Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

"You actually hit someone? I didn't do anything to you today! You're selfish and don't want to bring Qin Huairu, then you shouldn't have done that! Why did you hit me!" Yi Zhonghai shouted.

"If you don't give me a reason today, I'm going to the police station to report you."

Qin Huairu, wiping away her tears, said, "Section Chief Li, even if you don't agree, you can't hit an old man like me. Can't I just let you have your way with me?"

The people present were silent. They did not expect that Li Xiangdong would make a move without hesitation.

"Shut the hell up, you two!" Li Xiangdong said disdainfully. "You two think you can outsmart me? I'm a college student, you think you can outsmart me?"

"Section Chief Li, you don't want to do good deeds anymore? How did I scheme against you?" Yi Zhonghai shouted.

Although Yi Zhonghai said he would call the police, his plans were crystal clear to some people. If things escalated, Yi Zhonghai would be in deep trouble.

"How did you scheme against me? What will people think if they saw me with someone like Qin Huairu?" Li Xiangdong said sternly, "Won't they think we're a couple?"

"Even if they knew, they'd still think I had ulterior motives. That would ruin my reputation. You want Qin Huairu to do my laundry and housework? Are you afraid I'll die?"

"Aren't you going to stab me a few more times?"

"You old bastard! You want to make me end up like you, an old man without a family line!"

"This isn't over yet. I'm not going to report you to the neighborhood committee or anything. Just you wait, I'll show you what's what!"

Yi Zhonghai felt a chill run down his spine; his own little scheme had been exposed by Li Xiangdong.

"I didn't mean it that way, I didn't mean it that way. I just wanted to do a good deed. Since there are such consequences, I apologize!" Yi Zhonghai apologized immediately.

"Keep yours, Yi Zhonghai, and keep mine," Li Xiangdong said coldly. "You just wait, we have plenty of time."

Jia Zhangshi was warned by Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu tonight. She shouldn't throw a tantrum, or she'll ruin everything.

After smashing her to death, Jia Zhangshi realized she had no choice but to throw a tantrum, so she sat down on the ground and opened her gaping maw to howl.

"Heavens above! Someone has lost all conscience! This is a cadre, and they won't even do it as a side job..." Jia Zhangshi wailed.

"Qin Huairu, let her throw a tantrum, I can still handle you!"

Li Xiangdong snorted coldly and said, "Tsk tsk, who gave you the guts to scheme against me?"

"No, I didn't scheme against you!" Qin Huairu couldn't possibly admit it. She hurriedly tugged at Jia Zhangshi, urging her to stop her magic.

Knowing the gravity of the situation, Jia Zhangshi quickly stood up from the ground.

"No? I can figure out your tricks!" Li Xiangdong sneered, "This is also one of Yi Zhonghai's insidious methods."

"If I took you with me, it wouldn't be long before rumors of something between us spread like wildfire. Then you'd be doing my laundry and housework, hehe, how could I possibly find a wife after that?"

"You keep me hanging on like this, constantly begging and pleading to borrow money or ask me for help."

"You made me support your whole family, and now I'm over thirty and can't find a wife, so I have to settle for you! Tsk tsk, it's all so complicated!"

Qin Huairu felt a chill run down her spine. How could Li Xiangdong have guessed everything she and Yi Zhonghai had discussed so accurately? It was as if he had been listening right there.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Lightning Strikes Jia Zhangshi (Seeking flowers and votes. Please support me, my friends!)

Everyone present was stunned. Most of the residents looked at Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu with strange eyes.

Liu Haizhong blinked his small eyes, feeling incredibly envious. That's what you call a high-level game. Even after it was explained, he still had to think for a while to understand.

"Tsk tsk, this is no twenty-year-old kid. He's practically an old monster, seeing through people so clearly. I'll have to be careful from now on!" Yan Bugui thought to himself.

"I only thought that Yi Zhonghai wanted to ruin Li Xiangdong's reputation, but I didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to have such a backup plan!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Sha Zhu jumped up and down, saying, "Li Xiangdong, you're talking nonsense! You're not allowed to slander my Sister Qin and Uncle like that!"

"Heh heh, Yi Zhonghai, you've got a lot on your mind. You're probably thinking that I'll mold you into a docile puppet, and then you'll end up with Qin Huairu, and I'll support them so you can relax. In the end, I'll have to take care of you in your old age, right?" Li Xiangdong sneered, "I'll slap you twice, that's too lenient."

"Just because you're trying to ruin my reputation, I'll report you to the local authorities, and you'll be subjected to public criticism and struggle sessions!"

"Are you some kind of uneducated worker, or are you plotting against me?"

"If I don't treat you like a human being, you're nothing!"

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath and said, "That's not true. I just didn't think things through. I apologize to you again. As for what happened later, you were overthinking it!"

Li Xiangdong nodded and said, "Yes, although this was your scheme, I have no evidence. Even if I report you, at worst you'll just be criticized for not thinking things through."

"So you, Yi Zhonghai, just you wait, you better not let me catch you red-handed!"

Li Xiangdong snorted coldly and was about to leave. But someone just had to cause trouble: "Uncle Li Xiangdong just unintentionally did something bad with good intentions. He's already apologized, but since you think of Sister Qin like that, shouldn't you apologize to him too?"

"You idiot! You're Qin Huairu's husband? You need to stand up for him, and you call yourself Sister Qin? Who do you think you are!" Li Xiangdong sneered, "Get the hell out of here!"

Upon seeing Li Xiangdong's cold, stern gaze, Sha Zhu immediately imagined the feeling of being swung around by Li Xiangdong and slammed onto a table while spinning around. He immediately made way for him.

"Yes, Section Chief Li, how am I supposed to face people after you say that to me?"

Qin Huairu started to cry.

"How the hell do you think you are? What kind of good person do you think you are!" Li Xiangdong said disdainfully, "You're just a vampire, hehe, when you had a husband, you sucked the blood of this big idiot. Don't think that everyone in the yard is an idiot."

"Everyone sees through it but chooses not to say anything; it has nothing to do with them."

"You think you can outsmart me? You've been outsmarted by an old man who's gone for good."

"What could that old, childless man possibly be plotting against you for? I won't say now. It's all baseless. We'll talk about it when things happen."

After finishing his sentence, Li Xiangdong turned to leave.

"Heavens above, open your eyes! This wicked person deserves to be struck by lightning..." Jia Zhangshi plopped down on the ground again and began her rap.

Facing Li Xiangdong, Jia Zhangshi dared not use her summoning magic. This left the summoner Jia Zhangshi feeling helpless, as if she had power but nowhere to use it.

Without turning his head, Li Xiangdong sent a hidden arc of electricity flying from his fingertip and disappearing into the night sky. By then, he had already found the Hanging Flower Gate, and no one in front of him saw the arc of electricity.

"Heavens above! Open your eyes! Our Jia family is doomed, and no one is donating money..." Jia Zhangshi wailed.

Jia Zhangshi received a donation of forty-five yuan the night before last, and now she wants to do it again.

The people in the courtyard who were watching the commotion immediately picked up their stools and prepared to leave when they heard Jia Zhangshi speak like that.

Just then, a bolt of lightning, as thick as a chopstick and a meter long, appeared two meters above Jia Zhangshi's head, meandering down and landing squarely on her head.

"boom!"

A soft rumble of thunder sounded, and black ash flew from Jia Zhangshi's head. Then Jia Zhangshi collapsed to the ground, her limbs convulsing like a recently slaughtered sow.

The thunder sounded like a lit firecracker, but much deeper.

Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes widened, and they must have been cursing in their hearts.

Qin Huairu paused for a moment, then called out "Mother-in-law" and went to check if Jia Zhangshi was dead. If Jia Zhangshi had died, Qin Huairu would be laughing like a pig behind her back.

"Sister Qin, don't go over there!"

Sha Zhu put his arm around Qin Huairu's waist and said, "Who knows if there will be any more lightning strikes? Don't get caught up in it, you're pregnant!"

Sha Zhu spoke with righteous indignation, but why did he have a look of intoxication and lewdness on his face?

Sha Zhu wrapped his arms around Qin Huairu's thick waist, feeling the softness of her body. Sha Zhu felt a jolt of electricity coursing through him. The exhilaration was indescribable.

Sha Zhu hugged Qin Huairu as if they were in heaven. But the smell on Sha Zhu made Qin Huairu want to vomit.

"Pillar, let me go! What kind of mess is this? Hurry up!" Qin Huairu shouted sternly.

She tried to break free from Sha Zhu's embrace, but Sha Zhu's strength was beyond her ability to resist. Otherwise, Qin Huairu wouldn't have screamed.

Seeing everyone's gaze upon him, Shazhu reluctantly let go of his hand. He even offered a forced explanation: "I was afraid something might happen..."

Lou Xiao'e kept Xu Damao quiet all night, lest he get a beating from Sha Zhu. Li Xiangdong was enough to handle the situation.

Xu Damao couldn't hold back any longer. He grinned and said, "Yes, yes. We all know you meant well, Shazhu. Nobody's got the wrong idea about you!"

This interrupted Sha Zhu's explanation, causing the stunned residents to burst into laughter. None of them were fools; everyone knew what Sha Zhu was thinking.

Yi Zhonghai then realized what was happening and cried out in alarm, "Don't wait any longer, quickly check on how Jia Zhangshi is!"

Even as Yi Zhonghai said this, he himself dared not step forward. It was winter, and the moon was high in the sky; how could there possibly be thunder and lightning? It must be something beyond nature.

If a bolt of lightning struck when she got close to Jia Zhangshi, she would be doomed too. Even Qin Huairu didn't dare approach, only hesitatingly stepping forward. From about a meter away, she called out, "Grandma...Grandma..."

"Ouch, it hurts so much! Who the hell hit me? Ouch, I can't live anymore! Pay up, pay up! Otherwise I'll..." Jia Zhangshi groaned as she sat up.

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi was still alive, Qin Huairu was extremely disappointed.

Chapter 40 Qin Huairu's Filial Piety (Seeking flowers and votes!)

As Jia Zhangshi sat up, all the black ash on her head fell off, revealing a bald head shaped like a duck egg.

This scene made everyone burst into laughter; they all thought it was really funny. Coming to the meeting tonight wasn't a waste of the cold; we witnessed quite a spectacle.

"Why are my hands and feet numb? What just happened?"

When Jia Zhangshi noticed that her hands and feet were numb and somewhat unresponsive, she began to panic. Jia Zhangshi valued her life above all else!

"Mother-in-law, you were just struck by lightning... that's why your hands and feet are numb. Do you see if there's anything else that's uncomfortable?" Qin Huairu's character is that of a filial daughter-in-law.

"Bullshit, you're talking nonsense! How could a kind old woman like me be struck by lightning..." Jia Zhangshi cursed loudly.

It seems that Jia Zhangshi has some misunderstanding about the words "kindness" and "elderly".

"Mother-in-law, just look at your own head and you'll understand," Qin Huairu said, frowning.

Jia Zhangshi felt a tingling sensation on her head, but she hadn't paid much attention to it before. Now, after hearing Qin Huairu's words, she realized something was wrong. With difficulty, she raised her numb hand and touched her bald head.