pjbooks Chapter 20 My Ranch
Chapter 20 My Ranch
Shan Yaowen originally wanted to watch the show, but unfortunately the Party Secretary and most of the Party members in the village were there, making it impossible for a brawl to happen.
Of course, once you leave this place, no one can control you anymore.
Lin Anbang didn't forget his purpose for coming. He grabbed Lai Zi from the crowd, dragged him outside the courtyard, and gave him a good beating.
I don't care if you're a cousin!
As for elders hitting younger people, so what if I hit them?
Shan Yaowen didn't know how the fight was carried out, but he knew that the Party Secretary had someone send Lai Zi back by horse-drawn carriage.
"Awen, how did you figure out Zhao Laosan's method?" After finishing, Li Baoguo looked at Shan Yaowen curiously.
Just now, Shan Yaowen exposed Zhao Laosan's methods in front of almost everyone.
Li Baoguo was somewhat curious as to how Shan Yaowen knew so much about such matters.
Shan Yaowen waved his hand, "I just don't like gambling, not that I don't know how to play cards. If it weren't for Gou Dan's accident, I wouldn't have bothered with it."
"Impressive," Li Baoguo exclaimed.
Young people these days are really something. One of them can come up with this kind of trick to cheat people, and the other can actually see through it and turn the tables on him.
On the way back, Gou Dan, who hadn't dared to speak the whole time, looked at Shan Yaowen impatiently after the village secretary and the others separated. "Mosquito, why did you expose that method just now?"
Shan Yaowen glanced at Gou Dan with a sly look. "So? You still want to gamble?"
"I just revealed the secret to let you know that the gambling industry is very murky. Don't try it, or you'll never get out."
"You can keep it and not tell anyone," Gou Dan said regretfully.
"I can't keep him. I've done a great job today. Do you think Zhao Laosan can't see that I've broken his plan? Keeping him around will only let that thing take revenge on me. And if he jumps out later and exposes this method, I'll become the one who took the blame for him and cheated people out of their money." Shan Yaowen shook his head. He didn't want to be entangled with Zhao Laosan in the future.
"Besides, now that I've said it, Zhao Laosan won't be thinking about taking revenge on me anymore, but how to survive other people's revenge. Besides, I never intended to get rich through gambling, so I naturally don't need to use this method."
Gou Dan wanted to say something more, but suddenly felt a murderous aura behind him, so he immediately stood obediently to the side and dared not speak.
Lin Anbang gave Shan Yaowen a complicated look: "Ah Wen did a good job. He had the ability but didn't do that kind of thing."
"Uncle, your praise makes me a little embarrassed." Shan Yaowen chuckled, without a trace of embarrassment on his face.
Their family has always had a good relationship with the Lin family, and they were close to Uncle Lin when they were young, so joking around is nothing.
"Brother Yaowen is amazing, much more amazing than my brother," Lin Nian said with a grin, watching Shan Yaowen from the side. "But why did you give all the money back to those gamblers in the end? Wouldn't it have been better to teach them a lesson?"
"No, I've already revealed the truth. That money wasn't earned honestly. After those people deal with Zhao Laosan, they'll inevitably cause me trouble when they're broke. It's not worth it for that money, and I don't want to get involved with them."
If it weren't for Gou Dan, Shan Yaowen might never have had to deal with gamblers in his entire life. Of course, Zhao Laosan definitely had to be dealt with.
After the gambling incident, Shan Yaowen lost all interest in going up the mountain.
He went straight home.
After Shan Yaowen left, Gou Dan finally felt the immense pressure.
He didn't know what his father was thinking, but he knew he was definitely not having a good night.
"Xiao Nian, thanks to Yao Wen today. I have some homemade liquor that I brought back from the forest farm. Take it over to thank him." As soon as he got home, Lin Anbang said to his daughter with a smile.
Lin Nian hesitated for a moment, still wanting to see how her father would deal with her brother, but after meeting her father's smiling face, she decisively took the bottle of wine and went out.
Dog Egg watched his sister's departing figure with a look of utter despair, then lowered his head resignedly.
He knew that this time, begging for mercy wouldn't make up for what he had done.
"Ah~ Dad, be gentle, I'm your own son! Dad... Dad, stop hitting me, you'll kill me and your family line will end! Dad... Mom, help! Help!"
As soon as Lin Nian stepped out the door, she heard her brother's bloodcurdling screams, like a pig being slaughtered.
He originally thought his dad would wait a while before making the call, but he didn't expect his dad to be so impatient.
When Lin Nian arrived at Shan Yaowen's house, his family was training three puppies.
It was supposed to be training, but it was really just playing with the three puppies.
"Sister Nian Nian~" When the little sister saw Lin Nian, she lost interest in the puppy and rushed over to hug Lin Nian's leg.
"Oh, Lin girl is here, have a seat." Mother Shan looked at Lin Nian with a smile.
Shan Yaowen felt that the look in his eyes and the enthusiasm in his eyes were a bit too direct.
Then, because he was sitting still, Shan Yaowen was driven aside by his mother to play with the dog.
Lin Nian placed the wine on the table, but Father Shan kept declining. Only after hearing Lin Nian's account of what happened that day did he look at his second son with amazement.
"You have this skill?"
"There's a lot you don't know."
"..."
After Shan Yaowen revealed the secret, Zhao Laosan and his two accomplices were basically unable to make a living in the village. Later, many gamblers reviewed the game countless times and discovered that Zhao Laosan's losses were intentional, and he basically lost to Hua Gou and Lai Zi.
These three are in cahoots; after winning too much, they'll lose some to each other to cover their tracks.
As for Gou Dan, he was gradually lured into their trap. At first, he did win a lot of cards with Lai Zi, then he lost a little, then won a lot, then lost a lot again. In short, he was gradually drained dry by Zhao Laosan and his gang.
Even with Shan Yaowen's help in the end, they only managed to win back a small portion.
After helping Gou Dan, Shan Yaowen continued with his own work. After digging for astragalus for several days, the people from the town finally came down.
"Families who have contracted pastures, please gather at the village office to prepare for inspecting the grasslands."
Upon hearing villagers riding horses and using loudspeakers to broadcast messages in various production teams, Shan Yaowen immediately dropped what he was doing and headed to the village office.
Upon arriving at the village office, he first lined up to register.
During this period, many people in their village also prepared to contract ranches.
By the time it was Shan Yaowen's turn, it was already noon.
On the eastern grassland, Party Secretary Li Baoguo was leading the townspeople in taking notes, while Shan Yaowen and his family occasionally chimed in from the sidelines.
Of course, the main force is Shan Yaowen, after all, he was the one who started this ranch and he also provided the money.
The family had already discussed this, and the eldest sister-in-law, Shi Fang, didn't object, since it was agreed upon beforehand.
"Shan Yaowen, here are the contracting documents. Take a look. If there are no problems, pay and sign." A staff member wearing a Zhongshan suit and black-rimmed glasses handed the contract to Shan Yaowen after writing down the area and location.
Shan Yaowen carefully examined the document, and as he was about to sign, he looked at the staff member and said, "Could I postpone picking up the sheep here for a few days? I plan to set up the shed first."
"That's no problem, but it's best to do it as soon as possible. A lot of people in our county have started to contract ranches recently, so if you go too late, you might only be able to choose what others have left over." The staff member nodded.
Shan Yaowen wasn't worried about this, since his older brother worked at the ranch.
The healthy, fat sheep will definitely be kept for themselves.
After signing the papers, paying the money, and receiving the voucher to collect sheep from the state-run ranch, Shan Yaowen happily looked at the pasture in front of him.
The ranch is in hand.
This can be considered as achieving one of my small goals after being reborn.