allonlinenovel Chapter 287 Negotiation
Chapter 287 Negotiation
Women these days can hold up half the sky.
When Ning Yuan took his friends out to cut down trees.
Xiao Ningwei, Meng Qing and others stayed in the yard and started carrying loess, then piled it aside together with the crushed grass and wood stalks.
These things can be mixed by simply adding water, and the resulting yellow mud is the best material for making rammed earth walls.
Wooden stakes are driven into the ground to form the foundation of the wall, and then the outer layer is covered with thick yellow mud. After drying, it becomes extremely sticky and strong!
By the evening, when Ning Yuan and many of his friends came back from the woods in the south pushing a cart, a lot of materials had already been prepared in the yard.
The number of wooden stakes driven into the ground to form the main body of the courtyard wall is definitely not enough, and Ning Yuan and his team still have work to do.
The next morning, Ning Yuan and his friends were preparing to go out to chop trees in the forest ahead after dinner.
As a result, as soon as he went out, he was blocked by a group of villagers, young and old.
Among the crowd that looked to be about sixty or seventy people, there were old men in their sixties who walked with a trembling gait, and young boys of fourteen or fifteen years old.
He was holding a stick and a hoe in his hands, looking very aggressive.
Ning Yuan had somewhat anticipated this scene.
I just beat up a few villagers yesterday, so it’s not surprising that they came to my house today.
They retreated all the way back to the yard, and Ning Yuan and his men stood still inside the gate.
The old man who came yesterday came again today.
This time he was very confident, and the pipe in his hand was shaking exaggeratedly.
He brought a group of young and old men and blocked the door in a proud manner.
Before Ning Yuan could say anything, the group of buddies behind him had already taken out the axes, long saws and other tools they were going to use to cut down trees from the cart.
The female educated youth who had just finished cleaning up the kitchen utensils and tableware in the yard also gathered behind Ning Yuan and the others.
They're pretty much on the same page! But it's also true that once girls make a choice, they're even more stubborn than men and stick to it!
These girls were not empty-handed either. They took rolling pins, shovels, spatulas, kitchen knives, whatever they could get, and some even took two bricks.
Ning Yuan suppressed the group of young people behind him who were eager to fight with the villagers.
There was no other way to attack those villagers yesterday. They were all preparing to attack Ning Yuan. These guys reacted for Ning Yuan.
Having been a leader for so long, Ning Yuan understood that he must not dampen the enthusiasm of his brothers.
But with the situation like today, Ning Yuan really has to control himself.
It's not that I'm scared or cowardly. Ning Yuan still has guns in his space. If the pistol is not powerful enough, he still has the semi-automatic gun he collected from the people in the second factory!
After a burst of bullets, who dares to show up? He is afraid of nothing!
But he certainly can't do that now. After all, Ning Yuan doesn't intend to make an enemy of the entire society.
Besides, these villagers are just trying to take advantage of you, they won’t kill anyone!
If you are not prepared to fight, then we can only talk.
Ning Yuan is also a thoughtful person. Although he can talk, he cannot lose in momentum.
In negotiations, whoever is at a disadvantage will suffer losses.
So, in front of the old man and his group of villagers, Ning Yuan took out a pistol from his bag and handed it to Wu Zhongguo who was standing next to him.
This gun had appeared on the train before, and Wu Zhongguo and the others knew about the existence of such a thing, so they were not too surprised.
However, the villagers on the opposite side were a little at a loss. It's not that they had never seen a gun before, but they were easily scared by a pistol.
On the contrary, it is because they are very familiar with this thing and know too well how big the difference in lethality is between it and the wooden sticks and hoes in their hands.
In such an environment, to be honest, among these sixty or seventy men, young and old, perhaps half of them have guns of various shapes kept at home.
During this period, not only were there militias in the county, but even in a factory or a village, there were militias, and their military quality was not low.
It is not an exaggeration to say that everyone is a soldier!
Without this confidence, do you dare to fight against the Americans and the Soviet Union in turn?
Even the old man put down his pipe woodenly.
They are not afraid of the gun, they are afraid of causing something that they cannot cover up.
Taking out this gun means that either peace can be negotiated, or fighting will result in heavy casualties!
They clearly had guns, so why did they come with hoes and sticks? They just wanted to teach Ning Yuan and the others a lesson, and they didn't really intend to kill them all.
Ning Yuan's move really played a big role. It demonstrated his determination and attitude as well as his killing ability, which directly helped them rise from a relatively weak position.
"Old Wu! Hold on to your gun! If anyone dares to attack me, just shoot! I'll take the fall if anything happens!"
After handing the gun to Wu Zhongguo, Ning Yuan did not lower his voice, but spoke loudly in front of nearly a hundred people inside and outside the courtyard gate.
Wu Zhongguo was also a stupid guy. After listening to Ning Yuan's words, he took the pistol and loaded it with a "bang!"
Then he nodded, pointed the gun at the men outside the door with a stern look.
Ning Yuan then turned around and faced the old man and his group.
"What's the matter, uncle? Wasn't what I said yesterday clear enough? What do you mean today?"
The old man originally intended to suppress Ning Yuan's arrogance.
But after involuntarily glancing at Wu Zhongguo who was standing next to Ning Yuan with a gun, his brows twitched, but he took a deep breath and forced himself to hold it in.
"Baby, what are you doing? Why did you take out the gun? You, you!"
"Then what are you doing? A bunch of people with sticks and hoes are blocking our door. What's going on? Are you here to help us hoe the ground? Forget about that nonsense, what do you want?"
Ning Yuan interrupted the old man and asked bluntly without any concern.
The old man waved to the many villagers behind him, and the villagers put down the sticks in their hands.
Then he turned to Ning Yuan and spoke.
"Little kid! Why can't I make sense to you? We have to go to the fields and earn work points, that's what the higher-ups require us to do! How can you just say no and not do it?"
Ning Yuan was too lazy to respond after hearing the same repetitive words.
Seeing that Ning Yuan ignored him, the old man could only continue speaking.
"Also, you injured several of our fellow villagers yesterday, and we're here today to demand an explanation from them!"
Ning Yuan didn't have much objection to this matter. This matter had to be resolved today.
It was impossible for him to shoot, nor was it possible for him to surrender, nor was it possible for him to directly shout at everyone to take action.
So what to do? Find a way out!
In Ning Yuan's eyes, what the old man is talking about now is also a similar step.
So after nodding, Ning Yuan asked again.
"Just tell me what you mean!"
"You have to apologize to those fellow villagers!"
The old man continued what Ning Yuan said.
"Okay! How do I make amends? Apologize? Well, I, Ning Yuan, feel sorry for those fellow villagers!"
After Ning Yuan finished speaking, he did not forget to ask the nearly 100 people present to be witnesses.
"No, baby! Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute!"
The old man was stunned by Ning Yuan. It took him a while to react and he quickly tried to stop Ning Yuan.
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