readease Chapter 149 Breaking the Rules, Cutting Off My Source of Income
Chapter 149 Breaking the Rules, Cutting Off My Source of Income
(Continued from Chapter 145) Li Fugui was so anxious he jumped up and down, rushing to Li Youtian first, spitting almost in his face: "Your daughter is making money, we're not jealous! But she can't ruin the livelihoods of the whole village! If you don't take care of this, we'll report you to the commune!"
"Yes! Go to the commune and report him!"
The crowd was immediately outraged.
Li Youtian was surrounded by a crowd, his old face turned a deep purplish-red, and his vest was soaked with cold sweat.
He wanted to explain, but those anxious and angry faces left him speechless.
In the midst of this chaotic crowd, there was a girl with two pigtails named Li Juan, who was Li Fugui's daughter.
He is also a staunch supporter of Li Xiaotao.
She looked at Secretary Li, who was being besieged, and felt extremely anxious.
She quietly slipped out from behind the crowd, took the key hanging on the courtyard wall, unlocked the door, picked up her bicycle, and rushed out of the village.
Sister Peach is a capable person; only she can solve this problem if she comes back!
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The entrance to the town market.
As dawn broke, crowds thronged the streets.
Li Xiaotao, Li Weimin, and Li Dalin's two cars had just secured the prime spots from yesterday, and before they could even arrange the melons properly, they attracted a lot of attention.
"Oh, it's that couple again!"
"That melon yesterday was good, it was quite fresh!"
"Absolutely! It's so hot, my grandson just can't stop eating!"
As Li Dalin listened to these discussions, he stood up straight, his face beaming with pride.
The way he looks at his sister now is like he's looking at a living god of wealth.
"Brother-in-law, hurry up and set the melons out! Let's try to sell both truckloads of melons before dark today!" Li Dalin said excitedly to Li Weimin as he deftly carried the melons.
Li Weimin chuckled foolishly and quickly began to set things up.
Just then, a bicycle screeched to a halt in front of the stall at an extremely dangerous angle.
Li Juan jumped off the bike, her face flushed red from running, breathless, gripping the handlebars and gasping for air: "Sister Tao... Sister Tao! No... something bad has happened!"
When Li Xiaotao saw that the person who came was Li Juan from the same village, she frowned: "Slow down, the sky isn't falling. What happened?"
Li Juan patted her chest, panting heavily, and pointed in the direction of Lijia Village: "Zhan Laosan! That Zhan Laosan who buys melons has gone to the village with his men! He... he said he'll never buy melons from our village again, and he's even inciting the villagers to surround the Party Secretary, demanding... demanding that you go back and apologize! The villagers are practically going to eat the Party Secretary alive!"
"What?!" The watermelon in Li Dalin's hand fell onto the wheat straw with a "thud," and his face turned pale.
Li Weimin's heart tightened, and he said anxiously, "Then... what do we do? If he doesn't harvest all the melons in the village, won't they all rot in the fields?"
"Snapped!"
Li Xiaotao originally thought that she could earn more money by selling the melons from her own field than by letting Zhan Laosan take them. She never expected that she would implicate her father and the whole village.
She slapped the wooden plank of the cart, making the melons on it jump.
Two flames instantly ignited in those clear, black and white eyes.
That's some good-for-nothing Zhan Laosan!
If they can't win openly, they resort to underhanded tactics! Using the whole village to pressure her?
"Weimin, Second Brother!" Li Xiaotao calmly instructed, "You two stay here and watch the stall! Remember, the price remains the same, one cent per pound! Not a penny less!"
She turned around, snatched the broken bicycle from Li Juan's hand, and jumped onto it with her long legs.
"Wife, where are you going?" Li Weimin panicked.
These melons haven't even started selling yet today.
What will he do with this huge truckload of melons if his wife isn't home?
"go home!"
Li Xiaotao uttered two words and slammed the cleaver she used to cut the melon back onto the cutting board with a loud bang, making Li Weimin and Li Dalin's hearts tremble.
"I'm going to meet that old man Zhan!"
That old bastard is really after her father!
She turned her head and glanced at Li Weimin, who looked flustered, and Li Dalin, who was completely at a loss.
"You two," Li Xiaotao immediately instructed, "continue selling melons! The price remains the same. Anyone who dares to lower the price by even a penny will be held accountable when we get back!"
Li Dalin was no longer concerned about selling melons; he was so anxious he kept wringing his hands: "Tao'er, what... what are you doing selling melons at a time like this! Your father is still being besieged in the village!"
"What good would it do you all go? You're not even as skilled as me!"
Li Xiaotao glared at him. "You guys should just stick to selling melons. Does Zhan Laosan think he can control us just because he has the whole village under his thumb? We're going to make our money and show him who's afraid of whom!"
After saying that, she ignored the two men and snatched the bicycle from Li Juan's hands.
"Wife, what about you? Are you going back alone?" Li Weimin asked anxiously, grabbing the handlebars.
Li Xiaotao glanced back at him, and that look made Li Weimin swallow the rest of his words.
"Your presence here, selling melons diligently, is the biggest help you can give me."
She said this, then tilted her head at the still-stunned Li Juan: "Get on! Hold on tight!"
Li Juan quickly climbed onto the back seat of the bicycle and tightly gripped Li Xiaotao's clothes.
Li Xiaotao took a long stride, pushed off with her feet, and rushed straight towards the village!
The courtyard in Lijia Village was in complete chaos.
Zhan Laosan stood on the truck with his arms crossed, leisurely watching the farce unfold below.
If we don't teach them a lesson today, let them know why the flowers are so red!
Li Youtian was pushed and shoved by the villagers, his hat was askew, and he looked utterly disheveled.
"Li Youtian! If you don't give me an explanation today, this isn't over!" Seeing that the time was right, Zhan Laosan added another handful of firewood.
Just then, a sharp, piercing sound of bicycle brakes came from the village entrance.
"Who dares to touch my father!"
A clear, furious shout, like a thunderclap, instantly drowned out all the noise.
Everyone turned around in unison.
Li Xiaotao jumped off her bicycle, and before it had even come to a complete stop, she casually tossed it aside.
She was wearing a clean and neat blue cotton jacket, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing a section of her fair and muscular forearm.
Her beautiful face was now covered with frost, and her eyes, like knives, were fixed on Zhan Laosan in the truck.
When the villagers saw her, they instinctively made way for her.
"Xiao Tao is back!"
"The female tyrant is here! This is going to be good!"
"Little Peach is definitely protecting her dad!"
When Li Youtian saw his daughter appear as if she had descended from heaven, his nose tingled, and he almost burst into tears.
"You brat, what are you doing back here!" he cursed, but his body involuntarily moved closer to his daughter.
Li Xiaotao ignored him, walked straight to the truck, looked up at Zhan Laosan, her eyes fearless.
She scoffed, "Boss Zhan, what a show of power you have! Coming to our Li Family Village to cause trouble, do you think we're all outcasts?"
"Hmph! You still have the nerve to come back?"
Zhan Laosan felt a chill run down his spine when he saw her gaze.
This young girl looks young, but her aura is just as strong as someone in the underworld.
"Li Xiaotao, you broke the rules and cut off my livelihood. Now you dare to talk back to me? Let me tell you, if you don't kneel down and kowtow to me to admit your mistake today, and I promise I won't sell melons in town anymore, then all the melons in your village will be used to feed the pigs!"
These words reignited the villagers' anger, which had just subsided.
"Xiao Tao, just give in!"
"Yes, we can't let your family's situation harm the whole village!"
"Tao'er, Aunt Jing is begging you, we can't let these melons rot in the field, we're counting on these melons to make some money this year."