sinovels Chapter 1743 Of all people to offend, why did you have to mess with Li Ruhai?
Chapter 1743 Of all people to offend, why did you have to mess with Li Ruhai?
Chapter 1743 Of all people to offend, why did you have to mess with Li Ruhai?
The moment Li Ruhai fell to the ground, he instinctively covered his head with his hands and shielded his face with his arms.
But then, Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa rained down their fists on Li Ruhai like a storm.
But soon, Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa were pulled apart by Liu Mingzhang.
"Ruhai!" Liu Mingzhang then helped Li Ruhai up from the ground.
Li Ruhai, who had been punched several times, had a bleeding nose, a cut at the corner of his mouth, and a red swelling on his left cheek.
"What are you looking at!" Seeing Li Ruhai looking this way, Zhang Laifa swung his fist and said, "Look again? Look again and I'll beat you up!"
"What are you fighting about?" Liu Mingzhang was a man of principle. He stepped between Li Ruhai and the Zhang brothers and shouted at Zhang Laifa, "Why are you fighting if there's nothing wrong?"
“Brother Liu, you saw what happened. It’s not our fault.” Zhang Laibao said to Liu Mingzhang, then pointed at Li Ruhai and said, “Li Ruhai, you hit me first, and I only hit you back after that. You were wrong. If you bring a bunch of people to my house to make trouble, don’t say I look down on you.”
"Pah!" Li Ruhai spat a mouthful of bloody saliva on the ground, glaring angrily at Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa, and said, "Zhang Laibao, Zhang Laifa, it's not your fault, you two..."
Li Ruhai wanted to say that he started the fight because Zhang Laibao had spoken ill of Liu Mei, but then he thought that it concerned his sister-in-law's reputation. Even if what Zhang Laibao said was false, people would still believe even the most outrageous gossip between men and women.
Thinking of this, Li Ruhai gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa, you two just wait."
"Hey? Let's see what else you want to do!" Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa stepped forward together, and judging from their expressions, they wanted to beat Li Ruhai up again.
At this point, Liu Mingzhang stopped fighting. Because immediately afterward, Zhang Laibao was pushed from behind and stumbled.
"Who the hell..." Zhang Laibao, having regained his balance, turned around to start cursing, but after clearing away the person who had pushed him, he quickly changed his tune: "Aunt Qi, what are you doing?"
Wu Dongxia shoved Zhang Laibao aside, then quickly walked towards Li Ruhai, taking out a handkerchief from her pocket and saying, "Ruhai, come here, let your aunt wipe you."
"Aunt Qi, you're just taking sides here." Zhang Laifa was expressing his dissatisfaction with Wu Dongxia when Wu Dongxia tossed her head and threw out a sentence: "Get lost!"
Zhang Laibao pulled Zhang Laifa over, then glared at Wu Dongxia and muttered, "Damn it, you old hag!"
Wu Dongxia overheard this and, after shoving the handkerchief into Li Ruhai's hands, quickly walked towards Zhang Laibao, saying, "Qiaoli, who the hell are you talking about?"
Women in their forties in rural Northeast China are not to be trifled with. Seeing this, Zhang Laibao quickly turned and ran home. But he hadn't gone more than a few steps before Zhang Laifa overtook him.
Wu Dongxia didn't argue with the two brothers. Instead, she turned to Li Ruhai and said, "Ruhai, I have some yellow medicine at home. Shall I get it for you to apply?"
"No need, Auntie," Li Ruhai said. Wu Dongxia patted the dust off Li Ruhai and said, "Ruhai, what are you fighting with those two for?"
"Oh dear!" Li Ruhai sighed and shook his head, "They've been looking at me with dislike for a while now."
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, Wu Dongxia frowned and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. It's because your family and his family are not on good terms."
“Auntie, you don’t know, it’s not about that,” Li Ruhai said. “Why is it that I know something shameful about their family, and they’re afraid I’ll tell everyone, so they’re always picking on me.”
"Hmm?" Wu Dongxia's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this. Liu Mingzhang, who was standing next to her, didn't leave but asked Li Ruhai, "Ruhai, what happened to his family again? You can't just make things up."
Before Li Ruhai could say anything after Liu Mingzhang said this, Wu Dongxia snapped at Liu Mingzhang, "What are you talking about? Our Ruhai never lies."
After saying this, Wu Dongxia looked at Li Ruhai, who smiled and echoed, "That's right."
"What is this thing? It's not that great, is it?" Suddenly, an old voice came from not far away. The three looked in the direction of the voice, and Liu Mingzhang went over and called out to him.
The woman who arrived was Old Mrs. Liu. She was quite clean, with her silver hair neatly combed. Her bound feet made walking difficult, and even with a cane in her hand, she walked unsteadily.
"What is Ru Hai saying?" Old Mrs. Liu asked Li Ru Hai in a loud voice, "Tell Grandma Liu about it, so I can have a laugh too."
“I was talking about Zhang Laibao…” Li Ruhai began, but then remembered what was coming next and burst out laughing.
Seeing Li Ruhai like this, Wu Dongxia became even more curious and urged him, "What's wrong? Tell me quickly!"
“Zhang Laibao is already eight years old, and he’s still eating his mother’s 'pig' (a euphemism for being forced to eat meat).” After Li Ruhai finished speaking, Liu Mingzhang said, “Ruhai, you’re talking nonsense. How can a child that big still…”
“Really!” Li Ruhai interrupted Liu Mingzhang and said, “Zhang Laifa was two years old and Zhang Laibao was eight, isn’t that right? When he came back from playing outside, he saw Zhang Laifa eating and wanted to eat too.”
“Ruhai, this can’t be…” Wu Dongxia, who had always trusted Li Ruhai, was now somewhat doubtful, saying, “He’s such a big kid, how could he…”
“You never know!” Mrs. Liu suddenly interrupted Wu Dongxia, then whispered, “That Zhang Zhanshan… he was still eating his mother’s socks when he was ten years old.”
"What?" Li Ruhai, Wu Dongxia, and Liu Mingzhang all stared wide-eyed at Old Mrs. Liu with disbelief.
"Grandma, you can't just say things like that," Liu Mingzhang quickly interjected, afraid that his wife might offend someone.
"Who's talking nonsense?" But Old Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes, glared at her eldest grandson, then flicked her hand and pointed in the direction of Zhang Laibao's house, saying, "Before this village existed, our house was right next to theirs. Others might not know, but do you think I don't?"
After saying her last sentence, Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and tilted her head to the side, using her actions to express her dissatisfaction with Liu Mingzhang's distrust of her.
"Oh my god!" Wu Dongxia believed it this time, and she commented in a low voice, "It really comes from the roots."
“Yeah, right.” Li Ruhai laughed and agreed, saying, “A toad has no hair—just like its dick.”
Liu Mingzhang was a little confused at this point, while Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu laughed heartily.
"Oh? Ru Hai." After gossiping for a while, Mrs. Liu finally noticed the injury on Li Ru Hai's face and hurriedly asked, "What happened to your face?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Li Ruhai didn't dwell on it, but instead looked at Liu Mingzhang and asked, "Brother Liu, why are you still fighting with those two brothers?"
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu both looked at Liu Mingzhang.
Liu Mingzhang's heart skipped a beat. Originally, there was nothing wrong, but after Li Ruhai said that, he suddenly felt that because he was close to Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa, others would think that he also had that kind of fetish.
"I didn't! Who was playing with them?" Liu Mingzhang shook his head and said, "I... I just ran into them in the outhouse, and they came out in a bunch."
As he spoke, Liu Mingzhang raised his hand and gestured forward, saying, "Both our families are over there, how could I not go with them?"
No sooner had Liu Mingzhang finished speaking than Li Ruhai's expression changed. He pointed to the outhouse at the end of the side path and asked, "Brother Liu, is this the outhouse?"
"Ah!" For some reason, Liu Mingzhang felt flustered when Li Ruhai asked him this question. He forced himself to say, "This place is the closest to my home. If I don't go here, where else can I go?"
"Brother Liu, I didn't say anything to you." Li Ruhai smiled at Liu Mingzhang, then glanced at Wu Dongxia and Old Mrs. Liu. Li Ruhai pointed to the outhouse not far away again and asked Wu Dongxia, "Auntie, when we come out of your house, we have to use this outhouse too, right?"
"Yeah," Wu Dongxia responded, then quickly asked Li Ruhai, "What's wrong, Ruhai?"
"Ouch!" Li Ruhai grinned and shook his head, saying, "The year before last... no..."
Thinking that only a year had passed, Li Ruhai immediately changed his tune, saying, "The year before last, Zhang Laibao led Zhang Laifa to peek into the women's restroom through the ventilation opening at the back of the outhouse."
As Li Ruhai uttered his last words, Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu's expressions changed drastically.
They both come here to use the outhouse; what if Zhang Laibao sees them?
"I f***ing bastards!" Wu Dongxia cursed, her face flushed red. "Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa are both bastards, I f***ing..."
Rural women of this age know a lot and have heard a lot; their cursing is quite harsh.
"Auntie, Auntie, calm down..." Li Ruhai had just started to persuade Wu Dongxia when Wu Dongxia turned around, glared at him, and said, "You knew about this, but you didn't tell me?"
"No, Auntie, I just found out too." Li Ruhai wasn't lying; he really had only recently learned about it.
In the past, Li Ruhai would have spread the word throughout the entire forest area long ago. But recently, Li Ruhai has been doing well under Zhao Jun's guidance, and after learning about this, he hasn't told anyone.
Unexpectedly, the two brothers dared to ride on him and beat him. Enraged, Li Ruhai decided to ruin their reputations.
"Damn it, I'm going to his house!" Wu Dongxia said, and was about to walk towards Zhang Laibao's house, but was stopped by Li Ruhai.
"Auntie, he wasn't watching you, don't worry." Li Ruhai knew Aunt Qi's personality. Before the New Year, all the forestry workers and their families went to the bathhouse to take a bath, but Wu Dongxia didn't go.
Sun Yongrong asked her why she didn't go. The forest farm issued bath tickets that were free. It would be so nice to soak and take a bath there.
Wu Dongxia's reply at the time was that since she grew up, she had never let anyone else see her except her husband.
Wu Dongxia's answer drew laughter from everyone, but it also revealed her lifestyle.
If Zhang Laibao were to actually look at her, it could very well lead to someone's death.
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Wu Dongxia stopped in her tracks, turned around, and asked Li Ruhai, "How did you know?"
"I..." Li Ruhai was taken aback by Wu Dongxia's question. Seeing that Wu Dongxia's expression was not right, he quickly explained, "The two brothers only saw it once, and then Zhang Zhanshan found out. Zhang Zhanshan hung them up and whipped them to death with a triangular belt."
“Ah…” Hearing Li Ruhai’s words, Liu Mingzhang continued, “I remember that time. That guy was beaten by Zhang Laibao until he was covered in blood. After that, he ran away from home, but his father and his second uncle caught him and beat him again.”
“Yes, yes.” Li Ruhai smiled and said, “That time.”
After saying this, Li Ruhai turned to Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu and said, "Zhang Laibao and his brother spotted someone that time. Can you guess who it was?"
Li Ruhai's words clearly indicated that the person had nothing to do with Wu Dongxia or Old Mrs. Liu. Their eyes lit up simultaneously, and they asked Li Ruhai in unison, "Who is it?"
Li Ruhai raised his hand to cover his mouth, but then burst into laughter.
"Say it!" Wu Dongxia smiled and gently nudged Li Ruhai, who whispered, "Zhao Hui."
"Zhao Hui?" Wu Dongxia looked shocked and asked Li Ruhai with wide eyes, "Which Zhao Hui?"
Li Ruhai smiled and whispered, "Zhang Laibao's second aunt!"
"Huh?" Wu Dongxia, Liu Mingzhang, and Mrs. Liu were stunned.
Seeing the three people's stunned expressions, Li Ruhai added with a smile, "It's Zhang Zhanhe's wife."
"Oh my god!" The first to react was actually Liu Mingzhang. Then, Liu Mingzhang pretended to suddenly realize something and said, "Ah, I was wondering why his second uncle didn't stop him from getting beaten up, but instead helped his dad catch him."
“That’s right.” Li Ruhai smiled and explained in detail, “Zhang Zhanhe’s family doesn’t live in these two houses. Zhao Hui came here to help Xu Meihua plant rice seedlings.”
After she got here, not knowing whether she needed to relieve herself, she headed straight for the outhouse. Just as she squatted down in that corner, Zhang Laibao and his brother went in. Since they couldn't see her face, Zhang Laibao and his brother didn't recognize her as their second aunt.
Then, when his second aunt got up, pulled up her pants, and turned her head slightly, Zhang Laifa saw it was her and immediately called out, "Second Aunt!" His second aunt turned around, and that guy... damn it!
At the end, Li Ruhai clapped his hands with a smile, bringing Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu, who were listening in a daze, back to their senses.
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Wu Dongxia shook her head and made noises, saying, "Tsk! This is too shabby!"
“Absolutely,” Mrs. Liu chimed in, “They’ve disgraced eight generations of their ancestors.”
The two women were engrossed in the incident, while Liu Mingzhang, standing beside them, remained clear-headed. He glanced at his grandmother and thought to himself, "If it weren't for that kid Li Ruhai bringing this up, who would have known?"
Thinking of this, Liu Mingzhang glanced at Li Ruhai again, silently mourning for Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa in his heart: "Zhang Laibao, Zhang Laifa, why did you have to mess with Li Ruhai of all people?"
"Auntie, Grandma Liu," Li Ruhai said solemnly to Wu Dongxia and Grandma Liu under Liu Mingzhang's gaze, "I'm only telling you two... no, I'm telling the three of you. You mustn't spread this around, because it's not a good thing!"
"No, no!" Wu Dongxia and Mrs. Liu shook their hands in perfect unison.
"Don't worry, Ru Hai," Wu Dongxia said reassuringly. "Don't you know what kind of person your aunt is? I'm very tight-lipped."
Hearing Wu Dongxia's words, Liu Mingzhang glanced at her with a strange expression. If we're talking about the village, Li Ruhai is the most outspoken, and Wu Dongxia is definitely second.
As soon as Wu Dongxia finished speaking, Mrs. Liu immediately followed up, "Well, can we really talk about this?"
After saying this, Mrs. Liu paused for a moment and then said, "Besides, I'm just an old woman with bound feet, where can I go to talk about this?"
"Alright, hehe." Li Ruhai smiled and said, "Grandma Liu, Brother Liu, Aunt Qi, then I'll be going now."
"Where are you going, Ru Hai?" Wu Dongxia asked casually, and Li Ru Hai replied, "I'm going to the big pancake shop."
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, Wu Dongxia muttered to herself, "If he goes, I won't go there."
After saying this, Wu Dongxia turned to Mrs. Liu and Liu Mingzhang and said, "Let's go, Aunt Liu, Mingzhang."
"Slow down, Aunt Qi." After replying, Liu Mingzhang looked in the direction Wu Dongxia had left and said with some confusion, "Grandma, Aunt Qi is walking that way, isn't she going home?"
No one responded to Liu Mingzhang's words, so Liu Mingzhang quickly turned around and saw that his grandmother had already walked more than ten meters away.
"Hey? Grandma!" Liu Mingzhang called out upon seeing this, "Where are you going? It's time to eat!"
"Oh, you all eat first." Old Mrs. Liu waved her hand, and her previously unsteady little feet became light and brisk.
Brothers, I'm going to buy coal for the winter tomorrow, so I won't be able to update during the day. I'll update two chapters tonight, with an extra chapter if necessary.
(End of this chapter)