Different landscapes

  Xue Er heard Xiao Li say she was going to take a bath and serve the little rascal, and couldn't help but ask: "How can you do this?"

  Xiao Li said: "I looked, there's no one on the road. If not, I'll be bullied by those three people! Rather than being bullied by three people, it's better to follow one person openly and honestly, this way I'll suffer less!"

  Xue Er was shocked in her heart: "She is too adaptable to life."

  "How many days have you been following him? Didn't he let those two people touch you?" Xue Er asked curiously.

  "Didn't sleep with him, nor did he let you sleep?"

  "Will he let you go?"

  They took me to a small restaurant in the town and had me eat. As I ate, I observed that three young hoodlums might have just started out.

  "How did you know?"

  "They were very uneasy in their minds, always looking around, especially paying attention to the door. I think they must be quite timid, when there are no people on the road, they dare to be reckless, but when there are many people, they are afraid of causing trouble."

  "How did you escape?"

  "After I finished eating and left the restaurant, the three of them followed me. I said loudly and clearly, 'Thank you, three little brothers, for treating a prostitute like me to dinner. I'm full now, don't follow me! If you keep following me, I'll shout loudly and say that you three are human traffickers! And I'll also say that you three molested me on the mountain road! Who am I, a prostitute, afraid of?!"

  "They wouldn't dare follow you, even if they stare at you, you can't run far anyway!" Xue Er said worriedly.

  "I had thought of this long ago. I didn't run, and openly took the bus in town. The money the man gave me, unless absolutely necessary, I would rather beg for food than use it. They didn't dare follow me onto the bus, so I got off at a station, no matter where it was!"

  "You're really clever!" Xue Er said with genuine admiration from the bottom of her heart.

  "Sister, you don't know, circumstances are forcing me! They say that times create heroes, but the environment can also change people!"

  "It's like this: sometimes a bad environment can be a blessing in disguise."

  "Sister, how about we go out for a walk together?" Little Li suggested.

  "Alright! Let's go!" Xue Er stood up and turned off the TV.

  Xue Er and Xiao Li went out, Xiao Li asked: "Where do you want to go for a stroll?"

  "After the traffic became more convenient, there were only a few students in school every year and it was abolished. The children all went to the town primary school to study. We went to take a look at the old school, and the scenery around the school is very beautiful," Xue Er said.

  "Let's go and reminisce about old times."

  Two people set foot on the small road to school. On both sides of the path were fields, followed by dense forests. Although it was already autumn and the leaves had fallen, most of the trees were evergreen, so at a glance, they looked lush and luxuriant, making one feel carefree and relaxed.

  "Cuihua! You and Ergou are really diligent! What are you preparing to plant in the soil?" Xuer saw Cuihua and Ergou working hard in the soil by the side of the road.

  "Planting cabbage! After the cabbage grows, you can come and cut it yourself if you want to eat it!" Cuihua raised her head, "Isn't that beauty beside you Xiao Li?"

  "I'm Xiaoli, I returned to the village yesterday. Is Er Gou uncle working hard now?" Xiaoli said with a smile, having heard from Xue'er about Er Gou and Cuihua's affair.

  "Xiao Li, since you've called me uncle, can't even take a joke from your uncle?" Er Gou said with a smile.

  "Where are you two going?" Cuihua asked.

  "Go take a look at the old school, you guys go ahead! By the way, when the cabbage grows up, if you see some missing don't scold people, it must be me who cut them back to taste the freshness." Xue Er said.

  "Look what you said. Now with fewer cabbages, who would still scold the village? Whoever passes by and pulls some back home to eat is fine. Times have changed, after all."

  "It's really like that now. Even pulling out a few vegetables isn't considered stealing."

  "It's true, we're not on good terms, who wants to drag it out!"

  "Alright, you guys are busy, I'll take Xiaoli for a walk." Xue'er said, pulling Xiaoli's hand as they walked forward.

  "Go and have fun." Cuihua started digging again.

  "Xue Er Jie, I found that Cui Hua is getting prettier and prettier? Look at her face, it's rosier and smoother than before!" said Xiao Li with a smile.

  "No wonder, she's always taking beauty pills!"

  "Beauty medicine? Do the women in the village have such leisure?"

  "His looks are gone! Da Ge hasn't been the same since he fell off the mountain, Cui Hua told me that before!" Xue Er laughed as she looked at Xiao Li.

  "Can men's stuff be used for beauty?" Little Li felt curious.

  I saw a joke story in a leisure book. It's about this.

  "Tell me about it."

  A group of women, looking particularly radiant and lively, walked ahead, their husbands following behind. A young servant asked the scholar, "Why do these women look so radiant?" The scholar replied, "They take beauty pills every day, how could they not be radiant?"

  The book boy asked, what kind of beauty medicine is so effective? Tell me, and I'll buy it later. The scholar smiled and said, take a look at the dregs behind them and you'll know.

  Shu Tong looked back at the women and said, "There's no medicine dregs, only a few men!" The scholar said, "Those men are their medicine dregs!" Xue Er finished speaking and smiled to herself.

  "Sister, you! Reading too many idle books has spoiled you!" Xiaoli laughed and hit Xueer lightly.

  "I'm at home with nothing to do, if I don't read idle books then I watch TV. But actually, reading idle books can also teach you a lot of things!"

  "No wonder sister's belly is full of gold, it turns out that reading idle books can do this. Isn't this the truth of 'there are golden houses in books'? Sister, men who read books can get a Yan Ruyi, don't you also want to get a few Pan An?" Little Li asked with a smile.

  "I'm almost an old man now, and you still want to flirt? Thinking of being like you, wanting Wu Song to beat this old hag?"

  Two people came to school laughing and chatting.

  The school they saw was already in disrepair. The surrounding trees, however, were lush and green, and the wind blew through, causing the branches to wave at them frequently.

  "Do you remember? That big tree was your original playground!" Xue Er said.

  "Yes, yes. But it has become a crooked neck tree."

  "You're still talking? Aren't the tree branches all crooked because of you guys? Hanging on them every day, swinging back and forth, how can they not be crooked?" Xue Er said with a smile.

  "I remember you compared this tree to a mother. You said it bent its back for our happiness, just like how mothers do for their children, bearing the weight on their backs without complaint, so that we can grow up and repay them in the future." Little Li recalled.

  "You still remember! At that time you were still listening attentively in class." Xue Er's smile was natural and warm.

  "It's great that you're good at teaching, everyone loves listening. Remember Wang Xiaohua loved to cause trouble, but when you were teaching, she was very serious. She always stared at you and listened to your lectures! Later, after the teacher changed, he never took the class seriously."

  "Oh? And then he even disrupted classes?" Xue Er recalled what Wang Xiao Hua had said this time, "He liked her since childhood".

  "Yes! He also told us that the new teacher's lessons are not as good as yours, and he's a man, very boring."

  "This Wang Xiaohua! A little kid with a big butt, likes to flirt with girls. I remember him saying he wanted to marry you, what did you think at that time?"

  "He deliberately bullied me. Actually he knew early on that marriage is between a man and woman sleeping together." Little Li laughed.

  "I really underestimated you guys at that time!" Xue Er exclaimed.

  "What was Xiao Hua doing wrong back then? Guess what he said about you?"

  "What did you say?"

  "He said, if he could have a beautiful wife like his teacher for just one day in his lifetime, even if it's just for a day, he'd be willing to die!"

  "This Wang Xiaohua is really a small kid with an ambition as big as the sky!"

  "Sister, let's go, we'll take another road home, how about it?" said Xiaoli, pointing to the other road.

  "Do you want to see different scenery?" Xue Er asked.

  "Hmm. Men say beautiful women are a beautiful landscape. Actually, charming men are also a delightful view in our women's eyes, sister, don't you think?"

  "Oh, you! I think you're thinking of a man now!"

  "Sister, to be honest, I'm a woman who's been around the block. You wouldn't believe me even if I said it! It's just that getting a man who truly cares is not easy!" Little Li sighed and said.

  "Don't worry! Your brother-in-law will help you choose a good man."