sinovels Chapter 1732 Not Afraid of Little Gudu's Crying, But Afraid of Little Gudu's Laughter (Tha
Chapter 1732 Not Afraid of Little Gudu's Crying, But Afraid of Little Gudu's Laughter (Tha
Chapter 1732 Not Afraid of Little Gudu's Crying, But Afraid of Little Gudu's Laughter (Thanks to Alliance Leader That Year, That Time for the Extra Chapter 25)
As the most sensible child among these families, Xiao Lingdang was deeply loved by everyone. Upon hearing that Xiao Lingdang had been beaten, Zhao Jun and the others instantly became agitated, and even Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao were furious.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai was thinking about Li Baoyu's words, "My uncle's nickname, 'Butcher of Oxen,' was given to him by Zhang Laibao."
"Damn it, you even hit children!" Zhao Youcai roared, swinging his arm and slapping Xu Guohua hard, making him stumble.
This is a cannon firing!
As soon as Zhao Youcai made his move, a group of people instantly overwhelmed Zhang Zhanhe and Xu Guohua.
Fists, slaps, shoe soles, and fingernails rained down on the two men, leaving Zhang Zhanhe and Xu Guohua instantly powerless to resist.
Seeing this, Li Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and she nudged Zhao Hong beside her, saying, "Xiao Hong, let's go too!"
Just as Zhao Hong nodded, Xiao Lingdang pulled them both back.
"Stop fighting!" At this moment, Xu Meihua, Wang Chunli, and Zhao Hui rushed out of the house, carrying their fists and feet, and squeezed into the crowd to protect Zhang Zhanhe and Xu Guohua.
Seeing the woman blocking their way, the men hesitated to attack. Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, and Yang Yufeng, not being belligerent, also stopped fighting.
Only Xie Sunshi, despite having one arm held by Liu Lanying, still managed to kick Xu Meihua from the side.
By this time, more than fifty people had gathered outside the Zhang family courtyard to watch the spectacle. The crowd ranged from elderly women in their seventies to toddlers who couldn't even walk yet.
Suddenly, a voice rang out: "What are you doing?"
Village Chief Zhao Guofeng has arrived!
Upon seeing him arrive, the onlookers quickly made way for him. When Zhao Guofeng and Li Ruhai came over and saw what was happening, Zhao Guofeng immediately frowned: "The tents have all been torn down?"
Li Ruhai looked at Xu Meihua and the others who were slumped on the ground and said, "Is that all?"
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Zhao Guofeng hurried over to Zhao Youcai and the others. As he approached, he saw Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, Li Xiaoqiao, and Xiaolingdang carrying their little schoolbags. Zhao Guofeng reached out and gently patted Zhao Hong's cheek, saying, "Little girl, hurry up and go to school!"
Wang Meilan then realized what was happening and quickly waved to Zhao Hong and the other four children, saying, "Go, go to school. Why did you all come along?"
Xiao Lingdang pulled Zhao Na up and winked at Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao as they left.
Zhao Guofeng walked forward, glanced at Xu Guohua and Zhang Zhanhe, whose faces were bruised and swollen and whose noses were bleeding, and then looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "What happened? Why did you beat them up like this?"
Zhao Youcai didn't speak, but Zhang Yuanmin quickly stepped forward and said, "Village Chief, here's what happened. You know that several of us are partners in buying bear bile and hides, and this morning Zhang Laibao went from house to house to talk to me about it."
"If anyone keeps selling bear bile or hides, we'll sell them to him. Village chief, tell me, is he being fair in this matter?"
"No?" Zhao Guofeng looked at Xu Meihua upon hearing this and asked, "Where is your son?"
As soon as Zhao Guofeng finished speaking, the door to the Zhang family's house opened, and Zhang Laibao ran out, shouting as he ran, "Uncle Zhao, you have to stand up for us!"
Zhao Guofeng squinted and turned his head, not even daring to look. "Your mother and uncle were being beaten like that outside, and you're stuck in your room, how are you even human?"
Seeing Zhang Laibao come out, Zhang Yuanmin quickly added to Zhao Guofeng, "After we finished, my wife and I came to reason with him, and our daughter came along. When we got here, Zhang Laibao started acting like a scoundrel. I said a few words to him, and these three old women came over and started slapping me."
As he spoke, Zhang Yuanmin pointed at Xu Meihua and the other two, then pointed back to the injuries on his face, and said, "My wife came over to pull them away, and they started hitting her. My daughter protected her mother and let them push her down too. That's when my brothers came and stopped them."
Zhang Yuanmin said what he should say and omitted what he should omit. He omitted the details of Li Tongyun's display of power by kicking four people and Jie Sun's angry smashing of the glass.
After Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Zhang Laibao approached. Just as he was about to say something, Zhao Guofeng asked, "Zhang Laibao, didn't I tell you yesterday? You can't do this business?"
Yesterday, after Zhang Laibao finished his phone call, he was detained by Zhao Guofeng. Knowing he couldn't leave without explaining himself, Zhang Laibao told him everything that Ishii Kei had asked him to do.
After hearing this, Zhao Guofeng told him not to do it. First, he shouldn't get involved in the Japanese affairs, in case they wanted him to engage in some kind of espionage activity.
Secondly, Zhao Guofeng knew that if Zhang Laibao were to engage in this business, the Zhao family would definitely not let it go.
Zhang Laibao agreed readily at the time, but somehow changed his mind overnight.
"Uncle, I'm out of ideas, aren't I?" Zhang Laibao said to Zhao Guofeng with a bitter face, "Look how difficult things are for my family. How can we make money if we don't want to find a way?"
"What did I tell you yesterday?" Zhao Guofeng glared at Zhang Laibao and said, "Whether you're in trouble or not, do you think you can just take that Japanese money like that?"
As soon as Zhao Guofeng finished speaking, a person suddenly squeezed through the crowd of onlookers. It was Tan Chaoyang, the village accountant.
"Village Chief!" Tan Chaoyang called out. When Zhao Guofeng turned around, he heard Tan Chaoyang say, "Come here, I have a few words to say to you."
When Zhao Guofeng saw Tan Chaoyang giving him frequent winks, he knew something must be wrong, otherwise he wouldn't have called him over at this critical moment.
"Wait for me a moment," Zhao Guofeng said to the two fighting parties, then strode towards Tan Chaoyang.
Tan Chaoyang covered his mouth with his hand and whispered a few words in Zhao Guofeng's ear, which made Zhao Guofeng's expression change.
Tan Chaoyang nodded, and Zhao Guofeng turned around and called out, "You Cai, Zhao Jun, you two come here."
Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai exchanged a glance, then walked over to Zhao Guofeng. The three of them formed a small circle, and Zhao Guofeng said in a very low voice, "The township head just called, saying that the deputy county head instructed us that several foreign businessmen from the islands are coming to inspect our area..."
Before Zhao Guofeng could finish speaking, Zhao Youcai said irritably, "Isn't this bullshit? What kind of investigation is there in this damn place? Besides, if you want to investigate, you don't go through the township, you go through the forest farm."
"Look," Zhao Guofeng said, pressing down on Zhao Youcai's arm, "Isn't this all aimed at you?"
Zhao Guofeng was quick-witted. He immediately knew what the Japanese soldier who had called yesterday was doing in the mountains. As long as he didn't cause any trouble, he had nothing to do with spies.
“That’s right!” Zhao Youcai said, and Zhao Guofeng immediately asked, “What do they want from us?”
“My eldest nephew killed a bear last year and found a golden bear gallbladder,” Zhao Youcai said. “He sold it to an old customer who came to buy mountain goods before the New Year. I don’t know how these Japanese devils found out, but they came looking for us a couple of days ago. They’ve come twice already, and we’ve told them we sold it, but they won’t listen.”
"Oh dear!" Zhao Guofeng sensed that this matter was somewhat troublesome, so he said to Zhao Youcai, "Youcai, this matter is not easy to handle. The county has spoken on our behalf, and these Japanese devils are foreign businessmen."
"Guofeng? Do you think I'm afraid of him?" Zhao Youcai retorted, his temper flaring. "Who did our family offend? Who did we provoke?"
Zhao Guofeng patted Zhao Youcai on the shoulder, said nothing more, and walked towards Zhang Laibao.
Zhang Laibao was all smiles, but Zhao Guofeng ignored him and looked at Xu Meihua instead, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'll just say what I have to say."
After saying this, Zhao Guofeng didn't wait for Xu Meihua's response and said directly, "In the past two years, when your family had conflicts with the Zhao family, I was the one who mediated between you, right?"
After posing this question, Zhao Guofeng paused briefly, then asked, "Every time a conflict arises, your family is never in the right, right?"
Xu Meihua blinked and quickly said, "Then today..."
“You’re not right today either!” Zhao Guofeng continued, “Your family, along with the Zhao family and the others, are all here today. Let’s talk about this. Did your family do the right thing?”
At this point, Xu Meihua fell silent, while Zhao Guofeng continued, "They're doing a great business, and you're interfering. If you were in their shoes, would you do it?"
Seeing that Xu Meihua still didn't speak, Zhao Guofeng softened his tone slightly and said, "Sister-in-law, listen to my advice, let's not do this business anymore, okay?"
“Guofeng,” Xu Meihua said with a worried look, “you know my family’s situation. I’m a widow raising two children alone, it’s so hard. You know my son Laibao’s health, and the child finally has a decent job, and you think this…”
Zhao Guofeng knew immediately that he couldn't persuade Xu Meihua, so he said, "Sister-in-law, if you insist on doing it, then I won't care about your families' affairs anymore."
"Guofeng, aren't you making things difficult for your sister-in-law?" Xu Meihua said this, and Zhao Guofeng sneered, "Sister-in-law, I'm not making things difficult for you. It's always you who make things difficult for me. Those times when you had disagreements with the Zhao family and you were in the wrong, didn't I swallow my pride and go to ask them to plead on your behalf?"
“That’s why I’m telling you, brother,” Xu Meihua said. “My older brother always said before he was alive that you were a good person…”
"Alright!" Zhao Guofeng quickly stopped Xu Meihua, saying, "Don't bring him up. I've said what I needed to say, and if you won't listen, there's nothing I can do."
After saying this, Zhao Guofeng raised his hands, pointing at Zhao Youcai with his left hand and at Xu Meihua with his right hand, and said, "From now on, you two can handle your own affairs."
After saying that, Zhao Guofeng put down his hand and left.
Seeing Zhao Guofeng walk out, Xu Meihua called out insincerely, "Guofeng, Guofeng, are you leaving? Um, come over when you have time!"
Seeing Zhao Guofeng walk through the crowd of onlookers, Xu Meihua turned to Zhao Youcai and said, "Zhao Er, you've already beaten and smashed everything, what more do you want?"
Xu Meihua's question left Zhao Youcai speechless.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai remained silent, Xu Meihua sat down on the ground, looked up at Zhao Youcai, and said, "If you're not satisfied, then beat me up again. I'll sit here and let you hit me, hit me as hard as you want!"
Xu Meihua's shamelessness made Zhao Youcai laugh in anger. Zhao Jun, looking at Xu Meihua now, saw the image of the shameless old woman in his memory who had driven her daughter-in-law to suicide.
For the past six months, Xu Meihua had kept a low profile because of Zhang Zhanshan's death, leading Zhao Jun to believe that she had changed. Unexpectedly, she had simply suppressed her true nature.
Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan couldn't deal with Xu Meihua, and neither could Zhao Jun.
Just then, Zhao Youcai was suddenly pushed off balance by Xie Sunshi behind him. After pushing Zhao Youcai aside, Xie Sunshi rushed straight at Xu Meihua and punched her twice.
Xu Meihua screamed in agony. Xu Guohua angrily tried to grab Xie Sunshi, but was stopped by Li Baoyu and Xie Chen.
"Why did you hit her?" Xu Guohua asked, pointing at Xie Sunshi. Xie Sunshi retorted defiantly, "Didn't she tell me to hit her? Didn't you hear me? Are you deaf?"
"I..." Xu Guohua was speechless. He thought to himself that his sister could use her shamelessness to deal with the Zhao family, but when a shameless person met a rogue, her shameless tricks were no longer effective.
"Come on, come on, second brother." At this moment, Xing San tugged at Zhao Youcai's shoulder and said, "Let me through."
Instead of solving the problem, he's just getting in the way. Zhao Youcai stepped aside, and Xing San strode out.
Upon seeing Xing San approach, Xu Guohua and the others' expressions instantly changed, with Xu Meihua even quickly shifting her position backward.
But after a brief moment of fear, Xu Meihua mustered her courage and shouted, "Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun, your Zhao family is really something! I tried to steal your business, and now you're trying to kill me!"
"I'm so pretty!" Wang Meilan was angry. It was one thing for Xu Meihua to talk about the two of them, but when Zhao Jun barged in, Wang Meilan couldn't stand it anymore.
Zhao Jun is Wang Meilan's pride; her son is a renowned figure in the entire village known for his righteousness. How could she allow Xu Meihua to tarnish his reputation?
"Uncle San." Zhao Jun appeared beside Xing San, took Xing San's arm, and said, "It's not that bad."
Zhao Jun brought Xing San down because the two got along very well, and he wanted to bring the old man down to live out his days, not to raise assassins.
"Kid..." Xing San wanted to say something, but Zhao Jun gently patted his arm, signaling him to calm down.
Xing San remained silent, while Zhao Jun looked at Xu Meihua.
At this moment, Zhao Jun knew that no matter who the Japanese devils hired, Xu Meihua was in charge of this household.
Seeing Zhao Jun come out, Xu Meihua said, "Zhao Jun, you are the manager of the business. Let me ask you, is my family's business illegal?"
"It's not illegal." Zhao Jun answered decisively. Having been reborn, he knew that these old rules would be broken by people's greed. After the millennium, rural entrepreneurs sprang up like mushrooms after rain, but very few could last long.
Some people start a new project, and once they make money, countless others follow suit. In the end, no one makes any money.
"As long as it's not illegal!" Xu Meihua shouted. "Everyone here, young and old, is here. My family will do this business! You say we're shameless? Then we're shameless!"
What has become of my family? My husband is dead, my eldest son is like this, and my youngest son was doing well in school, but he quit to work as a boiler operator in the forest! How can I possibly have any face left?
Zhao Jun and his companions were angered by Xu Meihua's words, but it cannot be denied that some of the onlookers and those who were indifferent to the matter actually took Xu Meihua's words to heart.
"Hehehe..." Suddenly, Zhao Jun laughed.
It wasn't a case of anger turning into laughter; there was no trace of rage on Zhao Jun's face. Ma Ling, Li Tongyun, Zhao Jinhui, Liu Lanying, and the others looked at Zhao Jun in surprise, but Li Baoyu, Zhang Yuanmin, and Xie Chen, who had been with Zhao Jun for a long time, knew that Xu Meihua, or rather the Zhang family, was going to be in trouble.
Few people know that besides being known for his great benevolence and righteousness, Zhao Jun also has a nickname: Little Gudu.
I'm not afraid of the little gudong's cries, I'm afraid of its laughter.
The last time Xiao Gudong laughed, Li Ruhai almost had his leg broken; the time before that, Chen Xueyi walked all night in the mountains.
The first time Xiao Gudong laughed after being reborn, Zhang Laibao's testicles were bitten by a badger!
(End of this chapter)