Upon hearing Wang Dabao's words, the group all looked towards the hanging flower gate.
Wang Dabao pushed his bicycle and came towards them with a smile. After listening outside for a while, he roughly understood.
In short, Sha Zhu felt he shouldn't take too much responsibility for the theft at Xu Damao's house. The reason, as mentioned earlier, was that his original intention was to instigate Bang Geng to urinate on Xu Damao's bed.
But who would have thought that Bang Geng would do something big in the dark, not only causing destruction but also stealing all of Xu Damao's wealth.
Today, Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu must have had a quarrel over this matter. After all, Sha Zhu paid 100 yuan out of the 300-plus yuan in compensation, so it's normal for him to feel unbalanced.
However, at this moment, Yi Zhonghai stepped in to break up the fight, but ended up siding with one side.
Of course, judging from the current situation, Yi Zhonghai has helped Jia Dongxu quite a bit, otherwise Sha Zhu wouldn't be so angry.
Finally, the meeting ended on bad terms with Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai.
It seems the two had a rather unpleasant falling out. Sha Zhu had borrowed money from Yi Zhonghai to compensate Xu Damao for his losses, and he was repaying the money now because he didn't want to owe Yi Zhonghai any more favors.
Wang Dabao has to help with this, but he won't lend the money.
"Da Bao, where have you been coming from? I didn't see you come back to the compound yesterday."
Yan Bugui spent the whole morning wondering where Wang Dabao had gone. He hadn't seen him all day yesterday, and he hadn't come back last night either.
Wang Dabao parked his bicycle, took out a cigarette, lit it, and put it back in his pocket: "Hey, I'm taking advantage of my two days off to go back to the village to take care of some things."
"No wonder you look so travel-worn."
Yan Bugui's small eyes darted around. "You must be thirsty. Wait here, I'll get you some water."
After saying that, Yan Bugui went back into the house, and in the blink of an eye, he brought out a bowl of steaming hot water and handed it to Wang Dabao, saying, "Let it cool down before you drink it."
Wang Dabao took the bowl and put it on the back of the bicycle: "Old Yan, I see that Sha Zhu looks like he's been bullied. What happened?"
"Hey, about what just happened..."
"You know, Old Yi is really something. Even if he wanted to take sides, he couldn't have been so obvious about it."
Yan Bugui would adjust his glasses every now and then, as if they were about to fall off.
After listening to Yan Bugui's account, Wang Dabao nodded, agreeing that it was basically the same as his own assessment.
The difference is that Yi Zhonghai took action against Sha Zhu.
Saying I hit him doesn't quite fit, but anyway, I shoved Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu was furious. He was still "crippled," and Jia Dongxu's foot injury hadn't fully healed either, but Yi Zhonghai's actions were rather unseemly, clearly showing favoritism towards Jia Dongxu.
As a result, Sha Zhu, in a fit of temper, argued with Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai was used to bossing Sha Zhu around, and when Sha Zhu resisted, Yi Zhonghai lost his temper.
The two started arguing in the Intermediate People's Court, and Jia Dongxu was also busy, constantly banging a gong on the side.
Many people from the compound came out to watch the commotion, but in the end, it was Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong who heard the noise and rushed over to persuade the two to separate.
Yi Zhonghai went home in a huff. Sha Zhu wanted to borrow money from Yan Bugui, so he made up an excuse to come along. Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong, on the other hand, came over to watch the show.
That's how the scene that happened before Wang Dabao entered the door occurred.
"So, Yi Zhonghai's actions were indeed unethical, but it seems there's some truth to it."
After listening, Wang Dabao nodded and gave his evaluation.
Sha Zhu hissed and frowned, questioning, "Wang Dabao, how can you talk like that? What do you mean by 'unquestionable'? Even if Jia Dongxu is Grandpa's apprentice, he can't act like this!"
"Can't he do that? But didn't he already do it?"
Wang Dabao looked at Sha Zhu with amusement and asked, "You know that Jia Dongxu is Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, so who are you to Yi Zhonghai? Why would he help you? Just because you two have a pretty good relationship."
"I'm asking you, Sha Zhu, are you really stupid or just pretending? You can't possibly not know why Yi Zhonghai subsidizes the Jia family every now and then!"
Upon hearing Wang Dabao mention this, Sha Zhu snorted coldly, turned his head to the side, and remained silent.
Everyone in the compound knew that Yi Zhonghai and his wife wanted Jia Dongxu to take care of them in their old age, and they were already used to him frequently sending cornmeal to the Jia family.
"That's right."
Xu Damao, arms crossed, teased, "Silly Zhu, you're the only one who's ever been a fool following that old man around like a lackey. Look at the result! Now that Jia Dongxu is involved, that old man has turned his back on you and kicked you aside!"
Xu Damao felt he hadn't said enough, so he lowered his arms and gestured.
"What is Jia Dongxu to the old man? He's like a son to him, and Bang Geng is like a grandson to him. And you? What are you? You're just an outsider. Now it's clear who's closer and who's more distant, isn't it?!"
"You've been following this old man around all day, showing off. Have you learned your lesson yet?!"
Sha Zhu's eyelids kept twitching; Xu Damao's words had really hit a nerve.
He originally thought that although he was not Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, his status in the other party's heart was no less than that of Jia Dongxu's apprentice. However, he did not expect things to turn out this way, and realized that he had been wishful thinking.
"Xu Damao, watch your mouth, or you'll force me to take you down with me."
Sha Zhu bit his lip and glared, then swiftly reached out and grabbed the shovel used for shoveling soil on the windowsill of Yan Bugui's house, pointing it at Xu Damao's nose. "Don't think that just because you've received compensation from me and the Jia family, you can boss me around like that."
"Shazhu, put the shovel down."
Liu Haizhong was displeased. He, Yan Bugui, and Wang Dabao were all there. Sha Zhu's actions were very disrespectful. "Sha Zhu, when are you going to change your reckless personality? Stop trying to solve problems with violence all the time. What era are we living in? Why are you still using that kind of thing?"
"OK."
Sha Zhu casually tossed the shovel on the ground, nodding repeatedly as he scanned the group, his meaning clear: you're all in cahoots, you just want to see me make a fool of myself!
"Since Uncle San is not well-off, I'll head back now."
After saying that, Sha Zhu rubbed his injured arm and turned to walk back.
"Shazhu, just because Lao Yan isn't rich doesn't mean others aren't!" Wang Dabao called out to Shazhu.
Sha Zhu sneered, "What, Wang Dabao, you're actually going to be kind enough to lend me money?"
"How about this, come to my house later." After saying that, Wang Dabao pushed his bicycle and walked towards the backyard, leaving the four people in the front yard stunned in place.
Xu Damao was the first to react, and quickly chased after him from the front yard to the middle yard before managing to grab the back seat of the bicycle.
"Hey, Da Bao, you're not really going to lend money to that idiot, are you?"
"I don't have any money to lend him."
Wang Dabao shook the watch on his wrist. "All my wealth is here. I'm all gone. I don't even know who I'll borrow from now. The money you gave me has already been used to pay off my debts."
Xu Damao chuckled: "That's good."
"What?"
"Oh, I wasn't talking about you. I meant just don't lend Sha Zhu any money." Xu Damao was genuinely happy today. He never expected to see Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai fall out. Now that Sha Zhu no longer has his backer, let's see if he can still be arrogant!
"Then why did you invite Sha Zhu to your house?"
"Help him figure out a way to make some money."
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