Chapter 336: Group Brawl

The father and his two sons instantly turned red-faced; they had called their clan brothers to come and demand the return of the machines, intending to deny everything to the death, but the standoff went against them, and they ended up slapping their own faces.

"My younger brother was misled by you. The entire sea is so vast; does it all belong to your family? We only fished nearby, never approaching your buoys, yet even the fish caught far away were all taken by you."

"Damn your mother, you still want to argue!"

Ah Zheng, furious, rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward when the villagers held him back.

The village committee members also urged from the side, "Don't be impulsive, speak properly..."

"What do you want to do, what do you want to do... It is simply a fact; the sea does not belong to you. Why can only you fish? Why beat people and snatch goods and machines?"

Ye Yaodong also glared, "Why? Because we occupied the place first, because those branches were placed by us, because our fists are harder. Go to hell, if you don't get lost now, none of you will be leaving."

"What are you so arrogant about?" Ah Qiu stuck out his index finger again, his eyes bloodshot as he pointed at him, "Do you think I won't call a few boats tomorrow to surround that small island and snatch your goods and machines too..."

"Damn your mother... you try it..."

Ah Zheng's personality was more erratic and he was easily provoked; hearing this, he instantly became so angry that he snapped the index finger straight off, and a cry of agony rang out immediately.

"Ah..."

Ah Qiu's brother, in a panic, raised a stick and swung it at Ah Zheng, "Damn your mother..."

Ah Zheng raised his arm in time to block his head, and pain immediately shot through his arm.

But the villager who had just helped block people in front of him was not so lucky; he was struck by Ah Qiu's brother's stick right near his temple, and his head buzzed as he slumped to one side.

Ye Yaodong supported Ah Zheng, "Are you okay? Damn your mother... you dare to hit people..."

After speaking, he grabbed a carrying pole and swung it at Ah Qiu's brother.

Ah Zheng supported the beaten villager, raised his carrying pole, and shouted while swinging it, "Damn your mother..."

The villagers of this village also boiled over; they hadn't even moved yet, but these outsiders actually dared to take the initiative to hit people; how arrogant.

One by one, they raised their weapons in hand, cursing furiously with spittle flying.

"Ling Mu Ji Bai..."

"Sai Ling Liang..."

"Sai Ling Mu..."

"Damn your mother..."

While both sides had been arguing and delaying time, everyone had taken turns running home to fetch carrying poles and sticks, or family members, fearing they would lose out, had brought them.

The emotions that had just been calmed instantly flared up into collective rage due to this incident; a great battle was about to break out.

Ye Yaodong's carrying pole also struck Ah Qiu's brother on the face, instantly leaving a red mark.

A small carrying pole also hit his arm, and both sides immediately descended into a chaotic brawl.

The villagers from both sides fought each other with their weapons; the outsiders lacked morale and quickly fell into a disadvantage, able only to defend themselves with their weapons.

Moreover, the young and strong men of the village had returned from the sea at this time; none had time to go home for a meal, and upon hearing that outsiders had come to cause trouble in the village, they all angrily grabbed handy tools and rushed forward.

The morale of the local villagers soared; originally they were just fighting with their weapons, gaining the upper hand, while the outsiders retreated step by step, though no one had been knocked down yet.

After people kept joining in, everyone crushed them with an unstoppable force; once one person fell, a whole crowd immediately collapsed behind him.

At this point, sticks and carrying poles were no longer useful; everyone threw them aside, surrounded the outsiders, and beat them as a group, punching and kicking, while spitting and spraying saliva furiously.

"Look at you being arrogant, daring to hit people..."

"Whose land is this, and you still dare to come here to cause trouble?"

"Damn it, daring to snatch our village's goods, and still daring to come here with such momentum; we won't beat you to death..."

"Damn it, drag out that bastard who hit people!" Ye Yaodong said angrily.

They carefully identified the crowd, but Ye Yaodong saw a young man sneaking around in the mix, actually joining the adults in punching and kicking; his eyelid twitched instantly.

Damn, when did this kid sneak in?

Xiao Xiao, with sharp eyes, saw Ah Qiu lying in a corner, hugging his head and curled into a ball, "Over there! Drag him out and deal with him!"

Ah Zheng also spoke with vicious determination: "Drag out that father and his two sons... daring to hit Laozi, damn your mother..."

The enthusiastic villagers shifted their positions for them to make it easier to drag people out.

Ye Yaodong didn't bother to drag that kid out first; he dragged the others out first.

"Stop hitting, stop hitting... we don't want the machines anymore..."

"Who do you think you are? Saying you want it, you want it; saying you don't want it, you don't? Hit, hit them hard until they are afraid; they actually dared to say they would snatch ours at sea; we won't beat you to death!"

They beat that father and his two sons viciously; if they didn't beat them so they would lie down for half a month or a month today, tomorrow it would be them getting robbed at sea.

At least for the next ten days, they would have to catch squid around that small island.

Better to strike first to avoid being the unlucky one later.

Since the other side struck first, the village committee members fell silent and stood aside to watch; now, as long as no one is beaten to death, it doesn't count as a crime.

Men must have blood; if someone hits you, of course you hit back.

After Ye Fu and Lin Fu pushed the cart to the doorway, they also rushed over; seeing that Ye Yaodong was fine and even able to hit people, they felt relieved.

But when they saw the small figure in the crowd, Lin Fu's face instantly darkened; this kid...

He was involved in everything and worked so hard; Lin Fu, with a foul face, went forward and grabbed the back of his collar.

Lin Lin Guangyuan was fighting with great enthusiasm; seeing someone pull him, he didn't even look up but twisted his body and cursed, "Let go, who the hell is grabbing my clothes..."

"Your grandfather!"

"Your grandpa... ah? Grandpa..."

Lin Fu's black-red face turned even blacker, "I'll settle the score with you when we get back."

The chaotic fight continued...

No, now it should be a one-sided beating!

As the young and strong men of the village gradually increased, those standing on the periphery could no longer see the people being beaten inside, and the women around were pointing and cursing.

"Deserved to be beaten..."

"You actually dare come to our village with weapons!"

"I just heard they were the ones who threw the first punch, very arrogant. Otherwise, Chen Shuji and the others were still planning to reason with them."

"We have to hit back, otherwise they'll think we're easy to bully…"

"Don't even know which village they're from?"

"Who knows which village? Seems like they didn't say just now?"

"Looks like they're from Haiqing Village, right?"

After a one-sided beating for quite a while, Chen Shuji, afraid they'd cause real trouble, watched until it was about enough, then quickly stepped in to stop them—especially Ye Yaodong and his two companions.

"Alright, alright, that's enough, can't keep hitting them, or there'll be trouble."

"That's about right…"

"Stop, stop, that's enough… don't hit them anymore…"

They called over the villagers watching the show on the side to help hold them back; some people were still reluctant to stop.

Ye Yaodong, seeing it was about enough, finally stopped, then said to the pile of out-of-village villagers on the ground: "Don't blame us. If you want to blame someone, blame whoever egged you on into coming here to stick your neck out."

"Exactly. Don't even look at where this is. Coming to someone else's village to act tough, and even throwing punches—serves you right…"

"Now get lost!"

A few people caught in the middle, who hadn't been hit hard, upon hearing this immediately slowly got up.

Ye Yaodong picked up his own carrying pole with the red mark on it from the ground, which so startled them that they immediately crouched back down, arms over their heads.

"Tch—cowards—get lost!"

He was tired from the fight; after a full day of hard labor he hadn't even caught his breath yet.

Those people glanced at them a few times, tentatively stood back up, and seeing no sign of another beating, those who could still barely stand helped prop each other up.

Some were lying down unable to get up; for the moment they had no choice but to wait until they got back and send someone over with a cart to haul them.

Chen Shuji simply had people carry those lying on the ground to the village entrance—luckily it wasn't far from there.

He patted Ye Yaodong again. "Go on back. Wait for the fishing season to pass, remember to change spots for fishing."

"What's there to be afraid of? They can't possibly send a few boats to follow us and work alongside us every day."

"Ah, you can't be too careful. Better safe than sorry."

"Got it. I'm beat. What a fine mess to get tangled up in."

There were still plenty of Jiang Yao around that island's seabed he hadn't pulled up yet, and plenty of abalone on the underwater reefs he couldn't bear to leave. He'd see how things went, but at least for now he didn't have to worry.

"The day before yesterday, Jiaming also got into a fight with people on another boat, and Chengling also fought people across the boats. Others out at sea saw lots of boats swinging sticks at each other. The sea's been real chaotic these past few days, so be careful out there."

"I know. I'll be careful."

Good thing he left little Ah Zheng behind; everyone was nearby, so staying together they could look out for one another.

After exchanging greetings with everyone, he grabbed the collar of the kid who'd been grinning sheepishly beside him. "How come you're involved in everything? When did you follow us over?"

Lin Lin Guangyuan just grinned sheepishly in apology, saying nothing.

Ye Yaodong swatted the back of his head. "Behave when you get back. Don't go looking for trouble, but don't be afraid of it either. When other people are brawling, if it's none of your business, stay out of it. Things out there are a real mess right now."

"Hehe, Uncle, today's matter actually does concern me, so I followed along."

"I'm exhausted. I wish I could just go back and lie down. If I'd known, I should've just sent you."

"Huh?"

"Huh your head. Let's go, heading home."

Lin Lin Guangyuan twisted his body, trying to break free of his grip. "Why do you all like grabbing people by the back of the collar so much?"

"Because it's convenient."

Ah Zheng also twisted his head, stretching out both hands as he walked. "Missing the days when I didn't have to work—so beautiful, so carefree."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. "Then don't work. Sell the boat! It'll feed you for a long time. When you run out of money, figure something out then."

"What kind of joke is that? Laozi finally got a boat."

Xiao Xiao said with a smile: "These days we earn plenty every day, way better than odd jobs. Anyone in our shoes wouldn't want to give it up. If Ah Zheng quits, then I'll just have to hog it all myself."

"In your dreams!"

"You can't pull ivory out of a dog's mouth."

"Your dog's mouth can pull out ivory!"

"Stop talking nonsense. Your dog's mouth clearly spits out dog teeth…"

Two childish idiots.

Ye Yaodong slung an arm over Lin Lin Guangyuan's shoulder and, ignoring their bickering, walked off on his own.