Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Yan Bugui was tending to the withered branches of the potted plants in front of the door when he looked up and saw Qin Dashan's family arriving at the entrance of the courtyard.

"What are you doing here?"

"We are Qin Huairu's family, we've come to see her," Qin Dashan said.

"Oh, okay, then you can go in." After saying that, Yan Bugui lowered his head and fiddled with his potted plants.

Qin Dashan arrived at the Jia family's door and knocked.

The knocking woke Jia Zhangshi, who was inside the house. She said impatiently, "That damned bastard! What are you doing so early in the morning?!"

When Jia Zhangshi opened the door and saw that it was Qin Dashan's family, she said with a displeased expression, "What are you doing here?"

Qin Dashan peeked into the house and said, "We've come to see Qin Huairu. It's almost Chinese New Year."

When Jia Zhangshi saw the rabbit in Qin Dashan's hand, she reached out and snatched it away.

Qin Dashan wanted to say something when he saw this, but then he thought that it was meant for her family anyway, so he let it go.

After tossing the rabbit into the house, Jia Zhangshi showed no intention of letting Qin Dashan's family in.

She pointed to Sha Zhu's door and said, "Qin Huairu is living at his house now. Go to his house and look for her."

"Why is Qin Huairu at his house?" Qin Dashan asked, looking puzzled.

"Why? Because your good daughter Qin Huairu had an affair and then got married."

"Oh, my poor Dongxu!"

When Qin Dashan and his wife heard Jia Zhangshi say this, they knew that what Xu Damao and Qin Jingru had said yesterday was probably true.

Qin Dashan and his wife's faces turned extremely ugly.

Because of the conversation between Qin Dashan's family and Jia Zhangshi, many residents of the compound opened their doors and looked at the Jia family's gate.

There were also a few women pointing and gossiping about something.

Qin Dashan's family now feels like everyone is laughing at them.

Qin Huairu heard the commotion in the courtyard and opened the door to see what was going on.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw my parents and my two older brothers who were both single.

"Mom and Dad, brother, what brings you here?" Qin Huairu said as she walked towards the Qin family.

Qin Dashan walked up to Qin Huairu, raised his hand, and slapped her across the face.

Qin Huairu, covered her face with tears streaming down her cheeks, glared at Qin Dashan and roared:

Why did you hit me?!

"What are you doing? Don't you know what you've done?"

Qin Dashan's hand was trembling as he pointed at Qin Huairu.

"I'll beat you to death! You've completely disgraced our family!"

Qin Dashan made a move as if to strike.

Sha Zhu quickly pushed Qin Dashan away.

Although Qin Dashan often does farm work, he hasn't had enough to eat in the past two years, and he's getting old. When Sha Zhu pushed him, he staggered back a few steps.

As he stepped back, he tripped and fell straight to the ground.

Seeing Qin Dashan lying on the ground, Qin's mother quickly went to help him up.

"Are you alright, honey?"

Seeing this, Qin Huairu also wanted to go forward to help Qin Dashan, but Qin's mother pushed Qin Huairu away.

"Get away from me! Don't come near your dad."

At the same time, seeing their father being pushed down, the two Qin brothers rushed towards Sha Zhu.

Although Shazhu could barely manage at first, he was later tackled and pinned to the ground by the two men, who then beat him.

Xu Damao and Qin Jingru watched with great interest, especially Xu Damao, who almost wanted to cheer them on.

When Qin Huairu saw that Sha Zhu had been beaten, she quickly went to pull her older brothers away.

"Stop fighting! Big brother, second brother, stop fighting!"

Neither of them paid any attention to Qin Huairu.

He shoved Qin Huairu aside and then started hitting her.

Just as Sha Zhu was being beaten and howling in pain.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui arrived.

"Stop! What are you doing!"

The Qin brothers showed no sign of stopping, their fists raining down on Sha Zhu.

"If you don't stop, I'm going to the police station," Liu Haizhong said.

Qin Dashan then said to his two sons, "Stop it, or you'll kill him."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Qin brothers got up from Sha Zhu.

Qin Huairu hurriedly went to see Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was covered in footprints, and his face was covered in bruises.

Liu Haizhong looked at the Qin family and said, "What are you doing? Why are you coming to our courtyard to beat people up?"

"We are Qin Huairu's family, and we came here today to see Qin Huairu."

"Who knows what's wrong with this person? He just pushed my husband to the ground right away."

Liu Haizhong didn't know what to say since they were family.

However, he still said, "No matter what you have to do, you can't fight in this courtyard. If you fight again, I'll call the police."

Qin Dashan nodded in agreement.

Seeing that their attitude was quite good, Liu Haizhong felt secretly pleased, thinking, "It feels so good to be an official."

Next, the Qin family inquired about Qin Huairu from Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

Although Qin Huairu wanted to stop her, she shut up after being scolded by her mother.

As Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui continued their back-and-forth narration, the faces of Qin Dashan and his wife grew increasingly dark.

Qin Dashan looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Qin Huairu, I never imagined you'd become like this!"

"You've completely disgraced our family! When Jingru came to the estate yesterday and said that, I thought they were just making things up."

"I never thought it was true."

Qin Huairu and Shazhu were surprised to hear that it was Xu Damao and Qin Jingru who had gone back to tell them, and they also wondered why Qin Dashan's family had suddenly come to the courtyard.

Both of them glared fiercely at Xu Damao and Qin Jingru.

Xu Damao and Qin Jingru calmly met their gazes without flinching.

Qin Dashan noticed that the two of them still looked unhappy.

He raised his hand and slapped Qin Huairu again.

"Qin Huairu, listen to me! From today onwards, you have nothing to do with the Qin family!"

"If I see you in Qin Family Village again, don't blame me for breaking your legs."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu felt a sudden pang of panic: "Dad! How could you do this!"

Turning to look at Qin's mother, he asked, "Mom, is that what you think too?"

Qin's mother turned her head away and did not speak.

Qin Huairu sat down on the ground with a blank look in her eyes, as if she had suffered a huge blow.

Sha Zhu quickly helped Qin Huairu up and then said to Qin Dashan, "I've never seen a father like you who severs ties with his own daughter!"

"What did Sister Qin do wrong! She and I are married!"

Qin Dashan didn't even look at Sha Zhu, but after glancing at Qin Huairu, he led his whole family away from the courtyard.

As they were leaving, Qin Dashan saw Xiaodang and Huaihua watching them. After hesitating for a moment, he gave each of the two children a dime.

When Jia Zhangshi saw Qin Huairu like this, her mouth was practically stretched to the back of her head in a wide grin.

"Hmph! You slut deserve it! Who told you to betray my Dongxu?"

Everyone in the courtyard looked at Qin Huairu, who was being helped home by Sha Zhu, with a mocking gaze.