Chapter 34: Fighting
Meng Xiaobao recognized him; he was the new long-term worker at his cousin's house. When he first arrived, he was dressed in rags.
Even children can judge people, and he didn't take this person seriously at all. He turned his head and spat on the ground.
"None of your business! A poor beggar thinks he can meddle in other people's business?”
Yao Kang frowned slightly. He was poor, but when it came to people who damaged the landlord's fields, he couldn't just stand by.
When Yao Kang got closer and took a look, all the watermelons had been flipped off the vines, and upon closer inspection, almost every single one had been punctured!
This is it, we're done for!
The watermelon was almost ripe, and with this poke, it will soon start to rot. This half acre of land has been wasted this year.
Afraid he would run away, Yao Kang took a few steps forward and grabbed the person, scolding, "Whose child are you? Let your parents come and judge!”
Meng Xiaobao never expected that he would dare to grab him. Anger surged within him, and he turned around and bit his hand.
Yao Kang, in pain, kicked him to the ground and then twisted his arms behind his back.
Meng Xiaobao couldn't move and immediately started crying out loudly like a slaughtered pig: "Help! Someone's hitting me! Help! This stray dog is going to kill someone!”
The soybean field was blocked by the mulberry garden, and Xu Laicui didn't see anyone. At that moment, she heard her son's cry for help and quickly put down her work, calling out to Meng Fengpo and her two daughters, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Your brother doesn't know what happened!"
A few people ran over to see Meng Xiaobao crying heart-wrenchingly, with the little apprentice pressing his hands to the ground, and there was no one else around.
"Rebellion against heaven! A mere hired hand dares to strike at the master!" Seeing her son being restrained, Xu Laicui furrowed her brows and rushed over.
Although she was just a long-term worker at her nephew's house, she naturally considered herself the owner.
"Are you all dead? Can’t move while watching your brother being bullied!" After pushing the person away, she shouted angrily again.
The mother was scolding, and the two daughters, not caring about the gender differences, rushed over together, hitting and kicking Yao Kang.
Two fists can't fight against four hands. Although they were all women, he was still outnumbered. Yao Kang quickly lost the strength to defend himself and could only cover his head and dodge.
Meng Fengpo, who prided himself on being steady and often liked to put on airs, took the opportunity to kick him a couple of times.
It's currently the busy summer season, and even during lunchtime, there are always people in the fields.
In the morning, they plowed the field, and in the afternoon, they had to sow seeds and cover them with soil. Sowing seeds was an easy task, so Meng Xiaoxi came along too. There was a bag of corn seeds on the ox cart.
Before they even reached their destination, a villager met them on the road and hurriedly told them, "It seems your little hired hand got into a fight with your uncle's family! His family has several people there!"
“What! They started fighting?”
“Yao Kang is all alone!”
"Hurry! You guys go ahead!" Meng Xiaoxi came over to hurry the car(t), and the two of them quickly rushed over.
Running is Shen Qingzhou's forte; he flies like the wind, leaving Yao Daocheng far behind.
Just after turning the corner of Sangyuan, they saw Yao Kang sitting on the ground with his hands on his head, while Meng Fengpo's family of five surrounded him, pushing, shoving, and scolding.
Shen Qingzhou's anger surged up in an instant, and the words "you can't hit women" were momentarily cast aside. He leaped forward, kicking each of them aside, then zeroed in on Meng Fengpo and his wife, delivering several slaps to their faces in quick succession.
When the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too; the younger ones learn from the older ones. The older ones are the ones who deserve a beating.
The elderly couple was instantly stunned, their ears ringing. The three siblings, seeing him so fierce, didn't dare to step forward to help and were so scared that they huddled together, trembling in fear.
After Yao Daocheng arrived, he hurriedly helped his son up from the ground: "How are you? Kang'er!"
Yao Kang shook his head and remained silent. He had been protecting his head the whole time; his face was fine, just a few minor abrasions, but his hand had been bitten, leaving blood marks, and he had scratches. He had been kicked many times, and there should be quite a few bruises on his body.
Meng Xiaoxi hurriedly drove the ox cart to the field, and upon hearing the news, the village chief, Meng Fengchun, also put down his work and rushed over to mediate the situation, followed by a few people who came to watch the scene.
Xu Laicui saw so many people coming and quickly sat down on the ground, clapping her hands and starting to wail, "Damn it! It's gone against the heavens! In this day and age, even the long-term workers can bully the masters! I'm going to report you to the authorities and have you all beaten with a stick!”
Meng Fengchun advised, "Elder sister-in-law, please get up first. We need to understand the whole situation from the beginning to fairly resolve this matter for you."
"Start from the beginning!" Xu Laicui suddenly jumped up, "From the beginning, my whole family was working hard over there, and these bastards came over here and beat up my son!"
She pointed at Yao Kang, her eyes blazing with anger, "His uncle! Xiao Bao has also called you "uncle" all these years, you give it a thought! He's just a servant; how dare he rise up and hit his master? Who gave him the audacity?”
"I didn't hit him!" Yao Kang glared back at her, not backing down at all, "He bit me first!"
More and more people were gathering around, and Meng Fengchun was getting a headache: "Speak properly, don't yell!"
“At this busy time, you have to stir up trouble like this, Also, big sister, long-term workers are not called servants, and he is not from your family, so he cannot call you masters."
"How can it not count! Not even a fart can be heard at the door of the upper class, they are just the lower class!"
"Alright, alright, alright! Let's not talk about that, I'll start from the beginning." Meng Fengchun turned to Meng Xiaobao, who was huddled in the corner, "Xiaobao, Why did you bite someone from Xiaoxi's family?”
“Hmph!” Meng Xiaobao twisted his head, “Who let this stinky beggar stop me from leaving!”
Yao Kangmu ignored him with a sullen face, squeezed through the crowd to the side of the melon field, pointed into the field, and said, "Look!"
Everyone then noticed that the melon vines had been turned over, and the large, round, bright green watermelons were all lying belly-up. At first glance, it looked quite pleasing, but upon closer inspection, almost every one of them had been punctured, with juice oozing out.
Everyone gasped; every piece of watermelon was ruined.
Meng Xiaoxi and Shen Qingzhou were even more heartbroken upon seeing it. In this era, fruits were scarce, and all these watermelons were painstakingly grown. They had not missed a single step—pulling weeds, catching pests, watering—everything was done meticulously. Just as they were about to ripen and be served at the table, one moment of carelessness had ruined them all.
The two turned around and glared at Meng Xiaobao, their eyes filled with such hatred that they seemed ready to chop off his claws.
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