Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

When Qin Huairu saw that everyone in the courtyard believed her but not Jia Zhangshi, she was overjoyed.

She looked pitiful and bowed deeply to everyone in the courtyard:

"Thank you, thank you everyone for speaking up for me. There's nothing wrong between my mother-in-law and me. Thank you all. I'll talk things out with my mother-in-law later. Everyone, please go home now."

"Jia Zhangshi, look at Qin Huairu, such a good daughter-in-law, and you still treat her like this every day. You're not human."

"Jia Zhangshi, I advise you to treat Qin Huairu better from now on, otherwise, what will you do after she runs away?"

"Let's go, let's go. Jia Zhangshi is just a crazy woman. She's been like this her whole life. Qin Huairu is really unlucky to have married into the Jia family."

Old Hu snorted coldly and left with his family. Seeing this, the others also left the Jia family.

Wang Feng laughed and led Qin Jingru back into the house.

"Don't go, don't go! It really was Qin Huairu who hit me! This is outrageous! A daughter-in-law hitting her mother-in-law, I can't live like this!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

After everyone in the courtyard had left, Qin Huairu closed the door and said to Jia Zhangshi:

"Mom, how long are you going to keep making a scene?"

Madam Jia Zhang slapped her thigh and shouted, "Qin Huairu, is it me who's causing trouble? You think you're so tough now, hitting me and getting everyone in the courtyard to speak up for you! My life is so miserable! Dongxu has only been gone a few days, and you dare to treat me like this? I don't want to live anymore!"

Qin Huairu sighed: "Mom, let's have a good talk."

"What's there to talk about? We have nothing to talk about, Qin Huairu. You dare hit me? This isn't over, it's not over!"

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi was still relentless, Qin Huairu said coldly, "Mom, from now on, if you continue to treat me like a punching bag, hitting me or scolding me whenever you want, then we can't live together anymore."

"At worst, I'll give your workstation back and marry any man I want. Banggeng and Xiaodang are my children, and they'll definitely stay with me. If you're making my life difficult, then none of us should live anymore."

When Madam Jia heard that Qin Huairu wanted to remarry, her eyes widened and she exclaimed:

"No, no, Qin Huairu, don't forget, you swore a solemn oath before that if you dare to remarry, you will go to the eighteenth level of hell and die a horrible death."

Qin Huairu sneered, "Mom, if you keep going like this, my life is already so miserable, why should I care about the next life? Even if I go to the eighteenth level of hell, it's still better than being bullied by you every day."

"Mom, Dongxu is gone now. All I want to do is raise Banggeng and Xiaodang. If you keep making a fuss like this, I really can't live like this. You don't do any housework every day, while I work hard every day, come home and still have to do housework, buy you painkillers every month, and give you three yuan for retirement. What more do you want?"

Seeing Qin Huairu's resolute attitude this time, Jia Zhangshi was really worried. If Qin Huairu just married any man, then she would be finished.

Thinking of this, Madam Jia nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I won't hit you anymore, is that alright?"

Qin Huairu smiled and nodded, then changed the subject:

"Mom, my salary is only 27.5 yuan now. Every month I have to buy you painkillers and give you 3 yuan for your retirement. More than 4 yuan is already gone. Now the price of corn noodles is getting more and more expensive. If this continues, my salary will not be enough to support our family. I will not give you retirement money anymore, and you should give up painkillers."

"No, no, you must give me my retirement money, not a penny less! Without painkillers, you're trying to kill me!" Madam Jia stood up and shouted excitedly.

When Qin Huairu saw how agitated Jia Zhangshi was, she knew that there was no room for negotiation on this matter, and she could only take it slowly.

She didn't actually want to remarry. She only said that to Jia Zhangshi to scare her, after all, the solemn oath she made that day was not a joke.

"Okay, then I'll give you two yuan a month for retirement, and I'll continue to buy you painkillers."

"No way, it has to be three pieces, or I'll never forgive you."

"Mom, cornmeal is so expensive now, and I've already spent so much money on you. With my meager salary, how can I afford to buy cornmeal? How about this, when I get promoted, I'll increase my pension to three dollars. If you still don't agree to that, then let's just break up."

Seeing Qin Huairu's firm attitude, Madam Jia could only nod in agreement.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Qin Huairu smiled. She had finally won a round, and her life would be much easier from now on.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Qin Jingru poured Wang Feng a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Brother Wang Feng, just now when I took the chicken, duck and fish to Aunt Wu's house, Qin Huairu stopped me and wanted me to kill the chicken, duck and fish for her. I refused on the spot. I didn't expect that Qin Huairu would have another fight with her mother-in-law over this. Her mother-in-law is really difficult to deal with."

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "Jingru, just now Jia Zhangshi said that Qin Huairu hit her, don't you believe it either?"

Qin Jingru waved her hand: "Of course I don't believe it. Qin Huairu has been beaten by Jia Zhangshi her whole life. How could Qin Huairu dare to hit Jia Zhangshi?"

"Hehe, I think it's true. Qin Huairu may have really hit Jia Zhangshi," Wang Feng laughed.

Qin Jingru's eyes widened: "Impossible, right? Qin Huairu has such audacity?"

"Hehe, Jingru, didn't Qin Huairu have a fight with Jia Zhangshi before? But Qin Huairu was quickly suppressed by Jia Zhangshi and her son. Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, Qin Huairu definitely doesn't want to be used as a punching bag every day, so she will definitely fight back," Wang Feng explained with a smile.

Hearing Wang Feng's explanation, Qin Jingru nodded repeatedly: "Hey, Brother Wang Feng, what you said makes some sense. Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, if she were to fight with Jia Zhangshi, it would at least be a 50/50 chance. There's no need for her to be so afraid of Jia Zhangshi."

"When Qin Huairu fought with Jia Zhangshi before, it was I who gave her the idea. At that time, Jia Zhangshi wouldn't give Qin Huairu any food, and Qin Huairu couldn't take it anymore, so she fought back. Although she was quickly subdued last time, at least Jia Zhangshi didn't stop her from eating. So, all things considered, her resistance last time was effective."

Wang Feng laughed and said, "That's right. Qin Huairu wants to take this opportunity to rebel against Jia Zhangshi. If she succeeds, her life will be much easier in the future."

"Understood."

"Brother Wang Feng, you have some tea first, I'm going to make dumplings."

"Okay, go ahead."

Wang Feng prepared a lot of dishes today, including chicken, duck, fish, and mutton. Their New Year's Eve dinner tonight must be the most sumptuous in the courtyard.