sinovels Chapter 1812 Mule Cart Blocks the Road, Single-handedly Rescuing a Group of Bandits
Chapter 1812 Mule Cart Blocks the Road, Single-handedly Rescuing a Group of Bandits
Chapter 1812: Single-handedly repelling a group of bandits blocked the road by a mule cart
Xing San didn't even lift his eyelids at the stares of the crowd. He held his rice bowl in his left hand, and with his right hand, he used chopsticks to pick up two slices of braised mutton and placed them on top of the rice. Then he shoveled the meat and the remaining rice into his mouth.
As Xing San chewed with his cheeks puffed out, Zhao Jun leaned slightly towards him and asked, "Uncle, would you like another bowl of rice?"
Xing Santeng didn't speak; he didn't say anything, only shook his head to indicate that he didn't need it.
As for the contempt that Lin Guodong and the others showed him, Xing San simply pretended not to notice.
In the past, Lao Shan Gouzi would have definitely shown them who was boss.
But recently, Xing San has figured things out. He doesn't care about loyalty anymore. As long as no one harms Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan, Ma Ling, Zhao Hong, or Zhao Na, even if someone insults him, Xing San won't say a word.
As he chewed the food in his mouth, Xing San took out a cigarette case and a matchbox from his pocket.
He first took out a Zhonghua cigarette and put it in his mouth, then threw the cigarette pack next to Wang Qiang's cup to his left, meaning that Wang Qiang should hold it and smoke it himself.
This scene left Lin Guodong, Zhang Xinglin, and the others stunned.
That's Zhonghua cigarettes. Although Shilin cigarettes are good, they're two levels below Zhonghua, and a pack costs three yuan less.
These days, three yuan is enough for a family of three in the city to eat for a week.
Xing San lit a cigarette with a match, leaned back in his chair, and quietly smoked.
Judging from Xing San's performance and his attire, Lin Guodong really thought he was a retired senior cadre.
At the same time, Lin Guodong was even more puzzled. Everyone said that this trip might be dangerous, so why did Zhao Jun bring out such an old man?
After eating and drinking their fill, the group found a guesthouse to stay in.
Two people share a room. Zhao Jun and Xing San share a room and place the ginseng bun containing the little white dragon under the bed.
Zhao Jun slept well that night. The next morning, the twelve of them went to a breakfast shop together.
While Zhao Jun was eating fried dough sticks and drinking tofu pudding, Ma Yang arrived at Yongfu Village with two handprints on his face.
The handprint on his left cheek was from Zhao Jun yesterday morning. The handprint on his right cheek was from Ma Dafu last night.
Yesterday, I ran into Ma Yang at Liu Tiezui's door. When Ma Dafu saw the handprint on his youngest son's face, he immediately asked who had hit him.
When Ma Yang excitedly recounted how Zhao Jun had given him a share of the money, Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng looked on in surprise.
When they got home, Wang Cuihua immediately complained to Ma Dafu, but Ma Dafu was still dizzy and didn't react.
Seeing that his mother's complaints had no effect, Ma Yang was secretly pleased and took the opportunity to bring up his idea of dropping out of school.
Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua had nothing to say about this. After all, he was the last in the whole school. What difference would it make if he didn't continue studying?
Now that the son-in-law was giving them money, it was enough to arrange a job for Ma Yang, plus enough to help him get married in the future. So at that time, Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua still had a lot of hope for the future.
Wang Cuihua didn't even bother serving the food; instead, she pulled Ma Dafu and Ma Yang inside to sit down and discuss arranging a job for Ma Yang.
According to Wang Cuihua, now that her family's situation has improved, she doesn't need to bother Zhao Jun anymore. She can just research which position is good and then buy a successor position from a retired worker.
Just as Ma Dafu suggested choosing between the inspector and the driver, Ma Yang interrupted his parents, saying that he wasn't going to work and wanted to go up the mountain with Zhao Jun.
Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua both disagreed, but Ma Yang said it was fine if they disagreed, but his marriage had to be settled, and he told Wang Cuihua to go see Liu Tiezui the next day.
His words left Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua completely bewildered.
Ma Yang is only fifteen. In this day and age, girls get engaged at that age, but boys almost never do.
Men and women think about things from different perspectives. Upon hearing this, Wang Cuihua asked Ma Yang which girl he had taken a fancy to.
Before Ma Yang could speak, Ma Dafu said, "You're so young, what family's daughter would be willing to marry you?"
Faced with Ma Dafu's question, Ma Yang gave a generous answer: I have money, I have plenty of money. I'll give her a dowry of 10,000 yuan, and see if she'll stay with me.
Ma Yang's words stunned the elderly couple once again. Looking at Ma Yang, who was stiff-necked and seemed to have swallowed a chopstick, Ma Dafu thought he had gone mad again.
Remembering the reason why Zhao Jun slapped him on the way back, Ma Dafu immediately slapped him hard across the face.
As it turns out, no matter how much money Xiaobailong sold for, or how much money Zhao Jun gave to Ma Yang, Ma Yang's outcome was the same.
Ma Yang, who was pulled from the kang (a heated brick bed) to the ground, instantly cleared his eyes and immediately stopped mentioning the engagement.
But after breakfast this morning, Ma Yang still came to Yongfutun.
If you were a normal person, you'd be too embarrassed to go out with two handprints on your face.
But Ma Yang was different. He thought to himself that he was a millionaire and one of the top ten richest people in Yong'an as he walked toward Hu Lina's house.
Qian Zhuang's courage was emboldened; in the past, Ma Yang would never have dared to come to his door like this.
But now, Ma Yang's entire demeanor is completely different from before.
As Ma Yang approached Hu Lina's house, Hu Lina's younger brother, Hu Famin, ran out of the yard with a net, the little boy going to catch butterflies with his friends.
The two bumped into each other outside the courtyard. Hu Famin stopped and looked at Ma Yang, instantly recognizing the man who had once beaten him in a contest.
Then, Hu Famin recalled his sister's evaluation of this person and immediately called out, "Ma Erlengzi!"
These days, forestry workers all receive wages, and their conditions are much better than those of farmers.
Therefore, there are two situations regarding schooling for children in forest areas. One is that they want to learn and are diligent in their studies, and their families will definitely do everything they can to support their education. However, due to the backwardness of education in forest areas, very few students from these areas can get into high school or vocational school.
The second type is children whose minds are not on studying at all, and whose families don't force them to. They find a way out for their children early on, such as learning a trade, taking over their parents' jobs, or finding them employment, so that they never waste their time at school.
This resulted in Ma Yang becoming the only student at Yong'an Middle School who didn't study hard and just coasted around at school.
It would be one thing if this kid didn't study, but the problem is that he just sits there all day with a blank look in his eyes, and I don't know what he's thinking about.
When the teacher calls on him to answer questions, he never responds. Sometimes, he seems to be lost in thought and will chuckle foolishly in class, often disrupting the teacher's lecture.
As time went on, his classmates gave him the nickname "Ma Erlengzi" (meaning "foolish Ma").
Ma Yang deeply resented this nickname. He would curse anyone who called him that.
However, Ma Yang didn't utter a single curse word when facing Hu Famin. Because at that moment, Ma Yang thought of Zhao Jun and the care Zhao Jun had shown him, and thought to himself, "I have to be good to my brother-in-law too."
Thinking of this, Ma Yang bent down, placed his hands on his knees, and looked at Hu Famin at eye level, and said with a smile, "Your name is Hu Famin, right?"
The large face with two handprints on its sides came closer to him, and Hu Famin subconsciously took a step back.
Just then, Hu Lina's voice came from inside the courtyard: "Little brother, come here!"
Hearing his sister's voice, Hu Famin turned and ran back. Hu Lina, who had just left the courtyard, pulled Hu Famin to her side and whispered, "Why are you paying attention to him? Didn't I tell you last time, if you see him again, stay away from him!"
Ma Yang didn't hear what Hu Lina said. He was about to speak with a silly grin on his face when he heard a voice from behind him: "Ma Yang, what are you doing in our village?"
Ma Yang turned around and saw that the person who came was Liu Nannan, who sat in front of Hu Lina.
As Liu Nannan walked, she looked Ma Yang up and down and laughed, "What's wrong? Did your dad hit you again?"
Hearing Liu Nannan's words, Hu Lina covered her mouth and chuckled.
Ma Yang didn't feel embarrassed at all, and only said, "I...I'm like that, it's not what you think."
"What do you mean it's not what I think?" Liu Nannan raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"
"Do you think I know what you're thinking?" Ma Yang smiled and took two steps closer to Liu Nannan. "Do you think I've done something wrong again and my dad hit me again?"
"Do I need to think that?" Liu Nannan laughed and said, "Who in our school doesn't know? Your dad always beats you with a triangular belt, and he beats you so badly that you can't even get out of bed."
Ma Yang: "..."
Hearing Hu Lina burst out laughing, Ma Yang, feeling humiliated, gritted his teeth and squeezed out three words: "Li Ruhai".
But thinking that now was not the time to argue with Li Ruhai, Ma Yang said to Liu Nannan, "It really wasn't me who made a mistake today. Let me tell you, Liu Nannan, this time I'm really going to make it big."
Upon hearing this, Liu Nannan looked Ma Yang up and down again. This kid had a handprint on one side of his face, and he didn't look like he was doing well at all.
At this moment, Hu Lina stepped forward and pulled Liu Nannan, saying, "Nannan, let's ignore him and go to school quickly."
Seeing that Hu Lina was about to leave, Ma Yang hurriedly said, "Um... um... Hu... um, I have money, forty-five thousand!"
As soon as Ma Yang said this, Hu Lina and Liu Nannan stopped in their tracks and turned to look at him.
It wasn't that the two girls were greedy for money; rather, they wanted to see if Ma Yang was truly insane.
"Really!" Ma Yang exclaimed, "That day I was up the mountain with my brother-in-law, and I kicked him..."
“You’ve just stepped on a seedling of a scoundrel.” Liu Nannan suddenly chimed in, catching Ma Yang off guard.
Then, Liu Nannan said with a smile, "If you sell it for a thousand yuan, your brother-in-law will give you four hundred and fifty. You can brag to everyone that your brother-in-law gave you forty-five thousand yuan."
At this point, seeing Ma Yang standing there stunned, Liu Nannan assumed that she had hit the nail on the head, so she immediately pointed at Ma Yang and asked, "Is that what happened?"
Ma Yang was a little confused. He nodded subconsciously, but then realized what was going on and hurriedly said, "That's how it is, but it did sell for 100,000 yuan, and then my brother-in-law..."
"Don't call him your brother-in-law!" Liu Nannan interrupted Ma Yang again, waving her hand with a smile and glancing at Ma Yang disdainfully. She said, "Yesterday, Li Ruhai came down late and told my dad and Hu Lina's dad at the convenience store. He said that the club sells for a thousand yuan, and he'll give you four hundred and fifty. You were so happy that you almost went crazy with joy."
At the end of May, the days are longer and the weather is warmer. After dinner, everyone likes to gather at the convenience store or in front of someone's house to chat.
Li Ruhai arrived at Yongfu Village at 7 PM yesterday. As for Yongli Village and Yongsheng Village, no one knows why he didn't go there.
As Hu Lina and Liu Nannan walked eastward with their schoolbags on their backs, Ma Yang stamped his feet and shouted from behind, "Li Ruhai is talking nonsense, don't believe him, it really is 45,000!"
"You're kidding me." Liu Nannan turned around and laughed, "Li Ruhai never lies."
Ma Yang: "..."
……
As Ma Yang sat down in frustration outside Hu Lina's yard, Zhao Jun and his group of twelve people in three cars had already driven out of the small town of Shulan.
Zhao Jun personally drove the jeep in front, with Zhao Jinhui in the passenger seat, and Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, and Xing San in the back row from left to right.
Jie Chen drove the Jiefang truck at the rear, with Li Baoyu in the passenger seat. In this way, the two trucks belonging to the Zhao family protected the Santana carrying Lin Guodong and the other four people in the middle.
After traveling more than ten miles out of the city, we passed a small village. On both sides of the road ahead, there were birch forests.
At this moment, Zhao Jun, who was driving the way, became extremely vigilant, because according to Lin Guodong and the others, they had encountered robbers here yesterday.
After driving for more than a mile, Zhao Jun suddenly saw a mule cart lying across the middle of the road ahead.
A mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey. If it looks like a horse, it is called a horse mule; if it looks like a donkey, it is called a donkey mule.
The animal pulling the cart in front of me is a mule, which looks very much like a donkey. However, the mule's color follows the coat color of its parent horse, which distinguishes it from donkeys, which are mainly black and gray.
The brown mule blocking the road was grazing in the middle of the road with a hay bag hanging from its head.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun honked the horn twice. Upon hearing this, the mule tried to pull on the reins, but the reins were attached to a thick hemp rope, which was tied to a large rock in front of the mule.
"Something's not right!" Zhao Jun sensed something was amiss when he saw the mule cart blocking the middle of the road. The appearance of the mule cart was too strange, and there was no one driving the mules around.
The road was already narrow, with mules and carts blocking the way. If Zhao's army wanted to pass through from either side, they would have to drive their carts off the road.
Zhao Jun made a decisive decision. He immediately honked twice to warn the car behind him, then slowed down and prepared to switch to the right lane to go around the mule cart.
Just as Zhao Jun slowed down, a group of people rushed out from the birch forests on both sides of the road.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people and mule carts formed a long line, blocking the road.
Most of these people were carrying spears, but only two of them were armed; one held a No. 16 rifle and the other held a No. 32 rifle.
With guns pointed at the jeep, Zhao Jun quickly swerved the steering wheel.
Just then, a gunshot rang out in mid-air, and ten bandits shouted in unison, "Get out of the car!"
Zhao Jun braked and stopped. At this moment, the jeep was blocking the middle of the road, and the Santana and Jiefang trucks behind it all stopped.
At that moment, the Jiefang truck also honked its horn. It turned out that eight men carrying spearguns had rushed onto the road from both sides of the road behind the Jiefang truck.
"Damn it!" Lin Guodong exclaimed in the Santana, "We've run into them again!"
At this moment, Zhao Jun was about ten meters away from the bandits beside the mule cart. Zhao Jun drew his Type 54 pistol and said to his companions in the cart, "No need to hold back, just go for it!"
This was no time for soft-heartedness. Zhao Jun would never allow himself to be robbed, much less be tied to a tree and suffer all night. With the letter of introduction from the Yongxing Brigade and the other side being hardened highwaymen, there was nothing to hesitate about; he'd just do it!
"Jinhui, get out later!" Zhao Jun shouted to Zhao Jinhui in the passenger seat as he pushed open the car door.
After the cart was turned sideways, its right side faced the mule cart and the robbers. Sitting in the front and back seats on the right were Zhao Jinhui and Xing San, respectively. Zhao Jinhui was young and inexperienced, so Zhao Jun dared not let him rush forward.
Zhao Jinhui obeyed, but at that moment Xing San, who was sitting behind him, shouted to Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, don't go forward!"
After the old man finished speaking, he got out of the car, holding a gun in one hand and a knife in the other.
Xing San got out of the car quickly, and as soon as he appeared, one of the robbers across the street shouted, "It's Uncle San! Brothers, run!"
In an instant, the fourteen men who had blocked Zhao Jun's path scattered like birds and beasts.
In the blink of an eye, these people left the road and disappeared into the woods on both sides, leaving behind only a bewildered mule.
(End of this chapter)