"Yi Zhonghai, don't you think it's ridiculous? The old lady broke someone's window just because she's old, and Xu Damao complained a bit, so what? And there's Sha Zhu too. Do they really think they're heroes upholding justice?"
Before Ma Hua could finish speaking, he saw Sha Zhu staring at him, panting heavily.
"What's wrong, Sha Zhu? Why are you looking at me like that? You think you're some kind of hero? You're not even a coward, just a petty, habitual thief! What's wrong? You're not happy about it? Want to give me a good thrashing?"
Ma Hua sneered at Sha Zhu, saying, "Go ahead and do it if you dare. You spineless coward, just like Xu Damao."
Xu Damao is really useless. He was bullied to the point of exhaustion and didn't dare to utter a sound. Does he have masochistic tendencies?
"Yes, neighbors, I, Xu Damao, don't know how I offended the old lady. I just got off work and found that all my windows had been smashed, not to mention..."
I was just complaining a bit at my own doorstep when Sha Zhu attacked me from behind. I wasn't careful and didn't dodge, so Sha Zhu knocked me into the broken glass on the ground. Look at what happened to me now.
"Everyone, can you believe someone like that? This is just too much!"
As Xu Damao spoke, he showed everyone his tattered clothes and the bloodstains on his skin.
"Second Uncle, you're the head of our backyard! You have to stand up for me! That idiot Zhu from the middle courtyard is really bullying us!"
Xu Damao looked at his second uncle, Liu Haizhong, and cried out, hoping to get Liu Haizhong's help.
"Silly Zhu, aren't you being too presumptuous? How dare you cause trouble in our courtyard?" With so many people watching, and Liu Haizhong, who had recently become a little conceited from being praised, immediately stood up with her hands behind her back and accused Silly Zhu.
"Get the hell out of here! Just because I call you 'leader' doesn't mean you're someone important. Liu Haizhong, let me tell you, in my eyes you're nothing. Didn't you see Xu Damao insulting the old lady?"
"What's wrong, Liu Haizhong? You've gotten too bold, you don't even respect the old lady anymore," Sha Zhu spat on the ground disdainfully. Liu Haizhong got praised a few times, what's wrong with him? Can't he recognize the king and queen anymore?
Although the deaf old lady didn't speak, she stared fiercely at Liu Haizhong, giving off a feeling that if he said another word, she would smash all the windows in his house.
"Silly Zhu, from now on I'll never forgive you, you just wait!" Liu Haizhong panicked when he saw the old woman's gaze; he couldn't tolerate this old woman.
But with so many people watching in the courtyard, he could only angrily utter harsh words and turn away. He had really lost face today.
Seeing that his second uncle, Liu Haizhong, had been driven away by Sha Zhu, Xu Damao turned his attention to his third uncle, Yan Bugui. Unfortunately, Yan Bugui had already sensed something was wrong and slipped away, leaving Xu Damao with only a faded silhouette.
Xu Damao felt like crying but had no tears left. Not a single person in the entire hospital would help him, so he had no choice but to place his hopes on Ma Hua.
“Xu Damao, don’t you think our courtyard is chaotic enough? Let me tell you, we can’t tolerate someone like you here. Apologize to the old lady right now,” Yi Zhonghai said righteously, as if Xu Damao was the cause of everything in the courtyard.
"I'm sorry." Xu Damao practically forced those three words out through gritted teeth.
Ma Hua glanced at Xu Damao with disappointment. Forget it. You can only help others if they are willing to improve themselves. Someone like Xu Damao is hopeless. If he doesn't improve himself, no one can help him.
As the crowd dispersed, Xu Damao's face contorted with rage as he muttered menacingly, "I, Xu Damao, will remember this. You just wait and see."
Time flew by. Qin Huairu took a day off and went to the countryside to call her cousin Qin Jingru over. After settling Qin Jingru in the courtyard,
She hurriedly ran to the men's restroom in the factory and found Sha Zhu. When Sha Zhu saw that it was Qin Huairu, he guessed that Sister Qin had brought her to him.
She immediately asked anxiously, "Sister Qin, where's my cousin?"
"Zhu Zi, are you really going to have a blind date with my cousin in this place?" Qin Huairu pointed to the men's restroom next door with a look of disgust.
"Ah, hehe." Sha Zhu scratched his head sheepishly.
"Zhu Zi, I've brought her over. Remember to take a shower and change your clothes after get off work, okay? My cousin is not only beautiful, but also very hardworking. You'd better make the most of her, understand?"
Qin Huairu urged Sha Zhu to tidy himself up after work.
"Sigh, Sister Qin is still the best to me," Sha Zhu said with a silly grin.
"Alright, that's all for now. I have something to do, so I'll be going now. Remember to thank me properly after you've succeeded. We'll wait for you at the movie theater tonight." Qin Huairu joked a few times before hurrying away.
She had other things to do in a hurry; did Sha Zhu really think she would kindly introduce him to a wife? After Qin Huairu found out that Xu Damao was indeed showing a movie at the factory that evening, she rushed home.
When Qin Huairu brought Qin Jingru to the gate of the steel rolling mill, Qin Jingru looked at the crowd coming and going from the gate with envy. They were all wearing work clothes, looking not only particularly energetic but also very upright.
Qin Huairu saw the envy in Qin Jingru's eyes: "Envious, aren't you? Let me tell you, this steel rolling mill is one of the top factories in Beijing. It's not like you can just get in whenever you want. Okay, come with me, we're going to see a movie."
As soon as Qin Huairu entered the square, she began to look around. When she saw Xu Damao sitting next to the projector, she immediately led Qin Jingru to the front seats.
When Banggeng saw his mother arrive, he quickly greeted her, "Mom, we're here!"
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