Summer, 1975 — Hongxing Commune, Kaoshan Village .
At the very end of the village, inside the old Su family’s house, more than a dozen people were squatting in a tiny woodshed.
“That crazy girl is already old enough to marry. Let’s hurry and marry her off so she can torment someone else!”
The man speaking had half his front hair missing, making him look like a bald monkey.
The completely bald old man shrank back.“I don’t dare say it — you all say it.”
“How about we ask a matchmaker to arrange blind dates? If one doesn’t work, try several… eventually she’ll find one she likes.”
“I think that works. But who’s going to tell her?”
Silence filled the room.
After a long time, someone whispered:“The old rule? Rock-paper-scissors…”
Outside the woodshed door, Su Fu squatted with a straw stem in her mouth, listening. Then she climbed over the wall, circled around, and entered through the front gate.
“No one home? Perfect — I’ve been craving meat today.”
She pulled a kitchen cleaver from behind her waist and walked toward the chicken coop.
Grandma Wang Xiaojiao rushed out like a gust of wind.
“Spare the chickens!”
Good heavens — those two hens had just started laying eggs yesterday. If this lunatic ate them, it would hurt her heart to death.
Su Fu hadn’t actually planned to kill them — just scare her.
After all, the whole family had already written the script; if she didn’t give them a stage to act on, wouldn’t it be a waste?
Sigh, I’m just too kind~
“I’ll give you face, so you don’t go around saying I don’t respect elders. The Su ancestors must be smoking lucky incense to have such a gentle granddaughter like me.”
Wang Xiaojiao’s face turned darker than coal.
Lucky incense? The ancestors would be lucky if they weren’t smoking black smoke for producing such a creature!
The Su family hadn’t never resisted. They had secretly invited spirit mediums many times and even relocated ancestral graves three times.
Useless! Completely useless!!
Logically, with so many people in the family, they shouldn’t be controlled by one little girl.
But as the saying goes: the fierce fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care about dying.
And this damned girl even had a godfather who was a police officer…
The more Wang Xiaojiao thought about it, the more bitter she felt. What terrible karma!!!
Su Fu crooked a smile at her:“Hurry and cook. You have no dignity as an elder. I already respect you — shouldn’t you love me, the younger one?”
The woodshed doors burst open and more than ten people came out — old, young, men and women.
In their eyes were fear, hope, and resentment.
The middle-aged man with half his hair closed his eyes, steeled himself, and walked to Su Fu.
“Cra— Fu-Fu… you’ve graduated high school now. Have you thought about st-starting a family?”
He was Su Fu’s second uncle, Su Er .The missing half of his hair had been shaved by Su Fu in the middle of the night half a month ago.
He had woken up at the time, but seeing his niece’s ghost-like sinister smile, he didn’t dare make a sound.
Su Fu looked him up and down.
“Marry a useless, ugly, poor coward like you and live a miserable life? I never planned to marry. I’ll stay home, be filial to elders, and take care of my cousins. Go ask around — what granddaughter, niece, or sister is more filial than me? Having me is your blessing.”
…The Su family did NOT want this blessing.
Hearing she didn’t want to marry, Wang Xiaojiao felt despair.
Maybe still salvageable — she began listing marriage benefits.
“How can anyone not marry? After marriage someone will care for you, warm or cold.”
Others quickly joined in — as long as she didn’t stay to plague the Su family.
“Your grandma’s right — your in-laws will love you too.”
“Your aunt’s right — then you’ll have obedient children and a happy big family.”
“Your third uncle’s right — marriage is all benefits…”
“…”
Honestly, Su Fu admired their ability to lie with straight faces.
Care for you? The men in the Su family wouldn’t even pick up a fallen soy sauce bottle.
In-laws love you? If they weren’t busy dealing with her, these aunts would fight Wang Xiaojiao eight times a day.
Benefits? Bah! Even a roadside dog wouldn’t believe it.
After they finished rambling, Su Fu spread her hands.
“No use talking. I don’t like any man in this village.”
That was true — she didn’t reject marriage.
But if married life was worse than single life, that was just asking for suffering.
Most villagers didn’t bathe, didn’t brush teeth — their breath stank when they spoke.
The Su family was the same; every meal Su Fu carried her food back to her room to eat.
Wang Xiaojiao thought: villagers wouldn’t dare marry you anyway…
But she grasped the key point — if she didn’t want someone from the village, they could find someone outside!
Hope reignited.
“What kind of man do you want? I’ll tell the matchmaker — we’ll keep looking until you’re satisfied.”
Everyone stared eagerly, wishing they could drag a man over and marry her on the spot.
Oh? Now we’re getting to the main topic.
Su Fu smiled sweetly:
“First — handsome. At least not worse looking than me.”
“Second — clean and hygienic.”
“Third — tall. At least 180 cm.”
“Fourth — cooks well.”
“Fifth — healthy. No missing limbs.”
“Sixth — can do housework.”
“Seventh…”
“Eighth…”
“Ninth…”
“Tenth…”
She paused.“For now, search by this standard. I’ll add more later.”
Wang Xiaojiao roared:“Do you think you’re some fairy?!!”
The family nodded madly — no such man existed within ten villages.
Even if he did, would he match this crazy girl?
Su Fu didn’t need a mirror. Her confidence was absolute.
“You said you’d find someone I’m satisfied with. Lying brings lightning strikes.”
At the words lightning strike, everyone trembled.
They really had been struck — lightning only hit the Su family roof repeatedly.
That terrifying crackling still haunted them.
That’s why they were controlled — Su Fu wasn’t just crazy, she was eerie!
Wang Xiaojiao had once had half her hair burned off.
The one who put out the fire… was Su “Great Kind Person” Fu.
Wang Xiaojiao cried miserably:“Fu-Fu… feudal superstition is banned now. Where am I supposed to find a god for you…”
To her, only a deity could meet those standards.
Facing their gazes, Su Fu sighed leisurely.
“I won’t make it hard — just fate at first sight. I’m easygoing. Others would’ve gotten angry. No parents backing me up — I always get bullied…”
Wang Xiaojiao: Have some shame?! Who bullies whom!!Other Su family members: Exactly!!
Su Fu ignored them.“Why aren’t you cooking? Trying to starve me?”
They scattered to work.
Su Fu glanced at them and swaggered back to her room.
Marriage would depend on fate.
If she found someone she liked — she’d marry.
If not…
Heh. Then she’d stay in the Su family and be “filial” to them for life.