Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Station Chief Tang merely glanced at Jia Hongyu's threatening words, without uttering a single rebuttal or reprimand.

And so, under Station Chief Tang's command and arrangement, the matter was resolved very quickly.

To appease Wang An and his two companions, and mainly to put on a show for everyone, Station Chief Tang personally led a group to unload the fertilizer from the tractor and then returned it to Wang An and his group with a friendly expression.

After returning the fertilizer that had been taken away to Wang An, Station Chief Tang, with a "righteous face" and an "upright spirit," comforted Wang An and his two companions with a few words, saying that they should trust their agricultural supply station, that the station had the ability and determination to seek justice for the people, and so on.

Wang An could only laugh at these words. What was all this about?

After dealing with the fertilizer that had been moved, Station Chief Tang sent a few people to load the fertilizer that Wang An and his two companions hadn't finished loading onto the truck. He then exchanged a few polite words with Wang An, and then, under the pretext of needing to handle the follow-up matters, he impatiently left with Section Chief Zheng and the others.

Clearly, he was about to report the details of Deputy Station Chief Jia leading men to seize fertilizer.

In this respect, Station Chief Tang has truly brought the essence of the phrase "strike while the iron is hot" to its fullest extent.

It must be said, however, that Station Chief Tang is a very meticulous person. He can ensure that no one can find any fault with him or point out any flaws in his work.

He could have left when he returned the fertilizer to Wang An, but to save face, and more importantly, to give an explanation to Wang An, the three men, and the onlookers, he insisted on bringing people to help Wang install the truck.

It was as if he was cleaning up Jia Hongyu's mess, or making amends for Jia Hongyu's mistakes.

However, it must be admitted that Station Chief Tang is definitely a highly skilled opportunist.

Because he excelled in everything, from interpersonal skills and dealing with people to seizing opportunities and winning battles.

It's really hard for someone like him not to get promoted!

After Station Chief Tang and his men left, Wang An and his two companions also drove away from the agricultural supplies compound with fertilizer.

What Wang An didn't expect was that the three of them hadn't gone far from the county town when they saw two hand tractors parked side by side in the middle of the road, blocking the way.

Of course, they didn't completely block the road, because the paths they left on both sides were still wide enough for carriages to pass through.

Around the two tractors, several people were sitting or standing, and two of them appeared to be repairing the tractors.

With the road blocked, Wang Li had to stop his car.

Without thinking much, Wang An rolled down the car window and shouted:
"Hey buddy, can you make way for us? Our car is wide, and the lane you've left is too narrow for us to pass."

To be honest, many people really have no sense of public morality. They think they're something special just because they drive a beat-up car. When they park, they just park however they want, wherever they want, without caring at all about whether they're making things convenient for others.

Wang An thought that after he shouted, the other party should at least drive away the tractor that wasn't broken and clear the road.

To everyone's surprise, after Wang An shouted, these people just turned their heads and glanced at him, then turned back to chat and fix their cars as if the road was their own backyard.

The main problem was that they completely ignored Wang An's words, or to put it bluntly, they treated them like a fart.

Wang An was furious when he saw that these people not only refused to move their cars and give way, but also ignored him. He had never experienced anything like this before in Northeast China.

The main issue was that in Northeast China at that time, there were indeed quite a few petty thugs, gangsters, and highway robbers, but no one would do something as low-class, annoying, and disgusting as parking and blocking the road without a reason.

Although Wang An was angry, he was also wondering if these people had deliberately parked their cars there to wait for him.

Could it be that I've offended some powerful figure? And this powerful figure sent people to stop me, intending to do something drastic to me?

Or are these people also stealing fertilizer?

Wang An felt that the former was unlikely, while the latter was more likely. After all, he still vividly remembered the frenzy people had for fertilizers when he was at the agricultural supply station.

However, judging by the time, the latter is unlikely, mainly because Wang An and his two companions were driving a large Jiefang truck, not a hand tractor. The Jiefang truck is very fast, so they simply didn't have time to ambush them in advance.
While Wang An was pondering these trivial matters, and these people continued doing what they were doing, Wang Li, in the driver's seat, rolled down the window and began to curse at them:
"Are you all deaf? I told you to get out of the way, didn't you hear me? You son of a bitch."

Sure enough, Wang Li's outburst had an immediate effect. One of the men stepped forward, pointed at Wang Li in the driver's seat, and retorted:

"Damn it, are you blind? Can't you see the car is stuck on the road and can't move?"

Upon hearing the man's accent, Wang An and the other two were taken aback.

Because his accent was clearly not a pure Northeastern accent, but rather a Southern accent, although it also contained some Northeastern accent, Wang An couldn't tell where he was from at first.

However, Wang An felt that this person was most likely an educated youth who had come to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution and had settled down there for many years, otherwise his accent would not have been so obviously assimilated.

Upon hearing that this person dared to insult him, Wang Li's short temper flared up instantly. Just as he was about to push open the car door and get out, he suddenly turned back and asked Wang An:

"Fourth Brother, can I go and give them a beating?"

Whenever Wang Li went out with Wang An on business, he generally wouldn't dare to easily fight with anyone without Wang An's permission.

Wang An really beat him up!

To be honest, Wang An was too lazy to care about him, let alone beat him up. But Wang Li had always followed Wang An and was Wang An's uncle and younger brother. If Wang An didn't care about him and let him continue to be free and wild, he would feel a little guilty.

After Wang Li finished asking the question, Wang An nodded and said:

"Yeah, let's all get out of the car and see what these bastards are up to."

Immediately afterwards, Wang An continued to mutter and curse:
"Damn it, nothing's going right for me lately. These bastards are ruining my good mood. I'm going to find a run-down temple and set off some firecrackers to ward off the bad luck!"

While catching the sika deer, they ran into Zhang Tiegang and his group, as well as Niu Dalei and his men, and also encountered a few troublesome wild boars.

Today, while hauling fertilizer, I ran into Jia Hongyu and his gang, along with this bunch of scoundrels.

If he didn't find a dilapidated temple and set off a few firecrackers, Wang An felt there would be no shortage of trouble! (End of Chapter)