Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 18: Beating, beating

Yu Qiutang was very unhappy after meeting this woman repeatedly and being ridiculed.

The woman's surname is Liu. In fact, she is not a relative of their family, but according to the seniority in the village, she needs to be called aunt.

The man drove a truck in the commune and was considered a person of some status.

Women in the village are generally gossipy and like to talk behind other people's backs. They often dig up old matters and make a fuss about others.

But it's basically just gossip behind one's back.

Anyway, they are just chewing each other's business, so generally they won't take it too seriously.

There are very few people like Aunt Liu who can be so eloquent, especially when she calls someone a thief in front of them.

It's almost insulting.

It's because Yu Qiutang and the other man have no backing and are not welcome at home. Even Yu Dejin won't stand up for them, so it's useless to bully them.

Perhaps, people like Aunt Liu don't take this kind of bullying seriously at all, and think it's just a joke. If you take it to heart, she will bite back and be petty.

Yu Xiaowei had just been beaten for this matter yesterday, and he finally got back to his normal mood. Who knew that this woman would bring up something else again? He immediately became unhappy and turned around and cursed, "You are the thief, and your whole family is a thief."

Yu Xiaowei's voice was quite loud, and the child's voice was sharp, so the sound immediately spread around. The other villagers who had come out to empty the urine pots also stopped by the roadside to watch.

Aunt Liu was standing at a higher position, so she naturally noticed this and was immediately furious.

"Hey, you little bastard, I'm telling you a joke, what are you saying? You have no respect for your parents."

"We are very familiar with each other, are you kidding me?" Yu Xiaowei retorted bluntly.

Aunt Liu never thought that she would be embarrassed by being rebuked. She was even more annoyed. She quickly came down the ladder from the roof, opened the door and ran over here, wanting to tear Yu Xiaowei's ears.

Aunt Liu was very strong, at least 1.65 meters tall. Xiaowei was really unable to defend himself against such a tank. He was just a child after all. Although he was tough in words, his body could not keep up. He subconsciously hid beside Yu Qiutang.

"Get out of the way! I'm going to tear this kid's mouth to pieces."

Aunt Liu pushed Yu Qiutang hard, thinking that he looked so frail that he could be easily pushed to the side.

But she was wrong.

She pushed with almost all her strength, but Yu Qiutang didn't move at all, as if he was rooted to the ground. In desperation, she used all her strength with both hands and pushed hard again.

Still no effect.

She was like pushing against a wall.

"Aunt Liu, did you say tear her mouth?" Yu Qiutang pushed Aunt Liu back a few steps with his backhand, almost causing her to fall to the ground. She felt as if a sledgehammer was hitting her chest, making her heart feel stuffy.

Most people would immediately get scared when encountering such an abnormality.

But the people in the northwest are tough, and many women are as strong as men. Aunt Liu did not restrain herself, but subconsciously thought that Yu Qiutang had given in, and pointed at Yu Xiaowei and shouted, "This dog was born by a mother but not raised by her..."

"Pa!" Before she could finish her words, she was suddenly slapped in the face.

The slap made her feel a little dazed. At first, she felt half of her face go numb and lost all sensation. Then, she felt a tearing pain and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

She stared at Yu Qiutang blankly for a long time before she started to howl. "He's hitting me, he's hitting me, Yu Qiutang is hitting me!!"

Yu Qiutang smiled faintly, neither paying any attention nor running away. This woman was just bluffing. She behaved like this all the time and had already offended the neighbors. Now that they saw her being beaten, it was too late to laugh at the joke, so who would really step forward to do anything about it?

So she howled for a long time, but no one came. The few people who emptied the urine pots also went home, and the door was tightly closed. "Be more careful in the future, you bitch. If you say nonsense again, I will beat you once I hear it. Don't always treat people as soft tofu and you can take advantage of them at any time, otherwise you will be in trouble." Yu Qiutang restrained his smile and left with Yu Xiaowei.

There are laws in the mountain village, but it is more of a primitive order.

No one will sympathize with the weak. If you keep tolerant, no one will think you are kind-hearted. Instead, they will think you are useless and a coward. They are used to it in their previous life.

In this context, don't try to reason with people.

Your words only make sense when your fist is hard. Without your fist raised in front of you, no matter what reason you give people, they will just look at you like an idiot.

In this life, Yu Qiutang will never compromise with anyone.

Even if he is a father, he will say what he needs to say, let alone others.

You are polite, so I will be even more polite than you. If you want to shit or pee on my head, I'm sorry, I won't tolerate it.

As for the relationship with the villagers, it doesn't matter.

Everyone likes to bully the weak. When life is prosperous, they can naturally maintain good relationships. Except for a few real childhood friends and brothers, all other relationships are actually related to interests.

Contact will only be established when both parties think it is useful. If it is useless, even if you beg for help from others, they will not bother to pay attention to you.

This may seem cold, but it is the most real society.

After what happened just now, the uncle and nephew did not speak for a while. After walking a long distance and about to enter the mountain, Yu Xiaowei said nervously: "Uncle, it's all my fault that I caused the trouble."

"Do you think this is a trouble?" Yu Qiutang asked with a smile.

Yu Xiaowei nodded and said angrily, "I just hate it when she calls us thieves. We have never stolen anything. If my parents knew, they would be so sad to hear her say that all the time."

Yu Qiutang patted his nephew's head gently and said, "You are right. Since you are not one of them, others should not say anything nonsense. If they do say something, they should say it back.

These shameless people are like this. The more you tolerate them, the more they think you are easy to bully. You scolded them well just now. Not only do I not think you caused any trouble, but I want to praise you instead. "

Yu Xiaowei looked at Yu Qiutang's smiling face and nervously asked, "Uncle, are you serious?"

"You little brat, I would never lie to you again."

“Haha~” Yu Xiaowei was relieved and his steps became brisk again. “That’s good. I was just worried that if I got into trouble, they would come to my house later…”

"Come on, with me here, no one can touch you. If more people like this come, no one will come. Forget about her. If she really comes to our door, we can talk about it later. We have to do our business first."

"Good~"

Yu Xiaowei took a few quick steps and followed closely behind Yu Qiutang.

"Uncle, you were so majestic just now. That woman was so fat. I was afraid you couldn't beat her."

"Look down on me."

"Hehe~ By the way, you haven't told me why we are going to the mountains today."

"Let me show you something good."

"What?"

"You'll know when you get there," Yu Qiutang said, looking at the lush green mountains in front of him with a mysterious smile, "I call it Fairy Tofu."

(End of this chapter)