Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Er Gouzi
When Yuan Bao woke up, breakfast at the Yuan Family was already on the table: blood curd stew, millet porridge, and mixed grain cornbread. For an average farming family, this was quite a lavish breakfast.
Meanwhile, Yuan Pandi, Yuan Zhaodi, and Yuan Yindi, who had gone into the mountains hoping for luck, hadn’t returned yet. Naturally, their meals were kept warm in the pot.
Wait for them to come back and eat?
No way!
After all, no one knew when those three would return.
After breakfast, Yuan Bao grabbed his older brother and went out with a bunch of cousins to play.
Having just arrived in Beishan Village, Yuan Bao was eager to deepen his understanding of the place. The interactions between the kids were very pure.
As an unusual little kid with an adult soul, Yuan Bao was like an old fox among a pack of huskies.
Just as Old Yuan said, the villagers of Beishan Village indeed lived quite frugally.
The Yuan Family’s kids, although they wore clothes passed down from older ones to younger ones, at least didn’t have too many patches. But the kids in Beishan Village had clothes full of patches over patches.
Although kids didn’t have as many tricks as adults, they still needed a leader among them.
Before the Yuan Family arrived in Beishan Village, the leader of the kids was an orphan named Er Gouzi.
And he became the leader purely by his toughness, having fought and subdued the other kids in the village.
When the Yuan Family’s kids appeared in the village, Er Gouzi immediately came over with his friends, swaggeringly declaring that from now on, the Yuan Family’s kids should listen to him.
"Why should we?"
With Yuan Shougui absent, Yuan Shoucheng naturally became the eldest among the Yuan Family’s grandkids and felt responsible for being the leader.
So when Er Gouzi came over, Yuan Shoucheng immediately stood up.
Even though Yuan Shoucheng was only eleven, he was truly a spitting image of his father, Yuan Wangdi. He was young, but he had a sturdy build.
"Well, well..."
In a situation where most of the kids were small and thin, Yuan Shoucheng’s build was comparable to that of an adult.
Facing the very intimidating Yuan Shoucheng, Er Gouzi was a bit intimidated.
Although Yuan Shoucheng was tall and strong, he wasn’t bossy. Seeing Er Gouzi a bit intimidated, he didn’t go on the offensive.
"Don’t mess with us, or else, I’ll beat you up!"
He waved his fist, as large as a vinegar bowl, and went off to lead his brothers to build a snowman.
Yuan Shoucheng felt he was being magnanimous, but Er Gouzi felt his face was swept away, and was somewhat furious.
"You stop there!"
Er Gouzi shouted angrily, pointed his finger at Yuan Shoucheng, and said, "Dare to have a fight with me?"
"If you win, we’ll all listen to you!"
"If you lose, you all have to listen to me!"
Although the boy in front of him was taller and stronger, Er Gouzi felt he could still put up a fight. He wasn’t the biggest kid in the village, yet he could fight and was willing to fight!
The audacious fear the reckless, and the reckless fear the fearless.
Er Gouzi felt he was just that kind of fearless.
Being an orphan without parents, he already felt his life was worthless, who dared to compare playing rough with him?
"You, no match!"
Yuan Shoucheng looked up and down Er Gouzi carefully, not taking him seriously at all.
To be blunt, kids like Er Gouzi were nothing, Yuan Shoucheng could knock them out with one punch!