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Chapter 39 What kind of beast is he?
Han Hongzhen watched as Xie Hushan chatted and laughed with a woman who was selling fried fruit at a stall not far away for a long time. In the end, the woman made him an egg pocket. He ate while walking back to the wonton stall. He couldn't stop talking with the food in his hand, and greeted other vendors.

She knew that the woman with the fried egg pockets was also a widow in her twenties with a child. She had not found a suitable man to remarry and was in need of a sucker to marry her and help her raise her son.

"Smiling service, do you know what a smile is... Actually, it doesn't have to be a smile. Lao Meng, keep an eye on the axe. Don't let her do this kind of rough work. I'm afraid."

Xie Hushan walked back and saw the young widow packing up her stall while rolling her eyes at him. He wanted to teach her what smiling service meant, but then he felt it was unnecessary and gave up.

Anyway, the young widow has almond-shaped eyes, and her piercing gaze looks quite alluring and not ugly.

"Let's go back with the people from our brigade who are selling pickaxes and hoes. If the people from the bun stall want to call for someone to beat you up on the way, they won't dare to do anything with the presence of people from our brigade."

Han Hongzhen cleared away the chopping blocks and spoke out her concerns.

But after talking for a long time, there was no response from Xie Hushan. He turned around and saw that Xie Hushan and Lao Meng were squatting on the ground, each holding a chopstick and a toad, concentrating on competing in knocking the toad to see who could make his toad swell up first.

How could such a fool, holding an egg bag in his left hand and hitting a toad with chopsticks in his right hand, make the widow smile and give him an egg bag for free?

Seeing this scene, Han Hongzhen's brain froze.

The fool squatting on the ground and knocking the toad is definitely not the man who deliberately picked a fight, scared the other party with a murderous look on his face, and then told him warmly not to be afraid.

"Bang~" Han Hongzhen walked over and raised her leg to gently kick Xie Hushan's butt: "I'm talking to you, do you hear me?"

When Xie Hushan raised his head, the chopsticks in his hand slowed down a few times, and Lao Meng on the opposite side had already said proudly: "I won! Gua Gua!"

Then Lao Meng took the egg pocket that Xie Hushan had just taken two bites of and started eating it with big mouthfuls of happiness on his face.

Xie Hushan stood up listlessly and looked at Han Hongzhen: "If you don't kick me, I will win. If I win, Lao Meng will promise to help me find a straight stick to form a pair..."

"An eighteen-year-old boy, you want to get the first place by knocking the toad? Come with me to the place where the farm tools are sold later, I..." Han Hongzhen said to Xie Hushan with disdain.

Before Han Hongzhen could finish, Han Hongbing's voice suddenly rang out from a distance, interrupting her: "Xie Siling! What did you do again? Why is Ermianfei crazy again?"

The two turned their heads and saw Han Hongbing, shirtless, pedaling Accountant Zhao's bicycle with all his might, shouting to Xie Hushan:

"Why do you have so much trouble as the leader of the sideline team? You still want me to be your communicator?"

"What's the matter? Our team's manure was stolen?" Xie Hushan looked at Han Hongbing in confusion.

Han Hongbing rushed to Xie Hushan in one breath, called Han Hongzhen "Fourth Sister" first, then wiped the sweat off his face and said to Xie Hushan:

"Er Mian Fei has gone crazy again. I was working in the fields, and he yelled at me to find you and bring you back. He wanted to know if you had gone to the county town to do something immoral again."

"I don't have the time to devote myself to the work of the sideline group." Xie Hushan said seriously:

"We must do our best to ensure the supply within the team, develop the economy, and do a good job as the production team..." Han Hongbing made a stop gesture and said, "Xie Siling, stop talking nonsense. Er Mianfei and Accountant Zhao in our team have wet pants. If you go back later, they will have no pants to change into."

"Did the young Taoist poison them?" Xie Hushan was stunned, then blurted out.

Han Hongzhen next to him glared at him. His own brother came to him exhausted and sweating, but he was still in the mood to make a joke.

Han Hongbing shook his head. "Just before I came here, someone sent half a pig to the team headquarters, saying it was from the sideline group of the third production team of Zhongping Village, and asked for signature. Accountant Zhao was shocked, so he went to find Ma Laowu. The person was waiting to leave, and urged him to sign for it. Ma Laowu bit his toothpick, and left after signing without even leaving a note or receipt. Ma Laowu asked me to find you quickly and ask where the half pig was swindled from. This is not manure. If you can return it, return it immediately. Otherwise, if it really comes from an unknown source, Special Envoy Lao Feng will have to handcuff you personally."

After he finished speaking, he fumbled with his trouser pockets and said, "Xie Siling, if you really came from nowhere, you should just run to your uncle's house and hide for a few days. More than 50 kilograms of meat is not a small amount. I will find a way to return it to him before you come back. When I came here, I found one yuan and three cents from home..."

Han Hongbing was a meticulous person. He was worried that Xie Hushan would join the sideline group, and he was anxious to achieve results, so he used the same trick as before and cheated so much meat from the county town or other places for free. This was no small matter, so before leaving, he went home and found some money, ready to let him hide for a while while he found a way to return the meat and help Xie Hushan get forgiveness.

"Come down and give me the car." Hearing that the meat was coming, Xie Hushan's eyes lit up and he urged Han Hongbing.

Han Hongbing was stunned when he heard his request, but because of their years of friendship, he handed the bicycle to Xie Hushan without hesitation, and only said:
"If you want to ride to your uncle's house, Accountant Zhao will cry himself to death these days."

"You and Lao Meng pull the bike back." Xie Hushan got on the bike and said to Han Hongbing, then turned to look at Han Hongzhen:
"You sit in the back seat and I'll carry you."

Before Han Hongzhen could react, Han Hongbing had already grabbed the handlebars, his face full of shock: "Wait a minute! Why the hell are you going to your uncle's house to carry my fourth sister?"

"Why would I go to my uncle's house? I'm going back to the team. That's the meat for my sideline group! I just didn't expect my uncle to be so powerful. After I said that last night, he should have just gone to the county to apply for it today. The meat has arrived now, and I have to go back to see the quality of the meat!" said Xie Hushan.

Seeing Han Hongzhen still looking dazed, Xie Hushan urged, "Come up! Hurry up, I have to take you to find your mother-in-law and arrange a job for her!"

Han Hongzhen subconsciously sat sideways on the back seat, and Xie Hushan rode away on his bicycle. Han Hongbing looked at Xie Hushan who was carrying his fourth sister and shouted:

"Have you thought about it? Are you really going back to the village?"

Xie Hushan did not respond. He turned onto the rural road on his bicycle and rode in the direction Han Hongbing had just come from. Looking at the direction his friend had left, Han Hongbing breathed a sigh of relief and consoled himself that he had overthought:

"Even if Hu San'er is not a human being, he would never do such a thing as committing a crime and escaping, and not forgetting to kidnap my fourth sister."

Then, he looked at Lao Meng who was eating the egg pocket, greeted him and asked:

"Comrade Chief, how are the results of the battle? What did you two do at the market, Chief Xie?"

Lao Meng said in plain language: "Chief Xie arranged for me to clean tables, wash dishes, add firewood and catch frogs, and he was responsible for making friends with several old ladies, saying that he was trying to gather intelligence."

"So it seems that my fourth sister and you are the ones who do all the work at the market. I only heard that he fooled the stupid boy. But he not only fooled the stupid boy, but also fooled...my sister." Han Hongbing was stunned for a long time before he cursed weakly:
"Fuck, what kind of beast is this monster reincarnated from!"

(End of this chapter)