Back home, looking at his son still in his swaddling clothes, Xu Damao's previously tired mood immediately improved.
Before, Xu Damao always felt a bit lonely and out of place in this world, but after having children, he found that he had completely integrated into this world and had too many more concerns.
"Da Mao, have you eaten dinner?" Wang Minzhi asked her husband gently.
Since giving birth, her once somewhat childish face has become more mature, exuding the charm of a young married woman, which Xu Damao finds irresistible. Fortunately, Xu Damao managed to move the side room over and settle his parents there; otherwise, it would have been quite inconvenient.
"I've already eaten. You'll be going back to work in a few days, are you sure you won't have trouble adjusting?" Xu Damao asked, putting his arm around his wife.
"It's alright. I've been home for a few months now, and I really want to go back to work. Right now, neither Li Tong nor I are at the broadcasting station, and only one of the ladies in the publicity department is helping out. I feel a bit guilty if I don't go back, especially since you made me the station manager." Wang Minzhi said with a touch of smugness.
She had been promoted to head of the broadcasting station before she gave birth, but because of her pregnancy, she had to borrow a woman from another department in the publicity section to cover her shift. As time went on, he couldn't get over it and was eager to go back to work.
After playing with his son for a while, Xu Damao flipped through his house-building notebook. But the more he looked, the more he realized that his idea of building a house for his auto repair shop was a bit too hasty.
Because at that time the country was vigorously developing and building, all kinds of building materials were in short supply, and if there were any surplus, they would not go to small factories like auto repair shops.
Seeing the rest, Xu Damao could only helplessly bury his thoughts and decide to put them into practice later when he had more time. Frustrated, he could only vent, so he and Wang Minzhi engaged in another fierce battle.
Just as the two finished their conversation and were getting ready for bed, a sudden arguing and the sound of things being thrown around erupted outside. The noise seemed to be coming from the middle or front courtyard, not the back. The sounds were exceptionally loud in the quiet courtyard on this quiet night; almost everyone could hear them.
"You stay home with the kids, I'm going out to check. It's so late, I wonder who's causing trouble again." Xu Damao instructed his wife, then threw on a coat and went out.
When he went out, the Liu family, the Ma family, the Song family, and Old Xu in the backyard also got up. The group walked together towards the source of the noise, speculating about the cause of the incident as they went. It was late at night, and most people didn't have any plans, so they were all looking forward to seeing what would happen.
Upon reaching the central courtyard, it was indeed the Jia family's residence, or more precisely, Jia Zhangshi was throwing a tantrum, targeting Sha Zhu. The front door of Sha Zhu's house had been smashed open, and all the windows were gone; it seemed he had been brutally attacked.
Without asking anyone, after listening to their conversation and the explanations of others, she knew what had happened. It turned out that Jia Zhangshi had gone to bed early, and when she woke up, she found Qin Huairu wasn't beside her. She initially thought she had gone to the toilet, but after waiting and waiting without seeing her, she knew something was wrong.
So, Jia Zhangshi picked up a wooden stick from the house for self-defense and went out to search. She searched the outer outhouse but found no one, and checked the cellar she had visited in her youth but found no trace of it either. She could only wander around the courtyard.
This wandering around actually led her to discover something. She heard the sounds of a woman making love at Sha Zhu's house; it was Qin Huairu making those sounds.
She recognized the voice all too well; she used to hear it frequently from her son and daughter-in-law late at night. She hadn't heard it for months, and she never expected it to reappear tonight.
But the location is strange. If your own daughter-in-law makes that sound in someone else's house, you know exactly what happened.
So, Jia Zhangshi kicked down Sha Zhu's door and pinned the two men to the bed. Then came a commotion of crying, throwing things, and smashing windows, and then everyone else appeared.
"Where did Qin Huairu go?" a young man asked, echoing everyone's thoughts.
"It's in Sha Zhu's room. Jia Zhangshi is also despicable; after scratching him, she threw his clothes outside, so Qin Huairu can't get out. Look, it's right there." The neighbor kindly pointed to the clothes at the corner of the house.
The young people, like cats spotting fish, rushed over and started poking at it with their hands. Then everyone started making "hehehe" noises.
Xu Damao thought it was something big, but he didn't expect it to be like this. He could guess without even thinking that Qin Huairu, for the sake of her family's benefits and to keep Sha Zhu from getting married, had sacrificed herself to Sha Zhu.
Xu Damao just hadn't expected Qin Huairu to get involved so quickly, and Sha Zhu to succeed so easily. As a man, it would be a lie to say Xu Damao wasn't envious, but he also knew that once you got involved with a woman, getting rid of her wasn't so easy. It wasn't just peeling off a layer of skin; it was like undergoing a painful but necessary procedure.
The crowd watched the commotion from the sidelines, no one trying to intervene, all waiting for Yi Zhonghai to arrive. It was unclear whether Old Liu had spurred Old Yi on lately, but he'd been working long hours, putting in extra hours, and coming home exhausted as soon as he got back, falling into a deep sleep after dinner.
It took the older woman a lot of effort to wake him up, so the two of them had only just arrived. After hearing everyone's story, Yi Zhonghai's first thought was to have the two of them get married.
This way, the two elderly care candidates could be merged into one, eliminating the issue of whether or not someone was a candidate. However, he also knew that this was quite difficult; if he brought it up, Jia Zhangshi would insist on coming to his house for meals and lodging.
"Don't just stand there watching. Send a few women in to take Qin Huairu's clothes inside, and make sure she comes out too. We'll find out what happened after she comes out. Also, don't talk about what happened today outside." Yi Zhonghai began assigning tasks.
Half a day later, Qin Huairu finally emerged, supported by several people. It was unclear whether it was Sha Zhu or Jia Zhangshi who did it, but it was certainly quite ruthless.
Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance, coupled with the fact that her clothes had been thrown outside, made the men in the compound want to kill Sha Zhu.
In truth, Qin Huairu wasn't just Sha Zhu's ideal woman; she was the ideal woman for all the men in the compound. It's just that only Sha Zhu truly saw her as his lifelong pursuit; the others only projected their ideal woman onto them when they were emotionally charged.
However, when other people were in his shoes, Sha Zhu directly "ate" the white moonlight, which made him somewhat hated. If you asked everyone to choose between marrying an ordinary person or Qin Huairu, the clear-headed people in the compound would all choose the ordinary person.
If you were asked again whether you'd rather sleep with your wife or with Qin Huairu without having to take responsibility, the answer would definitely be Qin Huairu.
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