Siheyuan (traditional courtyard house): 52 years of farming, producing hundreds of millions of tons

“I’ve been dreaming every night for the past few days, and I see a fairy sister teaching me divine arts. At first, I thought it was just an illusion, but it turns out it’s real! So why don’t I use this divine art to drive away this evil spirit?” Wan Ping’an said excitedly to everyone.

Chapter 270 Jia Zhangshi is ill

"Ping An, what do you mean by that? What fairy sister? Do you know any fairies?"

"I don't know any fairy sister! But the mysterious woman I dreamed about last night was a fairy sister! And she taught me divine arts so that I could exorcise these evil spirits!" Wan Ping'an said.

After hearing Wan Ping'an's words, the villagers immediately started discussing it.

"Ping An must have met a master! I want to learn this divine skill too!"

Wan Ping'an was actually saying that there was no fairy sister, and then he pretended to talk to everyone in a 27-fold manner, so that everyone would start setting up this thing to remove the evil spell.

"Alright, everyone hurry up and get ready! I'm going to town to find a sorceress and ask her for help!" Wan Ping'an shouted.

Then everyone dispersed.

Wan Ping'an arrived at the market, bought two pieces of yellow paper and several bundles of incense and candles, and then hurried home.

Back home, Wan Ping'an took out the yellow talisman and incense and candles and placed them in the main hall.

"Fairy Sister, I beg you to help me get rid of this evil thing!" Wan Ping'an knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly.

Wan Ping'an thought that he had to play the whole act so that the ghost would come out on its own, right?

So he pretended to genuinely believe in ghosts and began to pray, completely unaware that someone was watching him from around the corner of an alley.

When Jia Zhangshi saw that Wan Ping'an actually believed there was a ghost, she couldn't help but laugh at his stupidity. She found his foolish prayers amusing.

Actually, she was planning to sneak into Wan Ping'an's room at night to steal money because Wan Ping'an wouldn't give her five yuan during the hospital-wide meeting that day.

Unexpectedly, Wan Ping'an was sleeping soundly, but the noise he made was heard by Liu Haizhong, the second uncle next door, who then spread the rumor that there was a ghost.

Thinking that if she did this, no one in the courtyard would suspect her, she went to Wan Ping'an's house again.

She stole ten yuan from him, which made Jia Zhangshi extremely happy.

Originally, Jia Zhangshi was worried that if she did it so secretly, someone would have something to hide about her.

But now that I think about it, that's impossible. Because nobody knew I went into Wan Ping'an's house.

Jia Zhangshi was overjoyed with the money and left satisfied. Little did she know, a pair of eyes were watching her intently!

After stealing the money, she went home happily, unaware that someone was following her.

When Jia Zhangshi returned to her small house, she saw her son sitting by the doorway smoking.

Jia Zhangshi sat down on the ground and cursed, "Son! I'm telling you, I stole fifteen yuan from Wan Ping'an."

Upon hearing this, the boy who was smoking immediately stubbed out his cigarette and asked excitedly, "Mom, how did you steal the money from Wan Ping'an?" 147

"Hehe... Son, I was afraid of being discovered, so I only dared to steal a little money from him. We'll get the rest of his money back in a while!" Jia Zhangshi said smugly, as if she could already see herself counting the money.

After hearing his mother's words, Jia Dongxu frowned even more deeply: "Mom! We can't do anything reckless this time!"

"Don't worry, your mother is very smart!"

"Ugh! Son, you're so annoying! You're always telling me not to cause trouble! I'm only doing this for you! Look at you, always looking so gloomy, what kind of behavior is that!"

As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi poked Jia Dongxu's head hard with her finger.

Chapter 271 They've Caught a Ghost

"Forget it! I'll leave you to your own devices. Just be careful, Mother." Jia Dongxu shook his head helplessly, then stood up and walked towards his room.

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia gritted her teeth in anger. This brat actually didn't believe her! Humph! I'm going to do something truly earth-shattering!

Before long, Jia Zhangshi planned to go to Wan Ping'an's room after everyone had gone to sleep that night.

In the dead of night, when even the dogs were probably fast asleep, Jia Zhangshi quietly entered Wan Ping'an's courtyard.

Wan Ping'an is still awake. He's waiting to see when the ghost will arrive, as he plans to catch it himself today.

A moment later, he heard a noise coming from his bedroom door, and Wan Ping'an quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be fast asleep.

Jia Zhangshi gently pushed open the door and entered Wan Ping'an's room.

At this moment, she glanced around and found the room to be completely dark, which made her even bolder.

"Haha, you brat, you've made me lose face! I'll steal all your money tonight!" Jia Zhangshi thought viciously.

She walked step by step toward the cabinet, then reached out and groped around for a while before finally managing to retrieve the money from inside.

"Oh dear, another ten yuan!" Jia Zhangshi muttered to herself.

Wan Ping'an chuckled inwardly. Sure enough, it was Jia Zhangshi who was playing tricks, just because she hadn't received any money at the hospital-wide meeting that day.

"Get out here right now!" Wan Ping'an roared!

Jia Zhangshi was instantly terrified, but she quickly recovered: "My God! A ghost!"

She screamed and ran away.

"Heh...you idiot, you really are stupid!" Wan Ping'an sneered.

Then he slowly got out of bed, dressed himself, and went out of the room. As soon as Jia Zhangshi stepped out of the room, her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.

Wan Ping'an came out and looked at Jia Zhangshi: "Jia Zhangshi, I knew it was you. You've been playing tricks on me for the past two or three days, just to steal money from my house?"

When Madam Jia saw that Wan Ping'an had actually woken up and seemed to have expected her return, she was so frightened that she couldn't speak.

"Heh! You're so stupid! No wonder you always fail!" Wan Ping'an sneered.

Provoked by Wan Ping'an's words, Jia Zhangshi was consumed by rage. She felt a buzzing in her head, her eyes turned bloodshot, and she suddenly lunged at Wan Ping'an.

"You brat, go to hell! You heartless bastard, not only did you make me get scolded, but you also made me lose face in the courtyard. Dream on!" Jia Zhangshi roared and pounced on Wan Ping'an, looking like she was ready to fight him to the death.

Wan Ping'an frowned slightly, but inwardly he was worried about Jia Zhangshi's intelligence. With such a low level of intelligence, how dare she pretend to be a vengeful ghost!

Jia Zhangshi was stronger than the average person, but in the eyes of the cultivator Wan Ping'an, she was no match for him and couldn't even touch him.

"Who do you think you are? Let me tell you, don't think you're so great just because you can act like a ghost! I'm not falling for that!" Wan Ping'an said while dodging.

"You're talking nonsense!" Jia Zhangshi shouted angrily.

"Hey! I'm telling you, Li Hao, why are you so stubborn!" Wan Ping'an got annoyed and directly grabbed Jia Zhangshi's wrist.

The two of them made quite a commotion, waking up everyone else in the courtyard.

"Huh? Isn't this Zhang Shi?" someone asked in confusion.

"Yeah, it looks like her. Why is she crying like this?" someone else chimed in.

"Oh dear! What's wrong with you? You're so old and you're still crying. Aren't you ashamed?"

The crowd began to discuss it animatedly.

Chapter 272 Campaign against Jia Zhangshi

"Jia Zhangshi, what's wrong?"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wan Ping'an forcefully threw Jia Zhangshi to the ground and coldly shouted.

Jia Zhangshi, whose bones were aching from the fall, quickly sat up upon hearing the sounds around her, then clutched her stomach and groaned.

"Ouch! My intestines are ruptured, it hurts so much!"

Upon hearing this, Wan Ping'an immediately jumped up and cursed:

"Holy crap! Jia Zhangshi, are you an idiot?! What are you pretending for?! Do you think I don't understand? This kind of pain might be unbearable for an ordinary person, but you dare to play these tricks on me!"

"Waaah, I was wrong, I'll never do it again!"

When Jia Zhangshi saw that Wan Ping'an was really angry, she immediately knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy, hugging Wan Ping'an's legs.

Jia Zhangshi's acting skills were simply superb; she cried and wailed...

The sound was incredibly mournful, and tears streamed down like rain.

Wan Ping'an hated women crying and making a fuss, so he said to everyone, "Everyone, I've caught the ghost. It's Jia Zhangshi. Because I didn't give her the five yuan subsidy she was supposed to receive at the hospital's general meeting the day before yesterday, she started acting like a ghost and came to my room to throw money at night."

"Ah, Aunt Jia, why are you pretending to be a ghost?" A woman nearby immediately rebuked her.

"That's right, that's right! How could you do this? Everyone knows the rules of our courtyard house. How could you act so recklessly!"

"Oh my goodness! So this is what Aunt Jia is like!"

"How could such a scourge have come from our courtyard house? Sigh! How are we supposed to live like this from now on?"

Several women around her began to criticize Jia Zhangshi, and some even took out their sewing baskets, intending to tie her up and throw her out.

Looking at the group of people around her who seemed to want to devour her alive, Jia Zhangshi was so frightened that she wet her pants.

"No, please don't tie me up! I'll never do it again, I really won't!" Jia Zhangshi cried out.

Madam Jia was now terrified. She never imagined Wan Ping'an would be so clever and so capable.

His act of pretending to be a ghost was exposed after only two or three days.

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi had backed down, Wan Ping'an said to the people around him, "Since things have come to this point, let's hold a general meeting of the whole hospital to avoid any problems!"

"Okay!" everyone replied.

Before long, the first uncle, Wan Ping'an, who was the victim in this incident, along with the second uncle, Liu Haizhong, the third uncle, Yan Fugui, and other people in the courtyard, began to hold a courtyard-wide meeting to discuss the matter.

“Everyone saw it today, right? This person pretending to be a ghost is Jia Zhangshi,” Wan Ping’an said to the crowd.

"Aunt Jia, although I understand that you are the victim, how could you steal an old man's money!" a villager said indignantly.