sbdcsierra Chapter 1160: The Escaped Bull Slaughtering Cannon
Chapter 1160: The Escaped Bull Slaughtering Cannon
Chapter 1160: The Escaped Bull Slaughtering Cannon
Wang Meilan was a little confused. She had lived with Zhao Youcai for twenty-five years, and this was the first time she saw Zhao Youcai like this.
"Keep your voice down." Wang Meilan glanced towards the west room, thinking that Zhao Weipeng had not yet woken up. When she looked at Zhao Youcai again, she saw that he still had his hands clasped in front of his chest. Wang Meilan could not help but feel sympathy for him. She did not ask Zhao Youcai why he wanted money, but just said to him, "Wait, I'll get it for you."
Zhao Youcai put down his hands, stood there, nodded but said nothing.
Wang Meilan went into the east room and came out with the money in less than two minutes. When she handed the money to Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan wanted to say something, but saw Zhao Youcai grab the money and walk out.
"I..." Wang Meilan chased to the door and saw the lights of the jeep outside the yard were on.
Wang Meilan stopped and guessed that Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were going to go up the mountain to compensate for the cow. As for asking her for 500 yuan, Wang Meilan thought they would each pay half.
Thinking of this, Wang Meilan turned around and ran into the house. She didn't want Zhao Weipeng, who was visiting her home, to have to pay the money as well.
When Zhao Youcai got into the car, the first thing he said while sitting in the passenger seat was, "Why is it so cold in this car?"
"It's cold outside, brother." Zhao Weipeng saw that Zhao Youcai was holding a stack of money, so he handed the money in his hand to him.
"Brother, this is five hundred. Is that enough for you?" Zhao Weipeng asked. "If not, I still have more than a hundred in my pocket."
"That's enough!" Zhao Youcai took the money, put the two stacks together and put them in his pocket, then raised his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go quickly, otherwise the two households will leave the mountain."
"Yeah!" Zhao Weipeng started the car and drove away after hearing that.
These two people, one is Er Gudong and the other is the big boss, are not ordinary people. But Zhao Jun's words fooled them.
When Wang Meilan came out of the house with five hundred yuan in her hand, she couldn't even see the taillights of the car.
Zhao Jun slept soundly, and slept until dawn without plugging his ears. The little lynx also slept well.
When it was past half past four, the little lynx got up and teased the little black bear for a while, then jumped onto Zhao Jun's chest.
When it fell on Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun woke up in a daze. He reached out to pull the little lynx off his body, and then he felt the little lynx jump out, and then the little guy started parkour on the kang.
"Oh my God!" Zhao Jun was startled instantly. He thought Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were there. If the little lynx ran like this, wouldn't it be stepped on by them?
But when Zhao Jun got up, he felt something was wrong. He reached out and turned on the light, and sure enough, he was the only one on the kang.
Zhao Jun was stunned. It was not surprising that Zhao Youcai got up early, but it was not surprising that Zhao Weipeng got up early!
Zhao Jun hurriedly put on his clothes and went out. When he came out of the house, he saw only Wang Meilan. Zhao Jun quickly asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, where are my dad and his wife?"
"It seems like it went up the mountain." Wang Meilan said.
"Go up the mountain?" Zhao Jun asked, "Mom, why did you let them go up the mountain?"
"No." Wang Meilan laughed for a moment, then said, "It seems that they went up the mountain to compensate the cattle."
"Going to compensate the cow for the man?" Zhao Jun subconsciously took two steps towards the door. When he looked out the window, he saw that it was pitch black outside the house.
"Mom, how do you know they went to compensate the old cow?" Zhao Jun asked, "Could they have gone hunting again?"
"No." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Your father took 500 yuan from me and left. I think they should pay half of it."
"Ah..." After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun asked, "Mom, my dad told you that he wants money to compensate people for the cows, right?"
"That's not what he said." Wang Meilan spoke more slowly, muttering, "He just said he wanted five hundred yuan."
"Mom, then you gave it to him?" Zhao Jun asked in surprise.
Five hundred yuan is not a small amount these days. Even if it was Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan would give him money every time he went home to get it, but Zhao Jun had to give a reason.
"Uh..." Wang Meilan blinked her eyes. She couldn't describe to her son how Zhao Youcai asked her for the money. She just said, "I thought he might want to compensate him for the cow, so I gave it to him."
At this point, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun, "Why else would he go out so early and ask for money?"
"Oh!" Zhao Jun sighed upon hearing this and said, "They are useless. If they were to take the blame, why should I take the blame for them yesterday?"
"Son, what happened?" Wang Meilan was busy cooperating with Zhao Jun last night and still doesn't know what happened, but she believes her son can handle these things.
Zhao Jun pulled over a small stool and sat down, and told Wang Meilan everything that happened yesterday.
After hearing this, Wang Meilan slapped Zhao Jun on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Why are you so dumb, kid?"
“Hahahaha…” Zhao Jun laughed and said, “I was so mad at them yesterday. How could they be so bad? After beating up the other person’s cow, they ran away.”
"Okay." Wang Meilan smiled and waved her hands, saying, "These two are quite kind. I saw yesterday that when you said to chase them away, your dad's eyes snapped. He was no longer interested."
"Oh, Mom, please stop protecting him." Zhao Jun grinned and spread his hands, saying, "My uncle Zhao's shooting skills... I dare say that it was my father who shot the old cow to death alone, and he was also responsible for the pole-riding and garden-hopping."
“Haha…” Wang Meilan also laughed, and then said, “Son, you can’t say that. I know your father. Your father may run away, but he will definitely give the money back to the other person later.”
As she spoke, Wang Meilan stood up from the four-legged stool and prepared to knead the dough, saying, "He stole someone's wild boar. That's mountain wealth. The older generation said it's not nice at best. But he can't steal old cows or something like that."
At this point, Wang Meilan gestured outside the room with her hand and said to Zhao Jun with a smile, "Because of what you said last night, they felt upset and got up early to deliver the money. You are a good person, right?"
Zhao Jun laughed when he heard Wang Meilan say this.
At the same time, the two good guys had arrived outside the 27th field in a jeep.
Although it was only 4:30, there were lights everywhere in the field. There was no electricity in the mountains, but there were lanterns hanging in front of the shacks and outside the barns. Under the lights, there were shadows of people walking back and forth.
"Brother!" Zhao Weipeng asked Zhao Youcai with a hint of surprise, "Why are these people up so early?"
"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai pushed the door and got out of the car, saying to Zhao Weipeng, "They have to get up around two in the morning to feed the animals."
"Oh my." Zhao Weipeng sighed and said, "It's really hard work."
"Bang! Bang!" After two car door closing sounds, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng walked into the venue.
In front of a barn on the east side of Lengchang, the herder who was feeding the animals saw two strangers coming and shouted from a distance: "Hey? What are you doing?"
Zhao Youcai did not answer but asked: "Which one is your head hut?"
When Zhao Youcai spoke, Fan Tiangui, who was kneading steamed bread in the cook's shack to the west, heard the voice. The old man was startled and muttered, "Who is talking? Why does it sound so familiar?"
Thinking of this, Fan Tiangui hurriedly pushed the door and walked out.
When he went out, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were walking towards the boss's shack in the southwest corner with their backs to him.
Fan Tiangui took two steps forward, and when Zhao Youcai looked to the side, he just turned his profile to Fan Tiangui.
With the help of the lantern in front of the shack, Fan Tiangui was terrified and thought to himself, "It's over! Ergudong is here to settle the score with me!"
The day before yesterday, this old man betrayed Zhao Jun. After Zhao Jun left yesterday, Fan Tiangui found Tang Xiaomin to ask about the situation.
Tang Xiaomin told Fan Tiangui what Fan Zhisheng had fabricated. After learning that the cow did not die at the hands of Zhao's army, Fan Tiangui felt uneasy.
The old man knew that he had offended someone, but there was nothing he could do at the time. He had to side with whoever he fed his food to. He worked for Tang Xiaomin, so there was nothing he could do.
Looking at Zhao Youcai at this time, Fan Tiangui's first reaction was: Ergudong came to seek justice for his son. Seeing that he brought a fat man with him, he must be a thug.
Fan Tiangui turned around and ran to the cook's shack, while at this time Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng had already pushed the door and entered the boss' shack.
In the shack, three generations of a family, Tang Xiaomin, Tang Fuxiang and Tang Yunwei, were having their own meal.
The three of them cooked a pot of hot noodle soup on the stove in the shack. Tang Xiaomin had just sipped a mouthful of noodles when he saw the door of the shack open and a stranger came in.
"Ouch." Tang Fuxiang frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
"Are you the head of the gang?" Zhao Youcai asked without answering. Tang Fuxiang subconsciously glanced at Tang Xiaomin. The old man looked up and replied, "I am the head of the gang. Who are you?"
“Um…” Zhao Youcai said as he walked forward, “We are from Lingnan.”
When Zhao Youcai is bad, he is really bad. When he is innocent, he is really innocent. He believed whatever Zhao Jun said when he went back yesterday.
"Hmm?" Zhao Youcai's words startled the three members of the Tang family. Tang Fuxiang stepped aside and asked, "Did you guys go to the mountain?"
The area around Zhao Jun's home is called Shibadaogangzi by the people of Lingnan. It is a good place for hunting. Many people from Lingnan come here to hunt and trap. Sometimes when they get lost in the mountains and are hungry and cold, they go to a nearby shack to rest and eat a hot meal.
Whether it is now or in twenty or thirty years, the Chinese people are simple and honest. When encountering such things, everyone will lend a helping hand.
"No." Zhao Youcai took out Shilin cigarettes from his pocket, smoked out two at a time, took a few quick steps and handed one to the oldest Tang Xiaomin first.
Tang Xiaomin took the cigarette, took a look at it in his hand, and immediately looked at Zhao Youcai.
At this time, with the dim light in the shack, Tang Xiaomin could see Zhao Youcai's appearance clearly.
There is no need to look at Zhao Weipeng, his big body is obvious.
Two people, a small-eyed guy, a big fat guy, and Shi Linyan, aren't they a match?
"Ahem!" After giving cigarettes to the three members of the Tang family, Zhao Youcai pointed awkwardly at the dead blue bull next to the fire wall and said, "This bull was killed by the two of us brothers."
When he said this, Zhao Youcai's face turned red.
Zhao Jun had instructed yesterday to drag the cow into the shed to ease the tension. The buyer had spoken, and Tang Xiaomin did not dare to neglect it. As soon as Zhao Jun and his men left, he asked his children, grandchildren, and the Lin brothers to drag the cow into the shed.
At first he wanted to drag the cow into the cook's shack, but Tang Xiaomin thought about it and was afraid that Fan Tiangui would ask more questions, and he didn't want to explain too much to him, so he dragged the cow into the shack where he lived.
After resting under the wall of fire for a day and a night, the big blue ox was almost thawed, and a pool of blood under its body soaked into the soil.
"Did you two fight?" After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Tang Xiaomin and his son Tang Fuxiang looked at each other, and they both felt something was wrong.
Yesterday, we said that the bull-beaters came from Lingnan in order to give both sides a way out. No matter what was said in the end, everyone present yesterday believed that the bull-beaters were closely related to the Zhao army.
No matter whether it was one person or two people who killed the bull, if it had nothing to do with Zhao Jun, he would not have used his own money to fill the gap.
Isn't that what good people do?
But the two people who came today said that the cow was killed by them and came from Lingnan, which gave people a weird feeling.
At this time, Zhao Youcai took out a wad of money from his pocket, put it on the corner of the table, and said to the three people: "This is the cow money, that..."
"Ah!" Tang Xiaomin slapped his thigh as if he had suddenly realized something, and said with a smile, "Did Technician Zhao ask you to come?"
Zhao Jun said yesterday that he didn't bring any money, and that he was busy this morning, so he would have to come with the money in the afternoon to take the cows away.
Seeing Zhao Youcai coming up and taking out money without saying anything, Tang Xiaomin thought that these two people were sent by the Zhao army to deliver money and take cattle. As for their claim that they came from Lingnan, Tang Xiaomin thought that they were probably just following Fan Zhisheng's words.
"Huh? Technician Zhao?" Zhao Youcai was stunned. He felt something was wrong. It seemed that this group of people did not seem to have had any conflict with Zhao Jun.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai didn't say anything, Tang Xiaomin called them, "Come, come, get on the kang."
At this time, Tang Fuxiang and Tang Yunwei also made room for Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng. Tang Fuxiang even asked, "You came so early, you haven't eaten yet, right? Well... I'll get you a bowl, you can eat here."
Tang Fuxiang stood up and walked out. There were only three of them living in their shack, and they had a limited number of bowls and chopsticks. If they wanted to entertain guests, they had to go to the cook's shack to get bowls and chopsticks.
Almost at the same time, Tang Xiaomin took the thousand yuan that Zhao Youcai had placed on the corner of the table. The old man held the money in his hand, waved to Tang Yunwei, and said, "Grandson, go and call Dalong and Erhu."
Tang Yunwei responded, then smiled at Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng, pushed his bowl and chopsticks in front of Zhao Weipeng, and said, "Use this first, I've never used it before."
"Hey!" Zhao Weipeng responded with a smile. As soon as he heard the old man asking Tang Yunwei to find someone, Zhao Weipeng knew that the owner of the cow had not come down the mountain yet. The guilt in his heart was instantly reduced by more than half.
It would have been nice if he hadn't gotten tired of getting up so early. Zhao Weipeng was cold and hungry as he drove up the mountain. When he saw the hot soup noodles, Boss Zhao just waited for Tang Xiaomin to persuade him again before he started making them immediately.
But at this moment, Tang Xiaomin pointed at the firewall and said to the two of them, "Technician Zhao asked us to bring the cows to the house. I think it's almost time."
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai knew something was wrong then. From what the old man said, it definitely didn't seem like he had had a conflict with his little brat.
"Hey?" Zhao Weipeng glanced at Tang Xiaomin, then looked at Zhao Youcai, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, who is Technician Zhao?"
Zhao Youcai's mouth twitched, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Tang Xiaomin say, "Zhao Jun, don't you know him?"
The old man was a little confused. Having been a team leader for more than ten years and the brigade secretary for more than ten years, he couldn't figure it out at this moment.
"Brother." Zhao Youcai asked Tang Xiaomin, "What did he...what did they say yesterday?"
"They..." Tang Xiaomin looked at Zhao Youcai deeply. He probably guessed that Zhao Jun wanted to take the blame for these two people. The old man was more thoughtful and wanted to do Zhao Jun a favor.
So Tang Xiaomin told the two the truth, saying, "At the beginning of yesterday, Technician Zhao said that he was the one who beat the cow, and he would pay the thousand yuan as compensation. But later, Zhisheng...that is, the director Fan did not allow us to say that, and told the public that it was someone from Lingnan who beat the cow.
As for the money for the ox, it was still Technician Zhao who paid. But he didn’t bring that much money with him when he went up the mountain yesterday, so he said he would come this afternoon to deliver the money and pull the ox…”
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Zhao Weipeng's fat face was full of shock. He tilted his head to look at Tang Xiaomin and asked, "Where are the two owners? The owners of the cow."
"They are lying in the shack." Tang Xiaomin said with a smile: "The cow is dead, and these two people are dead today."
"Then they won't go down the mountain today?" Zhao Weipeng asked again, and heard Tang Xiaomin say, "They have to go down the mountain."
As he spoke, Tang Xiaomin raised the money in his hand and said with a smile: "Technician Zhao said earlier that he would come to deliver the money in the afternoon, so they have to go back tomorrow. You two brothers have delivered it now, so they can go back today."
After hearing what Tang Xiaomin said, Zhao Weipeng looked at Zhao Youcai, and then heard Tang Xiaomin continue to say: "Hurry up and ask them to go back and buy a cow before coming back. There is still a lot of work to do upstairs."
Zhao Weipeng: "..."
Seeing that Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were silent, Tang Xiaomin pointed at the cow by the fire wall again and asked Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng, "Can you take the cow away later?"
"No, no." Zhao Weipeng quickly refused. When he came, Zhao Youcai told him that after buying the cow, he would drag it to a secluded place and bury it in the snow. Then he would go back to find Zhang Lifu and ask Zhang Lifu to help sell the beef.
"Brother, that... it's not possible now." Zhao Weipeng said, "Our car can't accommodate it."
"Ah!" Tang Xiaomin seemed to understand. He said, "That's OK. I'll find a sled to take you down."
"No... no need!" Zhao Youcai was a little anxious at this time, but when Tang Xiaomin asked, "It's okay, it's not a big deal. Um... where is your home? Are you in the same village as Technician Zhao?"
At this point, Tang Xiaomin raised his hand and pointed outside the shack, saying, "By the way, our furnace worker Fan Tiangui, do you know him?"
Hearing Tang Xiaomin's words, Zhao Youcai's face changed, and then he saw the old man getting off the kang and saying, "Don't talk nonsense, you two, eat first, I'll call him over."
As he spoke, Tang Xiaomin went down to the fields and muttered, "Why hasn't Fuxiang come back yet?"
Seeing Tang Xiaomin leaving the shack, Zhao Youcai snatched the bowl and chopsticks from Zhao Weipeng's hand and pulled the cotton monkey on his body hard...but it didn't move.
"Let's go!" Zhao Youcai shouted at Zhao Weipeng in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"
"Ah..." Zhao Weipeng reacted, stood up and ran out with Zhao Youcai.
This chapter makes up for yesterday's. Today's update will be posted around 12:30. Brothers, if you are sleepy, go to sleep first. You can also read it tomorrow morning.
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