Just then, a malicious laugh rang out.
"Oh, isn't this Xu Kuo's wife? She's really beautiful!"
"And this little girl is so pretty too, tsk tsk tsk..."
Several shady-looking figures swayed over, the leader of whom was none other than Zhang Laosan, a notorious hoodlum in the village.
He stared at Jiang Xiuying and Liu Yuan with a sly look, his mouth practically watering.
Jiang Xiuying's face turned pale, and she subconsciously took a few steps back.
Although Liu Yuan was injured, she was not someone to be trifled with. She glared at Zhang Laosan and shouted sternly, "What do you think you're doing? In broad daylight, is there no law anymore!"
"The law? Here, I am the law!" Zhang Laosan laughed arrogantly. "Little sister, don't be afraid, we brothers just want to play with you, we promise to make you feel good!"
As he spoke, Zhang Laosan reached out and touched Liu Yuan's face.
"Get out of my way!"
Xu Kuo roared angrily, like an enraged lion, and charged forward.
Before Zhang Laosan could react, Xu Kuo kicked him to the ground.
Ouch!
Zhang Laosan screamed and rolled on the ground, clutching his stomach.
"You dare touch my wife? You're asking for death!" Xu Kuo's eyes widened in anger, and he exuded a terrifying aura.
Seeing this, the other thugs were so frightened that their legs went weak, and they stood still, not daring to move.
"You...you dare hit me? You wait, I'll never forgive you!"
Zhang Laosan lay on the ground, shouting defiantly but inwardly weakly.
Xu Kuo sneered, walked up to Zhang Laosan, and stepped on his chest.
"I'm waiting for you! But before that, you have to apologize to my wife!"
Xu Kuo's voice was icy cold, like a demon from hell.
Zhang Laosan was terrified by Xu Kuo's imposing manner and dared not utter a single word of dissent. He immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again!"
“And this young lady!” Xu Kuo pointed at Liu Yuan.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I was blind and offended you. Please forgive me, I'm so magnanimous!"
Zhang Laosan kowtowed to Liu Yuan again.
Looking at Zhang Laosan's disheveled appearance, Liu Yuan felt a surge of pleasure, but even more so, gratitude and surprise towards Xu Kuo.
When did this man become so capable?
Xu Kuo had no intention of letting Zhang Laosan and his men off so easily. His eyes lit up and a plan came to him.
"Since you're all so free, then help me with the work! Clear this land for me, and I'll let you off the hook!"
Zhang Laosan and the others looked at each other, unwilling in their hearts, but under Xu Kuo's tyranny, they could only obediently pick up their hoes and start working.
Xu Kuo stood aside with his arms crossed, supervising the work. He felt extremely pleased as he watched Zhang Laosan and the others working hard and sweating profusely.
Free labor, might as well use it!
Liu Yuan watched Xu Kuo from the side, her beautiful eyes sparkling with admiration, her heart pounding wildly.
Zhang Laosan and the others watched as Xu Kuo would sometimes whisper something in Jiang Xiuying's ear, causing her to punch him repeatedly, and other times he would chat and laugh with Liu Yuan. They were so angry they were practically scrambling to their noses.
Damn, so what if he has a wife? He even has a beautiful female teacher throwing herself at him!
Zhang Laosan cursed inwardly, but the thought of Xu Kuo's fists, as big as earthenware pots, made him shudder. "Forget it," he thought, "a wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. I'd better finish my work and leave, rather than suffer this humiliation here!"
He waved his hand, beckoning to his men: "You all better work your asses to the bone! The sooner we finish, the sooner we can get out of here!"
Several men gritted their teeth and swung their hoes with all their might, wishing they could turn the land upside down.
As the sun gradually set in the west, they had actually reclaimed a large area of what was originally a bumpy wasteland, covering about two or three acres.
Zhang Laosan wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed and scraped as he ran to Xu Kuo, his face full of flattery: "Master Xu, what do you think of this land? Is it going well?"
Xu Kuo slowly stood up, put his hands behind his back, and made a show of surveying the area before nodding.
"So-so, it's alright. Okay, you can get out of here."
"Hey, hey, we're leaving right now, we're leaving right now!"
Zhang Laosan felt as if he had been granted a pardon, bowed repeatedly, and turned to slip away.
"Wait!" Xu Kuo suddenly called out to him.
Zhang Laosan's heart skipped a beat, almost jumping out of his throat. With a mournful face, he turned around and asked, "Master Xu, is there anything else you need?"
"What, you want to leave already?" Xu Kuo looked at him with a half-smile. "If you still want to work for me, come back tomorrow."
"No, no, no, that's not necessary. We have things to do, we have things to do!"
Zhang Laosan was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly and ran away with a few brothers without looking back. They were faster than rabbits.
"Hahaha……"
Seeing Zhang Laosan and the others fleeing in such a sorry state, Jiang Xiuying and Liu Yuan could no longer hold back and burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs.
Xu Kuo was momentarily captivated by the moving scene before him.
"Ahem!" Jiang Xiuying's pretty face flushed slightly as she coughed lightly twice, playfully scolding, "What are you looking at! We're still outside!"
She reached out and tugged at Xu Kuo's sleeve, changing the subject: "Why are you clearing out such a large area of wasteland? Do you have some other plan?"
"What else can I do? Farm, of course!" Xu Kuo snapped out of his reverie and chuckled. "But I have a secret weapon!"
He pointed to the pile of dark stuff on the ground: "See that? This is good stuff!"
As he spoke, Xu Kuo bent down, grabbed a handful of fertilizer, and evenly scattered it on one of the cultivated plots of land.
As he sprinkled the seeds, he explained that he had only sprinkled about a third of the soil, and the rest would be saved for later use.
"That's it?" Liu Yuan's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "You think you can grow crops by just sprinkling some fertilizer on this rocky, lumpy ground? You're not kidding me, are you?"
She had been teaching in this village for a while and knew the land conditions here very well.
Countless people have tried their best to grow something on this barren land, but in the end they all failed.
Could Xu Kuo really bring this land back to life with just the little bit of fertilizer he applied?
This is simply a fantasy!
"Hey, Teacher Liu, you have to believe me!"
Xu Kuo patted the dirt off his hands, full of confidence.
"This fertilizer of mine isn't ordinary fertilizer; it's specially formulated! It will absolutely turn this land into fertile farmland! Just wait and see, I guarantee you'll be amazed in a couple of days!"
"I don't believe it!" Liu Yuan shook his head, his tone firm. "That's simply impossible!"
"Oh ho, you still don't believe me?" Xu Kuo was amused by Liu Yuan's stubbornness.
Seeing that Xu Kuo still dared to mock her, Liu Yuan's eyes lit up and an idea came to her. "How about we make a bet?"
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