Siheyuan, my new life

After the whole courtyard meeting ended last night, Jia Dongxu walked into the house with a gloomy face. Jia Zhang, who had just run home, quickly closed the door and sat down on the bench with a sense of relief. She was really worried that the neighbors outside would settle accounts with her. Usually, with the protection of Yi Zhonghai, the manager, she had caused a lot of trouble in the courtyard. Now that Yi Zhonghai was dismissed from his position as manager, Jia Zhang knew that she could no longer be as unscrupulous as before.

Jia Dongxu sat at the dinner table, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, his face looked extremely ugly under the dim light. Today he had taken great pains to invite Yi Zhonghai to dinner in order to ease the relationship, but who could have thought that Yi Zhonghai would be exposed as a hypocrite by He Daqing, and completely disgraced, and even lost his position as the manager of the courtyard.

Jia Dongxu knew the morals of his neighbors very well. He estimated that the scandal about Yi Zhonghai would spread all over the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill tomorrow morning. As Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, he would definitely be criticized, especially since the rumors involved his mother and Yi Zhonghai. Jia Dongxu really didn't know how he would face the strange looks from the people in the factory tomorrow.

Although Jia Dongxu might not be clear about other things, he did know something about his mother Jia Zhang and Yi Zhonghai.

Although Jia Zhang always waited until her son fell asleep before sneaking out to meet Yi Zhonghai, she would eventually be exposed. Once, Jia Zhang mistakenly thought her son had fallen asleep, but when she quietly slipped out of the house, she never expected that her son Jia Dongxu was following her quietly.

When Jia Dongxu heard the sounds of lovemaking coming from the vegetable cellar in the middle courtyard, he almost couldn't help but rush in and scold the couple.

But in the end, Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth and returned home. He was very familiar with the voice of the man in the vegetable cellar. It was Yi Zhonghai, who usually looked righteous.

Jia Dongxu, who was already a young man, knew very well that even if he exposed the scandal between Yi Zhonghai and his mother, his family would suffer in the end. Not only would his mother Jia Zhang be called a slut, but he would also have to face the criticism from the outside world. After thinking it over, Jia Dongxu could only hide this matter in his heart, but from that time on, he was thinking about how to take revenge on Yi Zhonghai, this hypocritical guy.

Later, when Jia Dongxu reached the age to work at Lou's Steel Rolling Mill, Jia Zhang proposed that her son become Yi Zhonghai's apprentice. After a little thought, Jia Dongxu agreed to his mother's suggestion. After all, he had no skills and no connections. If he wanted to quickly gain a foothold in Lou's Steel Rolling Mill, he had to rely on Yi Zhonghai's help. As for revenge, he could only wait for an opportunity in the future. Isn't it said that a gentleman's revenge is never too late even after ten years?

With the help of Jia Zhang, Jia Dongxu successfully became Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, and after Jia Dongxu's deliberate flattery, he quickly gained Yi Zhonghai's trust.

Especially when Jia Dongxu heard from Yi Zhonghai's drunken talk that the other party wanted him to take care of him and his wife in their old age, a crazy idea completely occupied Jia Dongxu's mind, which was to find ways to obtain Yi Zhonghai's huge fortune.

In the past few years, Jia Dongxu has been working hard for this goal all the time, but what happened tonight made Jia Dongxu anxious.

Qin Huairu, who had ulterior motives, gently placed a glass of boiled water in front of Jia Dongxu and whispered, "Dongxu, don't worry about it. It is said that there will always be a way out. I believe there will always be a way to solve all this."

Before Jia Dongxu could speak, Jia Zhang slapped Qin Huairu hard on the face and started to curse: "You are a seductive woman who only knows how to seduce men. You only pour water for your man. Can't you see that I am thirsty too?"

A clear slap mark immediately appeared on Qin Huairu's pretty face. She didn't say a word, but her tears rolled down quickly like pearls from a broken string.

In the dim light, Jia Dongxu could clearly see the red slap marks on his wife's pretty face. Looking at Qin Huairu's aggrieved look, he could not help but yelled in a low voice: "Mom, what do you want to do? It's time now and you are still making trouble? Do you know that if it weren't for your petty theft and tantrums, Yi Zhonghai would have offended so many people in the courtyard? Would he have been dismissed from his position as the manager?"

Jia Zhang was frightened by her son's angry scolding. She sat down on the ground and began to summon the spirit: "Old Jia, please come back soon. Your son is so unfilial! He scolded his own mother for a vixen!"

Jia Dongxu was also completely enraged by his mother's shamelessness. He slammed the dining table and cursed in a low voice: "You still have the nerve to call me dad. If my dad is still alive, he will take you away first for what you did! You are shameless, but I still have to go out to work. I still have to save face. The scandal you and Yi Zhonghai did will definitely spread throughout the steel mill tomorrow. How can I face people?"

Jia Zhang immediately shut her mouth like a rooster with its neck pinched, and she climbed up obediently and sat on the bench with her head down.

Although Jia Zhang is now behaving like a good kid, Jia Dongxu, who knows his mother's temper very well, is very clear that he is afraid that tomorrow she will show her true colors and continue to act like a demon.

Jia Dongxu sighed deeply and said in a low voice: "Mom, you should pack up your things tomorrow morning and go back to your hometown to live for a while."

When she heard her son wanted to drive her back to the countryside, Jia Zhang immediately jumped up as if her butt was on fire and shouted: "No, I will never go back to the countryside no matter what. Jia Dongxu, are you trying to force your own mother to death!"

Jia Dongxu said quietly, "Speak louder and call all the residents in the courtyard over. Anyway, you are now grinding the millstone with your bare bottom, embarrassing yourself everywhere. Tomorrow, everyone in the neighborhood will discuss the scandal of you and Yi Zhonghai digging the vegetable cellar. Since you have no shame, we can only send you back to the countryside. I still have to work to support my family. Banggeng still has to go to school, work, and start a family in the future. We can't ruin the whole family because of you."

Jia Zhang heard the determination in her son's tone. She knew that throwing a tantrum would be useless, so she immediately put on a pitiful expression and said, "Dongxu, I'm sick all over. I can't do farm work in the countryside. You can't just watch your mother starve to death."

Jia Dongxu lit another cigarette and slowly said, "Mom, I'm not asking you to go back to the countryside to work. Now the news about you and Yi Zhonghai will soon spread all over the streets and alleys nearby. The only way is for you to leave here first. After a year or so, people will slowly forget about it, and then we can take you back."

Jia Zhang shook her head like a rattle, and she gritted her teeth and said, "If I don't work in the countryside, what will I eat and drink?"

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "Huai Ru and I will send you food every month, but you must take out half of my father's pension and leave it at home."