"I'm going to beat you two foul-mouthed bastards!" Du Jianshan's temper flared up, and he grabbed Ma Jinbao by the collar, punching his smug face!
"Bang!"
"You dared to cause trouble! You dared to frame me!"
"Bang!"
"You're just jealous that I get to eat meat! You fucking deserve a beating!"
"Bang!"
"You even insulted that young girl! Have you no shame?!"
As Du Jianshan cursed, his fists rained down, targeting the thickest and most painful spots.
Wang Tieniu also disliked Ma Chunmei, and grabbed her hair to stop her from helping: "I don't hit women, so don't be a jerk!"
Ma Chunmei was terrified and dared not move, so she could only watch helplessly as Ma Jinbao was beaten.
Ma Jinbao howled in pain as he was beaten, clutching his head and cowering on the ground, his face covered in snot and tears: "Stop...stop hitting me! Du Jianshan! You...you'll be punished!"
"Disciplinary action?" Du Jianshan stopped, stepped on his chest, looked down at him, and his eyes were so cold they could freeze a person to death.
"I'm in a bad mood right now! And if I'm in a bad mood, you're going to be in trouble!"
He took a breath and cracked his knuckles: "Fine, you want to sue? Go ahead and sue! I'm waiting. But before you sue, settle your bill first."
"Wh...what account?" Ma Jinbao was stunned.
"Compensation for emotional distress! And for the jerky! Plus, for the nutrition I need to work up from beating you!" Du Jianshan counted on his fingers: "Not much, just one hundred yuan! Pay up!"
"One hundred yuan?" Ma Jinbao's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "You...you're robbing me!"
"Yes! I'm going to rob you!" Du Jianshan stomped harder, making Ma Jinbao's eyes roll back in his head.
"What? You won't give it to me? Then I'll keep beating you until you do! I'm absolutely furious right now!"
He bent down and leaned close to Ma Jinbao's swollen face, his voice low and menacing: "Ma Jinbao, listen to me. Go ahead and sue, sue me all you want."
"As long as I'm not executed, as long as I'm still breathing when I come back, the first thing I'll do is kill you! You believe me?"
That look in his eyes, that tone of voice—he's exactly like a ruthless bandit!
Ma Jinbao shuddered in fright, and felt his crotch getting a little wet.
Good heavens!
What kind of ancestor did he offend!
"Give...I'll give..." Ma Jinbao's voice was trembling with sobs as he reached for the inner pocket sewn into his waistband.
"And another thing!" Du Jianshan didn't let go: "I'm exhausted from work every day. Starting tomorrow, you, and your sister..."
He pointed to Ma Chunmei, who was standing next to him, completely terrified.
"You'll be washing my feet for a month! And you'll be washing my dirty clothes too! If you slack off even once, I'll beat you up! You hear me?"
Ma Jinbao and Ma Chunmei's faces turned green. Wash feet? Wash dirty clothes? This was worse than death for them!
But seeing Du Jianshan's fist, as big as a clay pot, and with Wang Tieniu glaring menacingly beside them, the two could only grit their teeth and squeeze out, "...I...I heard it..."
With trembling hands, Ma Jinbao pulled a crumpled roll of bills from his inner pocket, counted them over and over until he had a hundred yuan, and handed it over.
Du Jianshan grabbed it and stuffed it into his pocket before letting go of his foot.
"Get lost! It's annoying to look at!"
As if granted a pardon, Ma Jinbao scrambled to his feet, grabbed the still-dazed Ma Chunmei, and ran away without looking back, faster than a rabbit.
"Pah! What a load of crap!" Wang Tieniu spat at their retreating figures, then turned to Du Jianshan, his admiration palpable.
"Brother Shanzi! Awesome! That was so satisfying! These two bastards deserved to be taught a lesson!"
Du Jianshan shook his hand; he had hit him a bit too hard, and the back of his hand was a little red.
"Alright, getting angry over this kind of thing is beneath you." He took out the roll of money, pulled out two bills and stuffed them into Wang Tieniu's hand: "Take this, buy some good food to shut him up."
"Oh! Thank you, Brother Shanzi!" Wang Tieniu was so happy that his eyes disappeared from his grin.
"Let's go for a walk to digest our food," Du Jianshan said, walking towards the wasteland behind the company.
It was backed by a small earthen slope and was not far from the water source, the karez well.
The two walked behind the earthen slope. Du Jianshan looked around and stomped his feet on the soil.
The soil is alright, not too hard, and the slope can block some of the wind.
"Tie Niu, see this place?" Du Jianshan pointed to the ground.
"The earthen slope blocks the wind and is close to the water. Dig a dug-out there, and it will be warm in winter and cool in summer. It's much better than living in that dilapidated mud house."
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