Chapter 43: Retribution Strikes Jia Zhangshi on the Spot

Shazhu's complexion looked a bit off, and the Deaf Old Lady also saw it.

She rolled her eyes and said to Nan Yi:

"Nan Yi, why don't you go back first?"

"Shazhu is free now."

"Although you are also a chef and your cooking is tasty, Shazhu belongs to our courtyard; he knows our tastes better."

Hearing this, Nan Yi couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"So you want me to go back?"

"What kind of person does that make me?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Deaf Old Lady, I've already spoken with Chef Nan."

"At this moment, sending Chef Nan back would be far too awkward."

Deaf Old Lady: "It's fine, it's fine, Nan Yi won't mind."

Yi Zhonghai: "Deaf Old Lady, a person without trust cannot stand, a profession without trust cannot prosper, a nation without trust will decline."

"That's also something you have often taught me."

"Tonight I will decide: let Chef Nan cook for us, and if there are future gatherings, let Shazhu handle them."

Yi Zhonghai was already disappointed with Shazhu's performance today.

He decided to give Shazhu a good reprimand.

"If he can change, that's fine."

"If not, we won't indulge him any longer."

Deaf Old Lady thought for a moment and said, "Then, Shazhu and Nan Yi should cook together."

Shazhu, sulking, replied, "No, let Nan Yi do it."

"Some people think that now that someone else has arrived, I am no longer needed."

Yi Zhonghai slightly furrowed his brows and said, "Chef Nan, please follow me."

Watching Yi Zhonghai's back, Shazhu was so angry he wanted to curse his mother.

At first he thought that since the Deaf Old Lady had said so, he still had a chance to cook for Yi Zhonghai.

Now he bore the hopes of the goddess Qin Huairu, so he had to make this meal.

Who would have thought that Yi Zhonghai, who had always obeyed the Deaf Old Lady without question, would now disobey?

Of course.

He now deeply regretted it.

"If two people are to cook, then let two people cook."

"Why is he so eager to refuse?"

Deaf Old Lady jabbed him with her cane, her expression full of resentment, and asked:

"Shazhu, what are you trying to do?"

"Eldest Uncle is right; you told Nan Yi that sending him back would indeed be awkward."

"I gave a compromise: let both of you cook together, why won't you agree?"

Shazhu pursed his lips and said nothing.

But he thought inwardly:

"Deaf Old Lady, could you please stop talking?"

"My guts are already turning green with regret!"

Deaf Old Lady sighed and said:

"Fine, if we don't make it, then we won't."

"You go home and stay for now; come back when the meal is ready."

Shazhu stiffened his neck, with a haughty expression: "I'm not short of words; I'm not even interested in this meal."

"But if Eldest Uncle asks me, I'll reluctantly oblige."

Having said that,

he turned and left.

At that moment, Lin Shengli and Yi Dama entered Zhongyuan, followed by Zheng Juan and Zheng Guangming.

Shazhu instinctively halted his steps.

Jia Zhangshi, standing at the doorway, saw it and instantly erupted in fury.

Obviously, Lin Shengli and Yi Dama were delivering watermelons and cherries to Zheng Juan.

"Why not deliver them to her family?"

"That's just ignoring her family entirely."

"Hmph, it's all that little Xiao Juehutou's fault!"

"Before he came, Yi Zhonghai was so good to us."

"Damn Xiao Juehutou! Damn little Xiao Juehutou! Why does Old Jia never take him away!"

Jia Zhangshi cursed inwardly.

Seeing Shazhu, Yi Dama hurriedly said:

"Shazhu, why are you still standing there?"

"Go make the food quickly."

Shazhu glanced at Lin Shengli, his arrogance flaring again:

"Forget it, someone is already cooking; Eldest Uncle probably doesn't need me anymore..."

He had wanted to say "be a thug", but he changed his mind as the words reached his lips.

He said that because a few times before, someone had insulted Yi Zhonghai, and he had punished those people on Yi Zhonghai's behalf.

After saying that, he glanced at Lin Shengli again, then without waiting for Yi Dama's reply, he walked toward the house.

Yi Dama stared, then asked the Deaf Old Lady:

"Old lady, what's wrong with Zhuzi?"

"It feels like he ate gunpowder."

The Deaf Old Lady shook her head and sighed: "Ah, this kid just won't grow up."

Saying that, she glanced at Zheng Juan and asked, "Xiao Juan and Guangming are here too?"

Zheng Juan nodded, gave a polite smile: "Mm, old lady, I'll come help out."

Yi Dama: "I invited her; today we're all going to have a good time together."

"Come on, let's go inside to talk."

The Jia Zhangshi household.

Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu stood by the window, both wearing gloomy expressions.

Jia Zhangshi stood at the door, glaring fiercely at everyone's backs; if the Deaf Old Lady hadn't been there, she would have already burst out cursing.

They actually treated her as if she were invisible, not even glancing at her.

They went off to enjoy tasty food and drink without even calling her.

This is too much!

Only after she could no longer see anyone's backs did Jia Zhangshi curse fiercely:

"A bunch of beasts!"

"Don't you know we're having a hard time? There's watermelon, yet you didn't give us any?"

"Having a good time together, humph, why didn't you invite our family to join the fun?"

"Humph, it's all because of that little... bastard; if it weren't for him, Yi Dama would have already brought us watermelon and cherries."

She had thought that Yi Zhonghai had specially warned her that if she dared to utter the words "extinction line" again, he would certainly be rude to her, so she changed her curse to "little bastard".

As she uttered the first sentence, Qin Huairu hastily tugged at Jia Dongxu's sleeve, signalling him to stop Jia Zhangshi.

However.

Jia Dongxu, having seen that scene earlier, was already heartsick.

What does this indicate?

It shows that after Lin Shengli arrived, the Yi Zhonghai couple no longer kept him in mind.

They would rather give watermelon to Zheng Juan than to his family.

After cursing, Jia Zhangshi still wasn't satisfied.

Not only was she unsatisfied, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

She pointed at Yi Zhonghai's gate and cursed fiercely:

"What an old blind man!"

"Giving watermelon to that little blind guy is useless; even if he eats it, it's wasted."

"What future could that little blind have? Our Bang Geng's future is bright."

Jia Dongxu let out a light sigh and said:

"Mom, forget it, stop scolding."

"Maybe this isn't my master's idea."

Jia Zhangshi gritted her teeth: "I think it's exactly his idea."

"Dong Xu, remember this: if he ever comes to us for help, we definitely won't help him."

"Hmph, I really can't figure it out."

"Blind, all blind."

"They actually gave it to the little blind one instead of us?"

"You say that little blind one is already ruined for life, right?"

"If they gave it to us to eat, Bang Geng would remember his kindness and repay him."

"Hmph, old blind man, little bastard—why doesn't Thunder God strike them down?"

The words had just fallen.

Suddenly, with a loud "boom", Jia Zhangshi felt as if a thunderclap had struck her head.

Frightened, she hurriedly covered her head and crouched down, crying out "No......"

This is scary enough, huh? Scared the piss out of me.