I Have A Secret Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Arc 1 – Rural Love 2

As soon as they heard the broadcast, the fields became lively and cheers rose and fell.

A dozen or more young people in their twenties whined loudly. They couldn't wait to abandon the paddy fields and run home with their arms and legs spread opened.

Have an early dinner, go early, and you can grab a good position.

It doesn't matter if you don't eat, the movies were more important.

There were some middle-aged people in the fields around. Huang Dan was still squatting by the pond.

Li Gen wiped his face with his upper garment. “Not going?”

Huang Dan said, “My leg is numb.”

Li Gen tugged at his arm. “Which leg?”

Huang Dan said, “Left leg.”

Li Gen said, “Put some saliva on your hand and wipe your left eye.”

Huang Dan had a face of “I don't understand what you're talking about” look.

Li Gen wanted to go up and seeing that this person was not moving, he pushed at the person's shoulder.

He has a broken palm(1), his strength was also huge and he didn't control it.

Huang Dan was unprepared at the moment and he fell directly into the pond.

Li Gen, “…”

Half-crouched with his hands supported by his knees, he watched the youth in the water as he stood on the sh.o.r.e. He joking said, “Dong Tian, are you catching fish? Go up to the middle and catch two for your brother to go back to cook soup.”

Huang Dan could swim very well but the original owner can't, so he coudn't swim ash.o.r.e.

“Brother, save me… Help -“

Seeing that the young man's head was submerged, Li Gen gave a low curse and threw away his coat and jumped into the pond.

Huang Dan was dragged onto the slate like a drowning dog.

Li Gen's trouser was raining water and his face was ashen with drops of water rolling down. “Why did you jump into the water?” Old me was almost scared half to death by you!

Huang Dan said, “You pushed me.”

Li Gen's t.i.tled his head and his eyebrows raised, “I pushed you?”

Huang Dan nodded, “En.”

Li Gen's face twitched. “Why didn't you dodge?”

Huang Dan, “…”

Li Gen picked up his wet coat and said, “Hurry up, there are at least two movies in Tong Miao in the evening. We'll have much to watch.”

Huang Dan was following behind. Li Gen saved him, can he elimate his dislike?

That was still to be decided.

Dinner was dough drop and a.s.sorted vegetable soup(2). It contained a lot of vegetables and it was a big pot.

Huang Dan looked at the big bowl in front of him and the roughly made bamboo chopsticks. His appet.i.te was zero.

The mouth of the bowl was steaming hot. The noodles and vegetable aroma intertwined and rushed up. He held the bowl to drink the soup and ate some mustard knot and his appet.i.te rose to a hundred.

Chen Jin Hua said, “Mother went to greet at Li Gen's house just now. He'll call you later and go to Tong Miao together.”

Huang Dan made a sound of approval and continuing eating his food.

Chen Jin Hua stirred at the inside of the bowl to let the heat disperse. “There are some rather decent girls in Chen's family. Don't just look at the movies, look for a chance to talk to them.”

Huang Dan said, “n.o.body will find me to their tasting.”

Chen Jin Hua was not happy. “What do you say? My son is no worse than anyone else!”

She threw her bowls and chopsticks to one side and went into the room to lie down.

Huang Dan sat motionless at the table and emptied his bowl.

An old hen flew out of the door in shock and dropped a piece of yellow feather tinted with black. The man stepped on the feather and shouted, “Dong Tian, time to go.”

Huang Dan pushed a small piece of vegetable besides the bowl into his mouth and subconsciously wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. He paused for a moment before replaceing it with a hand-wipe.

For the people in the village, the movie was like a festival and it was very lively.

The large group climbed over a mountain and after crossing a river was a ma.s.s graveyard.

It was still good when they went in when it was still bright. It doesn't make one's flesh creep and there were no chilly winds. In the evening, if you want to go, the more timid ones will have to clear their bladder first. Otherwise, you might pee your pants when you are scared by those d.a.m.n dogs that love to play a prank.

The girls walked in groups, the long braids behind them shake out a happy rhythm.

The original owner of Huang Dan's body was not very popular in the village. He was actually the tail behind Li Gen's b.u.t.tock. As soon as he reached the village gate, a group of people came over and cut him off as from being a tail.

Now Zhang Ying Xiong was walking with him.

“Oh no, the pigs were not fed!”

Zhang Ying Xiong was shocked and said that when he returned at night, his old man would definitely slice him up. “Dong Tian, can I sleep at your house tonight, can I?”

Huang Dan said, “Can't.”

Zhang Ying Xiong's exaggerated wail was seen by all the people around him and they thought something had happened.

Huang Dan had no reaction at all.

Zhang Ying Xiong rolled his eyes and kicked a stone. He was eyeing other people's home.

Huang Dan's steps slowed down. He walked behind the big group and was digging out information about Li Da Gui from the memory of the original owner, slowly piecing the bits and pieces of fragmented memories.

Li Da Gui used to be a well-known bully in the village. He loved to cause trouble. He was the best in the world in provoking trouble. He was illiterate but he had a hard fist and was also famous for his handsome look. There were always girls chasing him.

Later, Li Da Gui married his wife, named Wu Cui Ling. She attended college and was the first batch of college students and intellectuals in the whole village.

They had an arranged marriage since they were children and this was according to the wishes of their elders. They were very loving.

In the second year of their marriage, Li Da Gui became a father. However, the child became ill after birth and did not live to one year old.

Nevertheless, his relations.h.i.+p with Wu Cui Ling was still very good. They never quarreled.

Huang Dan scratched his nose, this was what the original owner had heard. Listening to his family and listening to the others, the truth was really hard to distinguish from the false.

Who know if Li Da Gui and his wife shard one quilt or two quilts behind closed doors?

Huang Dan paused his footstep. He bent down, took off his shoes and patted them on the ground, pouring out the sand inside.

The shoe had a hole and this road had more sand for it to eat on the way.

Huang Dan stuffed his shoes back. Li Da Gui had a good friend in his lifetime. He was called He Wei and live nearby the river field next door.

In addition, Li Gen, his brother, was another person that had frequent contact with Li Da Gui.

Huang Dan pursed his lips. At present, to say who was the suspect was hard. Tonight, the villagers in several neighbouring villages will go to Tong Miao to see the movies. He can take the opportunity to see He Wei.

Huang Dan looked ahead and several women came together. The one was the short hair was Wu Cui Ling.

Occasionally, she turned her face and said something to her side. Her look was very ordinary but her skin was very white. She was honest and scrupulously abide by a married woman's way, to the point of being even more traditional than most people.

When her husband died, Wu Cui Ling served her mother-in-law with all her heart. Preparing and serving tea and water, cleaning up her urine and stool, she did everything.

She was always dressed conservatively and behaved appropriately. She never had any excessive contact with man, only a few words and she will distance herself.

Everyone in the village said that w.a.n.g Yue Mei was lucky to find such a filial daughter-in-law but unfortunately, her youngest son did not have much fortunate.

Huang Dan squinted his eyes. Her coa.r.s.e, dark black hair and her fair, clear skin were very eye-grabbing.

His hands itched and he wanted to draw.

He didn't know when Zhang Ying Xiong stretched his neck to his side. “Dong Tian, why are you staring at Da Gui's wife?”

Huang Dan said, “I want to ask her to borrow high school textbooks.”

Zhang Ying Xiong was shocked. “You haven't even finish the first grade of primary school. Why do you want high school textbooks for?Cus.h.i.+on the table?”

His voice was loud and he couldn't move quietly.

Huang Dan had nothing to say.

As the sky gradually grew darker, a large crowd gathered at the field of Tong Miao Primary School.

Small benches were set up and those who didn't manage to grab those seats went to the back.

The projectionist arrived late and the guys dared not complain, fearing that he would not be happy and ride his bicycle away. They won't be able to catch up to him.

In the middle of the old-fas.h.i.+oned square table meant for eight people, the chaotic sound faded away and those who were dating paused their actions.

The first movie was a Taoist ghost-hunting movie.

Zhang Ying Xiong was a little scared. He covered his eyes with his hand. “Has the ghost come out yet?”

Huang Dan, “En.”

Zhang Ying Xiong asked what the ghost looked like.

Huang Dan, “Ghostlike.”

Zhang Ying Xiong, “…”

He kept asking and still ah ah ah, ah shouted. Huang Dan was tired of this and wanted to change place.

It was a geomantic treasure land at Li Gen's side. Beautiful girls surrounded him from different angles.

At such a distance, Huang Dan could already smell the hormone on Li Gen, not to mention the girls nearby.

Wu Cui Ling sat at the edge and the married women who came were all serious about watching the movie.

Huang Dan did not locate He Wei. He was shouted by someone to sit down and he watched the movie on the white cloth tied between two trees.

At the end of the first scene, the men went to urinate in groups and the women also needed to go.

There was no exception that everyone needed to answer the call of nature.

The woods behind the field were not capable of enduring hunger and thirst. It twisted around begging to be irrigated.

Huang Dan believed that following a woman was not very good and harmful to the image, but at special times, special means were needed.

He borrowed a tree to hide behind and found Wu Cui Ling coming out of the woods and standing in one spot waiting for the rest.

Not long after, a man appeared.

Wu Cui Ling was one hundred seventy centimetres tall. The man was not as tall as her. When they stood together, the poor heigh difference was not cute.

Huang Dan recognized him from the memory of the former owner. He was, He Wei, Li Da Gui's good buddy.

He couldn't hear what He Wei was saying to Wu Cui Ling, so he said in his heart, “Mr. System, can you help me? I want to know the conversation between the man and the woman in front of me."

The system, “Require fifty points. In the course of the task, the points will drop randomly. The frequency and amount depend on the progress of the task. Mr. Huang, remember to collect them promptly.”

Huang Dan said, “Credit me one time.”

System, “…”

Huang Dan said, “Give me a begging expression, cartoon portrayal is fine too.”

As a result, a cartoon character appeared in his mind.

Huang Dan imitated that expression. He frowned lightly on his eyebrows and flattened his mouth. “Please.”

The system objectively evaluated, “Doesn't look like.”

Huang Dan said, “I tried my best.”

System, “…”

Huang Dan said, “I'm good at laughing. Would you like me to show you?”

The system said, “…No thanks.”

A few seconds later, two voices appeared in Huang Dan's ear. One was Wu Cui Ling and the other was He Wei.

He was still standing there but he heard from nothing to everything.

“How is Auntie w.a.n.g's health?”

“Still manageable.”

“As soon as Da Gui left, Auntie w.a.n.g was so sad that she fell ill, ai.”

“He Wei, are you looking for me because of something?”

“There's Big Brother here.”

“Its nothing. I just thought that I had played with Da Gui since I was a kid. Auntie w.a.n.g can be considered half of my mom. If there's any difficulty in the future, come to the river field to find me.”

“Li Gen is going to have a family and his wife will be in charge. You and Auntie w.a.n.g will not be comfortable.”

“We will see.”

Huang Dan hid behind the tree. He Wei was interested in Wu Cui Ling. His eyes had been revolving on her. He wanted to remove his hands and stuff them in the collar of her clothes.

Wu Cui Ling's att.i.tude was clear. She kept the right distance, not offending people nor catering to co-operation and engaging in ambiguity.

Her husband, Li Da Gui, was handsome and a gentleman. He Wei was far behind him.

So it was all He Wei's wishful thinking.

Do you hate Li Da Gui since you couldn't get Wu Cui Ling? Lay a murderous hand on him?

Is that what happened?

Let him grab onto this vine and touch it first.

A sudden urge to pee disturbed Huang Dan's thoughts. He ran backward and heard the sound of splas.h.i.+ng water. He found the irrigation team.

Li Gen held his cigarette and his eyes were slanted. “Why are you looking at your brother?”

Huang Dan said, “I didn't.”

That's what he said, but he didn't look away.

Li Gen was amused by the youth's appearance but there was no smile in his eyes. He took away his cigarette. “Zhang Dong Tian, you dare say you didn't look, this brother will urinate in your mouth.”

Huang Dan said, “Yes, I was staring.”

Zhang Ying Xiong who was on the other side interrupted, “Brother, there's nothing malicious about Dong Tian…”

Li Gen kicked him, “Go away!”

Zhang Ying Xiong had his s.h.i.+t scared out of him. Dong Tian, you can ask for more fortunate.

Other irrigators also stopped to watch the bustle.

Everyone knew that a village only had that much people and everything made bigger was going to go out.

Zhang Dong Tian's social withdrawal were all well known to people of similar ages and many of them were still involved.

Everyone knew that his crippled mother had been currying favor with Li Gen's family for years. Sending this and that at intervals, was all because Li Gen can lend a hand if his fruitless son was beaten one day.

The atmosphere was not very good.

Huang Dan shushed himself first before asking: "Brother, your generation name is ‘Da' right?(3)"

Li Gen spit out the cigarette b.u.t.ts. " What?"

Huang Dan said: " Li Da Gen.(4)"

End of Chapter 2.

Translated at rrrrhexiatranslations

Footnotes:

So instead of playground (which i thought it was playgroudn but no it wasn't), i have changed it to field for the movie location.The line of the palm crosses each other, it's said to be good for guys – success in career etc, not sure how it links to the context but to read some palm reading stuff.I'm not sure if i got the translation correct but its a mash of vegetable and some stable food e.g rice in it to see pictureIn super simple term, its a Chinese thing and Huang Dan is asking if Li Gen got “Da” in his name anot. In a more proper term: In generally, chinese family has a genealogy. In principle,in a family, the first elders will agree on a genealogy. For example, “Xiong Cai Da Lo, Xiu Xiu Gui Zhong…”, then the next generation will have to put “Xiong” in the middle of the name, for example, their family name is Li then they will be called Li Xiong “something”. Next, we need to put the word “Cai” in the middle of the name, and so on. OR, you can take at Li Da Gen, Literally transition would be Li = Li Gen's surname, Da= Big, Gen= root. Basically, Li Big d.i.c.k or Big d.i.c.ked Li, whichever you want to call it.