Upon hearing this angry shout, everyone saw that it was an older woman helping an elderly deaf woman over. The elderly deaf woman's face was wide open, her expression full of anger, completely devoid of her usual kind and gentle eyes. She raised her cane and shouted at everyone, "Let's see who dares to call the police! I'm not dead yet!"
His previously spirited bangs instantly deflated, and he hurriedly lowered his head, cursing inwardly, "Why is that damned wife here again?"
When Yi Zhonghai saw the old lady arrive, he finally felt relieved. It was good that she had come; in his mind, everything could be resolved as long as the old lady was there.
"Grandma, you've finally arrived!" When Sha Zhu saw the deaf old lady arrive, he immediately got up and went to help her.
"Hmph, let's see who dares to bully my precious grandson. Let me tell you, I'm not dead yet! Xu Damao, I heard you accused my precious grandson of stealing your chickens?" The deaf old lady said to Xu Damao with a gloomy face, word by word.
Xu Damao felt a chill run down his spine and shivered involuntarily. He stammered, "It was Shazhu who admitted it, not me. You can't wrong me!"
After listening to Xu Damao's words, the deaf old lady only glanced at him coldly a few times before turning to Qin Huairu, who was still pretending to be aggrieved: "Jia family daughter-in-law, come here, tell this old woman what exactly happened?"
"I," Qin Huairu originally wanted to feign grievance, but when she looked up and saw the old lady's gloomy face, she immediately lowered her head and remained silent. What could she say? Oh, it was my son Banggeng who stole it, and I wanted to blame Shazhu? Would she dare? No!
"Speak! Why won't you speak? Do you think I'm an old woman, blind and senile, and know nothing about what's happening in the yard?!" The old woman stared intently at Qin Huairu. She was furious.
Wasn't everyone saying that Jia's daughter-in-law was quite clever? How come she behaves like this at a crucial moment? The chickens at Xu Damao's house and the chickens at the factory are of a different nature, I don't believe you don't know that. Fine, Qin Huairu, you're very good!
"Grandma, please don't make things difficult for Sister Qin. Her family, a widow and her children, isn't having an easy time either," Sha Zhu said. He had initially thought his grandmother was there to reprimand Ma Hua, but instead, she started attacking Sister Qin. Seeing Qin Huairu lower her head in grievance, he couldn't hold back any longer.
Upon hearing this, the deaf old woman nearly spat out blood. She was furious. "This foolish boy! What's so great about this woman? I'm your grandmother! I'm using my reputation to back you up!"
You actually thought I was bullying Qin Huairu?! The old lady wanted to turn around and leave right then and there, but she couldn't. She could only glare at Sha Zhu and say, "Shut up, this is none of your business!"
"Qin Huairu, you don't really think that no one in our yard saw Banggeng stealing the chicken, do you!" The old lady vented all her anger on Qin Huairu. It was all that vixen's fault. How could that vixen be as good as Lou Xiao'e, whom she had prepared for Zhuzi?
"Pah! Old lady, what nonsense are you spouting? How could my Banggeng do such a thing? I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense! Or I'll get angry with you!" Madam Jia was also anxious. Banggeng was the only son of the Jia family!
Originally, Madam Jia was sitting quietly to the side watching the play, not caring what anyone did as long as it didn't involve her grandson. But now, hearing the deaf old lady say that, she couldn't help herself.
"Hmph, Jia Zhangshi, shut up! Who gave you permission to speak? Let me tell you, as long as I'm alive, you can forget about running around in the courtyard!"
The deaf old lady said domineeringly, making Sha Zhu's eyes light up. His grandmother was truly formidable.
"Qin Huairu, I'm asking you a question! Why don't you confess honestly? What's wrong? Do you want me to expose you?" The deaf old lady turned to look at Qin Huairu beside her.
"I...I don't know," Qin Huairu gritted her teeth, still determined to deny it to the death. What would happen to Bang Geng's reputation if she admitted it?
"Fine, fine," the deaf old woman said through gritted teeth, her voice fierce. "So, even now you're still protecting your son, huh?"
"Zhu Zi, tell Grandma whether you saw Bang Geng eating chicken when you got off work."
"I," Sha Zhu started to say yes, but then he saw his sister Qin staring at him with hopeful eyes and her pitiful face. How could he bear to hurt her?
"No, Grandma, I didn't see it," Sha Zhu gritted his teeth and decided to lie. He couldn't bear to see Sister Qin sad.
"You!" The deaf old woman hadn't expected Sha Zhu to betray her. Fine, very well indeed! The old woman trembled with rage; if it weren't for her cane and the older woman beside her, she probably would have fainted.
Seeing Sha Zhu's stubborn expression, Yi Zhonghai felt a sense of satisfaction. This silly boy did the right thing, didn't he? Bang Geng is so young; he can't be accused of stealing chickens!
"Old lady, I think you're too old for this kind of thing, you shouldn't be out here causing trouble!" Ma Hua was secretly delighted. Serves you right, you ruined everything! You probably didn't expect this, did you? You're so naive and don't appreciate my kindness, hahaha!
"Newcomer, what business is it of yours? I think you're the biggest troublemaker in our compound. Ever since you came, there hasn't been a moment of peace in our compound!" The deaf old lady finally found an outlet for her anger and directly scolded Ma Hua.
"Oh, what's wrong? Is this my fault? I didn't ask Sha Zhu to steal anything. But you're getting on in years, you should go home. Why are you meddling in this?"
"Second Uncle, why don't you hurry up and send someone to call the police? If this gets investigated later, you'll be charged with negligence in supervision, and you might not be able to stay as Second Uncle anymore!" Ma Hua saw that Liu Haizhong was not moving.
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