Chapter 417: Settling Accounts with Er Da Ma

Under the miraculous handling of a group of old ladies who take care of everything in the Siheyuan Rectification and Supervision Brigade.

That night, after Liu Haizhong's request for an official post from Deputy Factory Director Li came to nothing, the group was quietly formed.

After its establishment,

Having picked up some tricks from Qin Huairu that they believed would be useful for these team captains, and with a mind to show off, a crowd of old ladies mightily marched toward the back courtyard to attack.

Its founding idea.

Namely, to deal with Er Da Ma.

A new official always sets three fires upon taking office.

They are all team captains.

They all unanimously agreed to brandish their treasured swords at Er Da Ma, hoping to make a big splash and establish the reputation of the Siheyuan Rectification and Supervision Brigade.

Harboring the idea of trying out the skills learned from Qin Huairu on Er Da Ma, one by one.

They surged into the back courtyard.

The bustling Siheyuan grew eager.

Many people turned up uninvited at the scene; even Shazhu and his wife Yu Li, who wanted to stay indoors to keep out of the fray, were enthusiastically pulled by the neighbors into the back courtyard.

In the world of people.

One cannot help oneself.

Unless Shazhu can move to another Siheyuan.

However, in this big environment, any trouble that occurs in the Red Star Siheyuan will also occur in other Siheyuans.

People are nonetheless social animals.

They need to socialize and maintain personal ties.

Thus.

Thus it is destined that Shazhu and his wife cannot stay out of it; rather than move to a strange environment, it's better to honestly stick it out in the Siheyuan, at least Shazhu still has his unreliable friend Xu Daming as his backer.

Pressed to the limit, Xu Daming stepped up for Shazhu.

This is a fact.

This is also the reality.

How many people, because of this baseless rumor, have been troubled to the point of unbearable suffering?

A single remark that doesn't fit in will make you feel chilled to the bone.

Some things.

Participation is possible.

Not speaking, not voicing opinions, honestly just being a wooden spectator watching the show—this is the unified idea of Shazhu and his wife; they squeezed into the crowd and turned their gaze toward a not-so-distant spot.

The scene before their eyes.

Shazhu truly cannot say it's good, nor can he say it's bad.

The neighbors from numbers seventeen and eighteen in the courtyard all gathered at Liu Haizhong's door, insisting that his wife Er Da Ma quickly come out of their house.

An earth-shaking chant.

It gave people a strong sense of intimidation.

A faint, wry smile appeared on Shazhu's cheeks; after standing a little while in the courtyard, his ears were already filled with the chant's sound.

The Red Star Siheyuan's chant called for Er Da Ma to come out; the Left Side Courtyard's slogan urged someone to talk about their personal feelings; the Right Side Courtyard's chant was about working together in unity to create brilliance, with a hint of competition; the voices rose higher and higher, and soon sounds came from all four directions—southeast, northwest, etc. —with varied content, saying all sorts of things.

After Shazhu briefly listened to these sounds, he turned his thoughts to the Liu family ahead, wondering how they would respond to this situation.

In astonishment.

Shazhu recalled a scene from his previous life where Liu Haizhong forced him to admit to certain charges.

If it weren't for Long Laotaitai smashing the glass at Liu Haizhong's house.

Whether Shazhu could come out.

That really is a later story.

No thought of shouting injustice for Liu Haizhong.

Regarding Liu Haizhong's family's misfortune.

Just two words.

Serves them right.

Who let Liu Haizhong do too much evil, ultimately bringing retribution upon himself.

Thinking of this.

Yet he came to admire Deputy Factory Director Li—that bastard actually became the de facto head of the Yagangchang, and moreover managed to land steadily afterward, taking advantage of the favorable policies of the time to become one of the first to get rich.

How fleeting life is.

How many people can retire safely like Deputy Factory Director Li?

Just like Liu Haizhong before us, who lacks Deputy Factory Director Li's fate but insists on doing his deeds, ultimately he can only meet a retribution that looms overhead.

"Er Da Ma, come out, you come out for us."

"You think we don't know, you can hear our voice, you are deliberately not coming out—I give you thirty seconds to consider; if you don't come out, we will take measures."

"One, two, three, four." the woman shouting began to count, "five, six..."

Er Da Ma is not stupid.

Knowing that going out won't bring any good fruit, she naturally won't come out easily.

The shouting old ladies, seeing Er Da Ma not come out of the house as they instructed, instantly became angry from all sides; everything has the importance of a good start; on the day the Siheyuan Rectification and Supervision Brigade was established, Er Da Ma gave them no face, staying inside and not coming out, clearly not putting these team captains in her eyes.

This is intolerable.

One of the women.

He bent over and picked up a brick from the ground.

He pointed at Liu Haizhong's window and shouted to the dozen or so companions behind him.

"Comrades, Er Da Ma isn't coming out, hiding inside pretending to be dead; in this situation, what should we do?"

"Give him a heavy lesson, first smash his window, then force him to come out."

"Smash the window!"

Just a dozen or so seconds.

Smashing the window became the only sound in the Red Star Courtyard.

Shazhu wanted to laugh.

During the days Liu Haizhong served as team captain, who knows how many neighbors in the courtyard, having angered Liu Haizhong, had their windows smashed by him.

The wheel of fortune turns.

Today it's my home's turn.

Now it's the neighbors' turn to smash Liu Haizhong's window.

Just then came a 'crack', and a piece of Liu Haizhong's window shattered.

Flying glass shards.

It made Er Da Ma, who was hiding inside and afraid to come out, let out a startled cry.

"Come out, or we'll keep smashing your windows!"

"Team Captain Xu, get the bricks ready."

"Team Captain Ma, that piece of glass just now was broken by you; now it's our turn to smash."

"Exactly, we can't let you have all the good things!"

"Let's smash together; whoever grabs it gets it."

"I say, how can you be so stupid?" Jia Zhangshi's voice rang out, "If we can't smash the Liu family's windows, or there aren't enough windows to smash, inside there are water jars, vegetable jars, flour jars—these things can't be smashed? What about bowls, plates and the like—can't they be smashed?"

The surrounding neighbors.

They stared at Jia Zhangshi as if she were a rare sight.

Talking about lack of virtue.

It still has to be this old woman.

This fucking equals emptying out Liu Haizhong's home.

Truly ruthless.

Er Da Ma, hiding inside, was completely numb; she had thought that after these people smashed a couple of windows and vented their anger, it would be over and fine, but Jia Zhangshi gave them the idea of ransacking the house.

These people showed no restraint in their actions.

If they really were to act according to Jia Zhangshi's words.

The Liu family is just the Liu family.

The key is, these things all need to be bought with money, and you also need coupons.

They got anxious.

They wanted to go out.

But they were also afraid of being beaten by those people.

In their hesitation.

Suddenly feeling a pain in their buttocks, Er Da Ma's body then involuntarily stumbled along the door and fell into the courtyard.

She was actually kicked into the courtyard by Liu Haizhong.