sinovels Chapter 1885 Zhao Youcai: Won't this interfere with my tiger-hunting?
Chapter 1885 Zhao Youcai: Won't this interfere with my tiger-hunting?
Chapter 1885 Zhao Youcai: Won't this interfere with my tiger-hunting?
Urged on by Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei rushed out the door without even washing the dishes and chopsticks that Wang Qiang and the other two had used.
As soon as Wang Meilan stepped out of the house, she glared at Zhao Youcai and said irritably, "Why are you rushing me? Why are you rushing me for what?"
"Just finish eating and leave, stop dawdling," Zhao Youcai muttered under his breath, his voice getting softer and softer. Zhao Weipeng glanced at him but didn't dare to say anything, only keeping his head down and fiddling with his camera.
Wang Meilan led a group of people to Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng, then turned to the crowd and said, "Let's go out and get in the car. Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, Sister Sun, Xuemei, you guys take the jeep. And Xiaomei..."
Wang Meilan was about to ask Jin Xiaomei to sit with her in the passenger seat of the Jiefang truck when Zhao Youcai interrupted her, asking in a stiff tone, "You're still riding in the truck?"
As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, more than a dozen women, young and old, looked at him, making Zhao Youcai feel immense pressure.
"If I don't take a car, how are we going to get there?" Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai and said, "Are you thinking we're going to Yongsheng?"
"Where are you going?" Zhao Youcai asked. Wang Meilan replied, "We'll go up West Mountain first and recruit a few more people."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan led her people out, and Zhao Youcai had no choice but to follow the group.
“My dear daughter,” Wang Meilan said to Ma Ling as they walked, “I was thinking of reminding Mom later so I can call your brother-in-law and ask him to find someone to install a phone in Xishan.”
“Okay, Mom, I got it.” Ma Ling replied. Zhao Youcai was about to ask who would pay for the phone when Wang Qiang chimed in with a laugh, “It’s fine to install a phone in Xishan. We can start fighting after that. My sister can just make one call and they’ll have it installed.”
"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing Wang Qiang's words.
Zhao Youcai pursed his lips, knowing that this was not the right time for him to express his opinion.
The Zhao family's courtyard was indeed large; it took the group more than a minute to walk to the storeroom.
At that moment, eight women walked towards the east side of the crossroad outside the compound. Four of them had haggard faces and red eyes.
The leader of the eight was Li Meijuan, Han Shengli's wife. The seven people following her were Su Guixiang, Han Wenxue's wife; Meng Xiuqin, Pang Zhihua's wife; and Liu Shufang, the wife of Zhao Wenliang, a member of the Pang family.
The remaining four were relatives of Su Guixiang, Meng Xiuqin, and Liu Shufang; they came to support the three of them.
As the eight people approached the gate, Li Meijuan pointed ahead to the gate with its large red lanterns hanging high, and said, "This is the Zhao family's house!"
After saying this, Li Meijuan took two quick steps forward, pointed towards the door, and shouted, "Is anyone from the Zhao family here...?"
As she uttered the last word, Li Meijuan saw Wang Meilan walking out of the courtyard.
Li Meijuan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously took two steps back. This step brought her right in front of Su Guixiang and the others.
"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" As soon as Su Guixiang said this, she saw Wang Meilan, who was exuding a powerful aura, and a group of men, women, and children behind her who looked like they were not to be trifled with.
As a junior, Li Tongyun was originally at the back. But seeing that the women opposite her seemed to have ill intentions, she squeezed through Ma Ling and Liu Mei, and then pushed aside Xu Chunyan and Yang Yufeng.
Finally, Li Tongyun gently supported Zhao Laotai's arm, making way for her, before she came to Wang Meilan's side.
"Isn't this Xiuqin?" They are all family members of the same forest farm, so even if they have never met, they know each other.
Of the eight people, Wang Meilan was an old acquaintance of both Li Meijuan and Meng Xiuqin. She ignored Li Meijuan and greeted Meng Xiuqin instead.
"Sister Lan." Meng Xiuqin stepped forward, her eyes brimming with tears as she stared at Wang Meilan, her voice trembling with sobs, "Please talk to your son and ask him to release my Pang Zhihua."
"And my son Han Wenxue!" Su Guixiang quickly added, while Li Meijuan and Liu Shufang also pleaded with Wang Meilan.
"Come on, stop arguing and listen to me first." Wang Meilan interrupted the group of women who were talking at once. Li Meijuan and the others looked at Wang Meilan expectantly.
Previously, Han Shengli was tied up by the forest ranger for half a day and a night. It was Li Meijuan who came to Yong'an to ask Wang Cuihua to intercede on his behalf, which allowed Han Shengli to return home safely.
Today, Li Meijuan brought people again, still wanting the Zhao family to release the people.
There's no way around it; the women in the forest area only learned a few characters during the literacy campaigns they participated in back then. Getting them to understand the law is a different story.
At this moment, Wang Meilan called out names one by one, saying, "Xiuqin is from Pang Zhihua's family, and Li Meijuan is from Han Shengli's family."
After calling out the names of these two people, Wang Meilan looked at the others and frowned, saying, "You all look flustered, but we haven't had any contact before. Whose family are you all from?"
“My husband is Han Wenxue.” These were the words of Su Guixiang. As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Shufang quickly added, “My child’s father is Zhao Wenliang.”
"Ah!" Wang Meilan nodded, then asked the other four women, "And what about you?"
“I’m from Tan Jiuzhong’s family,” a woman said. Wang Meilan frowned, and Zhao Youcai chimed in from behind, “Isn’t Tan Jiuzhong the forestry farm accountant?”
Although Zhao Youcai was the nominal head of the family, he couldn't argue with a group of old women who came to negotiate, so he stayed behind with Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu, and Xie Chen to keep watch.
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Wang Meilan was taken aback. She had heard that those arrested, apart from Han Shengli and Liu Gensheng, were all herders. How did a perfectly good forestry accountant get involved here?
Just then, Li Ruhai pushed past Li Tongyun and approached Wang Meilan, explaining to her, "Auntie, this aunt of Accountant Tan's is Zhao Wenliang's second sister. And he also has an older sister who married into Liuxiang Village in the north."
Leaving aside the distant past, Li Ruhai knew everything about the people in these four residential areas, from the elderly to the very young, regardless of gender. He knew their names, occupations, and interpersonal relationships.
Next, Li Ruhai quickly introduced three more women to Wang Meilan.
After the introductions, Li Ruhai retreated back into the crowd, standing next to Li Baoyu. He knew that even if a fight broke out, it wouldn't be his turn to make a move. Although he enjoyed being surrounded by women, he couldn't afford to fight with one.
Upon learning from Li Ruhai that these eight women were relatives of Han Shengli and his group of four, Wang Meilan nodded and said, "Alright, it's good that you're here. Otherwise, I was going to look for you."
After saying this, Wang Meilan raised her right hand and counted on her fingers: "Han Shengli, Han Wenxue, Pang Zhihua, and that... Zhao Wenliang, those four followed Pang Gaoming for most of the night, carrying big sticks..."
At this point, Wang Meilan paused slightly, then pointed at Li Meijuan and said, "Especially your Han Shengli, who was carrying a gun, and several people wanted to raid the shack where my son and his family lived, saying they would break their arms and legs."
At this moment, Wang Meilan glared at them and asked, "Are you men from these families really inhuman? Is this how you do things?"
Wang Meilan's words were blunt, but Li Meijuan and the other three didn't care about being angry and pleaded with her.
"Sister Lan, my Pang Zhihua is a monster, but he's going to jail. What are we going to do?"
“Aunt Zhao, you should talk to your son and ask him to release my Han Wenxue. He definitely won’t dare to do it again.”
……
Those relatives then subjected Wang Meilan to a moral blackmail.
"Auntie, we're all from the same forest area, what's going on here? It's not like we're in the same boat."
"Exactly, if we do this, will we ever see each other again?"
"If that doesn't work, we'll chip in and compensate you two."
Hearing this, Wang Meilan felt a surge of anger and immediately said, "Alright! Alright! Let's not say anything more. I'm telling you, Han Shengli and Pang Gaoming have been sent to the local police station by the security team."
This matter isn't under the jurisdiction of the farm, and my son's opinion doesn't count. It's no use you contacting my family.
"Sent to the police station?" Upon hearing this, Su Guixiang looked incredulous and shouted at Wang Meilan, "Then my Han Xue will be in jail!"
"I don't know," Wang Meilan shook her head and said, "The verdict is up to the police."
Hearing Wang Meilan's words, Su Guixiang and the others felt as if the sky had fallen. In their minds, going to the police station was equivalent to going to prison, or as they called it, "being locked up in jail."
"Wang Meilan!" Li Meijuan shouted, her face contorted with rage, pointing at Wang Meilan and yelling, "Your family is utterly inhuman! What are you doing, sending us fences like that?"
"Oh dear!" Just as Wang Meilan was about to speak in response to Li Meijuan's accusations, she heard Liu Shufen shout, then cry out, "The Zhao family is bullying us! They're trying to drive our family to our deaths! The farm doesn't care at all; the Party Secretary and the Farm Manager are all in cahoots with them!"
As soon as Liu Shufen shouted, people immediately came out of the house across the street.
Hearing this, Wang Meilan was furious. How could this woman be reasonable? Her husband had broken the law, and not only did she turn around and blame him, she even dragged Zhou Chunming into this mess.
"Auntie!" Just then, Li Tongyun said to Wang Meilan, "What are you looking at? Let's beat them up!"
"Oh!" Wang Meilan was still too kind-hearted. She thought of causing trouble at Lao Pang's house, but she didn't think of hitting these women. But with Li Tongyun's reminder, Wang Meilan realized her mistake.
Yeah, I could beat them up!
Wang Meilan's mind raced, but Li Tongyun had no idea what she was thinking. Seeing that Wang Meilan remained silent, Li Tongyun said, "Auntie, let's use them as a sacrifice for the flag!"
"What?" Wang Meilan was unfamiliar with the words that Li Tongyun uttered, but in the short time she was stunned, Li Tongyun and Xie Sunshi had already charged out.
"Go to hell!" Li Tongyun kicked Liu Shufen with all her might. The woman's wailing earlier had left Li Tongyun with absolutely no good impression of her, so this kick was delivered with malice!
"Ah!" Liu Shufen screamed, her wailing abruptly stopped, as Li Tongyun kicked her two meters away.
As Li Tongyun landed, Xie Sunshi struck Meng Xiuqin twice in the face with her left and right fists.
Meng Xiuqin let out a muffled groan, and without even staggering or swaying, she collapsed to the ground.
"You old hag, you hit me!" Seeing Xie Sunshi hitting Meng Xiuqin, Li Meijuan rushed over and grabbed Xie Sunshi's head by the hairline.
Sun was in pain and was about to retaliate when Li Meijuan was kicked to the ground by Li Tongyun.
Feeling a sudden relief on her head, Jie Sunshi disregarded what was behind her and swung both fists to the right, colliding with Su Guixiang's outstretched hand.
Su Guixiang wanted to scratch Xie Sunshi, but when her palm and wrist touched Xie Sunshi's fist, she suddenly felt as if her hand was not her own.
Before Su Guixiang could scream, Xie Sunshi punched her in the nose.
The punch caused blood to gushed from Su Guixiang's nose, and she became dizzy and fell backward to the ground.
No sooner said than done.
Jie Sunshi and Li Tongyun took action, kicking and punching down four people, and the remaining four relatives and friends immediately became obedient.
But at that moment, Wang Meilan realized what was happening. She waved her hand and shouted, "Go!"
After saying that, Wang Meilan led her people and rushed over.
A true expert's skill is immediately apparent. It was clear that Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei had never fought before; they were clumsy and awkward in their movements, unlike Xie Sunshi and Li Tongyun, who were steady, precise, and ruthless.
But there's strength in numbers. Even the old lady joined in, and the two or three of them worked together to give Li Meijuan and the other eight a good beating.
By this time, more than twenty onlookers had gathered around. These were all people from Yong'an, including men, women, children, and even those carrying babies.
They watched and discussed it as they went.
"Why is the Zhao family getting into a fight again?"
"Yeah, right." A woman said with a sneer, "How many battles has his family fought in a year?"
"Keep your voice down, or Tiger Mom will hit you."
Upon hearing this, the woman secretly glanced at Sun and saw that Sun was hitting someone, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
……
As the battle ended, cries and sobs echoed in front of the Zhao family's gate.
Li Meijuan and the other eight people were slumped on the ground, one with a bruised and swollen face, scratches on her face, and her hair a mess.
"Let me tell you!" Wang Meilan pointed at the group and said, "This isn't me bullying you! Anyone who says they're not good enough, don't blame me, I'll beat them up!"
Hearing Wang Meilan say this, Li Meijuan and the others cried even louder.
Just then, a voice came from behind the crowd of onlookers: "Excuse me, let me go over and see what's going on!"
The crowd of onlookers parted to both sides, and the village head, Zhao Guofeng, strode over.
When Zhao Guofeng saw the situation in front of the Zhao family compound, he felt a headache coming on.
Looking at the imposing Wang Meilan opposite him, Zhao Guofeng's headache worsened. Ever since Wang Meilan led a group to fight the Gu family last year, this woman had become wild.
She eats lavishly every day, with a bunch of people eating and drinking at home, and the villagers have a lot of complaints about her.
Thus, during the leadership transition election, the villagers used Li Ruhai to put pressure on Wang Meilan.
But things turned out differently. This woman didn't become the women's director of her own village, but instead went to Xishan Village and became the village head.
Then, she took even more unconventional approaches.
Several fierce battles that took place in Yong'an this year were all organized by her.
Upon seeing Zhao Guofeng arrive, Zhao Youcai hurriedly went to greet him.
"Guofeng," Zhao Youcai called out to him. Zhao Guofeng frowned and asked in a low voice, "Youcai, why does your family always seem to be fighting? If you keep doing this, won't it turn into a war?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai couldn't help but curl his lip, thinking to himself, "I don't want to fight, and this is affecting my tiger-hunting!"
I've inexplicably missed another chapter these past two days, and then last month, I took leave and missed four chapters. I'll start making up for it from tomorrow, at least two chapters tomorrow.
I should have taken supplements last month, but my kidney stones flared up again. I don't know why they keep recurring; I only had one last year.
The pain from the lithotripsy last time was so bad that I couldn't eat or sleep for several days. After the pain subsided, I suffered from a cold and gastroenteritis, and it's only in the last few days that I'm starting to feel better.