Chapter 22 The Vergina Reservoir
As night fell, the whole Vergina Vige melted into darkness.
The vigers had built a small waterpower station by digging a deep reservoir on top of a mountain. But
its generating capacity was not enough to meet the electricity needs of the vige. Even with energy-
savingmps, the electrical power was still not enough. So electricity cut was prevalent in the vige.
It was too expensive to install utility poles in such a mountainous vige. Electricity supply was still
tight, not to mentionworks, mobile phone reception or television. The countryside was waygged
behind the modern city in the quality of life. The vigers depended directly on agriculture for their
livelihood. They might not actually starve but they were very poor.
n put the shlight in his pocket and stood in the dark peach orchard, waiting for Michelle.
There were no lights at night. It was pitch dark outside. So making love in public wasmon and
convenient here. A woman might have sex with another man on the way to the toilet while her husband
didn’t know at all.
n heard someone moaning in the peach orchard shortly after getting there. He wanted to follow the
sound, but Michelle turned up.
“Sorry, I amte,” said Michelle. Michelle was tall and beautiful, with long hair. This night she was
dressed in a ck gown. She was more charming than Amy. Michelle was the most beautiful woman in
the vige. She was stylish and not anything like a rural woman.
Actually rural women were not that conservative. They were unhappy about a marriage arranged by
their parents. They might not as tant as urban women, but they also had affairs with men, even
some did that for benefits.
Perhaps they had sex with others every night but nobody knew. That was the true vige.
“It’s OK, I''ve just arrived too,” said n. It was his first date in the poor vige. He wore sportswear
instead of a suit, for it was strange to wear a suit in such a backward vige.
Not far away, the moans were so loud that Michelle heard it distinctly. She felt embarrassed. It was her
first date too. Although she had lots of wooers, she had rejected them all.
She might note here if n didn''t ask her out to talk about the meaning of life.
“And what do you think we move to a better ce?” said Michelle, “There is a meadow above, we will
have a good view of the vige and look at the stars in the meadow. Why don''t we go there?”
n agreed. He shone the shlight around just in time to see a couple making love there. The peach
orchard looked more like a bordello. As soon as it was dark, it was home to many sexual partners.
A pair was enraged by n’s shlight as the man stood up without even putting on his pants. “Fuck!
Get away!”
Michelle looked closer and found that he was Marcus. “Sorry, Marcus. We''re just passing by,” said
Michelle embarrassedly.
Marcus smiled at her when he recognized that the girl was Michelle. “So it''s you! Youe here to …”
said Marcus, pointing to Michelle and n.
Marcus thought the peach orchard was a heaven for lonely and hungry souls. They just pretended not
to see anything whenever they met someone they knew. This had been a game rule among the vige
women.
Michelle knew Marcus had misunderstood her, “Marcus, shut up. We''re really just passing by,” She
exined. Michelle was afraid that the rumor of her presence in a ce would go through the vige.
She grabbed n and fled.
A woman emerged from the dark when they left. “I have never thought that Michelle is a slut too! She
was so pretentious. Yuck!”
Marcus dragged his eyes away from Michelle. “Do you want to run after her?” The woman said
jealously and stamped on Marcus’s foot very hard.
Marcus squealed with pain and then he smiled foolishly, “Michelle is so beautiful, but who is that man? I
have never seen him before,” said Marcus.
“If you’re not gonna get it started, I’ll be going.” said the woman impatiently.
“Of course.” said Marcus. They then disappeared into darkness again.
Michelle didn’t slow down until they were far away from the peach orchard.
“Sorry, I did not know the situation around here,” said n honestly. If he knew what was going on
there, he would not choose the peach orchard as the ce for their first date.
“It’s OK. I recognize the woman. She is the most well-known slut in the vige for she gets fuck by
numerous guys,” said Michelle. She stopped worrying about the spreading of the rumor because they
were innocent.
Then n knew the woman was Cheney. She had chatted him up since n arrived. And she flirted
with n every time she saw him.
“Is she a widow or a left-behind woman?” said n in disgust.
“It is neither. Her husband seems too ingenuous. Everyone knows Cheney is lewd except her husband.
He is so stupid,” said Michelle. She vowed to herself to marry a well-educated man.
They soon came to the meadow and sat down. The whole vige seemed looming in the moonlight.
Everything was quiet under the blinking stars.
“I was born in a small countryside and brought up in the city, just like you. After graduation, I came here
as a teacher. I have grown fond of here. If the school is disbanded, I will have to leave here, but I just
love here,” said Michelle sadly, “I hope every child can go to school. Do you have any idea?”
“The students are very intelligent despite the fact that they have a weak foundation. I will help them go
to high school. This is what I should do,” said n.
Michelle listened in silence. They taught the same ss but were not that close. She thought n was
from the city and could not understand the how hard it was to live a life in a small vige.
The vige was so poor that a lot of teachers had left in less than three days of arrival and the children
knew all too well. They even yed jokes on the teachers from the city. n was highly educated and
everyone thought he was the same.
But they were wrong. n stuck it out. He loved the students and ate yucky food with them. He didn’t
look like a city man.
“I love the children too,” said n, turning his eyes on Michelle. She was pretty, very feminine and just
a little bit sexy.
Never judge a book by its cover. Some students were dressed like prostitutes while prostitutes were
dressed like students.
But n was not as noble as Michelle thought. He wanted to teach well the worst students to prove
himself, and of course he could hook up with the girls here.
Most importantly, n was in love with Amy, more exactly, loving to bed with her.
“I have some ideas to help the students. First, help their families. Second, improve methods of learning.
Third, arouse their enthusiasm in learning,” said n. He was used to getting the root of the problem
before solving it.
“Yes, you are right,” Michelle nodded.
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n talked about his details and ns, including the quality of the food, a trip to the city and a spring
outing. He wrote down all the difficulties of the students faced. Michelle showed great admiration as
she was shocked by his effort.
“I''ve heard that you will run on the yground nakedly if the students are not thest one in the exam
among the county,” said Michelle.
“You know that?” n said, “It was just a throwaway remark.”
“Now everyone knows. They are really looking forward to the scene.” Michelle said andughed
merrily. She had not been so happy for a long time.
“Do you want to see it too?” n said deliberately.
“Of course, I will if you dare!” said Michelle withughter.
“I will take off my clothes now. Are you interested in my naked body?” said n, pretending not to be
afraid.
Unexpectedly, Michelle didn’t either run away or close her eyes. “Well, go on. I''m waiting for you,” said
Michelle.
Of course, n paused. He knew what kind of person Michelle was. She was not interested in a flirt.
Their rtionship would not go any further if he strippedpletely. He was a shrewd judge of women.
They had a long and happy conversation. On the way home, n could not help to pull her hand while
passing puddles, but Michelle shook off his hand.
n sent Michelle home, acting like a gentleman.
“It was nice to talk with you. See you tomorrow,” said Michelle.
“See you tomorrow,” said n. Michelle turned back with a happy smile as if she had fallen in
love.