Erdanzi was jolted awake from his sweet dream.
He stared wide-eyed, and by the moonlight streaming through the window, he saw Liang Fugui standing in front of him, looking like a fierce demon. He was so frightened that he wet the bed on the spot.
"Fu Fu, Brother Fu Gui, what are you doing?" Er Danzi's voice trembled as he stammered.
Liang Fugui's eyes flashed with malice as he said viciously, "You son of a bitch, not only did you cuckold me, but you also dared to lie to me! I'll chop you up today!"
Upon hearing this, Erdanzi was terrified and begged for mercy repeatedly.
"Brother Fugui, I was wrong, I was really wrong, I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time, you are a magnanimous person!"
"Spare you? Dream on!"
Liang Fugui was not about to give up so easily, and he increased the pressure on his cleaver.
"You think you can get away with just one mistake? Do you think I'm easy to bully? If you don't satisfy me today, I'll cut off your dog head and feed it to the dogs."
"Brother, you're my own brother, don't get agitated. Let's talk this out. I have money, and as long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to give you all of it. Is that alright?"
"Hmph! I don't care about your little bit of money. I'll just ask you one question: what exactly does the Chen family use to make their white sugar? If you don't tell the truth, I'll take your dog's life today."
"All I know is that it's white soup, but as for what's in it, I really have no idea?"
"You really don't know?" Liang Fugui asked again.
Erdanzi was so anxious that tears streamed down his face. "I'm not lying. If I dare to lie to you, may I be a turtle or a bastard."
"Go to hell, don't say the word 'turtle' in front of me."
"It was my fault for being so talkative. If I were lying to you, I'd freeze to death in the summer, burn out in the winter, eat myself to death, and work myself to death trying to find a wife..."
"Alright, alright, enough of this bullshit," Liang Fugui interrupted. "Then let me ask you, do you know where the Chen family's secret recipe is hidden?"
"A secret recipe?" Erdanzi's heart skipped a beat. This damned Liang Fugui, it seems like he must have dug up Liang Fugui's ancestral grave in his past life, he owes him in this life.
He asks me about everything. He's such a dim-witted idiot. How would he know what the secret recipe is?
With a knife to his throat, if he didn't give a straight answer and they actually killed him, he would have suffered a huge loss for the rest of his life.
He hasn't even managed to get a wife, he doesn't even know what it's like to be a man...
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a while, Liang Fugui raised his hand and slapped him across the face. "Stop playing dumb and speak up."
"Okay, okay, I'll talk, I'll talk. You, you, take the knife away right now, it's making me dizzy." Erdanzi carefully removed the cleaver from his neck, finally letting out a long breath, and sat up from his wet latrine.
"I don't know where the Chen family's secret recipe is hidden, but..."
"You son of a bitch, you dare to play me?" Before Erdanzi could finish speaking, Liang Fugui grabbed his hair, gritting his teeth, "If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't tell the truth!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Brother Fugui, let go of me right now! I haven't finished speaking yet, what's the rush?" Erdanzi grimaced in pain, cursing inwardly. This big idiot, he really bullies the weak and fears the strong, he only bullies honest people. This kind of cheap meat will be cuckolded sooner or later.
Liang Fugui realized he had been too rash and quickly let go of her hand. "Say what's useful, say less what's useless, and don't talk nonsense."
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you. Where was I? Right, right, although I don't know where the Chen family hid the secret recipe, I do know there's a room they always lock. If I'm not mistaken, the secret to making sugar must be locked in that room."
"You're not lying to me?"
"I'm not lying to you, I... I wouldn't dare to make things up."
"Since you know where the secret recipe is hidden, go in and get it for me."
Upon hearing this, Erdanzi waved his hands repeatedly, "That's impossible. You should know that I'm just a worker and have no chance of getting close to that room."
Liang Fugui raised the kitchen knife in his hand again and waved it. "Stop talking nonsense. I'll give you three days. If you can't come up with the secret recipe by then, I'll come over and kill you tonight."
Erdanzi was so anxious that he kept pleading, "Brother Fugui, please spare me. I'm not lying. I really can't get into that room."
"Then you can just wait to die!"
"No, no, please don't kill me! I'll think of something!"
"Hurry up, what do you suggest we do?"
"What to do, what to do, steal it, yes, yes, go steal it."
"If we can't do it openly, we'll do it covertly. That's a good idea."
Liang Fugui nodded in satisfaction, giving Erdanzi a slightly appreciative look.
"Well, I didn't realize you were so quick-witted."
Receiving the praise, Erdanzi finally felt relieved. He was glad he reacted quickly and came up with something silly on the spot; otherwise, this fool would definitely have continued to nag...
He gave a fawning laugh, "Not at all, I'm just trying to help Brother Fugui out of his troubles."
"Alright, since you've come up with this great idea, then thank you for your help."
"What do you mean by that?" Erdanzi was stunned and felt that something was wrong with his words.
Liang Fugui smirked, "Stop pretending to be stupid, hurry up and steal the secret recipe for me."
"What? You want me to steal it?"
"Nonsense! If you don't go and implement the idea, who will?"
"What...what kind of mess is this?!" Erdanzi wanted to slap himself twice for his loose tongue! Now he's dug himself a hole. If people find out, getting a beating is a small matter, losing his job is a big deal.
He shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, "No way, Brother Fugui, I was just saying that casually. You don't know, ever since we started making white sugar, Brother Zhanshan has locked the room with an iron lock to prevent theft. There's no way to break in."
Liang Fugui was getting impatient. "Stop making excuses. Can't you use your brain for once? You wouldn't have pried open the window."
"No, no, I'm too timid to do anything like stealing. You should go by yourself!"
"I'm giving you one more chance. Are you going or not?"
On the surface, Liang Fugui appeared as calm as a rock, baring his teeth and glaring, but inside he was terrified, fearing that Erdanzi would retaliate. He simply couldn't bring himself to do it, after all, he usually wouldn't even dare to kill a chick...
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