sinovels Chapter 1795 At home, he's a local bully; when he goes out, he's a dragon crossing the riv
Chapter 1795 At home, he's a local bully; when he goes out, he's a dragon crossing the riv
Chapter 1795 At home, he's a local bully; when he goes out, he's a dragon crossing the river.
Today, the two groups have gathered, and Shao Tianpeng immediately set the stage in a very formal manner, making it clear that the two groups are cooperating and working together on important matters.
In terms of strength, even if the Zhao Family Gang absorbed the Zhao Family Hunting Gang, it would still be no match for the Shao Family Gang.
Fortunately, Zhao Jun was familiar with the old tricks of the ginseng gang, and thanks to the quick reaction of the Zhao family gang members, they barely managed to hold the situation together.
After the two groups met, Shao Tianpeng personally invited the Zhao family members to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed). Zhao Jun and his seven companions were guests and sat on the kang with Shao's parents, while Shao Zhiqiang, along with his son Shao Jun and the other four members of the Shao family, sat on benches below the kang.
At this moment, Lin Yueying and Lin Youli's wife came in to serve tea, and Shao Zhiqiang took out Shilin cigarettes and distributed them to the Zhao family members.
Normally, these days it's enough to serve Spring Festival cigarettes to guests; Shilin cigarettes are used for gifts and building relationships.
However, when the four members of the Shao family went to Lingxi to attend Zhao Jun's wedding, Zhao Youcai gave them Shilin as gifts from beginning to end.
Now that the two gangs have joined forces to plot against Shilong, involving a huge deal worth 100,000 yuan, the Shao family gang, having already laid out their plans, naturally wouldn't lose face over such a trivial matter.
Knowing that Zhao Jun was arriving today, the Shao family started preparing yesterday. Shao Tianpeng declared that Zhao Jun and his entourage should be received with the highest honors.
After the cigarettes and tea were served, Lin Yueying brought out melon seeds, peanuts, candy, and apples.
These days, most people would take a second look at these things. But the Zhao family members have seen it all. Not to mention them, even Zhao Hong and Zhao Na in the family, apart from still loving to eat the little rascal, have had their fill of peanuts, melon seeds, and apples.
As Lin Yueying put down the enamel plate containing melon seeds, peanuts, and candy, Zhao Jun smiled and said to Lin Youcai, the manager of the Shao family gang, "Master Lin, that Li Dazhi you mentioned the other day, that's my Uncle Li Liu."
At this point, Zhao Jun pointed to Li Baoyu and said, "He and Baoyu's father are cousins."
Upon hearing this, Lin Youcai and Lin Yueying both looked at Li Baoyu. Li Baoyu nodded slightly, while Lin Youcai carefully examined Li Baoyu for a moment before laughing and saying, "You know what, you really do look a bit alike."
“This child’s name is Baoyu.” At this moment, Lin Yueying looked at Li Baoyu and couldn’t help but exclaim, “This child is so tall and handsome.”
Li Baoyu responded with a smile. Many people would say this the first time they saw him, and Li Baoyu had gotten used to it over the years.
After praising Li Baoyu, Lin Yueying asked, "Um... how are your sixth uncle and aunt doing now that they've moved to your place? Are they getting used to it?"
“Used to…” As soon as Li Baoyu opened his mouth, he thought of Li Dazhi’s family, who were living like fish in water in Yong’an Village, so he added with a smile, “They are used to it.”
Lin Yueying glanced at Zhao Jun, then said to Li Baoyu, "When Zhao Jun got married, your Uncle Shao and his family went, and when they came back they said they had seen your sixth uncle's family..."
No sooner had Lin Yueying finished speaking than Lin Youli asked Li Baoyu, "Is his daughter really that capable?"
Hearing Lin Youli's words, Zhao Jun and the others had strange expressions. Just as Li Baoyu was wondering how to answer, Li Ruhai put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Our Li family is a scholarly family, and my young lady is a well-bred lady. She is beautiful and also very good at studying."
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Zhao Jun and the others lowered their heads slightly and pursed their lips.
“This child…” Lin Yueying looked at Li Ruhai, and Lin Youli introduced him to her: “This child is also Dazhi’s nephew.”
"Ah." Lin Yueying glanced at Li Ruhai. She could tell that Li Ruhai was not old, but he was wearing a Zhongshan suit with a pen clipped to his breast pocket. His demeanor was truly intimidating, making it impossible for Lin Yueying to discern his true nature.
Lin Youcai had just heard Zhao Jun say that Li Ruhai was in charge of the Zhao family gang, so he wanted to exchange some industry news with him.
At this point in the conversation, Lin Youcai smiled at Li Ruhai and said, "Your young lady is quite formidable. That time in my mother's village, when some young man said a few careless words to her, your young lady kicked that young man a long way away."
"Hehe..." Li Ruhai chuckled upon hearing this and said, "If he doesn't speak the proper jargon, then beating him up is the right thing to do."
After saying that, Li Ruhai gently patted Li Baoyu's arm and continued with a smile, "If my brother and I weren't here, we could have broken his legs off."
Li Baoyu didn't say anything, but nodded emphatically to show that his brother was right.
Seeing that the two brothers were quite protective of each other, Lin Youli laughed and chimed in, "That's right. That kid was still grumbling afterward that day, and I even gave him a whack."
"Damn it!" Xu Shanhe cursed and chimed in, "I've noticed it. There are always some local thugs who do nothing all day but stare at pretty girls and then try to get close to them. It's so annoying."
Judging from what he said, he must have a daughter at home.
After Xu Shanhe finished speaking, Xu Shanchuan said, "Our village is alright, but the village behind us has way more shady characters."
"Here you go, Zhao Jun." Shao Zhiqiang handed the plate of apple slices to Zhao Jun. After Zhao Jun picked up a slice of apple, he heard Shao Zhiqiang say, "It's different here than where you are. There's generally no work here."
As Shao Zhiqiang said, Yong'an is a forestry operation area, and most young people can manage a shift.
On the other side of the ridge is the countryside, and Qiaotou Village is mostly inhabited by farmers. These people do nothing but farm and run errands in the mountains. If they can endure hardship, that's fine, but some young people can't. They become idle and become hooligans, or in other words, local bullies.
"Hey? Brother Chen." At this moment, Shao Jun asked Xie Chen, "How's it going back home?"
Jie Chen was taken aback. He and his brother used to be street urchins, and things had only gotten a little better in the last two years.
But considering the current situation in Qiaotou Village, even the rickshaws and other such items have been packed up and sent to Yong'an to carry timber.
Thinking of this, Xie Chen smiled and said, "Things are alright over there, much better than two years ago."
Hearing Xie Chen's words, Lin Youcai looked at Xie Chen curiously and asked, "Young man, where are you from?"
“My family is from Xiangyang Village in the north of Shulan,” Xie Chen said. Lin Youcai nodded and said, “Ah, from Xiangyang.”
"Xiangyang?" Xu Shanchuan suddenly interrupted, asking Jie Chen, "Lately, there's been a rumor in the underworld that a ruthless guy has emerged from the two lanes leading to Jishi from your area."
"I don't know." Xie Chen glanced at Zhao Jun with evasive eyes and said, "I haven't been home for quite a long time."
That's true. It's not just him; his whole family hasn't been home for quite a while.
At this moment, Zhao Jun secretly gave Li Ruhai a wink, and Li Ruhai understood immediately and said, "I've heard about this. It's said that a guy called 'Third Uncle' killed seven people and injured six others."
Li Ruhai was suddenly appointed as the manager of the Zhao family gang. At this point, he didn't know exactly what the manager was in charge of, but Li Ruhai understood from the literal meaning that it meant managing everything.
He was willing to do this job and also wanted to make a name for himself in the outside world. So when the Shao family gang mentioned the ruthless figure in the underworld, Li Ruhai chimed in to show that he was well-informed and, incidentally, to try and get some information out of him to confirm whether that ruthless figure was indeed Xing San.
But as soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking, Lin Youli retorted with a laugh, "What do you mean? I heard that eleven were killed and four were injured."
Upon hearing this, Li Ruhai blinked, thinking that Lin Youli must have received the news after Song Gang, and since the news was passed on by an extra person, the death toll would increase.
"My God!" As the leader of the Shao family gang's guards, Xu Shanhe was a ruthless man, but when he heard that eleven people had been stabbed to death, he exclaimed in shock, "Who is this person? So ruthless!"
"They said they were just passing through," Lin Youcai said. "These passersby seemed to be quite wealthy. They were driving two cars, a Jeep and a Jiefang, and then they were robbed by a bunch of thugs."
After the people got off the car, these thugs, I don't know who they learned it from, went up and tried to talk to them. And what happened? They pulled out knives and stabbed each other.
"This guy is ruthless," Xu Shanhe remarked. "Chopping with a knife isn't even that ruthless; stabbing someone is deadly."
"Hey, Brother Li?" At this moment, Xu Shanchuan also asked Lin Youli, "Where is that ruthless guy from? Which way did he go?"
“They should be heading towards Xiangyang, towards our area.” At this point, Lin Youli shook his head and said, “We don’t know exactly where they went. We just heard that the one who shoved the man was called Third Uncle, an old man. With him were a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall guy, a fat guy, and a short guy…”
Lin Youli wanted to say "short fellow," but just then, he saw Zhang Yuanmin sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). It is said that one should not call someone short in front of a short person, so Lin Youli swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
But then, Lin Youli glanced to the side and saw Zhao Jinhui again. Remembering that he had just mentioned the fat man, Lin Youli realized he had said the wrong thing.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Youli saw Li Baoyu standing to the side.
Suddenly, Lin Youli thought of something. His gaze swept over the Zhao family members and finally landed on Zhao Jun's face.
"What's wrong, Uncle?" Shao Jun sensed that something was wrong with Lin Youli and looked in the direction Lin Youli was looking.
Lin Youli's unusual behavior was also noticed by the others. They looked at the Zhao family gang members and then compared it with Lin Youli's description of the group's appearance and vehicles. Everything matched up!
Unlike these younger generations, when Shao Tianpeng thought of "Third Uncle," he thought of his old nemesis, Xing San.
"Zhao Jun," Shao Tianpeng asked Zhao Jun directly, "was that Xing Laosan who stabbed people?"
Zhao Jun wanted to deny it, but the descriptions of the man—thick eyebrows, big eyes, tall stature, fat body, and short stature—all matched up, making it difficult to deny the truth.
In the end, Zhao Jun had no choice but to nod.
Upon hearing his admission, the two elders of the Shao family exchanged a glance and couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear.
When Zhao Jun got married, his family went to Yong'an, hoping to find Xing San and retrieve the Great Immortal Child.
Later, Zhao Jun stepped in and settled the matter with an old man.
When the Shao family agreed to this, it was both a matter of taking advantage of the situation and a matter of being forced into it.
The reasons for Xing San's surrender to Zhao Jun were both due to taking advantage of the situation and being forced into a corner.
The scene at Zhao Jun's wedding deterred the Shao family from making any rash moves. Based on the idea that even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake, the two elders of the Shao family accepted Zhao Jun's mediation.
But what they didn't expect was that the Zhao family gang, though local in Yong'an, became a force to be reckoned with outside of Yong'an.
The Shao family gang had men and guns, but there's a difference between weapons and desperate criminals. In the eyes of the Shao elders, Xing San was a desperate criminal. At seventy years old, without a family or children, he could easily lead a group into the mountains, making it difficult for even the police to find him.
Shao Yunjin was a fugitive in his youth, and he narrowly escaped being purged. After that, Old Beard settled down and lived a quiet life. Especially now that the Shao family has only one son per generation for four generations, the Shao family members would never again live a life of constant danger.
When Shao Tianpeng uttered the words "Xing Laosan," the members of the Shao family gang fell silent.
The Shao family gang suffered a loss at Xing San's hands back then. Not only did they lose the Great Immortal Child, but even their leader, Shao Tianpeng, was stabbed by Xing San.
Over the years, the Shao family members had harbored resentment towards Xing San. Previously, four generations of the Shao family had attended a banquet in Lingxi, and upon their return, they claimed that their conflict with Xing San had been resolved.
At that time, there were still some people within the Shao family gang who were dissatisfied, and the one who was the loudest among them was the head of the guards, Xu Shanhe.
But at this point, Xu Shanhe also became obedient.
Organizations like the ginseng gang mostly recruit relatives and friends. Moreover, the people they recruit must have a family, a job, and a legitimate purpose in life, otherwise internal problems can easily arise.
Therefore, every member of the Shao family gang was a person with a family and a career. Xu Shanhe was no exception; his eldest daughter was about the same age as Li Tongyun, and his eldest son was about the same age as Li Ruhai.
Xu Shanhe is willing to help protect the ginseng gang and its products. But he is reluctant to go out and fight with others.
Because of "Third Uncle," the way the Shao family members looked at the Zhao family members changed in an instant, and the atmosphere in the room became slightly heavy.
As the manager of the ginseng gang, Lin Youli wasn't exactly adept at social maneuvering, but he was certainly a man of good manners. Seeing the somber atmosphere in the room, Lin Youli laughed and said, "This old man Xing is really something else."
As he said this, a different image appeared in Lin Youli's mind: in the vast darkness of the night, jeeps and trucks were parked on the road, and under the headlights, an old man stood with several young men of different heights and builds, backlit by the light. Around them, people lay scattered on the ground.
Thinking of this, Lin Youli shuddered.
"Hehe..." Zhao Jun had nothing to say at this point, and could only let out a dry laugh.
But then Lin Youli said to Zhao Jun, "Ah, it turns out they were wrong. Old Master Xing stabbed seven to death and injured six."
"What?" Zhao Jun was stunned, as were the members of the Zhao family gang. Then, their expressions all changed drastically.
"No, that's not true." Zhao Jun quickly waved his hand after realizing what had happened, and said, "There weren't that many. There were only two. We don't even know if they're dead or not. They might just have suffered some minor injuries."
"Come on, Zhao, you're kidding me." Lin Youli laughed and pointed at Li Ruhai, saying, "Your little brother just said he stabbed seven to death and wounded six."
"I..." Li Ruhai was stunned and quickly waved his hand, saying, "That's not what I meant. I just heard it from someone else."
"You're just making a scene, haha..." Xu Shanchuan said to Li Ruhai with a smile, "What are you doing here? Do you even need to listen to what others are saying?"
"I..." Li Ruhai's mouth was too slurred to explain. He looked at Zhao Jun, who said helplessly, "We just came from my Grandma Song's house a while ago. This is what my brother Song Gang told us."
When Zhao Jun said this, the Shao family members just chuckled, clearly not taking Zhao Jun's explanation seriously.
"It's over!" Zhao Jun thought to himself, this matter was impossible to explain. He never expected that he would come out on this trip and before he could even get anything of real business done, he would already be responsible for several deaths for his third uncle.
(End of this chapter)