Chapter 29: The Toad Wants to Eat
  Swan Meat The village next door is Zhaojiatun. Compared to Liujiagou, Zhaojiatun has a larger population and more people. In the past two years, the village has organized everyone to learn advanced technology and has even started to build vegetable greenhouses. Although they failed many times in the beginning, Zhaojiatun has a good harvest this year. The people have tasted the sweetness and are planning to expand their planting area next year. The village chief was so excited that he organized a movie screening event for several consecutive days, which attracted many young people from the neighboring villages.

  Liu Dabao sat on a low stool wrapped in a tattered cotton jacket and sniffed. Two days ago, he had argued with his grandfather and was ready to run away from home in anger. But it was the middle of the night and there were no cars. He was so spoiled that he was exhausted after walking a few kilometers.

  Zhao Dahu from the neighboring village happened to be returning from work. Seeing him shivering on the roadside, he helped him back home. After a few days of good food and drink, he found out it was Liu Dabao from Liujiagou.

  He was so angry that he kicked him out without saying a word. It was because a few years ago, this Liu Dabao had molested his fiancée. Unable to bear the criticism, the girl went to another province with her relatives and the marriage was called off. In a rage, he wanted to go to Liujiagou to argue, but was stopped by his family. He had no choice but to go out to work

  . He didn't expect to meet him here today. Liu Dabao was beaten and had nowhere to go. He went to the county town to spend money, but soon he ran out of money. He wanted to find a job, but he was either too tired or dissatisfied with the low salary, so he had to go back.

  Seeing a movie showing in Zhaojiatun, he mixed in with the crowd, hoping to get some food. But after he sat down for a while, he saw a figure in the crowd that made him grit his teeth.

  "Fang... Qing... wait and see how I deal with you today!"

  Liu Dabao believed that his miserable fate was all because of Fang Qing. If she hadn't gone to his grandfather to complain, he wouldn't have been scolded by his grandfather, nor would he have run away from home, and then encountered bad people and ended up in this situation. So he couldn't bear it without revenge.

  But Fang Qing was surrounded by so many people protecting her. Besides the troublesome Liu Daya, there were also several children from the village, which made Liu Dabao feel a little embarrassed.

  Suddenly, he saw his old friend Zhao Tiedan sitting down with a group of people. Thinking that Zhao Tiedan was still single because of his ugly appearance, he had an idea.

  Fang Qing had arrived late with her cousin and her group, so they found a seat on the outside of the crowd. The group cracked sunflower seeds and followed the plot, occasionally gossiping about which girl in the crowd was pretty or which boy was handsome.

  Daya was completely absorbed in the movie, having forgotten her mother's instructions. When Fang Qing said she needed to use the restroom, she simply asked the little girl outside to lead the way and continued to focus on the movie.

  Holding a thermos to warm her hands, Fang Qing followed the little girl's guidance to a public restroom. After quickly taking care of her needs, she finally felt better.

  But when she came out, the little girl had already left. She had no choice but to retrace her steps. She had only taken a few steps when she was stopped by three strange men.

  A short, faceless man spoke excitedly, "I heard you have a crush on me? Hahaha, I knew I, Zhao Tiedan, am charming. Since we're both willing, why don't you come home with me tonight? I'll go to your house tomorrow morning to propose marriage. What do you think, Sister Qingqing?"

  Fang Qing took a deep breath. She didn't recognize them, but they knew their name. It seemed like they were targeting her again. However, there weren't as many people this time, only three. As long as she stayed calm, she should be able to escape.

  As she pondered this, Fang Qing quietly reached for her waist. Ever since her last encounter with hooligans in the alley, her uncle-in-law had prepared a ton of self-defense gear for her, including pepper spray and a switchblade. The most handy item was the steel chain belt around her waist.

  It looked like a simple steel chain, but it was incredibly painful when whipped against her. While it couldn't directly control the enemy, as long as it gave her a chance to escape, all the training had paid off.

  "I don't know you, and I certainly don't have a crush on you. Get out of the way!"

  Zhao Tiedan chuckled. He liked girls with personality, and rubbing his hands together, he was about to step forward. "Still don't admit it? Hehe, it's okay. I won't say that when you become my wife..."

  Seeing the three men approaching, Fang Qing splashed the hot water in her hand over them. The man in the middle was splashed in the face and immediately took two steps back, yelling for them to grab Fang Qing.

  Fang Qing took the opportunity to pull out his steel chain belt, slapped one person, and with a backhanded slap, sent another flying. He took a few steps forward, waved his hand, and slapped the short man. Taking advantage of the pain, he ran away towards the light in the distance.

  Zhao Tiedan had never suffered such a big loss before. He covered his face and chased after him fiercely.

  But there were crowds of people outside. Hundreds of people were watching the show with great interest. Suddenly interrupted, they immediately turned around and glared at the culprit. Zhao Tiedan covered his face and was about to shout, but the village director kicked him, "What are you shouting about? Everyone is watching with great interest. Get back and don't embarrass yourself here!"

  Zhao Tiedan was most afraid of the village director. He looked around but couldn't find Fang Qing, so he had to go home in disappointment.

  Fang Qing, who was hiding behind the haystack, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had left. He groped his way to tie his belt, untied his original pigtail and let it down to cover half of his face, put on his hat and returned to his seat.

  As soon as the movie ended, Fang Qing dragged Daya all the way home. She hadn't recovered until she sat on the kang.

  That night, she discussed with her mother that it was time to go home and prepare for the New Year. Fang's mother also thought so. The next morning, Fang's mother and son hurried back to the county town. As

  soon as they left, Zhao Tiedan and the village director came to the uncle's house and said they wanted to discuss a marriage. When the uncle of the Liu family heard this, he immediately became furious and said that his niece had never seen your child at all, so how could he say that they were in love?

  But Zhao Tiedan insisted that it was Fang Qing who was pestering her, so the uncle picked up a carrying pole and beat them out, scolding them for being toads who wanted to eat swan meat and having bad faces...

  This made things very ugly, and finally alarmed the village chief. The village chief and his grandson were unhappy and some of his anger was also due to Fang Qing, so he tried to mediate. Until Sun Changqing stood up, took a look at the short and ugly Zhao Tiedan, and sneered, "Fang Qing doesn't even like me, so how could he like you? You didn't let others fool you, did you?" Zhao Tiedan

  was not convinced, so Sun Changqing told him about the cancellation of the engagement between the two families, and said that the cancellation was due to the other party's high standards.

  Zhao Tiedan took a closer look at Sun Changqing, who was indeed a handsome man. Only then did he believe that he might have been fooled.

  He turned around and looked for Liu Dabao, but Liu Dabao had already slipped back home. Zhao Tiedan could only blame himself for his bad luck

  . This incident caused a lot of uproar, and Fang Qing's uncle and his family didn't even have a good New Year's celebration.

  At this time, Fang Qing, who was unaware of it, was also facing trouble.

  (End of this chapter)