Chapter 1925 Throwing a Tantrum
"Don't think about it. Didn't you see it just now? She has a very good relationship with the Zhou family. The two brothers behind her, the younger one is called Wulang, which means she has at least five brothers above her. It's not enough to support them. How can she spare some time to help us?"
"Not to mention that old bastard Xia Xia met her earlier and said so many bad things about us behind our backs. If she didn't hate us after hearing what Xia Xia said, it would be a blessing."
Chief Xia also nodded. "I didn't think of asking her to do anything. It's enough if she can just stay out of Wulang and Qilang's way."
The elders of the clan just listened to this. It was impossible for them not to want to keep the person in their hands before, otherwise why would they mention asking Zhou Man to change his surname?
The Xia family members followed to Songhua Lane with mixed feelings.
The door to the Xia family's house in Songhua Lane was locked. The guards knocked for a long time but no one opened it. Manbao lifted the curtain and jumped out of the car. He turned around and asked the neighbor who had curiously poked her head out to look, "Sister, is there no one at home?"
Although her own daughter was almost as old as Zhou Man, she didn't feel offended when she heard her daughter call her "big sister". Instead, she felt a little smug. She couldn't help but touch her face and smiled, "I haven't seen their family go out today."
A door next door also opened, and Aunt Fan's mother-in-law came out, followed by Aunt Fan with shining eyes.
Aunt Fan's mother-in-law glanced at Xia Xia first before looking at Zhou Man. Finally, she recognized the old friend's face and said, "She's at home. She probably didn't hear it in the backyard."
It's impossible that he didn't hear it. The guards were knocking on the door so loudly that the neighbors all heard it and came out. How could he not hear it?
Manbao stood there for a while with a frown on his face, thought about it, and simply took out the house deed and handed it to County Magistrate Zhai.
Magistrate Zhai took it with a puzzled look on his face. "This is..."
Manbao said, "Show it to the master."
County Magistrate Zhai looked at it and found that he had seen the title deed yesterday and there was nothing different.
Seeing that he had no objection, Manbao turned to Daji and said, "Go in and open the door."
Daji took a few steps back, took a few running steps, and then took off with the help of the wall. In a few steps, he jumped over the wall and landed in the yard.
Not to mention Chief Xia and the elders, even County Magistrate Zhai opened his mouth in surprise. Then, to their astonishment, Daji opened the door from the inside.
Manbao stepped in first, glanced at the fairly clean and tidy courtyard, nodded slightly, then turned sideways and said, "County Magistrate Zhai, Clan Leader Xia, please come in, and everyone else please come in as well."
Bai Shan also smiled and stepped aside to invite County Magistrate Zhai to come in first.
County Magistrate Zhai looked at Zhou Man, then at the house deed in his hand, folded it silently, put it in his sleeve, and went in.
Chief Xia felt mixed emotions. It was indeed filled with black sesame seeds. The smile on her face looked fake, just like her father's.
The elders of the Xia family finally saw the shadow of someone in Zhou Man. After a long silence, they quietly stepped in.
Aunt Fan watched with great interest and whispered, "This lady looks like her father."
Her mother-in-law said, "Of course the father and daughter look alike."
"No, I'm talking about their temperament," Aunt Fan said. "It's okay that they look alike, but their temperaments are similar too."
Her mother-in-law looked at her without saying anything, and just followed her in to watch the fun.
Daji had already pushed open the door of the main hall. Manbao invited Magistrate Zhai and Clan Leader Xia to sit down, and asked the servants of the Xia family to carry Xia Xia to sit under the first seat, and then asked her parents to sit down. Except for not ordering anyone to serve tea and water, he acted like the host.
The people hiding in the backyard heard some noise that seemed strange, so when they quietly looked forward, they found that there were many people sitting or standing in the main hall of their house. Because there were not enough chairs, the guards brought several stools from the yard and side rooms.
Xia Yi was stunned, then couldn't bear to say anything more. He rushed out with his wife and children, staring at them in amazement and asked, "You, how did you get in?"
Manbao turned his head and smiled at him, calling him "Uncle Yitang", and then said: "He opened the door and came in. We knocked for a long time but no one opened the door. We thought Uncle Yitang had moved away."
Xia Yi was like a chicken with its feathers blown off its chest, screaming shrilly, "This is my house. Who allowed you to come in? Who said I was moving out? Get out, all of you, get out."
Manbao said nothing, but just looked at County Magistrate Zhai.
County Magistrate Zhai slammed the table and shouted, "How dare you!"
This sound startled Xia Yi. Magistrate Zhai shouted angrily with a serious face, "Don't you see who is sitting here? Do you want me to leave, or do you want the head of your Xia family to leave?"
Xia Yi trembled and opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
When County Magistrate Zhai saw that he had quieted down, he stopped talking and gave the scene to Zhou Man again.
Zhou Man said nothing, but looked at Chief Xia.
When the Xia clan leader met her gaze, he was silent for a moment before finally speaking to Xia Yi, "Xia Yi, please clean up and return this house to the eldest lady."
Xia Yi shouted: "Why? This house is mine!"
Magistrate Zhai then pulled out the title deed from his sleeve and said expressionlessly, "But the original title deed to this house is in the hands of Lord Zhou."
The head of the Xia clan also disliked Xia Yi for embarrassing himself in front of everyone, and said impatiently: "This house originally belonged to Xin Niang. Because she and her husband haven't been back for a long time, we temporarily gave it to you to live in. Now that the eldest lady of Xin Niang's family has returned, the house must be returned to her."
"I won't agree. I've lived here for twelve years. All the neighbors know this house is mine. Why should I move out just because you tell me to? Why?" He shouted, "She has the deed, and I have the deed too!"
After shouting, he took out a house deed from his pocket, waved it in front of Zhou Man and said, "See? It's written in black and white that this house has been mine for twelve years."
Manbao raised his eyelids and glanced at him before saying, "Uncle Yitang, without the original owner's contract, this deed can be invalidated."
"You, you're lying!" Xia Yi looked at everyone and shouted with some lack of confidence, "You said my deed doesn't count, but does yours count? You just appeared out of thin air, claiming to be Xin Niang's daughter? Who knows if you're a fake?"
In short, Xia Yi would never give in.
Chief Xia had a headache. He stood up and apologized to Magistrate Zhai, then pulled Xia Yi out to admonish him.
When the people in the house saw them leave, they relaxed and waited quietly. From time to time, they could hear one or two loud voices coming from the yard.
After a full three-quarters of an hour, Manbao was almost thirsty, when Chief Xia led Xia Yi in, his eyes red and his face full of resentment. He said, "Xia Yi agreed."
Xia Yi's wife, who had been hiding aside and glaring at Zhou Man, immediately looked up at Xia Yi when she heard this. Seeing that he kept his head down and didn't say anything, she spat at him angrily and sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying, "You are a sin! You are bullying me! You are bullying me! Your whole family is bullying my family! Our good house is being taken away by others..."
The sound was so loud that the neighbors outside the yard immediately poked their heads in from the doorway to look.
Chief Xia's mind exploded at once, and his body swayed twice and he almost fell down. Manbao was afraid that he would get hurt by anger, so he had to support him and press the acupoints on his body.
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(End of this chapter)
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