The next morning, Yang Yulan arrived carrying dishes she had personally cooked.
When she heard from Second Uncle that Liu Tiezhu was training like crazy to hunt more game in the mountains, her face was full of concern.
"Lan Jie, why are you here?"
"I came to see you, and also to see if there's anything I can help with."
Yang Yulan replied, but her gaze never left Liu Tiezhu.
After not seeing him for a few days, she noticed he had lost some weight, his features had become sharper and colder, and he exuded more masculine charm.
Er Gouzi came over and said, "Zhu Ge, look how good Yulan Jie is to you. She specially made all this delicious food to come see you."
"How about we take a day off, and you spend some quality time with Yulan Jie?"
"Get lost. Today it's forty pounds of weight."
Liu Tiezhu laughed and cursed, then pulled Yang Yulan into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, his sister-in-law had also prepared a lavish breakfast.
Seeing Yang Yulan arrive, she immediately put down her work and started chatting with her about everyday matters.
After breakfast, Liu Tiezhu chatted with Yang Yulan for a while, then took Er Gouzi to continue carrying stones.
At noon, just as Liu Tiezhu and Er Gouzi returned to the gate carrying stones, a commotion came from the yard.
As Liu Tiezhu approached, he ran into Liu Gang and Liu Ruyu coming out from inside.
"Tsk tsk tsk... look at this, look at this..."
"Ruyu, good thing you didn't choose him."
"Building a wall around his house, and he has to carry stones from the foot of the mountain, like an idiot."
Liu Gang, with his slicked-back 3:7 parted hair like a traitor, pointed at Liu Tiezhu entering and mocked.
Liu Ruyu, holding Liu Gang's arm, laughed, "He's already stupid, Gang Ge, why are you teasing him?"
"Aren't idiots meant to be teased?" Liu Gang pulled out a five-cent bill with an arrogant look and said to Liu Tiezhu, "Come on, give me a smile, and this money is yours."
"Five cents is enough for you, you idiot, to work for days. Hurry up and smile for me."
Liu Tiezhu frowned, and without a word, picked up the shoe from his foot.
Liu Gang stepped back two paces: "You... what are you doing..."
"What am I doing? F*ck your mother, hitting you, what else?"
As he spoke, Liu Tiezhu's shoe slapped across Liu Gang's face.
"F*ck your mother, get the hell out of here right now, or I'll break your dog legs."
"You..." Liu Gang covered his face tightly, his eyes blazing with fury.
"F*ck your mother, can't you understand me?"
"Is my house a place for you to act tough?"
"Gouzi, break his legs."
Hearing this, Er Gouzi grinned, and without a second thought, grabbed the carrying pole by the yard gate.
"Fine, fine, fine. You want to play this game, huh? I..."
Liu Tiezhu slapped him again with the shoe, cutting off Liu Gang's words.
"F*ck your mother, are you addicted to acting tough?"
"What kind of trash are you? If you don't get lost, I'll cut off your dick, believe it or not."
Er Gouzi raised the carrying pole and pointed at the gate.
"Trash, can't you understand what my Zhu Ge said?"
"If you come looking for trouble again, I'll cut off your dick. Get the hell out of here..."
Liu Gang's face turned black with rage.
He had originally brought Liu Ruyu to pick a fight and humiliate Liu Tiezhu.
But instead of achieving his goal, he got chewed out by Liu Tiezhu.
"Gang Ge, let's go. No need to argue with two idiots."
Liu Ruyu, afraid Liu Tiezhu might go crazy, grabbed Liu Gang and hurried out.
Liu Gang slapped Liu Ruyu across the face.
"F*ck your mother, you stupid bitch, what a lousy idea you came up with."
Liu Ruyu covered her face, a bit angry.
Liu Gang slapped her again.
"F*ck your mother, what kind of look is that? You dare to be mad at me?"
"Don't forget, everything you eat and wear now is given by me."
"Understand?"
Liu Ruyu quickly nodded: "I understand."
Liu Gang slapped her again.
"F*ck your mother, you understand? Then smile for me."
Liu Ruyu, enduring the sharp pain, forced a smile uglier than crying.
"What the hell, did someone die at home or what?"
"Is that a smile? That expression looks like you want me dead, doesn't it?"
Liu Gang kept slapping Liu Ruyu's face, his eyes always on Liu Tiezhu.
As if to say, the woman you couldn't conquer is like an obedient dog in front of me.
He couldn't beat Liu Tiezhu and Er Gouzi in a fight.
So he could only use this method to regain his lost face in front of Liu Tiezhu.
After several slaps, Liu Ruyu quickly adjusted her emotions and put on a smile.
"That's right. From now on, you have to be obedient in front of me, understand?"
"Yes!" Liu Ruyu nodded repeatedly.
Liu Tiezhu watched their performance like he was watching two idiots.
"Damn, what a bunch of scumbags."
"In all of Liu Family Village, you probably can't find trash like this."
"Idiots, complete idiots."
Er Gouzi didn't hold back and said exactly what he thought to Liu Gang.
Liu Gang's face turned green with anger. He opened his mouth, but seeing Liu Tiezhu's murderous gaze, he immediately pulled Liu Ruyu and left.
Inside the yard, Liu Tieshan and Huang Xiumei frowned, full of worry.
Yang Yulan was still there. Seeing Liu Tiezhu like this, what would she think?
Just as they were about to explain, Yang Yulan spoke first.
"Zhu Zi did the right thing. You have to treat scoundrels like that."
Hearing this, Er Gouzi's eyes lit up.
"Yulan Saozi is awesome. That idiot Liu Gang, if you don't teach him a lesson, he'll keep coming to cause trouble."
"Get lost."
Second Uncle kicked Er Gouzi away and explained to Yang Yulan about Liu Gang's crimes of bullying the villagers.
"Second Uncle, I've heard about Liu Gang."
"My brother also told me about Zhu Zi and Liu Ruyu."
"As long as Zhu Zi doesn't mind, I'll be his woman for life."
Yang Yulan's expression was serious, without a hint of falsehood.
Hearing this, Liu Tieshan and his wife finally relaxed.
After lunch, Yang Yulan had to take care of Yang Haitian, so she didn't stay long after eating.
Liu Tiezhu continued training with Er Gouzi.
"Zhu Ge, Yulan Saozi is really something."
"Not like other women, all hesitant and shy."
As they carried forty-pound stones, Er Gouzi said with a grin.
"You talk too much. Looks like forty pounds isn't enough weight."
Liu Tiezhu looked at Er Gouzi and said seriously.
Hearing this, Er Gouzi's face changed, and he dashed off first.
The two chased each other, and time flew by.
In the evening, after dinner, Liu Tiezhu went to the shed where the puppies were kept.
The shed was newly built, filled with straw and equipped with two lamps.
The shed was wrapped tightly with colorful cloth to keep it warm inside.
After eight days of heavy meat feeding, the biggest puppies had reached twenty pounds, and the smallest were over fifteen pounds.
"Zhu Ge, what are you doing?"
"You're not thinking of having these puppies carry stones for training too, are you?" Er Gouzi came over and asked.
Liu Tiezhu nodded: "These puppies are two months old. It's time for them to start working."
"Starting tomorrow, I'll train them in batches."
"Once they learn to cooperate, we'll go into the mountains."
Er Gouzi said, "They're so small. They can't hunt wild boars in the mountains, can they?"
"For now, the purpose of taking them into the mountains isn't to hunt wild boars, but to train their hunting instincts and have them lead the way."
"Even if they can't take down wild boars, they won't disappoint us when it comes to finding small prey."
"With their help, we can greatly increase the speed of hunting game."