Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 808 The Yan Family's House Was Smashed!

Around 5 p.m., when a loud song came over the steel rolling mill’s loudspeaker, Jia Dongming packed his personal belongings, picked up his briefcase, and walked out of the office.

"Hello, Director!"

"Director! Are you getting ready to leave work?"

As Jia Dongming walked from his office to the parking shed, his colleagues would greet him politely as he prepared to leave work. Jia Dongming would also respond to their greetings warmly. What should have been a two- or three-minute walk took him seven or eight minutes.

Half an hour later, Jia Dongming rode his bicycle back to the courtyard. When he pushed his bicycle into the courtyard, he saw Yang Ruihua washing clothes in the yard.

When Jia Dongming saw Yang Ruihua cleaning up the broken glass, he looked towards the Yan family's house and found that not only had all the windows been smashed, but the chairs and tables inside had also had their legs broken, leaving the house in a complete mess.

Seeing this scene, Jia Dongming was very puzzled and muttered to himself, "Isn't Yan Bugui supposed to have cancer and be in the hospital? How did the Yan family end up like this?"

With a puzzled look in his mind, Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle into the courtyard and saw a group of children playing games. When he saw his beloved daughter, he immediately shouted, "Qingqing! Stop playing and get ready to go home for dinner."

Jia Anqing, who was playing jump rope with her friends in the yard, heard Jia Dongming's shout and instinctively looked in the direction of the sound. When she saw Jia Dongming returning from get off work, a happy smile immediately appeared on her face. While jumping rope, she replied, "Dad! I'll be right back after I finish this round."

Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle into the courtyard and saw Jia Zhangshi sitting in the pavilion. He then pushed the bicycle under the eaves and asked Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! When I came back just now, I saw that the Yan family's house seemed to have been vandalized. What exactly happened?"

When Jia Zhangshi heard about the Yan family's house being vandalized, she recalled what had happened at the Yan family's house that noon. With a gloating expression, she told Jia Dongming, "Dongming! You don't know this, but because of Yan Bugui's actions, Yan Jiedi's fiancé's family wants to cancel the engagement with Yan Jiedi. They went to the hospital to ask Yan Bugui for the betrothal money that was given to the Yan family when they got engaged."

"You know what kind of person Yan Bugui is. When he met Yan Jiedi's future mother-in-law, he came to the hospital to ask them for the bride price back. He refused to return it no matter what, and the two families started making a scene in the hospital. When Yan Jiedi's future mother-in-law saw that she couldn't get the bride price back, she brought a few people to our courtyard in the afternoon and smashed up the Yan family's house. She even said that the people didn't want the bride price anymore and would keep it to buy Yan Bugui's coffin."

After hearing Jia Zhangshi's explanation, Jia Dongming finally understood what had happened to the Yan family. He then asked Jia Zhangshi curiously, "When Grandma Yan Jiedi brought people to the Yan family to smash things, was Yan Jiedi at home? Also, did anyone in our courtyard try to stop them?"

Hearing Jia Dongming's question, Jia Zhangshi, recalling the scene from noon, gloated as she told him, "Dongming! You know how bad the Yan family's reputation is in our courtyard. So when they came to our courtyard and vandalized the Yan family's house, no one in our courtyard stepped forward to stop them. If I hadn't been kind enough to send Sanmao to the hospital to call Yang Ruihua, I doubt they would even know their house had been vandalized." Hearing Jia Zhangshi's account and her claim of being kind by arranging for Sanmao to go to the hospital to call Yang Ruihua, Jia Dongming almost burst out laughing. He asked Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! Is this really being kind? I bet you just wanted things to get bigger, so you deliberately sent Yang Ruihua back to cause trouble for them, didn't you?"

Seeing that Jia Dongming had seen through her thoughts, Jia Zhangshi did not feel the slightest bit guilty. Instead, she replied with a smug look, "A few days ago, Yang Ruihua learned that you were being investigated by the investigation team. He couldn't wait to see you taken away by the investigation team. He even came to our house to kick us when we were down. Now that the Yan family is in trouble, I naturally want to take revenge."

"Mom! You're a leader's family member, how can you stoop to the level of the Yan family! You absolutely must never do something like this again." Jia Dongming, hearing Jia Zhangshi's reply and seeing her smug expression, didn't forget to give her a warning.

When Jia Dongming said that she was a leader's family member, Jia Zhangshi immediately felt superior and quickly nodded in reply, "Dongming! Mom understands. Mom promises that she will not stoop to the level of those petty people from the Yan family in the future."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's promise, Jia Dongming did not take it to heart and immediately picked up his briefcase and walked into the house.

After getting off work, Jiang Liyuan quickly rode her bicycle back to the courtyard where she lived. As she pushed her bicycle into the yard, a middle-aged woman saw her and immediately greeted her warmly, saying, "Liyuan! You're back from get off work?"

The middle-aged woman in front of her was Li Chunhua, Lu Zhonghua's wife. Usually, Jiang Liyuan would greet Li Chunhua very warmly when she saw her. Today, seeing Li Chunhua's enthusiasm, Jiang Liyuan remembered how Lu Zhonghua had schemed against her. Suddenly, she felt a fire burning in her heart and wished she could expose Lu Zhonghua's actions on the spot.

Remembering Zhang Guoping's instructions, Jiang Liyuan suppressed her anger and replied with a forced smile, "Aunt Li! Where are you going?"

Li Chunhua had been living in the city for five or six years, but she still retained the simplicity of a rural person. At this time, she did not realize that Jiang Liyuan's attitude towards her was no longer as warm as before.

Faced with Jiang Liyuan's question, Li Chunhua instinctively raised the empty wine bottle in her hand and said to Jiang Liyuan with a smile, "Liyuan! My husband wants to have a drink, but we're out of wine at home. I'm going to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to get him some bulk wine."

Upon hearing Li Chunhua's reply, Jiang Liyuan did not intend to continue the conversation, fearing that she might not be able to resist exposing Lu Zhonghua's traitorous identity. She ignored Li Chunhua's presence and pushed her bicycle towards her home.

Seeing Jiang Liyuan's reaction, Li Chunhua realized that something was off about Jiang Liyuan today. She seemed to be giving her a distant feeling, so she muttered to herself, "What's wrong with Liyuan today? Is she feeling unwell because of her period?"

(End of this chapter)