Chapter 258 A Hundred Miles Away
Seeing him turn and leave, Uncle Mancang was a little anxious: "You ungrateful wretch, you really only think about enjoying the good life yourself!"
Mancang's grip on my arm tightened slightly; I could tell he was in a bad mood.
Seeing that Mancang didn't react, Uncle San kicked his wife hard: "Useless thing!"
His wife was kicked and fell to the ground, wailing, "Waaah, this is outrageous! We raised you all these years, and now that you're successful, you don't recognize us, your poor elders! We went hungry and cold raising you, ah~ You're utterly heartless~"
The woman's cries attracted a large crowd.
"Ah, I didn't expect Mancang to be this kind of person. He's already so ungrateful after just taking over as base commander."
The onlookers couldn't help but mutter a complaint, which Sumi and I overheard.
"What are you talking about? Do you even know the situation? You're just spouting nonsense."
Before I could even open my mouth, Su Mi shot me a sharp glare and angrily confronted him.
The person speaking got closer, but Uncle Mancang pointed at me and cursed, "It's this woman! She's the one who sowed discord, causing Tiedan to turn against us. She stole the child when he was so young! How can you be so heartless!"
Sumi didn't know the whole story, but as soon as she heard someone cursing me, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work.
I can't let Sumi suffer a loss, so I'm prepared to fight along with her.
But suddenly someone grabbed him by the back of his neck, and when he turned around, he saw Mancang.
"I'm not going to settle scores with you. You came here looking for trouble, and you expect to have a good life? Fine! Go to jail then."
Mancang waved his hand, and several people in gray uniforms appeared out of nowhere, grabbed all the people, and dragged them toward the cell.
"You heartless, ungrateful wretch! I raised you all these years, and this is how you treat us?"
Uncle San continued to shout curses as he was being dragged along.
That cousin was a bully who preyed on the weak. Seeing that Mancang's attitude was so tough, he started begging for mercy.
"Cousin, cousin, I was wrong, cousin, please don't arrest me, I'll do anything you want."
As he spoke, snot and tears streamed down his face, making him look both disgusting and pathetic.
"waste."
Mancang cursed under his breath and turned to walk towards Sumi's villa.
When we arrived at the villa, I told Sumi in detail about Mancang's background.
I apologized and said, "It's all my fault for not explaining things clearly to you from the beginning."
Sumi relaxed and lay down on the sofa: "Oh, it's okay, it's normal to forget about things from long ago."
Suddenly she sat up abruptly from the sofa: "So what should we do with these people?!"
Mancang was definitely unaware of this. He hadn't uttered a word since entering Sumi's villa, his head down and brows furrowed, seemingly lost in thought.
Sumi continued her analysis: "Now that Mancang has become the base chief, they will definitely stick to him like glue, and he can't shake them off. But they are family members after all, so we can't kill them. What should we do? We can't just keep them locked up forever."
Seeing that Mancang wasn't in a good state, I suggested, "Why don't we let the old base chief make the decision?"
Sumi slapped the sofa: "Okay, let's do it this way. Let's go find my dad."
Leading the zombie-like Mancang, we arrived at Sumi's father's villa again.
Sumi's father was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking at an old book.
He wasn't too surprised by Su Mi's exaggerated description and said calmly, "I know about this. Man Cang mentioned it."
Sumi was immediately displeased: "What? Does that mean I'm the only one among us who didn't know?"
She plopped down on the sofa next to her father.
Sumi's father gently patted her hand: "Don't be silly, this is not troublesome, leave it to me."
As he spoke, he looked up at Mancang and said, "Don't take it too hard. The entire base will depend on you in the future."
Seeing that it was getting late, it was time for me to leave. I had wanted to bring Mancang back to relax, but since I had just taken over as the base commander, I couldn't leave.
I walked towards the base entrance with some worry, and Sumi comforted me: "Don't worry, I'll call you immediately if anything happens."
By the time he got home it was already dark. He quickly fed all the livestock and then ate some dry food and pickled vegetables with hot tea.
I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed.
When I woke up the next day, there were no missed calls on the satellite phone, so it seemed that matter had not been resolved yet.
First, I went to the vegetable garden to check the situation and weed it. Then I went up the mountain to dig up various wild vegetables.
At noon, I washed all kinds of wild vegetables and made some buckwheat pancakes in a large iron pot.
Spread soybean paste on the pancake, add two fried eggs, and some wild vegetables. This big pancake is delicious and filling.
Not long after I finished eating, I finally received a call from Sumi.
"We have news! We have news!"
Sumi's chattering voice, like a little chick, came from the other side.
"How is it?"
I'm very eager to know how to handle this.
Sumi's voice was very excited: "My dad searched their yard, packed up all the food and pots and pans, loaded them onto a truck along with those people, and sent them to a place 100 kilometers away. He also threatened that if they came back, he would kill them."
They say experience counts, and Sumi's dad's solution was good; it was a good compromise.
"That's great. Then please take good care of Mancang's feelings. If he's unhappy, just tell me."
Sumi thought for a moment before saying, "Well... I think it's fine. He's always been quite introverted at the base. He can just take these experiences as training."
That makes sense.
With my worries gone, I have more energy to work.
He ran down the slope to cut some willow branches and brought them back to continue weaving bamboo baskets.
I don't know why, but we have more and more crops at home, and it seems like no amount of bamboo baskets are enough. When I have free time, I weave a few to make it easier to dry them.
So many years have passed since the apocalypse, and it seems that this little courtyard and I are getting along better and better.
Everything was just right, and I became more and more adept at doing farm work and cooking.
Time really flies! In the midst of our busy lives, summer and autumn have arrived in the blink of an eye.
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