Chapter 169: Jia Dongxu

Li Da Xiong, when Liu Shumin said that Jia Zhangshi used his family's tomatoes to frame Xiu'er, ran back to his own vegetable rack to check.

Upon looking, he found five tomatoes missing.

He returned to Zhengyuan, fuming.

"San Da Ye, my family is missing five tomatoes."

"Jia Zhangshi thinks we're easy to bully, deliberately causing trouble for us."

"San Da Ye, I just want to ask, for orphans like me and Liang Ladi's family, widows and orphans, is it that anyone who wants to bully can bully, with no one to stand up for us?"

He was really angry, using his family's tomatoes to frame Liang Ladi, and then even wanted to seize someone else's planting box.

In short, she didn't do anything, just good things.

Li Da Xiong could say he raised the matter to a higher level, elevated it.

San Da Ye spoke righteously.

"How could that be? I treat everyone in the courtyard fairly."

"In my dictionary, there's only justice, and still justice."

"Jia Zhangshi, what else do you have to say?"

Jia Zhangshi had not yet emerged from the pain of betrayal by close relatives, facing Yan Fu Gui's words.

She spoke indignantly.

"Could it be that our family is no longer considered widows and orphans?"

"Was it easy for me to raise Dong Xu to this age?"

"We can't even eat enough or stay warm, we just try to make ends meet—what's wrong with that?"

"If you helped our family, would I still need to go through all this trouble?"

She said this and then burst into tears.

"Old Jia, look, everyone's bullying me."

"I've raised the child for nothing, and my daughter-in-law is turning against me."

"They won't give me any face; let me just die."

She was indeed aggrieved, the source of her grievance being betrayal.

Yang Qing, damn it, couldn't even be dissatisfied; he was disgusted by Jia Zhangshi's logic that 'if you don't give me money, it's your fault'.

What's worse, she buried this kind of PUA in her own suffering.

Those with simple minds might overlook her shamelessness and instead feel pity for her.

Liang Ladi is clearly not that type; she gave a puff and spat a mouthful of saliva at Jia Zhangshi.

"Jia Zhangshi, don't think you can get away with this."

"Apologize to me right away, or today I won't give anyone face; I'll charge you with burglary and send you to jail."

Ga………

Jia Zhangshi couldn't continue the fuss.

"Ah, Liang Ladi, even if I was wrong, didn't you also smash my glass? What more do you want?"

"Do you want to drive this old woman to death?"

Liang Ladi ignored her and instead looked toward Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, what do you say?"

Qin Huairu spoke painfully.

"I never expected things to turn out like this."

She bowed, holding her belly, to Li Da Xiong and Liang Ladi.

"Da Xiong, Liang Sis, I apologize on behalf of my mother-in-law."

"Da Xiong, your family's tomatoes, I'll compensate with my own—ten tomatoes, does that work for you?"

Li Da Xiong looked at Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance and waved his hand.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that, but this can't happen again."

"If there's a next time, don't blame me for not giving you face."

"Besides, Jia Zhangshi's hands aren't clean; she must give everyone a guarantee."

Qin Huairu really wanted to say, "What guarantee? You should say it yourself—I can't be the one to say it."

She gritted her teeth.

"Our family will accept everyone's supervision; if anything like this happens again, we'll move out, and we won't let anyone be troubled."

No one expected Qin Huairu to be so ruthless.

"I disagree; why should we move out? I won't move."

Liang Ladi gave a hollow laugh.

"You don't need to move, and Qin Huairu doesn't need to move either."

"If this happens again, we'll settle old and new scores together and send you to jail."

"Just stay in there."

"If you don't come back, the courtyard is fine; but once you return, the courtyard becomes chaotic."

"This courtyard can't accommodate you."

After all, she is kind-hearted; she looks down on Jia Zhangshi, but she still has some appreciation for Qin Huairu.

Jia Zhangshi saw the situation and knew the tide had turned; it was time for her to state her position.

Everyone around, each and every one, was looking at her with disdain.

She really has provoked everyone's anger.

Jia Dongxu didn't want to make things difficult for his mother; today he was in a tough spot, with one wife, one mother, and a whole courtyard full of people.

In the end, he still had to come out and say something.

"If there is a next time, I will carry thorns to apologize to everyone."

"Mom, I can't do without you; I've borne everything."

"If I have to go to jail, I'll go."

"When the time comes, I'll give my job to Huairu; with a job she'll have an identity, and our family won't upset anyone over making a living."

He might have thought of this plan for a long time.

He transferred his job to Qin Huairu; with a job, Qin Huairu could change her household registration to urban.

Once Qin Huairu had an urban hukou, her several children also had a fixed quota.

Even if Qin Huairu only earned a regular worker's wage, it would be less pressure than now.

The people in the courtyard were quite surprised at this time.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zhangshi, who had always stayed in the back, could shoulder the responsibility at the critical moment.

This amounts to saying that he bore all the responsibility.

Having lost his formal job, he could only do odd jobs to support the family; in a household where the woman is strong and the man weak, only those who have experienced it know the bitterness.

This society is very harsh toward men who cannot earn money to support the family.

If one still has to rely on a woman to support the family, then one's reputation……

Talking too much just brings tears.

It's pretty much the same as Yang Qing.

Yang Qing may be impressive now, but in most people's eyes he's just a pretty face.

If it weren't for his thick-skinned nature, he wouldn't care at all.

If it were someone else, they might not withstand others' cold mockery and hot ridicule.

Jia Zhangshi never expected Jia Dongxu to say such things.

Smart people, she understands the consequence of doing this: she and her son would completely lose their family standing.

From now on, we'll have to act according to Qin Huairu's mood.

If Qin Huairu is unhappy, she might give you a couple of harsh words, but she can only endure them.

"I disagree; as the head of the household, how can you lose your job?"

Jia Dongxu completely ignored her and instead looked at Liang Ladi and Li Da Xiong.

"Do you think this is okay?"

Liang Ladi opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't utter any harsh words.

They are really solving the problem.

As Jia Zhangshi said, the root of everything is that their family couldn't get by, so they schemed.

Jia Dongxu threw away a man's dignity; how could they still press him too hard?

At least at this point, they had to admit that Jia Dongxu is a real man.

Qin Huairu's eyes were already brimming with tears at this moment.

Jia Dongxu's action amounted to promising her an urban identity.

To be honest, over these years she has always felt uneasy in her heart.

Just because she is of rural origin, she truly fears the day Jia Dongxu will drive her away.

Then she could only return to the countryside.

She is now competing with Jia Zhangshi for family leadership, which carries great risk.

Fortunately, her efforts over the past six months were not in vain.

Thanks to Second Aunt and Third Aunt.

Without their guidance, there would be no Jia Dongxu today.