Chapter 32: Three Idiotic Robbers Try to Rob

The next morning, Iron Orchid woke up and found He Ailing was gone. She had already left with the two male comrades next door. Iron Orchid didn’t mind, she took the bus to Guishui Town.

When she arrived, she found that the ox cart that picked up the educated youths had already returned.

An old man nearby was surprised: “Didn’t they say there were only three educated youths? Why is there another one? The old man in Guihua Village is really confused, he didn’t even get the number right before he went back. Farming is busy these days, they need the old ox to plow the land, he won’t come back to town today. Girl, you’re in trouble, you have to go to the countryside yourself, it’s a three-hour journey!”

Iron Orchid: … This sounds like he’s gloating.

So this was He Ailing’s revenge for her not being her dog-leg?

Heh, she didn’t even care about this petty revenge.

If it were someone else, they would probably be crying their eyes out.

But Iron Orchid wasn’t worried at all. She had a bicycle in her space that she could use.

Anyway, no one knew where the bicycle came from. If anyone saw it, she would say that a friend who drove a truck brought it over from Beijing.

Out of thin air, “friend”, no one could find this person.

Hey, she was really smart!

It took two hours to go to the countryside by ox cart, but it only took a little over an hour by bicycle, much faster.

She had to thank He Ailing for that.

Iron Orchid asked the old man about the route to Guihua Village. Luckily, it wasn’t too complicated, the old man told her once, and she basically remembered it.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Iron Orchid went to a secluded place and took out the bicycle. She tied the net bag and suitcase to the bicycle seat with a rope.

Iron Orchid set off lightly.

It was her first time riding a bicycle, and she was a little uncomfortable.

The front of the bike was too heavy, and her legs were a little too short, she had to tiptoe to reach the pedals.

Iron Orchid tried a few times before she managed to get on.

She rode around the street for a while, when suddenly, a child darted out from somewhere.

“Ouch!”

Iron Orchid tilted her head and almost hit the curb.

The little rascal who caused the trouble had already run away.

Iron Orchid could only blame herself and continued to ride her bicycle unsteadily.

……

Meanwhile, in a small grove of trees at the exit of Guishui Town, where the road met the village, three robbers were squatting, waiting for their prey.

“Boss, are we really going to rob?”

A skinny monkey with a head full of scabs hesitated.

His nickname was “Scabby Monkey”, he was an orphan since childhood, he wandered everywhere and made a living by stealing. Last time, he was caught stealing in the middle of the night, he was beaten up and sent to the Public Security Bureau, he had just been released from prison after serving half a year.

The one he called “Boss” was Scar Liu, he looked fierce, but he was actually a good person. It was said that he accidentally set a fire that caused his wife and lover to die, and he was sentenced to several years in prison.

When Scabby Monkey was bullied in prison, Scar Liu helped him, and Scabby Monkey followed him ever since.

“We’re robbing… I want to eat big steamed buns… hehe…”

A big, silly guy named “Silly Egg” stood next to him, drooling, his face full of anticipation.

He was also part of the three-person robbery gang. He was caught stealing cured meat that was drying outside the workers’ compound, he was sent to prison for less than a month and was released.

The reason was that he ate too much, when the food wasn’t enough, he would steal from others. The prison couldn’t afford to keep him, and they were worried that he would cause trouble, so they released him early.

He had once stolen Scar Liu’s steamed buns in prison, and they became friends after fighting.

It was a coincidence that the three of them were released from prison not long after each other, and they met up.

Scar Liu was a hunter before, he had a lot of brute strength, and he could make a living on his own.

But he couldn’t bear to have two brothers who needed to eat.

Especially Silly Egg, you could give him ten jin of rice, and he could eat it all in one sitting.

He took his two troublesome brothers with him, the village didn’t want to accept them, even the village chief who had been nice to him before asked him to move out.

Scar Liu had no choice but to take his two brothers and settle down in a cave in a nearby mountain forest.

Less than a month after being released from prison, the wild fruits and vegetables in the forest were almost eaten up.

Scar Liu had no choice, so he thought of robbing for a living.

“Come on, cover your faces with this cloth, no one will recognize us.”

He took out three pieces of cloth the size of a palm from his pocket, with grass ropes tied to them.

Scabby Monkey had just put the cloth on his face when he couldn’t help but frown:

“Boss, why does this cloth smell sour, where did you get it?”

Silly Egg also smelled it: “It stinks!”

Scar Liu smiled awkwardly: “I made it with my underwear.”

There was no way, he didn’t have enough cloth, so he had to use his underwear.

Scabby Monkey was disgusted and was about to throw away the cloth on his face, Silly Egg also waved his hands repeatedly.

Scar Liu’s face darkened: “Put it on! If we don’t cover ourselves when we rob, what if we’re recognized and caught again?”

Silly Egg’s eyes lit up: “Then we’ll get caught, we can eat our fill!”

Scabby Monkey jumped up and gave him a big slap on the head:

“Silly Egg, you’re stupid, what’s good about going to jail, you have no freedom, it’s suffocating!”

“But you’re right… it’s good to eat our fill… why don’t we hehe…”

“No!” Scar Liu glared at him:

“We’ve turned over a new leaf, we can’t go back in, otherwise, people will look down on us!”

Scabby Monkey twitched his mouth: “We’ll be looked down on if we rob now, too.”

“It’s different!” Scar Liu had his own theory:

“We’re robbing those who look rich, we won’t touch the poor! This is called robbing the rich to help the poor, you know!”

Scabby Monkey thought Scar Liu had gone crazy from reading too many martial arts novels.

In this small place, where could there be any rich people?

As soon as this thought came to him, Scar Liu quickly urged:

“Hurry, hurry, hurry, put the cloth on your faces!

Someone is coming, they’re riding a bicycle, it’s a big fat sheep, we can rob them!”

……

Iron Orchid felt like today was a bad day to go out.

She was tricked by He Ailing in the morning.

She almost fell when a child suddenly ran out in front of her while she was riding her bicycle.

Now, as she passed through the woods, she was stopped and robbed by three unprofessional robbers.

The middle-aged man in the middle held an axe and shouted solemnly:

“This mountain is mine, this road is mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!”

A skinny monkey-like man next to him waved a stick.

Another tall guy stomped his foot hard, kicking up the dirt on the ground, as a show of force.

This gang of robbers looked quite convincing.

If you ignored the fact that they were wearing tattered clothes, the cloth covering their faces was sewn with patches, and their legs were trembling slightly.

Robbers? They were more like newbies!

Iron Orchid found it funny, but she still played along.

“You… what are you doing… don’t come any closer!”

Iron Orchid got off her bicycle, looking anxious.

Scar Liu immediately shouted: “We won’t do anything to you, just leave the bicycle and the luggage behind, and you’re free to go!”

Scabby Monkey whispered: “Boss, this girl looks so young, could she be an educated youth going to the countryside? What if we take all her things, what will she do? Why don’t we leave her some?”

Scar Liu thought it made sense, and quickly changed his mind:

“I think you have two pieces of luggage, you can take one, leave the rest!”

Although the two of them spoke softly, Iron Orchid’s ears were sharp, she heard everything.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled: “Okay, then come and get it.”