Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 248 Have the ability to go outside and make a living

Wang Ga, who had been smiling and watching the show just moments before, changed his expression immediately when he saw the note in Zhang Changyao's hand.

He rushed forward, intending to snatch the note from Zhang Changyao's hand.

Yang Wuni had sharp eyes and saw that Wang Ga's hand was about to touch the note in Zhang Changyao's hand.

With a swift motion, the pickaxe handle swung out and struck Wang Ga's hand.

Wang Ga hissed and covered his reddened hand with his other hand, no longer daring to try to snatch it.

"Brother Ga Zi, I've known you for over twenty years, and I know exactly what kind of person you are."

I didn't intend to do anything to you; I was just wary of you plotting against me.

You really can't change your ways; you're causing trouble for me behind my back.

Since you want to break off relations, I don't need to play the submissive role.

Hurry up and give me the money, then we can part ways amicably.

Not paying won't work; once it's through the authorities, I'll take everything that's rightfully mine.

At that point, even if you kneel and beg for mercy, it won't work; once the law is applied, there will be no mercy.

Zhang Changyao put the note away, sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) with his arms crossed, looking like he wouldn't even spoil his own father.

"Zhang Changyao, you're pulling this trick on me, aren't you? Fine, I'll give you the money."

Then I need to carefully examine the note to see if it's real or fake, and whether it's the one I put my fingerprint on.

Don't let me blind you into giving you money, only for you to come looking for real money again.

Wang Ga had a wicked idea. He looked at Liu Wenhan and then at Qian Jinhua.

The three people, each with their own perspective, nodded knowingly to each other.

They waited for Zhang Changyao to take out the note, ready to snatch it at any moment.

"Brother Ga Zi, do you really think I'm stupid? No one in your family is allowed to see this note unless there are outsiders present."

If you snatch the note, eat it, or tear it up, then I'll really have to suffer in silence, with no one to complain to.

Zhang Changyao moved to the head of the kang (a heated brick bed), leaning his back against the wall to avoid being surrounded by the three men.

Yang Wuni followed and placed the pickaxe handle in front of Zhang Changyao, ready to hit him at any moment.

Wang Ga lost his mind a bit and squatted down to pick up a piece of broken bowl from the kang (a heated brick bed).

He tentatively moved forward, wanting to deliver a decisive blow to Zhang Changyao.

"Brother Ga Zi, at most this is just a civil dispute."

If you accidentally make me bleed, that would be a criminal case.

The person who committed the act must not only receive medical treatment, but also be imprisoned.

Anyway, I can't sell popcorn now, and I have nothing else to do.

"I can lie down at the health center and start planting in the spring; it'll be a good opportunity to treat my back too."

Zhang Changyao had a smile on his face, showing no fear, but his palms were already so wet they could drip water.

"Wang Ga, if you keep showing off, I'm going back to my parents' home with my older brother and sister-in-law and the baby."

If you owe someone money, just pay them back. Why resort to violence?

Dad, please talk to him quickly, lest he hurt Zhang Changyao.

"We finally saved up a few hundred yuan, and it all went to medical treatment. Wouldn't all this family's hard work have been for nothing?"

Liu Qiuju was timid, so she pulled Wang Fenjiang along and asked him to persuade Wang Ga.

"Gazi, it's not like our family is short of money, why are you bullying Zhang Changyao?"

I watched Zhang Changyao grow up. He wouldn't come looking for you unless you bullied him to the point of madness.

His uncle wasn't wary of us and treated us like good people, which is why he told me how to make popcorn.

And what you did was use this to blackmail people, giving them all that unwanted junk as collateral for their investment.

You bullied someone like that, and they didn't say anything. Why did you have to drive them to their death in the alley?

If you dare to lay a hand on me, I'll burn this entire noodle shop down.

"You take your wife and kids and get the hell out of here! Go find your real parents! I, Wang the Powder Maker, have no son like you!"

Wang the powder maker got angry, went to the basement of the outer room to get a broom, and threw it onto the kang (a heated brick bed) to hit Wang Ga.

"Dad, are you getting senile? Now Zhang Changyao is bullying me in our house."

"Look at his wife, what's she doing? Holding a pickaxe handle, like she's going to raze our house to the ground."

Wang Ga threw down his bowl and fork, sat on the windowsill, and watched Wang Fenjiang get angry.

"Look at you, you're nothing but a piece of shit. Getting you to go to school is harder than taking a dump."

You can catch fish and shrimp in the river and run faster than a donkey. Now you know the benefits of studying, right?

You can't understand what's written, but you still put your fingerprint on it. You're a fool, but you won't admit it.

Only Zhang Changyao would treat you like a brother. If it were someone else, they would write you a contract of servitude, put their fingerprint on it, and sell you off.

Everyone stay put and behave yourselves. Qiuju, you lean over the wall and call Ershun over to help you look at the document.

If you really owe someone, pay them back right away. All you do is scheme against those around you; if you're so capable, go out and do it somewhere else.

Wang Fenjiang was so angry that his beard trembled along with his mouth. When he saw Yang Deshan enter the room, he cursed Wang Ga even more fiercely.

"Er Shunzi, Er Shunzi, can you watch this thing for me?"

Liu Qiuju handed the child to Qian Jinhua and leaned over the neighbor's wall, calling out to the neighbor's second son, who was in high school.

Er Shunzi took a detour, jumped over the garden wall, and entered the house.

This child is only seventeen, but he's already taller than Liu Qiuju.

The beard around his mouth hadn't been shaved; it was a thick, dark ring of downy hair.

It has a round head, and the buzz cut must have been done by someone in the family; it looks like a dog chewed it.

With a round face, small single-eyelid eyes, a flat nose, and a small mouth, she looked like a landmine or a watermelon.

"Hey! Changyao, what are you doing here? I can't read the book you lent me until I finish my winter break homework."

I should be able to finish reading it before school starts, and then I'll send it back to you.

Er Shunzi was happy to see Zhang Changyao when he entered the house. This child's family was poor, and both his father and mother had health problems.

After covering the cost of food and medical expenses throughout the year, there was no surplus from the harvest.

Being able to go to school was entirely due to my own efforts during the Lunar New Year period, where I begged and pleaded with my grandparents.

You have to go from house to house kowtowing and bowing to the God of Wealth in order to save enough money to pay your tuition.

Before Zhang Changyao got married, he would buy books whenever he had money. Ershunzi was as happy to see Zhang Changyao as he was to see his books.

"Er Shunzi, this is the shareholding agreement that I signed with Brother Ga Zi. Read it to him."

Knowing that Ershunzi was honest, Zhang Changyao took the written agreement out of his pocket and handed it to him.

"Wow! Brother Changyao, your written agreement is amazing! If you write it like this, Brother Ga Zi's noodle shop will all be yours."

What? You're moving the rice noodle shop and opening your own? You two aren't partners anymore?

Er Shunzi was a clever boy. He saw Wang Ga's angry face and knew that Zhang Changyao had come to settle scores with him.

Everyone in the village knew that Wang Ga was bullying Zhang Changyao.

He deliberately didn't read it aloud, and instead made it sound more serious, trying to intimidate Wang Ga.

"Zhang Changyao, you're really ruthless. What's the difference between this and betraying me?"

If I had known you were this cunning, I shouldn't have bothered with you in the first place.

Everyone says that educated people are bad, but I never believed it before.

Now I know what you're made of. You just wait and see how I deal with you later!