sbdcsierra Chapter 1787 Offending our Team Leader Zhao is offending all of us forest rangers
Chapter 1787 Offending our Team Leader Zhao is offending all of us forest rangers
Chapter 1787 Offending our Team Leader Zhao is offending all of us forest rangers
When Han Shengli and the other two turned around, they saw a young man about the same age as Gu Yang walking quickly toward them.
The man was wearing forestry work clothes, but he was acting nonchalantly. He wore his hat askew, his clothes were unbuttoned, and he was holding a tree branch, pointing at the three of them.
At first, Han Shengli didn't take him seriously. He glanced at the young man and asked, "What do you do?"
"What the hell? What do I do?" The young man glared at him and said irritably, "I'm a forest ranger, so what?"
"Forest ranger?" Han Shengli frowned and asked, "What does it have to do with me whether you protect the forest rangers or not? What's wrong with me? Why are you standing there so stubbornly with me?"
"So what if I give it back to you?" The young man glanced at Han Shengli with disdain, then pointed at the character "Wei" carved on the tree with a fork in his hand and sneered, "Did you guys carve this with a knife?"
Han Shengli and his two companions were stunned for a moment, then heard the young man accuse them, saying, "Destroying national forests, do you have a problem with that?"
Han Shengli and the other two were somewhat bewildered, especially Han Wenxue, who had lived in the Yong'an forest area for nearly forty years and had never heard of getting into trouble by drawing a few marks or carving words on a tree.
But now that this has already happened, and adhering to the principle of "better safe than sorry," Han Wenxue stepped forward, smiled at the young man, and asked, "Young man, which village are you from?"
As he spoke, Han Wenxue even took out a bottle of grape cigarettes from his pocket.
"What do you mean, 'I'm from which village'?" Upon hearing this, Han Shengli frowned and said, "Look at you, young man, you're not that old, why are you talking so arrogantly?"
"So what if I'm tough or not?" The young man looked up and glared at Han Shengli, asking, "You're destroying national forests, is it wrong for me to interfere?"
Han Shengli's temper flared up, and he immediately asked, "Then I'll just destroy it, what can you do to me?"
"What can you do?" the young man sneered. "Fines them, so what?"
"What? A fine?" Han Shengli looked the young man up and down and sneered, "You're going to fine me? I just carved a word on a tree and you're going to fine me?"
"Huh? What's wrong with that?" the young man glared and said, "It's a national tree. You think you can just carve words on it like that? What's wrong with that question?"
"No..." Han Shengli wanted to say something more, but Han Wenxue stopped him.
Han Wenxue handed a cigarette to the young man and said with a smile, "Young man, we can talk about anything. Um... you're Captain Song from the forest ranger team, right? He's from the same village as us, we've been from the same village for so many years."
Han Wenxue thought mentioning Song Fu'an would work, but to his surprise, the young man shoved his hand and the cigarette away, then pointed to the words carved on the tree and said, "Don't talk to me about Captain Song or Captain Ba, it won't work. You'll be fined fifty yuan."
"What?!" Han Shengli could hardly believe his ears. He stared at the young man in disbelief and asked, "You're just going to fine me fifty yuan like this?"
"Huh?" the young man said matter-of-factly, "Then how about you lease one of my trees?"
Han Shengli was speechless. How much would this century-old tree cost?
At this point, Han Wenxue still didn't realize the seriousness of the problem; he thought the young man was just starting out and didn't know how to adapt.
"Young man," Han Wenxue said with a smile again, "It's no big deal, it's not that serious. Well... I'm on very good terms with your Captain Song, and Zhang Jimin from your forest ranger team, we're from the same village."
It would have been better if Han Xuewen hadn't mentioned Zhang Jimin; the moment he did, the young man's face immediately turned cold.
Meanwhile, about 14 or 15 meters to the east, Zhang Jimin was hiding behind three pine trees standing side by side with eight forest rangers.
Han Wenxue's words reached their ears, and all eight forest rangers turned to look at Zhang Jimin.
Zhang Jimin, without batting an eye, whispered, "If they offend our Team Leader Zhao, they offend all of us forest rangers."
After saying this, Zhang Jimin puffed out his chest and added arrogantly, "Nobody needs to give me any face in a moment. Just beat me up. If anything happens, it's on me."
Hearing Zhang Jimin's words, the eight forest rangers were disdainful, but what they disdained was Zhang Jimin's bluff. However, they believed that Zhang Jimin was right about one thing: offending Team Leader Zhao meant offending all of them, the forest rangers.
As the eight forest rangers rubbed their hands together in anticipation, the young forest ranger who was alone facing Han Shengli, Han Wenxue, and Gu Yang poked Han Shengli in the chest with a tree branch and asked, "I'm asking you, did you carve the words on that tree?"
Han Shengli also lost his temper, directly pushing the tree branch aside, and then glared back at the young man, saying, "So what if I carved it?"
"Fuck!" the young man shouted angrily. "Who the hell are you talking to? If you're talking to me, just take your words back!"
"I said it, what the hell can you do about it?" Han Shengli stepped forward, glaring defiantly at the young man.
Seeing this, Han Wenxue quickly reached out and grabbed Han Shengli. Just then, Gu Yang, who was usually honest and unassuming, suddenly took two steps forward and bumped the young man with his chest.
Gu Yang was tall and strong, and the young man was forced back two steps by his headbutt. Then, he swung the tree branch in his hand at Gu Yang and said, "If you dare to fight me, none of you will leave here today!"
"Ha!" Gu Yang sneered, "So you're just bragging, huh? I..."
Gu Yang had just finished speaking when he heard someone in the distance say, "Glory, what's all the fuss about?"
The young man's name was Chen Guangrong, and he came from Yongshengtun. During this event, Zhang Jimin didn't look for people from Yonglitun; all the people he found to help came from the other three residential areas.
Zhang Jimin did not appear at this moment. The eight forest rangers emerged from behind the trees and strode up the slope.
"Brother Liu!" Chen Guangrong turned around and shouted, "These people are destroying national forests, and then they want to beat me up!"
"Hey!" The man Chen Guangrong called "Brother Liu" was none other than Liu Xiaodong from Yong'an Village. Don't be fooled by how these forest rangers act like mice before a cat when they see Zhao Jun; they're quite adept at dealing with unconnected mountain vagrants and drifters.
Under normal circumstances, mountain runners like Han Shengli are not difficult to manage.
Firstly, Han Shengli was carrying a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. People like him who carry guns and dogs are usually from well-off families and know many people. The forest rangers wouldn't be foolish enough to offend everyone they meet.
Furthermore, Han Shengli lives in Yonglitun, in the family quarters. How could someone like him not know the forestry workers and rangers? Everyone has old neighbors and residents; it's good to make friends, and nobody wants to make enemies.
Upon seeing eight people rushing over, Gu Yang, who had been so aggressive just moments before, quickly retreated behind Han Shengli and Han Wenxue.
Upon seeing a group of people arrive, Han Shengli and Han Wenxue's momentum instantly weakened. Han Wenxue quickly smiled apologetically at Chen Guangrong and said, "Young man, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you? We're all family. Your Captain Song Fu'an has been my neighbor for many years."
"Don't give me that!" Liu Xiaodong, who had led the group, pointed at Han Wenxue and said, "You've committed a crime now, no one can change your mind, do you hear me?"
"What the hell did I do wrong?" Han Shengli asked. He had once fled his hometown for stealing tiger bones, so the word "committed wrong" made him feel disgusted.
But it's a fact that he stole tiger bones back then, and the forest farm's handling of him was already quite lenient. And it's understandable that Chen Guangrong is finding fault with him today, after all, Han Shengli has carved many words on trees along the way. This kind of thing can be a big deal or a small deal; the forest rangers can choose to ignore it or not, and they're not wrong to intervene.
"Holy crap!" Liu Xiaodong looked Han Shengli up and down and sneered, "You're pretty good at handling things!"
“Brother Liu,” Chen Guangrong, who initially dealt with Han Shengli and his two companions, pointed at Han Shengli and said, “That old bastard is fucking arrogant!”
After saying this, Chen Guangrong paused slightly, then added, "They damaged national forests, and when I told them they would be fined, they even tried to fight me!"
As soon as Chen Guangrong finished speaking, Han Wenxue hurriedly smiled apologetically at Liu Xiaodong and said, "Master, your little brother is too strange. He just asks to fine us fifty yuan!"
"Fifty is too much?" Liu Xiaodong glanced at Han Wenxue and said, "This is my brother taking care of you. This big poplar must be hundreds of years old. Is fining you fifty more than that?"
"No!" Han Shengli glared at him and said, "Are you bullying me?"
Hearing Han Shengli's words, Liu Xiaodong sneered and shoved him, saying, "So what if I'm bullying you?"
Han Shengli, who had been shoved, looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief: "I've been away from Yong'an Forest Area for twenty years, and these young people are all this arrogant?"
Back in the day, Han Shengli was quite a figure in the Yong'an forest area, commanding respect even from the leaders present. Although times have changed, some elderly people in the forest area still give Han Shengli face.
At this point, Han Shengli swallowed his anger and asked Liu Xiaodong, "Which village are you from? Whose family are you from? Who is your father?"
Han Shengli thought that if Liu Xiaodong's father was also an old man from the forest area, it would be easier to talk to him. But upon hearing this, Liu Xiaodong stepped forward and shoved Han Shengli hard, causing the unsuspecting Han Shengli to stumble.
At the same time, Liu Xiaodong said coldly, "What does it matter to you who my father is?"
Han Wenxue helped Han Shengli up from the side, then shouted at Liu Xiaodong, "Who did you push?"
"So what if I pushed you?" Liu Xiaodong said, then raised his hand and shoved Han Shengli on the shoulder again. At this moment, the other eight forest rangers stepped forward. Chen Guangrong and two young forest rangers simultaneously reached out and pushed Han Wenxue, making him stumble, and said in unison, "So what if I pushed you?"
"I've been too kind to you." As soon as Han Shengli said this, Liu Xiaodong's expression changed drastically. He pointed at Han Shengli and shouted angrily, "I've been too kind to you! You're asking for it!"
After saying this, Liu Xiaodong turned around and shouted, "Someone come here! Someone come over here!"
As Liu Xiaodong shouted, a commotion arose down the slope. Immediately afterward, Zhang Jimin waved his hand, and ten more forest rangers appeared from the woods and ran up the slope.
Perhaps the Zhang family is born with a talent for persuasion, and Zhang Jimin came prepared today.
At this moment, Han Shengli and Han Wenxue's expressions changed drastically. Gu Yang, however, turned and ran.
Han Shengli and Han Wenxue tried to run, but it was too late. Liu Xiaodong, Chen Guangrong, and eight others surrounded them, and then ten forest rangers arrived, forming a second encirclement that completely surrounded the two.
Upon seeing this, Pang Zhendong, who had just arrived, quickly turned and ran.
When Gu Yang whistled, Pang Zhendong was squatting down to relieve himself. He never imagined that arriving only two minutes late would lead to such a serious incident.
Pang Zhendong's escape wasn't due to his dishonesty, but rather because he keenly sensed something unusual about the conflict.
Forest rangers do not patrol the mountains and forests alone, but they always patrol in groups of two or three, never in groups of nearly twenty.
Furthermore, none of these nearly twenty people were from Yonglitun. Therefore, Pang Zhendong realized that these people might have come specifically to target his side.
A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. Knowing that rushing over would be futile, Pang Zhendong thought of quickly returning to the village to find someone, specifically Song Fu'an, to rescue Han Shengli.
Pang Zhendong's thinking and actions made no difference. But Han Shengli and Han Wenxue were now in a dangerous situation, being pushed and shoved by four or five people, each time with a question like, "So what if we're pushing you?"
At this moment, not only Pang Zhendong realized what was happening, but Han Shengli and Han Wenxue also sensed that something was wrong.
Han Shengli was a man who could bend and stretch. He immediately raised both hands and shouted, "I was wrong, I was wrong. I'll pay the fifty yuan fine."
Han Shengli chickened out.
There was no way to resolve the situation, even with a gun on his back. He couldn't take the gun down in time, and if he did, the forest rangers would have an excuse to kill him.
"You'll pay?" Liu Xiaodong sneered, drawing out his words, "Too late."
As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Han Shengli before continuing, "Come on, come with us."
Han Shengli grabbed Liu Xiaodong's hand and asked directly, "Did Ergudong send you?"
To be honest, Han Shengli was very sharp-minded. When he realized something was wrong, he wondered which deity he had offended that could instigate the forest rangers to deal with him.
After thinking it over, Han Shengli could only think of Zhao Youcai. But what he didn't expect was that the one who could really provoke this conflict was the never-before-seen Team Leader Zhao.
"Ha!" Liu Xiaodong shoved Han Shengli's hand aside and sneered, "You dare call him 'Ergudong'? That's Master Zhao from our Yong'an Forestry Farm."
Liu Xiaodong's words confirmed Han Shengli's guess. Knowing that these people were hired by Zhao Youcai to deal with him, Han Shengli immediately cursed, "You idiots, I'm so pretty!"
Hearing Han Shengli's cursing, the nineteen forest rangers' expressions immediately changed. Zhao Youcai was their team leader's father, and as his subordinates, they couldn't allow Han Shengli to insult Zhao Youcai.
"You dare to swear?" Liu Xiaodong struck first, slapping Han Shengli hard across the face.
"You dare hit me?" Han Shengli was instantly enraged after being slapped by a young man who was about the same age as his son. But before he could make a move, he and Han Wenxue were already subdued by the forest rangers' fists.
The beating lasted only thirty seconds. But as soon as those thirty seconds were up, Han Shengli and Han Wenxue were lying on the ground with bruises on their faces, broken mouths, and bleeding noses.
"Get them up here!" Liu Xiaodong ordered, and seven or eight forest rangers rushed forward, lifted Han Shengli and Han Wenxue up, and tied them to a tree with ropes.
"Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!" Liu Xiaodong swung his hand, delivering four more hard slaps to Han Shengli's face. Han Shengli, still defiant, retorted, "Bring Ergudong here."
……
While Han Shengli was tied to a tree, Zhao Youcai was in the shed in the backyard watching over the wounded hunting dogs.
Seeing that Erhei and the others' injuries had improved, Zhao Youcai, in a good mood, hummed a little tune: "The sun sets in the west, darkness falls, every household closes its doors, nine out of ten locks are on, but there's one door left open, the door is open, oh dear..."
(End of this chapter)