Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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But that scoundrel Shazhu actually claimed that he tripped and lost his balance before hitting his master.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing about this. It's pointless."

Yi Zhonghai stopped Jia Dongxu and He Yuzhu from arguing.

Then he said, "Let's not talk about anything else, and let's not mention the house loan anymore. Zhu Zi, you slapped your sister-in-law Zhang. Apologize to her now, take her to the hospital for treatment, and this matter will be over."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu became unhappy and shouted, "This matter cannot be left like this. We should start from the beginning and let everyone judge who is bullying us."

Then she confronted Jia Dongxu, asking, "When I got off work this evening, Jia Dongxu asked me to borrow my house for a blind date and to get married, is that right?"

Chapter 15: Just Borrowing a House?

Jia Dongxu's expression turned a little ugly, but he forced himself to say, "There is such a thing. My house is too old, so I'm just borrowing your house for the blind date. It's just borrowing, not taking your house."

He Yuzhu said, "Hehe, what are you Jia family up to? Don't think I don't know where people borrow houses for matchmaking and marriage? Will this house still be mine in the end?"

"You're talking nonsense. We're just borrowing it. All the neighbors know that these three main rooms belong to your family. How could we possibly take them for ourselves?"

Since the house loan didn't go through, Jia Dongxu is now speaking in a high-sounding manner, occupying the moral high ground.

He Yuzhu said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Everyone knows what kind of people your family is."

"Stop trying to smear us. If you have bad intentions, don't assume everyone else is bad too," Jia Dongxu denied directly.

"Exactly, we're just here to discuss things. Although it's called a loan, we actually want to rent it. How can you lend a house without paying rent?"

Jia Zhangshi also denied He Yuzhu's control, saying that since she hadn't borrowed the house, she would never admit that she had any intention of taking over the house.

"hehe."

He Yuzhu questioned, "I clearly told Jia Dongxu that this house could not be lent to you, so why did you come here cursing and swearing? Did you come here to apologize instead of bullying us?"

Everyone in the neighborhood knows who Jia Zhangshi is. She's the most unreasonable person in the entire courtyard. How could she possibly come to apologize?

Aunt Yan whispered, "He Daqing has only been gone for two days, and the Jia family is already trying to take over the house. Aren't they afraid He Daqing will come back?"

Yan Bugui quickly gave his wife a wink, preventing her from discussing the topic, and then said, "Since He Daqing has been gone for a short time, he definitely can't come back. Otherwise, if he did, his son and daughter would keep him occupied and he wouldn't be able to leave."

In his mind, He Daqing must have run away secretly. It was impossible for He Yuzhu to know where he went in such a short time, so why would he write a letter to tell him his address?

Should we let Sha Zhu go to them using the address?

Therefore, the Jia family had reason to believe that He Daqing would not return in the short term, which is why they brazenly made the request to borrow the house.

Fortunately, Sha Zhu's name contains the word "sha" (meaning foolish), but he is not foolish. He did not agree, and then Aunt Zhang went to make a scene.

Sha Zhu was a bit of a simpleton; he actually slapped Granny Zhang across the face. How could Jia Dongxu not be angry and want to beat him up?

Jia Zhangshi said angrily, "Anyway, I didn't want to take over your house. You're just trying to smear us. We just came to discuss something."

Yi Zhonghai interrupted, "Zhuzi, I'm about to criticize you. Aunt Zhang isn't as bad as you say. She just wanted to discuss something with you. Look at how you beat her up; her face is all swollen. Aren't you going to apologize right now?"

"I apologize? Why should I apologize? Ask her what she did?"

“No matter what you do, it’s wrong to hit someone. She’s Aunt Zhang. You should know that respecting the elderly and caring for the young is our tradition. People can’t be too selfish. It’s understandable that she didn’t return the house she borrowed, but it’s wrong of you to hit an elderly person. She’s an elder, how could you hit her?”

Yi Zhonghai seizes every opportunity to align himself with the Daoist sect, hoping to place himself on a moral high ground to criticize others, thus ensuring his own invincibility and establishing a reputation for fairness and impartiality.

It is good to establish prestige among the neighbors.

"Respect the elderly and care for the young? I'd like to ask what that means?" He Yuzhu retorted.

Yi Zhonghai said angrily, "You, He Yuzhu, even went to junior high school, don't you know how to respect the elderly and care for the young?"

He Yuzhu asked, "You want me to respect the elderly and care for the young?"

"Am I wrong?" Yi Zhonghai retorted.

He Yuzhu chuckled twice: "Then ask Granny Zhang if she cares for the young? What right does she have to collect rainwater?"

"I didn't say that, you're talking nonsense."

Granny Zhang panicked and quickly denied it, saying that she absolutely could not admit to such a thing.

"You're saying you didn't hit him?"

"I absolutely did not."

He Yuzhu said, "Then let the rain tell the story. A seven-year-old child wouldn't lie, would he?"

Jia Zhangshi said somewhat guiltily, "No, what can a seven-year-old child's words mean? Children do lie all the time."

She had already made up her mind that she would never admit to pushing He Yushui, since no one else had seen it anyway.

If that idiot Zhu won't admit that he pulled Yi Zhonghai, then why should he admit that he pushed He Yushui?

The two spoke very quickly, finishing their conversation in the blink of an eye, and only then did everyone realize what was happening.

"It turns out that Aunt Zhang was beaten because she splashed the rainwater first."

"Aunt Zhang is really something, actually splashing people's rainwater. How could Sha Zhu not get angry with her?"

"Aunt Zhang is such a grown woman, yet she hit a 7-year-old girl. She's shameless."

"That's right. He Daqing has only been gone for two days, and he's already thinking about occupying other people's houses and beating other people's children. Aren't he afraid of retribution?"

Everyone here is a long-time neighbor who has lived here for decades, and everyone knows exactly what kind of person Granny Zhang is.

Trying to seize the house under the guise of borrowing it is something Granny Zhang is capable of doing.

As for whether or not He Yushui was hit, isn't that obvious? Otherwise, how could Sha Zhu suddenly get angry and slap Zhang Pozi's face until it was swollen?

Although the group's voices were quiet, they were still heard by the two members of the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai.

Although Aunt Zhang didn't admit it, judging from her evasive manner, Yi Zhonghai knew that Aunt Zhang had most likely hit He Yushui.

Yi Zhonghai was somewhat embarrassed. He had tried to restrain He Yuzhu by advocating respect for the elderly and care for the young, but he hadn't expected Aunt Zhang to actually do something like that.

She was just a 7-year-old girl. How could Aunt Zhang bear to hit her?

Moreover, He Daqing just ran away, and now they're bullying He Yushui? That's really inconsiderate.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but secretly complain that Granny Zhang's actions were unethical and made him extremely embarrassed.

Jia Dongxu hadn't expected his mother to splash rainwater, and he glared at her angrily.

Seeing the suspicious looks on everyone's faces, Jia Zhangshi felt somewhat embarrassed and forced herself to say:

"I didn't hit the rain, so how could I have hit her?"

Aunt Yi watched the play for a long time, but she didn't expect Xiao Yushui to be beaten. She went around to the back to enter the house.

He saw He Yushui sitting on the chair crying silently, and his heart ached. He went over and hugged He Yushui, then asked, "Did your Aunt Zhang hit you?"

He Yushui first called out "Auntie," then nodded and said, "Aunt Zhang knocked me down."

Aunt Yi was heartbroken and secretly cursed He Daqing for being such a scoundrel, abandoning 7-year-old He Yushui and running away, leaving Yushui to be bullied.

"Good girl, Rain, come to Grandma after school from now on. No one can bully you."

He Yushui nodded obediently and nestled in Aunt Yi's arms.

Outside the house, He Yuzhu asked, "Granny Zhang, you said you didn't collect rainwater, so do you dare to swear?"

"You said that if no rain was collected, may God strike the bastard who collected the rain with lightning and kill him."

Chapter 16 Apology

"You and I..."

Jia Zhangshi was so frightened that she could barely speak. At this point, nine and a half out of ten people believed in such things. Ordinary people don't easily make oaths and believe in retribution.

Having not thought much about it before, Jia Zhangshi felt a chill run down her spine after hearing He Yuzhu's words. She couldn't help but wonder if she would be struck by lightning if she made a solemn oath.

His fat face turned deathly pale with fright, and he hurriedly shook his fat head: "I won't swear, I won't swear. Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going."

As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi got up and ran away, not even having time to brush the mud off her large buttocks. She dashed into her house, turned around, and closed the door.

Everyone was stunned. It turned out that there was another way to deal with Jia Zhangshi's unreasonable behavior.

Madam Jia was a tyrant in the courtyard. She was the kind of person who would throw tantrums and act shamelessly. Ordinary people really couldn't control her. In particular, she was good at sitting on the ground and summoning spirits to call on Old Jia to bring people. Who wouldn't feel a chill when they heard that?

Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu used the same tactics against her, forcing Jia Zhangshi to swear an oath, which frightened her so much that she ran away.

He Yuzhu turned to Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Now do you believe that Granny Zhang hit my sister?"

Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. This Jia Zhangshi, you can hit anyone in the whole courtyard, why did you have to hit a 7-year-old girl? You Jia Zhangshi are a woman in your 40s, if you hit He Yushui, wouldn't He Yuzhu fight you to the death?

Although he felt that Jia Zhangshi deserved to be beaten to death, she was, after all, his apprentice's mother, and he was naturally closer to her.

This matter cannot be blown out of proportion; we can only try to minimize it and let it go.

He said sheepishly, "This is my fault. I didn't ask clearly enough. I think we should just let it go today. Everyone should hurry back and cook and eat. We have to go to work tomorrow."

He Yuzhu also knew when to stop, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to clear his name, sincerely saying:

"Uncle Yi, you can't blame me for getting beaten up. Jia Dongxu came straight at both of us, and I just grabbed you in a panic. It was an instinctive reaction, since you were holding my hand so tightly!"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai felt embarrassed to say anything more.

When Jia Dongxu attacked earlier, he was still holding He Yuzhu's waist. At that moment, he had a wicked idea: to restrain He Yuzhu and let Jia Dongxu beat him up to vent his anger.

Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu was able to leap into the air at that moment and kick Jia Dongxu to the ground. If we really had to talk about it, it was Jia Dongxu who had wronged He Yuzhu.