Chapter 137 Provoking Trouble
As the team leader expected, after eating the delicious pheasant meat, the three leaders spoke again, explicitly or implicitly, asking them to send a batch of game to the commune after the autumn harvest.
When the three leaders left, the captain's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
The deputy captain and the accountant also looked unhappy.
"Robbers!" the accountant spat. He still remembered that these people had stolen several wolf skins from Lin Qi.
"Be careful what you say." The deputy captain reminded.
The accountant shut his mouth in dismay.
"I'm afraid the situation outside is really bad. None of the experts and professors came this year." The captain said in a deep voice.
"Even if they don't come, our rice is still being watched." The accountant said unhappily. For several years, they have never tasted the taste of the rice they grow. The people in the commune are more strict than anything else. As soon as the rice is threshed in the threshing ground, they load the rice into trucks and transport it away. They guard against them like they are guarding against thieves. It's really ridiculous.
On the ninth day, the corn and soybeans were harvested, and the rice harvest began.
The canteen remained open, but the captain did not allow Lin Qi to go hunting.
The abnormal number of prey will attract the attention of those people in the commune. Not only will they ask for more prey, but they will also expose Lin Qi's existence.
The trouble is not worth it.
Without meat, the food in the cafeteria was bland and tasteless. Compared with the rich fish and meat of the previous few days, the gap was too huge. The team members' faces were as green as the food in the cafeteria.
The people from the commune soon realized that something was wrong.
"Why do these players look at us with a strange look on their faces?"
"I also felt something was wrong, full of resentment."
"We transported their rice away, so they feel resentful, which is normal."
“........”
Lao Yi and the other two had no appetite today.
"Xu Hexiao didn't go to the cafeteria to eat the whole day today." Old Fu hinted, "He must have gone home to eat, and most likely he ate with that Lin Qi."
"Why didn't the captain let Lin Qi go hunting?" Lao Yi wondered.
Lao Bi was also puzzled. "The captain didn't allow Lin Qi to go hunting, but the team members were not happy, but no one stood up to object. Everyone was obviously very happy when they were eating meat!"
Lao Yi and the other two were silent; they couldn't figure out the reason.
"That Lin Qi is participating in the autumn harvest today, right? Did you find any suspicious targets?" Old Fu changed the subject.
Lao Yi and Lao Bi shook their heads, "I haven't seen it."
Old Fu narrowed his eyes and said, "Keep an eye out tomorrow."
On the second day of rice harvest, Lao Yi and the other two set out with Xu Hexiao. Along the way, they kept their eyes and ears open to capture any young woman who passed by Xu Hexiao.
"None of them is particularly outstanding." Lao Bi whispered in Lao Fu's ear.
Old Fu also lowered his voice to the lowest level, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Maybe Xu Hexiao just thinks she is pretty."
"That's true." Lao Bi's interest in Lin Qi decreased a bit.
Xu Hexiao, who was walking in front and heard every word of their conversation, said: "......"
Qiqi is naturally the best in his eyes.
When Lao Yi and the other two worked, they worked together with Xu Hexiao. It was not that they were bad guys who were deliberately sticking together, but Xu Hexiao was strong and powerful, and he worked fast. With Xu Hexiao around, heavy work such as carrying was taken over by him.
On this morning, Lao Yi and the other two were working around Xu Hexiao as usual, and the two commune officials were bored and came to the rice fields. They looked around the rice fields and saw Xu Hexiao standing out from the crowd.
The two officials looked at each other and walked towards Xu Hexiao.
"He was fine, so why did he fall ill and not attend the commune's ideological education meeting?" an officer said in a bad tone.
As soon as the official finished speaking, the people working around pricked up their ears and looked over here.
With the audience, the official became more excited, straightened his chest, and shouted, "I'm asking you a question, why don't you answer?"
"My injury didn't get better until the day before the autumn harvest. In order not to delay the harvest, I had to get out of bed." Xu Hexiao said lightly, without even looking at the clerk, and continued to bend over and cut rice.
"You said the situation improved the day before autumn harvest. So it improved the day before autumn harvest. Who can testify to that?" The official stood on a high ridge, looking down from above.
"No one can testify." Xu Hexiao said slowly.
"What's your attitude?" The clerk frowned. "Not only do you have problems with your thinking, but you also have a bad attitude. You should do the heaviest and most tiring work. Come and carry the rice!"
The harvested rice was tied into bundles and carried by the team members either on their shoulders or on their backs to oxcarts on the side of the road, which then transported them to the threshing ground.
After listening to these arrogant and malicious words, Xu Hexiao stood up, stared at the official expressionlessly, and did not move.
"What are you standing there for? Come here!" The official picked up a wooden stick from the ground and pointed at the bundles of rice with it, "Move them to the car."
The atmosphere became tense and everyone looked at Xu Hexiao with their hearts clenched.
Lao Yi and the other two looked unhappy. They had not been bullied or troubled during these days, so they almost thought that this was the atmosphere in the Anliang Brigade.
But now it seems that the Anliang Brigade is not always stable.
After spending half a month with Xu Hexiao, they had already regarded him as half their own. Now that Xu Hexiao was being bullied, they were naturally angry, but apart from being angry, there was nothing they could do.
Will Xu Hexiao obediently move the rice?
He will.
In full view of everyone, he walked towards the rice with a normal expression. He bent down and placed a bundle of rice on his shoulder, and used his other hand to hold another bundle.
Just as Xu Hexiao stood up and was about to walk towards the ox cart, the official spoke again, "Wait a minute."
Xu Hexiao turned to look at the clerk and asked silently: What do you want to do again?
"Two bundles are not enough, add a little more." The clerk sneered and ordered Xu Hexiao, "Squat down."
Xu Hexiao gritted his teeth and squatted down. Then, two staff members put rice on Xu Hexiao's shoulders. It was not enough to put two bundles on one shoulder, so they added more.
A bundle of rice weighs 60 to 70 kilograms. If you carry two bundles on each shoulder, that would be 130 to 140 kilograms. Adding the two bundles together, it would weigh 260 to 280 kilograms. Isn't this enough? Do you need to add more?
"Four bundles already, is that enough?" The captain strode over from a distance, his brows furrowed.
"His face expression didn't change, which shows that he can still bear it. Captain Luo, don't underestimate the physical strength of these five black guys." The clerk didn't listen to the captain and added another bundle of rice to each of Xu Hexiao's shoulders.
Now, Xu Hexiao needed to stretch out his long arms and grab the rice on his shoulders with force so that the rice would not roll off his shoulders.
The rice on his shoulders almost blocked his entire vision, and he could only make out the approximate direction of the ox cart. Fortunately, he had walked this road several times before, and he still vaguely remembered where to turn, where to lift his feet, and where to cross the ditch.
Even after two or three years of training, carrying a weight of more than 300 kilograms on his shoulders still felt very strenuous for him.
Xu Hexiao slowed down his pace and tried to walk more steadily.
But he didn't know that behind him, two officials secretly exchanged glances and walked towards Xu Hexiao.
When the accident happened, everyone was a little confused.
Isn’t this enough of bullying people?
Two officials walked past Xu Hexiao on both sides. They did not touch Xu Hexiao, but reached out to push the rice on Xu Hexiao's shoulders. Both of them were very strong. Xu Hexiao was pushed and turned around on the spot, and then fell into the ditch.
With a splash, the man and the rice fell into the narrow ditch.
"Ha ha ha ha--"
"Drenched!"
The two officials curled their lips with a wicked smile on their faces.
"Xu Hexiao!" Lao Yi and the other two were shocked and rushed towards Xu Hexiao.
At the same time, a figure faster than them came from a distance. The shadow did not dodge or evade, but rushed towards the two officials. Two muffled bangs were heard, and the two officials were knocked away, and then fell into the rice field two or three meters away with a bang.
In the rice fields where the rice had just been harvested, only short rice stubbles were left. Although being stabbed by such rice stubbles would not cause bleeding, it would definitely be uncomfortable. Especially since the two officials fell from the sky, the pain was doubled. Their faces immediately turned pale.
what happened?
The two officers didn’t know.
The team members present didn't know until they saw Lin Qi pulling Xu Hexiao out of the ditch.
Oh, Lin Qi is here!
The team members were inexplicably excited; they finally saw Lin Qi teach someone a lesson with their own eyes!
Although Lin Qi moved too quickly and they couldn't see the process clearly, they saw the result, and that was enough!
"Are you hurt?" Lin Qi asked.
"No." Xu Hexiao shook his head, "It's just a pity that these bundles of rice got wet."
"The rice is wet, just dry it." Lin Qi said, bending down, picking up a bundle of rice in each hand. A bundle of wet rice weighed hundreds of pounds, but in her hands it was as light as if there was nothing.
"This, this should be Lin Qi, right?" Lao Bi murmured.
"That should be the case. She's so beautiful!" Old Fu was a little absent-minded. "No wonder Xu Hexiao said she's the prettiest."
"Besides being beautiful, she is also very strong and fast. Did you see clearly how she came just now?" asked Lao Yi.
Lao Bi and Lao Fu shook their heads together, "No."
No wonder he was able to hunt two wild boars and so many prey. He is really a master.
"Who bumped into us!" The official gritted his teeth, and the fire in his eyes seemed to be bursting out.
"I bumped into him." Lin Qi stood in front of the clerk. She was 1.73 meters tall and looked at the clerk at eye level. Her aura was no less than that of the angry clerk.
The official had never seen such a pretty girl before. There was a flash of surprise in his eyes. He said frivolously, "You bumped into her? With your tiny body, how could you knock two grown men like us away?"
The clerk sneered and didn't believe Lin Qi's words at all.
"Then I'll prove it." Lin Qi sneered. After she finished speaking, she grabbed the other person's collar with one hand and lifted him up.
It looked so effortless, as if he was lifting a chick.
The officer's feet left the ground, his face flushed the color of liver, "Put me down——"
Lin Qi did not let go and carried the clerk to the ditch.
"Lin Qi, stop it!" the captain shouted. Lin Qi did something he didn't want to do, but if he didn't stop now, the matter would be out of control.
"They wantonly destroyed rice and damaged collective property. I will go to the Revolutionary Committee to report them. All the team members present are witnesses." Lin Qi said angrily.
"Yes, we all saw it. The two colleagues from the commune deliberately pushed Xu Hexiao, who was carrying rice, into the water, causing our four bundles of rice to fall into the water. Their behavior shows a lack of care for food and a lack of respect for the fruits of people's hard work!" Jian Tong was filled with indignation and made a serious accusation.
"Yes, yes, we can all testify to that."
"I am willing to testify, too!"
"............"
The team members stood up one after another. Not to mention that they must protect Lin Qi, they could not tolerate the two culprits deliberately destroying their rice.
"Okay, I'll report it and you guys will testify." Lin Qi put the team member down, turned around and walked towards the town.
The two staff members were anxious and hurriedly chased after him, "It was a misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding—"
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