Chapter 131 Eight-Armed Yama
“It’s a small world.”
Zhang Aimin was smoking a cigarette, holding a hoe in one hand and grinning.
"Yeah, are you doing odd jobs here?"
Du Ruo was not as nervous as Zhang Aimin. He smiled and sat down on the still lush grass nearby. He did not even think of asking the other person whether he was Zhang Aiguo or Zhang Aimin.
"I don't have much education. Apart from being strong, I can only hoe the land. Usually, I work on the farm or do odd jobs."
When Zhang Aimin saw Du Ruo's look, he relaxed, dug the hoe into the ground, and then sat on the hoe handle opposite Du Ruo. At this moment, he really looked like just an old farmer. If Du Ruo had not met him before and knew some of his background, Du Ruo might have misjudged him.
"I always thought you were from the north. I never thought I would meet you here."
Du Ruo also had a preconceived notion. After all, Xinyi Kung Fu belongs to the northern style of boxing, and has always been considered the secret of Shaolin Temple. This place belongs to the south, where southern boxing is more popular.
"I didn't expect to meet the famous Eight-Armed Yama here."
Zhang Aimin smiled and put out the cigarette butt on the ground.
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Du Ruo was puzzled. He realized that the so-called "Eight-Armed Yama" should be referring to him, but he didn't know how this name came about.
"Don't you know? You are now very famous in the mercenary organization. Last time you... your performance last time was seen by someone from a distance. In an instant, it was as if you had eight arms born from your ribs, as if Yama had called your name. Naturally, this name spread out."
Seeing Du Ruo's expression, Zhang Aimin explained, but he was still a little cautious when speaking and did not reveal a single word that should not be said.
"Tsk, Eight-Armed Yama, that sounds quite impressive, but are you really doing this as a part-time job or..."
Du Ruo clicked his tongue twice and shook his head, not taking this unpleasant name to heart. Then he began to ask about Zhang Aimin's situation. He was quite curious about this old man. Originally in his mind, the other party should be far away from the world, living in a small mountain hut, with a few acres of thin land, leading the life of a hermit.
"I have a daughter who suffers from schizophrenia, which is incurable. She has to take medicine every day to control her condition. I don't have any skills to make money, and I can't go far away for too long to take care of her alone. Farming and odd jobs are simply not enough to cover my expenses."
After Zhang Aimin finished speaking, he took out another cigarette from his pocket and lit one for himself, without much emotion in his tone:
"I just wonder what would happen to her if I died."
"Give me one, too."
After listening to this, Du Ruo was silent for a while, not knowing what to say. He reached out to Zhang Aimin and asked for a cigarette, and they lit it and started smoking together.
"In fact, I only do that job as an amateur, and the jobs are few. Usually, my junior fellow student introduces me to some jobs after a long time. I am also old, and technology is getting more and more advanced. I am afraid that I will be killed inexplicably one day when I go out. I wanted to retire after I made a big profit last time, but I didn't find a chance to do it until the end. But it's okay. I'll just do it this way from now on. Taking care of my daughter and doing odd jobs is not bad."
After saying that, Zhang Aimin took a few deep puffs of his cigarette and then hid his expression behind the smoke.
Last time he wanted to launch a surprise attack and wipe out one team at the last minute. In that case, he would also have the right to negotiate with the other team. He could get at least four or five million out of the ten million. Anyway, the employer only looks at the results. And as long as he returns to his country and never goes abroad again, those mercenary forces will not be able to do anything to him.
Those mercenary teams were not united, and the other teams wouldn't mind if one team was missing from the money share. However, they didn't expect that Du Ruo's appearance would make everyone wary, which resulted in him not being able to take action in the end.
According to the distribution based on his contribution, he only got a few hundred thousand in the end.
Hundreds of thousands is a lot, really a lot, enough to cover the living expenses of both of them and his daughter's medical expenses. The reason he wanted to take a chance was simply because he wanted to leave more for his daughter.
"How's it going? Do you still need to hoe the ground?"
After hearing this, Du Ruo threw away his cigarette butt, patted his butt and stood up.
"No, I have to go back and prepare dinner for my daughter. Let's go. Come to my house when you are free. My house is at the foot of the mountain. It's no problem to have a cup of tea and smoke a cigarette."
Zhang Aimin also stood up, put the hoe on his shoulder, and left along the tricycle lane.
"Is this the martial arts world today? It's really interesting."
Du Ruo looked at Zhang Aimin's back, turned around and walked towards the orchard, but in his heart he was thinking about those martial artists he had met.
Mantis Boxing Champion Lang seems to be a programmer. The last time he went to climb Mount Huangshan with a few colleagues, he had a conflict with the blond man.
The old lama who practices Tibetan martial arts usually practices in the temple. If Du Ruo hadn't pointed it out, no one except his disciples would have thought that this lama in his eighties could be a master of both inner and outer skills.
Shi Dong, the master of the spear, is the director of the anorectal department. Although he has superb spear skills, he only treats it as a sport for his daily recreation.
The Zhang Aimin just mentioned is an old farmer. Perhaps if he were not forced by life, he would honestly farm and do odd jobs and would never let his hoe be stained with blood.
"They all have their own lives, and practicing martial arts is just a choice. Will I be the same as them?"
Du Ruo thought to himself, unfolded the system panel, looked at the "spirit, energy and spirit" three attributes on it, and rejected the previous idea:
"I am different. I can stand higher and see farther. My future is definitely not a life of wasted time."
Du Ruo's steps became more determined. If he had the system but couldn't take a long-term view, then the system would be a waste of his time.
"Du Ruo, come quickly, come quickly, there is a biggest one up there, and none of us can pick it."
From a distance, Xiang Yuanyuan saw Du Ruo coming over and waved at him from a distance. Not only was she waving, but she was also holding a big pear in her other hand and took a bite of it while talking.
"Coming."
Du Ruo smiled and quickened his pace. He couldn't give up practicing martial arts, but life had to go on.
……
"Dongdong, are the vegetables in the vegetable garden here also grown by your grandparents?"
On the way back, Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the vegetable field next to her and asked Dongdong curiously.
Du Ruo followed behind with a big basket, Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao held smaller baskets, which Dongdong had taken later. The baskets were full of snow pears. Not only Xiang Yuanyuan took some back to make wine, but Du Ruo also had to bring some back for Yang Chenguang and Yang Ling to try. If Du Ruo's parents and sister hadn't gone out to travel, she would have needed to bring more.
"Yes, this is garlic sprouts, which can be fried with meat."
Dongdong pointed to a patch of garlic seedlings in the vegetable garden and spoke.
“She looks pretty good.”
Xiang Yuanyuan squatted down and took a look.
"This is eggplant. You can stir-fry it with beans."
Dongdong seemed to know a lot and introduced everything as we walked.
"This is cowpea, which can be fried with pork belly."
"This is okra. You can fry it with eggs."
……
"That's Xiao Hei..."
Dongdong was happily introducing the cat when he saw a big black cat standing under the eaves in front of him. He pointed at it and happily introduced it to the three of them.
“What can I stir-fry with it?”
Xiang Yuanyuan asked subconsciously.
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Dongdong turned around and looked at Xiang Yuanyuan, his eyes full of question marks.
"Yuanyuan, stop talking nonsense. Dongdong, ignore her. How come I have never seen this Xiao Hei before?"
Li Qiyao rolled her eyes at Xiang Yuanyuan, fearing that Xiang Yuanyuan would leave a bad impression on Dongdong, and hurried over to divert her attention.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Only Du Ruo was smiling. To be honest, his life seemed to have changed a lot since he met Xiang Yuanyuan. Of course, these were good changes, and Du Ruo was happy and relaxed.
At noon, the old couple entertained us warmly. Not only did they kill a chicken and roast bacon, but they also served fish, which was not common in the mountains. It was an unusually sumptuous meal.
The three of them enjoyed the meal, and when they were about to leave, they were reluctant to take out their mobile phones to collect the QR code for Xue Li, and even kept telling Li Qiyao to be happier.
"Then let's go~"
The three men waved goodbye to the old couple and drove down the mountain.
"It seems I need to carry some cash with me next time."
Du Ruo looked at the snow pears beside his seat and said with some emotion, "It's not easy for fruit farmers." Now Du Ruo regretted picking so many.
"It's okay. Qiqi just gave me some cash. I sneaked in while you were chatting and put the money on the coffee table."
Xiang Yuanyuan whispered aside.
"I knew they wouldn't take money, so I prepared cash yesterday."
Li Qiyao was driving and talking without much concern.
"That's good. By the way, Qi, will you go back with us?"
Only then did Du Ruo relax and then asked about Li Qiyao.
"I won't go back for now. Summer vacation will be over soon, and I have to start preparing to recruit students for the next semester. I will come to see you when school starts in September."
Li Qiyao shook her head.
"Ah? If you don't reply, what should I do?"
Xiang Yuanyuan frowned and her tone sounded a little coquettish. She finally had such a good friend and she felt reluctant to part with her now.
"Isn't Boss Du here? Are you afraid that no one will accompany you? You, remember to keep your mouth shut when I'm not around."
Li Qiyao joked with Xiang Yuanyuan, and at the same time did not forget to remind her that even though Xiang Yuanyuan no longer had withdrawal symptoms, she still couldn't relax. Once she drank too much, her liver might have serious problems.
"I may not stay long when I return. I want to travel around the country."
Du Ruo thought about it and decided to tell everyone what he was planning. In fact, this was something Du Ruo had been planning for a long time, but he had not yet decided on the time.
"Ah? How about I go with you? We can just treat it as a trip."
Xiang Yuanyuan frowned, thinking that her friends were not around, and no one cared about her... Eh? No one cared? Suddenly, Xiang Yuanyuan found that the days might not be so hard, and it didn't seem to matter whether she followed them or not.
"I might go to the deep mountains and forests, and it will be inconvenient to take you with me, but don't worry, I will let Xiaojuan take care of the wine."
Du Ruo seemed to see what Xiang Yuanyuan was thinking and said something lightly.
(End of this chapter)
