novelraw Chapter 228 That's one life?
Chapter 228 That's one life?
Di Chuzi, with his crotch tucked in, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Zhang Changyao and Guo Erluzi.
"Brother, we sincerely apologize to you. The guys who beat you up are all here today."
I am your substitute for my entire family; you can do whatever you want with me.
Erluzi jabbed you with his pestle, and his donkey that kicked you was also outside in the yard.
You who have been wronged, seek justice; you who have a grudge, seek revenge. Fight with all your might.
Don't let my scholarly background fool you; I can still hold my own with my bare hands.
As the old saying goes, if a knot can be untied, let's not make it worse.
"If we can't resolve this by then, we'll be the ones who get angry." Zhang Changyao tried to defuse the crisis with words.
"You're a scholar, huh? Let me see if scholars can take a beating."
The slippery guy didn't care who it was, and raised his fist to hit Zhang Changyao.
"Hey! You immature little pumpkin, you actually dare to make a move?"
You really think we're just offering ourselves up for you to call, huh?
Ask Sun Sanpao, the forest ranger in your village, what happened to him after he hit Guo Erluzi?
Sun Sanpao and I are best buddies. If I get beaten up in your village, it's like slapping him in the face.
Guo Erluzi raised one hand and grabbed the arm of the man who was slipping on the ground, refusing to let go no matter how much he struggled.
"Kid, you're talking about someone with us, right? Let me tell you, Sun Sanpao is my brother-in-law."
Don't let that kid's arrogant demeanor fool you; he's like a grandson to my sister.
"Even if I beat you so badly you rolled your pants down today, he wouldn't dare utter a sound."
As if he had gotten a bargain, Jian Tou Ding got down to the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to join the battle.
"Erluzi, let go of me, and we'll admit defeat today."
Your friend Sun Sanpao is someone's brother-in-law; no wonder their yard is piled high with wood.
I heard from the village a few days ago that "protecting the forest is rewarded, while illegal logging is illegal."
We, the ordinary people, should respond to the call of the country and report any illegal activities we see in a timely manner.
The forest ranger embezzled funds and allowed his relatives to illegally cut down trees, showing utter disregard for the law, which aggravates his crime.
If the two of us can protect and safeguard the country's forests, then the beating we suffered wasn't in vain.
Reporting illegal logging might even earn you a reward.
"Who wants to go first? Or all of you can come at me together. The one who got kicked by the donkey, go outside and settle the score with the donkey."
Zhang Changyao began to look around as soon as he entered the courtyard, and became curious when he saw half a garden of wood.
Now, after hearing from Jiantouding, I learned that their family has a forest ranger brother-in-law, Sun Sanpao, who is their backer.
"Haha! Let me tell you, none of what you're saying matters. We're not afraid; we have the paperwork."
The tall, thin man forced a few laughs to prove he wasn't afraid.
"Oh! There are the necessary documents. That's good. Uncle, you stay here and keep an eye on things. I'll go to the forestry station in the township to find someone right now."
I want to see if your paperwork matches the wood in your yard.
When the tall, thin man started talking about the procedures, Guo Erluzi became even more enthusiastic.
He knows this matter better than anyone else; everyone says there are proper procedures involved.
Of the villagers, how many actually follow the proper procedures? Who doesn't want to take more than their share?
They all wanted to take advantage of the forestry station's manpower shortage to cut down a few more trees.
"Hey! You two, if you want to hit someone..."
Get out of here and never step on my doorstep again.
Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them, why do you have to beat them? If you hurt them, are you going to pay for their medical treatment?
Look at this guy, he's giving the kids popcorn as soon as he walks in. Based on that alone, he can't be a bad person.
They're not a bad person; they just told you about how much wood they saw in our house.
If they don't say anything, they'll report you every now and then.
Do you think our family wouldn't send Sanpaozi in?
Let me tell you, whoever lays a hand on someone will go to jail for Sanpaozi.
You all know what your own girls are like.
"If you really send Sanpaozi to jail because of this, your sister might just set the house on fire."
After finishing their meal on the kang (heated brick bed), the woman who sewed shoe soles straightened up, pointed at something with the shoe sole in her hand, and loudly cursed.
"Honey, we didn't really mean to hit anyone, we just wanted to scare these two young men and vent our anger."
Sanpaozi is our brother-in-law, and his friend is our friend.
Come on, young man, sit down and have a drink to get to know each other.
We brothers became friends through stealing and fighting.
"If either of you ever comes to our village, no matter what it is, just let me know, and I'll make sure you don't fall on the ground."
The tall, thin man walked over, talking as he pushed the floor mat and the pointed top to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Brother, my uncle and I will stop drinking. You guys continue."
My mother is cooking at home and wants me to invite my aunt and uncle over for dinner.
Guo Erluzi breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his hands in a fist and fist salute, and said a few polite words.
Zhang Changyao didn't know how to use the usual social niceties; he kept a straight face and pretended to be serious.
Pretending to be very angry, he followed Guo Erluzi out of the courtyard.
"Uncle, you're so observant. I didn't even see the wood in their garden."
Guo Erluzi, driving the cart, gave Zhang Changyao, who was sitting on the cart's deck, a thumbs-up.
"Erluzi, I'm not being meticulous, I'm just afraid that if we fight, we'll have no way out."
"Do your research beforehand on where to run off from, so you don't end up like a headless fly after getting beaten up." Zhang Changyao blushed with shame.
Zhang Changyao and Yang Wuni couldn't resist Guo Erluzi's repeated requests and had no choice but to go to his house for dinner.
At the dinner table, we didn't have much in common to talk about, which made things quite awkward.
Guo Ligai kept repeating the same sentence: thank Zhang Changyao for introducing a potential partner to her eldest son.
After finally getting through the meal, Yang Wuni and Zhang Changyao fled Guo Erluzi's house as if they were escaping.
Outside, heavy snow was falling all over the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the two people's hair.
Yang Wuni grabbed the ends of her two braids and tried to hit the snowflakes in front of her, but the snowflakes grabbed her braids and wouldn't fall off.
"You old man, remember this: this child died at birth."
If you dare to cause trouble behind my back, I'll tell your daughter, Zheng Meizhi.
"I'm the one who threw away the living child. Watch your fingers, I'll turn them into forks."
As Zhang Changyao and Yang Wuni walked and played, they passed by the gate of Hou Da Yanjing's house and heard Hou Da Yanjing's voice coming from the outhouse.
"Zhang Changyao, what did Hou Da Yanjing say about throwing something away alive?"
It's not like a pig giving birth to a lamb, a donkey giving birth to a foal, or a sheep giving birth to a lamb, is it?
He said it was dead, which means it's not dead yet. Oh dear! If it's not dead, why would he throw it away? Shall we take it home and raise it?
Yang Wuni immediately pulled Zhang Changyao to squat in the corner of Hou Da Yanjing's outhouse.
They waited for Hou Da to come out, wanting to know exactly what he had thrown.
"Big Eyes, son-in-law, that's a life! How could you be so heartless as to do that?"
I dare not tell Meizhi, but I cannot forgive you for doing this.
Starting tonight, I will never have any contact with your family again.
"Even if this old man dies on his bed, rotting away with maggots, he doesn't need someone like you to take care of him in his old age and bury him in the afterlife."