Transmigrating to the Song Dynasty: Water Margin Business Management

On this sunny day, the vegetables in the garden swayed gently in the breeze, presenting a vibrant scene. Lu Zhishen was bent over, working diligently in the vegetable patch, his clothes soaked with sweat.

Just then, Zhang San, Li Er, Wang Wu, and Zhao Liu Mazi, these scoundrels, swaggered into the vegetable garden. They were usually idle and caused trouble in the area, and no one dared to mess with them.

Zhang San's thieving eyes darted around, and seeing Lu Zhishen busy at work, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey! Monk, stop working!"

Lu Zhishen straightened up, gripped the hoe in both hands, and looked at them calmly.

Li Er stepped forward, his face trembling with menacing rage, and said viciously, "You bald monk, are you itching for a beating? How dare you block our way!"

Wang Wu chimed in, tilting his head and squinting, saying in a sarcastic tone, "That's right, we came here to pick some vegetables, what are you doing causing trouble!"

Zhao Liu Mazi grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and waved a wooden stick in the air, shouting, "We brothers can loosen your bones and show you what we're made of!"

Looking at these arrogant and domineering ruffians, Lu Zhishen felt a surge of anger, but he suppressed it and put his hands together, saying, "Amitabha, benefactors, this vegetable garden belongs to the temple. It must not be damaged at will, and you must not pick the vegetables without permission."

Upon hearing this, Zhang San burst into laughter, pointed at Lu Zhishen, and said, "You bald monk, you dare to put on airs in front of us and spout these grand principles? I'm not buying it!"

Li Er stepped forward, shoved Lu Zhishen, and cursed, "Stop your nonsense! We'll do whatever we want, what can you do to us?"

Lu Zhishen swayed slightly, steadied himself, and said calmly, "Benefactor, do not do such an unjust thing, or you will surely suffer the consequences."

Wang Wu grew impatient and shouted, "Why waste words with him? Just beat him up and see if he dares to say another word!" With that, he swung his fist and punched Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen dodged to the side, easily avoiding Wang Wu's attack.

Seeing this, Zhao Liumazi rushed forward, cursing, and swung his wooden stick at Lu Zhishen's back. Lu Zhishen turned around abruptly, grabbed the stick, and pulled hard, causing Zhao Liumazi to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

Wang San'er rinsed his hands, spat into his palm, and rubbed his fists together, saying to the group of hooligans, "Brothers, this monk does have some skill, let's all go for him!"

Li Er's eyes widened, and he quickly agreed, "Brother Zhang, I'll listen to you!"

Wang Wu chimed in, "Yeah, let's take care of him together!"

Zhao Liu and Ma Zi waved their fists excitedly and shouted, "That's right, let's see how capable this monk really is!"

Zhang San then shouted, "Everyone, listen to my command! You grab his legs, we'll grab his waist, and push this monk into the latrine so he can taste the bitterness!"

After saying that, the ruffians rushed forward, baring their teeth and brandishing their claws. Li Er, like a monkey, lunged at Lu Zhishen's legs, muttering, "Monk, watch me grab your leg!"

Wang Wu then opened his arms and wrapped them around Lu Zhishen's waist, shouting, "I'll hold you by the waist, let's see where you run to!"

Zhao Liu and Ma Zi were not to be outdone; one tried to grab Lu Zhishen from the left and the other from the right.

However, Lu Zhishen stood there, as steady as a mountain, watching these ruffians rush over, a disdainful smile on his face.

After Li Er grabbed Lu Zhishen's leg, he strained with all his might, his face turning red, and shouted, "Hey, brothers, I've got it! Push harder!"

Wang Wu tried to put his arm around Lu Zhishen's waist, but found that he couldn't wrap his arms around him at all. Lu Zhishen's waist was as thick as a pillar. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "This monk's waist is too thick. I can't wrap my arms around him!"

Zhang San pushed from behind, but found he couldn't budge it no matter what he did. Frustrated, he shouted, "Haven't you all eaten? Push harder!"

These ruffians were panting heavily from exhaustion, but Lu Zhishen remained motionless, as if he were rooted to the spot.

Exhausted, Zhao Liu plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, and said, "Oh my god, this monk is so heavy, I can't move him!"

Ma Zi was also covered in sweat, and said with a long face, "Brother Zhang, this won't do! This monk is too powerful!"

Zhang San pushed with all his might, cursing, "You bunch of useless things, I don't believe we can't move him!"

Just then, Lu Zhishen suddenly shouted, "You bunch of ruffians, stop now!"

The shout startled the thugs, causing them to tremble, loosen their grip, and fall to the ground, rolling around in a heap.

Li Er got up from the ground, looked at Lu Zhishen, and stammered, "Monk, you, you're amazing! We're impressed!"

Wang Wu patted the dirt off his clothes and said, "Yeah, we're not pushing anymore, we're not pushing anymore!"

Looking at his disheveled brothers, Zhang San shook his head helplessly: "Sigh, we've really run into a tough opponent today!"

Lu Zhishen put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly: "With your meager skills, you think you can fight me!"

Seeing how ungrateful these ruffians were, Lu Zhishen could no longer suppress his anger. He glared at them and roared, "If you don't know how to repent, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhishen flashed forward and kicked Zhang San squarely in the buttocks. Zhang San felt a tremendous force strike him, and he flew out like a cannonball, landing with a "plop" straight into the cesspool.

Before anyone else could react, Lu Zhishen kicked again, this time hitting Li Er in the back. Li Er yelled "Agh!" and before he could even curse, he was sent flying through the air in an arc, crashing into the latrine with a "splash."

Seeing that things were not going well, Wang Wu turned around and tried to run away, but Lu Zhishen would not give him the chance. He kicked Wang Wu with his big foot, sending him flying. Wang Wu screamed in terror and plunged headfirst into the cesspool.

Zhao Liu and Ma Zi were so frightened that their faces turned ashen, their legs went weak, and they collapsed to the ground. Lu Zhishen didn't care about any of that; he stepped forward and kicked them both into the cesspool.

Chaos erupted in the cesspool as Zhang San and his friends thrashed about, covered in excrement and reeking of foul odors. They struggled to climb out, begging and wailing, "Hero, spare us! Hero, spare us! We'll never do it again!"

Lu Zhishen stood with his arms crossed at the edge of the latrine and shouted, "I'll teach you a lesson today. If you dare to do evil again, I won't let you off easily!" With that, he turned and strode away, leaving the ruffians to continue wailing in the latrine.

Zhang San and his friends finally managed to scramble out of the cesspool, looking utterly disheveled. Excrement dripped from their bodies, and the stench was so overwhelming it could knock someone unconscious.

They stumbled and fell to the well in the yard, scrambling for the water to wash themselves clean. Zhang San was the first to reach the well, impatiently turning the windlass to lower the bucket down, then struggling to pull it up. But he was exhausted and flustered; his hand slipped, and the bucket fell back into the well with a "plop."

"Hey, you idiot!" Li Er yelled from behind, shoving Zhang San aside and going to fetch water himself.

Wang Wu kept complaining from the side, "What kind of mess is this? Why are we so unlucky!"

Zhao Liu and Ma Zi also sighed.

After finally managing to fetch water, the group frantically poured it over themselves. The well water was icy cold, making them shiver, but they didn't care; all they wanted was to wash away the stench.

However, no matter how much they washed, the stench clung to them and wouldn't go away.

Looking at his still filthy body, Zhang San said with tears in his eyes, "Oh dear, what am I going to do? I still stink horribly!"

Li Er sniffed his arm and almost vomited up his dinner from the night before: "This smell is awful! My wife is probably going to divorce me!"

Wang Wu said with a mournful face, "Who did we have to mess with? We had to offend this big monk! We're going to suffer for this!"

While rubbing the grime off his body, Ma Zi said, "Yeah, this monk is too powerful. We are no match for him at all."

Zhao Liu approached Zhang San cautiously and said, "Brother Zhang San, this monk is highly skilled in martial arts. We should try to make peace with him."

Zhang San glared at him: "You make it sound so easy. How are we supposed to make peace with them in our current state?"

Li Er also said, "Yes, we were just thinking of pushing them into a cesspool. Now if we go to beg for peace, do you think they'll agree?"

Wang Wu said with a worried look, "What can we do? We can't just keep hiding like this, we still have to live in this area in the future!"

The group discussed it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a solution.

Zhang San stamped his foot: "Forget it, never mind, let's go back first. I can't even stand this smell myself!"

So these filthy fellows walked home, stinking and disgusting. Along the way, people who saw them covered their mouths and noses and kept their distance.

A child saw them and cried out in fright, "Mommy, there's a monster!"

Zhang San and the others felt incredibly frustrated upon hearing this, but there was nothing they could do.

When they arrived at their doorstep, Zhang San's wife opened the door and was immediately overwhelmed by the stench, fainting from the smell.

Li Er's wife rushed out with a rolling pin, hitting and cursing as she did so: "You damned devil, where have you been and gotten yourself into this mess!"

Chaos erupted at Wang Wu's, Zhao Liu's, and Ma Zi's homes as well.

These scoundrels really tried to steal a chicken but lost their rice instead; they're so regretful they could die.

Two days later, Zhang San, Li Er, Wang Wu, Zhao Liu, and Ma Zi got together and decided to buy some gifts to visit Lu Zhishen in the vegetable garden.

They carefully made their way to the vegetable garden, carrying large and small bags. Lu Zhishen was working in the garden when he looked up and saw them. He frowned and shouted, "You bunch of scoundrels, do you want to swim in the cesspool again?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang San and his companions trembled with fear. They quickly waved their hands, their faces plastered with ingratiating smiles, and said, "Master, your martial arts are superb, we brothers are truly convinced of your skill, and we would never dare to be disrespectful again! We sincerely want to be your friend; this is what they call 'no fight, no friendship'!"

Lu Zhishen snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, you bunch of cowards bully the weak and fear the strong. I ask you, haven't you repeatedly caused trouble at Manager Zhao's restaurant?"

Zhang San and the others looked at each other in bewilderment, stammering, "This...this...so Manager Zhao and the master are friends! We were truly blind and didn't recognize your greatness!"

Wang Wu quickly chimed in, "Master, we really didn't know he was your friend. If we had known, we wouldn't have dared to cause trouble even if we had a hundred lives!"

Zhao Liu nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, Master, we were wrong, we will never dare to do it again!"

Ma Zi also begged for mercy: "Master, please spare us this time!"

Lu Zhishen crossed his arms and glanced at them sideways, saying, "Let you off the hook? Not so easy! You lot need to learn your lesson! Here's what we'll do: after you finish carrying the manure from this vegetable garden, you'll all go to Manager Zhao's restaurant and do volunteer work for me!"

Zhang San said with a long face, "Master, this job of carrying manure is dirty and tiring, could you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhishen glared at him and said, "What? You don't want to? Then I'll kick you all into the latrine right now!"

Startled, Zhang San quickly changed his tune: "Yes, yes, we're willing!"

Lu Zhishen continued, "When you get to the restaurant, work diligently for me. If you break even one plate, I'll kick you into the latrine. If you utter a single complaint, I'll kick you into the latrine too!"

Li Er said with a bitter face, "Master, don't worry, we will definitely listen and work hard!"

Lu Zhishen waved his hand: "Stop rambling and get to work!"

So, these guys started carrying manure. Zhang San was carrying the manure bucket, swaying back and forth, when he accidentally stepped on a stone, cried out "Ouch!" and fell flat on his face, getting the contents of the manure bucket all over himself.

Wang Wu laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight: "Haha, Zhang San, you're so unlucky!"

Zhang San got up and cursed, "What are you laughing at? Come and help!"

Li Er, carrying manure, was panting heavily, muttering, "This is really killing me! I'll never dare to offend anyone again!"

Zhao Liu and Ma Zi were also complaining bitterly.

After finally finishing carrying the manure, the group collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

Lu Zhishen walked over, looked at them, and said, "Stop lying around, hurry up and get to work at the restaurant!"

These guys had no choice but to force themselves to walk towards the restaurant. Along the way, people who saw their stinky appearance covered their noses and kept their distance.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, Manager Zhao looked at them with disdain and said, "You lot, you'd better get to work!"

Zhang San and his men nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, boss, we'll definitely do our best!"

As a result, not long after, Zhang San accidentally broke a plate.

Hearing the noise, Lu Zhishen walked over and grabbed Zhang San: "You little rascal, you've already forgotten what you just said?"

Zhang San turned pale with fright: "Master, I was wrong, I didn't mean to!"

Lu Zhishen pretended to kick him: "I'll let you off this time since it's your first offense, but if there's a next time, I won't let you off so easily!"

After a day of this, Zhang San and his friends were exhausted and never dared to misbehave again.