Chapter 158: Suicide
Wen Mingqian and Liu Cuiyi drank together at a restaurant called "Jingyaju" until the afternoon.
This place has always catered mainly to female customers, and all the people from the shopkeeper to the waiter are women.
The two of them talked a lot and drank a lot.
Finally, Wen Mingqian said: "Let's stop here today! Shu'er and Yan'er will definitely miss you at home, don't go back too late."
The two went downstairs, and Liu Cuiyi asked the mother-in-law who was following them to pay back the drink money.
Sang Er smiled and carried two boxes of snacks and put them on Liu Cuiyi's car: "These are Cao Ji's snacks from across the street. These two are the children's favorite."
Liu Cuiyi knew that this was Wen Mingqian's intention, so she did not refuse and said with a smile: "I asked you master and servant to worry about it. I, a careless mother, didn't even think of this."
After all, Wen Mingqian got into the car and left before she left.
"Auntie, do you think I could open a restaurant that only caters to female customers in the future?" Sang Er had a sudden thought in the car.
"Of course it's good. You are careful and smart, and you can always come up with good ideas." Wen Mingqian said.
"Why don't we ask the coachman to take a detour, and let's go to the Confucius Bridge to watch the sunset on Queping Mountain! At this moment, the sunset is already faintly rising in the west." After all, Sang Er was a child, and he was very playful.
Besides, she thought that Wen Mingqian was always a little bored now that he lived in such a deserted place.
"It's a good idea to go and have a look, to let go of the alcohol." Wen Mingqian said, "Wuqiu Nunnery is a pure place of Buddhism, so we should be more polite."
Sang Er then asked the coachman to go near Confucius Bridge. The coach was hired, and the coachman was happy to walk a little longer.
Now that the weather is getting colder, although there are some people near the bridge, there are far fewer people than in spring and summer.
"There is a vendor selling pumpkin seeds and jujubes at the bridge. I'll go over and buy some." Sang Er got out of the car and skipped away.
Wen Mingqian looked at the snacks that San Er bought, although they were sold by hawkers. But it was cleaned very well and tasted very good.
He said: "Go and buy more of these dates and take them back to the masters in the nunnery to eat."
At this time, the sun was still on the top of the mountain. By the time San Er came back, less than half of the sun had already sunk down the mountain.
The sunset was so fierce that half of the western sky was dyed red.
"It's rare to have such a beautiful sunset in winter," Wen Mingqian sighed. "The most beautiful sunset I remember was when I was your age, but that was summer."
"Did Mom have any worries when she was my age?" Sang Er asked, tilting his head.
"Of course there are, but they are just idle worries." Wen Mingqian laughed, "I was already engaged when I was your age. At that time, I was always thinking about whether we could get along with each other after we got married. I was still wishful thinking. I thought that as long as I show my sincerity, I can always get the other person’s sincerity.”
"Not only is Aniang like this, but which unmarried woman in the world doesn't originally think so?" Sang Er couldn't help but feel sad, "But in the end, they all turned into sad and frustrated people."
"Okay, let's not say this anymore. In case you are scared off before you get married," Wen Mingqian smiled, "It's not like there is no good marriage. If we don't talk about it far away, let's just say that the eldest master and the eldest wife of the Gong family are not ”
"But there are only a few like that! Auntie, can you tell me what a woman should do to avoid the pain of being betrayed?" Sang Er hugged Wen Mingqian's arm.
"This is too difficult, how can I explain it clearly?" Wen Mingqian touched her head lovingly, "Personally, it seems difficult to avoid it. All I can tell you is that even if you are betrayed, , and don’t belittle yourself. Count less on others and more on yourself.”
As he spoke, only a trace of the sun was still hanging on the top of the mountain. The sky became much darker and the wind became colder.
"Are you cold? Let's go back!" Sang Er said, "Tomorrow will definitely be a good day, and we can enjoy the spices."
"Wait a little longer! Let's go back after the afterglow is gone." Wen Mingqian said, "There's no need to rush now."
At this time, there was no one on the shore, and even the vendors who had set up stalls had closed their stalls and were preparing to leave.
Sang Er asked the driver to turn the carriage and reached out to lower the curtain. "Hey, why is there someone walking into the river in the distance?!" Saner's eyes suddenly widened.
Although it was winter at this time, only the water surface on the shore had a layer of ice, and it was not thick. The middle of the river had not yet frozen.
Walking on the ice at this time is extremely dangerous.
Wen Mingqian also stuck his head out to take a look, and couldn't help but worry: "But it's not good, call her back quickly!"
Although it was dark, one could clearly see the appearance of a young woman.
"Hurry up! Drive the car over." Sang Er said, "Call that man back!"
She herself leaned out of the car window and shouted in the distance: "Come back quickly! Don't go forward!"
The man seemed to pause for a moment, but then walked faster towards the middle of the river.
"This is someone who is seeking suicide!" Wen Mingqian judged, "You must stop her!"
The driver drove the horse hard and rushed to the front.
Sang Er and Wen Mingqian jumped out of the car one after another, and the woman was already some distance away from the shore.
"Hey, this girl, come back quickly! This is no joke!" Sang Er shouted.
Almost at the same time as she shouted, there was a splash, the ice under the woman's feet shattered, and her body staggered and fell into the water.
She instinctively hugged the ice, but because the water was bitingly cold, her whole body almost froze and she couldn't even make a sound.
"Quick! Quick! Save people! Someone has fallen into the water!" Wen Mingqian and Sang Er shouted.
But there were almost no people around.
"I... let me get off!" the coachman said hesitantly.
"Do you know how to drink water?" Wen Mingqian asked him.
"Young ones can't..." the coachman said.
"Don't go down there." Wen Mingqian stopped him.
The driver didn't know how to swim, so there was little chance of him going down to rescue people. What's more, he was a man. Even if he managed to rescue the girl, it would probably affect her reputation.
"Aniang... no!" Sang Er saw Wen Mingqian about to enter the water and hugged her quickly, "The water here is very deep, not to mention bone-chillingly cold."
"I know how to swim after all." Wen Mingqian said, "Let me give it a try!"
She knew that Sang Er was naturally afraid of water, so she could only step forward by herself.
"Let me come!" A fat woman ran over, holding a pole in her hand.
"Sister Zhang!" Sang Er immediately recognized this woman as Zhang Polan, who had once carried a load for him.
Zhang PoKung didn't have time to say anything more. He threw off his coat and shoes on the shore and rushed into the icy water.
She grew up on boats and knows the nature of water. Despite the biting cold of the ice water, she swam to the woman quickly.
At this time, the woman had already frozen and passed out. Fortunately, she was still holding on to the ice with her hands and did not sink.
Zhang Po basket held her collar with one hand and dragged her ashore.