Hearing Yi Zhonghai say this, Jia Zhangshi didn't know what to say. If they continued, the two families would become enemies. Her son was, after all, Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, and now was not the time to turn against him.
Even if she didn't achieve her goal, Jia Zhangshi had no choice but to go back first, especially since she still had quite a few coins in her pocket. Her trip wasn't entirely fruitless.
Regardless of whether the damaged coins could still be exchanged for money, the few dollars in her pocket were a huge profit. Although it didn't meet her expectations, Jia Zhangshi was already satisfied with such a large gain, after all, Yi Zhonghai was no longer what he used to be.
As soon as she left Yi Zhonghai's house, Jia Zhangshi left the courtyard house and headed to the bank to exchange money. But just as she reached the entrance of the courtyard house, she ran into Yi Zhonghai's wife, Huang Xiaojuan.
Huang Xiaojuan had no time to deal with Jia Zhangshi. All she wanted was for the police to help her recover some of her money.
The police officers at the local station looked at Yi Zhonghai's house and were speechless. They had caught thieves before, but never rats. But since Huang Xiaojuan had called the police, all the police could do was catch the rats.
With Yi Zhonghai and Huang Xiaojuan's consent, they took hammers and started smashing the wall. Soon, a large hole was punched in the wall, but the rat hole led directly to the ground. At Yi Zhonghai and Huang Xiaojuan's request, the police officers from the local station could only continue digging with shovels. After digging for most of the day, the ground around Yi Zhonghai's house had been turned into a trench, but they still hadn't found any intact money.
Even after finding the rats' nest, there weren't many intact banknotes underneath; instead, several nests of baby rats were found.
Most of the money had been used by rats to build nests. The police officers from the local station killed all the rats and left the courtyard. If Yi Zhonghai's money had been stolen, they could have continued their investigation. But the culprits were rats, and the police couldn't do anything about them. Besides, they had already killed all the rats, so the matter was closed.
This caused great distress for Yi Zhonghai and Huang Xiaojuan. They only managed to find two or three yuan on the ground. But two or three yuan was simply not enough to restore the walls and floor.
Looking at the uneven ground, Yi Zhonghai could only tell Huang Xiaojuan to fill all the soil back in. As for the floorboards, that could only be dealt with later.
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai felt like he had swallowed a bitter pill, unable to express his grievances. He had planned so much, only to end up like this. If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have arranged the house for the Jia family in the first place. If he hadn't arranged the house, none of this would have happened.
What's done is done, and Yi Zhonghai can only accept reality. To make himself feel better, Yi Zhonghai lay down on the bed and ignored what was happening in the yard.
The others, seeing the situation at Yi Zhonghai's house, were overjoyed. Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, in particular, were practically ready to unleash their attacks on Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai knew they were blaming him. But now that he had become like this, no matter how resentful he was, he had no choice but to endure it.
Yi Zhonghai wasn't the only one who became low-key; neither the deaf old lady nor the Jia family dared to cause trouble. Now everyone is quietly licking their wounds at home.
Wei Hua wasn't deliberately causing trouble. As long as these beasts didn't intentionally cause trouble, he could definitely live a smooth and successful life with everything he had.
With his level 3 fitter's salary, he could live a good life, not to mention the generous system rewards. Leaving aside the system space he gained, these rewards alone were enough to propel him to new heights.
He not only gained over 4000 points of fitter experience but also 3000 yuan. He initially thought these things appeared out of thin air. But knowing that the Yi family had lost money, Wei Hua realized that the system must have obtained it from Yi Zhonghai's house.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that he had just received 3,000 yuan, and then his house was ransacked by rats.
Wei Hua wouldn't pity someone like Yi Zhonghai. If Yi Zhonghai didn't have ulterior motives, he wouldn't have faced retaliation from the system. Wei Hua also wouldn't be foolish enough to return the money to Yi Zhonghai; if he did, he would become a thief himself.
Wei Hua wasn't a saint; she didn't continue to retaliate against Yi Zhonghai simply to keep reaping rewards from him. Otherwise, Yi Zhonghai would never have returned alive and well.
Given the beastly nature of those people in the courtyard, it won't be long before they target me again. All I need to do is live my own little life well.
After acquiring the space, Wei Hua became much more low-key. He ate whatever good food he could find inside the space.
Wei Hua thought he had been very low-key, but others didn't see it that way. Most of the people in the courtyard worked at the steel rolling mill. News of what happened at the steel rolling mill would quickly reach the courtyard.
It was common knowledge that Wei Hua had become a Level 3 fitter, which made many people regret their past actions.
Even Yi Zhonghai slapped himself after learning that Wei Hua had become a Level 3 fitter. He had originally thought Wei Hua didn't have much talent for fitting, but who knew that he would become a Level 3 fitter after only a few months of being a regular employee.
Yi Zhonghai only regretted that Wei Baoguo was too modest. His son clearly had such high talent, yet he constantly berated him for lacking ability. If he had a son like that, he would have praised him to the skies long ago.
If I had known Weihua was so talented, I wouldn't have done something so foolish. Weihua is only 18 this year, and he's already at the level of a third-grade fitter. Who knows how far Weihua's skill will be in 10 years?
Given Wei Hua's talent, it's not impossible for him to surpass his previous achievements. Not only did he not gain any benefit, but he also made a formidable enemy.
Yi Zhonghai wasn't the only one filled with regret. After learning that Wei Hua had become a level-three fitter, the Jia family and others also regretted their past actions. In an effort to make amends, the Liu and Yan families immediately sent their children to contact Wei Hua.
The most proactive one was Xu Damao. Xu Damao would constantly linger around Wei Hua. Anyone with a brain knows that Wei Hua's future achievements are bound to be impressive. Plus, they were about the same age and had no prior grudges, so Xu Damao naturally knew what to do.
He and Sha Zhu didn't get along, but Sha Zhu had such a good relationship with the Jia family. The Jia family and Yi Zhonghai were practically inseparable. That meant that their whole group was at odds with him.
If he doesn't find a powerful ally now, he'll definitely be targeted by Sha Zhu in the future. With Wei Hua, a martyr's relative, around, even if Sha Zhu had a few more lives, he wouldn't dare to openly oppose him in the future.
Xu Damao wasn't the only clever person in the courtyard. Both Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng also expressed their apologies.
Anyone with half a brain knows that his father went a bit too far. Even if he didn't openly help Yi Zhonghai, there was something fishy about this whole affair.
Yi Zhonghai is basically finished now. Both the Liu and Yan families will naturally make the wisest choice: to ensure their own children continue to educate Wei Hua well, while simultaneously starting to ostracize Yi Zhonghai and his group.
Such deep hatred will not be easily forgotten by either Liu Haizhong or Yan Bugui.
If Yi Zhonghai hadn't been misleading me, I wouldn't have made this mistake. If word got out that I was bullying the family of a martyr, my chances of promotion would be practically over.
For someone like Yan Bugui, who only cares about money, this might not mean much. But for Liu Haizhong, it was no different from a blood feud.
The thought of his eldest son being expelled from school because of him made Liu Haizhong even contemplate picking up a knife and confronting Yi Zhonghai.
Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai return, they immediately joined forces with others to target Yi Zhonghai and his retirement group. Liu Haizhong even planned to have someone maliciously target Jia Dongxu at the steel rolling mill.
Soon, two factions emerged in the courtyard: one was the elderly care group led by Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, and the other was the anti-elderly care group led by Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.
There's also a faction of onlookers, mainly composed of Xu Damao and Wei Hua. Wei Hua is a true onlooker, but Xu Damao sometimes sides with Liu Haizhong and the others.
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