Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 70

Xu Damao was filled with hatred! At this moment, he looked at Sha Zhu's tone and expression, and he could not see any sign of drunkenness. Even if his reaction was slow, Xu Damao realized that this bastard was just pretending to be drunk! From the beginning, this guy was sober!
Xu Damao could see it, so how could Qin Huairu on the bed not see it? But the two knew they were in the wrong, so they didn't dare to mention it at all! After all, they couldn't say that they had bad intentions from the beginning of this meal, just to plot against Sha Zhu, right?
What's more, it doesn't matter whether you are drunk or not at this time.

The important thing is that now all the people in the compound have come, and Jia Zhang has even caught them in bed. If this situation is not handled properly, they will be labeled as hooligans and be finished!
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At this moment, in the entire compound, all the men, women, young and old who heard the noise had gossip in their eyes. From the Xu family, there were actually twenty or thirty people who gathered together at once.

Of course, many children at home were scolded and sent back by adults. Some excitement is not something that children can join in.

At the door of Xu's house, many people couldn't squeeze in and could only stick their heads out and look inside. After glancing at Qin Huairu's disheveled clothes and Xu Damao's naked appearance, they were eager to eat some melons.

"Jia Zhang, calm down first."

In the room, the three masters understood almost everything, but Yi Zhonghai still tried to give some advice to Jia Zhang who was throwing a tantrum on the ground.

"Zhu Zi, the rest of you go out first. Let Xu Damao and Qin Huairu put on their clothes. Then we can talk in the hall!"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu nodded, then followed his wife out the door.

As the person involved, He Yuzhu was grabbed by many people who were watching the fun as soon as he came out.

"Hey, Zhuzi, tell us what's going on inside."

"Yeah, what did you see in there? I saw Qin Huairu and Xu Damao were not wearing any clothes, right?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Zhu Zi, please tell us about it."

It was a few young men who spoke up. The one leading the group, who was holding He Yuzhu, was Liu Guangtian, the son of the second uncle Liu Haizhong.

However, before He Yuzhu could say anything, Liu Haizhong, who followed behind him, glared at him angrily, "How dare you talk nonsense here, you little bastard? I think you are itching for trouble!"

Dad's voice was like a bolt of thunder, which made Liu Guangtian shudder all over. He immediately ran back home like a frightened rabbit, not even caring about to watch the fun.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. This guy didn't look like the eldest child in their family, who grew up in honey. Liu Haizhong always used stick education on his two remaining children. From the speed at which this guy ran, it can be known that he had been beaten many times before.

At this time, seeing the three uncles coming out of the room to the living room, some people who were just looking for fun also restrained themselves a little. It was obvious that the three uncles in charge were still quite prestigious in the courtyard. However, everyone's eyes kept looking at the room from time to time.

After learning that Zhuzi was not involved, Chen Miaoyun breathed a sigh of relief. However, as a human being, she was also quite curious: "Zhuzi, Xu Damao and Qin Huairu are really..."

Seeing this, He Yuzhu smiled meaningfully: "Who would have thought that Xu Damao is so daring, and Qin Huairu is really something, just give it to someone when they want it?"

The voice was very low, and only Chen Miaoyun and he could hear it, and there was a hint of teasing in his tone, which made Chen Miaoyun couldn't help but laugh after hearing it.

Before she married into the He family, He Yuzhu had introduced her to the situation of every household in the courtyard. She was also clear about what kind of people Qin Huairu and Xu Damao were. Today, she called Zhuzi over for dinner, but this happened. Coupled with the joke Zhuzi said to her, Chen Miaoyun guessed some possibilities in her heart. However, she did not doubt Zhuzi. Even if there was something fishy, ​​it must be the idea of ​​Xu Damao and Qin Huairu.

After a while, they arrived at the Xu family's courtyard.

Qin Huairu and Xu Damao put on their clothes again and walked out of the room.

As soon as I entered the living room, those who were lying outside the door and by the window laughed in unison, and their chatter became louder.

When Xu Damao and Qin Huairu saw this situation, their faces became even uglier.

"You shameless woman, are you worthy of my dead son!" Jia Zhang's mood had been somewhat calmed down by the three uncles, but after seeing Qin Huairu and Xu Damao coming out together, she couldn't help but get angry again.

"Okay, Jia Zhang, let's listen to what they have to say first. This matter has to be resolved, right?" Yi Zhonghai said.

Jia Zhang's eyes swept across the people who were watching the excitement outside the house, and finally fell on Qin Huairu and Xu Damao. Although she was still a little angry, she didn't argue anymore.

Xu Damao was frightened at the moment and did not dare to look at Jia Zhang. Although he had prepared himself mentally, when he came to the living room, he was stared at by so many pairs of eyes. Xu Damao felt his face burning.

Being embarrassed is secondary. Given his personality, if it is really embarrassing, he can just endure it. The main thing is, so many people saw it, so what's the big deal about what happened today?
"Qin Huairu, you speak first."

Liu Haizhong pointed at Qin Huairu and said.

Qin Huairu had also never seen this scene. At this moment, she raised her head helplessly, and when she glanced at Xu Damao, her eyes almost wanted to kill him.

This bastard, if it wasn't for him, would things have turned out like this today? Maybe she even got all of Sha Zhu's private money out now!

But it was useless to say these things now. Although she was nervous, Qin Huairu had already thought of an excuse in an instant: "Three gentlemen, I am innocent in this matter. We were having dinner together just now. I saw Sha Zhu went to the toilet. I thought the meal was almost over, so I got up and planned to clean up the table. Who could have thought that Xu Damao would pounce on me from behind. As a woman, how could I have the strength to resist him? I was just pressed on the bed by him..."

After Qin Huairu said this, tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked so aggrieved, she looked so pitiful.

That's right, Qin Huairu had decided almost instantly that since Shazhu had completely failed, she could only sell this teammate if she wanted to get out of this situation. Otherwise, once the matter was settled, her life would be over! She still had three children to raise.

On the side, Xu Damao, who had not spoken a word, was so frightened by Qin Huairu's words that his legs trembled. He stared at Qin Huairu fiercely: "Qin Huairu, you have such a vicious heart. How can you say such words? Master, you can't just listen to her one-sided words. I, I am innocent!!"

Turning around, Xu Damao's face turned red with anxiety as he explained to Yi Zhonghai and the others.

You must be kidding. Just based on what Qin Huairu said, if she says a few more words, I will die. Then I can just ask his father to collect my body. By the way, his father has to pay for the bullets.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He hesitated: "Second uncle, third uncle, what are you two..."

Yi Zhonghai had just asked the other two uncles what they thought when Jia Zhang on the side suddenly started cursing.

"You damned bastard, you're still feeling wronged? I knew it! How could our Huairu be such an honest person, and hang out with a bastard like you? That's you! Xu Damao, you don't know your own weight after drinking some horse urine, uncle, you have to take care of our Huairu! Xu Damao, this beast, he really deserves to die!!"

After saying this, Jia Zhang was still not finished. She started shouting directly at the people outside the house and outside the window.

"Everyone, you all saw it, didn't you? It's not our daughter-in-law who is unfaithful to her husband, it's the beast Xu Damao who forced her to do so! I was wondering, the food is so good tonight, how could he allow our Qin Huairu to come over for dinner? It turns out that this beast had this idea in mind. I'm going to the police station and call the police!!"

Jia Zhang took the initiative and said something that made the onlookers start to point fingers at Xu Damao. She was not a fool. Putting aside her initial anger, Jia Zhang soon realized that if they were not forced to do so, their family really couldn't live without Qin Huairu as a daughter-in-law!
No matter whether Qin Huairu is as she said, as long as her reputation is not ruined on the surface, Jia Zhangshi doesn't care so much.

His son had already died, and now if his daughter-in-law also...relying on Jia Zhang, life would be really impossible.

After all, if Qin Huairu was around, they would do most of the laundry, cooking and housework, and they would have to hand over five dollars of their salary to her. Where could they find such a wonderful life?
"Ms. Jia Zhang, stop talking nonsense here! I...I didn't! I just drank some wine and did nothing else!" Xu Damao was really panicked now.

"You haven't done anything yet? Do you think we are blind? Xu Damao, everyone knows you. You were drunk when you were drinking with the boss in the factory. You are full of bad intentions, and I will definitely not wrongly accuse you!"

Jia Zhang had already decided in her mind to push the blame on Xu Damao, so naturally she had to let him take on the title.

Outside the door and windows, the noise from people lying down and watching the fun grew louder and louder, and Xu Damao's face became visibly panicked.

"Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu, please say something. What does this have to do with me? Please say something..." Helplessly, Xu Damao turned around and looked at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu had dragged him to do this today, so how did it turn out like this?

After listening to her mother-in-law's words and the condemnation of Xu Damao by the people outside the door, Qin Huairu felt relieved. It was better for Xu Damao to be in trouble than for herself. Seeing Xu Damao looking at her, Qin Huairu said she didn't want to get involved at all.

She was not afraid that Xu Damao would reveal their plan. After all, whether there was evidence or not was unclear. Even if he did, Xu Damao would not be able to escape the responsibility.

"Call the police! Call the police!"

"Catch that bastard Xu Damao!"

"What a piece of shit! How could such a scum appear in our hospital?"

Seeing that the noise outside was gradually building up, Yi Zhonghai's face turned slightly ugly.

He stood up and said to the outside: "Stop shouting, we can't call the police about this." After Yi Zhonghai spoke, the second and third uncles also nodded: "What the first uncle said is right, we can't call the police about Xu Damao's matter."

Xu Damao had been feeling hopeless at first, but after hearing what the three uncles said, hope suddenly ignited in his heart: "Yes, yes, yes, three uncles, I am innocent, please save me."

However, Yi Zhonghai glared at him unhappily.

The reason he asked not to call the police was naturally not to save Xu Damao, but mainly for the sake of the entire compound!
"Our compound has been an advanced compound for so many years. If we call the police and this matter gets out, our compound's reputation will be ruined!"

After Yi Zhonghai said this, the residents outside were all stunned and reacted.

"Yeah, how could I have forgotten about this?"

"What kind of gossip will spread out in our courtyard about this kid Xu Damao?"

"When the time comes, anyone who lives in our compound will be looked down upon when they go out!"

"Living in the same compound with people like this, who can hold their heads up high in the future?"

In this era, reputation is extremely important. A good reputation brings honor to the whole family, and it can bring girls to like you on blind dates, opportunities for promotion at work, and it is also necessary to have a good reputation in the organization's evaluation and selection.

Once your reputation is ruined, forget about any awards or selections; it's considered good enough if you're not singled out for criticism.

Not to mention, there are quite a few unmarried young men and women in this courtyard.

"You all heard what the uncle said. This is also what we mean. Matters concerning our own hospital should be resolved within our own hospital. Wouldn't it be a joke if this gets out to others? You, you, and you guys, you haven't gotten married yet, right? You haven't found a partner yet, right? If we really call the police and have him arrested, you'll never get married again!" Liu Haizhong stood up and pointed to a few young figures outside.

Liu Haizhong's words were obviously recognized by everyone. At this time, no one mentioned calling the police to arrest Xu Damao. The young people were afraid of not being able to find a partner, and the old people and parents either had children at home or considered the benefits after the reputation was ruined, so they all agreed with this decision.

Yan Bugui also stepped forward and said to Jia Zhang: "Jia Zhang, calm down. This has already happened. It is useless to call the police to arrest Xu Damao. Instead, it will affect the reputation of our entire compound. It is not worth it."

After seeing the situation, Jia Zhang's expression changed for a moment, and finally, she said, "Uncle, you asked me not to call the police, but our daughter-in-law can't just suffer like this, right? You have to give me an explanation, otherwise, I will never let Xu Damao go!"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai knew what was going on, so he said to Xu Damao: "Xu Damao, you tell me yourself."

At this moment, Xu Damao looked as if he had been pardoned. The tense atmosphere just now had made him feel like he had walked through the gates of hell. Seeing that things were turning around, he could no longer care about so many things. He hurriedly said to Jia Zhang: "As long as I can avoid calling the police, I'm willing to do anything!"

In response, Jia Zhang said coldly: "It's easy to say, but listen carefully, you don't have to call the police, but for today's incident, you have to compensate me three... no! Five hundred yuan!"

"Mr. Duo? Five... five hundred dollars??!"

When Xu Damao heard this number, his eyes widened instantly. He had a little savings from showing movies, but where could he get 500 yuan?
However, Jia Zhang ignored him and continued, "Also, I need five dollars every month to buy medicine. You will pay for it later."

And? Five bucks a month?
Every time Jia Zhang said something, Xu Damao's eyes widened.

"Finally, and most importantly, Xu Damao, do you think you took advantage of our daughter-in-law for nothing? Since you took advantage of our daughter-in-law, you must marry Qin Huairu and treat me as your own mother in the future. Moreover, the three Banggeng children cannot change their surnames. They are still surnamed Jia."

After Jia Zhang finished her last request, Xu Damao suddenly felt a blood clot in his head and almost fainted.

Jia Zhang made three demands, each one more demanding than the last. The last one, asking him to marry Qin Huairu? Isn't that nonsense?

The key is that she still treats Jia Zhangshi as her own mother, and the three children of Bang Geng don't change their surnames? Is Jia Zhangshi planning to turn Xu Damao into her son? Or is she just raising children and not getting anything else? To put it bluntly, isn't she just a money-grubber?

Not to mention Xu Damao, the third uncle Yan Bugui couldn't help but exclaimed after listening to what Jia Zhang said: "Jia Zhang, you have such a big appetite. Is your Qin Huairu so...?"

Yan Bugui used his instinctive little calculations and figured out with a little effort that Xu Damao's business was not just a loss-making one, it was a huge loss.

To put it bluntly, with the conditions proposed by Jia Zhang, Xu Damao would have been able to play with him in various ways for more than ten or twenty years in the early years in the Eight Great Hutongs. How could Qin Huairu be worth this price?
"Hey, Third Uncle, what do you mean by that? Why is our Qin Huairu..."

After hearing what the third uncle said, Jia Zhang was somewhat unhappy and immediately started arguing with him again.

"Hey, that's enough, Jia Zhang, the business hasn't been settled yet, stop messing around, and besides, your conditions are indeed a bit high."

"I don't care. Can you blame me for having high standards for what that beast Xu Damao did?" Jia Zhang just stood there with her hands on her hips.

Seeing this, Xu Damao was silent for a long time, but then he said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, I can't do all of what you said, let alone do it. I haven't earned 500 yuan since I started working, let alone paying you 500 yuan. And marrying Qin Huairu, I am still an unmarried young man, after all. If my parents knew that you want me to marry a widow, they would beat me to death!"

"Widow? What's wrong with being a widow? Xu Damao, didn't you say you were a widow when you were doing it just now? If you don't agree, I will call the police directly and wait to be shot!" Seeing this, Jia Zhang's face suddenly turned red.

Xu Damao was driven to desperation, and he immediately shouted to the outside: "Everyone, please judge for yourself. Yes, I, Xu Damao, have made a mistake, but I was drunk and did not do it on purpose, and I admit it. But who can agree to the conditions that Jia Zhang said? Even if we robbed our house, we still couldn't get these. It seems that she has to call the police. I sincerely want to repent, but she won't give me this opportunity!"

Xu Damao was a smart man after all. The statements of the uncles and the reactions of the neighbors outside made Xu Damao realize that this was his last chance of survival. He could only rely on the interests of the compound to gain some breathing space. Jia Zhang would definitely not care about him alone. If he was forced into a corner and called the police, everyone's reputation would be implicated! This was the only solution he had.

Xu Damao's words quickly aroused reactions from the residents watching outside.

"Although Xu Damao is not a human being, what he said is quite true."

"He has to pay 500 yuan in compensation, pay 5 yuan as a filial tribute every month, marry Qin Huairu, and help raise the three children of the Jia family. Even with this, he still doesn't allow her to change her surname? Even if he is his own son, he wouldn't do this, right?"

"Ms. Jia Zhang, please try something else. You know what Xu Damao's conditions are..."

At one time, many people spoke up to persuade Jia Zhang not to make so many conditions. When faced with choices that affect their own interests, people's choices are still very real.

Even if it was Xu Damao and Qin Huairu, when it came to their own interests, they all sided with Xu Damao.

After hearing these words, Jia Zhang's face turned ugly. At first, she wanted to curse back, but as more and more people spoke up, the residents outside asked her to change her words. She didn't know who to curse. She couldn't just curse them all one by one.

She, Jia Zhang, is aggressive but not stupid. A stupid person would not be able to survive from that era to the present.

Qin Huairu remained silent. No matter who said more about right or wrong, the situation had already developed in her favor, so she just needed to remain silent.

But at this moment, seeing all this, Qin Huairu's heart moved, and she said to Jia Zhang: "Mom, let's discuss it again." She also knew that the conditions proposed by Jia Zhang were too difficult, and Xu Damao could not do it at all. But if Xu Damao was really forced into a desperate situation, and then he dragged her to self-destruct, it would not be worth it.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang glared at Qin Huairu fiercely: "How dare you call me mom?"

Although her tone was angry, Jia Zhang did not continue to press her about her conditions, and it was obvious that she had backed down in her attitude.

The second uncle took the opportunity to say, "Ms. Jia Zhang, your daughter-in-law has also spoken, why don't you discuss this matter again?"

"Yes, let's discuss it again. Besides, my parents don't know about this big thing. Even if I agree, they have to make the final decision, right?"

Xu Damao followed up by saying that it would be best if this kind of thing could be delayed. The key point was that Xu Damao was now at his wit's end. Being caught cheating in bed was too passive for him. He really had no idea what to do.

If we wait for his parents to come back and give him some advice, things will definitely be more likely to turn around.

Jia Zhang wanted to say something, but seeing the three masters staring at her and the shouts of so many people outside the door, she knew that she couldn't continue with this matter today.

So, I could only reluctantly say: "Okay, then quickly call your parents back and solve this problem properly then!"

"Okay, okay, we'll go find you when my parents come back." Xu Damao nodded repeatedly. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and realized that his legs were weak.

There was no way. Who wouldn't be scared after going through this? If Jia Zhang was not careful and called the police, he would be arrested tonight. If he was quick, he would be put on a patrol car tomorrow at noon, driven around the front door, and then happily receive peanuts. Wouldn't that make him weak?

"Okay, let's just say this for now. Everyone, go back and have a rest."

When the old man saw that things were almost over, he turned around and spoke to the residents who were watching the fun.

Seeing this, men and women also went back home. However, the discussion was still going strong. It was foreseeable that after tonight, no matter what the outcome would be for Xu Damao and Qin Huairu, they would be labeled as gangsters!
(End of this chapter)