Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 15: Cheating and Ganging

"I haven't even touched it, and you want me to give you money? No way." Cui Fugui didn't get any advantage, so naturally he was unwilling to pay.

"Okay, you can touch it." The woman was happy when she heard it. She untied her belt and moved closer to Cui Fugui.

Cui Fugui reached out to touch it and immediately broke out in a sweat. It turned out that the man was a man dressed as a woman.

Seeing Cui Fugui was stunned, the other party laughed instead, "What's the matter? I told you not to touch it, but you insisted on touching it."

At this point, how could Cui Fugui not understand? He was fooled. "So what do you want to do?"

"What should I do? Just take out all the money you have and get out.

Otherwise, I will kill you today and make you disappear from the gourd forever." The man stopped pinching his throat and his voice was a little cold.

The situation is stronger than the person. Who knows if there are still a few men hiding in the dark corners of this room? Cui Fugui had no choice but to take out all the money he had.

Before going on the payroll, the counter would advance part of the pay, so now, everything is gone.

Seeing that Cui Fugui gave the silver obediently, the man did not make things difficult for him. He opened the door and let Cui Fugui go.

After leaving the courtyard, Cui Fugui felt more and more suffocated the more he thought about it, so he quickly returned to the riverside and told Zhao Da Kui and others about what had just happened.

"Brothers, I've been humiliated today and I just can't swallow this.

Come with me, catch that guy, get his money back, and I'll buy you all a drink."

Cui Fugui was unwilling to be cheated like this, so he asked other platoon members for help.

"Do you still remember where it was?"

They all worked together and had been together for so long that they had a good relationship. When their brother was cheated, they naturally couldn't just sit back and watch.

Several young guys were filled with righteous indignation and shouted that they would go and seek justice for Cui Fugui.

"Yes, it's in a small courtyard at the east end of the village. There are no other houses around." Cui Fugui said firmly.

"Then let's go and help you vent your anger."

Zhao Da Kui called everyone over, picked up the oar and other belongings, and went to settle the score with that man.

"Stop right there, what are you doing at this time of night?"

Just at this moment, the leading water crow came out from the flower shed, and when he saw the situation of the crowd, he hurriedly shouted.

Zhao Da Kui hurriedly told Touzhao what had happened to Cui Fugui just now, and said that they were going to seek justice for Cui Fugui.

Upon hearing this, Touzhao shook his head and sighed, "What kind of justice are you asking for? Fugui has been scammed by a gang.

It would be useless for you to go there. Either the house is empty or there is a real young wife living there. You won't be able to find that person at all."

"Ah? No way? There is such a thing?" How could the young guys understand this? They were dumbfounded when they heard it.

"The people along the Yalu River all depend on us woodcutters for their livelihood, and all kinds of strange things happen.

I told you a long time ago not to wander around aimlessly, but you didn’t listen and you only regretted it after you suffered a loss.”

Shui Laowu glared at Cui Fugui and said with a look of disappointment.

After Shui Laowu said this, all the trees understood what was going on. However, Cui Fugui just couldn't swallow this humiliation and insisted on going to the village to settle the score with that man.

"Lenghu'er, you should go with them. Be smart. If anything unexpected happens, come back and report it immediately."

Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Shui Laowu had no choice but to ask Qu Shaoyang to go along.

Qu Shaoyang responded, followed by Cui Fugui, Zhao Dagui and six or seven other people, and went to a nearby village with their belongings.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Cui Fugui stepped forward and knocked hard on the door. Soon, someone came out holding a lantern. "Who are you?"

When the wooden door opened, a young woman in her twenties stood inside. Seeing so many people outside the door, she asked timidly.

In the light of the lantern, Cui Fugui carefully looked at the other person and confirmed that this was not the person from before. Could it be that Touzhao was right?
"We are here to look for someone who is half a head taller than you. He is wearing a blue floral jacket and black pants. He looks like a woman, but he is actually a man."

Cui Fugui did not give up and spoke.

The young wife was stunned when she heard this, and her eyes widened. "How can there be such a person? Have you come to the wrong place?"

"Impossible, I remember it clearly, it's your little courtyard." Cui Fugui became anxious and was about to rush into the yard.

"This is my home. Why are you barging in in the dark? What do you want to do?"

The young wife was anxious and raised her voice to shout, "Dad, Mom, come out quickly, there are robbers."

Two more people came out of the room. They were both quite old. When they saw the situation outside, the old woman immediately picked up the gong hanging behind the door and started beating it.

"Someone come quickly, robbers have broken in." The old woman shouted while beating the gong.

Although the village is not very big, there are dozens of households. When the gong sounds, all the dogs of the nearby houses start barking.

Soon after, all kinds of noisy noises were heard. It was the people from various households who heard the noise and were coming over here.

"Fuck, why are you still standing there? Run." Qu Shaoyang was the first to react and immediately grabbed Cui Fugui and ran.

It is obvious that the people in this village are a group of people who specialize in doing this. Once someone comes back to look for them, the whole village will be mobilized.

The other side has more people and more power, and they only have six or seven people. What are they waiting for if they don’t run away?

As soon as Qu Shaoyang said that, the others also reacted. A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. It was not worth it to be surrounded and beaten in the dark.

So, the few scoundrels didn't even bother to settle the score with anyone and just ran away.

When they returned to the riverside, panting, they saw that the water crow and several other older woodcutters were still awake and waiting around the fire.

"How is it? Did you find the person?" asked Li Changliang, the second rower.

Qu Shaoyang shook his head, "No, just like Touzhao said, I knocked on the door and a young wife came out, she was not the same person as before.

Brother Fugui was unwilling to give up and wanted to go in to look for him, but they rang the gong to call for him. I knew something was wrong, so I quickly led them back. "

"I've already told you, you definitely won't be able to find it." Shui Laowu snorted.

"Luckily you met a gang of swindlers. If you met a gang of thugs, you would not only lose some money, but you would also be beaten up and stripped of your clothes."

Shui Lao Crow has been a woodcutter for so many years and has experienced all kinds of strange things.

In the Yalu River Basin, wood handles are fat meat in everyone's eyes.

Every year when the rafts are being transported, people from the villages along the river all keep their eyes on them, hoping to get a piece of the action.

"Be more careful in the future, and don't be so immobile when you see a woman.

There are so many traps here. If you are not careful, all your money will be swindled away, and you may even lose your life."

The water crow is the leader, so he has to consider everyone else and give them a few more instructions.

"Okay, let's all go to bed. The river will be dredged tomorrow, and we still have to go through the gourd trap and move forward." Water Crow waved his hand and turned back to the flower shed.

The others also found it boring and went to bed.

Only Cui Fugui was lying in the flower shed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. All the money he had was gone. Anyone would be heartbroken and unable to sleep.

(End of this chapter)