Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Yi Zhonghai found a deserted place, took out a match, lit a cigarette, and then burned the confession. Yi Zhonghai blew out a smoke ring, and looked at the confession reduced to ashes, and couldn't help but feel relieved. Now his uncle no longer had any evidence left outside, and he could live a peaceful life in the future.

What Yi Zhonghai didn't know was that the real confession letter had long been replaced by Xu Damao. The one he burned was a fake one that Xu Damao made using the system. An even bigger surprise was waiting for him after the wind started.

Jia Zhang put away the passbook and the rent transfer agreement, and touched the only pension money left in her pocket. This was her support for the rest of her life.

However, the most urgent thing is to reward myself first. After all, I just extorted a large sum of money from Yi Zhonghai, a man with no descendants. These days, Qin Huairu only gave me a steamed bun for every meal, and my stomach really suffered.

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang walked towards the nearest delicatessen. She often went there to buy delicious food and had become familiar with the salesperson. If she didn't have a ticket, she just had to give more money.

Jia Zhang bought a roast chicken, hid outside and ate it all, then wiped her mouth before going home. She didn’t care about the lives of the other members of the Jia family!

Qin Huairu felt disgusted when she saw Jia Zhang coming in with grease on her mouth. This old hag must have used her pension money to cheat on her again and didn't care about the lives of her family members at all. She should just get rid of her quickly.

Qin Huairu immediately said, "Grandma Banggeng, your injury is almost healed. Isn't it time to move out? Since I have called you mom for so many years, I can help you pack your luggage!" Since they had already fallen out, Qin Huairu simply stopped calling her mother-in-law.

Mother Qin thought that after Jia Zhang left, she would have food and drink as long as she helped her daughter take care of the children, which was much more comfortable than living in the countryside. She also said, "Some people should not stay in other people's homes. Since the family has been divided, they should go wherever they want and stop being an eyesore here!"

"Okay, all of you are eager to drive me away! I tell you, this house is my Jia family's house. It was left to me by old Jia. I think you should be the ones to leave!" Jia Zhang said righteously.

"Don't make trouble here. Believe it or not, I will call the people from the street office!" Qin Huairu said.

"Okay, you forced me to do this, so don't blame me for being cruel." Jia Zhang took out the newly issued house deed and rent transfer agreement from her pocket and slammed them on the table.

"Qin Huairu, open your foxy eyes and see what this is! Yi Zhonghai has sold the house to me, and even the rent you owe him has been transferred to me. Now not only do you have to move out, you also have to pay me back the rent!"

Jia Zhang slapped the table and laughed triumphantly. No matter how treacherous Qin Huairu is, you still have to drink my foot washing water!

Qin Huairu attended primary school for two years in the countryside, and also attended literacy classes after she got married. Although she can't write many words, she can still read some simple things.

Qin Huairu picked up the deed on the table and started to read it. When she saw Zhang Cuihua's name was written in the column of the landlord's name, her heart sank. It was over. She was being controlled by this old hag again!

Qin Huairu's expression changed from gloomy to bright, but she was panicking. The utility room originally allocated to Jia Zhang was small, and it certainly couldn't accommodate five people.

Housing in the city was already in short supply, and it became even more so after the deregulation. How could she find a suitable house in such a short time? Even if she found a house to rent, wouldn't she still have to pay rent? As a street sweeper, she didn't have the money to pay for it!

Qin Huairu picked up the list again and looked at it. It was an agreement written by Yi Zhonghai to transfer the rent money Qin Huairu owed him to Jia Zhangshi, which meant that she still owed Jia Zhangshi three years of rent. Fortunately, the rent was not expensive at the time, only three yuan per month, a total of one hundred and eight yuan!

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu's face changed immediately, "Mom, I was just joking with you, you haven't eaten yet, I will go cook now."

Mother Qin was blind, she even wrote her own name crookedly, she had no idea what was written on the papers. Seeing her daughter's attitude change drastically, she couldn't help but ask, "Huai Ru, didn't we discuss getting rid of this old woman as soon as possible? Why did you change your mind now?"

"Mom, I...house..."

However, before Qin Huairu could finish her words, Jia Zhang interrupted her, "Qin Huairu, you have been conspiring with your mother to kick me out. Don't blame me for being ruthless! If you don't leave, I will ring the gong and call a meeting of the whole courtyard to kick you out. Anyway, the house deed is with me, I want to see which side the steward and the neighbors are on!"

Jia Zhang felt that she was right in this matter, and the manager of the courtyard was fair in handling things, so he would definitely help her. Usually, Jia Zhang would argue even if she was wrong, but now she would be unyielding!

Qin Huairu finally knew how difficult her mother-in-law was, and she also felt how the neighbors in the courtyard felt when they were entangled by Jia Zhang. In order not to be kicked out, Qin Huairu used a big move, and she knelt down in front of Jia Zhang with a plop.

"Mom, I beg you not to chase us away. Xiaodang and Huaihua are also the bloodline left by Dongxu! Even if Banggeng is no longer able to do so, Xiaodang and Huaihua can still find a live-in son-in-law. Their children also have half of the Jia family's blood. We can let their children have the surname Jia, so that our Jia family can continue to be passed down!"

Qin Huairu's words moved Jia Zhang's heart. She felt that the thing she felt most sorry for Old Jia and Dongxu was that the Jia family would be extinct. She would not be able to face Old Jia and his son even after her death. Xiaodang and Huaihua also had Dongxu's blood in their bodies. Although they were not as good as grandsons, they could also continue the Jia family's lineage!

"Okay, I can forgive you, but you have to swear in front of your father-in-law and Dongxu's portrait that you will never remarry in this life, and you must continue to take care of me, provide for my old age and see me to the end of my life, and give me five dollars a month for my retirement!" Jia Zhang said with her triangular eyes glaring.

"Okay, okay, I promise you everything. As long as you don't chase us away, I will agree." Qin Huairu agreed.

"Then you have to drive your mother away. You can't let her eat the food of my Jia family anymore. We in the Jia family don't support idle people!" Jia Zhang continued, saying that if she had to support someone, she would have to support an idle person like herself.

"I can let my mother go back to the countryside, but I still have to go to work. Who will take care of Bang Geng?"

"Huai Ru, you..." Mother Qin couldn't believe that her own daughter wanted to drive her back to the countryside.

Jia Zhang didn't even look at Qin's mother. The two of them were not in the same league. She looked at her grandson lying on the kang and remembered that when Qin Huairu beat her, this grandson helped her beat Qin Huairu. It seemed that Banggeng was still very filial to her, so she would take care of him reluctantly. After all, he was her grandson whom she had loved for so many years!

"Then I'll take care of Bangteng!"

"I want grandma to take care of me, too." Banggeng also said while lying on the kang. He grew up in the Jia family and had only been to his grandma's house a few times, so he was naturally closer to his grandma.

"Okay, I'll take my mother to the station tomorrow." Qin Huairu said this and winked at her mother. After seeing this, Qin's mother controlled her temper and didn't say anything else.

"Huai Ru, go and cook first. I'll lie down and rest for a while." Jia Zhang ordered.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Qin Huairu pulled her mother out of the inner room.