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Yang Hailong and Yang Ming were carrying a large barrel of gasoline with great effort. The full barrel of gasoline was too heavy and the road was difficult to walk on, so they could only move like ducks, following the ditch all the way to the back of the woodshed.
It is easy to identify as a woodshed because it only has a roof and no walls. The outer wall is replaced by an iron fence. At a glance, you can see the high pile of dry straw and the pile of more resistant firewood underneath.
Unscrew the lid of the barrel and pour the gasoline out, evenly sprinkling it on the pile of dry straw and firewood, and pour the remaining oil into the open glass window.
They retreated halfway up the slope, keeping a safe distance to prevent the fire from getting too big and burning them.
When preparing to set the fire, Yang Ming hesitated.
"Uncle Yao, why don't we just forget about it?"
Although he dropped out of high school, he had some knowledge of the law and understood that murder and arson were serious crimes of the highest order. Once they were discovered, he would be in big trouble.
Yang Hailong cursed and slapped him on the back of the head, "Coward!"
He'd been pulled from the shack earlier, battered and bruised, and nearly suffocated. Then they drove off in the van, and just as it was on the road, it lost stability, and it turned out to be deflated, and it went straight into the ditch. It was obvious that the old man had done it.
Damn it, I will not be a human being if I don’t avenge this!
He grabbed a bundle of dry straw in one hand, flicked the windproof lighter with the other, lit it, and threw it with all his might.
"Old Blind Deng, die!"
As soon as the gasoline came into contact with the open flame, it caught fire instantly. The dry firewood piled in the woodshed instantly caught fire like dominoes, and the fire was out of control.
The more vigorously the fire burned, the more excited Yang Hailong's eyes became.
Burn it well! Burn you to death! Burn your entire household registration book to death!
Flames shot up into the sky, heat waves swept in all directions, and the surroundings became hot. Yang Hailong decided to slip away first and come back to see what was going on when the fire was almost over.
He straddled his 150 motorcycle, released the clutch with his hand, stepped on the gearshift, and disappeared down the country road.
Yang Ming sat in the car, still feeling uneasy.
"Uncle Yao, why are my eyelids twitching?"
Yang Hailong spat, "You useless thing, what are you afraid of?"
"What if someone really burns to death?"
"I'm worried I won't burn anyone. It would be best if everyone was burned to death!" Yang Hailong was furious. "Especially that woman, she's so arrogant. She must have practiced Sanda or something. You all beat her up. You deserve to be burned to death."
When Yang Ming heard this, cold sweat broke out in his palms, which were resting on the rear rack. He had dropped out of school in his second year of high school and had become a gang member. He could easily get into a gang fight with a steel pipe and beat someone up, but he didn't dare to think about killing someone.
Later, his uncle made some money and returned to his hometown. He hung out with his uncle. One time, when he was drunk, he heard him say that he had robbed jewelry stores in other places. If anyone in that group disobeyed him, he would kill them and throw them to the bottom of the reservoir. They have not been found yet.
At the time, Yang Ming thought his uncle was drunk and had a fever, but now that he thought about it, it was probably true...
Just as he was distracted, something suddenly flashed past his sight and disappeared in an instant.
Yang Ming looked around but didn't see anything. He asked, "Uncle Yao, did you see anything just flash by?"
"You kid, look at how cowardly you are. What can you achieve in the future?" Yang Hailong thought he was a worldly-wise man and was frightened.
The motorcycle drove smoothly into the site, and the younger brother guarding the door quickly closed the iron gate.
The land contracted by Yang Hailong covers thousands of acres and is surrounded by a two-meter-high wire mesh fence. There are three hills where wild boars are raised, and a small part of the land is used to raise pheasants. Raising these animals can make money and the price is high, with a pound of meat costing dozens of yuan.
Between the two hills lay a flat valley with a natural lake covering several dozen acres. On one side of the lake, he built a farm for raising pigs, raising ordinary white pigs. On the other side, he built two luxurious villas and some infrastructure, which became his base camp.
There are more than a dozen families working in the farm, and every family is related to him in some way, either with the surname Yang or from his mother's side. It can be considered a family business.
The young men in the family hung out with him, while their parents helped raise the pigs, sharing a common living quarters. Pig farming, in particular, employed closed-door management, minimizing travel and the risk of introducing swine fever, which could wipe out the entire farm.
Yang Hailong rode his motorcycle along the self-built road within the site until he reached a two-story building in the valley. This was their activity area. The area surrounding the building was open space, where cargo was usually loaded and unloaded. The parking lot held two T-series trucks, a refrigerated truck, a small truck, and two pickup trucks. The van, having fallen into the ditch, was considered a complete wreck.
He lowered the kickstand to stop the car, took off his vest and threw it aside. Yang Hailong reached out to scratch the itch on his back and went to his office to turn on the air conditioner.
When the natural disaster first struck, Yang Hailong's graduate student accountant Yang Yuaner reminded him to make preparations in advance. He also felt it very keenly and quickly installed solar photovoltaic panels and batteries on the mountain and connected the power lines to the entire site.
Even after a power outage, there is no need to worry about electricity.
Yang Hailong hugged the large standing air conditioner and enjoyed the cool breeze for a while, finally feeling comfortable. He turned around and was about to sit back in his soft chair, but his eyes suddenly widened. A figure had been sitting calmly on the reception sofa on the side since he didn't know when.
It was the woman who beat them up this morning.
"Sit down, I want to ask you something." Tao Sai said calmly, pointing to a chair with his eyes.
It was as if in this office, she was the boss and he was the grassroots employee who came to report on work progress.
"You fucking..."
Yang Hailong was immediately furious and clenched his fists, but his voice stopped abruptly.
Because he glanced at her and saw that although she was sitting on the sofa in a relaxed posture, she was twirling something in her hand. It was not until the twirling object stopped that he saw clearly: she was holding a pistol, and her index finger was just twisting the trigger guard.
The gun is not on safety and the slide is not loaded, so it will not fire accidentally if it is turned like this.
But after the gun stopped in her hand, she quickly released the safety, pulled the slide to load the gun, and aimed it at Yang Hailong's body. The whole action was done in one go, as smooth as the player character in CS.
Although he doubted the authenticity of the gun, facing the black muzzle, he subconsciously raised his two fat arms high in surrender.
He had seen this woman's real kung fu. His men were all men in their twenties and thirties. They could knock someone down at will. With their skills, there was no need to trick him with a fake gun.
"How many pigs do you have?" asked Tao Sai.
When Yang Hailong heard this, he was stunned for a moment. At first he thought she would torture him and ask him if he was the one who set the fire.
He had decided to deny it until death because there was no evidence.
"More than 2,000 wild boars and 300 large white pigs." Yang Hailong answered truthfully.
The last batch of pigs had just been shipped, and this batch was basically only one or two months old. It would be difficult to rely on them to grow up, so he set his sights on the Sun family.
Tao Sai nodded. She followed their motorcycles all the way using the "gravity slingshot" and saw black pigs running all over the hills while she was in the air.
There are so many pigs, I’m so excited.
"Can you keep the pigs alive? What are your plans for the future?"
"I can't keep them anymore. There's not much feed left in the warehouse. Once the feed and hay are all gone, I plan to kill them all. They're a bit small, yes." That's what he really thought. He would kill them and put them in the freezer. The ones that couldn't be kept would be pickled and air-dried, or made into sausages.
Tao Sai nodded, finished asking the digression, and then got to the point.
"During this time, you must have gotten a lot of food from the surrounding area, whether by robbing or cheating, right?"
He definitely couldn't hide it. As long as she asked around, she'd know everything. At this point, he couldn't make up any more lies, so he simply admitted, "It was all Yang Yuan'er, my accountant. He gave me the idea: He told me to spend all the money early in the morning, so I went to the bank to withdraw all the cash, and then asked every household. He did change quite a bit..."
Over the years, he had made a lot of money from raising pigs and other businesses, and he would take it all out and go to several surrounding villages to exchange for food. This place was too remote and isolated from the outside world, and the villagers were mostly elderly men, women, and children, so when he first offered cash in exchange, almost no one refused, and he could take a lot from each family.
In just a few days, the grain they harvested filled all the warehouses and cellars in the area, and even the basement and storage room of his own villa were piled with things.
Of course, some villagers later realized what was happening and wanted to exchange it with him. He was well prepared and arranged people to guard the gate to fight back anyone who came.
A circle of barbed wire has been reinforced and several large vicious dogs are kept there. The area is as solid as a rock and there is no shortage of food and drink inside, with meat available for every meal.
In Yang Yuaner's words, this is their doomsday manor.
Yang Hailong instantly became nervous because she hadn't asked if he had set the fire. Logically, shouldn't that be her biggest concern right now? Did this mean she was skipping the interrogation and directly convicting him?
Not good.
During the half minute of silence, Yang Hailong's heart was beating in his throat. He wanted to find something to say, but the other party spoke first.
"Well, you return the stolen food to every household," Tao Sai said coldly.
Yang Hailong was stunned when he heard that. He thought she would ask for an exorbitant amount of money, or rob the thieves or something like that, but it turned out that she just asked him to return the things.
He suddenly felt relieved.
Indeed, considering the woman’s age, she doesn’t seem to be a ruthless person. At most, she is good at fighting.
But as for her personality, he could tell from her tone that she was a nosy and saintly bitch.
At first he thought she was a relative of the old man or something, but when he thought about it later, he had no impression of her at all and had no idea where she came from.
It doesn't matter. He has a way to deal with the saintly bitch. This kind of woman is the softest-hearted and has the heaviest ideological baggage. She is kindhearted everywhere and meddles in other people's affairs. Otherwise, why do we say that women are kind-hearted? Our ancestors would not say nonsense.
Keep her stable first, and when she leaves, get her back.
Done.
"Okay, okay, I'll do it right away." Yang Hailong nodded repeatedly and was about to go out quickly. He took two steps and before he could open the door, he was called back.
"You stay here and let your people do it," said Tao Sai.
He understood that this meant he was being held hostage here in case they pulled any tricks. That was perfectly fine.
Yang Hailong walked to the window, opened it, and saw a young man passing by in the dam outside the door. He called out, "Yang Zifeng, go call Yang Yuaner over."
The young man named Yang Zifeng was very obedient and ran quickly to the small building opposite.
Two minutes later, Yang Yuan went downstairs and walked towards the office.
Yang Yuan, a graduate student from a prestigious university, joined the team two years ago. But after graduation, he was unlucky. The economic downturn kept him from finding a satisfying job.
When he returned home for the New Year, his elder brother Yang Hailong from the same clan came to him at a birthday party with a glass of wine.
"Yuan'er, what are you going to do next year? I heard from your mom that your career isn't going well. Why don't you hang out with your brother, help me with the accounts, and be an accountant in my company?"
"Brother, that's not my major," Yang Yuan said awkwardly. Neither his undergraduate nor his graduate studies had anything to do with accounting or finance.
Yang Hailong had a few drinks, and his mouth was full of alcohol when he spoke. He patted him on the back nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, my little brother. It's okay if you have a degree. I don't trust outsiders to help me manage my accounts."
Then he officially joined the "Diantang Town Wild Boar Breeding Base".
He was called an accountant, but in reality he was more of a steward. He wasn't just in charge of the books; Yang Hailong liked to consult him on all matters, big and small. After all, he was a graduate student and well-educated.
He is really smart. By working overtime and studying on his own, he went from knowing nothing about this business to becoming an expert in a very short time. He made suggestions and not only improved the breeding model, but also expanded the sales channels for the farm.
With profits doubling for two consecutive years, he gained Yang Hailong's trust and became his military advisor and the second-in-command in the business.
"Don't go, let's talk right here." Yang Hailong stopped him.
Yang Yuan stopped in the dam with a serious expression.
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"Warehouse, you should arrange for people to deliver the food we got back to every household. I've thought about it and decided not to be greedy. Too much greed will bring retribution. You should know the number over there. You should return the amount you took. Don't leave anything behind."
"ah?"
"Just go when I tell you to. Why are you hesitating? Hurry up!" Yang Hailong emphasized.
Yang Yuan immediately realized something was wrong and looked past him into the office window.
"Are you fucking deaf?"
Yang Hailong said fiercely.
He turned back from the window with a flattering look on his face.
"Auntie, someone's gone to take care of it. It'll be done in a moment. Let me pour you a glass of water first. It's so hot out here, be careful not to get a heatstroke."
After saying that, she diligently went to the water dispenser and poured water into a paper cup. Suddenly, she remembered something and said, "Auntie, do you want to drink tea? I have some pure Pu'er tea here. It's great!"
Tao Sai didn't care and let him tinker with it.
A few minutes later, Tao Sai heard a commotion coming from the dam outside the office. The young people in the yard gathered together, and under Yang Yuan's dispatch, pickup trucks and small trucks were dispatched one after another.
The young man named Yang Yuan was holding a notebook, probably an account book or something, and was checking the numbers.
Ask the empty truck to back into the warehouse, and then have someone load the grain into the truck.
Tao Sai suddenly had an idea and said to Yang Hailong, who was still making tea, "Well, tell them again that when you return them, give each family two more pigs as compensation."
"Compensation is necessary, it's what I deserve." Yang Hailong muttered a few words, then walked to the window again and instructed Yang Yuan.
Sure enough, Yang Yuan called another group of people, set up a pot not far away, and started slaughtering pigs.
Yang Hailong seemed genuinely interested, not just using piglets for a quick fix. The pigs he caught were large, plump, and their squeals echoed through the valley. After draining the blood, they were dumped into the trucks, and the two pickup trucks and the small van set off separately.
The car goes full and returns empty.
Then load the next car.
It should have been returned, because Tao Sai noticed that each vehicle came back at a different time, and the amount of goods shipped out was different, so the T was different.
After more than two hours, the warehouse was basically empty.
Tao Sai turned back from the window and looked at Yang Hailong again.
He still called her "Auntie" and served her tea. He also took the initiative to put his Pu'er tea cake into a large plastic bag and asked Tao Sai to take it back and drink it slowly.
Tao Sai took the big bag and said thank you, but it didn't stop her from picking up the gun again.
The black muzzle of the gun pointed at Yang Hailong again. He raised his hands high and said, "Auntie, please don't! I'll give you whatever you want! I'll send you straight to your doorstep!"
"It was you who set the fire just now, wasn't it?" Tao Sai asked coldly.
"It's not me, it's really not me, how could I dare! I guarantee it with my character, I can rob some things and act like a local tyrant, but I will lose my head if I kill people and set fires!" Yang Hailong promised solemnly, his face flushed with anxiety to argue.
As if seeing his sincerity, Tao Sai put down the gun, released the trigger of the hammer, removed the magazine and put it in his waist bag.
Yang Hailong glanced at the golden bullets in the magazine and felt a surge of fear. Fortunately, he had not dared to act rashly or play any tricks.
This is a real gun!
But now that she had put down her gun, he was finally relieved.
As expected, the kind-hearted Virgin Mary would rather let one go than kill a thousand, and she wouldn't wrongly accuse someone without evidence. That's how it's played out in TV dramas. He felt he had a perfect grasp of her psychology.
"You should be considered a local township entrepreneur, right? You were born and raised here. Now that you've made money, you should be thinking about repaying the kindness of your parents. How can you think about exploiting your fellow villagers?"
Yang Hailong quickly answered, "Yes, auntie, you're teaching me a lesson. I will definitely change in the future! I must reflect on myself. I'm such a bastard for betraying my own villagers. Oh! I'm such a fucking failure as a human being. Even a three-year-old child can understand this. I'm just going backwards."
As he said this, he slapped himself sincerely, his eyes full of regret.
"I'll trust you for now. Don't let me down. You know what it means to let me down." Tao Sai's eyes flashed with ferocity.
Yang Hailong was startled by this look, but after recovering, he firmly said, "That's absolutely fine!"
"Okay, then I'll leave. I left you something good." Tao Sai said as he pushed the drawer of the desk and walked out with the bag of tea cakes.
Seeing the woman leave the house and close the door, Yang Hailong breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put down his arms which had been raised for too long and were already sore.
He walked towards the desk curiously, opened the drawer, and suddenly heard a crackling sound from inside the drawer, like the fuse of gunpowder.
He discovered that there was a bomb inside!
"I……"
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang and the office exploded violently. The air wave shattered all the glass, and the glass on the ground outside was covered with blood and flesh tissue.
Tao Sai calmly walked to the dam. The young men, hearing the commotion, gathered around her. One of them, who had fought with her in the Sun family's yard that morning, warned his companions, and they all picked up shovels and steel bars, ready to attack.
She acted as if she didn't see it and walked straight out.
Walking uphill from the valley, you will see groups of wild boars running among the clods of earth. From a distance, most of them are small piglets, but there are also big pigs. The meat of big pigs must be firm and tender, it is impossible not to be tempted.
If she could bring back a dozen or so, everyone on the ship would be satisfied with their meat.
Unfortunately, these wild boars belonged to someone else and could not be stolen. Because of the game's logic, she could only exchange them for supplies through trade, and the stolen items would automatically disappear after a certain period of time and return to their original location.
This actually limits her performance.
Until Tao Sai walked out of the gate of the venue, no one dared to chase her and fight her, which shows that they are a bunch of cowards.
She didn't waste any time and quickly returned to the Sun family.
As expected, the gang returned the rice they had cheated from the Sun family. They packed dozens of bags in snakeskin bags and dumped them on the small road outside. They also threw in two slaughtered wild boars as compensation.
When Tao Sai walked towards Sun's house, the fire was almost out. All the houses in the yard were on fire. The woodshed and pigpen collapsed, and the brick house was burned to charcoal.
Fortunately, the 20 commandos she brought were very agile and could move large items in every trip. They were tireless and methodical. Each of them had strong psychological qualities and would not be frightened or disrupted by the spread of the fire.
When the entire house was engulfed in flames, everything that could be moved was moved to the dry fields outside the yard.
The home was gone, but fortunately, no one in the family was injured and the supplies were saved. It would take some time to catch back the chickens, ducks and geese that were released.
After thanking the young men that Tao Sai had invited to help, the family sat on the edge of the field and discussed their future plans after surviving the disaster.
Rebuilding a house is basically impossible. Bricks, cement, and river sand are unavailable. Cutting down trees and bamboo to build a wooden house will take forever.
"Dad, let me go to the city to buy some tents. We can live in the tents first." Sun Kai suggested.
"Okay, bring a few more chickens in exchange, hey!" Sun Haizhu agreed, sighing deeply. Sleeping in a tent was just a temporary solution. Their family's survival would become even more difficult in the future. If there was another typhoon or something...
Thinking of this, Sun Haizhu became even angrier. He propped himself up and grabbed a hoe next to the shack in the field. "It must be Yang Hailong who did it! I'm going to find him and kill him!"
He had hardly taken two steps when he saw Towsey coming up the path.
Tao Sai said, "No need. I just went to teach him a lesson."
"Huh?" Sun Haizhu was stunned for two seconds, then asked with concern, "Xiao Tao, did you just go to see him? There are many people in his place. Did you suffer any injustice?"
"No, I brought helpers," Tao Sai said casually, glancing at the commando standing in perfect order beside him. "I taught him a bloody lesson, he'll remember it for a long time."
Sun Haizhu remembered the fight between her and those men in the morning and did not doubt her words at all.
But his anger disappeared in an instant, and he was like a deflated ball. He put down the hoe with a dejected look and looked back at his home which had become a ruin.
Sun Kai caught five chickens in the field, strung their feet together with a rope, and planned to exchange them for tents or something at the city market before it got dark.
Tao Sai understood their thoughts and tried to stop him.
"Wait, I have an idea. Do you want to come with me? I have a place to live that's big enough for you guys."
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