Chapter 129: Chapter 129: The Stick and the Carrot
Er Gouzi’s house is located on the northwest edge of Beishan Village, in a courtyard with a missing gate, half-collapsed mud walls, and three rooms with leaks in the roofs of two of them.
As an orphan, Er Gouzi barely survived on the aid from the village.
But wanting to repair his dilapidated home was impossible.
Yuan Bao, pulling her second cousin, asked around a bit and found Er Gouzi’s courtyard.
"Second cousin, did you see that?"
"See what?"
Yuan Shoucheng looked gloomily at his little cousin, not knowing what was worth seeing.
Yuan Bao sighed and said, "Look at his house, it’s in such bad shape, we can’t bully him!"
"Yes, yes, you’re right!"
Knowing that his little cousin was the family’s treasure, Yuan Shoucheng was too lazy to argue with her; winning or losing aside, if he made her cry, he’d undoubtedly get scolded.
When Yuan Bao and Yuan Shoucheng walked into the courtyard, Er Gouzi, hearing the commotion inside, came out. Upon seeing it was Yuan Shoucheng and Yuan Bao, his face darkened.
"What are you here for?"
Er Gouzi glared fiercely at Yuan Shoucheng, completely ignoring Yuan Bao.
"I’m telling you, the grudge between us is settled!"
"Just wait, sooner or later I’ll get even with you!"
After returning home for a while, Er Gouzi figured it out.
Although Yuan Shoucheng could fight well, he definitely wouldn’t dare to kill him.
There was no need for him to be afraid of Yuan Shoucheng!
Though Er Gouzi figured this out, his body still harbored fear of Yuan Shoucheng.
Especially when Yuan Shoucheng raised his arm, Er Gouzi instinctively retreated, his voice trembling, "What, what do you want to do?"
"Do you want to settle the score with me?"
Yuan Shoucheng laughed sinisterly, "Perfect, let’s settle it properly!"
"You, you, don’t come any closer!"
Er Gouzi’s eyes darted around, trying to find something to defend himself, but there was nothing in the courtyard. He could only keep retreating.
"Second cousin!"
Seeing her second cousin starting to be aggressive again, Yuan Bao had no choice but to speak up and stop him.
"Jiaojiao, don’t interfere!"
"Today, I’m going to teach this fool a good lesson!"
"Can’t beat me and still talks tough? Does he think I have no temper?"
As Yuan Shoucheng spoke, he had already reached Er Gouzi, grabbed his shirt collar, and lifted him up again.
"You little punk, trying to act tough with me, eh?"
Yuan Shoucheng lightly patted Er Gouzi’s face with his other hand.
This face patting wasn’t very harmful, but it was extremely insulting.
Er Gouzi wanted to fight back but was unable to.
"Second cousin, put him down right now, or I’ll be angry!"
Seeing that kind words didn’t work, Yuan Bao used her trump card.
Upon hearing Yuan Bao say this, Yuan Shoucheng finally put Er Gouzi down and looked gloomily at his little cousin, wondering why she liked to hold him back so much.
"Jiang Er!"
"Do you want a beating?"
Yuan Bao ignored her second cousin’s gloomy look and turned her head to look at the frightened Er Gouzi, calling out his name.
"Only a fool wants a beating!"
Er Gouzi looked at Yuan Bao with false bravado.
Yuan Bao immediately waved her hand like a little adult and said, "If you don’t want a beating, then watch your mouth from now on."
"And from now on, you’ll hang out with my second cousin."
"Then, we’ll call you to eat meat together!"