Chapter 151

Chinese:...

Possible translation: Jia Zhangshi, eager to explain she hadn't stolen Qin Huairu's tonic and white flour, never imagined that the words she used to describe the relationship between Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, and Jia Dongxu would turn into swords, all slashing her beloved son Jia Dongxu — especially with Yi Zhonghai as master, Jia Dongxu as disciple, Qin Huairu as daughter-in-law — which plunged Jia Dongxu into intense agony.

Make concise but keep all info.

Let's produce: Jia Zhangshi, eager to explain she hadn't stolen Qin Huairu's tonic and white flour, never imagined that the words she used to describe the relationship between Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, and Jia Dongxu would turn into swords, all slashing her beloved son Jia Dongxu — especially with Yi Zhonghai as master, Jia Dongxu as disciple, Qin Huairu as daughter‑in‑law — which plunged Jia Dongxu into intense agony.

That's one line.

He feels bitter.

【15】

It's embarrassing.

【17】

He can only bear it all alone, silently.

【22】

"He sneakily hides in an unnoticed corner, silently observing Yi Zhonghai, and discovers that beneath Yi Zhonghai's kindly facade, he feels overly stimulated, or perhaps his original height of 1.70 meters suddenly becomes 1.80 meters."

1.70 meters, 1.80 meters.

Let's translate: "He sneaks into an unnoticed corner, silently observing Yi Zhonghai, and finds that beneath Yi Zhonghai's kindly facade he feels overly stimulated, or perhaps his original height of 1.70 meters suddenly becomes 1.80 meters."

【26】

Naturally, it's a hat.

【28】

long sentence -> translate

"Just now, the exchange between Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai, filled with unspoken understanding, deeply pierced Jia Dongxu's heart. They have become so in tune that they've abandoned even basic verbal communication; a tiny glance, a subtle gesture, is enough for each to know what they want — everything is conveyed without words."

Make concise but keep all.

【34】

One is the person he loves most, Qin Huairu!

【36】

Looking back, his mother Jia Zhangshi was right: Qin Huairu is not a good woman, and he shouldn't have listened to Yi Zhonghai and married her.

【38】

From the start, when Yi Zhonghai took him as a disciple, he never had good intentions; perhaps from that moment Yi Zhonghai began using Jia Dongxu as a shield.

【40】

What a Yi Zhonghai.

【42】

The fact is so cruel that Jia Dongxu wishes he could swing his fists and give Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai, that dog couple, a fierce beating.

【44】

He has no evidence of Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai's affair.

【46】

Yi Zhonghai is a Level 8 Technician at Yagangchang; even workshop supervisors defer to him, while I am a useless Level 2 worker who can't even advance to Level 3.

【48】

One is Level 2.

【50】

Yi Zhonghai is the Head Steward of the Siheyuan and also has a letter of praise from ten thousand people.

【52】

Jia Dongxu won't gain any advantage.

【54】

Jia Dongxu even imagines the scene: Qin Huairu tearfully saying he doesn't trust her, openly declaring the child in her womb belongs to the Jia family, while Jia Zhangshi wholeheartedly wants to hold a grandson — a clear two‑to‑one situation, not worth the loss.

【56】

We have to take it slow.

【58】

Scanning the onlookers, Jia Dongxu's heart sank; he feared none of these people in the Siheyuan would help him.

【60】

Jia Dongxu's gaze fell on Shazhu.

【64】

"He doesn't get along with Shazhu, looks down on him in every way, yet Shazhu outperforms him in all aspects, leaving Jia Dongxu far behind; Shazhu has acquired everything he needs for the household, while Jia Dongxu's only possession is a sewing machine — a gift from Yi Zhonghai."

Jia Dongxu's face.

【66】

The sewing machine is a chip Yi Zhonghai used to trade for Qin Huairu, and possibly even his mother Jia Zhangshi was involved.

【68】

In soft conditions he's no match for Shazhu.

His own wife Qin Huairu puts a hat on him, while Shazhu's wife Yu Li can, during Shazhu's five‑year mountain‑area support, consistently care for He Yushui day after day.

"His own wife Qin Huairu puts a hat on him, while Shazhu's wife Yu Li can, during Shazhu's five‑year mountain‑area support, consistently care for He Yushui."

But note: "Yu Li" is not in glossary; it's a name but not listed. Should we include? It's a named entity (character). The glossary only includes those provided; we should not invent. However the instruction says: List every NAMED entity / coined term in these lines: characters (incl. the protagonist & minor ones), places, etc. Exclude common words/objects, generic forms of address (not ranks). "Yu Li" is a character name, but not in glossary. Should we add? The glossary provided is for these lines — use these EXACT English forms every time (never romanize or paraphrase them). It lists specific terms. It does not include "Yu Li". However the instruction says: "List every NAMED entity / coined term in these lines: characters (incl. the protagonist & minor ones), places, sects/clans/factions/peoples, official & sect ranks/titles, techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan-fiction names. EXCLUDE common words/objects, generic forms of address (not ranks), real-world brands/apps/celebrities, internet slang, and bare generic genre words. Output ONLY names that ACTUALLY APPEAR in these lines — never invent or copy an example word. Reuse the EXACT English from the glossary above for terms already listed. If none found: 【】"

etc are notes. Continue translation lines after note.

Thus we must list any named entity that appears, even if not in the provided glossary?... (note)

Also "Jia Zhangshi" is a form of address but refers to Jia Zhangshi; it's a nickname/honorific used for her. Should we treat as a name? It's not a personal name but a title. It's a generic form of address (not a rank). The instruction says exclude generic forms of address (not ranks). So we exclude "Jia Zhangshi". Good.

Also Dong Xu appears as part of name; we have Dong Xu in glossary. We'll use that.

Now line 46 translation: "His own wife Qin Huairu puts a hat on him, while Shazhu's wife Yu Li can, during Shazhu's five‑year mountain‑area support, consistently care for He Yushui."

But need to keep numbers: "five years" = five years. "day after day for five years" = day after day for five years. We'll translate: "His own wife Qin Huairu puts a hat on him, while Shazhu's wife Yu Li can, during Shazhu's five‑year mountain‑area support, consistently care for He Yushui day after day."

Better: "His own wife Qin Huairu puts a hat on him, while Shazhu's wife Yu Li, during Shazhu's five‑year mountain‑area support, consistently cares for He Yushui day after day."

Jia Dongxu envies Shazhu endlessly; he suddenly feels that everyone might lie to him, except Shazhu, who would never deceive him.

Enemies are one aspect.

Shazhu's personality is another.

A bold idea fills Jia Dongxu's mind: whether Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai have an issue, should he ask Shazhu and see what Shazhu would say.

…… -> Just three dots. Translate as "……" maybe keep as "……". We'll output "……".

Completely unaware that he has become Jia Dongxu's guiding light, Shazhu keeps his focus on Jia Zhangshi.

No idea.

Who let Jia Zhangshi start this.

Grudges have a source.

Debts have an owner.

So we must find Jia Zhangshi.

"Yushui, why did you just argue with Jia Zhangshi?"

"I was doing my homework when I looked up and saw a shadow flash across our window; later I realized it was Jia Zhangshi from next door sneaking onto our glass, sticking her butt out and peeking at our things. I said a couple of things to her, and she started arguing, saying I don't respect elders and that she's our family's senior."

"I was doing homework; I looked up and saw a shadow flash across our window. Later I found out that the Jia family's madam from next door had secretly climbed onto our window, sticking her butt out to look at our things. I said a couple of things to her, and she started arguing, saying I don't respect elders and that she is an elder in our household."

We need to keep quotes and punctuation.

Jia Da Ma, I'm not saying this about you, but you're typical—insatiably greedy. The eldest uncle's daily aid of white flour to your family still isn't enough for you to eat; you still want to scheme about taking our family's things.

Shazhu's tone shifted.

He spoke the truth.

Some things.

Cannot be hidden at all.

"I brought back some things; the things I brought back, according to your meaning, Jia Auntie, should be given to the Jia family, or else you don't treat the Jia family as neighbors."

Yi Zhonghai quickly gave Jia Zhangshi a look.

The trap in Shazhu's words is so obvious; definitely don't fall into it.

What's there to fear?

Why does it have to come?

Jia Zhangshi just went along with Shazhu's remark without thinking.

"We're all neighbors in the same courtyard; you give to San Daye but not to us, that's discrimination, you don't treat us as your neighbors."

"Eldest Uncle, are you also discriminating against us neighbors?" Shazhu pointed at Yi Zhonghai: "You gave the Jia family white flour this afternoon; you should also give us neighbors white flour. This isn't my words, it's Jia Auntie's; otherwise you're biased, you're not fit to be the chief elder."

Kill the person, excise the heart.

Shazhu gave Jia Zhangshi a thumbs up.

"Jia Auntie, you're really generous; you have white flour at home, you don't need to deliver door-to-door; you could make the white flour into noodles, or even into dumpling soup, and the neighbors could share a bowl."

"\"What for? \" When Jia Zhangshi heard they wanted to share her family's white flour with everyone, she exploded like a protective sow, \"Our stuff, why should we give it to the neighbors? \""

"\"Your family's stuff can't be given to neighbors, but the things I brought back should be shared with neighbors? I think sharing with neighbors is small, giving to your Jia family is big, Jia Zhangshi, you're being double‑standard. \" His gaze swept over Jia Zhangshi's body: \"Your weight is even more like a landlady than a landlady. \""

"He Yushui, watching on the side, his eyes lit up; Jia Zhangshi is just asking for trouble, who says you can't make fun of her weight?"

"This afternoon someone tidied the courtyard and accidentally found a large scale, the kind used in the countryside to weigh livestock when purchasing them; the scale rod is about as thick as an egg and two meters long, the scale pan was specially made into a hook shape, livestock have ropes tied on them, this hook directly catches the rope, above a goose-egg-sized large ring is stuffed with a thick stick, depending on the livestock's weight, either two or four strong youths lift it onto their shoulders."

Better to pick a day than to choose an auspicious day.

Taking advantage of our own foolish brother's remark, let's properly humiliate Jia Zhangshi.

Laoqianpo.

Making you no good every day.

The feng shui of the Siheyuan, because of Jia Zhangshi's meddling, has been completely ruined.

Big fat woman Jia Zhangshi, in this era of scarce material goods, to be able to eat and be so white and plump, it's nothing short of a miracle.

Perhaps the neighbors hadn't noticed before.

If we weigh it.

Jia Zhangshi's reputation as the fattest in the Siheyuan could spread.

"Jia Auntie, my brother says you're a white and plump landlady; out of concern for your reputation, we must speak with facts; this afternoon we found a large scale, let's weigh you, see if you really are like a landlady, or if my brother is talking nonsense; if he is, I'll make him apologize to you."

Jia Zhangshi was startled.

Weighing.

Am I turning into a pig?

This won't do.

"Can't weigh." Jia Zhangshi stammered: "I'm just puffy."

"Jia Zhangshi, are you truly puffy or just pretending? What I say doesn't count, what you say doesn't count; the evidence decides."

"Mom." The usually silent Jia Dongxu unexpectedly spoke, agreeing to weigh Jia Zhangshi: "No problem, let's weigh."

The neighbors' heads buzzed.

The Jia family mother and son again broadened their horizons.

This scene of maternal kindness and filial piety.

Too hilarious.

"Son." Jia Zhangshi stared at Jia Dongxu as if seeing a ghost, "What did you say?"

"Shazhu saying you're a landlady is a slander against our Jia family; we must fiercely rebut Shazhu's slander, let's weigh." Jia Dongxu stepped forward, looking at Shazhu: "Shazhu, if my mom is just puffy, what should we do?"

"What do you want to do?"

"All the things he brought back should go to our Jia family."

This is Jia Zhangshi's suggestion.

Jia Dongxu didn't accept it.

"Shazhu, whether you're puffy or truly fat, you just need to answer my three questions."

Shazhu was a bit puzzled; Jia Dongxu before him seemed strange everywhere, leaving Shazhu unsure how to respond.

After thinking for about thirty seconds.

Agreed to Jia Dongxu's request.

Then answered Jia Dongxu's three questions.

"Come, a few people, help me weigh my mother properly."

The front, middle, and rear three big courtyards, with a clamor, squeezed out several sturdy youths.

Weigh Jia Zhangshi.

This is a rare thing in the Siheyuan.

Everyone wanted to participate personally.

Someone also fetched a rope, preparing to truss Jia Zhangshi like a pig.

Jia Zhangshi's face changed instantly; she felt fear from deep inside, but since Jia Dongxu agreed, she could only grit her teeth and let people treat her like a pig for weighing.

The rope used to bind Jia Zhangshi is the special method for binding a big fat pig: wrap once around the neck, twice around the front, reverse from the waist, then bind her hands and feet behind her back. Contains: Jia Zhangshi (Jia Zhangshi).

Definitely the treatment of a big fat pig awaiting slaughter inside a slaughterhouse.

The hook of the scale caught on the rope binding Jia Zhangshi's hands and feet; a wooden stick as thick as an egg passed through the large round ring on the scale's beam, and two young men tried to lift the big scale with their shoulders.

They couldn't lift it.

One reason was hunger in their stomachs, leaving them without strength.

Another reason was that Jia Zhangshi was truly heavy.

Without anyone urging them, seeing that the two young men couldn't lift Jia Zhangshi, two more young men came out, making four in total who carried Jia Zhangshi to weigh him.

The silent scene instantly became much livelier.

They weighed Jia Zhangshi as if he were a big fat pig.

This greatly exceeded the expectations of the Siheyuan's residents.

Everyone could see that.

Jia Zhangshi was not just fat for show.

If he were only superficially heavy, the two young men earlier would have lifted Jia Zhangshi to weigh him; since the two couldn't move him, even four young men lacking strength still showed his weight from the side.

The faces of all the Siheyuan residents turned unpleasant.

Jia Zhangshi's weight spoke volumes.

Some people shifted their doubtful gazes from Jia Zhangshi to Yi Zhonghai.

Everyone knew about Yi Zhonghai's aid of white flour; could it really have gone into Jia Zhangshi's stomach?

Strange.

Why is Yi Zhonghai so good to Jia Zhangshi?

Being good to Qin Huairu is understandable, since she's young, but being so good to Jia Zhangshi leaves the neighbors baffled—could Yi Zhonghai be eating both big and small, or else how to explain Jia Zhangshi's weight?

Guang Tian, Guang Fu, and Jiēdào's Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, four young men, gritted their teeth before lifting the big scale.

The number stunned everyone.

It also exceeded Jia Zhangshi's expectations.

Two hundred fifty catties.

In times of scarce supplies, Jia Zhangshi's weight of two hundred fifty catties—only four young men could lift this big scale—is what Jia Zhangshi calls 'half-full every day'.

"Shazhu, my mother weighs two hundred fifty catties; you promised me you'd answer three questions."

"Ask."

"I'll come find you later."

Shazhu scratched his head, feeling something was off; after thinking it over, it seemed Jia Dongxu had schemed against him.

He had agreed to answer Jia Dongxu's three questions for no reason.

"What questions?"

The people, doubtful, each went home to look for their own mother.