eurekapd Chapter 128 Just a mangy dog in a village
Chapter 128 Just a mangy dog in a village
"Haha, this Zhang Laizi actually spoke well of them and promised not to extort them anymore. That's really something."
"Hehe, that's right. I wonder if he'll learn his lesson now?"
"It's hard to say, after all, a leopard can't change its spots, you know what I mean."
The villagers exchanged knowing glances, watching Zhang Laizi make a fool of himself, which made Zhang Laizi lose face.
Originally, the villagers should have strongly supported him for taking the lead in extorting people from other villages. But these villagers all hated him, and now that he was being ridiculed, Zhang Laizi felt even more ashamed.
"Ahem, Zhang Dong, for my sake, please don't beat Zhang Laizi up. He has already realized his mistake."
"Oh, you've realized your mistake? That's a real shame. I felt quite good about being proven wrong just now."
As he spoke these words casually, Zhang Dong's gaze turned coldly towards Zhang Laizi.
"Since you don't want to be hospitalized, then get out of here! What are you dawdling about? Are you waiting for me to give you a bonus?"
Speaking angrily, Zhang Dong slapped him across the face with a look of disgust.
"What? You've already agreed to let me go?"
Looking at Zhang Laizi again, after struggling to get up from the ground, he felt as if he had been granted a pardon.
The old man stumbled and crawled, limping as he ran towards the village.
The villagers couldn't help but burst into laughter upon seeing this.
"Heh heh, this is truly a once-in-a-century event. This old man originally wanted to extort money from others, but now he's broken so many plates and bowls for nothing. Isn't this a case of losing both his wife and his army..."
Li Qingshan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but give Zhang Dong a thumbs up.
"Brother, I never expected you to be so amazing. You actually managed to subdue the biggest scoundrel dog in our village."
"Haha, there's no other way but to fight violence with violence. I originally wanted to give him more money, but he didn't want it, so there's nothing I can do."
"You've got to be kidding me," Li Qingshan said, then burst into laughter.
"This old bastard wouldn't dare take your money. The more you offer him money, the more scared he gets. I guess this will teach him a lesson."
Zhang Dong shook his head: "It's hard to say. Didn't you say before that the Zhang family is a prominent family in the village? Maybe some of his relatives will want to stand up for him. I'll wait and see..."
Upon hearing Zhang Dong's assessment, Li Qingshan's expression turned serious.
"Yes, Zhang Dong, although this old man has promised not to extort you anymore and not to go to the hospital, it's not that there are no good things, it's that there are no good people. We really have to be careful about this."
Li Qingshan, who had been full of worry, was even more surprised to find that Zhang Dong showed no sign of concern after he finished speaking.
"Brother, why don't you seem worried at all?"
Zhang Dong shrugged: "What's the use of worrying? If he's still not giving up and wants to cause trouble again, then I'll wait and see what he does."
"Besides, he's just a scoundrel in the village, what do I have to worry about?"
Upon hearing Zhang Dong casually remark these words, Li Qingshan realized that Zhang Dong had just revealed his wealth and that he was a rich man.
"Oh Zhang Dong, I didn't expect you to have so many businesses at such a young age. You've kept your mouth shut for so long, you haven't told me any of this."
Zhang Dong smiled faintly: "I only said that to scare Zhang Laizi."
"Don't take it to heart if I didn't tell you, Brother Li. I can't exactly tell you as soon as we meet, 'Village Chief Li, I'm a rich man.' Wouldn't that be showing off?"
"Haha, yes, Brother Zhang Dong, you really have impressed me."
"No matter what, you taught Zhang Laizi a lesson, which will definitely make him behave for a while."
"Judging from how frightened he was just now, I feel that he won't dare to cause you any more trouble in the short term."
"But this old man is very wicked. He may not dare to take the lead, but he might try to sow discord and let others take the lead."
"Yeah, Brother Qingshan, don't worry. As long as he's not afraid of getting beaten up, he can come. I'm really not afraid of such a shameless person..."
In Zhang Laizi's courtyard in Black Tiger Village.
I saw him return home with a bruised and swollen face, and a lot of blood at the corner of his mouth.
His wife, Li Guirong, was so shocked that her mouth dropped open.
"Old man, didn't you go out to pick up money? Why are you looking like this?"
She knew about her man's staged accident earlier, and she thought he would come back triumphantly with a large sum of money in his hand.
The news had already spread throughout the village that the young man who came to develop the mine was from a wealthy family and ran a large-scale breeding farm in the village.
Therefore, Li Guirong also supported Zhang Laizi going out to ask Zhang Dong for money.
Li Guirong was waiting at home to count the money when she saw her husband like this, and her heart skipped a beat.
Upon hearing the question, Zhang Laizi's face filled with anger.
"Damn it, don't even mention it. I ran into a jerk this time. Not only did I not get any money, but I also got a good beating from him."
"What? You idiot? That Zhang Dong from the other village actually hit you?"
"Damn it, how dare he bully people in our village? He has some nerve! We have to go find him right now."
Seeing his wife's relentless attitude, as if she wanted to drag him out to cause trouble for Zhang Dong, Zhang Laizi couldn't help but tremble violently in fright.
"Oh, old woman, you should just give up. That bastard, I don't dare go looking for him anymore."
Seeing her husband acting so cowardly, Li Guirong couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"Hey sir, are you still Zhang Laizi? I'm starting to doubt you're even real. Where's all that bravado from before?"
Hearing his wife's questioning and doubt, Zhang Laizi stomped his foot in anger.
"Damn it, all my previous prestige has been destroyed by this Zhang Dong."
Seeing her husband so frightened, Li Guirong was even more surprised.
"I'm telling you, sir, what exactly happened before?"
When asked, Zhang Laizi did not hide anything.
He told his wife, Li Guirong, what had happened after he staged the accident.
After hearing this, Li Guirong was also stunned.
"What? This Zhang Dong is so rich, he's actually a mine owner. No wonder he came to our mountain village to develop mines."
"Oh dear, what are we going to do? You got beaten up, and we even lost some broken plates and bowls. That's a huge loss."
Hearing his wife say that, Zhang Laizi felt a pang of heartache.
His wife is right.
He would usually wait until someone in the village was using these broken plates and bowls before taking them in, but when they were returned, he would make the family pay him back.
But this time, he miscalculated.