Chapter 497: Let's just leave it at that; we can't afford to provoke Shazhu

After Wang Haijun left Bai Xu restaurant.

His mood was extremely unpleasant.

Probably because he was depressed to the extreme, seeing an overturned discarded iron bucket on the ground not far away, he took it as a tool to vent his inner anger.

He kicked the iron bucket with one foot.

He heard a series of "ka-cha" sounds, and then a miserable "ai-you" cry rang out on the spot.

The iron bucket was an iron bucket.

But inside there was a stone.

Wang Haijun's right foot, which he kicked out with great force, was less like kicking the iron bucket and more like kicking the large stone inside it.

A flesh-and-blood body is naturally no match for a stone.

Wang Haijun's strength, however, was exerted to the fullest.

The ultimate retribution fell on his head; his right toe bone broke, and he clutched his broken right foot, collapsing on the ground and wailing in pain.

Not far away.

Several companions heard the sound.

They ran up to Wang Haijun and carefully inquired.

Upon learning that Wang Haijun had fractured his own foot by kicking the iron bucket, each of the companions felt a surge of guilt on their faces.

The stone inside the iron bucket was the handiwork of these few.

They had originally intended to give someone a bump, but never expected to pit Wang Haijun.

Without further ado, they lifted Wang Haijun and ran toward the nearby hospital; only after the doctors had treated him did the companions have the mind to ask for the specific outcome of the trip to Bai Xu restaurant.

Upon learning that Shazhu was not playing by the rules and had sent Wang Haijun to the steel mill to demand money, several companions became dissatisfied, declaring outright that since Shazhu wouldn't give them face, they wouldn't give him face either, and would haul away those tables and chairs so that Shazhu's Bai Xu restaurant couldn't open.

When they learned from Wang Haijun's mouth that Shazhu had declared they could haul away the tables and chairs, they all instantly became deflated balloons.

How can we still play?

They pondered for a long time.

A guy with triangular eyes put forth a suggestion, proposing some wicked tricks like arson, blocking doors, dumping feces, urinating, and so on.

These are the usual tactics of these people.

Many people have fallen into these people's traps.

Shazhu is no ordinary person; these commonly used despicable tactics are useless against him and may even backfire, causing them to lose more than they gain.

No sooner had this brother who proposed the idea finished speaking than Wang Haijun slapped him across the face.

Had they not known Shazhu's background, they might have followed this brother's suggestion, but Wang Haijun knows Shazhu's background.

Shazhu's brother-in-law is the chief of the Red Star Police Station.

The county magistrate is no match for the current overseer.

Wang Haijun believes that if they really carried out these despicable acts, this bunch would likely end up serving several years in prison.

Setting aside Shazhu's brother-in-law's background, Shazhu's own strength is not bad either; after all, he once served as the canteen chief of the steel mill, and it is said that the current head of the steel mill holds Shazhu in high regard.

A few days ago, when Shazhu was tidying up the Bai Xu restaurant, the steel mill's Security Section specially sent people to help, and the leader of that Security Section even cleaned up a few old antitank obstacles at the restaurant's entrance.

Pressed to the limit.

Even without Liu Jianguo lifting a finger, the Security Section's beasts would crush this bunch, making them suffer physical pain and also endure punishment.

To confront Shazhu head-on.

They dare not, nor do they have such strength.

To take a soft approach with Shazhu.

Shazhu, however, refuses to buy into their tactics.

Before the campaign even succeeded, they lost money, the leader Wang Haijun still got a broken foot, and they also incurred medical expenses.

All of this is money.

Inside the ward.

Everyone stared at each other, ultimately failing to devise a plan; everything turned out just as Shazhu had anticipated, worrying that the Security Section would guard the scene, which extinguished the idea of going to Bai Xu to haul away the tables and chairs.

……

After Qin Huairu left, Lao Ma Tou.

He rode a bicycle.

He went to the commune.

He met Shi Jiahong's father, Shi Laoshu.

Seeing Lao Ma Tou come looking for him, Shi Laoshu was slightly surprised; at this time of neither festival nor holiday, he wondered why his in-law had come, mainly because he still didn't know that Qin Huairu had arrived.

"Old Ma, what else has happened in the village?"

He paused for more than ten seconds.

He guessed it was about Bangeng.

He then steered the conversation onto Bangeng.

"Did Bangeng write you another application? As we agreed, any application he writes gets rejected outright, no matter the reason."

Bangeng wanted to return to the city.

During this period.

He came to Shi Laoshu's place and caused a disturbance several times.

Shi Laoshu also knew his daughter's mind; she simply wanted to follow Bangeng back to the city to enjoy prosperity, but due to certain considerations, he did not approve of the proposal for Shi Jiahong to go to the city to enjoy prosperity.

Separated by mountains and rivers.

And it wasn't his own territory.

If something really happens.

It's a situation where the whip is too short to reach.

As for Shi Laoshu, his only thought about his daughter is that she had better stay in the village—his father-in-law was the head of the production brigade, his own father is the head of the commune, so no one dares to give Shi Jiahong a hard time; but if she really went all the way to the Capital City, in an unfamiliar place, who would know her Shi Jiahong?

Moreover, Shi Laoshu learned a truth from Yan Jiekuang and Liu Guangfu.

Bangeng's grandmother is not a good person—the kind of old hag that people dislike and even dogs find annoying. Bangeng's birth mother Qin Huairu is also no good; her conduct is poor, she had an affair with her husband's master and even bore him a daughter, and was later smeared with feces by people at her work unit; her daughter Shi Jiahong is somewhat feisty, but among feisty women she is no match for that lot.

The best solution.

Keep Bangeng and let him act as a matchmaker for Shi Jiahong.

"Mouse!"

Shi Jiahong's father is a Rat in the zodiac; his parents lack education, so they simply took his zodiac sign as his name, giving him the nickname Stone Mouse, and his little name is Mouse.

"Bangeng's mother has come."

"What?"

Shi Laoshu jumped up from the stool.

He stared straight at Old Ma Tou.

"That woman called Qin Huairu? When did he come? How did he suddenly show up at the door? Could it be for Bangeng? Yes, yes, yes, it must be for Bangeng!"

A cold smile appeared on Shi Laoshu's face.

His tone was also gloomy.

"Want to take Bangeng away? Not that easy!"

"Mouse, Qin Huairu is not simple; guess what she just said to me?"

"What did she say?"

Old Ma Tou related to Shi Laoshu exactly what Qin Huairu had said to him, word for word.

Upon hearing that Qin Huairu was trying to use kinship ties to persuade Old Ma Tou to leave Shi Jiahong's three children behind, Shi Laoshu couldn't help but let out a few cold snorts.

This woman.

She treats their Kao Shan Tun as her own private plot.

She is also too conceited.

"I know about this matter; as for Qin Huairu's side, you just handle it as you see fit; I'll take care of Shi Jiahong's ideological work!"

"You don't want her to go to the city?"

"If going to the city means suffering, it's better to stay in our village; I've contacted my friend, who is a deputy bureau chief in our county."

"Then I'll head back first."

Old Ma Tou saw that Shi Laoshu had no objection, and thus knew what he should do.