Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Chapter 292 Crazy

When she heard that she had to alert the street director Wang, Jia Zhang was stunned at first, and then she cursed: "Silly Zhu, you don't need to scare me with Director Wang. I know your Yu Li is also from the street office and is familiar with Director Wang. You two have a good relationship, so you can unite to bully us orphans and widows. You officials protect each other and are in cahoots with each other..."

Uncle Yi Zhonghai heard Jia Zhang's scolding getting more and more outrageous. He didn't want to get involved, so he walked out of the house and coughed heavily, interrupting Jia Zhang's scolding.

"Jia Zhang!" Yi Zhonghai's voice was not loud, but it revealed unquestionable majesty, "You are going too far!"

When Jia Zhang looked up and saw that it was Yi Zhonghai, her momentum suddenly weakened a bit, but she was still unforgiving: "Old Yi, please judge for yourself! Qin Huairu hid her private money, and Sha Zhu still protected her. Isn't this bullying our Jia family because we have no one?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced at her coldly and said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, what's wrong with your daughter-in-law saving money to buy a bicycle for Banggeng? Banggeng is working in the Northeast, and it would be more convenient for him to have a bicycle. Besides, Zhuzi stopped you because he saw you were going to hit him, so how can this be considered as protecting each other?"

Jia Zhang was so choked that she couldn't speak and could only stare blankly.

Seeing that Jia Zhang was speechless, Xu Damao said, "This is just a case of officials protecting each other. Isn't it because Sha Zhu is the director and they want to take care of him in his old age?"

Jia Zhang was originally speechless after hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, but Xu Damao's words were like pouring a bucket of oil on the fire. Her cloudy eyes suddenly opened and her look suddenly became sharp.

"Yes! Yes!" Jia Zhang slapped her thigh and her voice suddenly rose. "Yi Zhonghai, why are you pretending to be fair? Everyone knows that you are counting on Sha Zhu to take care of you in your old age. If you protect him now, isn't it because he will smash pots and banners for you in the future?"

As soon as these words came out, the neighbors who had not yet dispersed in the courtyard were all surprised that Jia Zhang had said this openly. Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale in an instant, and his hand holding the cane was shaking.

The aunt was so angry that she was shaking all over, and her knuckles turned white as she held onto the door frame. Her usually gentle face was now red, and her voice had changed tone: "Jia Zhang! Do you, do you still have a conscience?! Hasn't Old Yi helped your Jia family enough over the years?!"

Jia Zhang was stunned by the shout, but then she stiffened her neck and said, "Help? He is guilty! If he hadn't... "

"Shut up!" Yi Zhonghai suddenly shouted, the veins on his forehead throbbing, but his voice was surprisingly calm: "Sister-in-law, we are all buried in the earth up to our necks. Some words, once spoken, cannot be taken back."

The yard was completely silent; even Xu Damao shrank his neck and dared not say a word.

Jia Zhang curled her lips and was about to continue throwing a tantrum, but she saw a middle-aged woman suddenly staggering while holding her chest.

"My dear wife!" Yi Zhonghai hurried to help.

"Lao Yi!" An old lady suddenly grabbed her husband's arm, "I, my heart hurts..."

Yi Zhonghai panicked: "Quick! Go to the hospital!"

Without saying anything, Sha Zhu carried the old lady on his back and rushed out. Zhou Qisheng quickly pushed his bicycle over and said, "Brother Zhu, this is faster!"

In a blink of an eye, many neighbors followed to the gate of the yard. The third uncle Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "What a sin..."

Seeing everyone disperse, Jia Zhang curled her lips, patted the dirt off her pants, and walked home with her head held high like a victorious general. She held the cloth bag she snatched from Qin Huairu in her hand, and muttered, "Why are you pretending? Everyone is pretending to be a good person..."

After entering the house, she bolted the door quickly and dumped the cloth bag onto the kang, with the banknotes scattered all over the kang. She squinted her old eyes and counted them, with a smug smile on her face: "One hundred and thirty-seven yuan and sixty cents... enough to buy so many painkillers..."

Qin Huairu's low sobs were heard outside, but Jia Zhang turned a deaf ear to them, and lifted the kang mat and hid the money in the secret compartment of the kang. After hiding it, she patted the kang bricks hard to make sure there was no trace, and then she lay down contentedly.

"Humph, you want to fight me?" She crossed her legs and swung her feet proudly. "That old bastard Yi Zhonghai deserves to be pissed off!"

The lights in the emergency room of the hospital were still on. Sha Zhu squatted in the corner, his fists clenched tightly. Yi Zhonghai sat on the bench like a statue, holding a broken crutch in his hand.

"Uncle..." Zhou Qisheng handed over a cup of hot water, "Auntie will be fine."

Yi Zhonghai took it woodenly, not even noticing the water spilling on the back of his hand: "It's my fault... I shouldn't have gotten involved in the Jia family's affairs..."

Sha Zhu stood up suddenly: "Uncle, this matter has nothing to do with you! It's that old Jia Zhang--"

"Zhu Zi!" Yi Zhonghai interrupted him in a hoarse voice, "No matter how wrong she is, she is still an old woman."

There was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the end of the corridor. Qin Huairu came running over breathlessly, holding a small cloth bag in her hand: "Uncle... This is the medical expenses I just collected..."

The cloth bag was opened, and inside were scattered bills, with the largest denomination being only five yuan. Yi Zhonghai looked at the money and knew that this was probably Qin Huairu's last savings.

The next morning, Jia Zhang slept until noon, and when she woke up she found the courtyard unusually quiet. She peeped out the window and saw Xu Damao looking furtively at her door.

"Xu Damao!" She lowered her voice and called out, "What are you doing?"

"Let's watch the show!" Xu Damao came over and gloated, "I heard that a lady had a heart attack and almost died! Now the whole hospital is scolding you!"

Jia Zhang's face changed, and then she said stubbornly: "What does it have to do with me? She has a bad temper!"

As he was speaking, Sha Zhu walked in with a gloomy face, followed by Qin Huairu with red eyes.

Seeing Sha Zhu's gloomy face, Jia Zhang quickly retreated into the house and closed the door, but she heard Sha Zhu roaring in the yard: "Jia Zhang! If anything happens to you, I will never forgive you!"

Sha Zhu's roar shook the leaves of the old locust trees in the yard. Jia Zhang hid under the window, still unyielding, but her hands were shaking violently.

"What does it have to do with me?" She shouted at the outside, "She has a bad temper, what does it have to do with me?"

Qin Huairu stood behind Sha Zhu, her face pale, the bloodstain on her forehead had already scabbed over. She was still holding the blue cloth bag in her hand, her knuckles were white.

"Jia Zhang!" Sha Zhu kicked the door of the Jia family open, and the door slammed against the wall with a bang, shaking the dust on the beams and making them fall down. "I still say what I said just now. If anything happens to Auntie, I will make you pay for it!"

Jia Zhang was frightened by this scene and shrank back, but she was still unforgiving: "Fool..., He Yuzhu! You, you don't act so arrogantly here! This is our Jia family, get out now."

"Let me get out?" Sha Zhu sneered, "You slandered my brother-in-law as Qin Huairu's wild man? And you sent the aunt who has always helped your family to the hospital. Jia Zhang, you are really getting more shameless as you get older!"

More and more neighbors gathered in the yard to watch. The third uncle Yan Bugui pushed his glasses, shook his head and sighed: "This old lady Jia is really getting more and more outrageous..."

Xu Damao originally wanted to add fuel to the fire, but when he saw that Sha Zhu was really angry, he quickly retreated behind the crowd and muttered quietly: "Well, this excitement today is unbearable..."

Seeing that no one was helping her, Jia Zhang finally lost some of her arrogance, but she still insisted, "It is only natural for me to teach my own daughter-in-law a lesson! Is it right for her to hide her private money?"