Chapter 35: Long-standing grudge
"What's that smell?"
As soon as Xiao Miaoer uttered her doubts, she saw the door leading to the backyard of the inn lobby being pushed open from the outside. Then a big man holding a long knife grabbed Li Dachui, whose mouth was blocked, and threw him in front of everyone.
The man looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "Mr. Zhou, this beast set fire to the kitchen and the barn in the backyard!"
"Arson!" Xiao Miaoer exclaimed.
Shopkeeper Liang looked at Li Dachui, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, with bloodshot eyes. "Bitch, beast, you dare to set fire to my inn, bitch!"
Manager Liang picked up the teapot next to him and smashed it against Li Dachui's face with all his might.
Li Dachui failed to dodge in time and was hit by the teapot on his forehead, causing blood to flow.
When Li Dachui was thrown to the ground by the man, one of his arms and one of his legs had been twisted off. With the blood on his head, he looked extremely miserable.
He seemed to be extremely afraid of Manager Liang. He was struggling when he came in, but after seeing Manager Liang, his fat body immediately curled up into a ball.
The man who brought him in said, "There's not enough water in the well in the backyard to put out the fire."
This sentence was more directed at Manager Liang than at Zhou Yunshu.
They were reluctant to use the water they had worked so hard to buy to put out someone else's fire. Anyway, they could leave at dawn, and it didn't matter if they left now. Not to mention that Manager Liang had no shortage of water.
Seeing the smoke growing thicker, Shopkeeper Liang dragged his newly detoxified body to Zhou Yunshu, Wei Zhong, and the others and said, "I'll have to trouble Master Zhou and Mr. Wei to lend me some water to put out the fire..."
Shopkeeper Liang couldn't stand the smell of cigarettes, so he leaned against Xiao Miao'er and coughed twice. He said with difficulty, "How much you spent, I, Liang, will return double!"
Du Mazi's eyes lit up when he heard this. He looked at Zhou Yunshu in front of him excitedly, fearing that she would refuse.
"Manager Liang, you're too kind. We will definitely help you if you encounter something like this." She turned to look at Wei Zhong, "Brother Wei."
Wei Zhong left behind two men with knives, and the rest, including Du Mazi and Xiao Miaoer, went to the backyard to put out the fire.
At this time, the fire in the backyard had burned the entire kitchen and the barn. There was too much smoke in the lobby of the inn. Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong brought the shopkeeper Liang, who had not yet recovered from the poisoning, to the outside of the inn. Then, at his request, they dragged Li Dachui out from the ground.
Outside the inn, you could vaguely see the fire in the backyard, but the fire was getting smaller and smaller, and it was obvious that the fire had been brought under control.
Most of the surrounding businesses have closed, but there are still people living in the shops.
Seeing that the fire in the inn was under control, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, not everyone in Anshan County had enough water. If it was not a threat to themselves, they did not want to waste their own water to put out other people's fires.
The fire was put out and Manager Liang regained some strength.
He found a feather duster from somewhere and hit Li Dachui, who was lying on the ground, on the head with it.
"I'm going to beat you to death, you ungrateful bastard! I saw you had an old mother and siblings, so I gave you a living, and this is how you repay me! I raised a dog and it wagged its tail at me, and you not only poisoned me but also burned down my inn. You son of a bitch, you black-hearted bastard, you've lost all conscience. I'm going to beat you to death today!"
Manager Liang's unilateral beating of Li Dachui did not attract anyone to stop him.
Li Dachui was originally an employee of the shopkeeper Liang. Although he was not a slave, it was common for the shopkeeper to beat the employees. As long as no one was killed, it was no big deal.
Not to mention that according to Manager Liang, it was Li Dachui who set the fire in the inn, so much so that the people around him wanted to kick Li Dachui.
Li Dachui originally didn't want to fight back, but when Manager Liang scolded him for not having any descendants, he finally couldn't help but kick Manager Liang with his unbroken leg!
"I will be childless? It's all your fault that I'm childless!"
Li Dachui's eyes were red as he looked at Liang the shopkeeper as if he were looking at an enemy. He shouted, "When my son had a high fever and was unconscious, I borrowed money from you to see a doctor. Did you give it to me? Not only did you not give it to me, you even told me to look in the mirror! You said you'd fire me if it happened again!"
"My son died of illness because you didn't lend me the money. If the Red Lotus Envoy had come to save him earlier, I wouldn't have lost my son in middle age! I have no descendants because of you, because of you!!"
Shopkeeper Liang still maintained the same expression as when he was kicked down by Li Dachui. He stood there in a daze, looking at Li Dachui who was crying bitterly and glaring at him with hatred on his face.
"How come?"
"I thought you made up an excuse to go gambling. You've been lying all along. You lied last time too. How come you didn't lie this time?"
Li Dachui cried and threw himself at Liang, "You said you forgave me, I told you I wouldn't lie again, why didn't you believe me, why didn't you save my son, I always treated you as my big brother, why did you treat me like this!!"
Shopkeeper Liang also reacted. He slapped Li Dachui in the face and said, "If you really treated me like a big brother, you would have poisoned me! I didn't even know you poisoned me for a month, you ungrateful thing!"
"Bullshit, I just drugged you!"
Zhou Yunshu was protected by Wei Zhong and took a few steps back. The others were silent for a while as they watched the two people fighting.
Listening to their angry insults back and forth, it turned out that they had been holding grudges for a long time.
After the fire behind the inn was put out, Xiao Miaoer came back and quickly separated Li Dachui and Liang the shopkeeper who were fighting on the ground.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"
Xiao Miaoer dragged his shopkeeper back, and Li Dachui, who wanted to chase after him, was held down by Du Mazi.
Du Mazi looked at Shopkeeper Liang, whose anger was gradually subsiding, and said, "Shopkeeper Liang, we used eight buckets of water in total. You have to make up for it."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded numbly.
"Don't bother picking a time, just do it now. There's no curfew anyway."
Shopkeeper Liang looked up at Du Mazi, patted Xiao Miao'er's arm, and asked him to help him up.
He did not respond to Du Mazi's words immediately, but looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "Mr. Zhou, I have one more thing to trouble you with."
At this moment, Manager Liang was completely calm.
"You say."
"Mr. Zhou, please have someone tie him up and throw him into the guest room. I'll bring some water."
Of course Zhou Yunshu wouldn't refuse, "Okay."
Shopkeeper Liang watched Li Dachui, who was looking at him with hatred in his eyes, being dragged away, closed his eyes and let out a deep breath.
"Mr. Zhou, do you mind if my family and I go with you?"
Zhou Yunshu blinked as she looked at Shopkeeper Liang, who seemed to have made up his mind.
Shopkeeper Liang smiled bitterly. "Just like Li Dachui said just now, he is now a third-level member of the Red Lotus Cult, and the Red Lotus Envoy is now a guest of honor in the county. I am just an ordinary citizen and cannot afford to offend such a big shot."
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