.

Lou Xiao'e said to Sha Zhu, "I heard you are good at telling stories."

"Who did you listen to?"

"I passed by your house one day and heard Yu Li chatting with your sister." Lou Xiao'e generously admitted the fact of eavesdropping and then said, "Can you tell me a story?"

Sha Zhu looked at Lou Xiaoe for a long time. "Several decades ago, a foreign couple drove to the mountains of Northeast China to hunt. When they entered a deep forest, the car broke down. The husband got out of the car to check what was wrong. At this moment, a tiger appeared nearby. At first, the husband did not see it, and it was his wife who reminded him and saved him.

"The two of them got into the carriage, and the husband took out his shotgun to teach the tiger a lesson in firearms etiquette, but because the distance was too close, he was afraid and missed the target.

"The tiger was startled at first, then it rushed forward and knocked the shotgun away with its claws.

“The couple had no weapons and could only shiver in the car with the windows closed while the tiger watched and waited outside with its mouth open.

"The two men thought that the tiger might stay for a while and then leave after feeling that there was no chance. But they were wrong. The tiger was provoked and very angry. It just stood there and watched them without any intention of giving up.

"Several days passed, and the couple had no water or food and were extremely panicked. They knew they were going to die, either by being eaten by a tiger or by starving to death. Finally, the wife said to her husband, 'Live well and tell others our story,' then opened the door and got out of the car."

Lou Xiao'e looked at Sha Zhu with a puzzled look when she was halfway through the story. After listening to the end, she asked, "Who told you this story?"

"A friend you don't even know." Sha Zhu laughed.

The old lady asked, "Have you finished your story? It's not good to talk without a beginning or an end."

Sha Zhu smiled and said to the old lady, "How can there be no tail? There is a tail. You can have whatever you want. After his wife went down, the tiger ate her. The husband wanted to repair the car while the tiger was full, but the tiger did not let him go. It killed him and dragged him back to the cave, ready to eat it when it was hungry. Such easy food that does not resist is rare in a century, so the silly tiger would let it go. Right, grandma?"

"Yes, so stupid, he didn't even know to pick up a gun and kill the tiger first. Whoever wants to kill us and eat us, we have to fight back, even if we can't kill him, we have to knock out one of his teeth."

"One tooth is not enough, I need a whole set of teeth."

"Yes, a mouthful of teeth." The old lady bit a meatball hard and slapped Shazhu. "You are teasing me for not having teeth again, aren't you? You bad boy."

"How dare I, grandma."

The old lady hadn’t eaten meat for a long time, so she ate a little too much. After dinner, she went out of the yard to digest the food.

Lou Xiao'e wanted to find out who told Sha Zhu the story. She had not heard the later part of the story, and she wanted to know whether Sha Zhu made it up himself or heard it from others. So she did not leave. She wanted to get to the bottom of it.

The door is open.

Sha Zhu helped the old lady clean up the table and saw Lou Xiao'e was still there. "Why haven't you left yet? Are you not full?" Sha Zhu teased her.

"Tsk, as if I'm a starving ghost like you and I were reincarnated." Lou Xiao'e retorted, but was afraid that Sha Zhu would keep dwelling on this, so she quickly changed the subject, "Did the story you just told really happen?"

"How can it be true?" said Sha Zhu.

“Yes, it’s not true, but their story is just like our destiny, with ups and downs of panic, hesitation, failure and tragedy.”

"What a bullshit fate! Our fate is in our own hands. The teacher said that it is fun to fight against the sky, the earth and people. We must fight and break off all the unfair shackles imposed on us. You are a complete bourgeois, weak, doubting the revolution, not daring to fight, afraid of losing, so you worry about gains and losses."

"Oh, how can you say that? I also grew up in New China. I am also progressive. I also studied Marxism-Leninism." Lou Xiao'e retorted.

"Have you read Selected Works of Mao Zedong?"

"Tsk, I've seen it before." Lou Xiao'e said disdainfully, "You think I graduated from elementary school like you? I at least graduated from high school. If it weren't for my family background, I would have graduated from college by now."

"Then I think you didn't read Selected Works of Mao Zedong carefully." Sha Zhu was about to talk to Lou Xiao'e about his reading experience when he heard a discordant voice outside the house. Not only was the voice discordant, but the content was also shocking.

Xu Damao came back and heard Lou Xiaoe's voice coming from the deaf old lady's room. He thought Lou Xiaoe was talking to the deaf old lady, so he wanted to tell Lou Xiaoe to go home. When he almost reached the door, he saw Sha Zhu inside. He wanted to hide, but then he changed his mind and shouted loudly: "Okay, Lou Xiaoe, Sha Zhu, you two adulterers are doing such a shameless thing here. Lou Xiaoe, I want to divorce you, Sha Zhu, you wait to go to jail."