Chapter 202: Clarification Notice

After the Jia Family's division was completed, everyone thought the matter had been settled and it was time to leave.

Chen Hong, Liang Ladi, and Gu Ning had also finished communicating.

Liang Ladi was the first to stand up and call out to the people who were about to leave.

"Stop, everyone don't leave yet, Jia Zhangshi, the matter of Qin Huairu is settled, but our matter isn't over yet."

"You don't think just apologizing will do, do you?"

Er Da Ye, who was about to get up, sat back down upon hearing that.

"Right, Liang Ladi and Gu Ning's matter isn't over yet."

"Liang Ladi, keep speaking, you're the victim, so naturally we need to satisfy you."

"However, our courtyard's affairs should still be guided by the purpose of healing and saving lives, not be excessive."

Liang Ladi nodded.

"Our demands are not excessive at all."

"We need Jia Zhangshi to issue a notice to restore our reputation."

"Otherwise this matter won't be finished."

"Issue a notice?"

San Da Ye was surprised; normally such a matter would be paraded through the streets, and once paraded, everyone would understand the situation, and rumors would naturally collapse.

Issuing a notice is still the first time.

"You mean posting a notice in the newspaper to admit fault and apologize?"

Gu Ning shook his head.

"San Da Ye, originally Jia Zhangshi's behavior of being paraded would have let her off easy, but since we are a big courtyard, we decided to spare her some face."

"Just posting a big-character poster will do."

"There's no need to report it upward; it's a small matter of our courtyard, no need to let the whole city know."

"But we also have requirements for the notice: it must be posted all over our street."

"So that everyone can see and understand what the reason is."

San Da Ye felt that this indeed posed no problem.

He looked at Er Da Ye, but Er Da Ye simply couldn't understand the difference here.

"I think what Gu Ning and Liang Ladi said is correct."

San Da Ye nodded.

"In that case, let's restore everyone's reputation in the form of a big-character poster."

"Jia Zhangshi, what do you think?"

Jia Zhangshi didn't mind; anyway she had already apologized, and didn't care about issuing another big-character poster.

"I have no problem."

Yang Qing always felt that something was off about the big-character poster put up by those few women.

"But he couldn't figure out where the problem lay."

Yang Qing patted his own head.

"Probably I'm overthinking it."

Then San Da Ye went home, took out a stack of large paper, brushed with ink, wrote the apology and clarification of the incident on it, also including Jia Zhangshi's signature and seal, and the signatures of the three elders.

He wrote several sheets in a row, and only considered it done when the paper was used up.

"Liang Ladi and Gu Ning, look, there are more than ten copies; isn't that enough?"

Liang Ladi and Gu Ning nodded.

"That's fine."

San Da Ye chuckled.

"Alright then, pay up; I don't need any ink fee, but the cost of paper and ink still has to be covered."

Although everyone had mentally prepared, they were still nearly thrown off balance by San Da Ye's sneaky maneuver.

Gu Ning also laughed.

"San Da Ye, you should have the apologizer pay this money, not make us victims pay; that seems unreasonable."

San Da Ye nodded repeatedly.

"Exactly, Jia Zhangshi should pay this money, a total of six mao."

Jia Zhangshi waved her hand, acting shameless.

"I have no money; go ask Qin Huairu for it, this was before the division."

Qin Huairu once again felt nauseated to the point of wanting to go crazy.

Yi Da Ma pulled her.

"Fine, we'll pay this money; it also counts as us footing the bill for Bang Geng's elder."

After the matter was settled, the courtyard meeting adjourned.

Yang Qing, like a nobody, also slipped out from the corner and went home.

"It's not that he's overly timid; it's just that recent rumors about him have been especially fierce."

"He is the male lead in several widows' stories, definitely the object of others' envy, jealousy, and hatred."

"For now, it's better to keep a low profile."

Xu Damao and his wife returned home, and Lou Xiao'e let out a sigh of relief.

She said gratefully.

"Damao, it's still your foresight that kept me and Yang Qing from getting too close."

Otherwise my reputation would also be ruined now.

She held the Persian cat in her arms and said admiringly to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao arrogantly puffed out his chest.

"Look, moth, in this big courtyard, whoever sees things most clearly, it's still your man me."

"Just look at Yang Qing's face—it's a face of disaster (can't fit the aesthetic of people in this era). You can hang out more with Yu Li from now on; our family's relationship with San Da Ye is still good."

Lou Xiao'e nodded.

"All right."

"However, Da Mao, why have you been staying away from home lately?"

"Liu Shumin already has a child; shouldn't we be feeling a bit anxious?"

"My mother has already prepared the baby's clothes, rocking chair, and so on."

Xu Damao's face flashed with guilt, but he quickly covered it up.

"Isn't it almost New Year? The factory has me go to the countryside more often to show movies to the locals."

"I'm a projectionist; not going would really not work."

Lou Xiao'e is carefree and never thought about whether there were lies in it.

Lou Bancheng wouldn't teach her that either; he thought that as long as he was around, no one would dare bully his daughter.

Xu Damao was indeed proper and cautious at first, but as a man, once he tasted the benefits, he changed.

Add to that Lou Xiao'e's aristocratic temperament, and the fun decreased a lot.

"Ah, that's too hard."

Faced with Lou Xiao'e's concern, Xu Damao felt nothing, and he thought of something else.

"Hey, right, we don't need to prepare New Year's stuff; this year we'll go to my parents' place for New Year, they've already prepared everything."

Lou Xiao'e didn't understand these things and could only nod in agreement.

Xu Damao is also an idiot, never thinking for Lou Xiao'e.

Just like that, in a heavy snow, Lei Shifu led people to clean out the Jia family's side rooms, and the walls were also built.

Jia Zhangshi moved back to her old nest.

This year has arrived as well.

On the first day of the lunar new year, when everyone was happy, Lou Xiao'e came back looking disheveled.

Xu Damao followed behind.

Xu Damao also looked unhappy, constantly apologizing to Lou Xiao'e behind her.

"I didn't know either; this is also my first marriage."

"In previous New Years, when I went home I never brought anything."

"It's all those neighbors' fault; their mouths are too foul."

Lou Xiao'e was shedding tears.

"Xu Damao, do you think I'm lacking that bit of money?"

"How can they say that about me?"

"And you, I gave you money, didn't I? Why don't you buy things for your parents?"

Xu Damao gave an embarrassed laugh.

"I was wrong, wife; I took the money you gave me and treated it as my pocket money."

Liu Shumin burst out laughing with a puff.

"A wife giving her husband pocket money is too funny."

Xu Damao turned and glared at Liu Ruimin.

Liu Shumin covered her mouth embarrassedly, but the laughter lingered.

Who knows how charming the scene of a beautiful smiling face is, especially Liu Shumin, who, being pregnant, is full of a woman's splendid radiance.

Xu Damao stared, stunned; she's really beautiful.