The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Watching Jia Zhangshi throw a tantrum is more exciting than watching a grand opera."

Ye Juan laughed until her cheeks ached. She glanced at Sha Zhu, who was hiding in the crowd, and said gleefully, "Sha Zhu is doomed now. He'll either have to pay for the Jia family to repair their house, or he'll have to give his house to Jia Zhangshi as compensation."

Liu Hao watched with great interest, and when he heard Ye Juan's analysis, he smiled and shook his head.

"It's impossible to compensate for the house, but if Qin Huairu moves into Sha Zhu's house, I estimate Sha Zhu will agree without hesitation. As for Jia Zhangshi, forget about it."

Ye Juan exclaimed in surprise, her face full of disdain, "I'm just wondering, what kind of magic does Qin Huairu possess that makes Sha Zhu so infatuated?"

Looking at Qin Huairu standing to the side, pretending to be weak, helpless, and pitiful, Liu Hao still admired this white lotus flower.

"As Lu Xun said, what you can't get is always stirring. Moreover, Qin Huairu is very clever. By showing weakness and playing the victim, she aroused Sha Zhu's protective instincts. Then, by playing hard to get, she kept Sha Zhu's appetite in suspense. She knew that if Sha Zhu really got her, he definitely wouldn't care about her so much."

"Ultimately, it was Sha Zhu who was blinded by lust. If he hadn't been attracted to Qin Huairu, would he have been so easily ensnared by her?"

In short, these two are a perfect match, a bitch and a dog, a match made in heaven!

Ye Juan rolled her eyes at Liu Hao, who always attributed everything to Mr. Lu Xun.

However, Liu Hao's summary is quite accurate: Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu really are a perfect match, a bitch and a dog.

"Bang Geng, get up right now, kids, don't mess around like this."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't stand it any longer, so he yelled and reached out to pull the stick.

Eleven and a half years old, Bang Geng, who was fat and strong from being fed by Sha Zhu, was in a bad mood. Today, he was really scared. A broken roof beam collapsed and hit him on the head by about 20 centimeters. He was so scared that he peed himself. He ran out and lay on the ground for several minutes before he recovered.

People saw him wetting and soiling his pants, and the kids in the neighborhood gave him a nickname, "Paste-Butt Kid," which they would call him.

Bang-geng, with his extremely strong sense of self-respect, wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground and wanted to kill Sha-zhu, the beast who made him the target of ridicule.

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Thump! Bang Geng kicked Yi Zhonghai in the chest, and Yi Zhonghai cried out, "Waaah... I don't need your help, you stupid Zhu, I want you dead, I want you dead... Waaah..."

Yi Zhonghai was kicked so hard he landed on his backside. He rubbed his chest as he got up, shouting angrily, "You bastards! Is it wrong for Zhu Zi to help reinforce your house? If you two keep causing trouble, I'm done with this! You'll be sleeping on the streets tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Bang Geng was frightened and his crying stopped abruptly.

He glanced at his grandmother, who had told him to make a scene, and seeing that she wasn't intimidated, he suddenly felt emboldened and let out a loud cry, continuing to whine and scream.

Jia Zhangshi got up, pointed at Yi Zhonghai with a stick, and threatened him fiercely, "Yi Zhonghai, you made Sha Zhu repair my house, so you have to take responsibility. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll..."

Before she could speak, a cane struck her hard on the back.

"Ouch...who! Who dares to hit me!"

After being hit by the stick, Jia Zhangshi turned her head and grimaced. She saw an older woman helping a deaf old woman out to keep order.

Even the fearless Jia Zhangshi dared not be presumptuous in front of the deaf old woman. She took a few steps back to create distance between herself and the old woman, and asked in a weak voice, "Old lady, what right do you have to hit me?"

"Why should I hit you? I'm beating you, you heartless, rotten shrew."

The deaf old woman slammed her cane heavily on the ground and said fiercely, "Zhu Zi meant well but did something wrong. He damaged your house while repairing it, but he didn't say he wouldn't fix it. What are you making a fuss about?"

Not daring to continue her unreasonable demands, Jia Zhangshi decided to seize the main room of Sha Zhu after a quick thought.

"Fine, let Sha Zhu fix it. If the house isn't fixed by tonight, I'm moving in with him."

"No!"

Sha Zhu, who was hiding in the crowd, got angry. He knew very well who Jia Zhangshi was. Letting this old hag live in his house was like inviting a god but having a hard time sending him away.

However, Sister Qin can stay at my house.

Sha Zhu had a sudden inspiration and said loudly, "My house can't fit so many people. How about this, your house has two collapsed rooms, and there's one good one left. You and Bang Geng can stay in that one, and Sister Qin can stay at my house with Xiao Dang Huaihua for the time being."

Upon hearing this, the onlookers were speechless.

This silly Zhu's little scheme is as obvious as Sima Zhao's intentions.

Jia Zhangshi jumped up and down, cursing, "Go to hell, you stupid Zhu! Don't even think about it!"

"I……"

"Shut up!"

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, Yi Zhonghai knew that if he didn't suppress Jia Zhangshi soon, he, as an old man, would really become a laughing stock.

He strode up to Jia Zhangshi, his face cold, and threatened in a low voice, "Jia Zhangshi, I'm warning you one last time. If you don't listen to my advice, don't expect me to take care of your Jia family from today onwards."

"You... Hmph!"

Madam Jia snorted, knowing that Yi Zhonghai was truly enraged, and decided to stop while she was ahead.

She was just greedy and selfish, not stupid. Otherwise, how could she have raised Jia Dongxu on her own and even found him a wife?

Throwing tantrums and making a scene are her special skills and survival strategies, always striving to gain benefits for herself.

But the reason her trick always works is because the Jia family has something that Yi Zhonghai can't give up: Qin Huairu!

As long as Qin Huairu is kept in check, Yi Zhonghai will continue to favor the Jia family, and she will be able to seize benefits by throwing tantrums and acting recklessly.

But if Yi Zhonghai abandons the Jia family, her tantrums will be useless, and who will indulge her?

"Let's get this straight: if you want me to stop causing trouble, you have to fix my house and pay me fifty... no, I mean one hundred yuan!"

Yi Zhonghai wanted to say, "Why don't you just rob me?" but he swallowed the words back.

Well, this is all Sha Zhu's fault. He managed to collapse the roof while reinforcing the house. He's more trouble than he's worth.

Sigh, I should have known better than to provoke Liu Hao. If I had built a good relationship with him and groomed him to be a caretaker, he would have been much more reliable than Sha Zhu.

Why did this idea come to you?

This morning, after Liu Hao and Ye Juan left, Fan Yuancheng, an official from the subdistrict office, inadvertently revealed that Liu Hao was an orphan with no parents or relatives.

In Yi Zhonghai's eyes, an orphan like Liu Hao is an extremely rare find, an ideal person to take care of in his old age that you couldn't find even with a lantern.

Alas, I regret it now!

"Pillar, come here!"

Sha Zhu walked over reluctantly, his eyes fixed on the big stick in Jia Zhangshi's hand.

He was hit on the back several times just now, and it still hurts a little.

"Uncle, I'll repair the Jia family's house, but it's impossible for Jia Zhangshi to live in my house. There's no room for discussion."

"Little Jue..."

Jia Zhangshi was about to explode in anger, but was frightened into shutting her mouth by Yi Zhonghai's fierce gaze.

"Alright, let the Jia family squeeze into the room that hasn't collapsed yet. You can hire someone to repair the house tomorrow, and also compensate the Jia family one hundred yuan."

What?

Sha Zhu stared wide-eyed, shaking his pig-headed head like a rattle drum.

"Why should I?! I won't pay, and I don't have the money to pay!"

Yi Zhonghai said in a low voice, "I'll lend you the money. It's settled then. Zhu Zi, just accept the loss and don't make things difficult for Huai Ru!"

"this……"

Sha Zhu glanced at Qin Huairu, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and his heart softened instantly.

"Oh well, I guess I'm just unlucky!"