"Sister Lin, these requests of yours...Bai Bo can't possibly agree to it."
Zhou Xu looked at Lin Nianhe with helplessness in his eyes. He felt that Lin Nianhe was still a bit young and didn't understand people like Bai Bo - what Bai Bo needed now was a step up, at least to make him look good.
Lin Nianhe smiled and asked, "Why didn't he agree?"
"Ah?" Zhou Xu was confused by her question.
Why don't you agree?
you still need to ask?
The condition Lin Nianhe proposed was to cut out the flesh from Bai Bo's body. In this situation where his brother was dead and his flesh was cut out, if Bai Bo really agreed, he would no longer have to be the boss, because his subordinates would definitely rebel and cause trouble.
Looking at Zhou Xu's helpless eyes, Lin Nianhe shrugged: "Competition, the winner takes all, it has been like this since ancient times, he has no choice."
Bai Bo really had no choice.
"Brother, we can't agree to this condition. She just won't give us a way to live!" The third child yelled, scratching his neck, "Now that there is no second brother to pressure me, if the money of the people below is reduced, they will definitely make trouble!"
The fourth child stopped him and winked at him: "Don't make any noise, listen to big brother."
Bai Bo slowly released his fist, the joints were red and swollen.
He moved his fingers expressionlessly and said, "Lan County, I have to go."
"Brother!"
Bai Bo ignored the third child's voice and said to himself: "I have to take the second child back."
The third child's mouth was still open, but no sound came out.
"You two go out and do your work. I'll stay by myself for a while." Bai Bo sat down, his voice a little tired.
The fourth child dragged the third child away who was still trying to talk. After they were out of the yard, he whispered: "You can't let the eldest brother go by himself. The third brother, you can stay here to take care of the family these days. I will go with the eldest brother."
The third child smacked his lips, looked at the fourth child sideways and said, "You can pull it off. I can't settle accounts with you, but when I go out to do business, ten of you can't hold up to one of me."
"Isn't it me who made donations before?" said the fourth child.
"That's why I went there first to clear up all the connections." The third child looked at him and waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, you just stay at home and settle your accounts. There’s no need for you to worry about it.”
After that, the third child shook his arms and left.
The fourth child stayed where he was for a while, and finally turned around and walked towards his home without saying anything.
On the way, he met Bai Xiaojun, who was jumping up and down. The little guy shouted "Uncle Four" with a smile, opened his arms and hugged his thigh: "Uncle Four, I'm thirsty."
The fourth child chuckled, rubbed his head, took out a dime from his pocket and gave it to him: "Go and buy a soda yourself."
"Uncle Four is the best!"
Bai Xiaojun happily ran away holding the money, his eyes curled into small crescents.
The fourth child looked at the little boy's back and frowned slowly.
…
At night, Bai Bo lay on the kang, leaning on his arms, staring at the dark beams. He had a severe headache and sore eyes, but he couldn't sleep no matter what.
"You really want to go?"
Beside him, Zheng Lirong turned over and faced him and asked in a low voice.
Bai Bo came back to his senses, looked sideways at her, and grinned: "I have to go, I have to get my dick back."
Zheng Lirong took a deep breath and exhaled it gently. After a while, she said, "You have offended someone so badly, and if you send it to her again...she can't punish you to death?"
"No," Bai Bo said firmly, "I have thought about the conditions she proposed. This girl is just trying to make money. As long as I give you enough, she can't do anything to me unless she doesn't want to do business in the provincial capital."
Bai Bo also turned over and faced Zheng Lirong and continued: "If she didn't mention any conditions, I wouldn't dare go even to death. But after she said it, I felt relieved..."
Zheng Lirong pursed her lips and said after a long silence: "The child is still young and cannot live without his father."
Bai Bo's breath froze, and after a moment he said, "I know, don't worry."
Zheng Lirong nodded, thinking that he couldn't see it in the dark, she said softly "Hmm" again.
Bai Bo stretched out his arms, held her in his arms, patted her shoulders as if coaxing a child, and said, "Li Rong, my second son's death cannot be in vain. I have to give an explanation to my brothers."
In the darkness, his eyes were cold.
He wanted to answer to his brothers and avenge his second brother.
He also wants Lin Nianhe's supply of goods and her life.
In his arms, Zheng Lirong's eyes suddenly widened.
She didn't move or speak anymore, but her tears fell heavily on the quilt, leaving a wet mark.
…
The next day, noon.
Bai Bo took the third child on the train to Lan County.
It was just the two of them, which made the third child a little uneasy.
The two of them found the car with the least number of people, sat on the seat closest to the door, and were silent for a long time.
After a while, the third child said: "Brother, please take a nap, I'll keep an eye on you."
Bai Bo hadn't slept for three days and nights, and his head was buzzing, louder than the ding of a train.
He rubbed his bald head out of habit, and the stubble of hair pricked his palms. He shook his head, his voice hoarse and unpleasant: "Can't sleep."
My heart is hanging, and it’s hard to sleep.
The third child thought for a while and asked him: "Brother, how should we deal with her?"
Bai Bo frowned and looked up at him.
The third child bared his teeth and smiled: "Look at what I am doing, I know what you are thinking... The fourth child also said that he would come out with you, what can he do with his virtues like a plague chicken? Brother, tell me, what should we do? all?"
Bai Bo looked at him for a while and suddenly smiled.
He said: "It's not easy, just give her what she wants first, let's take the second child and the others home first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
He knew that he had to endure this moment of anger. If he couldn't hold it back, there would be no day to avenge his second son.
The third child frowned and whispered: "Just fuck her and it's over...Brother, I'm not afraid."
"I know you're not afraid, but it's useless. Brothers, we can't kill any more people." Bai Bo's voice was very low.
"If I'm afraid of death, I won't do this anymore. I'll just stay home and farm for a while..."
"Third brother," Bai Bo's expression became more serious, "I am taking you to make money, you can do it yourself... We still have school and those poor boys, and the second brother still has his wife and son. After we die, from now on If there is no one to take care of them, all the work done in the past will be in vain.”
The third child opened his mouth, thought about it for a long time, and let out a dull "hmm".
Bai Bo blew out his breath and lit a cigarette.
Could it be that the words he said to Lao San were not his words to persuade him?
It doesn't matter that there are no more people at the bottom. School construction will begin after the autumn harvest, and donations for poor students will be dispersed. He can get as many people as he wants... If the second brother can't come back, he will definitely give it to his wife and son. Take good care of it... When the time is right, he will beat Lin Nianhe to death...
The two people said nothing, and the train moved along the railway track, meticulously following the established track.
At 4:20, the third child patted Bai Bo and said, "Brother, we're almost there."
Bai Bo closed his eyes to rest, and after hearing the words, he said "hmm" and opened his eyes.
He rubbed his face, trying to rub away the fatigue on his face.
When he took his hand away, he caught a glimpse of a figure beside him.
He didn't see clearly who the person next to him was, but he first saw the frightened expression on the third child's face.
Bai Bo slowly turned his head.
He saw a young and stern face.
This was the first time he had come face to face with this man.
But he had seen this face countless times.
(End of chapter)
