Chapter 186 Professionals Do Professional Things

Just as Yu Xuling finished preparing dinner, Pingnan returned shortly after.

Since Pingnan followed Yu Guosheng to this small county, he has gathered a lot of followers, some of whom he rescued, and others who directly submitted to Pingnan's iron fist.

The number of people was not large, but they were all loyal. It has to be said that Pingnan may seem like a stubborn person who doesn't understand human relationships, but he just doesn't like to express himself. In fact, he has a good talent and skills in winning people's hearts.

Most of the underlings who followed Pingnan were orphans who had been wandering outside in the past few years. They were basically all orphans who had lost their parents after the Great Famine and had no ties. They were not very old and all lived in this old, dilapidated street without any special arrangements.

Looking at the two adopted sons that her great-uncle had taken in, Bai Nuo thought they were truly remarkable in their own way. If she didn't know that they were actually picked up by accident, she would almost suspect that the old man had deliberately chosen them based on their talents.

But the two of them have grown up to be who they are today thanks in no small part to the old man's careful guidance.

Yu Guosheng discovered their strengths when they were young and patiently nurtured them. Otherwise, unless they were exceptional geniuses, even those with some talent in certain areas might have their talent destroyed during their growth due to a lack of attention to nurturing.

"Uncle Ping, have you found out the woman's identity yet?" After dinner, Bai Nuo sat in the courtyard with a cup of tea, looking at Ping Nan with curiosity.

Pingnan curled the corners of his lips, trying to soften his expression, but unfortunately...

"Stop laughing, why force yourself? That's your own niece, she knows what you're like!" Yu Guosheng's eyes hurt from his eldest son's fierce-looking laughter, and he curled his lip in disgust.

Pingnan sighed softly and looked helplessly at the old man: "I'm afraid of scaring Niu Niu."

Now that there were no outsiders around, Pingnan no longer needed to deliberately hide their relationship and call Bai Nuo "Comrade," nor did he dare to call her "Miss," for fear that the old man would jump up and beat him.

"Come on, Tiger Girl is even bolder than you. Besides, you're not ugly, what are you trying to scare? Anyone who can be scared away by your face is either guilty or blind!" Although Yu Guosheng always criticizes Pingnan for being stubborn, he can't tolerate outsiders saying a word about his own child.

Bai Nuo looked at the father and son in front of him with amusement. In fact, Ping Nan was not ugly. Although he looked a bit fierce, if he were in later generations, he would definitely be a tough, cold, and cool guy. Especially after that scar was added, it added a bit of wild sexiness.

However, in this era, such looks are not very appealing. She remembered that many girls in Qishui Brigade liked the clean-cut, refined scholar type, such as Chai Shiming's fake refinement and Hu Ziqiang's hypocritical cultured scholar.

In Bai Nuo's opinion, she really couldn't appreciate that kind of person. He was a weakling who couldn't take a beating at all. If she found someone like that as a partner, what if he angered her one day and she punched him to death?

"Grandpa is right. Those women who are afraid of Uncle Ping are just women who don't know how to appreciate. They don't deserve to enter our family."

“That’s right, the kind of woman who doesn’t know how to appreciate beauty can’t be my daughter-in-law.” Yu Guosheng raised his chin proudly.

Pingnan smiled silently, a genuine smile that was far more natural than his previous fake one.

"Grandpa, I don't want to get married. I just want to spend my life with you. Please don't worry about that. Let's get back to the main topic."

Pingnan quickly steered the conversation back on track, otherwise the old man would probably start scolding him for not finding a wife and being a bachelor all the time.

"Apart from the one with calluses on his hands, the others were not particularly special. They were all ordinary villagers living in Qianniu Brigade of Yuanshan Commune. Among them, the second son of the woman surnamed Mei married the second daughter of the deputy head of the security department of the county food factory a few years ago."

Later, the woman surnamed Mei took advantage of her second son's in-laws' connections with the neighborhood committee to occupy an empty room in the No. 8 courtyard of Sandao Street. She often lived with her youngest son at her second son's house.

This time, her youngest son has reached marriageable age, and she wants to find him a wife in the city. However, the house is too small for so many people, and her second daughter-in-law doesn't agree. So, she wants to use the same trick again and occupy an empty house. This way, her youngest son's search for a wife in the city will go more smoothly.

The others were all helpers she found after returning to the Qianniu Brigade. As for the one with calloused hands from the gun, I had someone check with the Qianniu Brigade. She's a widow who married into Qianniu Brigade from a neighboring city seven years ago. She has a son and a daughter with her current husband, and they all live in the Qianniu Brigade, right next to the Mei family. She was also brought over by the woman surnamed Mei to help out this time.”

“A widow who married into the family from another place shouldn’t have such thick calluses from gun use, and the fact that the calluses haven’t been removed proves that she has been practicing shooting or using guns frequently in the years since she married into the family.”

Bai Nuo frowned slightly. Qianniu Brigade was downstream of Qishui Brigade. Several brigades in Yuanshan Commune shared a river. In the summer, they would often fight over water diversion issues, and sometimes they would also fight over land division issues.

Among them, the team that has the most disagreement with Qishui Brigade is Qianniu Brigade downstream. The distance is not far, and it only takes about half an hour to get there by bike.

What does the Cattle-Raising Brigade have?

Bai Nuo looked at Ping Nan curiously. After she went to the countryside, she only stayed in her own production team's small plot of land. She had only heard gossip about the Flower Pants Brigade once during the day and had never learned about the other brigades.

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