mesbooks Chapter 29 Hatred Never Fades Overnight
Chapter 29 Hatred Never Fades Overnight
Li Xiangyang's village is not big, with only a few dozen households, all of whom are old neighbors who have lived there for decades.
This is quite different from later generations who live in apartment buildings for decades and don't even know who lives across the hall.
Zhao Youcai and Li Zhenshan have known each other since they were young. When they were young, they even went to reclaim wasteland and build reservoirs together.
Li Zhenshan was usually very kind, but deep down he was a man of strong character, something Zhao Youcai knew.
If the Li family finds out that Donkey Egg reported someone else's son for speculation and profiteering, they will definitely come to beat him up.
and,
In this era, especially in remote pastoral villages like theirs, loyalty and camaraderie are highly valued.
If the neighbors find out that it was Donkey Egg who reported the Li family to the brigade, they'll surely break the backbone of Old Zhao's family.
Who would dare to associate with the Zhao family in the future?
Thinking of this,
Zhao Youcai was so angry that he swung his copper pipe and started hitting the donkey's testicles.
"You bastard, you're capable of ruining my life! You're really trying to drive me crazy so I can find a mountain to worship you, aren't you?"
"You'll see, I'll break your legs today!"
"Ouch, Dad, stop hitting me! Be gentle, it hurts...it hurts so much!"
Donkey Egg was beaten and ran away in all directions, constantly crying out in pain.
Aunt Zhao, who was standing to the side, felt heartbroken and quickly shielded Donkey Egg with her body. She was unaware that Donkey Egg had gone to the brigade to report the Li family.
"Zhao Youcai, are you out of your mind today? You're hitting me like a madman! You're going to kill me!"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! You've spoiled Donkey Egg since he was a kid. Even now, you're still indulging him?"
Seeing his wife still protecting their son with her body, Zhao Youcai was both angry and regretful.
"What exactly happened? Can't you just say it properly? Why do you have to hit him so hard? What if you break his testicles?"
"What happened? It's all his doing. He almost killed the entire Li family, do you know that?"
"The Li family? What happened to the Li family?"
Aunt Zhao looked a little bewildered.
Zhao Youcai then recounted to her how the Li family almost got arrested, and bluntly stated that it was Donkey Egg who exposed the Li family.
Aunt Zhao felt like the sky had fallen when she heard this.
She punched the donkey's testicles she was protecting in her arms with a hint of exasperation.
"You good-for-nothing! What did the Li family ever do to you that you had to do something like this?"
Do you even realize how serious the consequences of this are?
"It was Li Ersha who provoked me first. He caused me to be beaten as a sheep thief. When I went to him, he not only refused to give me venison, but also tried to run me over with his carriage."
Donkey Egg, with his neck stiff and unconvinced, recounted his feud with Li Xiangyang once again.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Youcai smacked him hard with his pipe again.
"What did they do to you? You've caused them trouble time and time again, and you still want them to share the venison with you? Tell me, why should you...?"
Zhao Youcai was driven mad by the donkey egg.
In the end, Donkey Egg still couldn't escape a severe beating.
After the fight, Zhao Youcai decided to send Donkey Egg to his uncle's house to hide for a while, and then he would go to the Li family's door to apologize as soon as possible.
Hopefully, Li Zhenshan will forgive Donkey Egg this time, considering our decades of friendship and kinship.
............
The next day,
At 5:30 in the morning, Donkey Egg was still asleep when Zhao Youcai woke him up and drove him out of the village in a horse-drawn carriage.
Last night, Zhao Youcai had planned to send Donkey Egg out of the village overnight.
But it snowed last night, and it was so cold. The road out of the village was also dark, so we waited until now.
Before dawn, when there were few pedestrians on the road, they quickly sent Donkey Egg away.
But what a coincidence!
When he returned to the village after delivering the donkey eggs, two familiar figures passed by him. The sky was overcast, and he couldn't see each other clearly, so they didn't greet each other.
Those were the brothers Li Xiangyang and Li Xiangdong, who wanted to take the fish to Wuzhen to sell before dawn.
Enemies are destined to meet again.
"Brother, isn't that Donkey Egg over there? Why is he going so early today?"
Li Xiangdong was driving the horse-drawn carriage out of the village when he immediately recognized the lone boy ahead as Donkey Egg.
He didn't really know Donkey Egg at first, but Donkey Egg had stopped their carriage yesterday, and that's how he got to know him.
"Donkey testicles...?"
Upon hearing Li Xiangdong mention seeing donkey testicles, Li Xiangyang immediately stood up from behind the carriage.
From afar, you can see Donkey Egg carrying a dark blue cloth bag, walking briskly along the village road leading to Wuzhen.
A question arose in my mind.
Yesterday morning, Donkey Egg asked him for venison but was refused. Last night, someone reported his family to the police. This morning, Donkey Egg ran away.
Then it's basically confirmed that it was Donkey Egg who reported it to the brigade!
Endure it for a while and you'll get an ovarian cyst; take a step back and you'll get breast hyperplasia.
Li Xiangyang grew increasingly angry, so he patted Li Xiangdong on the shoulder and said:
"Brother, didn't you tell me last night that if you found out who reported our family, you were going to give them a good beating?"
"Do you know who it is...?"
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Li Xiangdong's eyes.
Li Xiangyang pointed without hesitation to Donkey Egg, who was walking in front.
ten minutes later,
As Donkey Egg passed through a grove of trees, a burlap sack reeking of fish suddenly appeared out of nowhere and covered him completely.
Then came a barrage of punches and kicks, leaving him bruised and swollen, and even the cloth bag containing his clothes was thrown away.
............
When the two brothers finished delivering the fish to the state-run restaurant and arrived at the black market, it was already past 7 a.m.
It's getting late.
Fortunately, Liu Quan, who sells soap, had saved Li Xiangyang a spot in advance, saving him the time of searching for a place.
"Xiaoyang, why didn't you come yesterday?"
Upon seeing Li Xiangyang approach, Liu Quan greeted him warmly.
Li Xiangyang had given him fish twice, and each time he reciprocated by giving Li Xiangyang soap.
But Li Xiangyang's generosity and enthusiasm left a very good impression on him.
"Something came up at home yesterday, which delayed me, so I couldn't come."
Li Xiangyang didn't want to tell him about catching the deer yesterday.
"Oh, right, look over there."
Liu Quan suddenly pointed to another stall 30 meters diagonally opposite Li Xiangyang's stall.
Li Xiangyang glanced at it casually, then paused for a moment.
It turned out to be a fish stall.
"So quickly, people are already jumping on the bandwagon and catching fish to sell...?"
Li Xiangyang was somewhat surprised.
he knows,
The people who set up stalls on the black market are quick-witted; it won't be long before others learn from them how to catch fish and sell them.
I never expected it to happen so quickly.
He then pretended to be a customer and went over to investigate.
It would have been fine if he hadn't investigated, but once he did, Li Xiangyang was completely stunned.
Although there was no price-cutting or malicious competition, it can be said that they completely copied and pasted his sales tactics.
The fish was priced the same as his, and even the marketing strategy for selling crucian carp was the same: 2 cents a pound, buy five pounds and get one pound free.
It's fair to say that we're crossing the river by feeling for the stones in his footing.
"Young man, how much are your fish?"
A young woman with braided pigtails walked up to Li Xiangyang's stall, squatted down, and started picking out fish.
"Carp is 15 cents a pound, small fish is 30 cents a pound, and crucian carp is 20 cents a pound. Buy five pounds and get one pound free."
Li Xiangyang quoted the prices skillfully.
He was mentally calculating how to break the deadlock.
At this rate of development, it will become increasingly difficult for him to sell his fish.