Chapter 627
Jia Zhangshi's guess that Yi Zhonghai was clinging to the Jia family and refusing to leave was remarkably accurate.
With Shazhu dead and gone, the not-so-stupid Yi Zhonghai could only look to the Jia family for support.
Because Yi Zhonghai had no extra energy to scheme against others, and because Louxiaoe had returned earlier, to prevent Shazhu from following Louxiaoe away, Yi Zhonghai had the two rooms in the siheyuan registered under Shazhu's household name changed to the Jia family.
He had no house, but he did have a pension.
However, the money was not much, and its regular disbursement could not be guaranteed.
The Yagangchang happened to be at a critical juncture of reform.
If Yi Zhonghai were to suffer a serious illness or minor disaster and be unable to move, that money would be his reliance for self-protection.
In the situation where Shazhu was driven out of the Jia family home and died miserably, having lost the thought of letting the Jia family support him in his old age and see him through to the end, even if the Jia family's Wuqin shouted about giving Yi Zhonghai a basin to fall over, Yi Zhonghai would not dare to entrust this matter to the Jia family's Wuqin.
It would be better to entrust such a thing to He Yushui than to have the Jia family's Wuqin do it, so that Yi Zhonghai could feel a little more at ease.
He knew what his current advantage was, and could only try his best to disgust the Jia family, copying over the red-face, white-face method the Jia family widow had used to manipulate the neighbors.
He thus paid no heed to Qin Huairu's so-called good intentions.
He lightly waved his hand.
He tried as much as possible to make his tone become kind and affable.
"Huairu, no need, my body is quite well, otherwise they wouldn't let me leave the hospital, I'd rather stay in the courtyard, as the old saying goes, a family with an elder is like having a treasure, my age is placed here, this is also experience, Bangeng, Xiao Dang, Huaihua, when they encounter things and cannot make up their minds, I can help them make a decision."
Seeing Yi Zhonghai not reasonable.
A posture of staying in the Jia family.
The Jia family's Wuqin instantly had their minds thrown into disarray.
Mainly because they felt there was no need now to deal with this old bastard Yi Zhonghai.
Money, no matter how good.
Still requires fortune to enjoy.
Take Shazhu for example, back then he had just collapsed onto the bed, the Jia family's Wuqin had not thought of showing filial piety, through filial piety letting the neighbors look at the Jia family with new eyes.
Unexpectedly, faced with feces and urine, in less than a day's time, the Jia family's Wuqin were completely defeated.
The stench that assaulted the nose.
The unsightly color.
Making the Jia family's Wuqin constantly retch, having stayed in the room for less than five minutes, they vomited several times, vomiting as if even stomach acid came out.
That was so unpleasant, when eating, the Jia family's Wuqin saw the delicious food before their eyes, and in their eyes it all became feces and urine.
To make matters worse, Shazhu would lose control of his bowels every half hour, sometimes urine, sometimes feces, sometimes both at once, deeply stabbing the Jia family's Wuqin's defenses.
Having suffered through Shazhu's feces and urine, they finally managed to drive Shazhu out of the house to die, and moreover, the matter had not yet been settled onto the Jia family's Wuqin.
They did not want to be manipulated again by Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai is ninety years old.
Let me say something unpleasant.
Perhaps next year he will just lie paralyzed in bed.
The Jia family also does not lack money to spend, they look down on Yi Zhonghai's bit of pension.
This is all thanks to Shazhu, through connections with the higher-ups, Bangeng was arranged to work in the Bùlǐ, serving as a driver for a time, now he is the person in charge of the small vehicle class in the Bùlǐ.
This fulfilled Liu Haizhong's many years of dream for an official career.
Xiao Dang and Huaihua, however, took over Shazhu's restaurant as their own, because they have Shazhu's apprentices in charge of the back kitchen, business is good, and they are the two women's reliance for wearing gold and silver.
Facing Yi Zhonghai, the Jia family's Wuqin only had the thought that you are a burden on our Jia family.
Taking advantage of Yi Zhonghai's inattention, the Jia family's Wuqin exchanged a glance with each other.
In Jia Zhangshi's eyes, there was full of resentment that you do not listen to Jia Zhangshi's words, from the moment Yi Zhonghai entered the door, she knew what Yi Zhonghai was planning.
She wanted to suck blood from the Jia family.
No way.
She decided to play the villain.
"Yi Zhonghai, are you not understanding human speech? Or are you deliberately pretending to be confused? This is us Jia family giving you face, looking at your ninety years, we are not embarrassed to speak harshly to you, what are you doing staying here? Do you have a room of Yi Zhonghai's here? If you have a room of Yi Zhonghai's here, I, Jia Zhangshi, will say nothing, will not provoke you, this is not because there is no room of Yi Zhonghai's here, in the siheyuan, there is nothing, and you are not a resident here, what are you doing lingering here? What exactly do you want to do? Play the rascal? This old woman is not afraid."
Qin Huairu saw Jia Zhangshi take the lead.
And again play the villain.
She then followed her old habit.
She pretended to be a good person.
She first smiled at Yi Zhonghai, turned her head and shouted "Mom" at Jia Zhangshi.
Jia Zhangshi knew Qin Huairu's plan.
The Jia family widow had played this cooperative role for so many years, who does not know whom.
They are all familiar with both sides' routines.
"Qin Huairu, whose side are you on exactly? I am your mother-in-law, Yi Zhonghai is what relation to you? No relation at all, you are turning your elbows outward? Helping him deal with me this mother-in-law, believe it or not, Dong Xu will find you?"
"Mom, your words are not proper, you are my mother-in-law, Daxye is not an outsider, after decades of getting along with our neighbors, there is feeling between us neighbors."
Jia Zhangshi snorted.
She turned her head toward another direction.
"Daxye, you better not take my mother-in-law's attitude personally, she is just this kind of person, hard mouth, tofu heart, no other meaning, no intention to drive you away, but rather worries that you staying here is inappropriate, will be gossiped about by the neighbors, these days many things have happened in the courtyard, someone in the front courtyard threw away a television set, this is worth thousands of yuan."
"Qin Huairu, do you think I, Yi Zhonghai, am the kind of person who steals things? How old am I, where would I go to steal things, a television set, even if given to me for free, I could not move it."
"Daxye, why are you still angry? I did not say you are a thief, I am worried your reputation is not good to hear, hope you understand my meaning, many things have really happened in the courtyard, we have no time to attend to your living needs, wait until we finish this busy period, we Jia family will attend to you again, okay?"
"What happened? Tell me about it."
Yi Zhonghai put on an expression as if he knew nothing.
He asked again.
But in his heart he was hoping to see the Jia family's Five Animals performance, to see how he could round off the dead-end joke about Shazhu.
"Elder Yi, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but for your safety's sake, you really can't know about this matter, your health is important."
Qin Huairu wore an expression of considering Yi Zhonghai.
Fortunately Yi Zhonghai knew the truth of the matter; if it were someone else who didn't know the inside story coming over, they would still think Qin Huairu was a good person.
Actually.
She is just a heartless scheming bitch.
"Huairu, tell me, did something happen to Zhuzi? Elder Yi, I can hold on, you tell me, what exactly happened to Zhuzi?"
Yi Zhonghai is also an acting type.
Following Qin Huairu's words.
He turned the tables on Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu was stunned.
The situation was somewhat abnormal; she stared with a pair of eyes, gazing fixedly at Yi Zhonghai, wanting to see from his face a few signs of flaw.
Jia Zhangshi also stared fixedly at Yi Zhonghai without blinking.
Bangeng, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua perhaps thought Yi Zhonghai was easy to fool, but Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu knew Yi Zhonghai was a tough opponent.
Just Yi Zhonghai's face.
Too illusory.
He has deceived many people.
For example, the dead Shazhu always thought Yi Zhonghai was a good person.
Anyone who shows contempt for Yi Zhonghai is a big fool.
"Huairu, you say, is Zhuzi really in trouble? Today is my discharge day, according to my agreement with Zhuzi, he should personally come to the hospital to pick me up, I have waited a long time, still haven't waited for Zhuzi, still wondering what happened to Zhuzi, whether he went back to the restaurant busy, returning to the Siheyuan, seeing you all here, also seeing you all hemming and hawing not speaking the truth, constantly urging me to leave, I knew Zhuzi was in trouble, say, what exactly happened to him, could it be that Louxiaoe brought Hexiao back again?"
Yi Zhonghai's tone.
Suddenly became indignant.
"This Zhuzi, what is he trying to do? A man in his early fifties, having lived with Huairu for most of his life, Bangeng and them have children, how can he still follow Louxiaoe? Say, where is Louxiaoe, this time I went, I will properly scold Zhuzi, anxious I still have to give Louxiaoe a few big slaps, there are so many men in the world, why must he compete with Huairu for Zhuzi."
Jia Zhangshi's mouth corner curled.
He thought he could use this matter to drive away Yi Zhonghai.
He shouted out a sentence busily.
"Yi Zhonghai, what you said is correct, it really is Louxiaoe who has returned, after Shazhu met Louxiaoe, he came back and turned against Huairu, also looking at Bangeng, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua's three children displeasingly, saying we Jia widows delayed Shazhu's future."
"He has been poisoned by Louxiaoe."
"Whether he has been poisoned by Louxiaoe, I old woman don't know, I only know our Jia family can only rely on you Yi Zhonghai, I heard Louxiaoe is staying at the Capital City Hotel, daily expenses are several hundred."
"Capital City Hotel, I will go find him."
Yi Zhonghai made a move to leave.
But was grabbed by Qin Huairu.
The matter of Louxiaoe and Shazhu, also just the old neighbors of the Siheyuan knew, as the neighbors gradually left, it also became a secret.
This damn thing, Yi Zhonghai going out shouting, made the matter of Shazhu and Louxiaoe instantly become people's topic, coupled with the fact of Shazhu's miserable death.
The Jia family awaits being stabbed in the back.
Anxious still has to be subjected to all kinds of black hands.
Bangeng's current connections in the Bùlǐ, or is it Shazhu's connections, if it weren't for Shazhu's bit of incense affection with the big leader, could Bangeng become a small leader?
Think again about Louxiaoe's identity.
Investigate deeply.
The Jia family will have no good fruit to eat.
However Hexiao says, he is still Shazhu's biological son.
The hatred of killing one's father, irreconcilable.
"Elder Yi, calm down, don't listen to my mother-in-law's nonsense, there is no such thing, it's not that Louxiaoe has returned, nor is it that Shazhu went to find Louxiaoe."
"Qin Huairu, what nonsense are you spouting, Yi Zhonghai going to settle accounts with Louxiaoe, what are you pulling Yi Zhonghai for?"
"I am doing this to prevent Elder Yi from going in, Louxiaoe's identity, you don't know? Shazhu is Hexiao's father, we last night still saw the newspaper publishing Hexiao's pictures, saying he is an entrepreneur."
Jia Zhangshi finally understood the warning in Qin Huairu's words.
He sucked in a breath of cold air.
In his heart he cursed heaven and blamed others.
Yi Zhonghai leaving is not possible, staying is not possible, doing something for the Jia family, how come it's so difficult.
"Huairu, since Zhuzi is not as your mother-in-law said, going to find Louxiaoe, you tell me, how did Zhuzi end up, what exactly happened to him?"
"Ah!"
Qin Huairu sighed long and low.
An expression of I can only tell the truth, but if you Elder Yi come to harm, you cannot blame me.
"Elder Yi, originally I didn't want to say, but you keep pressing, if I hide it from you, it shows I Qin Huairu am not behaving properly, it's like this."
Tears are Qin Huairu's usual weapon.
Originally it was relying on this one skill of being able to cry at any time, successfully tricking Shazhu.
She repeated her old trick.
Using that kind of tears like rain falling sorrow.
Showing her longing for Shazhu.
"You had an accident, Shazhu carried you to the hospital, I don't know what happened, it's possible that carrying you for a long time exposed him to wind and cold, and shortly after returning from the hospital, he fell ill."
"Shazhu fell ill, why didn't he go to the hospital?"
"The reason Shazhu didn't go to the hospital is that he thought his body was very healthy and didn't need to go to the hospital, saying that since you were hospitalized, if he went to the hospital again, it would give you a bad reputation, Shazhu he."
Yi Zhonghai cursed the Jia family widow in his heart.
Shazhu, while alive, kept calling out "Zhuzi" one after another.
Shazhu died, and became Shazhu.
Moreover, listening to Qin Huairu's meaning, it seems she wants to put the blame of Shazhu's death and disappearance on Yi Zhonghai's head, that sentence "Shazhu might have carried you for a long distance, caught wind and cold, and fell ill shortly after returning from the hospital" is full of implication.
Poisonous widow.
Yi Zhonghai really couldn't think of any other words.
It's poisonous.
"What happened to Zhuzi? Is he in the hospital?"
"What hospital, he's kicked the bucket." Jia Zhangshi added, "Died, last night, the body is at the funeral home, you can go see now, you can still see Shazhu's last face."
After saying this.
Jia Zhangshi felt a rare moment of boundless cheerfulness in her heart.
Yi Zhonghai had painstakingly schemed his whole life, never expecting that at the end, the Shazhu he schemed against died first, leaving Yi Zhonghai to have to put on mourning for Shazhu.
Looking at Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi deliberately said a heart-stabbing sentence.
"He Xia that white-eyed wolf, doesn't acknowledge Shazhu, Louxiaoe doesn't come back either, He Yushui is even more of a white-eyed wolf among white-eyed wolves, according to my old lady's view, no one will put on mourning for Shazhu, Yi Zhonghai, you've been quite good to Shazhu, otherwise you should put on mourning for Shazhu, and by the way, you also have to kick the brazier in front of his coffin."
Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth in anger.
I will kick the brazier for Shazhu.
In that case, I have become Shazhu's son.
Jia Zhangshi watched Yi Zhonghai's body trembling nonstop, thinking that if Yi Zhonghai kicked the bucket, their Jia family would also enjoy some peace.
Upon hearing the news of Shazhu's death and disappearance, unable to accept it, kicked the bucket.
Is this explanation wrong?
But Yi Zhonghai saw through Jia Zhangshi's tricks, and in the blink of an eye calmed down.
Jia Zhangshi also felt dejected, and in her heart kindly greeted Yi Zhonghai's eight generations of ancestors, then shifted her tone and said: "Yi Zhonghai, the matter of kicking the brazier for Shazhu is settled like this, you do it, our family's Bangeng won't do such a thing, he surnames Jia, not He."
End of Chapter
