Chapter 398 Chapter 399: I won't believe it even if you kill me
Zhou Huaian drove a tractor to the bamboo forest and saw a lot of bamboos piled on the roadside. The originally dense bamboo forest was almost cut down.
Zhou Yiding heard the sound of the tractor and came out of the bamboo forest carrying bamboo, "Here we go!"
Zhou Huaian turned off the engine and pointed at the pile of bamboo. "This big pile should be enough!"
"That's enough. Carry out the stuff inside, drag it over and carry it to the mountain to start work tomorrow morning."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian took out a cigarette and handed it to him. He turned around and saw Xu Hongbing carrying bamboos out. He frowned and asked, "Why is he here?"
Zhou Yiding whispered, "Come and help me with the work."
Xu Hongbing put down the bamboo and bowed to Zhou Huaian with a smile, "Zhou Laoyao, I'm sorry for your family. I was wrong before! I swear I only stole your corn once, and you caught me."
Zhou Huaian kicked him and said, "Don't give me that. If you catch me, it's just once. If you don't catch me, it has nothing to do with you. If you want to please your uncle, you are still a little naive!"
Xu Hongbing staggered twice before he stood firm. He pointed to the sky and said, "Zhou Laoyao, as the saying goes, God is watching what you do. I, Xu Hongbing, swear to God that if I steal corn from your house twice, my whole family will die miserably."
Zhou Huaian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and looked at him and said, "Since it wasn't you, then who stole it the first time? Could it be Ye Shazi?"
Xu Hongbing nodded. "It was him. I saw him stealing corn, and then I knew your corn was ripe."
Zhou Huaian was helpless when he heard that it was Ye Shazi. He couldn't argue with a fool! He put out his cigarette, ignored Xu Hongbing, and loaded the bamboo into the truck bed.
Zhou Yiding gave him a slight turn and said, "Guess who stole our trap!"
"Which one?" Zhou Huaian put the bamboo away and glanced at him, "Fool Ye?"
"I think you are the fool!" Zhou Yiding laughed, "Xu Hongbing said it was that bastard Xiong Laoer. He is still jealous of the last time he went to your house to steal cement and got his teeth knocked out!"
"Fuck!" Zhou Huaian cursed and turned to look at Xu Hongbing. "How long has it taken him to find out? Was it also that bastard Xiong Laoer who stole the fish yesterday afternoon?"
"The fish he caught yesterday afternoon was not his. He was the one who set the trap!" Zhou Yiding whispered, "Youngest brother, cats have their ways, mice have their ways, and he has his ways, too."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "What about our traps?"
"Over there!" Zhou Yiding pointed at the bamboo forest. "They trampled it and threw it into the grass on the hillside. The fish was cooked in the gambling den of Fangtian Brigade. They also said that Xiong Laoer has become addicted to playing cards recently. He goes to Fangtian Brigade every day to play until midnight before going home."
Zhou Huaian looked at the trampled trap and glared at him, "What does he mean by this? Is he planning to follow you in the future?"
Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "I told you this morning that someone wants to work with you and grow herbs to sell to you! I also want to ask you how you grow herbs?"
Zhou Huaian turned to look at Xu Hongbing and asked, "What seeds did you find?"
Xu Hongbing said hurriedly: "My mother knows herbs. We found seeds of plantain, barbata, dandelion, motherwort, rhubarb, and white snake grass."
He looked at Zhou Huaian awkwardly and said, "To be honest, the herbs my family dug were sent to your house by someone else so that I could sell them. I heard that you were collecting herbal seeds, so I picked them and left them there without selling them."
When he heard that the Zhou family had started collecting herbs, his wife forced her mother to go up the mountain with her to find herbs to sell. When she brought the herbs back, she thought about the past and was worried that the Zhou family would bear a grudge and not accept them, so she asked her second aunt to help deliver them to the mountain to sell.
Although he himself was a bad person, he was unwilling to sell the herbs to Cai Ermei, thinking that the guy was dishonest and disloyal!
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes. "This is my first time planting too. Go back and ask your mom how to sow the seeds and then plant them the same way. Just send them to my house after you grow them."
After hearing this, Xu Hongbing rubbed his hands happily and said, "Thank you! I will definitely plant them well!" Then he walked towards the bamboo forest happily.
Zhou Dingyi waited for him to leave, then whispered, "Let's go to Fangtian after dinner. If that bastard is really there, we'll come back with sacks and go to the bridgehead to block Xiong Laoer's grandson!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Then drink less tonight."
"Um!"
At this time, Zhou Daqing, Zhou Dahe and Xu Hongbing also came out carrying bamboos. "Yiding, there are still a few bundles left. Hurry and deliver them over there, otherwise it will be too late."
Zhou Yiding: "We will unload the bamboos at the grove, and you can carry the rest out there!"
"Okay!" The three of them put down the bamboo and helped load the tractor before turning around and leaving.
Zhou Huaian and his partner pulled the bamboos to the grove. As soon as they unloaded two bundles of bamboo, Ye Laoyao came out of the straw shed and asked, "Do you need help?"
Zhou Yiding said politely: "No need!"
Li Chuntao also followed and walked out, "We will be neighbors from now on, so don't be polite, okay?"
Ye Laoyao stepped forward with a smile, "That's right, I'll help you unload it!"
Zhou Huaian thought about what Zhou Huaishan said, and suddenly felt uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly. He kicked a bundle of bamboo off the tractor.
Zhou Yiding looked at him in surprise, and seeing Ye Laoyao limping over, he didn't feel comfortable asking him for help, so he politely stopped him, "Really, there's no need, Uncle Daqing and the others will be here soon."
Ye Laoyao did not insist and said, "Okay, just give me a call if you need help." After saying that, he called Li Chuntao and walked towards the bamboo shed together.
When Zhou Huaian and his companion were halfway through unloading, Zhou Daqing and his companions also arrived. In no time, they had unloaded all the bamboo in the truck bed.
Zhou Huaian started the tractor and drove towards the bamboo forest.
After they turned off the engine, Zhou Yiding smiled and teased him, "What happened to you just now? Are you not used to the enthusiastic female neighbors?"
"Pah~" Zhou Huaian spat, and continued to say unhappily: "At noon, I asked my third brother to help me pull cement... How come that rotten old melon Ye Laoyao got such a thing to go home?"
"Oh my god! No wonder people say that Ye Laoyao is unlucky and married an indecent woman!" Zhou Yiding said with a mischievous smile, "Not bad bro, an old man like you is lucky in love!"
Zhou Huaian glared, "Disgusting me is better!"
Zhou Yiding nodded, "It's quite disgusting. I don't know how disgusting it will be when Ye Laoyao finds out!"
It took the two of them three trips to pull all the bamboos to the grove. By then, Yang Chunyan and her daughter had already prepared the meal.
Zhou Huairong and his brothers also came to help after finishing work. When they saw Xu Hongbing also carrying bamboos, they were surprised and asked Zhou Huaian why he asked a bad guy like Xu Hongbing to help with the work?
Zhou Huaian explained the cause of the incident, and Zhou Huaijun curled his lips, "It's strange that a rotten person like that can change! Don't be fooled by him."
"Don't worry, second brother!" Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "If he really grows the herbs and sends them to sell, we will buy them. We still have to be on guard against what we should be on guard against."
Zhou Huaijun nodded, "It's good that you know it."
Xu Hongbing had been helping to move the bamboos to the mountain. Before leaving, Zhou Yiding gave him half a day's wages, and he accepted it without hesitation.
Zhou Huaijun asked, "Did he really work all afternoon?"
Zhou Yiding smiled and nodded, "I came here at around 2 o'clock and worked until the end of the day without slacking off for even a moment."
Zhou Huaijun shook his head, "I don't believe it even if you kill me. Even such a rotten person can change his ways?"
Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "Second brother, it would be a good thing if he really changes. The herbs we grow will be safer."
(End of this chapter)
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