Chapter 386: Two small changes

However, after taking a step, Sun Physician felt something was amiss.

He turned back and pointed at the man surnamed Li, asking:

"Li Song, did you see what happened? Tell me, what is going on here?"

Actually, the reason Sun Physician wanted to leave was that, in his view, a fight was a perfectly normal situation, as long as no one died.

Even if someone really had been beaten to death, it was normal; if they died, they died.

And the reason Sun Physician turned back was that he felt as the settlement leader, it was a bit unjustifiable to encounter this situation and not deal with it.

Actually, in this era, even the police didn't want to deal with things like fighting.

When the settlement leader asked, Li Song naturally had to answer, and then Li Song was seen with trembling lips saying:

"Settlement... Settlement Leader, it's like this..."

Very quickly, Li Song finished explaining the matter, but he made two small changes.

First, it was that Wang An was using the millstone to grind corn, and the man surnamed Niu and Niu Great Ming came to fight Wang An for the mill path, first using a dustpan to ambush Wang An, and then joining forces to beat Wang An, which was why Wang An fought back.

Second, it was that the reason Wang An fainted was that he was accidentally hit on the head by Niu Great Ming.

After Li Song finished speaking, Niu Great Ming held his face and babbled a bunch of things.

Unfortunately, Niu Great Ming's mouth had been ruined by the broom handle, so no one could hear clearly what Niu Great Ming was saying.

Furthermore, in such matters, no matter who looked at it, they would definitely think that what the bystander said was the truth.

Therefore, after Niu Great Ming finished, although everyone didn't understand a word, there wasn't even anyone who asked for clarification.

To tell the truth, what Li Song said was actually very close to the facts; even if the three people who did the fighting heard it, although they knew something was off, they felt there was nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, among the three people who fought at the scene, only Niu Great Ming hadn't fainted, so Wang An fainting—in anyone's eyes—would subconsciously be assumed to be because Wang An was knocked out by Niu Great Ming.

I have to say, Li Song's big brain definitely didn't grow in vain; not only was everything he said in Wang An's favor, but he also basically didn't offend the two people surnamed Niu.

After Li Song answered, the shrieking old woman wanted to speak, but Sun Physician glared at her fiercely and said: "It's not your turn yet, you wait a moment."

That shrieking old woman looked at Sun Physician and then sullenly shut her mouth.

Sun Physician then asked the other two old women:

"You two were here too, is what Li Song said correct?"

The two old women nodded repeatedly like chicks pecking at rice, saying incessantly:

"Mmhmm, mmhmm, that's right, that's exactly how it happened."

Don't say, although these two old women were taking money to do a job, this attitude—whoever looked at it wouldn't think they were faking it!

After the two old women answered, the shrieking old woman immediately said:

"No, they clearly..."

But before she could finish, Sun Physician interrupted impatiently:

"No what no? Are their six eyes not as accurate as your two eyes?"

Upon hearing this, the shrieking old woman sullenly shut her mouth again.

Immediately after, Sun Physician looked at the two people surnamed Niu on the ground with great impatience and turned to instruct the people behind him:

"You two, go, wake them up, pinch their philtrums. Damn it, every single day, all they know is fighting."

After Sun Physician finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked out of the mill path.

Just as Sun Physician had walked outside the mill path, before the people pinching the philtrums could even start, Wang An slowly woke up.

Acting requires a full performance, and then Wang An was seen shaking his head, seemingly trying to steady himself.

Immediately after, Wang An suddenly exploded, took a stride, and darted in front of Niu Great Ming, swinging his big foot to kick Niu Great Ming.

After kicking him a few times, Wang An cursed: "F*ck your mother, letting you ambush me, letting you ambush me."

At this moment, Niu Great Ming's entire face finally began to swell; his mouth hadn't been working well just a moment ago, and now it was even more useless.

He could only let out "woo-woo, um-um" wails, but couldn't say a single word.

Wang An's sudden action truly stunned the people at the scene, so one by one, there wasn't even anyone to break up the fight.

By the time Wang An cursed out loud, the crowd finally reacted, rushing forward to stop Wang An and push him to the side.

Yet Wang An was still cursing, the main point being: You damn coward, you only know how to ambush people.

More and more people arrived at the mill path upon hearing the news, and naturally, there were quite a few people surnamed Niu.

Many people surnamed Niu glared fiercely at Wang An, but didn't say a word.

It was mainly because, in everyone's perception, two people fighting one, and even resorting to an ambush, only to end up in such a sorry state, was truly too shameful.

When Niu Great Ming and the other person surnamed Niu were helped away, this farce finally came to a complete end.

Of course, Wang An also completely calmed down.

As for Li Song and the other two old women, perhaps fearing they would be exposed, or perhaps fearing Wang An would take the money back, they also followed the crowd and left.

After the crowd left, Wang An acted as if nothing had happened and continued to grind cornmeal in the mill path.

By the time Wang An had gathered the corn kernels back into the center of the millstone, the three older brothers and the younger brother of the Wang family, as well as Liu Guilan, had arrived upon hearing the news.

That's how it is in the countryside; generally, as long as there's a fight, it's a whole nest of people—that is, the entire family shows up.

Whether they can win or not isn't important; what's important is that they must be united and must dare to fight.

Seeing Wang An with his face covered in blood grinding cornmeal, Liu Guilan, who had been burning with anxiety, was instantly stunned.

Of course, also stunned were the three older brothers and the younger brother of the Wang family.

After a moment of shock, Wang Dazhu asked worriedly:

"Little An, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Wang An smiled and said: "I'm fine, isn't everything just great?"

Liu Guilan continued to ask worriedly: "Then what about your face? Why is it all blood? And, didn't they say you fainted?"

Wang An continued to smile and said: "The blood is theirs, and the fainting was an act."

As Wang An spoke, he recounted the whole story completely.

After hearing Wang An's account, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, though the expressions on their faces were quite spectacular.

Liu Guilan said: "Oh my, you scared your mother to death!"

Immediately after, Liu Guilan seemed to think of something, slapped her thigh, and said:

"Xueqing is still at home worrying. She wanted to come just now, but I didn't let her; I was afraid she'd get hurt. I have to go back quickly."

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, she hurried back home.

As for the three older brothers and the younger brother of the Wang family, they all stayed in the mill path.

Wang Daliang and Wang Li, the father and son, even took the initiative to take over the work in Wang An's hands, the reason being to let Wang An tidy himself up, mainly to wipe the blood off his face.

After all the corn kernels were ground, everyone walked toward Wang An's house together.

(End of chapter)