Chapter 529

Wan Ping'an looked at Jia Zhangshi with a smile.

Jia Zhangshi shuddered, her face turning pale. She could not afford such a slap; a single one would send her underground to meet Old Jia.

She didn't dare let out a single peep, her face white, and she turned and left!

Boom!

Seeing Jia Zhangshi run away, the crowd burst into laughter.

So Jia Zhangshi has times when she's afraid too!

Yi Zhonghai had originally wanted to come up and say a few words, but seeing the broken bricks on the ground, he, like Jia Zhangshi, didn't say a word and turned to leave.

Jia Zhangshi returned home and began to curse loudly.

She cursed Wan Ping'an as a little beast.

She cursed Yi Zhonghai as a good-for-nothing who couldn't even handle Wan Ping'an.

Just as she was cursing until her mouth was dry, Jia Dongxu returned.

"Why is there a smell of smoke on you?"

"Hold out your hand!"

Jia Zhangshi stared at Jia Dongxu.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Jia Dongxu was very reluctant.

Jia Zhangshi grabbed his hand, checked his fingers, and even took a sniff.

Immediately after, she began to search him.

She found half a pack of cigarettes.

"You little brat, why aren't you learning to be good?"

"Who let you smoke?"

Jia Zhangshi threw the half pack of cigarettes on the ground and stomped on it fiercely twice.

The cigarettes were crushed to bits.

Jia Dongxu looked heartbroken.

"No, this isn't right!"

"I took all your wages, where did you get the money to buy cigarettes?"

Jia Zhangshi stared at Jia Dongxu.

From the moment she arrived at the Jia family, she had controlled the finances; Old Jia's wages and Jia Dongxu's wages had to be turned over to her entirely.

Not a single cent was allowed to be hidden!

"I, I, I had three extra mao last month, I didn't turn it in."

Under repeated questioning, Jia Dongxu had no choice but to tell the truth.

"You little brat, you dare to hide private money?"

"I am your mother, I raised you through thick and thin, and this is how you repay me?"

Jia Zhangshi exploded on the spot.

Three mao, compared to Jia Dongxu's total wages, was not much.

But this wasn't a question of how much money it was; it was a question of principle, that Jia Dongxu had kept something from her.

She absolutely would not allow it!

As soon as there was a sign of it, it had to be nipped in the bud!

"Mom, I didn't mean to."

"When I wasn't working before, I had food and drink at home, I didn't need extra pocket money."

"But now that I'm working, in the workshop, there are many colleagues, I need to socialize, smoke a cigarette together, and give gifts for weddings and funerals..."

Jia Dongxu complained.

Humans are social animals, and socializing is one of the essential attributes.

Socializing requires give and take.

How can you get by without a little pocket money in your pocket?

"Bullshit, those are all excuses!"

Jia Zhangshi's voice was sharp, easily penetrating the doors and windows to spread outside.

Xu Damao had just sent the pumpkin home and was thinking about the excitement from earlier; while passing through the middle courtyard, he happened to hear Jia Zhangshi cursing Jia Dongxu.

"There's a show!"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up.

He quietly approached the Jia house and eavesdropped outside the door.

Liu Guangqi saw this and also quietly moved over; the two squeezed outside the door to eavesdrop.

The Sihe Academy wasn't big, but there were many people, and soon others saw them and joined in; in no time, more than a dozen people had gathered.

"What kind of wedding and funeral gifts?"

"I think you're just wasting money; your father never gave gifts, never gave anyone extra gift money."

Jia Zhangshi lectured Jia Dongxu.

"Mom, it's not that my dad didn't want to give gift money, it's that you controlled the money, you wouldn't give any money at all, where would my dad get the money to give to other families?"

Jia Dongxu stated a fact with a complaining tone.

"Haha, I know this, I heard my dad say it."

Xu Damao faced the crowd and explained in a low voice.

"After Jia Gensheng married Jia Zhangshi, the financial power was taken over by Jia Zhangshi; no matter what happened, you couldn't get money out."

"The year before last, Old Jia had a fever, a very serious one, and Jia Zhangshi just wouldn't agree to go to the hospital; what happened later?"

"It turned into pneumonia! Jia Zhangshi still couldn't bear to part with the money; it was my dad who pitied Old Jia and lent him five yuan so he could go to the hospital to buy medicine and see a doctor."

"To this day, that five yuan hasn't been returned to our family."

Xu Damao mocked and ridiculed.

"I know, my dad saw Old Jia was pitiful and even sent him two cooked eggs; Old Jia cried at the time."

Liu Guangqi added.

The crowd nodded one after another.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that Yan Fugui was stingy, but for some necessary expenses, like medical bills, he would still take the money out.

Jia Zhangshi was different.

Medical bills, unless it was to treat herself.

Otherwise.

She wouldn't spend a single cent!

"What are you doing?"

"Xu Damao, Liu Guangqi, why aren't you learning to be good?"

"Get lost, instead of learning good things, why are you learning to eavesdrop?"

Yi Zhonghai discovered Xu Damao and the others gathered at the Jia family's door, leaning sideways and stretching their necks to listen, and guessed it definitely wasn't anything good.

He went over and chased everyone away.

Knock, knock, knock.

He knocked the door open.

"First Elder!"

It was Jia Dongxu who opened the door, his mood very low.

"Go inside and talk!"

Yi Zhonghai entered the door.

"Jia Zhangshi, why are you cursing Dongxu again?"

"The whole courtyard heard your cursing; don't you feel ashamed?"

Yi Zhonghai stood up for Jia Dongxu.

He had been working hard to deepen the bond between himself and Jia Dongxu; as soon as their relationship reached a certain level, he would take him as an apprentice.

At that time.

He would drive Jia Zhangshi away.