Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
The two young nurses pushing the mobile bed made surprised noises.
After watching the two young men fall, Wan Feng ordered: "Hurry up, let's leave here before they get up."
Two nurses quickly pushed the mobile bed downstairs and got into the ambulance at the hospital entrance.
Wan Feng and Zhang Guangpu also got on the ambulance, and the ambulance sped away.
Fifty minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the county hospital, and after a busy period, Qi Guangli and Zhang Xian were admitted.
"Master, please stay here for a while. I'll find two people to take care of them. Then you can take the tractor home. Stay home for the next two days and wait until the weather calms down."
Wan Feng walked out of the hospital and found Xia Qiulong at the entrance of the cinema.
"Hey, brother, why are you here at this hour?"
Wan Feng pulled Xia Qiulong aside and said, "Arrange two brothers to go to Ward 216 of the County Hospital's Surgery Department to look after the two patients."
"Your relative?"
"Zhang Xian and Qi Guangli from Qingshan were beaten."
Xia Qiulong's eyes widened immediately. "Who beat him? Is there anyone in Hongya who dares to touch our brothers?"
"Does the Qingshan Sun family have any connection?"
Xia Qiulong shook his head: "Sun family? There's no connection. Did they do it?"
Wan Feng recounted what had happened.
"Brother, what do you want to do?"
"As long as the Sun family doesn't fall, we won't be able to take over the Qingshan market. I plan to clear the Sun family out of Qingshan."
"Brother, what do you say we should do? We'll do whatever you say, and if it doesn't work, we'll just destroy them."
Wan Feng pondered for a while and said, "Let's wait until Zhang Xian and Qi Guangli are discharged from the hospital."
The Sun family must fall in Qingshan, otherwise, with their presence, Qingshan will have no chance of entering. Wanfeng is not ready to give up this market.
Although Wan Feng does not praise violence, what else can you do if you don't use violence when you encounter people like the Sun family?
Rely on the police?
Wan Feng, a police officer in the 1980s and 1990s, really had no confidence in them.
Zhang Xian recovered relatively quickly from his injuries, which were only skin injuries and nothing serious. He stayed in the county hospital for only one day before he insisted on going home. Qi Guangli stayed in the county hospital for ten days before being discharged and returning home to recuperate.
During these ten days, Wan Feng acted as if nothing had happened in the depression. He did what he had to do. There were people taking care of Qi Guangli in the hospital, so he didn't have to worry about anything.
During this period, he secretly went to Qingshan. Qi Guangli's brother took him to Qingshan and he stayed there secretly for several hours without attracting anyone's attention.
On November 20th, Qi Guangli was discharged from the hospital, but he did not go home. Instead, he rested at his sister's home in Hangou, Gushan.
On November 23rd, the 16th day of the 10th lunar month, it snowed lightly.
Suitable for: offering sacrifices, praying, opening a shrine, traveling, felling trees, demolition, breaking ground, moving, moving into a new home...
Taboo: getting married, starting a business, doing business, burying a deceased person, and burying a deceased person.
At seven o'clock in the evening, a Jiefang truck slowly drove into the southern area of Qingshan Town and stopped in front of a hotel called Yingbin.
"Sun Ba is drinking with his brothers in there, there are six of them." Someone in the cab pointed at the restaurant and said.
"Isn't Sun Liu here?"
"Sun Liu has a mistress in Caijia Village these days. He has been staying at his mistress's house these days."
Caijia Village is about three miles east of Qingshan Town, next to the sea.
"Don't turn off the car, we will evacuate after we are done." Wan Feng pulled down his old man's hat and got out of the car.
The old man's hat is a kind of hat in the north. It is made of double-layered cloth. If it is cold, it can be pulled down to cover the entire face, leaving only the two connected eyes exposed.
It is very similar to the masks worn by masked men in later TV dramas.
It's snowing now, so it's normal to wear an old man's hat.
Seven or eight people got out of the carriage, all wearing old men's hats and carrying things wrapped in cloth or newspaper.
Wan Feng was holding a two-foot-long wet oak stick for peeling the skin. He put the stick behind his waist and walked into the restaurant.
Maybe because of the cold weather and snow, there were few people in the restaurant. There were only a few people at a table inside shouting and chatting.
It was Sun Li and his five brothers who were drinking. They had obviously been drinking for quite some time and their tongues were a little dizzy.
"Myna, Qi Guangli and the others seem to be quiet."
Sun Li curled his lips and said, "Anyone who dares to go against us in Qingshan will die. It's a pity that I didn't keep an eye on them that day and let them escape."
"We went to Qi Guangli's house and checked, but he never came back."
"Hmph! Leave him alone. If he recovers and shows up in Qingshan again, don't hesitate to break his legs. Let's see if he dares to come to Qingshan again."
"Myna, can that... that kid, what's his name, give us the goods?"
"You have to give it to me even if you don't want to. Let's go to that...what's it called in a couple of days?"
"Warrior Commune General Wei Brigade." someone added.
"Yes, let's go to Jiangwei again. If that guy refuses to give us the goods, we'll break his legs!"
Just as Sun Li finished speaking, he saw a group of people coming into the restaurant, all of them wearing the kind of old man's hat that could be pulled down to cover their faces.
A bad thought flashed through Sun Li's mind. He had a strong premonition that these people were looking for him. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw a shorter man at the front of the group pointing at him.
"That's them. Don't let any of them escape."
Following that person's order, the other group of people rushed over with a bang.
Sun Li cried out in his heart, "Oh no!" and stood up quickly: "The enemy is coming! Hold on!"
After saying that, he ran to the back of the restaurant. He had just taken two steps when he saw a man flying behind him. He swung a strip of newspaper in his hand and hit his leg with a bang.
"You want to run? Don't even think about running away today."
Sun Li felt as if there was a snapping sound beside his ear, and then his lower body seemed to lose support and fell to the ground with a thud.
The fight in the hotel ended very quickly.
Sun Li's brothers were subdued in the blink of an eye, and fell to the ground with bruised faces and noses.
Sun Li saw the man who issued the order coming to him, and the old man looked at him calmly with his eyes exposed from his hat.
"Who are you? Don't you know the Qingshan Sun family? I am Sun Li, the eighth brother."
"I'm going to hit you. You're going to cripple him and make him spend his next life in a wheelchair and on crutches!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone nearby swung a stick and hit Sun Li's calf with two clicks, breaking it.
Sun Li let out a terrifying scream.
"Ah! My... my Sixth Brother won't let you off the hook."
Wan Feng squatted down and patted Sun Li's face. "The Qingshan Sun family will withdraw from Qingshan from today. I hope you will behave yourself from now on, otherwise you might lose your life one day. But then again, you still have to thank me because I saved your life."
Wan Feng stood up and said, "Break the rest of their legs as well. Let's see if they dare to break other people's legs again."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the restaurant with his hands behind his back.