Chapter 73: The Jia Family's Sewing Machine Takes the Surname He

"Jia Family old lady, Eldest Uncle kindly helped you, yet you don't appreciate it; who said it was Eldest Uncle who lent you the bicycle? Clearly it's your Jia Family being vain, having Eldest Uncle help borrow the bicycle; the bicycle is lost, and your Jia Family won't admit it—have some shame."

"Xu Daming became the Siheyuan's anti-Jia Family vanguard, angrily tearing apart the Jia Family's stance, leaving both Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu, the parties involved, helpless."

"Who can prove it was our Jia Family that had Yi Zhonghai borrow the bicycle?"

""Me." Xu Daming, this damn fellow playing his self-made, self-sold trick, both questioning the Jia Family and acting as Yi Zhonghai's witness, said: "I am the witness; I personally heard you tell Eldest Uncle, asking Eldest Uncle to help borrow Shazhu's bicycle from Shazhu's home, saying your Jia Family had a falling out with Shazhu, worried Shazhu would bear a grudge against your Jia Family and not lend the bicycle, saying Eldest Uncle has face, none but Eldest Uncle.""

"Sound, evidence-based logic."

"In an instant, Jia Zhangshi was put over this fire."

"Yellow mud got into the trousers."

"Not feces."

"It's feces too."

""Xu Daming, you're spitting blood.""

""Spitting blood is something I, Xu Daming, cannot do; if it's done, it's you, Jia Zhangshi, who does it.""

"Shazhu gave it some thought."

"What Xu Daming said is not wrong."

"Spitting blood—this sort of thing really falls to Jia Zhangshi, that old widow, to do."

""If it really won't work, ask the neighbors; see whether they believe you, Jia old lady, or believe me, Xu Daming.""

""Ask away; who's afraid of whom?""

"Jia Zhangshi was full of confidence."

"She believed she had spoken the truth."

"She would get the neighbors' affirmation."

"But the truth left Jia Zhangshi speechless."

"The onlooking neighbors mostly agreed with Xu Daming's remarks, while a small minority chose neutrality, though their looks and demeanor were much like those who agreed with Xu Daming."

"Jia Zhangshi collapsed."

"I speak the truth and you don't believe me."

"Xu Daming tells lies and you believe them instead."

"In a hurry."

"She blurted out a sentence about having no money to pay."

"In Jia Zhangshi's heart."

"This bicycle must be compensated by Yi Zhonghai."

"She forgot someone."

"Truly a despicable gentleman, Xu Daming."

"Xu Daming, who had been holding a grudge and wanted to measure himself against the Jia Family, would not let any chance to deal with the Jia Family slip by."

""Does Eldest Uncle owe your Jia Family? Or is it your Jia Family that owes? Your Jia Family lost Shazhu's bicycle, so your Jia Family must compensate; even if you have no money, it's fine—don't you still have a sewing machine at home? Use this sewing machine to offset the debt.""

"Have I become Huang Shirén?"

"Forcing the Jia Family to repay the debt."

"No money? No problem—take Xi'er to offset the debt."

"Pah! Pah! Pah!"

"It's a sewing machine."

"Shazhu's mind was dazed; even with the experience of a past life, he was still thoroughly startled by Xu Daming before him."

"You're not despicable to the core."

"You wouldn't even think of using a sewing machine to offset debt."

"The key is Xu Daming also turned into a man of action."

"Without waiting for Shazhu to say yes, without waiting for Yi Zhonghai to say okay, and without giving the Jia Family mother and son a chance to refuse, Xu Daming turned and rushed into the Jia Family home."

"After some tinkering."

"The Jia Family's sewing machine thus took the surname He."

"A godlike maneuver."

"I really don't know how Shazhu could describe Xu Daming."

"The sewing machine was thus pushed and rolled into Shazhu's home."

"In the previous life."

"But the Jia Family, moving things from Shazhu's home—from peanuts to the house—ended up shaking the Jia Family's sewing machine into Shazhu's home."

"A young lady bridal palanquin."

"First time."

""The sewing machine's price is about the same as the bicycle's, Shazhu—you're a man, take a small loss, consider it looking after the Jia Family's orphaned widow.""

"Jia Zhangshi's nose was all crooked."

"The sewing machine was nevertheless a wedding gift from Yi Zhonghai to Jia Dongxu."

"How did it turn into Shazhu's property?"

"Jia Zhangshi still hoped to use the sewing machine to have Qin Huairu do needlework to subsidize the Jia Family, but now it's surnamed He—how can it still be used for needlework?"

""Xu Daming!""

""Jia Family old lady, no need to thank me; this is what I, Xu Daming, ought to do—since we're all neighbors in the same compound, if I don't help your Jia Family, whose family would I help?""

"An air of having done the Jia Family a big favor."

"This way of helping is not what the Jia Family mother and son wanted."

Regardless of whether it was Jia Zhangshi or Jia Dongxu, they thought the best person to compensate Shazhu for his bicycle was Yi Zhonghai, and they planned to make Yi Zhonghai take the blame.

Their plan fell through.

Yi Zhonghai didn't compensate Shazhu's bicycle; instead, the Jia Family received a strong helping hand from Xu Damao, and they ended up giving away their sewing machine.

Help the Jia Family!

You're helping us, the Jia Family, like this.

Xu Damao, return my sewing machine.

The sewing machine isn't even at my house—how can I return it to you?

On Xu Damao's arrogant face.

Only shamelessness remained.

Afterward, they added even more, taking it to the extreme.

Xu Damao, shameless to the extreme.

Shazhu, return my sewing machine—that's our Jia Family's property.

I admit it's your Jia Family's sewing machine, but Xu Damao shoved it into my house—I will return it, and I can only return it to Xu Damao.

Shazhu is now the shameless older brother.

Even more shameless.

The combination of the Siheyuan's war god and the Siheyuan's true petty person.

Truly not something the widowed and orphaned Jia Family mother and son can withstand.

If you want me to just return the sewing machine to your Jia Family, that's fine—just have Jia Dongxu return my bicycle; nowadays a bicycle is hard to buy.

The bystanders also chimed in.

The general idea.

Although the sewing machine and bicycle differ in price, the difference is small, so the Jia Family compensated Shazhu's bicycle with their new sewing machine.

They actually thought these people were helping Shazhu.

Nonsense.

They were all scheming for their own little gains.

The Jia Family's sewing machine cannot be borrowed.

Shazhu's family's sewing machine can be borrowed.

Who let Shazhu be a male, while the He Family's only female descendant is still a make-believe nine-year-old brat, not thinking about studying, only thinking about eating and drinking.

If Shazhu can borrow a bicycle, he can borrow a sewing machine.

With this in mind, everyone unanimously criticized the Jia Family's faults and declared that the Jia Family should compensate Shazhu's bicycle with their sewing machine.

Yi Zhonghai also stayed silent.

One reason is to retaliate for the gloom when the Jia Family mother and son became estranged from Yi Zhonghai after the deaf old lady was arrested last night.

Even when nothing happened, they were like this.

If something really were to happen.

You could rely on Jia Dongxu.

On the other hand, I'm angry because a bicycle is so precious, everyone treasures it like a jewel—how could you, Jia Dongxu, lose such a valuable thing?

Shazhu has a saying that's right.

Bicycles are hard to buy.

Dong Xu, have you reported to the police?

No.

Yi Zhonghai was even more helpless.

You lost your bicycle, yet you didn't report to the police and ran back to the Siheyuan—what for?

If you have difficulties, go to the police.

You're being stupid!

Hurry up and go to the police station to file a report!

Jia Dongxu, as if just waking from a dream, panickedly ran toward the Siheyuan; as he stepped out of the Siheyuan gate, his left foot blocked his right foot's path, and his whole body rolled like a ball toward the Jiēdào.