sbdcsierra Chapter 1791 The Zhao Family Gang Gains New Equipment
Chapter 1791 The Zhao Family Gang Gains New Equipment
Chapter 1791 The Zhao Family Gang Gains New Equipment
When Zhao Jun saw Wang Cuihua and Ma Yang running towards him, he was a little surprised, thinking that his mother-in-law and brother-in-law had received news that he was going out and had come to see him off.
But then Zhao Youcai recognized Li Meijuan and quickly tugged at Zhao Jun.
"Huh?" Zhao Jun turned around and saw Zhao Youcai frantically winking at him. Zhao Youcai wanted to tell Zhao Jun that Li Meijuan was there to bail someone out. But the father and son didn't seem to have any chemistry, and Zhao Jun didn't react at all.
Seeing Zhao Jun's bewildered expression, Zhao Youcai winked at him, then led Wang Meilan to greet him.
"Mother-in-law!" Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan called out to Wang Cuihua in unison.
"In-law," Wang Cuihua responded, then looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Jun, where are you going? Up the mountain?"
"Okay!" Although Zhao Jun didn't know who Li Meijuan was, he didn't mention that he was about to go out in front of outsiders.
"Mom." Ma Ling went up to greet Wang Cuihua, but Wang Cuihua didn't have time to pay attention to her daughter. She just patted Ma Ling's arm and then pointed to Li Meijuan next to her and said to Zhao Jun, "Jun, this is my sworn sister. You have to call her Aunt Li."
"Ah." Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun hurriedly greeted Li Meijuan, calling her "Aunt Li."
While taking a closer look, Zhao Jun noticed that Li Meijuan's eyes were swollen, and he immediately assumed that Li Meijuan's family had encountered some difficulties.
At this moment, Wang Cuihua continued, "Jun, your Aunt Li, who is a man, said that your forest ranger team arrested her."
"What the hell?" Zhao Jun was taken aback, but then he saw Zhao Youcai winking at him, and Zhao Jun suddenly realized that this woman must be Han Shengli's wife.
Zhao Jun secretly glanced at his mother-in-law, only to see Wang Cuihua smiling and nodding to Wang Qiang, Zhao Ling, and the others.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun concluded that his mother-in-law did not know about Han Shengli's affair with Hei Hu. Li Meijuan did not mention the conflict between Han Shengli and Zhao Youcai when she came to beg her. Otherwise, she would not have been so happy when Wang Cuihua came.
"Team Leader Zhao!" Li Meijuan's voice was already trembling with tears as she said, "Yesterday, my husband, Lao Han, went up the mountain, and your forest ranger team caught him and said they'd tie him to a tree for a whole day and night..."
At this point, Li Meijuan burst into tears, and her knees buckled as she tried to kneel down.
Just as Zhao Jun was panicking, someone jumped out from behind him and grabbed Li Meijuan.
"Aunt Li!" Li Ruhai grabbed Li Meijuan tightly and said urgently, "What are you doing?"
“Ruhai, my Uncle Han…” Li Meijuan said, her knees buckling. Li Ruhai gritted his teeth and held Li Meijuan firmly, preventing her from kneeling.
Li Meijuan harbored resentment in her heart, but said aloud, "Ruhai, don't pull me, let me beg Team Leader Zhao."
"What are you begging for, Aunt Li? It's not that bad." Li Ruhai gave Zhao Jun a "Don't worry, big brother, I've got you covered" look, then secretly pulled Li Meijuan up and asked, "What bad thing did your Uncle Han do? Why else would the forest rangers arrest him?"
"I..." While Li Meijuan was being interrupted by Li Ruhai, Wang Cuihua came to her senses. She came over and tugged at Li Meijuan's arm, saying, "Juanzi, what are you doing? You're making things difficult for the child by kneeling down and getting up. Just tell me what's wrong."
After saying this, Wang Cuihua felt something was amiss. She nudged Li Meijuan's arm and asked, "What did your husband do? Why are they arresting him?"
Li Meijuan arrived crying and wailing, saying that her husband, Han Shengli, had been arrested by the forest rangers for no reason, and that she needed Wang Cuihua's husband to help her get justice.
Wang Cuihua initially believed it, but when she arrived and saw that this woman was going to make things difficult for her son-in-law, Wang Cuihua sensed something was wrong.
There's a local saying: "One must be able to distinguish between insiders and outsiders." Even the best of sisters can't compare to a son-in-law.
“Cuihua, I, I…” Li Meijuan said, “My husband Lao Han just made two cuts on a tree, and then he was arrested.”
"Two marks?" Wang Cuihua frowned slightly upon hearing this, looking at Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai. If two marks on a tree were enough to get them arrested, then wouldn't the cartload of firewood that Zhao Jun had someone deliver to her before last winter be enough to get them shot?
The Zhao father and son certainly couldn't admit to the affair involving Gudong; their faces were full of suspicion towards Li Meijuan.
Just then, two people walked over from the east side of the road; they were Song Fu'an and Pang Zhendong.
The two men were carrying net bags and butter paper packages; the net bags contained apples, and the butter paper packages contained pastries.
"Team Leader! Team Leader Zhao!" Song Fu'an called out to Zhao Jun from afar.
"Old Song," Zhao Jun greeted Song Fu'an, "Come quickly, there's a lawsuit here."
"What kind of lawsuit is it?" Song Fu'an quickened his pace, jogging towards Zhao Jun. Upon reaching the Zhao family's gate, seeing so many people standing there, Song Fu'an spotted Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan, smiled and nodded at them, and asked, "So many people, have guests come to visit?"
"Captain Song," Zhao Jun gestured towards Li Meijuan, then said to Song Fu'an, "My aunt Li said her husband was arrested by our forest rangers. What exactly happened?"
"Team leader, here's what happened," Song Fu'an said. "Old Han went up the mountain yesterday. People like him who patrol the mountains usually mark the trees. He took a knife and made a few cuts on the trees, then told our forest rangers to stop him from doing it."
Upon hearing Song Fu'an's words, Zhao Jun's eyes widened, and he asked, "Just like that? They got arrested?"
When Zhao Jun asked those two questions, every word was spoken with a falling intonation, and coupled with his wide eyes, Song Fu'an could easily sense the threat in Zhao Jun's gaze and tone.
From the moment he appeared, Zhao Jun understood what was going on, but no matter what, the one who was wrong could only be Han Shengli. It was impossible for Zhang Jimin and Liu Xiaodong to help the Zhao family get revenge and then end up being blamed.
“Um…” Song Fu’an hesitated for a moment, then said, “Old Han has a bad temper.”
"Ah..." Zhao Jun nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "We forest rangers are in charge of him, but he's swearing?"
"Okay," Song Fu'an replied reluctantly, then secretly glared at Li Meijuan.
Song Fu'an glared at Li Meijuan because he didn't want to come along when she asked him to.
But Li Meijuan said that she and Wang Cuihua were sworn sisters who had kowtowed to each other. She would kneel down in front of Zhao Jun and shout at the top of her lungs. If the neighbors and relatives from the village came to pay their respects, then everything would be settled.
At that time, Song Fu'an could smooth things over and give Zhao Jun a way out.
To Li Meijuan's surprise, Li Ruhai suddenly appeared from behind Zhao Jun, completely thwarting her plan.
At this moment, Li Meijuan was secretly annoyed. When she saw Song Fu'an give her a look, Li Meijuan thought that Song Fu'an wanted her to stand up for him, so she immediately said, "They even beat up my old Han."
To Li Meijuan's surprise, Zhao Jun feigned surprise and said to her, "Your uncle actually fought with our forest rangers?"
"What?" Li Meijuan was taken aback, and then she saw Zhao Jun say helplessly, "Your uncle has such a bad temper. He did something wrong, and you can't even say a few words to him? He started cursing and hitting people. Shouldn't we arrest him?"
"No..." Li Meijuan was a little confused. Just as she was about to explain, she heard someone shout, "Uncle Cai, where's our team leader?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Liu Xiaodong and two others walking towards them.
Zhao Youcai stepped aside, and Liu Xiaodong and the other two saw Zhao Jun, who was being blocked by him.
"Team leader!" Liu Xiaodong hurriedly led the way and ran towards Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Brother Liu, slow down, why are you running?"
At that moment, Zhao Youcai also took out cigarettes from his pocket and handed them out to everyone around him who was smoking.
One stone forest wasn't enough, so Zhao Youcai opened another box to make sure it was enough.
"Hey?" Seeing that it was the forest ranger who led the group last night, Pang Zhendong hurriedly asked Liu Xiaodong, "Where's my brother Han?"
"Huh?" Liu Xiaodong, who was greeting Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun, was taken aback and looked at Pang Zhendong, asking, "Who is your Brother Han?"
“The one you arrested yesterday,” Pang Zhendong said. Liu Xiaodong then pointed up the mountain and casually said, “He’s still tied up up there.”
"Still tied up?" Upon hearing this, Li Meijuan's eyes instantly turned red. Taking advantage of Liu Xiaodong's unpreparedness, she raised her hand and scratched at Liu Xiaodong's face.
But as soon as she stepped inside, she was pulled back.
"Aunt Li, what are you doing?" Li Ruhai grabbed Li Meijuan's arm and shouted, "Aren't you just escalating the conflict by doing this?"
"I'm so pretty!" Li Meijuan cursed inwardly. In the past, when Li Ruhai visited their village, she had chatted with him quite a bit. At the time, she thought this kid was really good. He knew all the happenings in the forest area, like which old lady was fighting with her daughter-in-law, or which old man was having an affair.
Back then, Li Ruhai brought Li Meijuan a lot of joy, but now... Li Meijuan looks at Li Ruhai's smiling face and itches with hatred.
"What are you doing?" Liu Xiaodong glared at Li Meijuan and said, "If you dare to scratch me, I'll arrest you too!"
"Alright, Xiao Dongzi." Song Fu'an pulled Liu Xiaodong aside and whispered sharply, "Who are you arresting? What are you always arresting?"
After saying this, Song Fu'an asked Liu Xiaodong, "You're back, why didn't you release them?"
“I… um…” Liu Xiaodong said, “We got up early and were in a hurry to catch the commuter bus, so we forgot about them.”
In the morning, a handcart takes the forest rangers on duty up the mountain, and then picks up those who are off duty.
The forest rangers who were off duty had to get up early to get to the meeting point to catch the bus, so what Liu Xiaodong said didn't seem wrong at first glance.
But thinking of Han Shengli being tied to a tree for a day and a night, Li Meijuan, her eyes red, lunged at Liu Xiaodong again, cursing, "I'm pretty, how can you be human?"
As soon as Li Meijuan moved, Li Ruhai grabbed her again. Li Ruhai's movements resembled a tug-of-war, bending over and holding onto Li Meijuan tightly.
Liu Xiaodong took two steps back, then shouted at Li Meijuan, "Go ahead and curse me, you son of a bitch! If your man comes up the mountain again, I'll teach him a lesson every time I see him."
"Alright, alright!" After hearing Liu Xiaodong's words, Zhao Jun quickly spoke up. He first stopped Li Meijuan, and then said to Song Fu'an, "Captain Song, you guys go quickly and release that Aunt Li's man. After that, educate him and tell him that he can't mess around on the mountain anymore."
"Team leader," Liu Xiaodong chimed in from the side, "he also needs to be fined fifty yuan."
"I'm going to say something..." Li Meijuan was about to say something when Zhao Jun stopped her, saying, "Aunt Li, stop arguing. Hurry up and pay the fine, then we can bring your uncle back."
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Li Meijuan's face darkened, and she said, "I have no money!"
"No money?" Liu Xiaodong glared at him and said, "If you have no money, your man can just stay in the mountains."
Li Meijuan glared at Liu Xiaodong, then raised her arm and immediately grabbed it with both hands.
"Let me go!" Li Meijuan shouted at Li Ruhai, her voice cracking.
But at this moment, Li Ruhai was still holding onto Li Meijuan's arm tightly.
This job has to be done by him. He's young and thick-skinned, so people won't gossip about him, and Li Meijuan can't easily retaliate against him.
Seeing that Li Ruhai wouldn't let go, Li Meijuan shrugged her arm in anger and said, "Let go of me, and I'll pay."
When Li Meijuan arrived, she had money in her pocket. But she didn't bring the money to pay the fine; it was for props to use in her tantrums and dramatic performances. Unexpectedly, she still ended up paying the money.
"Here you go!" Li Meijuan shoved the money at Zhao Jun in an annoyed tone, when Wang Cuihua said to her from the side, "What are you doing, Juanzi?"
"Sister Hua," Li Meijuan said, tears welling in her eyes, "they're bullying us so much!"
"What bullying?" Wang Cuihua said in a low voice, "Your husband must have done something wrong, otherwise why would they only punish him?"
Li Meijuan was speechless. She couldn't bring herself to talk about what Han Shengli had done, and at this moment she could only swallow her anger.
"Alright." Zhao Jun casually shoved five ten-yuan bills into Liu Xiaodong's hand, then waved to Song Fu'an and said, "Go on, Captain Song, go pick them up."
Song Fu'an responded and picked up the things in his hand, saying, "Team leader, I came in a hurry, so I bought you some food."
"What are you buying to eat?" Zhao Jun said, "You can take it and go up the mountain. My Aunt Li's husband hasn't eaten yet, so you can give him some."
Song Fu'an secretly groaned; this was a journey of nearly twenty li, taking almost a day to go round trip.
Song Fu'an, Pang Zhendong, and Li Meijuan left in a hurry. Zhao Jun turned around and said to Liu Xiaodong, "Brother Xiaodong, I have some things to take care of these two days. I'll make arrangements for you guys after I'm done."
"No need!" Liu Xiaodong said cheerfully, "What kind of relationship do we have? He offended my Uncle Zhao, do you think I would let him get away with it?"
As soon as Liu Xiaodong finished speaking, someone next to him chimed in, "Next time we run into him, we'll teach him a lesson!"
"Of course!" Liu Xiaodong laughed. "Didn't I just say that if we run into him, we'll teach him a lesson every time?"
Zhao Jun and the others burst into laughter upon hearing this, and only then did Wang Cuihua realize something was wrong.
After Liu Xiaodong and the other two left, Wang Cuihua said to Zhao Youcai, "In-law, I had completely forgotten about you and Han Shengli doing that..."
"Mom," Ma Ling said to Wang Cuihua, "Didn't you know that our Tiger went missing a couple of days ago?"
"Ah!" Wang Cuihua said, "After you finished telling me, your brother, sister-in-law, and I went up the mountain to help look for them."
"Yes!" Ma Yang quickly replied, "I didn't go to school those two afternoons..."
He had barely uttered those words when Wang Cuihua retorted with a shove.
"Mom," Ma Ling grabbed Wang Cuihua's arm and said, "Han Shengli picked up Hu Zi, and then he wouldn't give it to us, he even tried to shoot Hu Zi to death!"
"Huh?" Wang Cuihua hurriedly asked, "Then were they beaten to death?"
“No, our Tiger is smart, he ran back on his own,” Ma Ling said. Wang Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Han Shengli never does anything good.”
As soon as Wang Cuihua finished speaking, a "putt-putt" sound came from not far away.
Everyone looked over and saw a satchel-shaped vehicle driving towards them.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Jun frowned. He recognized the man riding the satchel as Liu Jinyong, the head of the security team and his superior.
At this moment, Zhao Jun thought to himself, could it be that Liu Jinyong is an accomplice that Li Meijuan found?
Liu Jinyong, who was coming this way, was also surprised to see more than thirty people standing in front of the Zhao family's house.
"What's all this about?" Liu Jinyong asked. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Team leader, aren't we here to welcome you?"
"Hehe...you're really good at making a scene." Liu Jinyong said, taking the Shilin cigarettes that Zhao Youcai handed him.
"Come on, Jin Yong," Zhao Youcai called to Liu Jin Yong, "Come inside."
"I'm not going inside," Liu Jinyong refused. "I'm just delivering something to Zhao Jun, and then I'll go home."
As he spoke, Liu Jinyong tucked the cigarette behind his ear and then picked up a wooden box from his satchel.
Zhao Jun stepped forward and took it, immediately feeling its weight.
Li Baoyu fawned over Zhao Jun and took the box. Zhao Jun unfastened the lock and opened it, only to find a bunch of Type 54 pistols inside.
This chapter is to make up for yesterday's. I still have over a thousand words left to write today, and I need to write for another two hours...
(End of this chapter)