Following the direction of the voice, Yang Tiehua looked over and saw a dark-skinned, sturdy middle-aged man charging in with long strides. He wore a blue work jacket patched in several places and held a sugarcane-cutting machete in his hand.
His booming voice was as loud as a bell, shaking even the door.
“Who the hell dares bully my daughter? Looking for death!”
Only then did Yang Tiehua realize that this man was actually the original owner’s father.
At the sight of the blade, the people of Shenjia Village instinctively stepped back.
But Old Shen quickly straightened his back, relying on their numbers and the fact that this was their territory. Surely Yang Jiujin wouldn’t dare do anything to them.
Thinking this, he sneered, “You think I’m afraid just because you’re holding a knife? There are only two of you, but we have over a dozen! If you know what’s good for you, get lost now, otherwise your whole family of three won’t leave Shenjia Village alive!”
“Looking for death. Do you really think my Yang family has no one? Don’t be afraid, daughter, your father brought a whole tractor full of people!”
With a loud shout from Yang Jiujin, the sound of a tractor rattling came from outside, followed by hurried footsteps.
Very quickly, a group of men wearing straw hats and faded blue work clothes still stained with bits of sugarcane residue rushed in in an orderly manner.
In an instant, the twelve men were surrounded, and the courtyard was so packed that even the doorway was filled with people.
Each of them held a sugarcane-cutting machete.
This time, Old Shen’s face turned deathly pale.
He had relied on being the local tyrant to detain Yang Tiehua, but he never expected that she could bring so many people in such a short time.
“Big brother, I was wrong… I know I was wrong. Please be magnanimous and let us go,” Old Shen said, dropping to his knees before Yang Jiujin.
Yang Jiujin ignored him and looked at Yang Tiehua. “Daughter, here, take the knife. How you want to deal with this is up to you.”
Holding the heavy “love” her father had stuffed into her hands, Yang Tiehua didn’t know what to say for a moment.
She looked at him and said, “Dad, this Old Shen has had five wives die for no reason. It must have something to do with him. I think we should report this to the police.”
Given how arrogant Old Shen was, those five deaths were definitely not accidents.
Hearing this, Old Shen panicked. “You can’t report it! My uncle is a deputy factory director. If you send me to the police, my uncle won’t let you off!”
Yang Tiechui spat, his saliva landing squarely on Old Shen’s toothless face, now missing a front tooth.
With a look of disgust, he said, “What nonsense. You think you’re the only one with an uncle? Is being a deputy factory director such a big deal?”
He deliberately paused, waiting until Old Shen’s face turned purple with anger, then suddenly raised his voice. “My uncle is the factory director, the real boss!
In front of my uncle, your lousy deputy director uncle isn’t even fit to carry his shoes!”
Old Shen didn’t believe it at all. “If your uncle is the factory director, would your sister have sold her mother-in-law for money?”
Yang Tiechui punched him so hard his face twisted. “Stop slandering my sister. My sister would never do something so immoral!”
At that moment, Yang Tiehua wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it. This big brother’s blind trust in the original owner was truly overwhelming.
To avoid further awkwardness, she quickly pulled Yang Tiechui back. “Big brother, stop hitting him, you’ll kill him.”
“Sister, he dares slander you. How can I let him off?” Yang Tiechui still wanted to continue.
In his eyes, his sister was the best in the world. Anyone who defamed her was his enemy.
This level of blind favoritism was something Yang Tiehua truly couldn’t handle, so she immediately changed the subject. “Dad, you still need to transport sugarcane. Hurry back to work.”
Yang Jiujin spat, his mannerisms almost identical to Yang Tiechui, truly father and son.
“I’m not hauling anything today. Let Shenjia Village’s sugarcane rot in the fields!”
His words forced the old village chief, who had been watching from outside, to step forward. “Jiujin, this is personal revenge. Your thinking is problematic.
What just happened was Old Shen’s own doing. Why are you dragging the entire village’s sugarcane into this?”
Yang Jiujin glanced at the village chief, who had only just stepped out. “Village Chief Shen, when your son tried to tie up my daughter, why didn’t you step out and say your son’s thinking was problematic?
If we hadn’t arrived, were you going to let your son beat my son to death?”
Though Yang Jiujin was rough around the edges, he was not stupid.
He had always known that Shenjia Village was united and often bullied others, but as long as it didn’t involve his family, he didn’t interfere.
But now that they had targeted his daughter, they had kicked a steel plate.
“Jiujin, you can’t just refuse to haul the sugarcane. Our village produces the best sugarcane and is the largest supplier for the factory. If you don’t transport it and cause losses, do you think Factory Director Ao will spare you?”
The village chief was clever and struck directly at Yang Jiujin’s weak point.
Yang Tiehua thought for a moment. If she remembered correctly, the sugar factory’s performance wasn’t good, and they were already considering cutting off part of their sugarcane purchases.
The first to be cut seemed to be Shenjia Village’s fields.
Although their quality was decent, their prices were high.
To reduce costs, the factory had no choice but to cut the most expensive supplier.
If she wasn’t mistaken, her eldest uncle should currently be worrying about how to inform Shenjia Village of this decision.
In that case, she might as well help him out.
She leaned toward Yang Tiechui and whispered, “Big brother, in a moment, attack that fat man. When he fights back, don’t dodge. Take the hit and fall.”
“Alright.”
Yang Tiechui didn’t even ask why and immediately threw a punch at the nearest fat man.
The natural reaction was to fight back.
The fat man punched Yang Tiechui’s shoulder, and Yang Tiechui rolled on the ground, clutching his chest. “Ah, murder!”
“My son! You dare hit my son, looking for death!” Yang Jiujin raised his hand to strike, but Yang Tiehua gritted her teeth and stuck out her foot, tripping him.
“Ah, big brother, Dad, you’re beating my father and brother. I’ll fight you!”
Yang Tiehua rushed toward the fat man as well. The man instinctively raised his hand to block her, but before he even touched her, she collapsed onto the ground, clutching her stomach and crying out.
“Ah, my child, my child. Brother Ziheng, save our child!”
Tears streamed down her face instantly. If she hadn’t winked at him, Fu Ziheng would have thought she was truly pregnant.
“Tiehua, someone come quickly, report to the police. Shenjia Village has caused a death!” Fu Ziheng threw aside his wooden crutch and helped her sit up.
“Ah, sister-in-law, sister-in-law! You bad man, you killed my sister-in-law, I’ll fight you!” Niannian cried as she rushed forward and bit the fat man’s leg.
The man winced in pain and flung her away, sending her rolling across the ground.
“Sister!”
An’an followed suit, only to be thrown aside as well, rolling several times.
And then, a strange scene unfolded.