Chapter 97: Deaf Old Lady forbids farming, calls police to catch spies

There was dead silence in front of Wan Ping'an's house.

Everyone was intimidated by his powerful aura; they didn't dare to speak, didn't dare to have an opinion, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Wan Ping'an was very satisfied!

There were even more stars in Qin Huairu's eyes!

"Let's go, let's go back and continue eating!"

Wan Ping'an turned around and walked into the house with Qin Huairu.

"Wait, I, I, I have an opinion!"

Just as Wan Ping'an turned around, a stuttering voice came from behind. It wasn't loud and carried a tremor; one could tell they were very panicked!

"Jia Dongxu, what opinion do you have?"

Wan Ping'an turned back again.

His cold gaze landed on Jia Dongxu's face.

*Thump, thump, thump!*

Jia Dongxu stepped back three steps.

If Jia Gen hadn't supported him, he definitely would have fallen.

*Boom!*

Everyone laughed.

Who couldn't see that he was scared?

Coward!

Weakling!

The crowd's discussion wasn't quiet, and Jia Dongxu heard it clearly. His face turned red instantly, and he wished he could crawl into a mouse hole.

"Qin Huairu is a young woman. You aren't married yet, and living together is inappropriate."

"You, you, you can't live with her."

Jia Dongxu mustered his courage and said it all in one breath.

As soon as he finished,

he gasped for air.

The pressure Wan Ping'an put on him was too great; he was exhausted!

"Jia Dongxu, do you have any relationship with Qin Huairu?"

"You two have absolutely no relationship!"

"What right do you have to manage her?"

Wan Ping'an sneered coldly.

"I think Jia Dongxu makes sense. Qin Huairu..."

Shazhu was even less willing.

Jia Dongxu finished speaking, and he couldn't wait to stand out and support him.

Before he could finish, he was pulled back by Yi Zhonghai.

"Shazhu, shut up!"

Yi Zhonghai saw it clearly.

Wan Ping'an was determined to have Qin Huairu.

Whoever dared to interfere would definitely be beaten.

Shazhu couldn't beat Wan Ping'an.

He couldn't watch Shazhu get beaten.

"I..."

Looking at Qin Huairu's beautiful figure, Shazhu was still a bit unreconciled.

How could such a beautiful woman be monopolized by Wan Ping'an?

"She must be coerced."

"I must save her. Maybe if I play the hero, she will like me."

Shazhu had plans in his heart.

"Shazhu, listen to your First Master; you aren't allowed to speak anymore."

Deaf Old Lady also stopped Shazhu.

Shazhu sighed.

With Yi Zhonghai and Deaf Old Lady both stopping him, he gave in.

"Wan, just you wait."

"I'll let you go for today, but after today, I will definitely not spare you. I will definitely save Qin Huairu."

Shazhu gritted his teeth and glared fiercely at Wan Ping'an.

"Everyone, don't leave yet; I have something to say."

"Recently, Wan Ping'an has been selling tomatoes, pumpkins, and watermelons. People from inside and outside the courtyard have been coming to buy them—all sorts of people."

"Our Sihe Academy has been turned into a mess, and many families have lost things. It's all Wan Ping'an's fault."

Deaf Old Lady didn't intend to let Wan Ping'an go.

"The Old Lady is absolutely right."

"Wan Ping'an sells agricultural products in the courtyard, and anyone can come in. What if a murderer comes?"

Shazhu was the first to stand out and support her.

He thought Deaf Old Lady was helping him vent his anger, and he was filled with gratitude.

Many people in the courtyard nodded.

Wan Ping'an selling agricultural products in the courtyard did indeed increase instability.

"Deaf Old Lady, you said families have lost things?"

"Whose family lost things?"

"Come, stand out and say it."

Wan Ping'an smiled.

Isn't this just a trumped-up charge?

"Our family hasn't lost anything. Did anyone else's family lose anything?"

Xu Damao looked at the people beside him.

"Our family hasn't lost anything either; we just feel the courtyard is a bit messy."

"I haven't found anything missing at home either, but the Old Lady is so old, she shouldn't be lying. Maybe someone's family lost something?"

"Whose family lost something? Come out and say it."

The crowd asked one after another, but after asking around, no one said their family had lost anything.

Deaf Old Lady's face turned black.

She had said many families lost things, not just one or two, but after asking around, not a single family had lost anything. Wasn't this a slap in her face?

"Who said no one lost anything?"

"I lost something!"

Shazhu glared at Wan Ping'an and stood beside Deaf Old Lady.

Wan Ping'an smiled.

Shazhu definitely hadn't lost anything; he just wanted to help Deaf Old Lady out of a tight spot.

"What did you lose?"

"I lost one yuan."

"When did you lose it?"

"Yesterday... uh, no, it was the day before yesterday."

Wan Ping'an's first few questions didn't stump Shazhu.

Wan Ping'an wasn't in a hurry at all.

"You lost money, and one yuan isn't a small amount. Why didn't you call the police?"

Wan Ping'an questioned him.

"I, I, I was afraid it was a child in the courtyard who took it. If I called the police, wouldn't I be harming the child?"

Shazhu was stumped by the question.

Yi Zhonghai coughed and pointed at a small child, and Shazhu reacted.

"Yi Zhonghai, why are you coughing? Why are you pointing at that child?"

"Are you saying he stole it?"

Wan Ping'an exposed him directly.

"I didn't, I, I just had an itchy throat."

Yi Zhonghai's old face flushed red; his little move had been caught.

"Your throat is itchy, and your fingers are itchy too?"

"Everyone, Shazhu lost one yuan. I suggest calling the police to find the thief."

"Otherwise, if we don't find the real thief, you'll suspect me, and I'll suspect you, making our courtyard restless and full of anxiety."

"Also, let me remind you one more thing: if you didn't lose money, filing a false police report will also be held accountable!"

"Shazhu, what do you say?"

"Do you want me to help you call the police?"

Wan Ping'an stared coldly at Shazhu.

Sweat broke out on Shazhu's head.

He just wanted to help Deaf Old Lady out of a tight spot; he didn't expect Wan Ping'an to deliberately blow things out of proportion.

Filing a false police report—could he not be scared?

"I, I, I remembered."

"My money wasn't lost; I put it in the pocket of my other pants. I just forgot about it, but now I remember. Everything is fine!"

Shazhu's face and neck turned red.

Too embarrassing!

Everyone laughed.

Except for the children, who couldn't see what was going on?

"Cough, cough, alright, stop talking!"

"Shazhu just remembered wrong. When you put things away, haven't you ever remembered wrong?"

Shazhu helped Deaf Old Lady out of the embarrassment.

Deaf Old Lady certainly couldn't just watch; she tapped the ground hard with her cane to help Shazhu explain.

"Wan Ping'an, even if nothing was lost in the courtyard, you selling goods here makes people come and go, causing chaos in the courtyard. That's a fact, right?"

Deaf Old Lady wasn't reconciled.

She wouldn't give up.

She continued to make things difficult for Wan Ping'an!

"You aren't allowed to farm anymore, and you aren't allowed to sell things anymore!"

Deaf Old Lady didn't give Wan Ping'an time to react and announced it directly.

"What did you say?"

"Not allowed to farm anymore?"

"And not allowed to sell things anymore?"

Wan Ping'an was stunned.

Was Deaf Old Lady brain-damaged?

"Why?"

"Give me a reason!"

Wan Ping'an stared coldly at Deaf Old Lady.

"Just because you farming and selling agricultural products in the courtyard causes chaos and makes it a mess—isn't that reason enough?"

"You can't ruin our Sihe Academy because of one person!"

Deaf Old Lady was full of confidence.

"Not enough!"

"Deaf Old Lady, you stopping me from farming is stopping agricultural production. What are you thinking? Could it be that you are a spy?"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

He decided to give Deaf Old Lady something harsh.

In the early fifties, the new society had just been established, and there were many remnants of the old society who were always thinking about sabotage and subverting the new society.

These people were spies.

Being labeled a spy definitely wouldn't end well; if proven, there was a possibility of being taken out and shot!

"Wan Ping'an, your heart is too cruel, too black!"

"I only forbade you from farming and selling agricultural products, and you frame me as a spy?"

"Do you want to kill me?"

Deaf Old Lady was truly scared.

Not to mention her, once someone was associated with spies, no one wasn't afraid.

"Is it me who is cruel, or you?"

"I have no job. You don't let me farm, you don't let me sell products—what am I supposed to eat and drink?"

"Aren't you trying to starve me to death?"

"You want to kill me, and I want to kill you. We're even!"

Wan Ping'an sneered.

"Just you wait, I'm going to call the police right now to catch a spy!"

Wan Ping'an saying he would call the police wasn't just to scare Deaf Old Lady.

He was really going!

"You can't call the police!"

Shazhu was anxious.

If Wan Ping'an called the police and really had Deaf Old Lady arrested, what would happen?

He blocked Wan Ping'an's path.

Get lost!

Wan Ping'an frowned slightly.

"Wan Ping'an, the First Master said that courtyard matters should be solved in the courtyard. You can't call the police!"