Sha Zhu flew into a rage: "Wait a minute! Give me back the house? You've been gone for so many years, and Yu Shui and I went to look for you, but you didn't recognize us! And now you're pulling this stunt on me? Dream on!"
Seeing that the two of them were arguing, Xiao Dang quickly said, "Grandpa, how about I clean out my room for you, and you can stay at my place?"
He Daqing looked at her with surprise: "Who are you?"
Qin Huairu finally seized the opportunity and said sarcastically from the side, "This is the ungrateful wretch I told you about."
He Daqing suddenly realized: "Oh, the Jia family! What's the matter with you living in our house? You've lived here for so many years, you've already made your money's worth, this is ancestral property left to my family."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Dang's face turned deathly pale, so embarrassed that he wished he could disappear into the ground and be welded to his death!
Enraged, she shoved Qin Huairu away and ran out, covering her face.
He Sui was worried and called out "Little Sister Dang", but she was also worried about her father. She didn't know whether to chase after him or not.
Yi Zhonghai slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Old He! What are you trying to do? Xiao Dang is also Zhu Zi's daughter!"
He Daqing scoffed, "Daughter? How come I didn't know I had such a granddaughter? My granddaughter should have the surname He!"
Sha Zhu was so angry he wanted to burn the house down, but he didn't dare take it out on his own father, because that would be a curse. Besides, there was Qin Huairu too.
Sha Zhu shouted angrily, like a thunderclap: "Qin Huairu!"
That one shout was heard by most of the courtyard.
At the fat man's house, he pricked up his ears again, which made Yu Li roll her eyes.
Sure enough, a moment later, the fat man said to her with a beaming smile, "Guess who's back?"
Yu Li said irritably, "I'm not deaf, she's just Widow Qin!"
The fat man shook his head: "No, she was just a side trip; Sha Zhu's father is back and is in his room right now!"
Sha Zhu, his father? He does have a father!
"..."
Fatty was gossiping with Yu Li when Sha Zhu came knocking on the door: "Fatty, Fatty, open the door for me!"
The fat man opened the door for him, and Sha Zhu apologized and barged in, saying, "Can I borrow your phone?"
Even though it was 1988, there were only three telephones in the entire courtyard.
Xu Damao's house, Chen Yan's house, and then there's Fatty's home renovation.
The rest are like Liu Haizhong, who installed one when he was dealing in rebar, but later removed it because he thought it was too expensive when he lost his business; Yan Jiecheng did install one in his shop, but not in his home; as for Yan Fugui, he's very shrewd!
Fatty guessed that Sha Zhu had come to call He Yushui, and he didn't mind at all.
Sure enough, Sha Zhu skillfully dialed a number, and once it connected, he said, "It's me. Dad's back. Qin Huairu brought him back. Don't worry about that, come over and see him!"
This time, Yu Li didn't even need to ask Fatty; she knew that Sha Zhu must have called his sister, He Yushui.
What Yu Li couldn't understand was why Qin Huairu came back with her father.
Speaking of this silly Zhu, he was full of anger: "You be the judge. When I took my sister to find him, he chased us away, disowned us, and told us not to come back."
For so many years, I thought this person didn't exist; my sister and I thought we didn't have a father anymore. And then, out of nowhere, he came back!
Sha Zhu lit a cigarette in frustration and continued, "And then there's Qin Huairu. She's been missing for so many years, I thought she was dead! But not only is she not dead, she somehow found out my dad's address and came to bring him back to me."
So that's how it is.
Just as Fatty was about to speak, he heard Sha Zhu anxiously say to him, "Little Dang ran out crying all by himself just now. Fatty, come with me outside and look for him."
Xiao Dang, ran away crying? Fatty figured out what had happened after a moment's thought.
He Daqing is a selfish and self-serving person. Sha Zhu is willing to acknowledge Xiao Dang as his daughter, but he will never acknowledge this "granddaughter"!
The fat man gave Yu Li a few instructions, then left the courtyard with Sha Zhu.
As it turned out, Xiao Dang didn't go anywhere; he just stood at the alley entrance waiting for someone.
The fat man angrily kicked Sha Zhu: "You two, father and daughter, really have a tacit understanding."
Xiao Dang, feeling indignant on behalf of his mentally challenged father, ran over and kicked the fat man, saying, "He's already in his fifties, Uncle Fatty, and you still keep bullying my mentally challenged father!"
Sha Zhu gently wiped Xiao Dang's face and said to her, "I'm sorry you had to go through that, my dear."
Xiao Dang didn't care at all: "What's the big deal!" Then she said dejectedly, "What are we going to do next?"
Sha Zhu took out a cigarette, offered one to Fatty, and said, "What are you waiting for? Give me some advice!"
"Hey, Sha Zhu, let me ask you this: if Qin Huairu were to become your stepmother, could you accept it?" the fat man sighed.
Sha Zhu was so angry that he kicked his shoe off, grabbed Xiao Dang's arm tightly, and shouted, "Don't hold me back! I'm going to teach him a lesson today..."
Xiao Dang looked at her silly father with disdain and said with exasperation, "Stop messing around, Dad."
Sha Zhu reluctantly let go of Xiao Dang's arm, then went to pick up the shoe, utterly unable to accept it: "This woman, how shameless can she be?"
The fat man scoffed dismissively: "Have any shame? If she had any shame, why would she have reported you and Teacher Ran back then, preventing you from seeing each other for 17 years?"
Sha Zhu rubbed his face in frustration: "Let's not talk about that for now. Fatty, analyze the current situation for me."
The fat man thought for a moment and said, "Qin Huairu's primary goal is still a house."
That's easy to understand. The only things in this courtyard that can be associated with her now are the two rooms belonging to the Jia family.
"But didn't the house belong to Smiling Tiger? That kid's a scoundrel, would Qin Huairu dare to ask him for the house?"
"I wouldn't dare, that's why she's targeting you."
Considering He Daqing's behavior just now, everything makes sense.
But what Qin Huairu didn't know was that Sha Zhu and the others were about to buy a house.
When the new apartment building is completed, the whole family will happily move in, while Qin Huairu will still be left empty-handed.
The fat man said to Sha Zhu, "So, you should have a good talk with my sister Yu Shui later about how to take care of your two biological fathers in their old age. Should we take care of your father, or should we take care of your stepmother Qin Huairu as well?"
That fat guy still has such a sharp tongue!
Sha Zhu was so angry he was jumping up and down, but it was no use.
There's another thing right now, and that's about Xiao Dang.
What if Qin Huairu insists that He Daqing must sever ties with Xiao Dang?
It was the fat guy again who gave them advice: "It's simple, I gave you this idea years ago. Let He Sui marry her!"
Xiao Dang blushed deeply and ran over to kick the fat man twice; Sha Zhu looked like a pufferfish that had been inflated, as if he was about to explode at any moment...
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