Chapter 104: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 104

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Li Xiulan unwilling to get in the car, He Dazhu actually got out enthusiastically on his own initiative to open the car door for Li Xiulan, then enthusiastically pushed Li Xiulan into the car.

Li Xiulan finally had no choice but to reluctantly agree, getting into He Dazhu's passenger seat.

Inside the passenger seat, a rose perfume scent she had never smelled before made her feel refreshed.

She knew that was the scent left behind by that beautiful woman.

With a scent this fragrant, which man wouldn't be bewitched after smelling it?

"Where's your wife? Why isn't she in the car?"

Li Xiulan got in the car and asked casually.

He Dazhu smiled and said:

"She's not my wife; we haven't married yet. She keeps urging me to marry her, but I'm still considering it."

Li Xiulan asked, "Why not marry her? She's so beautiful."

"She's just after my money. I just sent her back to her home. Her home is in the County Town, she has a building, conditions are decent, but nothing special."

He Dazhu said this very naturally, without any pretense, but Li Xiulan found it very unpleasant to hear.

"A building in the County Town, conditions are already very good, right..."

Li Xiulan said weakly.

He Dazhu said nothing.

The two fell silent for a while.

He Dazhu spoke again:

"Xiulan, regarding what happened back then, I'm sorry to you. I slandered you, causing your relationship with your husband to break down. That was all my fault. These years I've been full of guilt. I've actually always wanted to say sorry to you, and very much wanted to make up for my mistakes back then..."

"Those are things of the past. I don't take them to heart anymore. Why bring up old matters?" Li Xiulan appeared indifferent on the surface, but in reality she absolutely could not let it go. Even until today, she had always hated He Dazhu. If it weren't for He Dazhu slandering her back then, how could her relationship with Wang Zhanggen have broken down?

It was just that today, seeing He Dazhu drive a small sedan out of the village with her own eyes, in that instant she felt so inferior that she no longer dared to hate He Dazhu.

He Dazhu had made it; she no longer had the right to hate him.

"Xiulan, regarding your husband, do you really not need my help? I really can help you!"

He Dazhu brought this up on his own initiative at this time. It seemed he truly wanted to help Li Xiulan, to make up for his mistakes back then.

"How about this: I'll take you to Dongguan right now. I'll pay the money to redeem your husband. Let's hurry and get your husband out so he can have a good New Year. What do you think?"

He Dazhu's face was full of sincerity.

Li Xiulan thought in her heart that she couldn't find Niu Chunsheng for the time being. If she wanted to go to Dongguan within today to redeem Wang Zhanggen, she probably really had to ask He Dazhu for help.

Circumstances were stronger than people. She finally nodded in agreement:

"Then I'll trouble you. From here to Dongguan, who knows how long it will take?"

A smile appeared on He Dazhu's face:

"It's not very far. If I drive faster, at most four hours, we can get to Dongguan!"

He immediately turned the car around, not returning to the Village, but going straight to Dongguan.

Li Xiulan said again:

"I only have over two hundred yuan on hand right now. Redeeming my husband needs eight hundred yuan..."

He Dazhu said generously:

"I'll pay the redemption money for you. It's just several hundred yuan, all small change!"

Li Xiulan was full of gratitude:

"Dazhu, thank you so much. When I have money, I will definitely pay you back as soon as possible..."

He Dazhu said with a smile:

"No need to pay back. This little bit of money, why are you saying all this to me!"

He Dazhu behaved very generously, making Li Xiulan feel grateful while also feeling a mix of emotions.

Fate is truly amazing. Who would have thought that He Dazhu, who a few years ago was still a useless good-for-nothing who couldn't get it up, would now transform into a rich person beyond reach?

And Li Xiulan, the Village Beauty who was once beautiful and charming, almost making everyone in the village harbor fantasies, now after her petals fell and her beauty faded, she was actually struggling in the mire of poverty, unable to get out!

Li Xiulan rode in He Dazhu's small sedan to Dongguan. By the time they arrived, it was already past five in the afternoon.

This was Li Xiulan's first time coming to such a big city. This city was much bigger than the city where she had previously taken her mother to see a doctor!

Looking at the traffic on the road, looking at the high-rise buildings standing side by side, Li Xiulan couldn't help but feel a sense of unreality, to the point of feeling terrified and at a loss.

"It's very late now, and it's also the First Day of the Lunar New Year. Those who eat public rations probably got off work long ago. How about we find a place to stay, and go to the Zhangmutou Shelter to redeem him tomorrow?"

He Dazhu said this at this time.

Li Xiulan nodded:

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you for everything."

So the two went to find a hotel nearby to stay.

Entering the luxurious high-end hotel, Li Xiulan looked around, her gaze timid. This was the first time in her life she had stayed in a hotel.

"How much does it cost to stay here?"

Li Xiulan asked He Dazhu weakly.

He Dazhu answered casually:

"Not much. Just one hundred yuan for one night."

Li Xiulan immediately wore a face full of astonishment:

"This isn't 'not much' at all, it's downright exorbitant, how about we don't stay then, it's too expensive!"

He Dazhu, however, hurriedly pulled her back:

"You just stay without worry, I'll pay for you, this money earned is meant to be spent!"

Under He Dazhu's persistence, Li Xiulan ultimately checked into this hotel that in her view was very high-end.

He Dazhu opened two rooms.

One for himself to stay in, one for Li Xiulan to stay in.

After Li Xiulan moved into the room, the toilet bowl, shower, hair dryer, air conditioner, television, and so on inside — she didn't know how to use any of them, and He Dazhu even thoughtfully taught her once how to use these things.

Li Xiulan was very grateful to He Dazhu for teaching her so thoughtfully, but the inferiority complex in her heart grew even stronger.

Staying in such a luxurious hotel made her feel constrained, very uneasy.

Because in her subconscious, she believed that a poor, hardworking woman like her simply didn't deserve to stay in such a good hotel!

She was a village woman who knew nothing, and had already completely lost touch with the world in the city; she didn't even know how to use an air conditioner remote, nor did she know how to turn on the television.

She had already been eliminated by this rapidly changing world.

She thought in her heart, if she had gone to the city to work when she was young, instead of marrying and having children at a young age, would she have had a different kind of life?

Not ending up like this, unable to do this, unable to do that... she ought to have had her own foothold in the city!

It's just a pity that life never has 'ifs'; one wrong step leads to mistake after mistake.

Some women in the mountains are destined to never walk out of the mountains in their entire lifetime.

This invisible rope called fate has long since tethered them firmly in the mountains, like cattle and sheep.

The outside world changes with each passing day alongside reform and opening up, while their world passes day after day in a small village surrounded by mountains on all sides.

And Li Xiulan is merely one among the many women trapped in the mountains.