sinovels Chapter 1960 A Great Battle Is Imminent, Baoyu Is Ridiculed
Chapter 1960 A Great Battle Is Imminent, Baoyu Is Ridiculed
Chapter 1960 A Great Battle Is Imminent, Baoyu Is Ridiculed
"I've got it! I've got it!" Li Ruhai left the convenience store, grabbed the leopard-skin pillow, and ran off, completely forgetting about his "bedwetting brother."
But as Li Ruhai ran past a farmhouse, he suddenly stopped abruptly.
Immediately afterwards, Li Ruhai took a few steps back until he reached the front of the courtyard.
At this moment, four women were standing in the courtyard, drying ferns outside.
In Northeast China, dried vegetables are usually prepared after the start of autumn, but by then the bracken fern is no longer good.
Seeing Li Ruhai looking into the courtyard, a hunchbacked old woman in her sixties asked him, "Young man, who are you looking for?"
“I’m not looking for anyone, Grandma. I’m just taking a stroll. Um… I’m not a bad person. I came from Yong’an to hunt wolves for our forest farm…” Li Ruhai walked into the courtyard with a smile. After a few simple words, Li Ruhai started chatting with the four women.
Two minutes later, laughter filled the courtyard, growing louder and louder. Then, Li Ruhai steered the conversation towards Shen Qiushan.
However, the boy was very clever. He first subtly inquired about Shen Qiushan's family situation, and while confirming the location of Shen Qiushan's house, he also probed to find out that none of the people in front of him had Shen Qiushan's relatives or friends.
This is very important; criticizing someone in front of relatives and friends can easily lead to a beating. Li Ruhai, having been in the business for many years, is quite adept at handling such matters.
As Li Ruhai recounted what he had overheard at the small shop about Shen Qiushan's affair, gasps of surprise rang out in the courtyard. The young wives, old women, and grandmothers all stared wide-eyed, their eyes gleaming.
And so, Li Ruhai wandered around the residential area for the entire afternoon. Of the two hundred or so households in this area, about a third of the families knew about Shen Qiushan's scandalous affair.
When Li Ruhai dashed out of the residential area, the entire area was in turmoil, and the news spread rapidly.
At this time, Shen Qiushan was still leading his men to search for the Zhao family gang in the mountains.
They hadn't eaten anything since leaving home that morning, and their legs were trembling. But Shen Qiushan was now blinded by rage and desperately wanted to find the Zhao family gang.
……
"Why are you only getting back now?" Ma Yang shouted at Li Ruhai, who had run out of the Lushuihe Forestry Farm guesthouse, "Where have you been causing trouble?"
Li Ruhai glanced at Ma Yang but ignored the kid.
In Li Ruhai's eyes, if his brother Li Baoyu was a brute, then Ma Yang was a complete scoundrel. As for himself, a cultured man, he couldn't reason with such a person; he figured someone tough would deal with him later.
Ma Yang's voice drifted into the room, and as soon as the voice faded, Li Ruhai had already entered the outer room.
"Brother Chen, Brother Hui'er." As soon as Li Ruhai entered the room, he saw Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui smoking in the outer room, and he greeted them politely.
“Ru Hai is back, that’s perfect.” Jie Chen said, “Around 5:30, Section Chief Liu will come to pick us up, and then we’ll go to the canteen for lunch.”
There are rules for all of this. Today, we're having a celebration banquet for the Zhao family gang, and the venue is still the canteen. But the Zhao family gang members can't go on their own; someone from Lushuihe has to pick them up.
Since Zhao Jun was only a deputy group leader in Yong'an, it was not appropriate for the secretary and farm manager of Lushuihe to come and pick him up. Liu Yanshuang, as the head of the security section, was the perfect candidate.
Similarly, the Zhao family didn't rush to leave while carrying the ginseng king; all members attended the celebration, also to follow the rules.
In these days, travel is slow, and communication and phone calls are not easy. A single separation may mean never seeing each other again for a lifetime.
Even so, the feelings between people are especially genuine at this time.
The secretary and director of Lushuihe Farm both attended this celebration meeting. They also know that there are eleven people in your Zhao family gang, young and old. It wouldn't be the same if even one person were missing today!
"Hey!" At that moment, Zhao Jinhui noticed the leopard-skin pillow that Li Ruhai was carrying under his arm: "Ruhai, what's that thing you're holding?"
"Ah..." Li Ruhai smiled, took the leopard skin pillow in his hand, and said, "This is a leopard skin pillow."
"A leopard-skin pillow?" Upon hearing these words, Zhao Jinhui hurriedly went forward to check, and at the same time, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu came out of the room.
"Oh my!" Zhao Jun picked up the leopard-skin pillow and examined it closely. Li Baoyu and Xie Chen leaned over to look at it.
"Ruhai, how much did you pay for it?" Zhao Jun asked. Li Ruhai smiled and said, "The auntie didn't want any money, but I threw in fifty."
“Yes, Ru Hai.” Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun praised, “You did the right thing.”
This leopard-skin pillow might be worthless in other people's hands, but in the hands of the Zhao family, it's something that ordinary people can't afford.
While selling goods is a skill in itself, one shouldn't take other people's things for free.
"Brother Jun!" Zhao Jinhui looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Shouldn't we sell this pillow to my dad?"
Not only do outsiders want to buy this, but there are also people within the Zhao family gang who are eyeing it.
“Jin Hui, this isn’t up to me,” Zhao Jun said. “This isn’t something from our Zhao family gang; it was taken by Ren Ruhai himself.”
After saying that, Zhao Jun stuffed the leopard-skin pillow back into Li Ruhai's arms.
Seeing Zhao Jinhui looking at him, Li Ruhai grinned and said, "Brother Hui, this pillow isn't cheap."
Zhao Jinhui was taken aback upon hearing this, and stared at him, saying, "From what you're saying, it sounds like you're going to kill me!"
The onlookers chuckled softly, and Li Ruhai said with a smile, "Brother Hui'er, don't underestimate this pillow. It has a history."
"History?" Zhao Jinhui was taken aback. Li Ruhai nodded and said, "This pillow was researched by Empress Wei of the Tang Dynasty and was specially used to ward off evil spirits."
No wonder he's the top salesman in the Zhao family gang; Li Ruhai grasped the selling point in just one sentence.
"Avoid evil spirits?" At this moment, not only Zhao Jinhui was confused, but Zhao Jun and the others were also completely baffled.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Ma Yang couldn't stand Li Ruhai's smug look and interrupted, "You think a pillow can ward off evil spirits? That's pure bullshit."
“You know six!” Li Ruhai retorted to Ma Yang, then said to Zhao Jun and the others, “The aunt who sells my pillow, her grandmother’s family used to be very wealthy.”
When they heard Li Ruhai say "also," Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang both nodded subconsciously.
“Her grandmother has been prone to all sorts of strange things since she was a child, and she can’t sleep well every day. So her family gave her this pillow.” Li Ruhai said, “Now that she’s using it, she feels better.”
"Huh? Is this thing really that amazing?" Li Baoyu took the leopard-skin pillow with some skepticism. After examining it for a moment, he asked Li Ruhai, "Why did she sell such a good thing to you?"
“I…” Even though Li Ruhai was quick-witted and eloquent, he was speechless when faced with Li Baoyu’s question.
"Oh dear, fifty is quite a lot." At this moment, Wang Qiang spoke up for Li Ruhai, saying, "This pillow is only so big, and it's already so worn out. Who will she sell it to if she misses this opportunity?"
Upon hearing Wang Qiang's words, Li Baoyu exclaimed "Ah!" and nodded without giving it much thought.
Li Ruhai glanced at Li Baoyu guiltily, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Baoyu was not acting strangely.
This leopard-skin pillow was quite valuable, so Zhao Jun had Li Ruhai put it in a sack along with the steamed buns.
At this moment, Li Ruhai remembered the news he had heard in the family quarters and hurriedly said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, something terrible has happened."
"Tsk!" Zhao Jun frowned upon hearing this, and said with a hint of complaint, "Why do you suddenly make things so bad?"
"Brother, this is really bad," Li Ruhai said. "I heard from an old woman that her husband and his group of men have all been taken up the mountain by Shen Qiushan."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun frowned upon hearing this and asked, "Did they say what they went to do?"
"They said they went to find us!" Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, the Zhao family members' expressions all changed.
Just then, Li Ruhai added, "And I also heard that Shen Qiushan and his family went up the mountain to fix up the tree."
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Wang Qiang chuckled.
“Oh, my dear nephew,” Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, “he’s gotten angry because he knows he’s letting you have your way.”
In his previous life, Shen Qiushan boasted to Zhao Jun that he carried the Phoenix Ginseng King based on clues left by his father, only saying that he placed it in the mountains.
So when Zhao Jun heard Li Ruhai say that Shen Qiushan had led people into the mountains to look for them, he didn't expect that Shen Qiushan was after the Phoenix Ginseng King. Like Wang Qiang, he thought that Shen Qiushan was angry because he had been tricked.
"Alright." Zhao Jun pulled the rope, tightened the opening of the sack, and said, "Let's leave as soon as we finish breakfast tomorrow."
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, everyone responded enthusiastically.
……
When Liu Yanshuang came to invite the Zhao family to a banquet, Zhao Jun and others came out of the house. Zhao Jun pointed to the Liberation truck and said to Liu Yanshuang, "Section Chief Liu, let's get in the truck."
"Why are you getting on the bus?" Liu Yanshuang asked with a surprised look. "It's just a few steps away, it only takes two minutes to walk there."
In response to Liu Yanshuang's question, Zhao Jun pointed at Xing San and said, "My third uncle is a bit tired from going up the mountain and is complaining of leg pain. We'll drive there afterward and take those two dogs with us."
Liu Yanshuang couldn't refute Zhao Jun's excuse.
"Oh dear, sir." Liu Yanshuang stepped forward, grasped Xing San's hand, and said, "Your leg hurts terribly, doesn't it? Why don't you go to the infirmary?"
"No need, no need." Xing San shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this, saying, "It's an old ailment. I'll just rest for a few days when I get back."
Hearing Xing San's words, Liu Yanshuang felt very guilty and said, "Grandpa, you've suffered so much in the mountains for our forest farm."
His words made Xing San quite embarrassed. Seeing this, Zhao Jun quickly told everyone to get in the car.
And so, Li Baoyu drove, Xing Sanhe squeezed into the passenger seat with a sack of steamed buns and leopard-skin pillows, and the others and the two dogs sat in the back. They arrived at the canteen in less than two minutes.
Upon receiving the notification, the kitchen staff began preparations that afternoon. The food for today's celebratory banquet was also much more lavish than the meal served on the day they took over the Zhao family's business.
The meal lasted until after 8 p.m., and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely.
After returning the two dogs to Zhang Xudong and Liu Yanshuang, the Zhao family members drove to the guesthouse.
Back at the guesthouse, everyone checked their luggage and breathed a sigh of relief when they found that no one had come in.
What they didn't know was that Shen Qiushan and his group had just returned to the family quarters.
Before they could even part ways, they saw Li Guoliang returning after finishing his meal.
"Brother Liang," Shen Qiushan called to Li Guoliang, asking, "Where have you been all this time? Why are you only just getting back?"
"I was about to ask you that too," Li Guoliang said, walking up to Shen Qiushan and lowering his voice. "Zhao Jun and the others are back. What were you all doing?"
"You're back?" Upon hearing this, the members of the Shen family gang widened their eyes in disbelief.
"When did they get back?" Shen Qiushan asked loudly. Li Guoliang nudged him and said, "Keep your voice down, don't make a fuss. They got back at noon."
"They came back at noon? Where are they now?" Shen Qiushan asked again. Li Guoliang replied, "They went back to the guesthouse after they finished eating."
"I'm going to find them!" Shen Qiushan shouted, turning around to call for people to follow him.
"Qiu Shan!" Seeing this, Li Guoliang quickly grabbed Shen Qiu Shan and said, "Don't you dare do anything reckless! They've already killed the wolves for us, and Secretary Xu and Director Wang are extremely grateful to them. If you cause them trouble now, Secretary Xu will make you pay!"
"Qiu Shan won't do this," Shen Wanglin grabbed Shen Qiu Shan's arm and said, "We can't do anything reckless! We still have to stay here!"
As soon as Shen Wanglin finished speaking, Song Daikui and others stepped forward to persuade Shen Qiushan.
Shen Qiushan's eyes were bloodshot, a state comparable to Zhao Jun, who had lost everything in his previous life. Others might not know, but Shen Qiushan knew that the ginseng king his father had left him had been taken away by the Zhao family gang.
Given Shen Qiushan's personality, he wouldn't enjoy eating meat for the rest of his life unless he got that ginseng king back.
"What do you know!" Shen Qiushan jumped up and down, saying, "The great immortal boy my father left me, they carried him away!"
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Shen Qiushan in surprise, especially the ginseng-eating members of the Shen family gang. They hadn't expected Shen Qiushan to be so secretive. If the ginseng hadn't been taken away by the Zhao family gang, Shen Qiushan probably wouldn't have told them.
"Qiu Shan." Li Guoliang pressed down on Shen Qiu Shan's arm and said, "No matter what it is, you can't argue with them now."
Shen Qiushan looked at Li Guoliang, and then heard Li Guoliang continue, "Our Uncle Lin is right. If you're making a scene now, do you really not want to stay in this forest area anymore?"
Shen Qiushan's eyes widened as he struggled to free his arm from Li Guoliang's grip, exclaiming, "Brother Liang, that's the Great Immortal Child!"
“No children will do!” Li Guoliang said, “If you really can’t do it, you can wait until they leave the forest farm and then ambush them!”
"I..." Shen Qiushan wanted to say something, but Song Daikui said, "Qiushan, just listen to Guoliang. If it doesn't work, we'll go with you tomorrow!"
After Song Daikui finished speaking, he turned to look at the crowd. But at that moment, everyone looked away, avoiding Song Daikui's gaze.
These people aren't as reckless as Shen Qiushan and Song Da Kui. If they were to be robbed by the Zhao family, and Zhao Jun went back to the forest farm to complain to Xu Qingyan, and Xu Qingyan got angry, wouldn't they be finished?
Seeing everyone back down, Shen Qiushan gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Tomorrow morning, whoever comes with me to block the main road in front of the forest farm, we'll take that club down, sell it, and I'll give them ten thousand!"
"How much?" Everyone was startled when they heard this. They were not part of the Zhao family gang, and ten thousand yuan was an astronomical figure for them.
"Ten thousand!" Shen Qiushan held up one finger and shouted, "Whoever comes with me! I'll give them ten thousand!"
"I'll go!" Song Daikui was the first to respond, and then the others followed suit, saying they would stand with Shen Qiushan through thick and thin.
"Qiushan..." Finally, Li Guoliang whispered, "I want to go with you too."
……
The next morning, Shen Qiushan left home at around six o'clock, carrying a pickaxe handle.
At this moment, Song Daikui was already waiting outside.
"Shen Qiushan!" Wang Guixia chased after Shen Qiushan from inside the house and said, "I'll go with you!"
"What are you going to do?" Shen Qiushan asked irritably. Wang Guixia stiffened her neck and said, "I'm going to scratch them for you."
"You should go home now." Shen Qiushan nudged Wang Guixia with his hand, then waved to Song Daikui, and the two left.
Seeing that Shen Qiushan wouldn't lead her, Wang Guixia went back to her room dejectedly.
Just as she finished tidying up the house and was about to pick up a hoe and head to the fields to tend to the crops, her son came home crying.
Wang Guixia panicked when she saw the child crying.
“Eldest son, who did this to you? Mom’s going to find him!” These days, parents like this are rare.
"Mom!" Shen Zhigang cried, wiping away his tears. "Li Xiaohu and Bai Erbaozi said my dad was having an affair..."
These little kids don't understand things between men and women, but they know that having an affair isn't a good thing.
Upon hearing Shen Zhigang's words, Wang Guixia felt her head buzzing.
At this point, she ignored the child, picked up the hoe, and headed outside, intending to find Li Xiaohu and Bai Erbao to get some answers.
But as soon as Wang Guixia stepped outside, she immediately sensed something was wrong. Everyone she encountered that day was giving her strange looks.
Even worse, if she encounters more than one person at a time, those people will point at her back and whisper about her after she passes by.
Wang Guixia is old enough to understand everything, but when she saw the situation, she instantly lost her temper.
"I'm so pretty, Shen Qiushan!" Wang Guixia cursed, then grabbed her hoe and ran out of the forest.
As Wang Guixia ran out of the forest farm and sprinted along the main road, Zhao Jiabang got into the car with Zhang Xudong, Liu Yanshuang, and others seeing him off.
After bidding a final farewell to Zhang Xudong and others, Zhao Jiabang's Jiefang truck led the way, followed by a jeep, and the two vehicles slowly drove out of the forest farm.
Just outside the forest farm gate, before we even got on the road, we saw a five or six-year-old child running past us, chasing butterflies.
The car wasn't going very fast to begin with, and seeing this situation, Li Baoyu immediately stopped the car.
"My grandson! My grandson!" Just then, a little old lady dressed in black ran over from the other side of the road.
Seeing the truck stop, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief. When she looked at the truck, she saw Li Ruhai crammed into the passenger seat with Ma Yang.
"Oh, it's Xiao." The old lady recognized Li Ruhai, and then she saw Li Baoyu in the driver's seat.
Then, as if possessed, the old lady asked Li Ruhai, "Little one, is that your brother driving?"
"Huh?" Li Baoyu was taken aback and subconsciously turned to look at Li Ruhai.
Under Li Baoyu's gaze, Li Ruhai responded with a dry voice, saying, "Ah...ah."
At this moment, Li Baoyu looked at the little old lady in black again, wanting to see what she had to say.
When Li Baoyu turned around, he met the eyes of the old woman. Then, he saw her tilt her head back and laugh, "Hahahaha..."
Li Baoyu: "..."