Chapter 58 Chapter 58 The sky is falling
By the fish pond, Yu Guoliang and Yu Guodong were beating a man.
Nearby, Old Lady Yang and her daughter-in-law, Yang Qiaoqiao, were tearing at the brothers. Old Lady Yang's wails could be heard two miles away: "What are you doing? You can't hit Guoxing, my dear grandson. Why are you so vicious? It's just a few fish. He's your brother. You have fish from two ponds. What's wrong with letting him take some? What's wrong?"
Yang Qiaoqiao was also crying, "Guoliang, Guodong, please stop, please stop! Guoxing didn't think much of it. Your grandma said she wanted to eat fish, so he came over to grab two, thinking you wouldn't mind. Since you won't let us take the fish, can't we just give it up?"
Seeing that the Yu brothers had really raised fish, some people felt jealous. While they were enjoying the fun, they also had to say a few sour words: "They are really obsessed with money. If their own grandmother wanted to eat fish, they should have caught some and brought them to her door. But the brothers caught two and now they are beating them up. Tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"Guo Xing works as a laborer in the village, earning a decent income. How could he possibly be short of a fish or two? He probably came here to catch some because he saw the old man wanted to eat."
"Don't even mention the old man wanting to eat them. What about his cousin? Even if Guoxing himself wanted to eat them, what's the big deal if he grabbed two? Oh, he said he didn't want them anymore, and you still beat him up. This is too much."
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Yu Yongfeng rushed over and yelled, "Yu Guoliang, Yu Guodong, are you trying to kill my Guoxing?! It's just a few broken fish, isn't it enough for me to compensate you?! If you keep hitting me, I'll beat you to death!"
I don’t know where he got the bamboo stick from, but he was about to join the “battle” waving it.
Unfortunately, he died before achieving his goal. He had just taken two steps when he was tripped by someone.
Yu Yongfeng got up and turned his head to see the old man's fair-skinned and gentle son-in-law standing there, looking at him indifferently.
He was confused for a moment. Was the person who tripped him just now this pretty boy?
Liu Mianmian stood beside Shen Weizhou and said calmly, "You can't fight without martial ethics. They're unarmed, and you're carrying a stick. What's wrong with that?"
Yu Yongfeng was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "What if the two of them beat up my son?!"
Liu Mianmian said innocently: "But they have stopped."
Yu Yongfeng turned his head and saw that, as expected, Yu Guoliang and Yu Guodong were holding Yu Guoxing down, but they did not attack again.
"Let him go!" Yu Yongfeng pointed at Yu Guoliang and the others.
Yu Guoxing also struggled vigorously, shouting, "Dad, Dad, Uncle!"
Yu Yongcheng, Xu Li and others also arrived. Yu Yongcheng looked unhappy. He didn't expect that the one who snatched the fish was his own nephew, but at the same time he felt a little embarrassed. It was really not a good thing for two families to have such a conflict over a few fish.
Yu Yongcheng hesitated for a moment, then said, "Guoliang, Guodong, forget it..."
Yu Guodong had a bad temper. He interrupted his father and said, "That's bullshit!" Then he kicked a sack next to him forward and kicked out a glass bottle that had slipped into the grass. He roared, "Damn it, Yu Yongfeng, open your eyes and take a look. Are there a few fish here? A whole sack of fish! Can my grandma eat so much fish? Or can the whole family of you eat so much fish?!"
"Dad, open your eyes and take a look! Your good nephew didn't just steal a sack of fish, he even tried to dump pesticides into our pond! This wicked man has no conscience. He just can't stand seeing us making money. He wants to kill us!"
The crowd exploded with cheers.
Some curious people couldn't help but step forward and tear open the sack. Sure enough, there was a whole sack of fish, some of which were still shaking their tails, and some were already motionless. Looking at the glass bottle again, oh my god, it really was a full bottle of pesticides.
Is this meant to kill the fish, or is it meant to poison the fish and people at the same time?
This is too scary.
Yu Guoxing refused to admit it: "It was wrong for me to catch your fish. You wronged me by saying that I wanted to pour pesticide into the pond. The medicine is right here. I just bought it and it fell out." Although he was beaten with a black eye and a swollen face, he was very calm and made a strong argument.
His grandma, mom and dad are all here, so there is no way he can suffer any loss.
"Yes, yes, yes, I asked him to buy this and bring it back." Yang Qiaoqiao said immediately, sobbing, "Guoliang Guodong, you really misunderstood him, he is not that kind of person!"
Liu Mianmian took the pesticide bottle from the villager and took a look at it. She said, "You said you just bought this bottle of pesticide? But it will expire in three days. What's going on? Did the township deliberately sell you pesticide that is about to expire? Then why don't we go to the township and ask them? This won't work. If everyone buys products that are about to expire, who will we turn to when the crops don't grow well?"
Yu Guoxing choked, and Yang Qiaoqiao asked in surprise, "What? Pesticides can expire?"
They usually buy only a little amount of pesticide each time, which is enough for one season's crops. Of course, they sometimes buy more and then use it in the next season. But they have never heard of pesticides expiring.
Liu Mianmian pointed at the bottle and said, "The expiration date is clearly written on it. Expired products may lose their medicinal properties or become more toxic, harming crops and humans."
Yang Qiaoqiao blurted out: "Fortunately, I didn't spray yesterday."
Liu Mianmian raised an eyebrow: "Didn't you just buy it?"
Yang Qiaoqiao realized she had made a mistake and quickly defended herself, saying, "I was just saying it was a good thing I didn't buy it yesterday, otherwise I would have gone and sprayed it."
Liu Mianmian, hehe, do you think we believe you?
What's so unclear about this? The onlookers were all very discerning. Yang Qiaoqiao's inconsistencies, coupled with Liu Mianmian's pointing it out, led everyone to take a closer look at the bottle of pesticide. There was quite a bit of dust on the bottle, and the sticker was a bit yellowed. It certainly didn't look newly bought, but rather like it had been found in a hidden corner.
The villagers' eyes suddenly became strange when they looked at Yu Guoxing and Yang Qiaoqiao.
Many of them were jealous of Yu Guoliang and Yu Guodong, but no matter how jealous they were, no one had ever thought of doing anything bad! Except for a few shameless thieves in the village who might have been eyeing the fish in the pond, no one else had thought of it.
I never thought of sneaking a fish, nor did I think of causing trouble.
They worked hard to get rich, and they deserved it. Although they felt jealous, they also saw the hard work of the Yu family. In the past six months, the family has never been idle. Didn't you see that Yu Guodong even postponed the date of his wedding?
Besides, seeing the success of the Yu family, many people in the village became interested and thought about doing something of their own, such as raising silkworms, chickens, and rabbits. These seemed to be good and could at least increase the family income.
But no matter what you raise, if someone destroys it like Yu Guoxing, you're doomed.
Liu Mianmian looked intently at the village party secretary huddled behind the crowd. "Old Secretary, this was malicious poisoning. Although it was stopped in time, it's still a serious offense. Shouldn't we call the police station?"
Phew, look, the police station scene is here again.
Liu Mianmian felt that she was also very innocent. She obviously wanted to be a quiet and insignificant person and easily earn a small goal, but why did she meet legal experts wherever she went?
Alas, the work of popularizing the law is still not in place, and there is still a long way to go.
The village party secretary's face darkened slightly, but he did not refute Liu Mianmian's words. Even though some villagers were already muttering, "Is it necessary to call the police station for such a small matter?", as the village party secretary, he still had a stronger sense of law. He knew that this matter was indeed not something that their village could solve, so he called a young man and asked him to ride a bicycle to the township.
Hearing they were going to the police station, Yu Guoxing panicked. "Old Party Secretary, don't listen to their nonsense. Why would I come here in broad daylight to poison someone? If I really wanted to do something like that, wouldn't I come at night? If I come here in broad daylight, wouldn't I be waiting to be arrested? I'm not that stupid. I really just came here to catch some fish for my grandma. I thought it was nothing, so I came here in broad daylight."
Yang Qiaoqiao said quickly, "Right, right, right. If they really wanted to sabotage something, who would come here in broad daylight? And there's no name on this pesticide bottle. It's not ours at all. It has nothing to do with us."
Old Mrs. Yang was anxiously waiting, unable to get a word in for a long time. Finally, she said in a hoarse voice, "That's right, this isn't ours. It has nothing to do with us. Guoxing just came here to help me catch fish. You ungrateful bastards! I'm an old man, and I just wanted to eat a fish, and you treat my darling grandson like this!"
Other villagers: “…”
You forgot, just now, you said that you just bought the pesticide?
Yu Guoliang stared at Yu Guoxing intently. "You didn't come over at night because you knew that several of us would take turns guarding the pond at night, so we wouldn't have a chance to attack! You came over today because you knew we were going to have a wedding and would be too busy. You're right. There's only one of us guarding the pond today, and the second brother and I only came over at the last minute to catch a few fish. You didn't notice us at first, and you were so proud of yourself. You even cursed and said you wanted to stop us from laughing."
"You are such a wicked man!" Xu Li cried out, snatching the stick from Yu Yongfeng's hand and rushing over to beat Yu Guoxing. "How can you be so mean? You just can't stand seeing our family get along well, right? My Guoliang and Guodong work on the farm during the day and then have to watch over the pond at night, working through the nights to produce this little bit. You are so cruel! I will beat you to death, you vicious mother and son."
Yu Guoxing and Yang Qiaoqiao immediately fought back. Seeing their own mothers about to suffer, Yu Guoliang and Yu Guodong immediately joined in. Yu Yongfeng reacted belatedly and also rushed over: "Don't even think about bullying my son!"
No matter how good-tempered Yu Yongcheng was, he couldn't help it at this time: "You conscienceless ungrateful wolves, I have helped you so much, and you..." He also rushed forward.
Liu Mianmian was eager to join in, but it was obvious that her family was in the upper hand, so it would not be appropriate for her to join in, so she held back.
The village party secretary couldn't hide anymore and quickly called out to those around him, "Pull those people apart. All the militiamen, go up and take Yu Guoxing to the village committee office! Stop, all of you!"
When they were finally pulled apart, Yu Guoxing had been beaten into a pulp, and Yang Qiaoqiao and Yu Yongfeng had bruises on their faces. Yu Guoliang and the others were fine, only Yu Guodong had bruises on his face from being scratched twice.
He was getting married tomorrow, and Yang Qiaoqiao deliberately hit him in the face every time.
When Xu Li saw the wound on Yu Guodong's face, she almost rushed forward again.
The village party secretary quickly had Yu Guoxing taken to the village committee and kept him under guard until the police arrived.
When she got home, Xu Li was still cursing and scolded Yu Yongcheng as well, accusing the Yu family of being cruel. Yu Yongcheng had a sullen face and said nothing.
The family sat in the yard for a while. Xu Li stood up and dragged the sack of fish outside to deal with it. Ye Lan glanced at Yu Guoliang and followed her.
Yu Guoliang sat there for a while with a sullen expression, then suddenly said, "Youngest, you said last time you wanted to open an oil press. Do you think it's still possible now?"
Liu Mianmian looked at him in surprise. Before she came, she was still thinking about how to convince Yu Guoliang and his team to open an oil press, but she didn't expect him to bring it up first. She thought for a moment and said, "Sure, why not? I've already looked into it. The equipment is available at the agricultural machinery factory under the Nancheng Machinery Factory. Once we've registered with the township, found a good site, and completed the paperwork, the machinery will be in place right away."
Yu Guoliang turned his head and exchanged a look with Yu Guodong. The two brothers gritted their teeth and said, "Let's do it!"
Aren’t people jealous of them just because they see them making money? Why don’t they do something big and let those people continue to be jealous. It would be best if they die of jealousy!
Soon, people from the township police station came, took a statement from Yu Guoxing in the village, and then took him away.
Although no consequences were caused, his behavior was indeed very dangerous. He should at least be subject to public security punishment and it is inevitable that he will be imprisoned for a period of time.
Of course, the key point is that after something like this happened, he would definitely lose his temporary job. No factory would dare to keep such a cruel person who could poison his relative's fish pond.
The sky really fell on Yu Laoer's family.
For the first time in their lives, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Old Lady Yang and Yang Qiaoqiao, had a huge conflict. One blamed the old lady for being greedy and wanting to eat fish, and the other scolded her daughter-in-law for being an evil spirit and a vicious woman. They quarreled fiercely.
Of course, they were too embarrassed to attend Yu Guodong's wedding banquet.
The Yu family was not affected much. Yu Guoxing was arrested and his job was about to be lost. It was a retribution for his own fault, so naturally they were not angry.
The family quickly adjusted their mood and happily prepared for the wedding banquet.
As outsiders, Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang had never been involved in the Yu family's affairs. However, afterwards, Aunt Liu accompanied Xu Li in scolding Yu Yongfeng's family again, and the relationship between the old sisters was further warmed and consolidated.
After scolding Yu Yongfeng's family, Xu Li said with some concern, "I think Guo Liang and Guo Dong are really angry this time. They didn't even discuss it with everyone and just said they wanted to open an oil press. It's clear that they are holding back. Everyone has become more well-off in recent years, but it's not to the point where every household needs to press oil. I still don't think this is a good idea."
Aunt Liu was helping make egg dumplings, putting egg batter on a spoon as she said, "Mianmian said it's okay, so it must be okay. Our Weizhou's uncle and aunt are in Hong Kong. A few months ago, Mianmian asked her aunt to help buy two stocks. You know what stocks are? Well, they're something that can make money. I can't explain it. Oh, you don't know, but her aunt said that since she bought them, the stock price has been rising several times."
After lowering her voice, Aunt Liu continued, "Our Director Yu said that Mianmian was born to make money. I don't understand what she means by "investment expert". I think it's just that the God of Wealth likes our Mianmian and loves her to make money!"
If there is no explanation, just attribute it to metaphysics. As a Chinese, Aunt Liu is very skilled in this.
"Think about it, you used to pickle radish strips, didn't you? Did you ever think of selling them? Did you actually sell them? No, but once Mianmian started selling, things became different, didn't they?" Aunt Liu analyzed it clearly. "Look at me, I've never worked. All I've spent my whole life was the money Weizhou's grandmother gave me. Oh, I never thought that now that I'm old, I'd actually be earning my own money. This is all thanks to Mianmian and you."
Xu Li thought about it and felt that what Aunt Liu said made sense. In the past, she would never have dared to think that she could make money by pickling radish strips.
Thinking of the radish strips, Xu Li felt a little calmer. It was not that she could not make money. If, if the oil press lost money, she could actually pickle radish strips to help her son pay off his debts.
However, it shouldn't be a loss, after all, it was Mianmian who said it could be done.
The two reached an inexplicable consensus.
Everyone in the family was busy, but Liu Mianmian and Shen Weizhuo were very idle, because everyone thought that these two people could not help much, and it was good enough if they did not make things worse, so they drove them out.
Since she was free anyway, Liu Mianmian found a simple fishing rod made of thin bamboo from the utility room, and then dragged Shen Weizhuo to the pond to fish.
Yu Guoliang and his men hired someone to watch the fish pond, but they also had to take turns watching it, especially at night. Several nearby villages knew that there were fish in their pond, and many people came to steal fish at night, but Yu Guoliang and his men watched it too closely, so they never succeeded.
In fact, Yu Guoxing came to catch fish a few days ago, and the people who were watching the fish pond also noticed it. However, he was Yu Guoliang and his cousin, so the people who were watching the fish pond thought that he had informed Yu Guoliang and his friends, so they didn't take it seriously.
If Yu Guoliang and the others had not happened to go to the fish pond, Yu Guoxing would have almost succeeded.
After this incident, the people watching over the fish pond naturally became more cautious. As soon as Liu Mianmian and the others approached, he rushed out, took a closer look at them, and said with a smile, "It's Mianmian. It's so cold, why are you here fishing?"
Liu Mianmian huddled in her scarf, somewhat impressed by the other person. Even though she was wrapped up so tightly, he could still recognize her: "Yeah, since we have nothing to do anyway, let's find a place sheltered from the wind."
The person watching over the fish pond smiled and pointed them in a direction.
There is sunshine and no wind, so it’s actually not too cold.
After casting the rod, Liu Mianmian ignored it and leaned back, right into Shen Weizhou's arms. Shen Weizhou half-hugged her and asked, "Do you want to catch some fish?"
Liu Mianmian turned to look at him: "Is this still my choice?"
Shen Weizhou smiled, lowered his head and kissed her on the cheek: "You can choose."
Liu Mianmian looked around and saw no one, so she simply reached out and grabbed his neck and pushed it down. Shen Weizhuo laughed, and before she could get angry, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
The wind was a bit cold, but his kiss was hot. Liu Mianmian quickly slumped in his arms, half-closed her eyes and looked at the man's handsome features. After a long moment, she lazily said, "How about we catch two? It would be embarrassing to go back empty-handed."
Shen Weizhou almost didn't react, then he laughed: "Yeah." He kissed her forehead.
For Shen Weizhuo, surviving in the wild is as easy as eating and drinking. When it was getting dark, Liu Mianmian really had nothing to catch. Shen Weizhuo took over the fishing rod and soon caught two fish.
Carrying two fish, they walked along the country road. The setting sun stretched their shadows long, creating a quiet and relaxing atmosphere. Shen Weizhou held Liu Mianmian's hand and asked casually, "What are you going to do with these two fish?"
Liu Mianmian smiled like a cat that had stolen fish: "Of course I'll make it into salted fish!"
"You have one, I have one, let's be a pair of happy salted fish."
Shen Weizhuo didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from agreeing unconditionally: "Okay, let's ask mom to pickle the fish when we get home." Since they were a pair of salted fish, he would pickle them and take them home to preserve them well.
Not long after, Xu Li learned that her son-in-law was going to travel a long way to bring back two salted fish: "..."
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