A generation of soldiers begins with Feng Yuxiu traveling through time and space with Xu Sanduo

Chapter 439 The Tyranny of Resurgence, Er Zhu's Cries

"Tree? What are you doing? Let's go!"

Xiao Zhuang came up from behind and nudged Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu rubbed his eyes again and found that there was no headless person or trace of blood anywhere.

In the distance, only a single withered, crooked tree stands tall in the cold wind in an open area.

"What did you do again?" Feng Yuxiu felt that he had lost some memories.

Xiao Zhuang was stunned. "Aren't I a miner, Brother Shu?"

"Then why were you able to stay out all night last night? Don't you have to go to work today?"

Hearing Feng Yuxiu's question, Xiao Zhuang was stunned. "I've been at work the whole time, Brother Shu. What's wrong with you?"

"You went out drinking with me last night?" Feng Yuxiu's voice became stubborn.

"Yeah, didn't you say it would be awkward to have two rooms? So we'll each have our own room."

Xiao Zhuang looked at Feng Yuxiu with a puzzled expression.

Feng Yuxiu grabbed Xiao Zhuang by the collar, his voice hoarse, "No, you slept with me last night!"

"Brother Shu, the alcohol hasn't worn off yet. I said opening a room would save money, but you insisted it would be awkward for two grown men to sleep together..."

Xiao Zhuang shook his head and patted Feng Yuxiu on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's go, Gao Peng is about to perform the wedding ceremony and offer toasts."

Feng Yuxiu stared blankly at the villagers in the distance, who were decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers.

"If Xiao Zhuang didn't sleep with me last night, then who was lying in bed? Who is that person standing outside the window? Who sneaked in from outside in the middle of the night?"

Feng Yuxiu slowly squatted down, feeling a sharp pain in his head; his memory seemed to be in disarray.

But I clearly remember everything from last night.

Xiao Zhuang was lying right next to him...

Feng Yuxiu looked at the crooked tree again, but the headless figure did not appear.

"Tree, come here!" Chen Yixin searched everywhere, stood in front of the balloon, and shouted and waved to Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu stood up, his eyes becoming blank again.

His memory is distorted... and it seems the hallucinations are getting worse.

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Feng Yuxiu walked to Gao Peng's door.

Chen Yixin was somewhat lost in thought. "Gao Peng is rich too. Look, even the wedding cars are Audis."

"It's rented. Gao Peng spent all the money he earned in the past few years on his wedding. He's obsessed with saving face. I want to see where he'll get the money to keep putting on a show after the wedding," Dezi said sarcastically, appearing out of nowhere.

"I don't think so. Gao Peng doesn't seem like the type to spend money recklessly."

Dezi pursed her lips and didn't say anything, but the jealousy in her eyes was about to burst forth.

Especially in the village, people are envious when they see someone doing better than you. They wish that the whole family would get a terminal illness and become penniless one day.

If they see someone worse off than you, they'll hang out with you every day.

This is why everyone in the village greets Feng Yuxiu. Seeing someone living a life worse than a dog as a benchmark makes their attitude of giving up even more peaceful.

As Gao Peng got out of the car, the villagers in the courtyard gathered around him. Just as he was about to say something, a car came around the corner of the road, honking its horn.

"That's Erzhu's car!" someone recognized and shouted.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Zhuang's expression immediately changed. He quickly stepped forward and pulled Feng Yuxiu out of the crowd.

"Brother Shu, you beat up Erzhu before, don't let him see it today. He's very concerned about his reputation. It was fine when there were fewer people, but now that there are so many people, he'll definitely beat you up if he sees you."

"His father is the village chief, there's nothing you can do. You'd better hide."

Feng Yuxiu felt a surge of anger for no reason. "Why should I hide? ...Does his father, the village chief, have absolute power in Wangdu Village?"

Xiao Zhuang sighed, "You're right, the village chief is the biggest boss in Wangdu Village. Just avoid him; you really can't afford to mess with him. If you could, would your private plot have been seized by him?"

Feng Yuxiu took out a cigarette, lit it, and pushed away Xiao Zhuang's pull as he stepped forward.

Xiao Zhuang sighed, "Isn't this just getting beaten up? In the countryside, how can you fight the village chief without connections or power... This is going to be bad."

Erzhu got out of the car, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and swaggered up. Seeing Gao Peng, he immediately smiled, went up to him, and patted him on the shoulder, "Gao Peng, I'm late..."

Gao Peng dared not say more, and kept smiling apologetically, "It's good that you can come, it's good that you can come."

"Um...where's the bride? Let everyone see her..."

As he spoke, Erzhu opened the car door, bent down, and stuck his arm in. "Oh, she's got huge breasts... The bride's come out and meet everyone..."

Upon hearing this, Gao Peng looked somewhat embarrassed, while the men in the village revealed smug smiles, each of them craning their necks to look meaningfully into the car.

The bride slowly stepped out of the car, and almost slipped and fell on the slippery ground.

Erzhu, who was closest, grabbed the bride and burst into laughter, "Look, it's not even evening yet, and the bride's legs are already too weak to stand."

The bride blushed instantly and just kept staring at Gao Peng.

Gao Peng's expression changed, but he forced himself to walk forward and pull the bride to stand on the left. He stood next to Er Zhu with a forced smile and said, "Er Zhu, we're going in."

Erzhu wouldn't let it go, shoving Gaopeng aside, "Come on, let's let the groom talk about his feelings about marrying his wife..."

The other villagers chimed in, "Tell us, are we going to have some fun in the bridal chamber tonight? Hehe, Gao Peng, you'd better get ready."

Gao Peng stammered and looked around.

Suddenly, Erzhu spotted Feng Yuxiu, who was smoking a cigarette, in the crowd. He smiled and quickly walked over. “Come on, let Brother Shu tell you about it… Brother Shu is the most authoritative person in our village.”

Gao Peng seemed to have grasped at a straw, immediately grabbing Feng Yuxiu's arm and shouting, "Let Brother Shu endorse me! Let Brother Shu give me his opinion!"

The surrounding villagers laughed and shouted, even the young girls and old women showed smiles as they watched the show.

Their smiles were a mix of amusement and amusement; they seemed to relax completely upon seeing Feng Yuxiu.

It's no different from watching monkeys jumping around in a zoo.

As Feng Yuxiu listened to the commotion around him, a strange sense of irritation welled up inside him.

He saw that blurry figure again from behind the crowd. The figure was staring straight at him, its hands on its neck, slowly strangling itself to death.

"It's great that you're getting married."

Feng Yuxiu uttered these words almost woodenly, his eyes fixed on the figure in the crowd who had strangled him. When he blinked again, the figure had disappeared.

"Hahahaha... Brother Tree can't even speak anymore..."

Gao Peng laughed heartily and pushed Feng Yuxiu into the crowd to play around.

Feng Yuxiu staggered backward, his body weak. Chen Yixin tried to help him but missed.

Feng Yuxiu stepped on the shoes of Erzhu, who was hiding behind and watching the commotion. These crocodile leather shoes were his latest purchase.

In an instant, Erzhu's amused expression turned grim. He glared at Feng Yuxiu and shoved him, yelling, "You motherfucker, are you blind...?"

Last time, his pot was smashed, and this time, his new shoes were stepped on in front of so many people. Erzhu is about to explode.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yixin immediately stepped forward to stop Erzhu, saying, "No, no, no, please give us face on this joyous occasion."

Erzhu pointed at Feng Yuxiu, about to say something harsh, when Feng Yuxiu was weakly pulled in by the crowd.

Erzhu, with a gold chain around his neck, stared intently at Feng Yuxiu in the crowd. "I'm going to teach this good-for-nothing a lesson today!"

Everyone from Wangdu Village had arrived, and the news that he had been hit by Brother Shu had gradually spread throughout the village.

Now it's time to save face in front of so many people.

His father is the village chief; with the village chief around, who wouldn't want to cause trouble at this critical juncture?

After the distinguished guests completed their wedding ceremony, the villagers sat around the table in the courtyard, laughing and clapping.

To Feng Yuxiu's left is Xiao Zhuang, and to his left is Dezi. To his right sits the refined and cultured Chen Yixin.

Chen Yixin frowned as she watched the villagers wolfing down their food, and silently put down her chopsticks when she saw several children reaching for the pork knuckle on the table.

He runs a school in a big city; although it's a private school, he's still the principal.

In terms of social status, he is the highest here; even the village chief has to treat him with respect and offer him cigarettes.

Moreover, his whole family moved to the big city, so even if the village chief wanted to make things difficult for him, there was nothing he could do.

Therefore, he was invincible in Wangdu Village. If it weren't for maintaining relations with the village so that he could come back to pay respects to his father's grave during the New Year, he wouldn't have stayed with these poor villagers.

Just sitting together, you could smell the sour stench emanating from them; you couldn't tell how many days it had been since they'd taken a bath.

The only thing Chen Yixin valued was the tree. When he was a child or when he came back a few years ago, the whole village would fawn over him, their smiles tinged with the sense of glory that came with his status and position.

Only Shu maintained the same attitude, always smiling and speaking to him whenever they met.

Although he looked down on the tree in his heart, at least there weren't too many problems when he was with this kind of person.

Chen Yixin, watching Feng Yuxiu who had almost been slapped by Erzhu, leaned closer while munching on sunflower seeds. "Come with me to school in a few days, okay? This place is moving. I know you. For others, moving to a new place means a new life, but you're different..."

"People thrive when they move, but trees die when they're moved. You'll die if you move."

Feng Yuxiu looked at the enthusiastic Chen Yixin with a puzzled expression, "Why do you want me to go to your school?"

Chen Yixin smiled and said, "It's nothing. People get nostalgic when they reach a certain stage in life, and I just happen to think you're the one I'm nostalgic for. You see, I didn't let Xiao Zhuang and Dezi go. They're not relevant to me."

Xiao Zhuang and Dezi, who were eating nearby, were taken aback when they heard this, and smiled awkwardly without replying.

After all, he is the principal, and their conversations with him revealed a sense of inferiority.

As the guests went from table to table toasting, Feng Yuxiu suddenly turned around and glanced at Erzhu behind him.

For some reason, the old woman's voice came to his mind, and then the image appeared.

The old woman squatted at the doorway, burning paper money for her deceased husband.

"Let's eat first..."

Feng Yuxiu casually picked up a bottle of beer, stood up, and sat down next to Erzhu at the table.

Chen Yixin and Xiao Zhuang Dezi all turned their heads and stopped what they were doing.

"What's Brother Shu up to? He's not going to provoke Erzhu, is he?" Dezi asked uncertainly, puffing on his cigarette.

"He wouldn't dare, would he? In the past, Brother Shu would always avoid Erzhu in the village. Where would he get the guts?" Xiao Zhuang replied.

"That's not necessarily true. Haven't you heard the saying, 'Alcohol emboldens cowards'?" Dezi stood up, squinted, took a deep drag of his cigarette, and exhaled a smoke ring. "We need to be prepared. If a fight breaks out, we'll have to break it up. Brother Shu will get beaten to death by Erzhu."

Chen Yixin frowned. This was why he didn't live in the village.

Especially in rural areas, people can start arguing and fighting over even the smallest plots of land.

It completely lowers his level of understanding, making him feel like he's living with a bunch of pigs and dogs who do nothing but yell and shout, and there's no one to reason with.

He even felt a kind of reproductive isolation from these villagers, especially when he saw them wolfing down their food, which strengthened his resolve to settle down in a big city.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Tree?"

The villagers at Erzhu's table all made way for him.

"Come on, let's have a good talk with Brother Shu today."

Erzhu also smiled, but his smile was tinged with a hint of malice.

"Hey Erzhu, I heard you've taken over my family's land?" Feng Yuxiu put down his beer, leaned against the table, lit a cigarette, and asked softly.

Erzhu grinned and said, "Let me tell you, and let me tell you all... I'm creating a perfect new life for you, you know? When the factory opens, you can all work there. You can't earn much money from that little bit of land all year round, it's a waste to keep it."

"Enough with the nonsense, pour some baijiu for me and Brother Shu, who would want to be bothered by beer?"

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes.

"Brother Shu, you'd better finish this today, or you'll be disrespecting me!"

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes again, and this time he saw the faceless figure standing on Erzhu's back.

The figure's face was not visible, but it grinned sinisterly, revealing its teeth. It placed its hands on Erzhu's shoulders and slowly bent down to look down at Feng Yuxiu.

Seeing that Feng Yuxiu hadn't moved for a long time, Erzhu grabbed a bottle of liquor and stood up.

His father is the village head, and his brother-in-law is a cadre in the town.

Who in the entire Wangdu Town wouldn't give him face?
Even talking to this guy in the village gets you ignored.

It's time to make an example of them and give these villagers, who are about to cause trouble, a warning.

Otherwise, his family's prestige will be gone if they go to Wangdu Village again.

Wangdu Village is a huge asset; the number of its villagers is all economic value, and every year they can apply for various kinds of funding from higher authorities.

We must not allow them to gradually develop a rebellious mindset.

Erzhu stood next to Feng Yuxiu, pointed at him, and shouted loudly, "Come on, are you not giving me face? Huh? I'm giving you face?"

"Who in the village doesn't give me face? Who do you think you are?"

"Not good!" Xiao Zhuang Dezi's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly stood up. But then, remembering Er Zhu's background, the two of them exchanged a glance and silently sat down.

People with little influence, especially those who can't make it in the village, have no say in such situations; their words are practically worthless.

If the two of them went up there, they might get kicked to the ground by Erzhu.

Chen Yixin also stood up, frowned, but still didn't step forward.

Feng Yuxiu's relationship with him wasn't that close, and Erzhu's father was the village chief, and Erzhu was tall and strong; it wouldn't be worth it if he got angry and punched him.

The once lively wedding guests stopped toasting and stared in astonishment.

The village chief immediately stood up and left in a flash.

If a conflict breaks out, he absolutely cannot be present at the scene, otherwise any entanglement that occurs will have a negative impact on him.

The reason he's been able to survive for so many years is because he has the lowest level of influence among the masses.

"I'm talking to you! You're like a dog in this village. Look at your shabby place, it's like a toilet! Do you even deserve to be called a human being? You're lucky to be sitting at the table drinking with us. Stand up!! Kneel down and apologize to me!"

The second pig's roar instantly silenced the villagers.

Feng Yuxiu's gaze remained fixed on the dark figure.

Now he finally saw clearly: the shadowy figure's right hand wasn't holding his own head, but rather his head...

Just as Erzhu was about to slap Feng Yuxiu across the face, Feng Yuxiu slowly raised his head, his gaze sinister and tyrannical.

(End of this chapter)