An older woman quickly said, "Oh, ma'am, don't worry. Zhonghai treats Zhuzi like his own son. He'll make sure Zhuzi suffers a loss. Just wait and see."
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The intermediate court is much larger than the front and back courtyards, and meetings are always held in the intermediate court.
The fight that happened today has stirred up the gossip-loving nerves of all the residents in the compound.
After the meal, everyone hurriedly carried stools and folding stools to the central courtyard to reserve seats; those with large families even brought long benches.
Previously, Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu would move tables and chairs for the three old men during meetings, but now that Sha Zhu is injured, the task has fallen on Jia Dongxu alone.
Furthermore, to avoid suspicion, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui, as parties involved in the fight, did not sit on either side of Yi Zhonghai, but instead sat with the others below.
Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat and briefly explained what had happened that day.
Finally, the topic returned to Xu Damao, who had instigated the incident.
"Xu Damao, you said He Yuzhu spread rumors about you in the courtyard. Do you have any evidence?"
I don't do things without evidence.
Xu Damao got up and sat in the front row. He spoke more fluently than before. "About the day before yesterday, Wang Dabao and I went back to the backyard together. When we passed the middle courtyard, we heard Jia Zhangshi cursing me for having no descendants."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Wang Dabao. This is absolutely true."
"Wait a minute, Xu Damao, since it was Jia Zhangshi who called you childless, how can you say that Shazhu is spreading rumors?" Yi Zhonghai was a little confused as to how this matter had been brought up with Jia Zhangshi again.
Jia Zhangshi, who was watching the commotion below, also stared with her triangular eyes, looking completely bewildered.
Did I ever curse Xu Damao for having no descendants?
How did this gossip end up affecting me instead of me?!
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