Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"My mom was cursing him in the house during the day, and then this happened that night. How could it be such a coincidence?"

"Is this Zhang Dabiao getting revenge again? He's not one to suffer a loss."

Yi Zhonghai pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Impossible."

"Who could make your walls sing? And sing like a ghost wailing?"

"If he really possessed such unpredictable abilities, wouldn't it be better to just wipe out your entire family?"

Why make it so complicated?

Jia Dongxu agreed, but still felt uncomfortable with Yi Zhonghai's words: "Godfather, it can't be that serious, can it? Our family doesn't have that much of a conflict with him..."

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "If your mother hadn't caused so much trouble, there wouldn't have been such a deep grudge."

"You should try to persuade your mother. Cleaning up poop at home... or even just painting the walls is one thing."

"Stop messing with Zhang Dabiao."

"Last night, he rightfully tore down your wall, and I ended up like this too."

"If you keep doing this, I'm afraid your family won't be able to make it through the New Year."

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongxu gave a wry smile: "I'll do my best."

Should we persuade Jia Zhangshi to stop?

How is that possible?

Sha Zhu sneaked off to the factory early in the morning. The news of him wetting his pants had already spread, and he was so ashamed that he didn't dare to see anyone.

Xu Damao was similar to Yi Zhonghai, his face covered in gentian violet. He was even more resilient than Zhang Dabiao, and could recover fully after lying in bed for 6-8 hours after each beating.

He naturally has to go to work today; he scared Sha Zhu so badly yesterday that he peed his pants!

I was so scared I peed my pants!

With such a great achievement, how could he not go to the factory to show it off?

Wealth and honor not returned home are like wearing fine clothes at night!

At most, I'll get beaten up by Sha Zhu. What's there to be afraid of?

After delivering bread and cakes in the morning, Zhang Dabiao also prepared 300 jin of grain for Qin Mancang to deliver.

She went to school with Qin Jingru and He Yushui, and on the way they ran into Mu Wanqing who had just left. The group chatted excitedly about the funny things that happened in courtyard number 95 last night.

And the Jia family?

Looking at the wide-open door, I felt like crying but had no tears.

Today I have to go to the neighborhood office to find Master Lei and ask him to rebuild the door.

It costs money again.

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Xu Damao and Shazhu got into another fight at the factory. News of what happened in courtyard number 95 spread, and people kept asking Shazhu if he had really wet his pants.

Meanwhile, Jia Dongxu's coworkers often ask him, "Is there a ghost on your wall?"

Take the trouble.

In addition, Zhang Dabiao's reputation as "Red Iron Fist," "Fearless of Demons and Monsters," "Red Successor," "Firm Materialist Warrior," and "Foolish Daredevil" spread far and wide. This guy was truly a tiger, single-minded and not to be trifled with.

In the courtyard, everything was fine. Master Lei was building a wall for the Jia family. But when Zhang Dabiao and the others came back from school at noon, Jia Zhangshi demanded compensation from Zhang Dabiao as soon as she saw him!

They said Zhang Dabiao smashed their wall, so Zhang Dabiao should pay for rebuilding it.

Zhang Dabiao didn't even bother to acknowledge her.

Master Lei warned, "If we don't settle the bill today, the neighborhood committee will go to Jia Dongxu's factory to demand the money and deduct it directly from his wages."

"You dare to renege on the neighborhood committee's debts? Jia Zhangshi, are you trying to go study again?"

In the end, Jia Zhangshi had no choice but to first vent her anger on Qin Huairu for no apparent reason, and then take out her secret stash of money from the sole of her shoe to pay Master Lei for the wall-building fee.

Master Lei was so disgusted...

It's better to go to the factory and ask Jia Dongxu for it!

The more Jia Zhangshi thought about it, the angrier she became. In the afternoon, she started performing a religious ceremony in the house again!

She just wanted to curse Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao, who was out using the restroom or buying groceries, saw this and couldn't help but give Jia Zhangshi a thumbs up.

"You don't want the walls of the side rooms in the courtyard of your Jia family anymore, do you?"

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In the afternoon, Zhang Dabiao made a sign at home and erected it inside the wooden fence of his small courtyard, facing directly towards the Jia family.

The top was covered with tiny print, all of which were central policies from the newspapers or speeches by the No. 1, all of which were absolutely correct in their line of policy!

Some fonts are larger, some are smaller, some are horizontal, some are vertical, and they are arranged in an irregular pattern.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is a signboard resembling an advertisement newspaper.

But from a distance, something looks wrong. Based on the layout of the text, it forms two bright, large characters: "Rebound"!

Yes, it's a rebound!

You curse me? Then I'll let it bounce back!

If you wish me wealth, you can return the favor, and you won't lose out.

So, with this thing standing there, Zhang Dabiao's neighbors, who didn't have any ill intentions towards him, naturally weren't afraid of it, since it wouldn't do them any harm either way, right?

But those who harbor ill intentions towards Zhang Dabiao cannot be tolerated!

Especially Jia Zhangshi, who was illiterate, naturally did not know what was written on the sign.

When Jia Dongxu came home from get off work, he saw which brand it was and told Jia Zhangshi, meaning, "Let's stop doing this and just focus on painting the walls."

As a result, Madam Jia got angry. She had been cursing all afternoon, and now it had all come back to haunt her. How could she tolerate this?!

What a load of nonsense!

So, wanting to rush over and tear the sign to shreds, Zhang Dabiao grabbed a stick and walked out of the small courtyard.

"Jia Zhangshi, try touching her!"

"You've trespassed and damaged someone else's property. If I break your arm, it would be considered self-defense, believe it or not?"

Jia Zhangshi reached out and was slapped by Zhang Dabiao, howling in pain. She jumped around irritably in the middle courtyard, cursing as she jumped.

Zhang Dabiao got excited too, rolled up a piece of cardboard into a big megaphone, and started hurling insults at her.

He Yushui was embarrassed to do such a thing, but Qin Jingru wouldn't let it go, saying, "You insulted my brother Da Biao?"

She also took a piece of cardboard, rolled it up into a megaphone, and started arguing with Jia Zhangshi.

Zhang Dabiao wasn't very good at swearing; he could only resort to simple, vulgar curses like "Male Gobi, Male Gobi, Male Gobi." But Qin Jingru came from the countryside and had heard plenty of people cursing in the fields and at the village entrance. When she started cursing...

One was straightforward and blunt, the other was indirect and extremely hurtful. For a moment, Jia Zhangshi didn't know which one to curse, and she couldn't keep up with the conversation.

Sha Zhu and the others were all startled; this Qin Jingru—she was not someone to be trifled with.

Sha Zhu went over and looked at the cardboard sign, and even gave Zhang Dabiao a thumbs up.

"Da Biao, this way of writing is quite interesting! These are all the leader's words, we can't afford to tear them up."

"And if someone curses or insults you, it will backfire!"

"It's a good thing if you react negatively to others' praise and blessings."

"Anyway, you're not at a disadvantage."

"Hey Aunt Zhang, why don't you just stop cursing Zhang Dabiao? Why bother?"

Sha Zhu's thinking was very simple: the word "rebound" isn't really an insult. If you don't have the intention to insult someone, then the word has no effect on you.

If you resort to insults, you're just asking for a backlash, and you can't blame anyone else for it.

Besides, this is something only a child would create; it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Only Jia Zhangshi took it seriously; everyone else just hid away and laughed.

If you really think this "rebound" is effective, then you should offer Zhang Dabiao a few more blessings and say some nice things, like wishing him good health and great wealth—who knows, maybe your Jia family will also have good luck?

He thought it was simple, but Jia Zhangshi didn't see it that way. She thought Sha Zhu was mocking him, and immediately retorted—

"You idiot Zhu, you scared-to-be coward, get the hell out of here! You have no right to speak here!"