The people in this courtyard house are all new residents and don't know each other well. If they want to live together well, they need to interact and have friction in their daily lives.
Jiang Ci took the lead in showing her family's attitude towards people and things, so that others wouldn't think that her family didn't have anyone who would throw a tantrum or act shamelessly, and thus feel that they were easy to bully.
Now that everyone knows Jiang Ci's bottom line, unless they really want to break off relations, they won't cross that line.
We're all respectable people, and we work in the same company, so naturally we all care about our image.
Xiao Jia repeatedly agreed with Jiang Ci's words.
Jiang Ci didn't even look at Aunt Jia, but smiled and said to Xiao Jia, "Comrade Jia, public matters are public matters and private matters are private matters. I won't mix them up."
Xiao Jia's face burned even more. "Comrade Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely keep my mother in check from now on and not let her talk nonsense."
Jiang Ci turned and left with the child.
Aunt Jia looked at Jiang Ci with resentment. Looking at the two children, she became emboldened and grabbed something, ready to attack them!
Just then, a hand reached out from the crowd, grabbed her arm, and yanked her hard.
Aunt Jia cried out in pain, but before she could make a further move, she was slapped hard across the face.
Hearing the commotion, everyone quickly looked over.
Then we saw Aunt Jia holding a wooden stick, fall to the ground, cover her face, and look utterly disheveled.
At the same time Jiang Ci saw Aunt Jia, she also saw Zhou Mingli standing in the crowd.
He didn't know when he returned, nor how long he had been watching.
"You dare hit me? You dare hit me!" Aunt Jia was furious and roared as she stood up, about to raise a wooden stick to hit someone.
Even Xiao Jia couldn't stop him.
Zhou Mingli grabbed the stick from her hand again and jabbed it forward, causing Aunt Jia to stumble back several steps and fall to the ground.
When Zhou Mingli was helping out in the kitchen, he was always carrying rice and noodles and chopping bones. He was already strong, so dealing with a pampered old lady was more than enough for him.
Aunt Jia fell twice in a row. When she got up and was about to rush over again, she suddenly met Zhou Mingli's eyes.
Cold and devoid of any emotion.
Aunt Jia stopped moving instantly.
"Want to come again?" Zhou Mingli asked indifferently.
Aunt Jia pursed her lips, not daring to say a word.
As the saying goes, the soft fear the hard, and the hard fear the ruthless.
And those who are as fierce as Aunt Jia are even more afraid of those who don't value their lives.
She had a premonition that if she rushed forward, Zhou Mingli would definitely slap her again.
One side of her face was still burning from Zhou Mingli's slap, and she didn't dare to provoke Zhou Mingli's bottom line at all.
Zhou Mingli turned around and came to Jiang Ci's side.
"When did you come back?"
"I just got back not long ago." Zhou Mingli patted the two children's heads and said to Jiang Ci as if no one else was around, "Next time someone comes to cause trouble, leave it to me."
Everyone: "..."
Jiang Ci's man is really amazing.
When they start fighting, they really show no mercy.
"Did you see why Zhou Mingli hit Aunt Jia?"
"Look, look! That Aunt Jia deserved it! Jiang Cidu left with the child, and she tried to sneak around with a stick, but Zhou Mingli caught her red-handed!"
"Tell me, which family member wouldn't be angry if they saw their child about to be beaten?"
"I never expected Aunt Jia to be this kind of person. We really need to stay away from her in the future. She may seem kind on the surface, but who knows what she's thinking behind our backs, cursing us for spending too much money!"
“Who said it wasn’t?”
After everyone understood what had just happened, their gazes toward Aunt Jia involuntarily turned to one of disgust.
Xiao Jia's face turned ashen. He dragged his mother back into the house and closed the door.
Everyone perked up their ears and heard Xiao Jia cursing inside the house.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli ignored the commotion in the backyard and quickly returned to their own home.
Mingzhu had obviously heard the gossip before, and told her, "A few years ago when the houses were allocated, Xiao Jia's family didn't get one, so his mother went to his workplace and made a scene. That's just how she is. If you confront her directly, she won't dare to do anything."
Jiang Ci nodded. "If she comes looking for trouble again, I won't be polite."
After the family went inside and closed the door, Jiang Ci asked Zhou Mingli, "Where are the curtains you bought?"
“Here.” Zhou Mingli took out the curtains that were on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Several people gathered around.
It was discovered that the fabric Zhou Mingli bought was quite thick.
Zhou Mingli's mood was not affected by that Aunt Jia at all. Pointing to the curtains, he said, "This kind of fabric has good sound insulation and also blocks out light. There are also a few curtains inside that are similar to gauze. I can install them tomorrow."
Jiang Ci nudged his waist, "You certainly know how to pick."
Zhou Mingli smiled, "Didn't you always complain that it gets light earlier and earlier after winter?"
Spring has arrived, and it gets light as early as six in the morning. The curtains in the newspaper office's staff quarters don't block out much light, so Jiang Ci often wakes up early.
The curtains were hung by Zhou Mingli after he got off work the next day. He hung two layers of curtains, with the layer near the window letting in light but not people, providing excellent privacy.
Looking at the entrance facing the hanging flower gate, Zhou Mingli went out and bought a curtain, which he hung at the entrance to block others' view of the inside.
As soon as he came out, he saw Aunt Jia's resentful gaze. He coldly swept it over, and Aunt Jia didn't dare to utter a word. She tucked her tail between her legs and went back.
It took two months to clean the new house, and it's finally all done.
During their day off, Zhou Mingli and Jiang Ci used torches to dry the cabinets and other items. They then spent another week moving everything over and thoroughly cleaning Cheng Shaotian's house. After cleaning it spotless, they moved to the courtyard house.
To celebrate, Jiang Ci also notified the Cheng family that Zhou Gou and Shen Conghe's family, among others, would come to their house for dinner on the weekend.
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