Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long brought Han Benzhong and a group of people to Hu Laosan's house, Hu Laosan was bragging about his heroic deeds to his wife.

Seeing Li Long and a group of people coming to the gate, Hu Laosan didn't think it was a big deal. He stood up and said with a smile:
"Xiaolong is here? Are you trying to say that it was a misunderstanding this afternoon? Actually, it's nothing. It's all in the past. We men are not unreasonable. The people you led were also very sensible and did a good job at that time.

But there is one thing I have to tell you. You see, you and my brother are both dealing in reed stems. We are from the same village, so why do you make so much trouble? Let me tell you, you raise the price so high that people have to come to you to deliver goods, and my brother has received many substandard reed stems. Aren’t you going too far in this matter…”

Li Long smelled the alcohol coming from Hu Laosan's mouth, and then he realized that this guy must have been drinking, otherwise he wouldn't dare to talk so loudly.

"You're not drunk, are you?" Li Long asked with a gloomy face, "Do you want some water to sober you up?"

"What's this little bit of wine?" Hu Lao San waved his hands carelessly, "I'm talking to you about serious matters, don't change the subject..."

Hu Laosan is nearly ten years older than Li Long, which is probably why he feels he can teach Li Long a lesson.

Li Long looked around. Hu Laosan's wife was a little scared when she saw so many people coming. She took the child into the house. Li Long picked up the ladle on the stove, scooped up a bucket of water and poured it on Hu Laosan's head:

"Can we talk now?"

"Li Long, what the hell do you want to do?" Hu Laosan was stunned for a moment, then shouted at the top of his voice, "Do you want to fight..."

"I want to tell you that it's wrong for you to hit someone." Li Long seemed relatively calm. "I brought the person here. You apologize to my people. The people in our team are reasonable. My brother told the people who were cutting reeds there before that we invited these people to help us cut reeds. It's best for everyone to live in peace. They didn't steal the reeds. We invited them here. Do you understand?"

Besides, the people had been beating reeds there for several days, and you went over there today and beat them up. I, Brother Han, explained to them, but you still refused to give in and beat them up. It’s your fault, and you have to give me an explanation.”

"I'll give you an explanation!" Hu Laosan was a little cold. He turned around and took a piece of clothing from the wire and wiped his face roughly. "Li Long, don't be shameless! We are in the same team. I'll give you face and let this matter go. We are even. If you make trouble again, don't blame me for being rude!"

"What do you mean, you won't give me an explanation, right?" Li Long stepped forward. "You did it, you know whether it's right or wrong! If you don't like me collecting reeds, come to me! I hired him, and if he's bullied, I have to stand up for him! You won't give me an explanation, right? Fine, Dachun, come here and give him a slap, and we'll let it go."

"You dare!" Hu Laosan was a little scared at this time. Usually Li Long was elusive, and he smiled when he saw people, and usually greeted them. Although he made some money, to be honest, Hu Laosan was not convinced. He thought he could do it if he had a chance. So this time, he was a bit of a slap in the face to Li Long.

But he didn't expect that Li Long would go directly to his house to make trouble for a stranger, asking him for an explanation and threatening to beat him if he didn't give it - if he really beat him, would he still have any shame?
Han Dachun was a little hesitant. To be honest, he was beaten at that time. If Han Benzhong hadn't stopped him, he would have fought back.

But now that so much time has passed, he feels that it is nothing, after all, he came here to make money, and he can just bear with it. So he didn't expect Li Long to help him vent his anger.

"Dachun, don't hesitate. After the fight, let's go back to sleep." Li Long turned his head and glanced at Dachun. "If you think we don't need to fight, that's fine. Let's just forget about it. If you encounter something like this again, don't let me know."

Han Dachun understood, he stepped forward and came up to Hu Laosan.

Han Dachun was half a head shorter than Hu Laosan. At this time, Hu Laosan was a little scared and took two steps back. Han Dachun stretched out his hand and suddenly smiled. He didn't use much force and patted Hu Laosan on the face. Then he turned to Li Long and said:

"Alright, that's it. Today... I owe you. After the fight, let's go back."

Li Long didn't expect Han Dachun to let Hu Laosan go, but this was actually a good thing. He nodded to Han Dachun, and then said to Hu Laosan:
"Hu Laosan, that's it. Use your brain when you do things next time. I hired this person, and if you hit him, you're hurting my face. You're not wrong, so I'll just take it as my bad luck. You're not right, so don't expect me to be magnanimous... Respect is earned by yourself, not given by others!"

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Li Long, stop right there!" Hu Lao San shouted from behind, "I'm going to fight you!"

Han Dachun's gentle slap made him feel more uncomfortable than a hard slap on the cunt.

Doesn't this make me look more generous than him? I am from this village, but you, a person from another village, outshined me. How can I tolerate this?
Hu Laosan grabbed a carrying pole erected beside the courtyard wall and was about to rush over. At this time, there were already quite a few people gathered outside the courtyard wall. Li Long and his men ran over aggressively, and naturally some people were watching and following them.

However, Hu Laosan could no longer care about others at the moment. He just wanted to wash away the humiliation he had suffered. Only by defeating Li Long and these people could his reputation be restored - this was his idea.

"Third brother, put down the carrying pole!" Hu Laoer walked in from outside with a sullen face. He said Hu Laosan, but actually stopped when he walked in front of Li Long.

Seeing Han Benzhong and others with Li Long, Hu Laoer actually had a headache.

"Old Hu, why are you coming here..." Li Long asked.

He didn't believe that Hu Lao Er didn't know about his brother's beating. If he didn't know, then Hu Lao San's beating was not unjust. If he knew, then it was even more unjust - Hu Lao San's brain was probably a little smaller than others.

"Xiaolong, you teamed up with people outside to bully people in this village. Isn't that wrong?" Hu Laoer felt a little embarrassed that Li Long called him Lao Hu. He was almost as old as Li Long's dad.

But because of his bad relationship with Li Jianguo, it is normal that Li Long will not give him a respectful title.

"Old Hu, what you said is not quite right." Li Long was not afraid of him at all. He was in the right, so he would reason with him. "Your third son beat up the people I invited to come to Weihu Lake, and also took away the reeds they cut. I came here to ask for an explanation, but your brother refused to give it to me. So he beat people up, and others beat them back. Isn't that reasonable?" Li Long's voice was loud enough for everyone outside to hear:

"If someone else came to steal reeds, how would you beat him? You are awesome. I hired this person. My brother told everyone else at the Reed Lake. And when your third son beat him, my brother Han also explained. But your third son still wanted to beat people and occupy the land. So what do you think? Should he be punished?"

"It's not the turn of outsiders to clean up the mess..."

"Then you come and clean it up?" The sudden voice made Hu Laoer's head hurt.

Li Jianguo is here.

Li Long felt relieved, knowing that he wouldn't need to speak out about what was happening next.

"Old Hu, how do you discipline your brother?" Li Jianguo started to speak. "I have already informed the people I brought here, but your brother came and took over the place where they were cutting reeds, beat them up, and took the reeds. Now he is still making a fuss here. What do you want to do? Do you think he is the only capable person in the team? Huh? Or do you think he can do whatever he wants with your support?"

Li Jianguo talked a lot and Hu Laoer was at a loss.

If Li Jianguo wasn't there, he might still be able to rely on his age to scold Li Long. But now that Li Jianguo is here, it's useless for him to say anything. Li Jianguo's credibility in the team is higher than his, and now he is not in the right, so Hu Laosan is already thinking about leaving.

"Brother Li," Hu Lao Er was still thinking about how to answer when Xu Chengjun came over. He said while putting on his clothes:

"Alright, let's not say anything now that things have come to this. This guy is fine. I heard that Xiaolong settled the matter. So let's just leave it at that. Let's all step back and don't let this big brother from the army laugh at us, okay?"

Han Benzhong waved his hand hastily and said he dared not. Xu Chengjun looked at Han Dachun's face, nodded, and said:

"Old Third, your men are indeed quite ruthless. No wonder Xiaolong came to trouble you. Okay, now that we've talked about it, let's just forget about it, okay?"

Hu Laosan felt aggrieved, but since the captain had spoken, what could he say?
Li Jianguo came empty-handed this time, without a stick. He looked at Han Benzhong, who nodded hurriedly and said:
"It's okay, it's okay, it's over, it's over, that's all!"

"That's fine, Captain. We won't pursue this matter any further. I just hope that this kind of thing won't happen again. I was the one who hired this person. If it happens again, we can't just let it go!"

"Alright, let's go." Xu Chengjun is good at playing the game of peacemaker. After all, he can only not help either side in this matter. Why are these people so troublesome?
"Old Han, I'm sorry about this." On the way back, Li Jianguo said to Han Benzhong, "I didn't expect that bastard would dare to do it..."

"Old Li, no one has foresight. What your Xiaolong did - I'm putting this out here today. I'll work with you two brothers for free, and I'll be happy!"

The next day, Wang Tiancheng arrived at the team and first found Hu Laoer. Hu Laoer and his wife were dismantling the unqualified reeds in the yard, intending to take out the reeds that could still be used and make them into reeds again, which was considered as recycling waste.

Seeing Wang Tiancheng coming, Hu Laoer felt a little uneasy. Wang Tiancheng pointed at the mess of substandard reeds and asked:

"Old Hu, is this unqualified?"

"Hmm..." With the thing in front of him, Hu Laoer couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

"What happened to you? Why did you accept so many unqualified ones?"

"Then...then we can't collect them?" Hu Laoer was anxiously thinking of an excuse, "Li Long charges 1.5 cents for each one, and we charge 1 cent..."

"We signed a contract." Wang Tiancheng didn't quite believe what Hu Laoer said, "They dare to violate the contract? Aren't they afraid of being fined?"

"They are not afraid..." Hu Laoer just opened his mouth when someone came over with a cart of reeds. It was Li Jianguo's opposite, Lu Yingming and his wife.

"Old Hu, come and order some. Today we have delivered seventy reed handles. Take a look at the quality. The amount we have signed on the contract should be enough."

Hearing this, Wang Tiancheng's face darkened.

Didn't they say they weren't afraid of violating the contract? Why did they just follow the contract?

Wang Tiancheng went over to take a look at the reed stems sent by the Lu family. Basically, all seventy of them were qualified. Even with strict requirements, only a few unqualified ones could be picked out.

He looked at Hu Laoer, his eyes full of hostility.

This Hu Lao Er doesn't want to work hard anymore! (End of this chapter)