Even though he was late, Zhao Youcai's timing couldn't have been more perfect.
Zhang Zhanhe and Xu Guohua lifted the stretcher, and the surrounding villagers quickly parted, clearing a path for them.
But just then, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Li Ruhai blocked that very path.
Zhao Youcai looked at Zhang Zhanshan coldly and said, "Zhang Zhanshan, you're just going to leave like that?"
Seeing that the dispute had died down, many people had already started to disperse. Some villagers had even walked two or three meters away.
But as soon as they heard Zhao Youcai's voice, everyone gathered around again.
Many of the older folks hadn't forgotten the years of '72 and '73, when intense struggles had raged throughout the village.
And the two of them, Zhao Youcai and Zhang Zhanshan, were like a dragon fighting a tiger. The intensity of their verbal sparring surpassed the physical brawls of others.
