The Lucky Star Control Corporation in the 70s (14)
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A bright idea suddenly popped in Chu Lan’s head, and she immediately said, “I get it! The fire might have been her own doing. Just think about it. Chu Xiang is very unlucky. Take the hillside as an example. Nobody in the village has ever slipped down there, but why did she fall down and suffered a cut on her face? She also had a high fever during the exam and was disoriented. She couldn’t even answer the questions. She is just unlucky.”
Chu Lan’s mother shouted immediately, “Everyone, our whole family knows that Chu Lan is very lucky, while Chu Xiang is a broom star1!”
“Bah! Stop spouting nonsense!” Grandma Chu gave her a hard push. Although the state’s crackdown on feudal superstition was not as strict as it was a few years ago, any superstition must not be uttered so blatantly. But she had already figured it out in her heart. Chu Xiang was indeed unlucky. Maybe she was indeed a bearer of ill luck.
Chu Lan’s mother was eager to clean up the dirty water poured on her daughter, so how could she listen to Grandma Chu? She wept loudly and blurted a mixture of truths and falsehoods about Chu Xiang’s ill luck. She even hoisted some of the bad luck that happened to Chu Lan before onto Chu Xiang. Outsiders couldn’t remember clearly, and they had a vague impression on the events that she mentioned. Nowe, they felt that Chu Xiang has been particularly unlucky since childhood.
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The villagers were still quite superstitious. After hearing from Chu Lan’s mother that Chu Lan could bump into rabbits when digging for wild vegetables, and often picked up a nest of wild eggs, they all understood why the Chu family had meat from time to time. Thus, they were convinced by their arguments even more.
Chu Xiang said at that time that she had fainted and didn’t know the place was on fire. She didn’t seem to have witnessed Chu Lan setting the fire. What if Chu Xiang was unlucky and the house caught fire on its own?
Although they couldn’t figure out how the door curtain came into being, they couldn’t help but believe when the argument was related to the words “broom star”. Such a thing was very mysterious. Each of them could retell several metaphysical and illogical things, so naturally they were willing to believe.
Everybody pitched in to contribute to the discussion. This time, no one held Chu Lan captive. They all said that Chu Lan’s arson and Chu Xiang’s bad luck were possible. Chu Lan’s mother took the opportunity to untie her and ran back to the house to protect her. No one stopped them. Anyway, they were blocked at the door and there were people outside Chu’s courtyard. Chu Lan had no escape.
Those educated youth were determined not to be superstitious, and uttered a sentence or two to make the villagers more rational. However, the villagers ignored them. They felt bored and angrily snapped back at the educated youth. Song Yang could no longer stay there by himself. He followed the others back with a lot of things weighing on his mind. On the one hand, he was worried about Chu Xiang, and on the other, he was also worried about Chu Lan.
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He thought that Chu Lan was really a good person. She helped Chu Xiang review, listened to his lectures wholeheartedly, and gave him delicious food in gratitude. That way, he never suffered any loss. Such a kind girl would never set fire, but he didn’t know how the captain would judge the incident.
It was already dark, and only Chu’s residence was brightly lit in the entire brigade. Everyone was waiting for the brigade captain to return, and they all wanted to know if Chu Xiang was rescued.
Yang Yuelan stood on the outside and listened for a while, then quickly went home and patted her heart. She said to Yin Xu, “This is too scary. Their house is burned beyond recognition, and it simply can not be used. It can only be stripped and re-decorated. I wonder if Chu Xiang was burned.”
Yin Xu never wanted to get involved with the Chu family. He didn’t look down on the character of the Chu family. However, the incident this time was more or less related to her family. At least, Chu Xiang was forced to marry him before the accident. Naturally he had to ask a few questions as well.
Yang Yuelan told him everything she heard, and said, “Could it be that Chu Xiang is really unlucky? I saw Chu Lan carrying a live rabbit home. She’s really lucky. In that case, if she set the fire, she shouldn’t have been caught so quickly.”
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Yin Xu shook his head and said, “Mom, good or bad luck is nothing but nonsense. Don’t believe it. I also picked up food stamps. Such a good turn once or twice is not a blessing. We can’t blindly guess about this matter. Let’s wait and find out how Chu Xiang is doing. If she’s okay, send some eggs to her later.”
Yang Yuelan positively answered and sighed. “I hope she’s okay. She’s a good girl. If you want to say she’s unlucky, I think it’s only for the past six months. I’ve never heard of her being unlucky before. By the way, Shou Hou’er is going to send you to the county hospital to have your leg checked. How about we just go to visit her. She should be fine if she wakes up, right?”
“Yeah.” Yin Xu comforted Yang Yuelan a minute longer, and then thought about the Chu family. He had this feeling that something was not right.
Chu Lan had approached him several times before, wanting to have a relationship with him. Although he ignored her, he still knew a little about Chu Lan. She didn’t have the guts to do something like setting fire. But if she hadn’t set it on fire, how did the fire in Chu Xiang’s room start? Could it be that Chu Xiang started the fire by herself?
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Yin Xu was an illustrious soldier when he served in the army outside. He had been on countless missions and had learned a lot. His thinking was meticulous, and he saw things differently from the villagers. When he deliberated on what Chu Xiang said when she woke up. She almost flawlessly guided the villagers’ thoughts, resulting in such a predicament. This seemed to be the only logical rationale for Chu Xiang to have set the fire herself, but what reason did she have to do so?
Yin Xu touched his leg and shook his head mockingly. He hasn’t settled his own business yet, so how could he take care of other people’s affairs? He’d better spend time thinking about how to comfort his mother and sister. If the doctor kept saying that he couldn’t be cured, the two of them would definitely cry to death. It gave him a headache just thinking about it.
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Footnote:
1 Broom star – aka bearer of ill luck
The Lucky Star Control Corporation in the 70s (14)
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A bright idea suddenly popped in Chu Lan’s head, and she immediately said, “I get it! The fire might have been her own doing. Just think about it. Chu Xiang is very unlucky. Take the hillside as an example. Nobody in the village has ever slipped down there, but why did she fall down and suffered a cut on her face? She also had a high fever during the exam and was disoriented. She couldn’t even answer the questions. She is just unlucky.”
Chu Lan’s mother shouted immediately, “Everyone, our whole family knows that Chu Lan is very lucky, while Chu Xiang is a broom star1!”
“Bah! Stop spouting nonsense!” Grandma Chu gave her a hard push. Although the state’s crackdown on feudal superstition was not as strict as it was a few years ago, any superstition must not be uttered so blatantly. But she had already figured it out in her heart. Chu Xiang was indeed unlucky. Maybe she was indeed a bearer of ill luck.
Chu Lan’s mother was eager to clean up the dirty water poured on her daughter, so how could she listen to Grandma Chu? She wept loudly and blurted a mixture of truths and falsehoods about Chu Xiang’s ill luck. She even hoisted some of the bad luck that happened to Chu Lan before onto Chu Xiang. Outsiders couldn’t remember clearly, and they had a vague impression on the events that she mentioned. Nowe, they felt that Chu Xiang has been particularly unlucky since childhood.
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The villagers were still quite superstitious. After hearing from Chu Lan’s mother that Chu Lan could bump into rabbits when digging for wild vegetables, and often picked up a nest of wild eggs, they all understood why the Chu family had meat from time to time. Thus, they were convinced by their arguments even more.
Chu Xiang said at that time that she had fainted and didn’t know the place was on fire. She didn’t seem to have witnessed Chu Lan setting the fire. What if Chu Xiang was unlucky and the house caught fire on its own?
Although they couldn’t figure out how the door curtain came into being, they couldn’t help but believe when the argument was related to the words “broom star”. Such a thing was very mysterious. Each of them could retell several metaphysical and illogical things, so naturally they were willing to believe.
Everybody pitched in to contribute to the discussion. This time, no one held Chu Lan captive. They all said that Chu Lan’s arson and Chu Xiang’s bad luck were possible. Chu Lan’s mother took the opportunity to untie her and ran back to the house to protect her. No one stopped them. Anyway, they were blocked at the door and there were people outside Chu’s courtyard. Chu Lan had no escape.
Those educated youth were determined not to be superstitious, and uttered a sentence or two to make the villagers more rational. However, the villagers ignored them. They felt bored and angrily snapped back at the educated youth. Song Yang could no longer stay there by himself. He followed the others back with a lot of things weighing on his mind. On the one hand, he was worried about Chu Xiang, and on the other, he was also worried about Chu Lan.
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He thought that Chu Lan was really a good person. She helped Chu Xiang review, listened to his lectures wholeheartedly, and gave him delicious food in gratitude. That way, he never suffered any loss. Such a kind girl would never set fire, but he didn’t know how the captain would judge the incident.
It was already dark, and only Chu’s residence was brightly lit in the entire brigade. Everyone was waiting for the brigade captain to return, and they all wanted to know if Chu Xiang was rescued.
Yang Yuelan stood on the outside and listened for a while, then quickly went home and patted her heart. She said to Yin Xu, “This is too scary. Their house is burned beyond recognition, and it simply can not be used. It can only be stripped and re-decorated. I wonder if Chu Xiang was burned.”
Yin Xu never wanted to get involved with the Chu family. He didn’t look down on the character of the Chu family. However, the incident this time was more or less related to her family. At least, Chu Xiang was forced to marry him before the accident. Naturally he had to ask a few questions as well.
Yang Yuelan told him everything she heard, and said, “Could it be that Chu Xiang is really unlucky? I saw Chu Lan carrying a live rabbit home. She’s really lucky. In that case, if she set the fire, she shouldn’t have been caught so quickly.”
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Yin Xu shook his head and said, “Mom, good or bad luck is nothing but nonsense. Don’t believe it. I also picked up food stamps. Such a good turn once or twice is not a blessing. We can’t blindly guess about this matter. Let’s wait and find out how Chu Xiang is doing. If she’s okay, send some eggs to her later.”
Yang Yuelan positively answered and sighed. “I hope she’s okay. She’s a good girl. If you want to say she’s unlucky, I think it’s only for the past six months. I’ve never heard of her being unlucky before. By the way, Shou Hou’er is going to send you to the county hospital to have your leg checked. How about we just go to visit her. She should be fine if she wakes up, right?”
“Yeah.” Yin Xu comforted Yang Yuelan a minute longer, and then thought about the Chu family. He had this feeling that something was not right.
Chu Lan had approached him several times before, wanting to have a relationship with him. Although he ignored her, he still knew a little about Chu Lan. She didn’t have the guts to do something like setting fire. But if she hadn’t set it on fire, how did the fire in Chu Xiang’s room start? Could it be that Chu Xiang started the fire by herself?
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Yin Xu was an illustrious soldier when he served in the army outside. He had been on countless missions and had learned a lot. His thinking was meticulous, and he saw things differently from the villagers. When he deliberated on what Chu Xiang said when she woke up. She almost flawlessly guided the villagers’ thoughts, resulting in such a predicament. This seemed to be the only logical rationale for Chu Xiang to have set the fire herself, but what reason did she have to do so?
Yin Xu touched his leg and shook his head mockingly. He hasn’t settled his own business yet, so how could he take care of other people’s affairs? He’d better spend time thinking about how to comfort his mother and sister. If the doctor kept saying that he couldn’t be cured, the two of them would definitely cry to death. It gave him a headache just thinking about it.
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Footnote:
1 Broom star – aka bearer of ill luck
