sinovels Chapter 1810 The Zhao Family Gang Returns to Shulan
Chapter 1810 The Zhao Family Gang Returns to Shulan
Chapter 1810 The Zhao Family Gang Returns to Shulan
"Xiao Yang." Seeing that Ma Yang had regained consciousness, Ma Ling rushed over, grabbed Ma Yang's clothes and shook him a couple of times, saying, "You're all better now."
"Sister," Ma Yang asked Ma Ling, covering her face, "Did you hit me? Why did you hit me so hard?"
"Silly boy, stop making a fuss." Ma Ling patted Ma Yang lightly and said, "Your brother-in-law hit you. If he hadn't slapped you, you would have gone crazy."
"I...I...I'm possessed?" Ma Yang looked at Zhao Jun in disbelief, while Zhao Jun smiled kindly and stepped forward to support Ma Yang's arm, saying, "Little Yang, get up quickly, your brother-in-law is at his wit's end. You don't know, just now you were lying on the ground laughing like an idiot, and no one could do anything to you."
"Huh?" Ma Yang looked at Zhao Jun and slowly recalled, "Brother-in-law, I remember you said you would give me 45,000 yuan, and then I don't know what happened."
"Right?" Zhao Jun patted the dust off Ma Yang's clothes and said softly, "Your brother-in-law was heartbroken when he slapped you, but there was nothing he could do."
"It's alright, brother-in-law." Ma Yang rubbed his slapped cheek, then put his hand down, still bearing the red handprint, and comforted Zhao Jun, "It doesn't hurt, brother-in-law. I should thank you for this."
"What are you thanking me for?" Zhao Jun laughed. "What's our relationship? You're like my own brother, haha..."
Zhao Jun laughed, and Ma Yang grinned foolishly along with him. But as soon as he twitched his lips, half of his face started to hurt.
"Okay, it's alright as long as nothing's wrong." At this moment, Wang Meilan stepped forward and said to Ma Yang, "Wait for your aunt to get you an egg. You hold it and roll it over your face, then hurry up and go to school."
"Go to school?" Ma Yang was taken aback, then smiled at Wang Meilan and said, "Auntie, I won't go to school anymore."
Ma Yang thought that from today onwards he would be a millionaire, one of the top ten richest people in Yong'an Forest Area. Why should he still go to school? Would the school even be able to accommodate him?
Ma Yang had already figured out how to spend the 45,000 yuan. He would first take out 10,000 yuan as a bride price and ask Liu Tiezui to find him a wife.
With the remaining 35,000, we'll build a house even more impressive than my brother-in-law's, and then buy a car.
But when Ma Yang thought about buying a car, he suddenly realized that he didn't have enough money left.
What if we don't have enough money? We can keep going hiking with my brother-in-law! Otherwise, how many lifetimes would it take to earn 45,000 yuan by going to school?
"What are you saying, kid?" Ma Ling gently nudged Ma Yang and said, "If you're not going to school, what are you going to do?"
“I’m going up the mountain with my brother-in-law.” As Ma Yang said this, he turned to Zhao Jun and said, “Brother-in-law, starting today, I’ll go up the mountain with you. Whatever you ask me to do, I’ll do it. I’ll do it with you!”
After saying this, Ma Yang paused for a moment, then added, "Brother-in-law, you don't need to give me so much anymore. Just give me less."
"You...I..." Zhao Jun was speechless. He smiled and said to Ma Yang, "Xiao Yang, even if you give me money, your brother-in-law can't take you."
"Why, brother-in-law?" Ma Yang asked incredulously, only to hear Zhao Jun say, "You're still a child. Why would I take you up a mountain? Are you kidding me? If you get hurt, how am I supposed to explain it to our parents?"
"Brother-in-law, what should I say?" Ma Yang said, "From today onwards, I am the head of our household..."
"What are you saying?" Ma Ling interrupted Ma Yang loudly, then smacked him twice with her pestle, saying, "Are you trying to spite me? What are you saying?"
Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan, Xing San, Li Baoyu, and Liu Mei, standing nearby, lowered their heads, suppressing their laughter. They looked very uncomfortable, but they had no choice; they had to save face for Ma Ling.
"Sis, why did you hit me?" Ma Yang wanted to say something, but seeing Ma Ling's unfriendly gaze, he quickly shut his mouth.
Seeing that Ma Yang remained silent, Ma Ling nudged him and said, "Go! Hurry up and go to school!"
Ma Yang had no choice but to walk out, though unwilling. Just then, Zhao Jun said to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, go out and set off the cannons."
"Brother, how many shots?" Li Baoyu asked. Zhao Jun replied, "Five shots."
Ma Yang, who had just reached the door, paused and turned around to see Li Baoyu clasping his hands in a fist salute to Zhao Jun, shouting, "Yes, sir!"
Then Li Baoyu turned around and strode towards the door.
Upon reaching the door, Li Baoyu opened it and led Ma Yang out of the house.
"Brother Baoyu," Ma Yang caught up with Li Baoyu and asked, "Why did my brother-in-law let you set off the firecrackers?"
Li Baoyu smiled upon hearing this, raised his hand and gave a thumbs up, and said to Ma Yang as he walked, "You know that our Zhao Family Gang is the number one ginseng gang and the number one hunting gang in Lingxi, right?"
"Ah, ah," Ma Yang nodded repeatedly, "How could I not know?"
“Right?” Li Baoyu laughed. “We powerful ginseng gangs have our own rules.”
"What are you talking about, Brother Baoyu?" Ma Yang pressed. Li Baoyu replied, "We're setting off cannons. Two shots are a signal to gather the generals. Everyone, whether civil or military officials, including those in logistics like Hai, has to come."
After saying this, Li Baoyu paused slightly, deliberately exaggerating, and said, "Less than ten minutes after the cannon fire..."
When he said the word "者", Li Baoyu raised his hand and waved it downwards, shouting, "Slay!"
His sudden shout startled Ma Yang. Then Li Baoyu continued, "Three cannon shots, do you know what that means?"
At this point, Ma Yang was completely bewildered and just kept shaking his head.
Seeing Ma Yang shake his head, Li Baoyu laughed and said, "Three cannon shots mean we're going to war. This is a reminder that we need to get ready and then come over to assemble."
"Ah." At this moment, Ma Yang seemed to realize something and said to Li Baoyu, "Brother Baoyu, I know this."
"What do you know?" Li Baoyu asked. Ma Yang replied, "Our teacher Liu, your father-in-law, always listens to that opera singer."
At this point, Ma Yang, mimicking a line from a radio drama, sang off-key: "Three cannon shots boomed outside the gate like thunder, and out of the Tianbo Mansion emerged this traitorous loyal minister..."
"Go to hell..." Li Baoyu was about to swear when he suddenly remembered that Ma Yang's mother was his brother's mother-in-law, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Don't sing nonsense, he is a loyal minister who serves the country! A loyal minister who betrays the country? I'll just smash you to death with this pestle."
“Ah, hehe…” Ma Yang laughed and said, “I sang it wrong, and I don’t want to listen to that stuff either.”
"You can't just sing randomly like that," Li Baoyu frowned. "That's Mu Guiying from the Yang family generals, a heroine!"
"Then I was wrong, Brother Baoyu." After admitting his mistake in a serious manner, Ma Yang asked Li Baoyu, "Brother Baoyu, what was the deal with the five cannon shots?"
“Five shots,” Li Baoyu said, raising his hand to make a slapping gesture. “Five means fully armed. Five shots means that everyone in our Zhao family gang is carrying a gun and ready to go to war.”
Li Baoyu's words stirred the blood of Ma Yang, a fifteen-year-old teenager with a middle school fever.
“Brother Baoyu.” Ma Yang suddenly grabbed Li Baoyu’s arm and said, “Please put in a good word for me with my brother-in-law and ask him to take me with him.”
"You've got to be kidding me." Li Baoyu brushed Ma Yang's hand away. This was Zhao Jun's brother-in-law; he dared not do anything reckless.
Undeterred by Li Baoyu's rejection, Ma Yang continued to plead with him, "Brother Baoyu, please help me."
As he spoke, Ma Yang seemed to remember something and changed the subject, saying, "Even someone like Li Ruhai went with you guys, what am I lacking?"
Hearing this, Li Baoyu paused, turned to look at Ma Yang, and frowned, saying, "Xiao Yang, what are you saying?"
"Ouch." Ma Yang suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was Li Ruhai's brother, and quickly said with a smile, "Brother Baoyu, I didn't mean anything by it. I just meant that Li Ruhai can't beat me. I can take him down in two punches."
Upon hearing Ma Yang's words, Li Baoyu thought of his younger brother's terrible fighting ability and immediately pouted, saying, "Ru Hai isn't coming up the mountain with us either, so he can't take you."
Once again rejected by Li Baoyu, Ma Yang knew that things were hopeless and immediately let out a heavy sigh.
However, Ma Yang's mood instantly improved when he remembered the 45,000 yuan his brother-in-law had given him.
Li Baoyu went to the storeroom, took out a bundle of firecrackers, took out five of them, and placed them outside the gate.
He ordered two, and Ma Yang ordered three. Firecrackers exploded one after another in mid-air, sending firecracker debris flying. The Zhao family members, guns on their backs, rushed out of their homes and towards the Zhao family compound.
……
Less than ten minutes later, the Zhao family members gathered at the outer house of the Zhao family.
Xie Chen was the last to arrive. Seeing a bruise around his eye, Zhao Jinhui asked him, "Brother Chen, who hit you here?"
"No, no." Jie Chen waved his hand, denying it. It wasn't that he was embarrassed to say he was beaten by his mother, because all the families knew what his mother was like. What really embarrassed Jie Chen was the reason he was beaten, which was simply too embarrassing to talk about.
At this moment, Xie Chen pointed to his eye socket and explained, "I wasn't careful when I got up in the middle of the night last night and bumped my eye on the corner of the table."
Hearing what Jie Chen said, no one paid any attention. After all, given Jie Sun's current prestige, even though his family had only recently moved to the village, no one dared to bully Jie Chen.
"Xiao Chen," Wang Meilan called to Xie Chen, and asked, "How's the work at your father-in-law's house going? Is your mother still unable to go today? If not, we can help her with the work."
“Yeah, I guess so,” Ma Ling replied. “Yesterday I told my Aunt Sun that we wanted to go with her, but she wouldn’t let us.”
“Auntie, sister-in-law, no need.” Jie Chen said, “The work over there is all done, and there’s not much extra work for her family.”
"You're all here." As Jie Chen spoke, Zhao Jun and Ma Ling came out from the inner room. Zhao Jun recounted the robbery of Amber Dragon to the Zhao family members, then said, "This club is mostly owned by me and Xiao Yang. I discussed it with his sister, and we'll all help each other deliver this club to Changchun. After that, Xiao Yang and I will each contribute one share and distribute it among everyone."
This was decided by Zhao Jun and Ma Ling, after all, they couldn't let everyone work for nothing.
But by the time Zhao Jun remembered this, Ma Yang had already run away. Zhao Jun chased after him, but couldn't catch up.
When he told Ma Ling about it, Ma Ling immediately made the decision.
Although she is a girl who is getting married, Ma Ling said that she can make the decision and she believes that her parents will agree.
“No need, brother,” Zhang Yuanmin said. “There are ten shares in total, and one of them isn’t for all of us. We have to go for that share, so there’s no need for you and Xiao Yang to do that…”
“That’s right, Brother Jun.” As soon as Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Zhao Jinhui said, “Let’s just treat it as a stroll, what else can we do?”
After saying that, Zhao Jinhui added with a smile, "I've never been to Changchun before, so this is a good opportunity to take a stroll around."
Seeing Li Baoyu and Xie Chen nod in agreement, Wang Qiang then spoke to Zhao Jun, saying, "Alright, nephew, we're all family here, why are you saying all that? We'll just go with him, what else can we do?"
Seeing that these people didn't seem to care about the escort mission, Zhao Jun reminded them, "Uncle, we might run into robbers on this trip."
Before Zhao Jun could finish speaking and before Wang Qiang and the others could respond, someone said, "It's alright, kid, I'll go with you."
Zhao Jun turned his head and saw Xing San slowly getting up from the rickety stool. The old man threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, crushed it out with his toe, and asked, "When are we leaving?"
Zhao Jun gave Xing San a deep look. Logically, he shouldn't have let the old man accompany him through all this trouble. But without Xing San, Zhao Jun really wasn't confident about this trip.
"Uncle San," Zhao Jun thought for a moment and said to Xing San, "Let's pack up and leave."
"I don't have much to pack," Xing San said decisively. "If you say we're leaving, then we're leaving."
“That’s another trip for you…” Zhao Jun had just started to speak when Xing San interrupted him, “Hey kid. Why are we talking about this? Let’s just go.”
As elders age, they become increasingly afraid of becoming a burden to the younger generation. Conversely, if they can contribute to the younger generation in their twilight years, they will be highly motivated.
Moreover, Zhao Jun was no ordinary junior to Xing San. It could be said that Xing San's happiness in his later years depended entirely on Zhao Jun.
As the saying goes, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Back then, we lived in huts in the mountains, and that was about it.
But ever since he came down the mountain and lived with the Zhao family for a while, Xing San wouldn't be used to living there again.
Putting everything else aside, Xing San is already smoking Zhonghua cigarettes now. If you asked him to go up the mountain and smoke loose tobacco again, there's no way he'd get used to it.
The Zhao family began preparations. Ma Ling ran to the convenience store and bought ten catties of rice cakes. She also brought a few cans of food from home. The group, carrying weapons and rice cakes, rode in jeeps and trucks, leaving Yong'an Village and heading straight for the war preparation highway.
After seeing Zhao Jun and his group off, Wang Meilan felt a little worried. Seeing Zhao Youcai sitting at the door smoking, she glanced at him and said, "The moment you hear 'Big Claw,' your head looks like it's been sharpened to a point. If his son is in trouble, he probably won't go."
Hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Youcai turned to look at her and said, "No? No, you're saying this family can't do without me?"
……
Today, the Zhao family gang also consisted of seven people, except that Li Ruhai was replaced by Xing San.
They set off at 9:30 a.m., with Zhao Jun and Xie Chen driving and flooring the gas pedal all the way. They finally arrived at the Shulan Supply and Marketing Cooperative at 5 p.m.
At this time, the supply and marketing cooperative had already closed for business, and some employees were taking inventory, while others were closing the windows.
The jeep stopped, and Zhao Jun looked out the window and saw the Santana from yesterday parked on the side of the road. He knew that Sun Haizhu had already picked up the person.
Zhao Jun pushed open the door and got out of the car. The Zhao family members all got out of the car and followed Zhao Jun into the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Hey, we're closing down." At this moment, an employee tried to stop Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun pointed in the direction of Sun Haizhu's office, and the employee immediately nodded and stopped talking.
The office door was open, and hearing the employees talking outside, Sun Haizhu appeared in the doorway and said with a smile, "Zhao Jun, you're here."
"Hey, Brother-in-law Sun." Zhao Jun hurried over to Sun Haizhu and said apologetically, "I've troubled you again."
"Hey brother, what are you saying?" Sun Haizhu gently patted Zhao Jun, then turned and gestured for Zhao Jun to come inside.
When Zhao Jun entered the room, he saw five men with bruised and swollen faces sitting in Sun Haizhu's office. The so-called Old Zhang's gold-rimmed glasses had their arms broken and were being held up with tape, barely hanging on his nose.
(End of this chapter)