Chapter 548

The door was kicked down again; could she not be angry?

"I'm asking you, have you been catching rats these past few days?"

"Did you catch over a hundred rats?"

"What are you catching rats for?"

Liu Haizhong questioned her repeatedly.

"Is that any of your business?"

Jia Zhangshi felt a bit guilty.

Slap!

Liu Haizhong didn't indulge Jia Zhangshi.

If it were before, he certainly wouldn't have been so reckless.

But last night, his savings were all gone, and his wife's gold bracelet was also gone; the loss was too great, and he was filled with anger.

A fight broke out.

The neighbors gathered around one after another.

"Liu Haizhong, you dare hit me?"

Jia Zhangshi lay on the ground, her ears buzzing, and golden stars were dancing before her eyes.

Liu Haizhong is a blacksmith, and his two arms have astonishing strength; how could Jia Zhangshi withstand that slap?

"You were raising rats in the courtyard, causing our four families to suffer a rat plague, and our money is all gone; if I don't hit you, who do I hit?"

"Get up, I haven't hit you enough yet!"

Liu Haizhong said angrily.

"Oh Heaven, open your eyes and let a bolt of lightning strike this surnamed Liu bastard to death!"

"He is bullying us orphans and widows; he wants to beat me to death."

Jia Zhangshi sat up, slapping her thighs and the ground with both hands; dust was kicked up by her, and in an instant, she was covered in dirt from head to toe.

"Old Liu, is what you said true?"

"Did Jia Zhangshi bring live rats back to the Sihe Academy?"

He Daqing originally only intended to watch the excitement.

Hearing that Jia Zhangshi was raising rats, the smile on his face disappeared; he took two steps forward and glared fiercely at Jia Zhangshi.

The people in the courtyard also glared at Jia Zhangshi.

Everyone is not wealthy, and food is very precious; how much is eaten at each meal is not about eating until full, but calculating so that they don't starve to death.

If there is a rat infestation and the food is eaten, they will go hungry.

If someone is raising rats in the courtyard, what if they escape and eat someone's food?

This is a big deal!

"Jia Zhangshi, did you really bring live rats back to the Sihe Academy?"

Xu Fugui asked Jia Zhangshi directly.

"Let me through, what happened?"

Yi Zhonghai had just returned to the courtyard and saw a large crowd gathered in front of the Jia residence; his heart skipped a beat, realizing that something had happened to Jia Zhangshi.

"First Elder, you must stand up for us orphans and widows."

"Look at my face, it was hit by this old bastard Liu Haizhong; he is bullying people too much!"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai.

Jia Zhangshi felt emboldened.

"Second Elder, what do you want to do?"

"You are the Second Elder of the Sihe Academy, how can you hit people?"

Yi Zhonghai criticized Liu Haizhong directly.

"Yi Zhonghai, what right do you have to criticize our Old Liu as soon as you come up?"

"Why didn't you care when Jia Zhangshi was raising rats in the courtyard?"

The Second Elder's wife retorted angrily at Yi Zhonghai.

"I know about this matter."

"I have criticized Jia Zhangshi, and the rats have all been killed; you don't need to worry."

"Second Elder, as the Second Elder of the Sihe Academy, why did you hit people without asking clearly?"

Yi Zhonghai lied without even blushing.

"Yes, Old Liu, they were killed long ago, thrown away long ago."

"Liu Haizhong, you dare hit me, you must give me ten yuan—no, I want fifty yuan, otherwise I will go to the subdistrict office to report you."

Jia Zhangshi perked up.

Her little treasury was destroyed, and she didn't have a single cent; her desire for money reached its peak.

"First Elder, you..."

Liu Haizhong was furious.

He isn't stupid, of course he knew Yi Zhonghai was lying.

Yi Zhonghai frowned slightly and glared at Jia Zhangshi angrily.

He originally intended to make big problems small and small problems disappear.

Jia Zhangshi raising rats was Jia Zhangshi's fault; if it blew up and reached the subdistrict office, it would be hard for anyone to end it.

He didn't expect Jia Zhangshi to demand fifty yuan as soon as she opened her mouth; isn't this forcing Liu Haizhong to blow the matter up?

Last night.

Four families suffered a rat plague, including Liu Haizhong's family.

The four families went bankrupt directly.

Liu Haizhong had already spent a month's salary in advance; a fifth-grade blacksmith makes sixty-three yuan a month. If he gives Jia Zhangshi fifty, how is the Liu family supposed to live?

"Jia Zhangshi, stop making a scene."

Yi Zhonghai warned Jia Zhangshi.

"What scene am I making?"

"Liu Haizhong hit me and made my face swell up; can't I ask for compensation?"

Regarding matters involving money.

Jia Zhangshi would never back down.

"Liu Haizhong hit you?"

"Come, tell me, what happened?"

A voice sounded from outside the crowd.

The crowd made way.

Officer Song from the subdistrict office came to the front of the crowd.

Wan Ping'an also walked in together.

The two met outside the Sihe Academy, and Officer Song took the initiative to smile and chat with Wan Ping'an about daily life.

As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they discovered that something had happened.

"Officer Song, you came at the perfect time; you must stand up for us orphans and widows."

"Look at this bastard Liu Haizhong, he kicked down our family's door and gave me a slap; look at how swollen my face is?"

Jia Zhangshi finally found a backer.

She pointed at the door of her house.

Then she pointed at her highly swollen face.

Yi Zhonghai shouted "not good" in his heart; things had gone wrong, Jia Zhangshi had blown the matter up.

"Alright, I will definitely stand up for you."

"Liu Haizhong, as the Second Elder of the Sihe Academy, why did you hit someone?"

Officer Song frowned.

He looked at Jia Zhangshi's face; it was very swollen.

Liu Haizhong was in a fit of anger and hit her very hard!

"Officer Song, last night, our courtyard had a rat plague; the Jia family, the deaf old lady's family, Yi Zhonghai's family, and our family all suffered."