The place fell silent once everyone had left the warehouse.
Suizi approached, intending to knock on the door, but the metal door was kicked from the inside. Suizi clutched her chest, that frightened her~
Before Suizi could say anything, Wang Cuihua rushed over and kicked the door from the outside.
"What do you think you’re doing, scaring Suizi like that?"
Poor metal door, being kicked by the mother-daughter duo, left indentations behind.
The inside fell silent for a few seconds, probably reflecting on their actions.
"Suizi, keep an eye on him. We’ll only let him out once he promises not to do anything stupid, understand?"
Wang Cuihua instructed Suizi. There’s still food on the stove, she rushed back inside the house.
"Hey girl! Let me out now!" Yu Jingting shouted with much energy.
Suizi looked up at the sky, it was still early.
No, she couldn’t let him out.
If she let him out now, he’ll surely pick a fight.
"Hurry up! Aren’t you cold?"
"I’m cold..." Suizi responded weakly, not sure if it was because she was cold.
Yu Jingting almost blurted out, why don’t you wait inside and let Mama come out- but then he thought, wouldn’t that fuel her courage and undermine his authority?
"Fine, I’m not going to argue with you anymore, open the door, we’re even!" Yu Jingting offered the biggest compromise.
"I can’t."
Suizi’s soft refusal blackened the man’s face.
"You’ve shown your true colors?!"
"Yes!" This time she was quite spirited, "If you were not good to me, I wouldn’t dare to do this."
Yu Jingting imagined her nodding seriously, her big eyes blinking, incredibly cute - damn it, being cute is no excuse for being so annoying!
The inside fell silent once again. After a minute, there was a hint of helplessness in Yu Jingting’s voice.
"Open the door quickly, I need to use the toilet."
"No, the art of war involves deception."
Suizi figured, this guy must be making up excuses to get out.
Yu Jingting was getting impatient.
"Dammit! You think I’ve run out of patience, huh? Open the door now!"
The toughest guy can’t be killed by holding his pee, can he?
That would be a serious humiliation.
"I’m not being contrary, I hope you can calm down. If I let you out now, you would definitely run off to fight. You might win, but it would lead to conflict between the two villages."
Suizi leaned against the wall, explaining gently.
"Our family may not care, with you around, nobody dares to bother us, but what about the other families in the village? Surely you don’t think the law won’t apply because there are so many of you? You may not be the organizer, but you would have put in the most effort. If someone was killed or injured, it would all fall on you..."
These facts, Suizi believed Yu Jingting understood.
Having been the boss for a long time, when he’s leading the group, he probably won’t think that much.
She hoped that he could cool down his emotions and choose a safer way to deal with it.
Suizi was still talking when it became silent again inside.
Just as she was wondering what was happening, she heard a peculiar sound of water inside, it sounded like a rushing river echoing in a jar.
Suizi was stunned. Could it be -
Yu Jingting growled ominously:
"You’ll pay for this..."
Suizi didn’t dare to waste any more time, she hurriedly ran inside the house, found the key in the drawer, and opened the metal door.
The light gradually brightened the pitch-black warehouse, first illuminating a pair of cloth shoes, followed by his face, blacker than the dark night itself.
At this moment, Yu Jingting leaned on the soybean sauce vat, his eyes slightly narrowed, emanating danger from his body.
If his minions saw the boss in this state, the faint of heart might just pee their pants.
Suizi, the instigator of the situation, looking at his anger, surprisingly ignored her fear and yanked him away from the vat.
Yu Jingting was stunned, unable to maintain his intimidating aura. He saw the usually timid Suizi, after pulling him away, trembling as she lifted the lid of the soybean sauce vat.
"What have you done to our family’s soybean sauce!!!"
Her face was full of agony, twisting with pain.
For Dongbei people, soybean sauce represents nostalgia, faith, and indispensability; it is something one can eat with anything.
North China is rich in soybeans, and a vat of soybean sauce can not only be used for cooking but also to accompany raw vegetables during spring.
The quality of soybean sauce made is an indicator of a family’s living standard!
Wang Cuihua’s soybean sauce skill is famous for miles around, and the vat in the storage room is not only a winter reserve for the family but also the spiritual faith for the Yu family during winter!
Suizi absolutely refused to accept that their "faith" was ruined by some dick’s urination!
Just a second ago, Yu Jingting was still furious, but when he saw her heartbroken like that, he stood triumphantly with his hands on his hips, absolutely gleeful.
"Hey, girl, you still want to fight with me? Ha ha, this is what happens when you cross me! Are you frightened now?!"
Suizi was so angry that her lips trembled.
She wasn’t sure if the vat of soy sauce was actually pissed in, she couldn’t very well taste it — yuck!
But a sweep of the room revealed no discernible wet spots.
There were, however, a few wine bottles in the corner, but their mouths were too narrow—absolutely impossible to pee into.
Therefore, the most likely target was this vat of soy sauce...
"Ha ha ha! Chen Hansui! Hey girl! This is a warning to you! If you dare to oppose me, be careful I break your legs!" Yu Jingting was still standing with his hands on his hips, boasting.
Suizi held the vat wrapped in a worn-out quilt, looking dispirited.
Just to maintain the harmony in Yang Village, the Yu family had taken a loss of a vat of soy sauce, a whole vat!
’Is Tiegen home?’ a sly voice came from the entrance, a middle-aged woman with high cheekbones was standing at the door, her face full of uncontrollable laughter.
This laughter in Suizi’s eyes was pure Schadenfreude.
Who’s that? Suizi mouthed the question to Yu Jingting.
Yu Jingting left a glance that clearly said ’we would settle this later’, and turned around to respond unenthusiastically:
"Mother is here?"
Suizi remembered only after he said it.
This was the wife of the eldest son of the Yu Family. She had seen her at the wedding, but she had a vague memory of her as it had been so long ago.
When The Old Lady heard Yu Tiegen just "scold" Suizi, she couldn’t hide the smile on her face and she was happier than if she had lost her husband.
"Oh Tiegen, don’t be so hot-tempered, if you scared away your cultured daughter-in-law, what will you do?" Madam, said annoyingly, laughing good-naturedly.
Hearing this, Suizi knew that these were attempts to sow discord between her and Yu Jingting.
Remembering how she made Jingting a laughing stock moments ago, she laughed and felt heartbroken.
She laughed at his paper tiger-like persona, but felt heartbroken thinking about her family’s soy sauce dishonored by a volley of urine...
"Mother, you are not a person who would visit without a purpose. Please tell me what you need." Jingting, still stewing in his anger towards Suizi, knew this wasn’t going to blow over with just a little nip!
"Ah, I was in the village visiting my daughter who just had a baby and thought I’d drop by your house on the way. I was thinking that the sauce at home was not very good and I heard that your mother’s sauce is exceptional."
Madam pulled out a huge bowl from her pocket.
Suizi’s eyes lit up. From the looks of it, she could tell that this relative’s relationship with them was not that close. If the relationship wasn’t good, then it would be easy to deal with.
"Mother, would you like to taste some sauce for me?"
Madam’s face was lit up with a broad smile.