Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"I am He Yuzhu."

Qin Huairu's heart sank to the bottom. Jia Zhang's sneer was like a thorn that pierced her heart. She didn't dare to believe it, nor did she dare to admit it, but her intuition told her that the poisoning of Banggeng was related to Jia Zhang!

She stood up suddenly, stared at Jia Zhang fiercely, and asked in a trembling voice: "Mom, Bang Geng... is he... you..."

Jia Zhang was startled by Qin Huairu's sudden questioning, but she quickly regained her composure. She rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "Huairu, what nonsense are you talking about? Banggeng is my grandson, how could I harm him?"

"Then tell me, how could Banggeng be poisoned for no reason? The doctor said that someone poisoned his food!" Qin Huairu pressed on, her tone full of questioning.

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes and said in a feigned anger, "How should I know? I'm not a deity! Besides, I'm heartbroken as a grandmother that the stick is poisoned. Why are you yelling at me?"

"That's right, Huairu, what's your attitude? How can you talk to your mother like that?" Xu Damao, who was watching the fun, also chimed in, "I think the one who got the joke might be you..."

"Xu Damao, shut up!" Sha Zhu came back with the prescription written by the old doctor in his hand. He slammed the prescription on the table and said angrily, "The doctor said that there is arsenic in the stick stem. This is not a joke!"

"Arsenic?" Everyone gasped. This is a deadly poison!

"Who is so cruel to do such a cruel thing to a child?" The third uncle Yan Bugui exclaimed, his tone full of disbelief.

"Yes, this will lead to jail time!" Second Uncle Liu Haizhong also said, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu ignored everyone's comments. She stared at Jia Zhang and asked, "Mom, tell me honestly, did you cook the food for Banggeng?"

Jia Zhang felt uneasy when Qin Huairu looked at her, but she still said stubbornly, "So what? As a grandmother, what's wrong with me cooking a meal for my grandson?"

"Then tell me, where did you get the arsenic from?" Qin Huairu's voice was as cold as ice. She was now almost certain that the gangbang was caused by Jia Zhang!

"I...I..." Jia Zhang hesitated and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

"Speak!" Qin Huairu roared, tears bursting out.

Jia Zhang was so frightened that her whole body trembled. She subconsciously took a step back, but accidentally bumped into the table behind her. With a "clang", a small white porcelain bottle fell out of Jia Zhang's pocket and rolled to Qin Huairu's feet.

Qin Huairu bent down to pick up the small porcelain bottle, opened it, and a pungent smell hit her face.

"What is this?" Uncle Yi Zhonghai walked forward, picked up the small porcelain bottle and smelled it, his face suddenly became serious, "This is... arsenic!"

"What?!" everyone exclaimed, and all eyes were focused on Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang's face was pale and her lips were trembling, but she couldn't utter a word.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, do you have anything else to say?" Qin Huairu asked in a trembling voice. Her heart was broken. She never thought that the person who harmed her son was actually her mother-in-law!

Jia Zhang slumped on the ground, her eyes dull, as if possessed by a demon, and she kept muttering, "It's not me... It's not me... I didn't hurt Bang Geng..."

"It's not you? Then what about the arsenic? Why did you hide it on your body?" Sha Zhu roared angrily. He never thought that Jia Zhang, who usually looked kind and benevolent, would do such a vicious thing!

At this moment, Bang Geng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly struggled to sit up. He pointed at Jia Zhang and said weakly, "It was... it was grandma... grandma... who poisoned my food..."

Banggeng's words were undoubtedly a bombshell, causing a stir among the crowd.

"What? Was it really Jia Zhang who poisoned her?"

"Oh my God, how could she be so cruel that she even harmed her own grandson!"

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. He seems to be a kind person, but I didn't expect that..."

Everyone was talking about it, and there was a constant stream of accusations and insults.

Jia Zhang listened to the accusations and suddenly jumped up like crazy. She pointed at the stick and shouted at the top of her lungs: "You little bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? When did I poison you? Why are you slandering me?"

"I didn't slander you! It was you who put white powder in my porridge, I saw it!" Banggeng cried, his face was pale and his lips were purple, obviously he was severely poisoned.

"You...you..." Jia Zhang was furious. She wanted to argue but was pushed away by Qin Huairu.

"Enough!" Qin Huairu roared, her eyes full of anger and disappointment, "Jia Zhang, what else do you have to say now?"

Jia Zhang looked at Qin Huairu's cold eyes and suddenly realized that she had no way to escape...

Jia Zhang slumped on the ground, like a deflated ball. Her usually arrogant face was now filled with fear and despair, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes seemed to hide countless malicious thoughts.

"I...I..." Jia Zhang's lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"You still have the nerve to say that?!" Qin Huairu rushed over and grabbed Jia Zhang's collar, filled with grief and anger, "Bang Geng is your grandson! How could you have the heart to do that to him?!"

Jia Zhang was shaken by Qin Huairu, her head shaking like a rattle, but she still weakly defended herself: "No...it's not me...I didn't..."

"We've caught the criminal red-handed! You still want to deny it?!" Uncle Yi Zhonghai shouted harshly. He has always been a man of sensible principles and can't stand this kind of cruel behavior.

The neighbors around also started to criticize:

"How heartless! They even harmed their own grandson!"

"He usually looks like a kind person, but I didn't expect him to have such a vicious heart!"

"What sin did the Jia family commit to have such a vicious grandmother?"

Hearing the accusations around her, Jia Zhang suddenly went crazy. She pushed Qin Huairu away and screamed, "Shut up! What do you know?! I'm doing this for Bang Geng's own good! He's just a little kid, why would he eat so many good things?! I'm thinking about him!"

When these words came out, everyone was stunned. Could it be that Jia Zhang was crazy?

"You...what did you say?!" Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang in disbelief. She simply couldn't believe her ears. These words actually came from her mother-in-law's mouth!

"Did I say something wrong?!" Jia Zhang stiffened her neck, her eyes wide as bells, "Banggeng has been spoiled since he was young. He wants the best of everything! I'm teaching him to be frugal and sensible! What do you know?!"

"You..." Qin Huairu was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Jia Zhang but couldn't say a word.

"That's enough!" The second uncle Liu Haizhong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up. He slammed the table heavily and glared at Jia Zhang. "Jia Zhang, stop making trouble here! It's a fact that Bang Geng was poisoned. What else do you have to say?!"

"I..." Jia Zhang wanted to argue, but was interrupted by the third uncle Yan Bugui.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, I think you are really getting old and confused! With your little tricks, do you think we are all fools?!" Yan Bugui sneered, "Don't you know what Banggeng eats every day? If he really wants to eat good food, do you need to secretly poison him?!"

Jia Zhang was choked by Yan Bugui's words. She opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute.

"I think you just can't stand seeing Banggeng do well!" Yan Bugui continued, "You just want to leave your pitiful retirement money to your precious son Jia Dongxu!"

"You...you are talking nonsense!" Jia Zhang was furious, but she could not deny what Yan Bugui said.

"I'm talking nonsense?!" Yan Bugui sneered, "Then tell me, why did you poison Banggeng's food?!"

Jia Zhang was pressed step by step by Yan Bugui and was speechless. She sat on the ground dejectedly with empty eyes, like a walking corpse.

At this moment, He Yuzhu, who had been standing behind the crowd, suddenly walked out. He walked in front of Jia Zhang, looked down at her, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Jia Zhang, do you think no one knows what you did?"

Qin Huairu felt a surge of anger rushing to her head, and her vision went dark. Without thinking, she raised her hand and gave Jia Zhang a loud slap.

"Snapped!"

This crisp sound was as if time had stood still. Everyone in the courtyard was stunned by Qin Huairu's sudden action. They were all stunned, as if their acupoints were pressed.

Jia Zhang was hit so hard that her head tilted to one side, with a trace of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. She stared at Qin Huairu in disbelief, her eyes full of hurt and resentment: "Qin Huairu, you dare to hit me? You ungrateful bitch, I worked so hard to raise you, and this is how you repay me?"

Qin Huairu's chest was heaving violently. Her eyes were red and she gnashed her teeth as she said, "I've had enough! For so many years, I have been tolerating you and letting you go, but look at what you have done? You stole my money, robbed my things, and now you are even harming my son! I was so blind, how could I have married into your Jia family in the first place!"