You, you, you… Yi Zhonghai had already been tripped up by Sha Zhu, and then Chen Yan gave him a thorough dressing down. Every word she said seemed to hit him right where it hurt, calling him hypocritical, calling him a fraud, and saying he was no more noble than anyone else!
What exactly was Yi Zhonghai after all his life?
"..."
The two sisters, Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru, were finally separated by the older and younger women.
Qin Huairu had bruises around her eyes and blood at the corner of her mouth; Qin Jingru had two marks on her face and kept cursing.
Sha Zhu grabbed Brother Shi by the collar: "You little bastard, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? You're practically half-buried in the ground, and you still dare to covet my daughter?"
After saying that, I'm going to teach him a lesson!
Brother Shi cried out for mercy: "No, no, no, I'm innocent! It was her, it was her who asked the matchmaker to propose marriage to me. It wasn't me who had my eye on you, how did she become your daughter?"
Seeing that Sha Zhu's reckless attitude was rising again, the fat man quickly pulled him back: "Wait a minute, let's sort this out first."
After saying that, he ignored Sha Zhu's struggles and shoved him into Xu Damao's arms.
Sha Zhu and Xu Damao hugged each other, looking at each other in bewilderment. One was thinking, "Has Fatty's fighting power increased again?" The other was thinking, "How did he get into my arms? What should I do next? Should I...?"
The fat man rescued Brother Shi from the crowd and said to him in a friendly tone, "You should have figured out what happened today. But we still don't understand the ins and outs, the cause and effect. Tell us about it?"
Brother Shi knew he was lucky he wasn't going to get beaten up today, so he spilled the beans: "Okay, okay, I'm 46 years old this year, and my wife passed away two years ago..."
Brother Shi's words caused a stir in the courtyard, with everyone discussing, "Is Xiao Dang really Qin Huairu's biological daughter? How could she let an 18-year-old girl marry a 46-year-old scumbag? What is she thinking?"
"What are you thinking? It's all about the money! Didn't you hear him say he promised a dowry of 1,500 yuan? Good heavens, 1,500 yuan, that's three years' salary of mine."
“Old man, you’re right. Qin Huairu is only after this man’s money.”
“New people, new things, new country. Now we advocate free love, and parents can’t arrange marriages. In a case like Qin Huairu’s, we should go to the police station to report her!”
"..."
The fat man raised his hand and then pressed it down, and the noisy courtyard actually quieted down.
He gestured for Brother Shi to continue, and Brother Shi quickly said, "It was all arranged by a matchmaker. They asked me to come here today to meet them first. I really didn't know it was like this; I'm a good person, really, really."
Although Brother Shi was a bit ugly, you could tell from his words that he was an honest and upright person, just like Song Dacheng.
The fat man thought for a moment and said, "That's the situation. You've seen it yourself, so don't get involved in this mess."
Brother Shi was as if he had been granted a pardon: "I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now, and I'll never come back again."
Watching Brother Shi run out of the yard as if his life depended on it, Fatty clapped his hands and said to everyone, "Everyone, please allow me to say a few words. Today, everyone here is Xiao Dang's elder, her grandparents, uncles and aunts. We've all watched this girl grow up."
At this point, the fat man waved to Xiao Dang, whose eyes were red as she walked up to him and bowed to everyone: "I've caused you all trouble again because of my situation."
Everyone said no, but seeing how pitiful Xiao Dang was, they launched into a tirade against Qin Huairu.
Once everyone had calmed down, the fat man said to everyone, "Seeing that Xiao Dang is growing up day by day, this can't go on forever. So I thought, let's get this straight and cleared up in front of all of you today."
He said to Xiao Dang, "You're over 18, you're an adult. Being an adult means having full civil capacity, which means you can be responsible for your actions. I ask you, can you take responsibility?"
Xiao Dang was very firm: "I'll take responsibility!"
"Alright, I propose that Xiao Dang separate from the Jia family and from now on, stand on her own two feet and be in charge of her own household. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"
Qin Huairu shouted at the top of her lungs, "I object!"
The fat man glanced at her disdainfully and said, "It's not your place to be in charge of the Jia family."
After finishing, he said to Yu Li, "Help Aunt Zhang over here."
Yu Li and Chen Yan helped Jia Zhangshi, who had recovered, to her feet.
Madam Jia initially disagreed as well. These were all Dongxu's children, her granddaughters; dividing the family property? Only the fat man could come up with such a thing!
But the fat man pointed at Sha Zhu and asked her, "Is he good to Xiao Dang?"
This... Madam Jia really couldn't bring herself to say even a single word of dissent.
She had seen everything that Sha Zhu had done for Xiao Dang over the years.
It's been a full four years since 1973. Xiao Dang has been eating well, dressing well, and hasn't suffered any grievances while following Sha Zhu. It's much better than when he was in the Jia family.
Seeing that Jia Zhangshi was speechless, the fat man continued, "You've seen it too, your daughter-in-law and she are now like oil and water, seeing her as a thorn in her side; she causes trouble like this every few days, not only making the whole courtyard restless, but also making you look bad, right?"
These words struck a chord with Madam Jia. She had a lot to lose! All these years, she had been striving for power and influence, not for her own reputation, but for Dongxu and for the Jia family!
But I don't know when it started, my face disappeared!
So many things happened one after another, completely disgracing the Jia family. If Bang Geng weren't still in jail, Jia Zhangshi would have really wanted to follow her Dongxu to the afterlife!
Seeing that she had taken his words to heart, the fat man said, "This separation of the family only means that Xiao Dang will live independently, it doesn't mean that she will sever her ties with you. It just means she will be separated from your family's household registration, just like a daughter getting married. From now on, everyone will live their own lives, and no one should interfere with the other's life, isn't that better?"
Madam Jia was thinking further ahead. She knew Qin Huairu all too well what kind of person she was. Given Xiaodang's current relationship with her, even if she got married in the future, she couldn't expect Qin Huairu to provide much of a dowry.
Today, this scandal has come to light: someone is willing to marry their own daughter off to a 46-year-old man over a dowry of 1,500 yuan. Who knows what will happen in the future!
If such a scandalous incident were to occur twice more, Jia Zhangshi might not even live to see the executioner before she has to go to see Dongxu...
Thinking of this, Madam Jia hardened her heart and said, "Fine, I agree. Let Xiao Dang separate from the family!"
You... you agreed to that?
Of all these people, the most unexpected one is Sha Zhu.
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