mtl008 Chapter 120 There is someone behind the scenes
Chapter 120 There is someone behind the scenes
Soon, Second Uncle led over the donkey, handed over the reins, and helped Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou check the cart shafts: "Okay, no problem, it's sturdy."
Li Xiangyang took the reins and said with a smile, "Thank you, Second Uncle. I'll definitely return them before dark."
Back home, Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou wrapped the snow leopard skin in burlap again.
Li's mother had prepared hot water so that the two of them could have a warm drink before they left.
"Mom, please rest well at home," Li Xiangyang said to his mother after finishing his water. "Ergou and I will be back as soon as we've finished our business."
"Be careful on the road," Li's mother said, her brows furrowed, clearly still worried.
Wang Ergou grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Auntie, you can rest assured. When it comes to fighting, three or five ordinary brats aren't even enough to warm me up. If I encounter any fools, just watch how I deal with them."
This is no exaggeration.
Everyone in the village knows that Wang Ergou has been a hothead and a reckless rascal since he was a child.
They're quick to fight over the slightest disagreement, and rarely do they draw blood.
That kid is ruthless.
His most classic incident was when he got drunk and made a lewd joke about someone's wife, which led to him being surrounded by a group of people.
However, despite the fact that there were many of them, no matter how they hit him, he seemed to feel no pain and stubbornly chased after several people and beat them up.
Finally, they removed all of his hands before they were done.
Another unlucky guy had his head smashed open by a rock and was almost beaten to death.
From then on, he became famous, and very few people in the surrounding villages dared to provoke him.
This is also why Li's mother didn't want her son to associate with him.
"Brother, I want to go too..."
Knowing that the two were going to the city, Li Xiaohua said with some anticipation.
"Sorry, not this time."
Normally, he would bring his younger sister along, but not this time. Li Xiangyang ruffled his sister's hair. "You stay home with Mom. I'll bring you a present when I get back."
"Okay, be careful on your way."
The little girl said sensibly.
"Okay, I'm leaving."
After Li Xiangyang finished speaking, he placed the wrapped leather on the donkey cart, covered it with straw, and drove the donkey cart off.
Wang Ergou sat in the back guarding the things.
Once outside the village, Li Xiangyang slowed down.
The morning chill had not yet dissipated, and a thin layer of frost had formed on the ground, making a slight crunching sound as the donkey's hooves stepped on it.
"Hey, Xiangyang, how much do you think a snow leopard pelt is actually worth?"
"Two thousand or more, I guess. We'll have to discuss the exact amount with them..."
As the two were talking, a figure appeared on the road ahead.
Li Xiangyang squinted and saw that it was Li Datou from Yangjia Village.
This man usually idles away his time and has done a lot of petty theft.
"Hey, Xiangyang!" Li Datou quickly came up to him. "Where are you headed?"
"Go into the city," Li Xiangyang replied casually.
Li Datou's eyes darted around the donkey cart: "It's freezing cold, what are we going into town for?"
"What's it to you? If you don't want to get beaten up, get the hell out of here." Wang Ergou glared at him impatiently.
Li Datou chuckled sheepishly, "I was just concerned about you guys."
After saying that, he glanced at the car again, still unwilling to give up.
Li Xiangyang sneered inwardly and shook the reins: "Let's go."
The donkey cart slowly moved forward.
After walking quite a distance, Wang Ergou became somewhat annoyed: "Damn it, what kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to covet me?"
“Yes,” Li Xiangyang said gravely, “the news travels really fast. We need to speed things up.”
The two dared not delay any longer and drove the donkey cart toward the county town.
As the sun rose higher, the frost on the ground melted, and the soil softened.
Not far ahead is a fork in the road; one road leads to the county town, and the other leads to Shiqiao Town.
Just as Li Xiangyang was about to turn towards the county town, he suddenly saw the grass by the roadside move.
"Someone's there!" Wang Ergou whispered a warning.
Li Xiangyang subtly tugged at the reins, and the donkey cart slowly came to a stop.
He pretended to be adjusting the reins, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the bushes and vaguely saw two figures crouching there.
"Damn it, this is never going to end. Xiangyang, do you want me to..." Wang Ergou's hand had already reached for the sharp knife at his waist.
Li Xiangyang nodded: "Go ahead, it'll do you good to teach them a lesson."
Upon hearing Li Xiangyang's words, Wang Ergou grinned, scrambled out of the car, and his smile was cold and ruthless.
The two men, who were already keeping watch in the bushes, panicked when they saw him approaching and tried to run away.
However, as soon as the two got up, Wang Ergou kicked one of them over.
"Ouch!" A scream rang out, and the person who was kicked turned pale, not daring to utter a curse.
"Hey, isn't this Ma Gen and Zhang Hu?" Wang Ergou grabbed Ma Gen by the collar and lifted him up.
Ma Gen's legs were trembling so badly that he could barely stand.
Do these two remember the incident last year when Wang Ergou beat their cousin so badly he ended up in the hospital?
That fight was really fierce; now his cousin avoids Wang Ergou whenever he sees him.
"Yes, it's us, Brother Er Gou, we were just relieving ourselves by the roadside..." Ma Gen was so scared that he couldn't even speak properly.
"Get lost! You're telling me it's convenient before you've even taken your pants off?" Wang Ergou sneered, one hand still gripping Ma Gen, the other clenched into a fist and waving it in front of Ma Gen's face. "You're not telling the truth, are you?"
"No, don't hit us! Brother Er Gou, spare us! Li Datou told us to stay here and keep watch, to let him know immediately if you head towards Shiqiao Town. Brother Er Gou, we're just lookouts!"
"That's it?" Wang Ergou squinted.
In that brief moment of blinking, the two of them were terrified.
They had personally witnessed Wang Ergou lose his temper; he was practically a madman, and when he fought, he didn't even feel pain.
"That's really all! I swear to God! Brother Er Gou, please forgive my rudeness..." Ma Gen was almost in tears.
Wang Ergou glanced at Li Xiangyang, and seeing him nod, he released his grip: "Get lost! If I see you again, I'll break your legs!"
The two of them scrambled away, and their panicked cries could still be heard from a great distance away.
He looked like he was being chased by a ghost.
Li Xiangyang laughed heartily: "Ergou, you're something else! You didn't even have to lift a finger, and you scared him like that."
"Hehe, we've fought before. A bunch of them ganged up on me, and I scared them off." Wang Ergou jumped into the car and said smugly, "Xiangyang, you don't understand. To deal with these guys, you just need to be ruthless enough to subdue them in one go. I could hold them down on both ends and make them eat shit, and they'd still be begging for it..."
Listening to Wang Ergou's boasting, a question popped into Li Xiangyang's mind.
Ma Gen and Zhang Hu's performance indeed confirmed what Wang Ergou said.
Compared to these two, how much better is Li Datou?
"Ergou, what's that bastard Li Datou thinking? He knows you're a fighter, yet he still dares to try and take advantage of us?"
Wang Ergou was about to start bragging when he heard this and was stunned.
He scratched his head. "Yeah, this kid usually acts like a mouse before a cat when he sees me, but today he's got some nerve. You mean he has someone backing him?"