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

After Wang An finished speaking, the young man, still unconvinced, said:
"The old rules in the mountains are all outdated. We are the finest young people of the new society. We only believe in the Party, in the Central Committee, and in the correct direction. We believe in [the Party]."

Before the kid could finish speaking, Wang An slapped him across the face, silencing him completely.

Perhaps still feeling unsatisfied, Wang An retaliated by slapping the other man across the face with the back of his hand, before muttering curses:

"Are you trying to lecture me? Do you even need to tell me? I believe in the Party, I believe in China, I believe in the government, but I don't care what you believe in, you're not going to make a difference if you don't pay us back today!"

As he spoke, Wang An grabbed the boy's arm and squeezed it hard, and the boy let out a loud "Aww!" The sound was truly pitiful.

The main problem was that Wang An dislocated his arm, and only those who have experienced it firsthand know how painful it is.

Anyway, just think about how painful it is to sprain your ankle normally, and then multiply that by a few times, and it'll probably be about the same.

Even Yang Shuwen and the others couldn't help but shudder when they heard the boy's extremely shrill screams.

Only Li Sanmeng and Yang Fuqiang looked at Wang An with admiration and enthusiasm, as if this was the life they wanted.

After the kid finished yelling, Wang An took out a cigarette and lit it for himself before calmly saying:
"Let me tell you, think carefully before you speak. You don't only have one arm; you also have a thigh."

The boy was already sweating profusely from the pain. Hearing Wang An's words, he lost all his previous arrogant and unyielding attitude and immediately softened, saying:
"Big brother, I was wrong, big brother, I'll pay you back, please forgive me, I'll never do it again."

As the saying goes, "A wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him," and "A man who understands the times is a hero." This kid has clearly realized that arguing with someone like Wang An is useless. If he doesn't offer some real benefits, Wang An will definitely not let him go.

Upon hearing the young man's words of submission and pleading for mercy, Wang An nodded and smiled, saying:

"Look at you, look at you, you could have just done this earlier, why did you have to be so stubborn and unreasonable, and you didn't even say anything nice? What are you trying to achieve by being so arrogant?"

As he spoke, Wang An grabbed the boy's arm again, and with a forceful pull, reattached the arm that had been dislocated.

As we all know, whether it's dislocating or reattaching an arm, the pain is exactly the same.

And since this kid experienced this kind of pain twice in such a short period of time, you can imagine how uncomfortable he must have been.

After reattaching the arm, Wang An said with a smile:
"Bear with the pain, okay? If you don't get your arm back on soon, it'll definitely cause problems later. I'm doing this for your own good."

The kid crossed his arms, hissing coldly, and looked at Wang An with eyes filled with fear, as if he were looking at a devil.

After Wang An finished speaking, the kid nodded frantically and said:
"Brother, we'll lose money, we'll lose money. Just tell us how much, we'll accept the loss, we'll accept all the losses."

Wang An pretended to be thoughtful and said:

“Three of us were injured by you. Here’s what we’re going to do: I won’t make things difficult for you. You just need to pay us 3 yuan in compensation. You’ve delayed our work and scared us. Considering you didn’t get anything good out of it either, I’ll let it go.”

Killing these people is absolutely out of the question.

The key issue is that they were a gang, and there were too many of them. If there were still people left behind at their camp, it would be very difficult for news of their deaths not to be leaked. The dead aren't scary; what's scary is that someone is constantly investigating this matter.

Of course, even putting all that aside, Wang An would never actually kill anyone. The main reason is that Yang Shuwen and the other six were right in front of him. Wang An couldn't possibly kill them all just to keep the secret, could he?

Wang An is not a serial killer, nor is he addicted to killing.

Therefore, even if the other party might retaliate afterward, Wang An could only beat them up to vent his anger, extort some benefits from them, and finally release them.

That's right, they had to be released. Given that he couldn't kill the person, Wang An really couldn't find a reason to keep them alive.

"Three, three thousand? My God, why don't you just rob us? Besides, we came into the mountains to work, who can carry that much money on them?"

Wang An shook his head and said:

"It's alright, we're all very easy-going people. If you don't have money, you can use things instead. Didn't you dig up a lot of big chunks of corn? Just leave those things there to replace them, it'll be just fine."

The boy's lips twitched several times before he managed a very difficult, dry laugh:
"Big brother, you're in charge, you're in charge."

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. To avoid further suffering, this kid had no choice but to agree to Wang An's unreasonable demands.

After the man finished speaking, Wang An said with a smile:

"I won't make things difficult for you. Just pick the older ones and we'll just pick a few dumplings from there. As they say, life and death are predestined, and wealth and honor are determined by fate. If we get the big batch, it's our good luck; if we don't, it's our bad luck."

The young man naturally dared not say "no," and could only nod and say:
"Big brother, you're in charge. Big brother, you're in charge."

Wang An nodded in satisfaction and said:
"Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony, hehehehe."

It's clear that the other guy is on the verge of a breakdown.

Those who frequently dig for ginseng know that the size and age of the ginseng inside can be roughly determined by the size and length of the ginseng bun.

Therefore, Wang An readily took out four long and large ginseng buns from the other party's sack.

Wang An had a feeling that there must be something good inside those four ginseng buns.
Of course, Wang An and the others didn't open the ginseng buns to examine them in front of them. Instead, they said directly to these people:

"Alright, you've paid what you owed, you can leave now."

Upon hearing this, the people all stood up from the ground and helped each other walk away.

And so, this group of people, after all their show-off and scavenging, not only failed to dig up a single ginseng root, but also lost four of their largest ginseng roots.

This truly exemplifies what it means to "lose both your wife and your army"!
Of course, Wang An didn't intend to go too far with the other party. The main reason was that although the other party was unruly, they hadn't caused any real damage to them. As the saying goes, "Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future." Since they couldn't kill the other party, they couldn't afford to offend them too much! (End of Chapter)