Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai immediately stood up from his seat and anxiously asked, "Sister-in-law, what exactly happened? You said that Chen Wenqi actually hit you?"

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

When he heard that Chen Wenqi, a mere youth, dared to lay a hand on an old man, he immediately felt that the young man was far too presumptuous.

It should be noted that Jia Zhangshi was someone he always took extra care of.

He had been planning to find a suitable opportunity to manipulate the Chen family, and now this opportunity had practically been delivered to his doorstep.

Yi Zhonghai immediately patted his chest and assured Jia Zhangshi, "Don't worry, as soon as I finish this meal, I will immediately convene a meeting for everyone in the courtyard."

"I will definitely get justice for you and punish that brat from the Chen family properly."

Upon hearing Yi Zhonghai's promise, Jia Zhangshi's face immediately lit up with a beaming smile, and she quickly added, "Then we absolutely must make the Chen family vacate the house so our Banggeng can use it as their wedding home!"

After saying this, Jia Zhangshi turned around and left Yi Zhonghai's house quickly without looking back.

Anyway, she had already made up her mind that if Yi Zhonghai couldn't do it in the end, she would come to Yi Zhonghai's house every day to make a scene until he agreed to her request.

Watching Jia Zhangshi's departing figure, Aunt Yi couldn't help but say, "Old Yi, what happened today isn't actually what Jia Zhangshi said at all."

"Chen Wenqi brought back two big fish today, and when Jia Zhangshi saw them, she tried to snatch them, which led to the argument."

But Yi Zhonghai is now preoccupied with controlling the Chen family and won't listen to what Aunt Yi is saying.

He waved his hand impatiently and said, "What kind of grand principles do you, a woman, know? The Jia family is having such a hard time."

"What's wrong with Chen Wenqi giving one of his fish to Jia Zhangshi? It won't make him lose a piece of his flesh."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's attitude, Aunt Yi could only sigh helplessly.

There was nothing she could do; Yi Zhonghai always made the decisions in the family, big or small. Even though he had done many wrong things in his life, she could only choose to support him.

She always felt deeply guilty for not being able to give birth to a child for Yi Zhonghai.

Therefore, she usually dared not say much about Yi Zhonghai's daily actions.

After all, all this forbearance and concession is for the sake of having a reliable support in the future and spending one's old age in peace and tranquility.

Meanwhile, on the Jia family's side, Banggeng started throwing a tantrum in the courtyard again.

He burst into tears and yelled at the top of his lungs, "I want to eat fish! I absolutely have to eat fish today! If you don't give me fish, I'm going to lie on the ground and refuse to get up!"

Jia Dongxu, who had just returned home from working outside, also smelled the rich aroma of fish in the air.

His face immediately showed impatience, and he cursed irritably, "Whose fish smells so good? Is it that bastard Sha Zhu again? He made fish and didn't even bother to send some over for us to try!"

Qin Huairu immediately put on a wronged expression and explained to Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, it wasn't Shazhu who made the fish, it was the Chen family in the backyard who made the fish today."

"This afternoon..."

Qin Huairu then recounted in detail and without any concealment the entire process of how she had gone to the Chen family at noon to ask for some fish, but had returned empty-handed.

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Jia Dongxu immediately roared at her, "You useless piece of trash! Other people have fish and you don't even try to get some for us, what are you standing here for? Go back to the Chen family and get some fish back!"

Qin Huairu was extremely unwilling; she really didn't want to go to the Chen family again and suffer such humiliation.

So she hurriedly advised Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, the Chen family is very adamant; they will absolutely not give us the fish."

Many neighbors in the backyard witnessed what happened at noon.

Although she wasn't exactly thin-skinned, she wasn't truly stupid either; she knew in her heart that going again would only be humiliating.

Hearing the conversation between the mother and son, Madam Jia Zhangshi immediately retorted angrily, "What use was Dongxu to marry you? You're just a pretty face with no substance!"

"If you don't get your fish back from the Chen family today, don't even think about setting foot in this house again!"

As Jia Zhangshi spoke, she picked up a large bowl from the kitchen and handed it to Qin Huairu.

Then, she forcefully pushed Qin Huairu out the door.

Qin Huairu was pushed so hard that she stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

She gritted her teeth in resentment, hating Jia Zhangshi's unreasonable behavior, Jia Dongxu's incompetence and irritability, and even more so Chen Wenqi's complete lack of consideration.

If she hadn't become pregnant unexpectedly and had no better options, she would never have wanted to marry into the Jia family, that suffocating pit of fire.

But with things having come to this, Qin Huairu had no other choice but to grit her teeth and slowly walk towards the Chen family's direction again.

However, just as she was about to cross the middle courtyard to the back courtyard with a large bowl in her hand, a man who looked to be almost forty years old, with a nonchalant and idle demeanor, slowly walked into the middle courtyard carrying several heavy lunch boxes.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Qin Huairu immediately concealed her reluctance and feigned a great injustice.

Her eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up in them, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

Seeing Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance, the man quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Oh dear, Sister Qin, what happened? Did someone bully you?"

The person who arrived was none other than Sha Zhu.

He was only in his early twenties, but he looked much older than his age, almost forty.

Sha Zhu was born in 1935, and in 1956, he will just turn 21.

Ever since Qin Huairu married into this courtyard house, Sha Zhu has fallen in love with her at first sight, always fantasizing that he could replace Jia Dongxu and become Qin Huairu's husband.

But in the end, he was always completely fooled by Qin Huairu, who treated him like a fool.

Every time she brought back a lunchbox from the factory, her own younger sister, He Yushui, never got to taste the food inside; it was all taken over by Qin Huairu's family.

His younger sister, He Yushui, a girl at a crucial age for growth, was starved to the point of becoming as thin as a stick.

He Yushui and Chen Wenqi are the same age, both fourteen this year, and they are classmates at the same school.

When Chen Wenqi was at school, he often saw He Yushui clutching her stomach in discomfort because she was hungry.