The sky reveals its ivory white belly, filled with thin morning clouds, and the green mountains are covered with a layer of lingering green smoke. In summer, the sun rises early and gets dark late. Under the large and towering bamboo forests, almost all the spring bamboo shoots have been dug up, leaving only

Some of the trees below have grown very old and no one cares about them.

Different from the tranquility of the sky, Jiang Hao aggressively led Xiao Li towards the forest farm on the other side of the mountain. It was the forest farm owned by the Chen family in Xiaobei Village. Whenever the trees matured, they would hire young people from Xiaobei Village.

In the prime of life, trees are harvested, and then large trucks carry the trees through the forest and transport them to the provincial capital.

After all, there are only two harvest periods in a year, so people in Xiaobei Village are doing casual labor, and the Chen family does not directly manage them. That is because after Master Chen took over these years, in order to save trouble, he outsourced it to a middleman to find someone to take charge.

In terms of personnel deployment, he only acts as a hands-off shopkeeper.

Xiao Li looked at the stubborn Jiang Hao regretfully. Seeing that he refused to listen to the persuasion and wanted to go to Chen Long to bring trouble to Mr. Chen, he was very depressed. After all, Chen Long didn't care about this matter at all.

not coming back.

Jiang Hao carried the hoe and walked towards the forest without looking back.

After the rainy season, although the washed-out road has dried out, it is still bumpy. The road has long been dented by large trucks running over it all year round.

The clusters of yellow wildflowers growing along the roadside are incompatible with the bare hills and paths, and are even somewhat out of place.

Xiao Li could only follow behind carefully, and had to be on guard against mice or unknown insects that ran out from the grass from time to time.

The mountain forest that was originally full of majestic trees seemed to have been shaved off. A large area was bare, leaving only the forest trees on the other side that had not been sawed off. Just like the Mediterranean hairstyle, only a small patch of thin hair was left.

Jiang Hao couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. How could someone be so shameless and have the nerve not to pay even this small amount of wages? It's hard to believe that the Chen family is still a well-known big family in the county. They are really unscrupulous and treacherous.

Going up the mountain road that was dug out for logging, it felt quite deserted.

Xiao Li looked around and saw that there was no one around. The stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. He mentioned to Jiang Hao that Chen Long would come to patrol the mountain as usual today. If they met, there was no guarantee what Jiang Hao would do.

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That's it. Mr. Chen probably hasn't gotten up yet. How can a rich second generation patrol the mountains so diligently? Maybe he is still in some girl's gentle country.

Jiang Hao still refused to give up and climbed all the way up the mountain. Without the cover of trees, the soil became soft and the shoes on his feet were already covered with mud.

Xiao Li saw that he had already reached the halfway point of the mountain, and there was no one around. The soreness spread from the soles of his feet, and he muttered: "Daw, there isn't even a ghost."

Jiang Hao turned around and rolled his eyes at him, took a few steps forward and then stopped.

Xiao Li only saw him turning his back and shook his head, then turned around and walked towards him.

"Let's go." Jiang Hao looked dejected. Today's trip was in vain. He wanted to ask for wages, but he couldn't even see him. He had found a middleman before coming, but he ran away long ago.

He was very upset because Mao's recent middlemen were so unreliable, and one or two of them took the money and ran away.

Although it is said that the middleman ran away, it is hard to say what the reason was, whether the Chen family and the middleman colluded with each other to defraud them of their wages.

Jiang Hao lifted the hoe on his shoulder and walked down the mountain with quick strides.

As soon as I reached the foot of the mountain, I saw a group of unfamiliar faces coming towards me.

It was really a narrow road, but what was supposed to come came.

When Xiao Li saw the person coming, he hurriedly turned his back, covering his face as if he didn't want others to see him.

Jiang Hao immediately understood something. He looked at the most conspicuous man among the group of people, who was at least 1.75 meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a slightly muscular build. He had a look of carelessness on his face.

Several people looked at Jiang Hao and Xiao Li in unison, their eyes sharp and alert.

But Jiang Hao didn't show any fear. He looked at everyone up and down. It was obvious that the man in the middle who looked like he was wearing a well-tailored shirt and trousers was probably the legendary Chen Long, the eldest son of the Chen family.

Jiang Hao was a little disdainful. Although he was wearing fine clothes, he had a toothpick in his mouth, and he didn't look like a serious businessman at all.

Chen Long looked at the dark and lean man in front of him, and saw that he seemed to be looking at him with a bit of hatred, and his curiosity suddenly overflowed.

Jiang Hao thought about his mother's pale, sallow face, and his anger and reality drove him to walk quickly to Chen Long.

"Are you Chen Long?" Jiang Hao raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"That's outrageous. You actually call us young master." A flattering follower next to Chen Long accused him.

Chen Long stretched out his hand to stop his men, spit out the toothpick in his mouth, and said with interest: "Is something wrong?"

Jiang Hao wanted to step forward, but Xiao Li pulled him back. Jiang Hao shook off Xiao Li's obstruction, stood in front of Chen Long and said, "I'm here to get back the wages we paid for cutting the wood."

Although Jiang Hao is thin, his words are sonorous and powerful, and his eyes are extremely firm, which even gives people a feeling of confidence and fearlessness.

Chen Long looked in disbelief. These wages had been paid to the middleman a while ago. Even if he asked for money, it would not go to the Chen family. He was most afraid of these trivial troubles and would outsource them if he could.

Looking at the thorn in front of him, Chen Long felt that there was no need to waste time and words with him, so he turned around and wanted to leave with his men.

Jiang Hao saw that he wanted to leave and quickly stepped forward to block his way.

Seeing his reluctance, Chen Long said impatiently: "You should go find the middleman and give him the money."

Chen Long turned to the left and wanted to leave, but Jiang Hao still stretched out his hand to stop him.

Several of Chen Long's followers wanted to step forward and pull Jiang Hao away, but were stopped by Chen Long's eyes.

"What do you want?" Chen Long also looked like he didn't want to mess with me.

Xiao Li gently pulled Jiang Hao to signal him not to make a big deal out of the matter, but Jiang Hao threw him away.

Jiang Hao did not flinch, but looked at him with firm and sharp eyes, grabbed his collar with his upper hand and said:

"The middleman has run away. How can you prove whether you gave me the money or not?"

Chen Long has always known that his family's forestry industry is large, and many people cut wood for them every year. He has always been a middleman, and will never talk directly to the workers. What's more, he only found out today that the middleman ran away.

"I don't need to prove it to you." Chen Long pulled away Jiang Hao's hand that was holding his collar and said with a look of disgust.

Chen Long turned around and motioned for his men to pull him away, but Jiang Hao turned to one side in time to avoid the encirclement of his men.
Chapter completed!