Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Guan Shunzhi was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and pulled Zhang Changyao, telling him to leave immediately.

His expression was as if he had seen the Black and White Impermanence, who were about to seize his soul.

"Uncle, Yang Wuni is not dead. She is doing very well."

I just wanted to know what was going on with her stomach; I didn't mean to cause trouble for her family.

Zhang Changyao broke free from Guan Shunzhi's hand and turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey, come back here! You mean Yang Wuni is still alive?"

Guan Shunzhi's expression suddenly changed, and he asked Zhang Changyao with a look of distrust.

"Yes! He's alive and well, very lively and energetic."

Zhang Changyao was very unhappy with Guan Shunzhi's question.

He turned to look at Guan Shunzhi, tilted his head, and said to him disdainfully and provocatively.

"I told you this disease wouldn't kill you, but my dad just wouldn't believe me."

This old man is afraid of dying and doesn't care whether I live or die.

Even if Yang Wuni ate something she shouldn't have, God shouldn't have taken her life, right?

I told her that God made her pregnant just to scare her.

"I'm just not letting her eat everything, just to keep her from eating too much."

Guan Shunzhi suddenly became a different person, clutching his hair with both hands and pacing around the room.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you? Yang Wuni is alive, why are you still unhappy?"

Zhang Changyao was a little afraid of Guan Shunzhi's appearance.

He thought it was his own words that had provoked him into this state.

Indeed, Guan Shunzhi was touched by Zhang Changyao's words.

"Young man, you don't know, I was about to marry Yang Wuni at that time."

I told my father she couldn't die, but he wouldn't believe me; he only believed Wang Fengxian.

"So what if my belly's a little big? It's better than not being able to get married, right?"

Why don't I go with you and see if Yang Wuni is really still alive?

Young man, why don't you give Yang Wuni to me?

"I'll give you a dollar if you give me Yang Wuni."

Guan Shunzhi grabbed Zhang Changyao's hand and pleaded with him pitifully.

He took two crumpled 50-cent bills out of his pocket and stuffed them into Zhang Changyao's hand.

"Uncle, I don't want your money, and I won't give Yang Wuni to you."

What's wrong with you? You weren't like this just now!"

Zhang Changyao panicked, pushed open the switch, Shunzhi opened the door, and turned to leave.

But then he saw Guan Shunzhi's father, the old man he had seen when he first entered the courtyard.

He was squatting by the gate, smoking a toad-shaped cigarette, waiting for Zhang Changyao to come out.

"Sir, are you watering my horses?"

Zhang Changyao looked at the water bucket next to the old man and, having nothing to say, found a sentence to say.

"The horse has finished drinking. How's your uncle? Did he have a relapse?"

"It's a huge relief that Yang Wuni is still alive; now he doesn't have to be afraid of her coming every day."

Guan Shunzhi's father stood up and took a few deep drags on his cigarette butt.

Then, he threw the cigarette butt, which was now just a flat, yellow paper, on the ground and crushed it out forcefully with his toe.

She smoothed her hair, which wasn't completely white yet, with a few strands of black hair still remaining.

A few tears slipped from the corners of her drooping eyes.

"Master, what do you mean by that? Why is my uncle afraid of Yang Wuni?"

"What does Yang Wuni's life or death have to do with your family?"

Zhang Changyao loosened his grip on the horse's reins and went over to chat with Guan Shunzhi's father.

I want to know the relationship between Guan Shunzhi and Yang Wuni, and the meaning behind his last words.

"Child, this is all my fault for being senile and ignorant."

It ruined my son's life, turning him from a good person into what he is now.

My son Shunzhi wasn't like this back then; he was a bright and clever child.

My son and I barely make a living by farming, and we don't have the money to get him a wife, so we've delayed his marriage.

After Yang Wuni got pregnant, didn't her father go around looking for matchmakers for her?

My husband Shunzhi was tempted and wanted to marry Yang Wuni.

To be honest, I was tempted at the time, after all, I could get a wife for free without spending any money.

Just to be on the safe side, I took several dozen eggs to Wang Fengxian.

I want to know if what Wang Fengxian said is accurate, and if it can be cured.

Wang Fengxian accepted the eggs and told me that the matter couldn't be resolved.

It is said that whoever's family is associated with Yang Wuni will suffer ruin and death.

It is also said that after Yang Wuni gets married, she will die within seven days because her stomach will explode.

I knew there was no way to solve it, so I had to come back and talk to my son.

Who would have thought that this kid was even more impatient than me? While I was looking for Wang Fengxian, he went to find Yang Wuni.

When Yang Wuni was little, she followed him around all day.

The child is now desperate, so he kept asking his uncle to let him come to my house.

When I heard that the plague god was coming to my house, I became really scared.

I had a huge fight with my son over this, forcing him to listen to me.

My son really couldn't do anything about me, so he could only stay in the house and dared not go out to see Yang Wuni.

My son didn't dare leave the house until Yang Wuni got married.

Even now, he stays indoors all the time, avoiding the sun.

At night, the screams became even more agonizing, as if the three souls of the creature were leaving the body.

It's said that Yang Wuni's stomach exploded, and her intestines and stomach spilled all over the ground.

He also said that Yang Wuni wanted to grab his head, saying that he had lied to her.

She wanted to drag him to the underworld to keep her company and insisted on marrying him.

I heard you say that Yang Wuni is still alive, which is a great thing for our family.

Only if Yang Wuni is alive will your uncle's dreams be false, and he won't be afraid at night.

Guan Shunzhi's father was as happy as a child; he was even happier than Zhang Changyao that Yang Wuni was alive.

"Master, I'm leaving now. I'm sorry about your uncle's matter."

I didn't know about his relationship with Yang Wuni, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask him.

Zhang Changyao left Guan Shunzhi's house and stopped for a while when he passed Yang Wuni's house.

He wanted to go in, but then thought it wasn't necessary, so he patted the chestnut horse's rump and headed back to Zhangzhuang.

The journey there and back was quite long, and it was already dark by the time I got home.

Yang Wuni prepared the meal, placed it on the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), and covered it with a quilt.

She didn't eat first; she didn't want Zhang Changyao to eat what she had left over.

Zhang Changyao unloaded the horse and tied it at the entrance of the garden, where Yang Wuni had husked the corn husks.

Upon seeing Yang Wuni come out of the house, he immediately rushed over and hugged her tightly.

"Zhang Changyao, what happened to you? Were you chased by wolves?"

Or did we see a wild boar? A blind bear? Or a wild dog?

Touching its fur won't scare you, but touching its ears will give you a little fright.

Yang Wuni tiptoed and stroked Zhang Changyao's hair and ears.

He recounted what other mothers told their children when he was a child, to help calm his nerves.

Wu Ni, from now on, you'll be the one who gets to eat whatever we have in the family.

"If there's anything to drink, you can have it first. If you follow me, I promise I won't let you suffer."

Zhang Changyao raised three fingers and swore an oath to the heavens.

"What's wrong? Is it getting warmer, and the two of you don't want to go inside anymore?"