Fierce “Husband”

Fierce “Husband” – Chapter 1.1

In the dark mud room, a man sat on a bed staring at the worn-out roof beams, not knowing what to think.
By the edge of the kang, eight large mahogany boxes were stacked in two rows of four, making the room, which was already not very big, even more crowded.
There was a big red ‘Xi’ on the wall by the bed and big red bedding under the man’s buttocks, but it was still not enough to hide the shabbiness of the room.

*Kang: The kang is a living and sleeping platform, a heated bed; (especially in northern Chinese houses) it is a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.

From time to time there was movement outside, but the man paid no attention to it.
Tired of tilting his neck, he simply laid down with an uncertain look, as if he was in daze.
Time passed while he was in a daze.
He was hungry, but he didn’t bother to get off the bed to look for food.
No one came in to look for him for a long time.
Just when he was ready to dwell until the end of time, he heard a loud shout from outside.

“Brother, the Shao family is making trouble again.
Go over there! Mother is going to be pissed off!” A fat woman shouted outside the courtyard.
Hearing the shrill voice, the man frowned.

In the dirty yard, Wang Shijing, wearing a black blindfold, put down his bamboo strips and stood up.
The woman, Wang Guo, the second younger sister of Wang Shijing, shouted again.
“Mother, I told you to call your family as well.
They are all from his mother’s family.
He has to go over there.” At this point, the woman’s eyes were filled with disgust.
Since she came, she never looked at Wang Shijing, who she called ‘Big Brother.’ Wang Shijing ignored her and said to the two children hiding beside him, “Stay at home.” Then he walked out.

“Hey! Brother, call him! There are so many people in their house.
What’s the use of going there alone?” As he said that, Wang Guo called out to his younger brother.
“You inside, come out! Look what you’ve done to our family! Come out!”

“Shut up!” Wang Shijing gave a low roar.
Wang Guo who got scared immediately said resentfully, “What, do you mean that I was wrong Big Brother? If it weren’t for him, our family wouldn’t be so restless! My brother Zheng was so disturbed by him, that he didn’t even go to class!”

Wang Shijing’s remaining eye stared coldly at the woman, making her swallow her remaining words.
Wang Shijing was tall and strong, with a black eye patch on his left eye.
But the eye patch could not cover the deep scar that ran from his forehead to his chin.
The eye patch and scar also made Wang Shijing look very ugly and gloomy, so no one dared to look at him.
Even his own parents and brothers, let alone his first wife and his own children, who were frightened by him.

Hearing a loud ‘bang,’ the two children shrieked together at the doorway of the cookhouse in fear.
Wang Shijing turned around while Wang Guo whispered to his younger brother, “I thought he was dead.”

The man who appeared was Shao Yunan, who had obviously kicked the door open, still looking unwell.
“Your family is here.”

Glancing at Wang Shijing and the ugly fat woman, Shao Yunan said expressionlessly, “I’m hungry, is there anything to eat?”

Wang Shijing went into the kitchen, while Shao Yunan who followed him said nonchalantly, “I’ll get it myself.” His hands were dirty.
Wang Shijing also did not intend to please him, so he just pointed at the bowl on top of the stove and said, “There are two nests inside.”

Nest…

The frown between Shao Yunan’s eyebrows could kill a mosquito, but he still went up and uncovered the bowl.
If he hadn’t been so hungry, he definitely would have dropped the bowl and left.
The nest was made from corn flour, but was definitely not the usual golden yellow, sweet corn nest.
The black and yellow color at first glance made people think that it absolutely couldn’t be food, but some kind of excrement.

“Nothing else?” Shao Yunan asked hopelessly.

“Nothing more.” The tone without any ups or downs mercilessly shattered Shao Yunan’s hopes.
Shao Yunan wanted to grab the other party’s collar and curse,  ‘You’re a big fu*king man and you can only give me that stuff to eat?’

Taking one deep breath after another, Shao Yunan grabbed a nest and gritted his teeth.
“Pour me a glass of water.” Wang Shijing turned around.
“Wash your hands first!”

Wang Shijing’s footsteps paused as he opened the lid of the water jar and scooped up some water before handing it to Shao Yunan.
Shao Yunan looked at the other party’s dirty and muddy hands before grabbing the water scoop, spilling the water on the ground, and then scooping a new ladle of water, before eating two nests reluctantly.

A boy and a girl huddled in the corner outside the door and kept stealing glances at Shao Y