Chapter 62: Holding a kitchen knife, chasing Shazhu to chop him

The setting sun sank in the west.

The steel mill bathed in the afterglow of colorful clouds.

Accompanied by the rising of revolutionary songs, workers in blue work clothes walked in twos and threes along the factory's main and side roads.

The entire steel mill instantly turned into a sea of blue.

Lin Shengli appeared riding a brand-new Phoenix bicycle, instantly becoming the focus of everyone's attention.

Handsome and suave, with an extraordinary bearing.

Plus the bright new name-brand bicycle, it's hard not to draw people's attention.

"Is this person new? How come I've never seen him before?"

"He couldn't be the child of some high-ranking official, could he?"

"It seems today is his first day at work, and I heard that Phoenix bicycle was specially assigned to him by the factory."

"No way? Even Deputy Director Li and the others are still riding half-used bicycles."

"He's a top talent; I heard Factory Director Yang went to great lengths to bring him in."

"But he looks so young."

"Hey hey hey, you don't know? He's the section chief of our factory's Technical Section Two, a graduate of a prestigious university, a technical expert."

"Talking big without a draft—when did our factory even have a Technical Section Two?"

"It was just established today; I heard this person is very capable, and all factories are competing to hire him."

At the same time.

The siheyuan was staging a farce.

Shazhu panicked and ran into the front yard, while Liang Ladi chased him from behind brandishing a gleaming kitchen knife.

Behind Liang Ladi followed a crowd of people, both adults and children.

"Shazhu, you bastard, if you've got the guts, don't run!"

"I will definitely chop you to death today."

"Liang Ladi, you, you've gone crazy!"

No matter how high one's martial arts, they still fear a kitchen knife.

Shazhu didn't dare to stop at all; Liang Ladi was really serious.

It turned out that Da Mao and Er Mao, along with some little kids, were playing in the hutong.

Bang Geng wanted to join in, but Da Mao wouldn't let him.

In anger, Bang Geng shoved Da Mao, and as a result, the two brothers Da Mao and Er Mao beat him up.

Bang Geng went back crying to tattle, and happened to meet Shazhu returning from work.

When Shazhu heard that Da Mao and Er Mao had beaten Bang Geng, he felt sorry.

Especially after seeing Qin Huairu standing there silently shedding tears.

He didn't even ask why, just went and gave Da Mao a slap.

He never expected Liang Ladi to see it.

Although Liang Ladi didn't spoil her son without restraint like Qin Huairu did, in her eyes her son was still a treasure.

How could she allow an adult like Shazhu to slap her son's face?

She said nothing more, went home, grabbed a kitchen knife, and chased after Shazhu.

And thus came this scene.

Yan Bu Gui was originally watering flowers; seeing this, he opened his mouth to advise, but finally held back.

Shazhu usually acted tyrannically, and would mock this Third Grandfather at the slightest provocation, so he couldn't be bothered to intervene.

"Hmph, Shazhu, I never expected you'd have a day like this."

Yan Bu Gui thought to himself, suddenly feeling a chill in his shoes; looking down, he saw the sprinkler spraying water onto his shoes.

He set the sprinkler aside and followed the crowd toward the central courtyard.

"Da Mao's mother, chop him."

"Shazhu, if you've got the guts, don't run."

"Shazhu is going too far, Da Mao's mother; today we must make him bleed."

"Pick up stones and throw them at him, Da Mao's mother."

"Da Mao's mother, I have a stone here."

The crowd following behind watched the excitement, not thinking the matter was big enough.

These people were from the siheyuan and also from the neighboring courtyard.

From their words one could also tell that Shazhu's social connections were poor, really bad.

All of them unanimously supported Liang Ladi.

Without the protagonist's halo, Shazhu is actually not doing well at all.

Some of them didn't even understand what had happened, but since Liang Ladi was chasing him with a knife, they firmly believed Shazhu must have done something despicable.

Shazhu has always been entangled with widows.

Moreover, Shazhu, flustered, rushed into the central courtyard, where Qin Huairu was washing cabbage.

"Shazhu, you're in a sorry state being chased by a woman—your ability is amazing! I'll have to look up to you."

When she saw Liang Ladi charging in with a kitchen knife, Qin Huairu couldn't help but speak mockingly.

When she first married in, since she was about the same age as Liang Ladi, they got along fairly closely.

But as time went on, Liang Ladi suddenly became indifferent toward her.

Therefore, she found Liang Ladi increasingly displeasing to the eye.

By the way, Liang Ladi's son just hit Bang Geng a moment ago.

She hopes Shazhu can give Liang Ladi a lesson for her.

Upon hearing her words, Shazhu hastily braked, then turned around, hands on his waist, panting heavily.

As Liang Ladi ran closer, he frowned, slowly backing away while pointing at Liang Ladi, who was chasing him with a raised kitchen knife, and shouted:

"Liang Ladi, enough already!"

"Stop, stop, otherwise I won't be polite!"

Shazhu really doesn't want Qin Huairu to look down on him.

"Good, let's see how you're not going to be polite!"

Liang Ladi had no intention of stopping at all.

Shazhu frowned again, his heart grew even more panicked.

But.

Qin Huairu was right before his eyes.

He could not retreat.

He slowly stepped back until he reached the corner of the wall, with no way to retreat further.

Meanwhile, the onlooking crowd continued to clamor.

Liang Ladi, meanwhile, walked slowly toward him, holding up a kitchen knife.

Suddenly.

He lunged forward in a single stride and snatched the kitchen knife from Liang Ladi's hand, who was slow to react by half a beat.

Then he threw it aside and roared at Liang Ladi:

"Liang Ladi, I, Shazhu, don't hit women."

"Before I get angry, get out quick!"

Liang Ladi shouted: "Shazhu, you're an adult beating a child, aren't you ashamed?"

"If you're capable, hit me too."

Just then.

Suddenly came the Deaf Old Lady's roar:

"Shazhu, stop!"

The onlooking crowd hastily made way.

Shazhu glanced over and saw the Deaf Old Lady standing outside the crowd, leaning on a crutch.

He also saw Lin Shengli, Zheng Juan, and Yi Zhonghai just walking into Zhongyuan.

It seemed that because the Deaf Old Lady rarely yelled at him, she wanted to give Lin Shengli and Yi Zhonghai a show of force, and also wanted Zheng Juan to see him as a real man, thus looking up to him.

He suddenly struck out, pushing Liang Ladi, who was right before him.

Caught off guard, Liang Ladi was pushed so that she fell face up, limbs in the air.

Seeing this, the crowd couldn't help but become agitated.

The Deaf Old Lady shook her head and let out a long sigh to the heavens.

Yi Dama and San Da Ma squeezed in, talking about Shazhu while helping Liang Ladi up.

Qin Huairu standing aside had a blank expression, but inside she was very happy.

Meanwhile, Bang Geng standing beside her showed a smug smile.

"Shazhu, I'll fight you to the end!"

Liang Ladi glared at Shazhu, shook off Yi Dama and San Da Ma, and was about to rush at Shazhu.

However, Zheng Juan, who had run over, grabbed her.

"Master, master, please calm down, calm down."

"Rest assured, Shazhu will surely pay for his earlier actions."