Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

He had worked all day and then spent the night tossing and turning, so he was now extremely sleepy.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep, don't bother me."

Liu Haizhong didn't even open his eyes. He instinctively pushed away his second aunt's hand, turned over, and continued sleeping.

Seeing this, the second aunt raised her hand and patted Liu Haizhong's back a few times.

Liu Haizhong turned around and mumbled something in a daze.

"Why are you bothering me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"If I haven't fed you enough, we can talk about it tomorrow. I'm exhausted after a long day and have been freezing for over an hour. I don't have any energy left."

Upon hearing this, the second aunt slapped him again.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Get up and listen. There's crying in the yard. Has something happened to someone?"

Liu Haizhong didn't listen at all, grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his head.

"Let whoever has trouble have trouble; everyone should sweep the snow from their own doorstep and not worry about the frost on someone else's roof."

"You should also get some sleep and stop meddling in other people's business. If there's anything, tell them to go to the Intermediate People's Court to find Old Yi!"

When Aunt Er saw Liu Haizhong sleeping with his head covered, she figured she could just ignore it.

She lay back down, pulled the covers tighter, closed her eyes, and prepared to go back to sleep.

But as soon as she closed her eyes, she heard a sobbing sound echoing in her ears, making it impossible for her to sleep.

Unable to fall asleep despite tossing and turning, Aunt Er got up, put on her cotton-padded coat, and tiptoed to the door of the main room, looking out through the glass.

She was shocked to see flames flickering in the yard; at first, she thought it was a fire.

But upon closer inspection, she realized that it was Jia Zhangshi burning paper money in a brazier in front of Xu Damao's house.

"That Jia Zhangshi is really despicable. Burning paper money at someone's door in the middle of the night, isn't that like summoning their soul?"

Aunt Erda originally wanted to go out and take a look, but when she saw the yellow ash rising with the flames, she took a step back.

Legend has it that after the ashes of the yellow paper rise into the air, the person who has been talking about it will come back to collect the money.

She was afraid that if she went out, she might bump into something unclean, which would be a huge loss.

"Dongxu, Lao Jia, you must remember that this family is the one that ruined our Banggeng."

"You must make their whole family suffer and have nightmares every night as punishment for their mistakes."

"........."

Even though Aunt Er was so far away, she could hear it, so Lou Xiao'e could hear it even more clearly.

Lou Xiao'e was extremely annoyed by the constant noises coming from outside.

She knew that Jia Zhangshi was retaliating against their family because of Bang Geng's arrest.

That old hag is really wicked.

She even resorted to burning incense and paper money at other people's doorsteps to mourn the dead; she's utterly despicable.

She opened the door and saw Jia Zhangshi sitting on the ground, howling and adding yellow paper to the brazier.

"Aunt Zhang, what are you doing?"

"You're burning paper money in front of our house so late at night instead of sleeping! That's going too far!"

Jia Zhangshi slapped her thigh and said.

"Am I being unreasonable?"

"Lou Xiao'e, if anyone's gone too far, it's your Xu Damao who went too far. He's the one who got my grandson to the police station!"

Lou Xiao'e said.

"That's because your grandson stole the chicken first. If he hadn't been a thief, the police wouldn't have been able to catch him."

Jia Zhangshi is not a reasonable person.

"I don't care, it's your family that ruined my grandson."

"It's just a chicken, isn't it?"

"So what if we ate it? There's still one left, isn't there?"

"Isn't it enough to compensate you with a chicken? Why did you have to report it to the police and have my grandson arrested? How can you be so heartless?"

"No wonder you can't have children. With your black hearts, it's no wonder you have no descendants. This is God's punishment for you!"

Lou Xiao'e was so angry by Jia Zhangshi's words that she trembled all over. She pointed at Jia Zhangshi and said...

"You, you're unreasonable, you..."

Lou Xiao'e really wanted to swear and curse, but as a young lady from a wealthy family, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

Jia Zhangshi glanced at Lou Xiao'e, who couldn't even swear, and continued hurling insults at the doorway.

"Xu Damao, you shameless, damned bastard who hides behind a woman, come out here!"

Lou Xiao'e roared.

"enough!"

"If you want to find Xu Damao, go to the police station and find him. Don't bother with this nonsense."

Jia Zhangshi looked on with disbelief.

"Alright, my daughter-in-law is back, how could Xu Damao not be back?"

"This is his home, why should I go to the police station? I'll just stay here!"

Even if he doesn't come back, you're still here, aren't you?

"A wife should pay for her husband's debts; I'll do the same thing as you, Lou Xiao'e!"

Lou Xiao'e turned around angrily, went back into the house, and closed the door.

Seeing that Lou Xiao'e had left, Jia Zhangshi became even more arrogant and continued to put yellow paper into the brazier.

He kept muttering to himself, never repeating himself.

Lou Xiao'e sat by the stove, covering her ears, but Jia Zhangshi's voice seemed to have a penetrating power, ringing incessantly in her ears.

"what……"

As the saying goes, even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Unable to bear it any longer, Lou Xiao'e picked up the swill bucket next to her and went outside.

After leaving the house, she grabbed a bucket and threw it at Jia Zhangshi.

With a whoosh, Jia Zhangshi's body was covered in filth.

Rotten cabbage leaves hung from her head, and an unknown liquid was flowing down her cheeks.

"Ah...ah...ah..."

"Lou Xiao'e!!!"

A piercing scream echoed from the courtyard, startling many who were sound asleep.

Suddenly, the once dark courtyard began to light up, with lamps, kerosene lamps, candles, and even flashlights.

Cao Xu, who had just entered the courtyard, naturally heard Jia Zhangshi's screams. He was wondering what had happened.

But then, after hearing Jia Zhangshi call out Lou Xiao'e's name, he didn't have time to think and ran towards the backyard.

Chapter 32 Cao Xu beats Jia Zhangshi and takes Lou Xiao'e home.

It's already deep winter, and it snowed just a couple of days ago.

Most people in the capital were wearing cotton-padded clothes and trousers, wrapping themselves up tightly in layers.

Jia Zhangshi was no exception, except that the cotton-padded clothes and trousers that were originally meant to keep her warm had now become a burden.

She was burning joss paper to summon her husband and son, while constantly cursing Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e.

Unexpectedly, a stream of water fell from the sky, and the swill mixed with various debris poured directly on her.

Caught completely off guard, Jia Zhangshi not only had her clothes soaked by the sewage, but also had a mouthful of it poured into her mouth.

"Ugh... ugh..."

After kneeling on the ground and vomiting several times, Jia Zhangshi stood up shakily and rushed towards Lou Xiao'e with red eyes.

"Lou Xiao'e, I'll fight you to the death!"

Lou Xiao'e threw the swill bucket out of her hand, quickly retreated back into the house, and slammed the door shut.

Jia Zhangshi rushed over but missed her target. She pointed at the door and cursed, trembling.

"Lou Xiao'e, you little hussy, open the door."

"Come out here! I'm going to tear you to shreds today!"

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