Chapter 11 He couldn't even protect his own woman
"I heard there are wild boars around here, but there are no hunters in the village, so no one dares to go into the mountains."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhigang rubbed his hands together excitedly: "That's great! We headhunter will treat the whole village to meat!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than his stomach rumbled.
He rubbed his stomach and looked at Shen Yi with a resentful expression: "Where's the food I asked you to bring?"
Shen Yi picked up the basket in his hand: "I just finished delivering firewood, and Comrade Liu brought over a few eggs."
Lu Kai was stunned: "This...isn't this inappropriate?"
Xu Zhigang nodded repeatedly: "Shen Yi, something's not right with you! How can you just take things from the people? Do you really want to become the son-in-law of Lujia Village?"
Shen Yi glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense! It's just that if I don't accept these eggs, someone else will steal them."
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zhixia and said, "I didn't know that villagers weren't allowed to come to this mountain. I should have made you wait at the foot of the mountain."
Liu Zhixia shook her head: "It's okay. I was originally planning to go up the mountain to find something, but with you guys here, I feel more at ease."
She had originally planned to go up the mountain today to find some medicinal herbs to plant in her space.
When I woke up this morning, the seeds I planted yesterday had already sprouted and were growing well.
The medicinal herbs grown in the space, irrigated with spiritual spring water, will definitely have a much greater effect and can fetch a good price on the black market.
Lu Kai leaned closer: "Xia, what are you looking for? We'll help you."
"My dad has been coughing lately, and I'd like to find some fritillaria bulbs."
"Uncle's sick? Then why did he drink so much with us yesterday!" Lu Kai scratched his head. "What does fritillaria look like? Let's look for it together after we eat the eggs!"
Xu Zhigang glanced at him disdainfully: "You don't even know what medicinal herbs are, so don't meddle."
As he pulled two eggs from the basket, he grinned at Liu Zhixia and said, "Comrade Liu, we'll be hunting around here. Just call out if you need anything!"
"Okay, thank you." Liu Zhixia understood.
It seems that Xu Zhigang immediately understood her intention.
She glanced guiltily at Shen Yi, who was cutting eggs. Sensing her gaze, he looked up and said calmly, "Be careful."
"good!"
It's still 1976; anything found in the mountains should belong to the collective.
She's digging up medicinal herbs in the mountains to sell without permission, which is definitely not allowed openly.
However, many people in the village do this, and it's just a matter of turning a blind eye.
Shen Yi's gaze was sharp and righteous. Under his watchful eye, Liu Zhixia felt that all her little thoughts were exposed, and she felt inexplicably guilty.
Fortunately, he didn't seem to care.
Just as Liu Zhixia was about to leave, Lu Huaiyuan and Gu Mansheng caught up, panting.
Lu Huaiyuan never did any work and was pampered like a young master by his family.
Gu Mansheng was a true young lady; she would complain of being tired even from doing a little weeding. Naturally, the two of them were not physically strong enough to keep up with them.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, both of them were nearly dead.
"Liu Zhixia!" Lu Huaiyuan, supporting himself on his knees, pointed at her and yelled, "You ran so fast, are you feeling guilty? Coming to these mountains... to have an affair, are you!"
After shouting his last sentence, he caught his breath and started coughing violently.
Gu Mansheng, also panting heavily, clutched her stomach: "Comrade Liu, you just broke off your engagement with Comrade Lu, and you're already hooking up with this soldier comrade? Isn't that going too far?"
Liu Zhixia laughed, looking down at the two of them: "What, do I have to remain a widow for him for three years just to break off an engagement?"
"You!" Lu Huaiyuan's face turned red with anger. "You shameless bastard! You treated him to dinner yesterday and brought him eggs today. I bet you've got your eye on him!"
Just as Xu Zhi swallowed the last bite of egg, he suddenly realized: "Oh—so you were the ones who stole the eggs!"
The two then realized that Shen Yi and his group weren't the only ones there. Lu Huaiyuan exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
Gu Mansheng covered her mouth, feigning surprise: "Comrade Liu, you and those three..."
Shen Yi frowned: "This educated youth, insulting soldiers is a crime."
"Comrades, you've misunderstood." Gu Mansheng immediately put on a wronged expression. "I'm just reminding you that Comrade Liu has been pestering you ever since she broke off the engagement. Don't be fooled by her..."
She looked at Shen Yi with affection, but was so frightened by his sharp gaze that she shut her mouth and quickly hid behind Lu Huaiyuan.
This man really doesn't know how to cherish a woman!
Lu Huaiyuan caught his breath and said disdainfully, "So that's why you broke off the engagement with me. You've taken a fancy to these few thugs. You'd rather leave me, a future college graduate, to warm the bed for some peasant?"
"What did you say!" Lu Kai suddenly stood up, glaring at him.
Xu Zhigang also stopped smiling and stared at him coldly.
Shen Yi stepped forward, his tall and imposing figure like a solid wall, firmly protecting Liu Zhixia behind him. A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips, his deep black eyes sharp as knives, staring directly at Lu Huaiyuan: "We protect our country, and what about you? You can't even protect your own woman. You really don't deserve her."
“I…” Lu Huaiyuan’s face flushed red, “It’s Liu Zhixia who doesn’t deserve it!”
Shen Yi's eyes flashed with sarcasm: "I think you and this comrade next to you are quite a good match. I heard she's a capitalist's daughter?"
Lu Huaiyuan thought Shen Yi was trying to curry favor, and proudly raised his head: "Brother, you're a smart man. Liu Zhixia is a shrew and wild woman, and she never gives men any face in public. Don't be fooled by her."
Xu Zhigang couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.
Gu Mansheng was so anxious that she kept tugging at Lu Huaiyuan's clothes from behind.
Liu Zhixia looked at him with amusement: "Your parents put in so much effort to study the classics, but all they produced was a selfish and foolish person. You and this capitalist lady are truly a match made in heaven."
Lu Huaiyuan then realized he had been tricked, and angrily pointed at Shen Yi, shouting, "I'm the captain's son! Show me some respect! Believe me, I'll file a complaint against you in the military!"
Shen Yi laughed, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "What are you complaining about me for? Saving your ex-fiancée?"
His tall stature and imposing presence made Lu Huaiyuan appear half a head shorter simply by standing in front of him.
Lu Huaiyuan retorted defiantly, "Don't you know that you're not allowed to go up the mountain without permission? What are you trying to do!"
Liu Zhixia crossed her arms and sneered, "Oh? How come I didn't know we weren't allowed to go up this mountain? Did the firewood they burn in that village just fall from the sky?"
“There are wild beasts in the mountains lately, no one is allowed to go up! My dad is the battalion commander, how could I not know?” Lu Huaiyuan turned to Shen Yi and the other two, “Liu Zhixia is being irresponsible, and you soldiers are following suit?”
Lu Kai stepped forward and stood in front of Liu Zhixia: "Excuse me, we came to collect firewood and we have already reported to the captain."
Xu Zhigang pointed to the pile of firewood beside him and sneered, "That's right, we're helping the village. But you, the brigade leader's son, instead of going to the fields, you're running around in the mountains, trying to escape the chaos?"
Lu Huaiyuan blushed, choked by the retort, and protested, "I...I came to arrest someone! Who knew you were making a fire, were you planning something shady?"
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