Terrible Tan Caiqiong

In the 1980s, Lechang and Tan Caiqiong were all ignorant and not afraid (especially in the hearts of many children).

From the first grade of primary school, I will go to school alone, and the first fear I face is Tan Caiqiong.

In fact, the distance from home to primary school is not far, but it is only a short journey through Dongtou Street, about 600 meters. But on the way through an intersection, there is an old house with a crazy woman in front of it, that is Tan Caiqiong. I feel scared. Why are you afraid? I don't know. Anyway, children are scared to mention this name, just like Harry Porterie Voldemort's "Do you know who it is". I can't describe it, but it's terrible anyway. Just because I don't know what terrible things she has done, it is even more terrible. Most children may have completed the horrible shaping of Tan Caiqiong's image long before they knew her. Of course, they can't live without the emotional intimidation of adults: if you don't listen, I will take you to Tan Caiqiong! Tan Caiqiong is also an artifact that instantly stops crying or causes crying.

Finally met Tan Caiqiong. It's terrible.

This crazy woman has middle-class curly hair. Why is she so philistine? It is said that her husband fled to capitalist Hong Kong and abandoned her in Lechang. She is still looking forward to her husband's return. In front of her, she has curly hair, a red floral skirt and bourgeois lipstick. Visually, she is 50 or 60 years old, with shriveled skin, thin body and hunched back, but she dares to make such a strange appearance in the simple 1980s. This must be crazy.

On weekdays, she likes to talk to herself Every day, she puts some Prunella vulgaris, Ganoderma lucidum and some old things for sale in front of her house. It is not known whether anyone will buy her goods. As far as I can remember, there is a huge and bright ganoderma lucidum in her goods that is particularly eye-catching, and it has always been there. Either the price is too high, or she doesn't intend to sell it, just to show off. There are always some passers-by mocking her when they pass by. At this time, she will put down her salted fish rice and fight back angrily:

"You don't look! You'll know it's awesome when my husband comes back! My husband is in Hong Kong! "

"Your husband is not in Hong Kong. Is he in China?"

Passers-by were too lazy to fight back, and everyone laughed. Tan Caiqiong snorted.

Who is her husband? It is said that his name is Zhong Dahai, and Zhong Dahai means falling into the sea in Cantonese. It is said that Zhong Dahai has a younger brother named Zhong Binjiang, which means falling into the river in Cantonese. This double intention is very funny, I don't know how much it is made up. Others say that Tan Caiqiong was handsome and personable when he was young, and he also fell into a triangle relationship with the two brothers Zhong, which was suspected of being a routine of old novels, but what is certain from Tan Caiqiong's mouth is:

Day after day ... the picture of Tan Caiqiong's face disdaining and burying his head in fiddling with objects has always been engraved in my mind.

The fear of Tan Caiqiong ran through my whole primary school period, and I was as curious as a passer-by. At that time, I felt that passers-by dared to ridicule crazy women, so I was brave and fun, and I didn't feel bullied at all. In an era when more and more people are open and incomprehensible, perhaps everyone can get a little happiness from mediocrity and evil in such subtle adventures and fears. Maybe Tan Caiqiong really has a terrible madness that we don't know. At that time, I even boldly concluded that the nearby town police station must have something to do with Tan Caiqiong. ...

After primary school, I no longer need to pass through Tan Caiqiong's home, and my concern for her was forgotten along with my fear of her.

There was no later.

The old riverside arcades and dilapidated houses in the inner street gradually disappeared, and the word Tan Caiqiong did not know when it disappeared from people's mouths.

Fear has long gone, leaving only a little desolate.

Is it true that Zhong Dahai has never appeared in people's sight? If there is a real person, I don't know if I am living well in Hong Kong, or am I down and out? I don't know if I think of my old friend, and if there will be a trace of guilt and nostalgia? If there is no one, it may be a straw for Tan Caiqiong not to let her dignity be easily crushed. Falling into the world, Zhong Dahai is the reason for her survival. All grievances and sorrows are only temporary and worthwhile.

There are not many old photos left in the old city of Lechang in the 1980s, and I'm afraid there are even fewer photos about Tan Caiqiong. But I always have a little fantasy: will a photographer take her photos inadvertently, and I don't know how long the legends and memories about her will last. A floating life as light as a feather catches a glimpse. When teasing and talking about the value of capital will soon disappear, even the sad tolerance will soon become insufficient. ...

Tan Caiqiong, it is really going to disappear.