"How dare you bully my future father-in-law! You deserve to be taught a lesson!"
Lin Mo had eaten a bellyful of meat, and his energy was far greater than that of these self-proclaimed scholars.
They weren't afraid of fighting to begin with, so their audacity in bullying Carpenter Su was even more justified.
Xu Zhenting fell face-first into the dirt, and just as he managed to get up, his lower back suddenly sank again.
One after another, large slings were swung at his face from behind his head, and soon his face began to burn with pain.
"You son of a bitch, how dare you hit Brother Xu!"
Upon seeing Xu Zhenguo being beaten, Liang Zhenguo immediately rushed towards Lin Mo's back.
Lin Mo straightened up and swung his hand back at Liang Zhenguo, sending Liang Zhenguo spinning around in place.
He covered his face and stared wide-eyed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"You filthy creatures, worse than pigs and dogs, you even dare to bully your elders! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
With his Iron Palm technique constantly swinging, Xu Zhenting, who had never been in a serious fight before, was no match for Lin Mo, who had watched countless fighting videos.
It can't even hide; it's just a big, festering sore that bursts at the slightest touch.
Before long, his face was slapped so hard it was red, blue, and purple.
When the other two educated youths saw that Lin Mo actually dared to make a move, they immediately turned around and ran away cowardly.
Xu Zhenting and Liang Zhenguo were beaten to the ground and kicked by Lin Mo.
Unable to bear the pain any longer, it disregarded the humiliation of crawling like a dog and scrambled away.
When the smoke cleared, Su the carpenter and his daughter stared at Lin Mo in disbelief for quite a while.
"Uncle Su, Xiaoxiao, are you alright?"
Lin Mo asked with concern, picked up the wrapped roasted rabbit from the ground, brushed off the dirt, and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao:
"I chased a rabbit in the mountains this morning, and I was thinking of getting one for you guys to try."
"Your injury is much better, right? Eat more meat to help it heal faster."
Su Xiaoxiao stared at him with her clear, big eyes, while reflexively swallowing her saliva.
"Dad, let's go home and check if you're hurt."
She quickly came to her senses. After all, her father was quite old, and even if he hadn't been hit, such a shoving could easily have twisted his back.
Carpenter Su stared at Lin Mo meaningfully for a while, then he and his daughter helped each other back home.
Lin Mo wondered if the fact that he wasn't driven away meant he could follow along?
So he followed right behind the father and daughter.
In my past life, it was Su Xiaoxiao who gave birth to me... cough cough. Anyway, given the circumstances, I'm not qualified to visit the Su family.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo felt a little happy.
In the shadows, Jiang Ying's gaze remained fixed on Lin Mo.
He cursed Xu Zhenting in his heart, calling him a useless piece of trash. The four of them were beaten so badly by Lin Mo alone.
Even after being beaten, they still couldn't snatch the roasted rabbit.
Looking at Lin Mo, who used to always follow her around like a puppy, he is now following Su Xiaoxiao around like a puppy.
A surge of anger and sourness welled up inside my stomach.
...
To outsiders, Su the carpenter was a respectable man, after all, he was a craftsman.
In reality, it was all just a facade.
The Su family's situation wasn't much better than the Lin family's.
The walls were made of yellow earth, and the roof was thatched. There was a hole in one corner of the red-tiled roof, which was filled with some windproof debris.
There are three rooms in a row. The middle room is the main room, and the two rooms on either side are heated brick beds. On one side of the courtyard are two side rooms, one of which is a dry toilet and the other is a kitchen.
It seems that this is the layout of all the houses and courtyards in the village.
However, the Su family's courtyard was very tidy.
Several chairs and tables, made by carpenters, were stacked neatly.
There were also some bamboo baskets leaning against the foot of the courtyard, where Aunt Su was sitting, whittling bamboo strips and weaving baskets.
Turning around, she saw Lin Mo enter her yard. A brief look of surprise flashed in her eyes, followed by a disdainful glare at him.
He didn't even bother with a polite greeting and went back to weaving bamboo baskets.
Lin Mo saw it all, but didn't mind. He knew perfectly well why he hadn't been well received in the past.
However, a bamboo basket is exactly what you need when fishing.
"Come in and have some water."
Su Xiaoxiao lowered her head and quietly beckoned him to go to the main room, and Lin Mo obediently followed.
"Uncle Su, please accept this roasted rabbit. Um, could we borrow a basket?" Lin Mo asked politely.
"We urgently need it for hunting."
Carpenter Su thought to himself, "It's not right for the miner to cheat his mother out of her labor, but at least he didn't go off to wander around aimlessly and went hunting. Maybe this kid is finally starting to get the hang of things."
Even getting just one rabbit is more worthwhile than working a hard day in the production team.
I glanced at the roasted rabbit, and the aroma filled my nostrils, seeping into my heart through its pores.
This deal is definitely worthwhile.
"Okay, you can pick two to use later."
Lin Mo knew that staying at the Su family's house for too long might attract gossip, so he thanked them without further ado, picked up the two baskets, and left.
Once he left, Su the carpenter no longer had to hide his cravings, and Su Xiaoxiao also licked her lips as she stared at the golden-brown roasted rabbit in front of her.
In the end, Su the carpenter broke the rabbit in half with his bare hands.
They ate half of it themselves, and then secretly went to the village chief's house with the other half after everyone had finished work at night.
They secretly delivered it to the village chief.
More than a decade ago, Su the carpenter almost didn't get to be a carpenter. Instead, he was assigned a job by the production team along with all the other villagers.
As a strong and capable laborer, he was forced to do the most arduous farm work, which was also the work he was least skilled at.
It was the village chief who, in front of Chen Gang, the production team leader, used his carpentry skills as a key point to persuade him.
Only then could he continue working as a carpenter, making wooden tools for the production team and villagers.
In short, the Su family needs the village chief's protection, otherwise they'll have to work the fields.
I carefully wrapped up half of the rabbit, but then, worried that I hadn't given enough, I tore off the leg of the other half.
...
It's been two days now in the collective farmland.
The harvest is progressing much slower than yesterday.
As Lin Mo passed by the field, he even saw several lazy men sleeping soundly in the wheat field.
Several elderly women were huddled together inside, chatting animatedly, spitting as they gossiped.
Anyway, no one can see it.
Upon arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, the goods displayed on the wooden shelves for sale were sparse and scattered.
The inventory of each item is extremely limited.
Team leader Chen Gang is calculating how much coal they need to coordinate this year, and how much coal they need at the very least to prevent people from freezing to death.
How much grain can be handed over this year, and how much food will be left over?
My mind was filled with these math problems, and I didn't have time to think about what was wrong and why the production team's profits were decreasing year by year.
"Captain Chen, we'd like to borrow six feet of cloth from you on credit." As soon as Lin Mo arrived, he explained his purpose to Chen Gang.
Chen Gang looked up when he heard the noise and saw Lin Mo, who was asking to buy cloth on credit.
His face turned black instantly.
“Your family still owes the supply and marketing cooperative 300 jin of grain and has also bought cloth on credit.”
"What, are you going to use it to hang yourself? There's a rope by the door, that's stronger than cloth."
"..."
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