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Chapter 48 Don't Hurt My Donkey
The people watching the fun heard Xie Hushan's words clearly, and their eyes widened subconsciously.

Where did this young man come from? How dare he talk to the people at the veterinary station like that?

You know, in the eyes of rural people, the people in the veterinary station are all "officials" who eat public food.

"I will definitely use both a donkey and a cart to take all the things to the Lijiazhai Veterinary Station. Let me tell you, it's easy to send them there, but it's hard to take them back." Xie Hushan's eyes were sharp and fierce, and he spoke harshly to the two veterinarians.

Seeing the two veterinarians turned pale with fear, he suddenly smiled and patted them on the shoulders affectionately:

"I was just joking with you, the leaders. You two are going to the livestock market, right? You kindly told me to pay attention to the swine fever while you were there. How could I not know how to do that?"

His constantly changing expression made the two veterinarians unsure how to react. The older veterinarian nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, we still have to go to the livestock market. This stall is fine, but be careful, be careful."

After saying that, he pulled his companion to use this opportunity to leave. Xie Hushan reached out and grabbed his wrist, leaned forward across the chopping board, got in front of him, lowered his voice and said with a smile:

"Both fulfilling and breaking a contract have costs. Leader, you are illiterate, so I don't think you can understand. What I mean is, I'm giving you a way out, saving your job, and giving you food. Are we in the same team?"

The veterinarian's eyes unconsciously glanced in the direction of the bun stall and nodded slightly: "Yes..."

"Since you are one of my gang, then the person who caused you trouble before is our gang's enemy. He just doesn't want you to make a living, so he wants to use me to destroy your job. Isn't that right?"

"Yes……"

"Right, there are two stalls here, one is to give you food, the other is to destroy your job, which one should you copy?" After Xie Hushan said this, he let go of the other's wrist, stood up straight, and considerately reached out to help the other pat the ash stains left on his coat by the cigarette:
"If you don't make a move after I finish smoking this cigarette, I will assume that you don't want to be with me. I can only pull the car to your veterinary station and ask your station chief if he is willing to be with me. If you don't lose your job before dark, I will take your last name from now on."

Then he took out a cigarette and relit it, looking calmly at the two veterinarians who were sweating because of his words.

Looking at the three young men who were watching the fun at the front of the crowd, their faces were originally filled with smiles of gloating and revenge, but now their expressions have become serious, as if they realized that something was wrong.

Xie Hushan turned his head and looked at the three of them and laughed: "Who scolded me just now? Shout louder and scold me again. I love to hear it."

The three of them looked elsewhere and no one dared to say anything.

"Load the truck!" The veterinarian took a few deep breaths, made up his mind, turned and walked towards the bun stall, shouting:

"Load the car and come back to the station and explain clearly where the meat came from! If you can't explain clearly, don't even think about setting up the stall again!"

"Fourth Uncle..." A young man spoke subconsciously after hearing the veterinarian's words.

With a slap, the veterinarian slapped the man on the face:

"Who the hell is your fourth uncle? Stop trying to get close to me! I already knew your meat didn't come from a legitimate source! Go back and explain it to me!"

Xie Hushan repeatedly shook his head as he watched: "Alas, if you say I can't be a leader, it's because I can't learn to be so ruthless. It's not common for people to sacrifice their relatives for the sake of justice. Tsk tsk tsk, it hurts just watching."

Then he shouted loudly: "Hey, boss, there is one more thing. Please tell them that if they want to open a stall again, they should replace it with a young and beautiful wife. It is pleasing to the eye."

The buns from the steamed bun stall were loaded onto a truck and taken away from the market by two veterinarians. When leaving, Li Changfu looked dejected, while the three guys kept looking at Xie Hushan with fierce eyes.

Xie Hushan sang Hu Chuankui's lyrics from the Peking Opera "Sha Jia Bang" to the three people:
"In troubled times, heroes emerge from all directions. Anyone with a gun becomes a king. They come to fight with the three parties, idiots, veterinarians, and scoundrels... The first two groups have been sent away, and only the last group is left."

He shouted to the people who were watching the fun:
"Young and old men, please continue to line up. You all heard it, right? The leader just said that there is nothing wrong with my pig offal, but the buns. The bun seller is so unethical, and he is from the same village! Now, when you buy stewed food, you will get two taels of wine for free, which is more than 40 kilograms. First come, first served. If you are late, it will be gone. This is a good wine that you can't drink anywhere else. It clears away heat and fire without getting drunk!"

People gathered around again, queuing up and discussing what had just happened.

"Young man, you are quite capable~" An old man in the queue gave Xie Hushan a thumbs up:
"They are your uncle and nephew, I can see it. They wanted to join forces to take over your stall, but in the end you defeated them and forced Doctor Li to take action against the nephew." "It's none of my business. The main thing is that their leader is upright. Lijiazhai deserves to have such a veterinarian." Xie Hushan replied with a smile, then asked Han Hongzhen to continue collecting money and cutting the stew, and he stepped aside to continue smoking.

After the breakfast rush was over, the stalls became deserted. Xie Hushan, who had been keeping an eye on the road leading to the market entrance, noticed that seven or eight young men hurried into the market, then pretended to be going to the market, and walked leisurely towards their stalls. The three guys at the steamed bun stall stood on a mound of earth on the side of the road in the distance, looking into the distance.

"He's a very particular person. He knows that when there are many people making money, he will destroy the business. He must fight to the death." Seeing someone coming, Xie Hushan turned his head and said to Han Hongzhen, who was squatting on the ground washing dishes when there were few people around:

"Fourth girl, since you are not busy now, go to the market and take a rest. Lao Meng and I will keep an eye on this place."

"I'm not tired. I still have a pile of dishes to wash." Han Hongzhen had just finished washing a pile of dishes. She rubbed her waist, stood up and looked at Xie Hushan.

"I'll let Lao Meng brush it later." Xie Hushan took out two dimes from his pocket and handed it to her:
"If you're not tired, go and help me see if there's any place selling needles and thread. My grandma asked me to buy some thick thread for sewing soles. I'm a grown man, I don't know how to pick that kind of stuff. Otherwise, when there are customers later, I won't have time to go."

"Then you should be careful when collecting the money." Han Hongzhen took the money, untied the sleeves of her apron and handed it to Xie Hushan, who stood there with his hands outstretched.

Seeing him standing there waiting for someone to dress him, Han Hongzhen sighed, walked over to help Xie Hushan tie the apron at the back of his waist, put the sleeves on him, and then went to the market to find a stall selling needles and thread.

She didn't think too much about it, thinking that the two veterinarians were the ones arranged by the bun stall to cause trouble today. Xie Hushan used Xie Qimao's name to scare them away and took away the bun stall by the way. The matter was already covered.

"Lao Meng, lead our donkey to a conspicuous place so that they can see it. Otherwise, what if they forget that we still have a donkey today?" After Han Hongzhen left, Xie Hushan said to Lao Meng, who was pulling out a string of crickets roasted on the stove and putting them into his mouth.

"Hey!" Lao Meng agreed and stuffed two crickets into his mouth. Then he stood up and led the donkey that Xie Hushan had found to the empty space next to him and re-tied it with the peg.

After the eight young men with unfriendly looks lined up in front of the braised pork stall, paid for a bowl of braised pork each, and sat down at the low table without saying a word to start eating, Han Hongbing, Ma San, and Chen Daxixi also walked towards this side slowly from a distance. They looked like they were going to the market to buy farm tools. Each of them was holding a brand new pickaxe handle in his hand, and Han Hongbing had two.

The eight young men had just sat down to eat for less than three minutes when one of them spat on the ground, cursing:

"Fuck you! You treat the people of Lijiazhai like country bumpkins. You dare to sell us food without cleaning the intestines and there is shit inside? Who..."

"Where is it? Let me try it." Lao Meng, who was in charge of serving the food, walked over and stood in front of the other person. He looked carefully into the other person's bowl, and even picked up a piece of intestine and put it in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it. He smacked the taste carefully and said affirmatively:

"No? I eat it every day, it's delicious, would you like to try it?"

"..." The other party was speechless for a moment when he was looked at by Lao Meng's innocent and wise eyes. He didn't expect that this guy actually took a bite in public and interrupted his train of thought.

In anger, he pushed Lao Meng's shoulder hard:

"Fuck! Did I fucking let you talk? Get out of here!"

Lao Meng first glanced at Xie Hushan, then with a bang, he lay on the ground, holding his head and yelling:

"Someone's been beaten! Someone's bullying a fool! My head hurts! I've been beaten to a fool!"

Xie Hushan stretched out his hand outside the stall, and Han Hongbing, who happened to walk in front of the stall, handed him one of the two pickaxes in his hand across the chopping board!
Xie Hushan took the pickaxe handle and used it as a wooden spear. He turned around and lunged forward, stabbing the attacker hard in the ribs!

As the opponent bent down, covering his ribs, Xie Hushan had already raised the handle of the pickaxe, like a gun butt, and smashed it diagonally from top to bottom on the opponent's back, knocking him to the ground!
Just as he was about to struggle and raise his head, Xie Hushan stomped heavily on his head again!

Stepping on the opponent's head, Xie Hushan rushed towards the men who picked up the bench and tried to rush towards him, but Han Hongbing and the other two stepped forward and used pickaxes to push the wooden spears back. He pretended to be anxious and shouted:

"Donkey! Donkey! Watch out! Don't hurt my donkey!"

(End of this chapter)