Lu Fan rushed outside as soon as he heard that someone dared to hijack the vehicle.
"Lu Fan! Ride the motorcycle!" Liu Ruyan yelled from behind, exasperated. Why wasn't he riding the brand-new motorcycle? Was he an idiot?
"I... I don't know how to ride it!" Lu Fan said, feeling utterly dejected. If he knew how, why wouldn't he ride it? Although he wanted to buy this kind of motorcycle, he only knew how to ride electric scooters. He had only ever seen others ride these big off-road motorcycles!
Hmph, hmph... hmph, hmph... Just then, Old Man Wang let the wild boar out.
Old Man Wang would let the wild boar out for a stroll twice a day. During this time, he would clean the pigsty. Since Lu Fan had tamed the wild boar, it had become quite docile. It would obediently wander around the yard with the little piglets every day, showing no trace of its wild nature.
"Second sister? Heh heh! Second sister, could you give me a ride to the neighboring village?" Lu Fan's eyes lit up when he saw the wild boar. He called out to it.
*Whoosh...* The wild boar suddenly raised its head and looked at Lu Fan, as if it understood him. It grunted and walked over.
"Heh heh heh... Second sister! Thank you for your trouble." Lu Fan hopped onto the wild boar's back.
"Second sister, let's go..." *Whoosh...* The wild boar's head shot up, and it bolted.
"Lu Fan... you... you can do this too?" Liu Ruyan's jaw dropped in astonishment.
"Holy cow! Is Xiao Fan an immortal descended to earth?" Old Man Wang's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
The nine little piglets all raised their heads, their surprised gazes seeming to ask: Has my mom been kidnapped?
"Xiao Fan..."
"Xiao Fan..."
"Xiao Fan..."
Lu Changfu, Zhao Rongrong, and Wang Yan, who were chatting inside the house, also ran out. They saw Lu Fan riding the wild boar away through the window. What was going on?
Lu Fan rode the wild boar, initially worried that his second sister would protest. To his surprise, not only did she not protest, but she was also incredibly intelligent. Wherever Lu Fan pointed, she ran, and she ran very fast. This greatly surprised and delighted Lu Fan.
The entrance to Shidao Gou Village was right next to the road. A large crowd was gathered around a van. It was the vehicle that had brought mushrooms and immortal peaches for Lu Fan. The driver, Xiao Zhao, was on the verge of tears.
The road was blocked by a wooden pole as thick as a bowl. An elderly man in a wheelchair, who looked to be over sixty, was blocking Xiao Zhao's van. A crowd of people surrounded them, most of them villagers who enjoyed watching the commotion. Among them were several young men dressed flashily and looking rough, pointing at Xiao Zhao and telling him to hand over the money quickly.
"Kid! Hand over the money quickly! You won't get past without paying!"
"Yeah! Can't you see how pitiful this old man is? Is it going to kill you to give him some money for relief?"
"Kid! Don't bother calling anyone, it's useless. Even if you call the police, what can they do to someone who's crippled and dying? Stop wasting your time calling."
"My good sirs! You're asking for too much. You demand five hundred yuan right off the bat! My monthly salary is only three thousand yuan, you're too ruthless." Xiao Zhao was about to cry. These guys were clearly robbing him!
"What the heck is that? Did someone anger the sow?" someone suddenly shouted.
The others followed the person's gaze and saw a sow galloping down the road, with a person riding on its back. From a distance, it was clear that it was running exceptionally fast.
"Holy cow! What is this rhythm?"
The crowd was stunned. They had never seen such a sight.
"Second sister! Stop!" Lu Fan, who had been enjoying the ride on the wild boar, suddenly felt that this method was quite cool.
*Crack...* The wild boar braked sharply, nearly throwing Lu Fan off. *Whoosh...* Lu Fan jumped off his second sister.
Hmph, hmph... hmph, hmph... The second sister stayed by Lu Fan's side, and the man and the pig walked towards the crowd.
"My god! It's a wild boar!"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, recognizing it as a wild boar! Many people immediately dodged to the sides. As people from the mountains, they all knew that if such a large wild boar went berserk, no one could control it, and a single collision would be unbearable.
"Driver Xiao Zhao! What's going on here?" Lu Fan, unfazed by the crowd's reaction, walked up to Xiao Zhao and asked.
"Vice President Lu... you... you actually rode it out?" Xiao Zhao hadn't recovered from his shock and flinched away nervously. He thought to himself that the vice president's hobby was truly unusual; he was indeed no ordinary person!
"I'm asking you what's going on!" Lu Fan's forehead creased. Had Xiao Zhao been scared silly?
"It's... it's like this!" Xiao Zhao finally came to his senses and quickly said, "At first, this old man blocked the road and demanded money. I thought I could pass by giving him ten or eight yuan, but he asked for five hundred yuan. When I refused, a large group of people came out from the village and surrounded me, preventing me from leaving."
"Uncle Sun! Do you know that blocking the road and demanding money is illegal?" Lu Fan turned to the old man in the wheelchair.
Old Man Sun! He was a five-guarantee household in Shidao Gou Village, with no children or family. Although Lu Fan had been studying and lived in a neighboring village, only three kilometers away, many people didn't recognize him. However, he had known Old Man Sun since he was a child. Later, Old Man Sun had a stroke and became paralyzed, ending up in a wheelchair.
"I... I... what law have I broken?" Old Man Sun mumbled incoherently.
Damn it! Dealing with such a person was truly difficult. Who could do anything to a paralyzed patient? However, Lu Fan frowned... If Old Man Sun was like this, how could he have blocked the road to intercept vehicles and demand money? And ask for five hundred yuan right away? Hmph!
Lu Fan turned and walked towards the wooden pole blocking the road.
"Hey! Kid! What do you think you're doing?" The three young men in the crowd suddenly walked towards Lu Fan.
"Do you know that it's illegal to set up roadblocks and demand money?" Lu Fan glanced at the three of them and immediately understood. These three were some of the local hooligans from Shidao Gou Village. They had engaged in petty theft and other bad deeds in the village a few years ago. Later, they heard they were doing well in the city, but he didn't expect them to return.
"Damn it! This is our village, we can block it if we want, what business is it of yours? Oh, and by the way! You're Lu Fan from Shierdao Gou Village, right? I heard you've made quite a fortune recently! Hand over some of it to show respect to us brothers, and it'll be easier for you to travel on this road in the future." Xu Sanhuai said arrogantly to Lu Fan.
Lu Fan's heart stirred. These guys actually knew him? Was he that famous?
"Heh heh! You know this is my vehicle, so you deliberately staged this, actually just wanting to ask me for money?" Lu Fan suddenly chuckled.
"Smart people get things done easily! You should understand some rules. There's a saying that wealth should be shared. Don't always think of making a fortune all by yourself!" Xu Sanhuai said smugly, acting like an elder lecturing a junior.
"Are you guys extorting protection fees?" Lu Fan asked, blinking his eyes.
"Yes! Consider it a disaster averted by paying. Stop dawdling and hand over the money!" Fu Daniu said impatiently from the side.
"Tch! What if I don't pay?" Lu Fan said with a curl of his lip.
"Then you won't get past!" Li Erleng shouted brazenly from the side.
"Hmph! Just based on you guys?" Lu Fan snorted coldly and suddenly lifted his leg. *Bang...* He kicked the wooden pole blocking the road.
With a *crack*, the thick wooden pole instantly snapped into two pieces.