eurekapd Chapter 123 Are you deliberately trying to scam me?
Chapter 123 Are you deliberately trying to scam me?
Director Ma was so angry he almost vomited blood: "Damn it, how can you talk like that? We don't want to be cowards, but we feel that the villagers in this village are not good people."
"If you send the village chief to suppress them now, can the village chief follow us every second?"
"I can tell that if you want to mine here, you'll be in for a lot of trouble."
"Listen to me. I'm older than you, and I've seen more of the world than you have. You can still back out now."
Hearing that the other party wanted him to back down, Zhang Dong smiled faintly, but his tone was extremely firm.
"We can't back down, Director Ma. Let me make this clear: the current situation is that we'll deal with whatever comes our way."
“I’m determined to explore the area around Black Tiger Village. If there are any mineral deposits, I’ll mine here.”
Seeing that Zhang Dong was determined, Director Ma looked helpless.
"Since that's the case, kid, let me make this clear: we're only responsible for the reconnaissance. If any other trouble arises, you're in charge of handling it."
"Besides, I have a feeling that the villagers here are not easy to deal with. If our geological survey team is extorted by the villagers, you will have to pay for it."
Upon hearing Director Ma's request, Zhang Dong readily agreed.
"Don't worry, I'll pay up if that happens."
Director Ma then revealed a cunning and shrewd smile.
"With you saying that, I feel relieved. Kid, just wait and see if I've misjudged you."
Seeing Director Ma's spectator-like attitude, Zhang Dong felt that the old fox was right, but he didn't have any good ideas at the moment.
He was determined to acquire this jade mine.
Even when faced with the greatest difficulties, we will persevere to the end.
And so, Zhang Dong and the staff of the Geological Exploration Bureau lived together in tents set up in the wild.
To everyone's surprise, something really did happen the next afternoon.
"Zhang Dong, go check it out quickly. My men just reported that an old man from the village is trying to extort money from our geodetic surveyors."
"What, staged an accident?" Zhang Dong frowned.
Director Ma explained the situation: "An old man pushing a cart with half a basket of rice bowls bumped into our detection equipment and insisted that we pay him double the compensation."
"What? Why is this old man making so many rice bowls?" Zhang Dong frowned, somewhat annoyed. "Let's go, let's go take a look."
He and Director Ma went to the scene of the accident.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the same arrogant old man in his fifties from yesterday.
The guy was pushing a handcart, and next to him was a bamboo basket containing dozens of broken rice bowls.
The old man was also furious and was arguing with the members of the geological exploration team.
"You're all making a scene here, you've ruined my livelihood, I'm not done with you yet—"
The members of the geological exploration team had never seen anyone with such thick skin.
"Old man, can't you think before you speak?"
"We were surveying the geology here, and you bumped into us with your handcart and then demanded compensation. You're just blind, aren't you?"
"You're talking nonsense. This is all your fault. If you hadn't been messing around here, how could my car have crashed into your detection equipment?"
Upon seeing that it was the same old man who had caused trouble yesterday, Zhang Dong immediately understood.
It seems that this old man couldn't vent his anger yesterday, so he came up with this idea to teach me a lesson.
But in the current situation, the other party has indeed smashed so many rice bowls.
This left Zhang Dong quite puzzled.
At this moment, some villagers saw that something had happened and gathered around.
"Haha, the geological exploration team is in big trouble now. Zhang Laizi will definitely not let them off the hook."
"Exactly, he hadn't even vented his anger from yesterday, hehehe, this is going to be good."
“Zhang Laizi is a scoundrel who will take advantage of anyone who passes by. Once, I was passing by his door with a whetstone in my hand, and he took it from me and used it to sharpen more than a dozen sickles and axes before letting me leave.”
"Now that so many of his bowls have been broken, these geological survey team members are probably in deep trouble..."
When Zhang Dong arrived, he didn't immediately come forward. Instead, he listened to what the villagers who were watching had to say.
After listening to everyone's discussion, Zhang Dong had a general idea in his mind.
Although I knew from yesterday that this old guy was no pushover, I didn't expect him to be this difficult to deal with.
Since he has the nickname "Zhang Laizi" (meaning "Zhang the Rascal"), he's definitely not a good person.
After listening to the villagers' discussion for a while, Zhang Dong smiled and walked out from behind the crowd to stand in front of Zhang Laizi.
Zhang Dong didn't even address him as an old man, and simply snorted coldly.
"So you're the infamous Zhang Laizi?"
The old man was arguing with the members of the geological exploration team when he saw Zhang Dong come up and call him by his nickname. The old man was furious.
"You bastard, you're the one who called Zhang Laizi that. The villagers didn't know the name and just called him that without knowing it."
Kid, I know you're the one who called these geological survey teams. Now their equipment has ruined so many of my livelihoods. You'd better pay for it right now, or this won't end here..."
Seeing the other person barking and yelling at him like a mad dog.
After waving his hand, Zhang Dong calmly asked him.
"We'll talk about compensation later. Let me find out what happened first."
"Zhang Laizi, you're not deliberately trying to extort money from your family by pushing your rice bowl here, are you?"
"What? You're actually saying I deliberately staged an accident? Kid, don't talk nonsense."
Zhang Dong snorted coldly: "If you think I'm talking nonsense, then tell me, what are you doing pushing so many rice bowls outside the village?"
Upon hearing Zhang Dong ask this question, Zhang Laizi curled his lip and snorted coldly.
“I just want to go to the neighboring village. Don’t you know that my family has a business of renting out rice bowls? Usually, for weddings and funerals, I provide rice bowls, tables and chairs to these families.”
"Now that all my bowls are broken, you have to pay me."
Upon hearing the explanation, the surrounding villagers all wore expressions of anticipation, as if watching a good show.
"Haha, this old bastard, he really can lie without even thinking it through."
“I saw it all just now. He brought a lot of broken bowls and deliberately came to stage an accident to extort money.”
Hearing the villagers talking like this, Zhang Laizi immediately flew into a rage.
"What the hell are you spouting nonsense about? What does this have to do with you?"
Some villagers, eager for a good show, started to cheer wildly and strongly support Zhang Laizi.
"Regardless of what kind of bowl it is, now that it's broken, you should pay for it."