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Chapter 52: Introducing a Partner to a Beast

Xie Hushan stopped, took the watermelon, shook his wrist, stood up and made room.

Ge Baosheng seemed to be changing shifts, taking over from Xie Hushan and riding on Li Hu. He looked at Li Hu, who had taken the opportunity to spit out a mouthful of sand and stones, and moved his wrists. He spoke in a relaxed tone as if he was chatting with a good friend:
"Li Hu, I'm going to knock you out. If this gets out, it won't be a shame. If you don't obey me after you recover, don't bully my children. Come to me directly."

"Also, before you beat me, the people from Lijiazhai should bow their heads and show some courtesy when they see us from Zhongping Village. Also, who are those people at the steamed bun stall? They even dared to bully the niece of our Secretary Han. What are they thinking? Don't they have the guts to hang themselves and beg us for help?"

"Waste is waste, you have to admit it. Are you ready? Or should I ask you to get up and warm up again?" After he finished nagging, he looked at Li Hu, who had vomited all the spit in his mouth, and asked with a smile.

"Go to hell..." Li Hu raised his head and wanted to curse back, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Ge Baosheng punched him like lightning!

After being hit by a punch, Li Hu's head tilted and he fell into a standard sleeping position, having a sound dream.

Ge Baosheng sat on Li Hu's belly and trembled. Seeing that Li Hu didn't react and really fell asleep, he felt a little strange:
"Li Hu is usually known for his bragging rights in his brigade, but he's not good enough? He's not even as good as Lao Zhang who has been retired for so many years. If Lao Zhang and I were to play, he would only stagger a few times if I punched him with this much strength, but he wouldn't fall asleep on the spot, right?"

Xie Hushan took two bites of the watermelon and passed it to Han Hongbing next to him. Ge Baosheng looked around with boredom. Except for Ma Saner's group who were still fighting, Daxi had also finished the fight. He said perfunctorily:

"I announce that this time the company will temporarily check the combat skills of the third production team. Ma San'er from the third team ranked last. He will be punished to run back to the team. If anyone dares to carry him and let me know, I will carry the cart and run with him."

"Bang, bang, bang!" Ma San panted heavily and finally knocked his opponent down. He wiped the blood from his nose. After hearing what Ge Baosheng said, he was so angry that he chased after his opponent who was lying on the ground and punched him a few more times:
"Next time you see me, get down early! You're hurting others and yourself! Fuck! You still have to be punished even if you win! It's all your fault!"

Han Hongbing sat on Li Hu's head, using his head as a stool while chewing the watermelon handed to him by Xie Hushan.

"You're going to make him sit to death again. How can you be so cruel! Sit on his belly!" Ge Baosheng moved to the side and sat on Li Hu's thighs, leaving Li Hu's lower abdomen to Han Hongbing.

As soon as Han Hongbing gave up Li Hu's head, Xie Hushan sat on it. Ge Baosheng rubbed his face and cursed at Xie Hushan:

"You two are just using his face as a fucking toilet paper? I said Han Lao Er's butt is heavy, you think your butt isn't heavy, right? Get up! He'll be suffocated to death later!"

"Let's not talk about butts today." Xie Hushan took out a cigarette with his swollen hand, and gave it to Han Hongbing with shaking hands. He looked at Ge Baosheng with the cigarette in his mouth:

"Captain, I can't strike a match with my hand."

"Let the company commander light the fire for you. You are really good." Ge Baosheng took out a match to help the two of them light it, and then he naggled like a nagging old woman:

"I've only thrown a few punches and my hands are already swollen. You need to practice more. Don't think you're the best just because you win a few times in the countryside. The best militiamen are hiding in the big factories in the city. With the current combat power, if a fight breaks out, not to mention the male militiamen, even a few female militiamen from the factories can cripple you on the spot."

Seeing that the two of them were smoking without saying anything, Ge Baosheng asked again:
"Don't cause any trouble recently. The autumn harvest is coming soon. Your injury will affect the harvest. Do you hear me?"

"Puff~" A response came from under Xie Hushan.

Ge Baosheng and Han Hongbing immediately jumped up from Li Hu and moved away to avoid being bothered by the stench.

"I've told you so many times not to mistreat prisoners. The person has fainted and you still fart at him. Do you have any awareness as a militia soldier?" Ge Baosheng cursed with disgust.

There were three bicycles in total. Ge Baosheng rode one, Han Hongbing carried Xie Hushan, and Daxi rode one himself. He was supposed to carry Ma Saner, but Ma Saner ranked last in this militia competition, so Ge ​​Baosheng ordered him to run back to the village.

In the evening, Auntie Chen Chunxiang came to bring food to grandma. While eating together, she talked about three people from Lijiazhai Veterinary Station, including a stationmaster and two veterinarians. They came to Xie Qimao's house after get off work to see him. They said a lot of things, but Xie Qimao's ears were not very good, so he didn't hear them clearly. They probably said that they were very sorry and asked Xie Qimao not to be angry, saying that it was all a misunderstanding, and that they didn't know that the braised pork stall was run by his nephew, and that there would never be such a problem again. "What did my uncle say?" Xie Hushan asked his aunt while biting a steamed bread.

The aunt snorted, "Your uncle didn't hear anything he said. He thought you had caused trouble for them and they came to ask him for accountability. He kept telling them that they would let you go back to farming and not get involved in the sideline work. He also said that his nephew was stupid and young, so they should be more tolerant."

"What's over?" Xie Hushan asked.

"After that, two people heard what your uncle said. I saw that they were about to cry. They thought your uncle was lying. They refused to leave no matter what you said. In the end, their stationmaster whispered a few words of persuasion and took them away. Otherwise, why would I come so late today?"

"Just left?"

"They just left. They came here on a mule cart. They may not have left the village yet."

Xie Hushan put down the steamed bread in his hand, stood up and ran out: "Grandma, you guys eat first, I'll be back soon."

After more than ten minutes, Xie Hushan came back and sat back at the table: "It's okay."

"Where have you been?" the aunt asked in confusion, looking at him with sweat all over his forehead.

Xie Hushan picked up the cucumber, dipped it in soybean paste and took a bite:
"Nothing. Just talk to the two veterinarians, apologize, and ask them to do something for you. Ask about the sick animals."

"Why would you ask the veterinarian for help when your animal is sick? If you have any disease, why don't you just go to your uncle?"

"My uncle can't do it." Xie Hushan said to the aunt.

Chen Chunxiang was dissatisfied when she heard that Xie Hushan dared to question her husband's veterinary skills: "Hu San'er, I dare not say anything else, but I dare to say this on behalf of your uncle. In Bingyang County, if even your uncle can't cure a disease, no one else can."

"It's not for treating livestock." Xie Hushan hesitated:
"I asked those three people to help me keep an eye out for any female donkeys that are paralyzed or lame and can't work and can only be slaughtered. My uncle doesn't have the time to help me find out about this kind of thing, but those three people can."

"Why are you asking about that thing? Kill it and sell the meat?"

"I want to save up the money earned by the sideline group and buy a few lame donkeys and paralyzed mares to raise, and let Sixth Master's Yizhangqing breed them. I, the sideline group, will pay for the fodder for the animals during the year they are pregnant, so that next year we can add a few mules to the team."

"Look at my nephew's awareness. At the end of the year, our team will elect a production team leader. Auntie will arrange it for you and let everyone choose you!" After hearing this, Chen Chunxiang's smile froze after just a few words of praise. She looked at her mother-in-law, then at Xie Hushan:

"Yi Zhang Qing is the apple of your Sixth Master's eye. You are looking for a few lame donkeys for Yi Zhang Qing to marry. Regardless of whether Yi Zhang Qing is willing or not, your Sixth Master will never agree. If he doesn't agree, don't even think about letting Yi Zhang Qing mate. She won't even eat a bite of the food and water that others feed her."

Not to mention mating with a donkey, his own father-in-law wouldn't even let Yizhangqing mate with a mares of inferior quality, for fear that the horse he had raised since childhood would suffer any injustice.

My nephew is so good that he wants to find a few lame donkeys to marry the arrogant Yizhangqing. What a big grudge...

"Let's talk about it later. I haven't saved enough money yet." Xie Hushan ate a cucumber:

"Besides, it's just introducing a date to an animal. You can treat Sixth Master as the man's parent, and I will be the woman's parent and matchmaker. I have a plan."

(End of this chapter)