Chapter 5

Zhao Guifen, Zhou Andong's older aunt, was short, with a narrow face, thin lips, and a mean look. At this moment, she was eavesdropping in the courtyard and, seeing Zhou Xiaode return, shouted loudly on purpose.

"Yo, Zhou Xiaode, you're back. I just discovered that your second brother's family is something else. Even borrowing two heads of garlic and half a bowl of vinegar is recorded in a notebook, especially that older nephew of yours; he really lives up to being a college student, even calculating accounts with you. *Tsk tsk tsk*, look at you, usually calling him older nephew this, older niece that, so affectionate...

"Pah!" Zhao Guifen jumped and spat at Zhou Andong's courtyard: "You treat them as relatives, but they don't treat you as an uncle. Don't call them so affectionately in the future; you're not disgusted, but I am. Also, Zhou Xiaode, you must get that 70 yuan back for me, otherwise I won't be finished with you."

Zhou Andong lifted the curtain and was about to go out. Zhou Xiao asked: "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Andong grinned: "Go meet my older aunt."

"Come back!" Zhou Xiao shook his head slightly: "Why bother with her? If you make a scene, won't it just be letting outsiders watch the fun?"

"Is there little fun for people to watch in our family?" Zhou Andong sat on the *kang* unwillingly, picked up the dry tobacco and cut newspaper in the shoe box, and rolled a cigarette.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Just after taking a drag, Zhou Andong was choked into a violent cough, and tears even flowed out: "This tobacco is too strong."

Yuan Liying picked up the shoe she was sewing on the *kang*, used an awl to pierce the thick shoe sole hard, then used a needle to pass through the awl hole, then pinched the half-exposed needle and pulled it out, driving the thick white thread, and a burst of *hissing* sounds rang out.

"Your older aunt and younger aunt came at noon, each sent two *jin* of meat, and threw 70 yuan, which was seen by your older aunt. I estimate that your older aunt and younger aunt didn't take anything to see her, so she's unbalanced in her heart, and this is looking for trouble."

Zhou Andong only took two drags and threw the dry tobacco away: "It's all because she's spoiled."

That grandfather of his was idle and lazy when he was young, never working in the production team, either his head hurt or his butt hurt. Anyway, as long as he was asked to work, no part of his body was good.

It was hard to marry a wife, but she was a mean and petty thing. It just fit that old saying: if you're not the same family, you don't enter the same door. Zhao Guifen often made trouble over some trivial matters, making the whole family jump and restless.

And the old lady had always been suppressing the second son, third son, older daughter, and younger daughter, not letting them argue with Zhao Guifen. Because the family was poor, she was afraid that Zhao Guifen would run away and the eldest son would never be able to marry a wife again.

But this way, Zhao Guifen became more and more arrogant; any benefits must be mine, yours are also mine. If you don't give them, then no one can be at peace; she could scold from morning until night.

Yuan Liying said: "If it doesn't work, just give him the 70 yuan."

"If the 70 yuan is to be given, it should be given to my grandfather; what does it mean to give it to him?"

In his previous life, Zhou Andong endured this family of his grandfather's for more than twenty years; in this life, he didn't want to spoil them anymore.

"My brother is right!" Zhou Anqin came in from the outer room: "If you want to give it, give it to my grandfather, you can't give it to him."

Zhou Andong got up: "I'm going to sleep, you guys go to sleep early too."

Zhou Anbei was holding a bowl, guarding the pot and eating dumplings: "Going to sleep so early?"

Zhou Andong said: "A bit tired today."

The next morning, Zhou Andong didn't even eat and returned to the city, but he didn't go to work. Instead, he bought a few steamed buns and got on a bus at random. He didn't have time yesterday; today he wanted to take a good look at the appearance of the old city that had long since disappeared from his memory.

He kept transferring buses, shuttling through the city. The turning of time, the flowing back of the long river of history, the yellowed time in his memory, along with the rolling of the bus wheels, the appearance of the old city became clearer and clearer before his eyes.

The dirt and chaos in the corner of the train station square, the passenger station in the east, the commercial street in the south. Around the square were small restaurants and hotels, as well as department stores and food stores. Along Jiefang Road in front of the square, past the Heping Street intersection, the small commodity wholesale city that had just opened not far away looked even more lively and prosperous than in later generations...

"The stadium is here, those who want to get off, move to the back." The conductor's loud voice rang out in the carriage.

Many people got off, and many people got on. As the vehicle started, people inevitably bumped into each other. A short, middle-aged man in his forties stood behind a girl with a lecherous look on his face.

This guy had a beard under his forehead, and his hair seemed not to have been washed for half a year; it was messy, and one could clearly see a layer of white dandruff. As long as the vehicle swayed, he deliberately rubbed against the girl.

The girl felt something and moved to the side, and immediately the lecherous man also moved to the side, and his courage grew, actually extending his evil black hand toward the girl's buttocks.

The girl's body stiffened, her face turned white instantly, and her hands gripped the handle tightly, not daring to move.

"Damn it!" A young man noticed and was about to get up, but was pulled by a woman beside him: "Don't be a busybody."

Zhou Andong was standing beside the young man and woman. Because he had been looking at the scenery outside, he didn't notice the evil scene. Hearing the words of the young man and woman, he turned his head to look, then blinked and moved to the side of the lecherous man.

"Let me try too!"

Actually, many people saw it, but no one stood up to speak. As soon as Zhou Andong went over, he attracted many gazes, but when his words came out, everyone opened their mouths wide, full of disdain and mockery.

"Let me try too!"

Zhou Andong spoke again, attracting more attention.

Behind him, a very beautiful girl was looking down at a book, in her twenties, with a ponytail, wearing jeans and a down jacket. Hearing Zhou Andong's voice, she felt it was somewhat familiar. Looking up, she widened her eyes.

The lecherous man stared blankly at Zhou Andong, stepping back unwillingly. The molested girl's body was tightly tensed, her eyes were red, and tears were spinning in her eyes, but she didn't dare to move or shout.

At this moment, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded happened. Zhou Andong stuck his butt out at the lecherous man and even shook it: "Come, let me try."

"Pfft!" The ponytail girl couldn't help but burst into laughter, then opened her mouth and bit her hand, the corners of her eyes curving into crescent moons.

The lecherous man hurriedly retreated, and Zhou Andong also retreated with his butt stuck out: "Come on, let me try."

"Get lost, you pervert!"

The lecherous man retreated to the back door of the bus, having nowhere left to retreat, but Zhou Andong's high-stuck butt was already in front of him. The lecherous man reflexively pushed with his hand.

"Whoa!" Zhou Andong let out a long "whoa," his body straightened suddenly, his head tilted up, with an expression of enjoyment.

At this, everyone in the bus couldn't take it, all shivering together, their hair standing on end.

The ponytail girl bit her hand tightly to keep from laughing, but her constantly heaving shoulders made it look like she was enduring it very hard.

Zhou Andong stuck his butt out again, pinching his voice and saying: "One more time."

The lecherous man looked terrified, waving his hands like swatting flies: "Get lost, get lost quickly."

"Come on!" Zhou Andong shook his butt coquettishly, with a cheap expression: "One more time."