The others in the courtyard all looked towards Jia Zhangshi.
"Wow, his face is swollen to the size of his butt."
"After being slapped so many times, he should have learned his lesson."
"Oh dear, do you think Jia Zhangshi will go to the security department to complain? Chen Jun is a capable kid, but he's too impatient."
"Report to the security department?" Xu Damao chuckled upon hearing this, pointing at Jia Zhangshi and saying, "Even if Chen Jun planted her in the ground, the security department would still say that Chen Jun planted ginseng."
Sha Zhu laughed even harder when he heard this: "Why don't you say that Chen Jun sneezed in the morning and someone in Beijing kidnapped a child in the afternoon to give Chen Jun a blood transfusion? That's ridiculous. If the people from the outer courtyard heard this, they would think Chen Jun was some kind of criminal gang!"
"Don't talk nonsense, that's not what I meant." Xu Damao waved his hand.
The tense atmosphere was lightened a bit by the two of them.
"Chen Jun, Bang Geng is still a child, can you please stop hitting him?" Qin Huairu came out of the house carrying Bang Geng, looking at Chen Jun with some anxiety.
Chen Jun's 100-pull combo was terrifying. If he were to do the same to Bang Geng, he'd probably be crippled.
"I'm not a violent maniac, why would I hit him?" Chen Jun said, somewhat speechless.
Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this and was about to check on Jia Zhangshi's condition.
Chen Jun added, "But you'll have to pay for one of my doors."
What is that?
Jia Zhangshi, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead, suddenly rolled over and said with a pig-like face, "You're the one who kicked the door down, why should we pay for it?"
“Yes, my mother-in-law didn’t break the door,” Qin Huairu chimed in.
Although she didn't dare to provoke Chen Jun, she also felt that the compensation Chen Jun wanted was unreasonable.
They're already homeless, where would they get the money to pay for a new door?
"If she hadn't taken over my house, how could the door have been broken?" Chen Jun sneered. "If you don't compensate me, I'll go in and consider it a loss. If I remember correctly, I left a wallet with several hundred yuan in it on the heated brick bed."
They tried to seize his house. If all they did was slap him, Jia Zhangshi would probably forget the pain once the wound healed in a few days.
Therefore, we must teach Jia Zhangshi a lesson and make her feel the pinch.
There's a wallet on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove).
Jia Zhangshi's swollen face looked even worse.
"Slander! This is slander!"
"The kang (heated brick bed) was just built. Who would put hundreds of yuan on it? Chen Jun, you're trying to extort money from us!" Jia Zhangshi became extremely agitated.
Being beaten is a minor matter, but having to pay several hundred yuan in compensation is really going to be the death of her.
If Chen Jun is determined to extort her, he might have to go to the yamen (government office). Jia Zhangshi never wants to go to the yamen again in her life.
"It's perfectly reasonable for me to hide my secret stash of money in the new house, isn't it?" Chen Jun said expressionlessly.
Seeing Jia Zhangshi's agitated appearance, Chen Jun knew that the old woman had already regretted taking over the house.
"We're willing to pay for the door."
Qin Huairu sighed deeply, knowing that if she didn't compensate for the lost door, there would be even bigger trouble.
The Jia family was no match for Chen Jun from the very beginning.
Not to mention the orphans and widows they are now in.
I can only blame myself for not stopping Jia Zhangshi yesterday, allowing her to sneak into the old house.
"But we really don't have any money right now. Can we pay you back later?" Qin Huairu said pitifully.
Chen Jun waved his hand: "I'll give you three months."
After saying that, Chen Jun did not linger any longer and turned to go back to the backyard.
Three months?
Qin Huairu silently did the math in her mind. After deducting necessary expenses such as daily food and drink, she should be able to save up enough money for a door in three months.
"Hmph, Qin Huairu, you're really rich! You're actually going to buy Chen Jun a new door!"
Seeing Chen Jun return to the backyard, Jia Zhangshi stood up from the ground, cursing, "It's all your fault! You're siding with outsiders! If you had moved in with me tonight, I'd like to see if he would have dared to hit me!"
"If he dares to hit you, why wouldn't he dare to hit me?" Qin Huairu wanted to lose her temper, but with so many people present, she had to maintain her image.
"You're pregnant! How dare he hit a pregnant woman?" Jia Zhangshi snorted coldly in dissatisfaction. "Now look what's happened, you're homeless. Let's see what you do tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu ignored Jia Zhangshi.
She knows her mother-in-law too well; she'll argue even when she's wrong, so there's no point in trying to reason with her.
Looking up, Qin Huairu's gaze fell on Yan Bugui, who was watching the commotion.
"Uncle, could we borrow your side room for a few days? We'll rent a place after the steel mill pays our wages."
Qin Huairu actually had the money to rent a side room, but given her family's situation, she naturally wanted to save money wherever possible.
After the argument with Zhang Laosan's wife, Yan Bugui dared not easily rent the house to Qin Huairu, not to mention that Qin Huairu didn't want to pay a single penny and wanted to get it for free!
Yan Bugui, who is the most calculating, has always been the one to take advantage of others. When has he ever been taken advantage of by others?
"Oh dear, what a coincidence. I just tidied up the side room yesterday and was planning to have Yan Jiefang move in. Boys don't want to share a bed with their younger siblings once they get a little older."
Is Yan Jiefang going to move to the side room?
Liu Haizhong and the others knew immediately that Yan Bugui was talking nonsense. Everyone in the courtyard knew that Yan Jiefang was tall but timid, and he even needed someone to accompany him when he went to the public toilet to urinate at night.
If he dares to live alone in the side room, the sun will rise in the west tomorrow.
Qin Huairu naturally knew that Yan Bugui was lying, so she fumbled in her pocket and pulled out two cents: "Uncle, can we rent it for a few days?"
Two cents!
Yan Bugui took a deep look at the money in Qin Huairu's hand. Earning two cents for staying for a few days was practically free money.
But he was worried that the Jia family would stay after moving in, which would be troublesome. As the head steward, he couldn't just give Jia Zhangshi a hundred consecutive slaps like Chen Jun did, could he?
That would be so undignified.
After hesitating for a moment, Yan Bugui shook his head.
"It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that Jiefang really has to move to the side room. You guys should think of other solutions."
Qin Huairu was not about to let this opportunity slip by: "Third Uncle, how can you bear to see us, a widow and her orphan, homeless?"
"We're really broke. If we had money, we'd definitely rent a spacious place!"
The three of them were crammed into a side room, and even a fart from them would take forever to dissipate.
Yi Zhonghai, who was standing to the side, scratched his chin and couldn't help but ask, "Qin Huairu, if you don't have money, you can sell something. Jia Dongxu is gone, so you probably don't need his wheelchair anymore, right?"
"Take it and sell it. You can get at least ten or twenty yuan for it."
A few dollars isn't much, but it's definitely enough to rent a good place for several months.
"Wheelchair?" Madam Jia thought for a moment, then suddenly grabbed Qin Huairu's arm: "Wheelchair?? Where is my son Dongxu's wheelchair? Did you hide it?!"
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