nashuaworldcup Chapter 172 Xing Fangcao asked Chen Shuning to find a book but was rejected
Chapter 172 Xing Fangcao asked Chen Shuning to find a book but was rejected
Chen Shuning was very brave. Not only did she not dodge, but she also squeezed forward while other female comrades were dodging.
Guo Junshan looked at the audacious Chen Shuning, smiled helplessly, and said, "Shuning, please move back. Don't let the pig's blood splash on your clothes."
Chen Shuning then took two steps back. Wang Na ran over and grabbed Chen Shuning, then dodged back again: "Shuning, you are so brave!"
"What's so scary about this?" Chen Shuning asked, puzzled. "It's just killing a pig. I've seen it before."
Chen Shuning grew up in the countryside. She had seen the excitement of slaughtering pigs many times every year, so she was not afraid!
Guo Junshan waited until Chen Shuning was far away before picking up the butcher knife.
Chen Shuning listened to Wang Na absentmindedly, but his eyes passed through the crowd and fell on Guo Junshan's hand.
Guo Junshan raised his knife and chopped the pig down. The pig wailed a few times and then became silent.
"Isn't this too quick?" Chen Shuning murmured, "The butchers I hired in previous years weren't as quick as him..."
Wang Na was talking excitedly when she realized that Chen Shuning wasn't listening at all. She pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Shuning, are you listening to me carefully?"
"Ah?" Chen Shuning came back to his senses and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Wang Na, I was so engrossed in watching that I didn't hear what you said clearly..."
Wang Na said angrily: "Is it really that good? Killing a pig, how scary~"
Chen Shuning said with a smile, "What's so scary about this... Wang Na, let me tell you, one year the pig butcher our village hired was a novice. I laughed so hard watching him butcher the pig that time that my stomach hurt."
"What's so funny about killing a pig?"
Wang Na couldn't understand it. The pig-killing scene was so bloody that she couldn't bear to watch it. How did Chen Shuning stay so calm? She even thought it was funny. Is she okay?
Chen Shuning said with great interest, "Really? I'm telling you, the butcher we hired was a novice and didn't tie up the pig properly.
He cut the pig with his knife, and it immediately jumped up. The butcher knife was still stuck in the pig, and the pig ran around in the yard...
My dad and the others were chasing after it, and it took them a long time to catch up. Seven or eight grown men were lying on top of the pig, one on top of the other, hahahaha..."
"Hahaha..." Wang Na burst into laughter.
The villagers around who knew about this also laughed.
Chen Shuning continued, "My dad came home, took off his clothes, and saw they were all covered in pig blood. My mom spent a long time washing them clean! That year, we didn't eat pig blood..."
"Hahaha..." Wang Na laughed so hard that tears came out: "Then, then, then, have you paid the butcher the reward?"
Wang Erxiu grinned happily, and before Chen Shuning could say anything, she said, "What are you giving me? It's good enough if he can have some meat with us."
That time, the yard was covered in pig blood. I thought it was a murder scene. We spent a long time cleaning it up.
According to custom, after slaughtering a pig, the pig's trotters and offal must be taken away by the butcher.
"Even if I gave it to him, he wouldn't want it." Chen Shuning added, "He still kills pigs now, but he won't come to our village even if he kills them."
Wang Na laughed herself to death, and it took her a long time to recover: "I'm dying of laughter... I didn't come, but you guys are still making such a fuss... and you're still coming..."
Ma Lanzhi squeezed into the crowd and saw Wang Na, who was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down her face. She asked bewilderedly, "What are you laughing at?"
Wang Na held Ma Lanzhi's hand and laughed for a long time before speaking: "Let me tell you... one year a butcher came to the village..."
The pigs had already been slaughtered. Jiang Lichun stood at the canteen door and shouted, "Ladies, come here! It's time to work—"
Everyone walked into the cafeteria talking and laughing, leaving only Ma Lanzhi and Wang Na squatting on the ground, holding their stomachs and laughing.
Chen Shuning looked at the two of them helplessly and urged, "Stop laughing~ Hurry up, it's time to get back to work~"
Ma Lanzhi held her belly and said with a smile: "You, you let me slow down, hahahaha..."
"Chen Shuning——"
A faint shout came from behind him. Chen Shuning turned around and looked back. Seeing that it was Xing Fangcao, he was a little surprised.
"Chen Shuning, thank you! If you hadn't brought people to find me, I wouldn't have survived. I was wrong before, I apologize."
Xing Fangcao bowed solemnly and looked at Chen Shuning with burning eyes, as if expecting Chen Shuning's response.
Chen Shuning didn't feel touched, but rather felt strange. Xing Fangcao had been back for several days. If she wanted to thank her, why hadn't she done it before?
Besides, Chen Shuning wasn't the only one who saved her, and I didn't hear Xing Fangcao thank anyone else.
Chen Shuning said perfunctorily, "Comrade Xing Fangcao, you're welcome. I don't take the past events to heart."
Chen Shuning turned around, took Wang Na's arm, and walked into the cafeteria.
Xing Fangcao called her again: "Chen Shuning, can I be friends with you? I'm sincere."
Chen Shuning and Wang Na looked at each other. Seeing Wang Na pout, Chen Shuning turned around and said, "Comrade Xing Fangcao, I have something else to do. I'll go in first."
Chen Shuning didn't have that much free time to be friends with Xing Fangcao. Even at the clinic, Xing Fangcao wanted to use Chen Shuning as a pawn, but Chen Shuning couldn't accept Xing Fangcao.
Friends should be honest with each other. Xing Fangcao is so cunning that Chen Shuning doesn't want to make close friends with her.
Ma Lanzhi quietly gave Chen Shuning a thumbs-up. "Sister, you're still brave!" She and Wang Na had been giving Xing Fangcao a headache these past few days.
"Wait a minute—" Xing Fangcao caught up, bit her lip, and mustered up the courage to ask, "Shuning, last time I mentioned buying high school textbooks... could you help me find a set?"
Chen Shuning shook his head, wanting to refuse Xing Fangcao. But seeing the reluctance in her eyes, he changed his mind: "Comrade Xing Fangcao, you can look for it in the recycling station.
My brother bought a lot of books from the recycling station last time. The books there are sold by the pound, which is perfect for wallpaper~"
Xing Fangcao was a little surprised and asked uncertainly, "What recycling bin?"
Chen Shuning said confidently: "The recycling station!"
After saying that, he ignored Xing Fangcao and went into the cafeteria. He had to cook for the whole village today, so there was a lot of work to do.
Seeing that Xing Fangcao didn't catch up, Ma Lanzhi asked in a low voice: "Shuning, why did you tell her? We saved her last time, and look at her attitude. If it were me, I wouldn't tell her..."
"Let her go look for it at the recycling station herself~" Chen Shuning said nonchalantly, "It's her time that's being wasted, not mine."
Chen Shuning lowered his voice and said, "Xing Fangcao is really interesting. She wanted to get a set of high school textbooks, but instead of trying to find one herself, she came to me to find them.
I have that free time, so I can read some books. Besides, even if I bring her a set of books, she won't appreciate my kindness. She might even think I'm asking for money and curse me behind my back!
"That's right!" Wang Na echoed, "Shuning, it's not that we're forming a clique, it's that Xing Fangcao is too cunning and she's not the same as us.
She's been acting like a madman these past few days, constantly pestering me and Lanzhi. She's always trying to help me with everything, but she doesn't know how to do it, and she's ruined several pieces of my fabric..."
Ma Lanzhi said mysteriously, "I also saw her stopping Xu Qingshan from talking..."