Chapter 400: Jia Zhangshi, the Backer

Several minutes later.

Once again, the sound of shattering glass rang out within the courtyard.

Immediately followed by Er Da Ma's voice begging and crying to each household.

"Neighbors, what are you doing? Why won't this end? I know our Old Liu did something wrong to you neighbors, but we've already apologized and said sorry to you. Our Old Liu is no longer the Team Captain; he was pulled down from the Team Captain position and has already received the appropriate punishment. Why are you still not satisfied? Are you trying to drive our Old Liu underground to make yourselves content?"

That tone.

A clear case of moral blackmail.

In Er Da Ma's mind, Liu Haizhong's numerous bloody mistakes could be easily brushed aside with a mere apology or expression of regret.

That's too simplistic.

That could bring about the extermination of the whole family.

Among the front, middle, and rear courtyards, how many neighbors, due to Liu Haizhong's pretentiousness, have suffered the ruin of their homes and the scattering of their wives and children; how many wish they could tear Liu Haizhong apart to vent the fury pent up to the extreme—this even includes Shazhu.

A single sentence.

It is that Liu Haizhong has done too much evil.

Describing it with the idiom "cannot be recorded even if bamboo slips were exhausted" is not an exaggeration.

Yet Er Da Ma does not think so.

She thinks that by coming to the door, softening her attitude, and saying a few pleasant words, everything can be smoothed over, and each household can continue to close their doors and live their small lives.

"You are all neighbors within the courtyard; to push things to this extreme—is that appropriate? You don't see each other when you lower your heads, nor when you raise them—do you really have neighbors like you? You've smashed two panes of our glass in a row; I've laid down my words—if you smash our glass again, I'll curse you all over the street; buying glass doesn't even require a glass coupon!"

An unexpected reinforcement.

Joined the faction fighting against Er Da Ma.

This person was not even anticipated by Shazhu.

These past few years.

This person is so honest that his honesty almost made the courtyard's neighbors forget that there was still a troublemaker named Jia Zhangshi in their courtyard.

He muttered to himself.

Is Jia Zhangshi about to make a comeback in the martial world?

Liu Haizhong bears a grudge against them.

Too lazy to speak.

And also wanted to see Liu Haizhong meet misfortune.

Jia Zhangshi's intervention, in the neighbors' eyes, was like sending charcoal in the snow; they all pricked up their ears, listening to the commotion in the Hou Yuan. Some, apparently disdainful of hiding indoors and hearing insufficiently, simply threw on their clothes, came out of their houses, followed the wall's base to the Hou Yuan, and watched the grand spectacle of Jia Zhangshi angrily scolding Er Da Ma.

Jia Zhangshi, who had withdrawn from the scolding-jianghu world for three or four years, showed no loss of skill; she stood with hands on hips, legs splayed, mouth open wide enough to greet the opponent's eight generations of ancestors, and earnestly greeted Liu Haizhong's parents and elders.

"Pah!"

Jia Zhangshi has a certain pattern when scolding people.

First, she uses thick phlegm to open the way.

She forcefully spat a mouthful of thick phlegm toward Er Da Ma.

Since Er Da Ma was guarding against this move, she tilted her head.

This mouthful of thick phlegm from Jia Zhangshi missed its target.

Seeing that the thick phlegm had no effect, Jia Zhangshi directly launched into a tirade.

"You still have the nerve to mention the four words 'neighbors'? What are you, and what qualifications do you have to utter those four words? You constantly say 'distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors' and 'you don't see each other when you lower your head, nor when you raise it'—how have you Liu family people acted? As Team Captain, you first used the Siheyuan neighbors as your cutting board; Yan Fugui of the front courtyard, who is the Siheyuan's managerial San Daye, just because he said a few words you didn't want to hear, you had his whole family dealt with—damn it, is this what neighbors do?"

Er Da Ma was at a loss for words.

Who let Jia Zhangshi speak the truth?

The reason she is scolding the streets tonight.

It is because she has considered these issues, worried that the neighbors would find various excuses to settle scores, so she thought of using the two panes of glass to feign pity as much as possible, then play the emotion card, to gloss over this matter.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zhangshi jumped out.

As for Jia Zhangshi,

she has not the slightest chance of winning.

The current Jia Family.

Truly the kind that is destitute, bare walls; for profit, they can do anything.

Er Da Ma indeed does not want to provoke the Jia Family; Liu Haizhong is no longer the Team Captain, and furthermore he has offended the entire courtyard's neighbors; the title of managerial elder is no longer useful.

Faced with the pressing Jia Zhangshi.

Er Da Ma felt the urge to retreat.

"What does our family's business have to do with your Jia Family? I remember when our Old Liu was Team Captain, we never dealt with your Jia Family."

"Can't you even bear to look?" Jia Zhangshi stomped her feet and said: "The things Liu Haizhong has done are so unbearable that even I, an old woman, can't stand to watch; you think a couple of nice words can just gloss it over? The Shazhu in the Zhong Yuan has all fled from Liu Haizhong, yet Liu Haizhong still seeks trouble for them; thanks to Shazhu's tough life, if it were someone with a fragile fate, they'd likely have been wiped out by your Liu Haizhong already; your family is formidable, the deeds you've committed aren't a big deal, but when your family is not formidable, you still won't let the neighbors settle old scores with you."

"You."

"What do you mean 'me'? I'm telling you, your glass was smashed by my old woman, for no reason, just to vent the neighbors' resentment—okay?"

Many people thought Jia Zhangshi was just speaking in anger.

Only Jia Zhangshi herself knows the truth.

She spoke the truth.

Even if the glass wasn't broken by her, it still has some connection to her.

Strictly speaking.

It was Bangeng who did it.

Upon learning that Liu Haizhong had been completely removed, Xu Daming took over the Team Captain title, and Jia Zhangshi promptly realized that this was a rare opportunity for the Jia Family to turn things around.

She pulled over Bangeng and quietly gave him a few instructions.

Bangeng, taking advantage of the night's cover, threw a brick and smashed Liu Haizhong's family's window.

This is all Jia Zhangshi's idea; she wants to take advantage of smashing Liu Haizhong's family's window to win the neighbors' goodwill and cling to Xu Daming's thigh.

When Liu Haizhong was the Team Captain.

Jia Zhangshi witnessed the Team Captain's overbearing tyranny; the workshop's squad leader, said to be taken away, was taken away by Liu Haizhong; even the work section chief, such an awesome figure, upon seeing Liu Haizhong, had to proactively greet him and offer him a cigarette.

Xu Daming succeeded Liu Haizhong as Team Captain.

This shows that Xu Daming's authority is as great as Liu Haizhong's originally was.

The Jia Family's work is done by Qin Huairu; because she lacks initiative, Qin Huairu fails the technical assessment, dragging the workshop's rear, and now she has been responsible for the factory area's hygiene at Yagangchang.

Even if in the future Bangeng takes over Qin Huairu's position.

At most, he'd just be a sweeper of the factory area's Jiēdào.

It gets spread around.

Not very pleasant to hear.

Also not good to say about the wife.

Jia Zhangshi thinks she can appropriately make use of the Liu Haizhong incident, by helping the neighbors speak out, to win Xu Daming's favor; then, when Xu Daming says a word at Yagangchang, Bangeng can easily get a job at Yagangchang.