Chapter 546

Yi Zhonghai left.

Jia Dongxu gave instructions to Jia Zhangshi.

"Do you need to tell me?"

"Your mother here isn't stupid; how could I possibly say anything?"

"Sigh, you must remember to get next month's salary advance, otherwise our family won't have money to buy grain and we'll be left drinking the northwest wind!"

Jia Zhangshi instructed.

Jia Dongxu nodded; naturally, he would not forget.

Yi Zhonghai left the Jia residence, did not go home, exited the courtyard gate, and went to the restroom.

Arriving at the restroom.

He heard some people chatting.

"Old Zheng, do you think Jia Zhangshi of the Red Star Sihe Academy is sick?"

"She's been catching rats every day, and it's been over a week now. I estimate she's caught over a hundred. What is she catching rats for? To eat?"

A man asked.

"There's no famine now, who still eats rat meat?"

Another man replied.

The two guessed for a long time but couldn't figure out why Jia Zhangshi was catching rats.

Yi Zhonghai was greatly shocked.

Jia Zhangshi is looking for rats?

Caught over a hundred?

"Jia Zhangshi catching rats certainly isn't because she wants to eat rat meat."

"But what is she catching rats for?"

Yi Zhonghai couldn't figure it out.

Returning home, he told the First Elder's wife.

"You should go ask the old lady; the old lady is experienced and knowledgeable, she might know what Jia Zhangshi wants to do."

The First Elder's wife didn't know either.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and came to the deaf old lady's house.

"Jia Zhangshi caught over a hundred rats?"

The deaf old lady was startled.

"Yes, I asked those two people and also asked people in the courtyard; it can be confirmed that Jia Zhangshi has indeed caught several dozen rats."

"If not a hundred, then at least fifty or sixty."

Yi Zhonghai's answer was very certain.

After listening, the deaf old lady frowned tightly and stopped speaking.

Yi Zhonghai waited patiently.

He knew the deaf old lady was analyzing, and it was best not to interrupt her train of thought at this time; once she finished analyzing, she would naturally speak.

"Could Jia Zhangshi be catching rats because she wants to take revenge on Wan Ping'an?"

The deaf old lady thought of a possibility.

"That can't be, right?"

"The Wan family hasn't had a single issue, but instead, four of our families, including the Jia family, have been ravaged."

Yi Zhonghai didn't believe it.

"What do you mean 'can't be'?"

"Taking revenge on Wan Ping'an was Jia Zhangshi's original intention in catching the rats; after she released the rats, the situation spiraled out of control, beyond her ability to manage!"