Chapter 156: Don’t you two bear grudges?
Lin Dagen replied, "Everything is fine. We are all enjoying life at home. My brother and I have found a good way to make money. We have no worries about food and drink. How is my third sister doing at your Zhou family?"
"Okay, everything is fine." Zhou Laosan opened the topic and it became easier to talk. "Brother Dagen, do you have any way to make money? Give me a hand too!"
The Lin Dagen brothers looked at each other and asked, "Do you really want to know?"
"Then I have to know!"
"Then come with us to the side to talk. There are too many people here. I'm afraid someone will hear our good ways and rob my brothers of their money."
"Okay, okay."
Zhou Laosan went with them to a sparsely populated place where there were several thugs, all of whom were from nearby villages and towns, and were familiar to Zhou Laosan.
They also gathered together, discussing something with each other.
Zhou Laosan heard that the village was recruiting heroes. As long as they were physically fit and brave enough, they would be guaranteed meat and wine for every meal, regardless of their family background, and they would also be given silver every now and then...
He didn't quite understand.
Lin Dagen explained to him, "Third brother, this is the case. My brothers and I are now members of Sheshan Village. We are recruiting soldiers and horses. The treatment is very good. We eat meat and drink wine every day. Do you think we are different from before? The copper rods in our hands are high-quality goods. We stole them from the homes of landlords."
Lin Xiaogen added, "Third brother, we see that you are smart and can handle things well. We two brothers don't treat you as an outsider. Although my third sister is unfilial, she is still the daughter-in-law of your Zhou family. We are keeping good things in the family. After you enter the village, you will have many benefits and it will be easy to make money. It is much better than our third sister and the others who do hard labor and make tofu every day."
Zhou Laosan was a little confused, "My mother sent you two brothers to jail, and you two don't bear grudges?"
Why come to him for good news?
Lin Dagen shouted, "Third brother, your mother is your mother, my sister is my sister, and she has nothing to do with you, third brother. Besides, that incident was indeed caused by our two brothers' mistakes, and we have learned our lesson. Now we have already received benefits from entering the snake village. I only pulled you in today because I saw you, third brother. This is fate."
"Of course, Third Brother, if you don't mean to do that, then forget it. These people all want to go to Sheshan Village. We are only recruiting people in Sheshan Village now. We didn't recruit people before. If you miss this opportunity, you won't be able to find another one..."
Zhou Laosan coughed lightly.
"But what about the Snake Mountain stronghold that attacked our Taohua Village at night? Are they going to kill people and burn things after joining us?"
Lin Dagen said, "To be a hero, you have to be brave! Third brother, if you had joined the Sheshan Village earlier, they might not have robbed your village earlier. Our boss is a loyal man and treats us very well. If family members are willing to go into the mountains, we will provide them with a place to live. We also plan to bring our parents to the village. If they can help cook for the village, the boss said they will pay them!"
Dagen and Xiaogen also said, "What do you mean by murder and arson? Those are all forced behaviors. In this chaotic world, we are the only ones who can survive and rob some money from the landlords. To be honest with you, brother San, we have followed the landlords for several times and have never killed anyone or set fires. We just followed the bosses and took advantage of their power. Those old rich people have exploited our poor families all their lives and their money is piled up like a mountain. Is it too much for us to rob some and spend it? It's not too much! Brother San, don't you think so?"
Zhou Laosan thought it made sense.
"I want to join, but my family won't agree..."
"Hey, Third Brother, we men are responsible for important matters, we can't be bothered by these small details. If your family doesn't agree, you can just hide it from them. Didn't we also hide it from our parents when we joined?"
Zhou Laosan looked somewhat interested.
Just at this moment, a cough was heard not far away.
Zhou Lang walked over.
Zhou Laosan immediately shrank back.
Zhou Lang said, "I just heard that when it comes to big things, you don't have to be particular about small details."
When the Lin Dagen brothers saw Zhou Lang, they subconsciously felt a little afraid.
They didn't dare to recruit people from Zhou Lang, because Zhou Lang was obviously not on the same side as them.
Only Zhou Laosan was able to develop. In their opinion, if Zhou Laosan had not been born in the Zhou family and had powerful parents to discipline him, he would have become a thief like them.
Over here,
Zhou Laosan felt even more guilty.
"Ah! Fourth brother is here! Nothing much, just met brothers Dagen and Xiaogen, and we chatted for a while among relatives."
The two Lin Dagen brothers agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, the relatives met and chatted for a while, brother-in-law, what a coincidence!"
Zhou Lang didn't even look at the two Lin Dagen brothers, and shouted to the surroundings, "Hurry up and help! There are bandits from Sheshan Village trying to recruit people to kill people and burn things!"
That was all he had to do.
This alarmed the other people at the temple fair.
Everybody hates bandits.
Especially recently, the people from Sheshan Village have been very active, and many people are scared.
"The bandits in Sheshan Village have committed many evil deeds. How dare they openly appear in the temple fair? Go and report to the authorities!"
"Are there any officials here? There are Sheshan bandits here! Our village was robbed by the Sheshan bandits. Hurry up and arrest them and put them in jail..."
Brother Lin Dagen didn't dare to stay here and glared at Zhou Lang fiercely.
He took advantage of the chaos and disappeared into the crowd.
Those accomplices from the Snake Mountain Village who had been here to recruit people for the despicable purpose also scattered.
It’s not because Zhou Lang was afraid of trouble and didn’t want to catch a few people from Snake Mountain Village and report to the police.
But doing this is useless.
Last time, Taohua Village was attacked by bandits from Sheshan Village. The matter was reported to the authorities, but the government did nothing about it.
The people of Taohua Village went to ask several times about the progress of the matter. The officials replied that the town’s officials and constables alone could not do anything about the bandits. Unless troops were sent from above to suppress the bandits, they could only wait for notice from above.
At the temple fair, they arrested a few people and took them to the government office. Without any real evidence, they were said to be bandits. After they were convicted, the government office would release them.
It's a waste of effort.
…
After the people from Sheshan Village left.
Everyone discussed it for a long time.
Zhou Lang said that he was from Taohua Village and had been robbed by the people from Sheshan Village and suffered greatly. Being a bandit was a great sin and had broken up many families. In troubled times, everyone had a hard time and had to worry about being robbed by bandits. One should be considerate and not go astray...
Everyone agreed with this.
Those idle hooligans like Zhou Laosan, who were almost persuaded just now, also showed ashamed looks.
After a while, the people dispersed.
Zhou Laosan was worried.
Zhou Lang turned around and said, "Third brother, don't think that they have joined the Sheshan village now and seem to be doing well. In the future, they will be taken out and beheaded. If you want to do that, your whole family will be implicated and go to jail. You can also go..."
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