Chapter Thirty-Two: Dispersing Worries and Clouds

  The two of us charged into the group of thugs with momentum like a rainbow, like a tiger entering a pack of wolves. The fight was incredibly exhilarating. For us two specially trained soldiers, this group of civilians was basically just one punch to knock down.

  But two fists can't contend with four hands, a fierce tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. These guys fight without any rules, fiercely smashing and sweeping, even biting the feet of those who have been knocked down. So although in the end only the two of us were left standing proudly in the arena, we weren't unscathed either.

  Jīn gāng pào qíng kuàng yào hǎo yī diǎn, yīn wèi yìng qì gōng bà dào, suǒ yǐ chú le jiǎo bó zi bèi yī gè wú lài yǎo de xiān xuè lìn lìn zhī wài, hùn shàng xià xia kě suàn wán hǎo. Xiāng bǐ zhī xià, wǒ jiù cǎn le diǎn. Bì jìng wǒ shàn liáng de shì dào fǎ, ér zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng míng xiǎn de yě bú shì hé shì wǒ shǐ yòng dào fǎ. Zhī hǎo yòng yìng qì gōng chēng zhe sǐ gāi. Kě shì wǒ de yìng qì gōng bì jìng zhī nǎi le yī nián, gēn jīn gāng pào jiǎn běn bù zài yī gè dàng cì. Suǒ yǐ méi jǐ xià yùn de qì jiù bèi rén yòng tiě páo gěi pāi sǎn le. Zhī hǎo yǎo zhe yá chǐ nán gāi, dào zuì hòu bí zōng liǎn bù shuō, tóu shàng hái sǎi le yī tiě páo zhí liú xuè.

  "Who else doesn't accept it?" Jin Gang Pao's spirit was extremely excited, almost to the point of hysteria, as he shouted.

  The crowd that had gathered to watch ran away in a hurry, afraid that this furious man would charge at them. Only three or four women whose husbands had been beaten up rushed forward, shouting and trying to tear the man's clothes. He didn't hold back either, slapping each of them to the ground with one stroke.

  "A nagging woman is more detestable than a wicked man." The rough and unrefined Jin Gang Pao surprisingly uttered a famous quote.

  I think the commotion has died down, so I walked up and grabbed the branch secretary who was lying on the ground humming, scaring his wife and that daughter named Mei away. In the midst of all this, I took a glance at his daughter Mei, damn, she's ugly, almost scared me to death, what a mess.

  I turned my head and shouted at the surname Sun branch: "You listen clearly, if you dare to bully Lao Niu's family again, there will be no such thing! I don't want the 800,000 yuan you took from Lao Niu's house, just consider it as your medical expenses. To tell you the truth, not to mention 800,000, even 80 million I can afford, you are not worth me finding someone to destroy your family, you immediately arrange two good plots of land for Lao Niu's family, and also, connect the electricity for me right away!"

  I finished speaking and saw that this guy didn't make a sound, so I furiously shouted "If you pretend to be dead again, I'll cripple you with one kick!"

  This sentence worked, Sun Zhishu suddenly crawled up and ran into the yard, with his wife and daughter following closely behind. After entering, she turned around to close the door, but found that the gate had been removed by Jin Gang Cannon and thrown aside. With a awkward expression, she shrank her hand back and followed them in amidst the crowd's laughter. Hearing everyone laugh so happily, I guess Sun Zhishu's prestige in the village isn't great either.

  I turned around and rushed to the dozen or so people lying on the ground, told them a few words, asked them to find Sun Zhishu for medical expenses, and then dragged the swollen cannon out of the crowd.

  "Damn it, these running dogs!" The two of us walked to a deserted place, I wiped the blood all over my face and said angrily.

  "Lao Yu, thank you, hurry up, I'll drive and take you to get a package." Jin Gang Pao woke up from his earlier frenzy.

  "Never mind, this little injury won't kill you..." I comforted him, but in fact, I could feel that the wound on my head was very big and blood was gushing out.

  The two of us were walking and talking, but before we even reached his house, I saw his parents and that silly older brother rushing over. "San Niu, you've gotten yourself into big trouble!" I reckon someone who was watching the commotion must have notified his family.

  "Don't worry, Dad, Sun's family won't dare to bully us again." Jin Gang Pao turned around and said to his older brother: "Big Brother, go to Shi Wo Zi and call back my second brother."

  "Good boy, what's wrong with you? Why is there so much blood on your head?" His mom looked at the wound on my head with concern.

  "It's okay, it's okay, let's go back." I chuckled and pretended to be relaxed, not wanting the old man to worry about me.

  "It's all been said, let's talk about it when we get back." The old man of the cannon pinched the cigarette butt in his mouth with his thumb and index finger. I took a look, it was terrible, his entire right hand only had these two fingers left, his index finger was still straight and couldn't bend.

  Back at Jin Gang Pao's home, a basin in the kitchen was filled with hot water, and inside it was an old hen that had just been killed. On the ground was a pile of chicken feathers. I glanced over at the chicken coop next to the stove, which was now empty, but surprisingly still had one egg left inside.

  I couldn't help but feel a pang in my nose, oh, this family was so poor that they even killed their mother hen to treat me. Good people, good people. Jin Gang Pao kept pulling me to get bandaged, I just didn't go, until finally his mom tore off the mosquito net from the kang and wrapped it tightly around my head a few times.

  "Lao Yu, where did you get so much money from?" Jin Gang Pao asked me.

  "What's so expensive?" I didn't react in time.

  "Didn't you say you had 80 million?"

  "That was just bragging, if you don't exaggerate a bit, he'll think you're easy to bully. People like that need to be intimidated." I adjusted the mosquito net on my head with my hand, his mom had helped me tie it too tightly, covering half of my eyes, making it hard to see things clearly.

  "Besides, he didn't take eighty thousand from us, only forty thousand. You remembered it wrong." Jīn Gāng Pào handed me a cup of water, I had lost a lot of blood and always felt thirsty. Although drinking water would dilute the blood and make it flow out faster, but with this small wound, I estimated it wouldn't be a big problem.

  I took a sip of water and drank it all in one gulp. "I said that on purpose, let those dog legs go with him."

  "Hey, those people are not easy to mess with..." Jin Gang Pao Lao Die crouched on the threshold, smoking a cigarette and looking very worried.

  "Dad, I'm back." Just as he was speaking, the two older brothers of Jin Gang Pao entered the door, one after another. "Mom, we're having chicken today, and I want a drumstick." It seems that this older brother of Jin Gang Pao is even more foolish than the second brother.

  "Dad, this is the wages given by the accountant," said Er Niu, throwing a black handbag onto the kang, and then grabbed a ladle to scoop water from the water tank to drink.

  "What, you've been looking at it all day and still getting paid?" The old man grabbed the bag and opened it with a rustling sound, but was immediately stunned. Jin Gang saw that things were not going well, so he quickly grabbed the bag from his father's hand and turned it over, and out came bundles of cash. There were exactly twenty bundles.

  The two cows finished drinking water and wiped their mouths with their sleeves. "Dad, when I came back, I saw Cui Lianzhang carrying a ladder to the power house. I asked him what he was doing, and he said it was for us to get electricity. It's great, we can watch TV again." Only then did I notice that on the table in front of the kang, besides some miscellaneous items, there was also a 14-inch black-and-white TV set.

  I and Jin Gang Cannon shared a hearty laugh, haha, this trick really works! He didn't even return the money, I'm even more at ease now. As long as he took our money, it's impossible for him to go to the police station to accuse me and Jin Gang Cannon of intentional harm. After all, I'm still in the army, if things get out of hand, it won't be easy to clean up. Until this moment, the gloomy clouds hovering above this old small grass house finally dispersed completely. Ha, today's weather is really great!

  The lunch was sumptuous, with stewed chicken, fried cicadas, pan-fried fish, and mushroom soup... I reckon Big Cow and Second Cow are not idle at home either, they can catch fish and cicadas. I took out the Feitian Maotai I brought for Old Master and made an exception to drink a few cups with him and Golden Gun, soon my face turned red. This stuff is so spicy it's deadly, why does it have to be several hundred yuan?

  "Come on, let's eat chicken." The mother of Jin Gang Cannon brought the stewed chicken in front of me, and Da Niu Er Niu stared at me with wide eyes. I reached out and tore off two chicken legs, giving one to each of them. As soon as I thought of the hen laying eggs before it died, I felt a pang of sadness and didn't want to eat it. Just as I picked up my cup to take a drink, I heard the sound of a car stopping outside the door.

  "Does Niu Zhenren live here?"

  "It's Director Li from Yuqing Garden, what brings you home." Jin Gang put down the wine cup in his hand and went out to greet him.

  I don't know what Jin Gang Pao said to Director Li outside, but soon Jin Gang Pao came in and said "Old Yu, come out for a moment."

  I put down my chopsticks and followed Jin Gang Pao out.

  "Is that the senior brother you were talking about?" Director Li looked at me with an incredulous face. No wonder others look down on me, I don't even mention my bruised nose and swollen face, but also have a mosquito net wrapped around my head, looking like an Indian beggar at first glance.

  "What's up with you?" I asked bluntly.

  "How dare you ask me what's going on? Ask your junior brother, he knows all about it." Director Li was also emotionally unstable.

  "What you're talking about is probably about moving graves." I replied.

  "What else can I do? The tomb owner has been urging me and I don't even dare to go to the office. This junior brother of yours took the money and didn't even answer the phone." Director Li also seemed to be in a hurry.

  "I'll go and take care of it right away, you go back and wait for my news," I said.

  "I'm giving you three days, if not I'll call the police." This guy is getting more and more outrageous. Probably saw the actual situation of our family and thought we were scammers.

  "Old cow, return the money to him, we're done." I was furious.

  "You're thinking of quitting now? Too late. Look at the good deed you've done. What kind of place did you choose, anyway?"

  "It's just three days, go back and wait." I turned around and pulled Jin Gang Cannon into the house. I walked through the doorway and turned my head again "Director Li, haven't you been having stomach problems lately? Go to the hospital for a check-up, in case it gets serious." I wasn't scaring him, his stomach was showing severe black Qi.

  "It's either a tumor or cancer." Jin Gang cannon added with a pretended serious tone.