Chapter 406: Jia Zhangshi fakes illness, hides a teapot in her quilt, and gets scalded

"Third Elder, stop keeping me in suspense."

He Daqing laughed.

He grabbed a small handful of melon seeds from his pocket.

They were for He Yushui, and he shared a little with Yan Fugui.

Before He Daqing and the White Widow left, they were quite good to Shazhu and his sister, but Shazhu was too disappointing and had too much contact with Yi Zhonghai.

"I just found out that Sun Laogen is also a ruthless person!"

Yan Fugui sighed with emotion.

He talked about Yi Zhonghai being punished.

He had also guessed that it must have been Wan Ping'an giving pointers behind the scenes, but he couldn't say it out loud for fear of offending Wan Ping'an if it got out.

"Haha, Yi Zhonghai brought this on himself."

"Sun Laogen was clearly the victim, yet he made Sun Laogen compensate Jia Zhangshi; his butt was already leaning toward the Jia family's bed, so how could something not happen?"

After listening.

He Daqing sneered.

He had long expected that if Yi Zhonghai kept going like this, something would definitely happen.

Even if it didn't happen with Sun Laogen.

It would happen sooner or later.

He Daqing went home.

Shazhu hadn't returned yet; he went an hour early in the morning and came back an hour late at night, leaving early and returning late these days.

"Yushui, come, look what delicious things I brought you?"

He Daqing took out the melon seeds.

"Dad, you're so good!"

Yushui jumped for joy.

In the early fifties, at the beginning of the new society, society was not yet very stable, and produce was not abundant, so ordinary people didn't have snacks to eat.

Things like melon seeds and peanuts could only be eaten in small amounts during weddings or festivals.

He Yushui was naturally happy.

"I'll eat these, Dad eats these, and we'll save some for Brother!"

He Yushui was very sensible.

She placed the melon seeds on the table and divided them into three parts.

"Yushui is a good girl, Dad won't eat them; Dad doesn't like melon seeds."

"Your brother doesn't like them either, you eat them first!"

He Daqing was very gratified.

His daughter was very sensible, unlike Shazhu who gave him headaches.

Fortunately.

He saw hope.

After dumping Shazhu on Wan Ping'an, he went to report to the six acres every day and rarely had contact with Yi Zhonghai or Deaf Old Lady.

After a long time, he would become estranged from them and could be corrected!

"Oh no!"

"Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi are going to the six acres for labor reform, so they'll have another chance to contact Shazhu."

"When Shazhu comes back, I must warn him to stay away from Yi Zhonghai."

He Daqing just realized this.

"No, the six acres is Wan Ping'an's territory, and he and Yi Zhonghai are at odds; he definitely won't let Shazhu have too much contact with Yi Zhonghai."

He Daqing breathed a sigh of relief again.

Yi Zhonghai was no match for Wan Ping'an at all; under Wan Ping'an's nose, even if Yi Zhonghai wanted to pull some tricks, he would be powerless!

At this time.

Xu Fugui brought two bottles of wine to visit Wan Ping'an.

"Uncle Xu, you could have just come directly; why bring things?"

"Take them back quickly; I'm a junior, how can I accept your things?"

Refusing is also a form of politeness.

Wan Ping'an was not someone who didn't understand politeness.

"Ping'an, don't be polite with me; it's just two bottles of wine, nothing special, you must accept them!"

Xu Fugui naturally wouldn't take them back.

If he took them back, he would really be ignorant of social norms.

The two exchanged pleasantries.

Wan Ping'an accepted them.

"Uncle Xu, is there something you need?"

When someone gives a gift, they must have a request.

How could Wan Ping'an not know this?

"Ping'an, Yi Zhonghai and the other three Elders, plus Jia Zhangshi, are going to your six acres for labor reform; what do you think if I go too?"

"I won't take money; I'll supervise them for free!"

Xu Fugui and Yi Zhonghai had engaged in plenty of power struggles.

Before Yi Zhonghai became First Elder, the two had fought openly and secretly, both suffering losses and both taking advantage of each other, and neither had been able to suppress the other.

Deaf Old Lady choosing Yi Zhonghai and Yi Zhonghai becoming First Elder was a turning point.

Xu Fugui could no longer fight Yi Zhonghai and suffered quite a few losses.

Xu Damao was also affected; under Yi Zhonghai's various instigations, Shazhu had beaten Xu Damao many times—it wasn't that Shazhu was combative, the root cause was Yi Zhonghai.

Xu Fugui hated Yi Zhonghai.

"No problem!"

"Uncle Xu, don't go too far on the surface!"

Wan Ping'an reminded him.

"Ping'an, you can rest assured about how I do things; I will never cause you any trouble."

Xu Fugui patted his chest in assurance.