Although Jia Zhangshi received a considerable amount of subsidies, she didn't want to spend a single penny. She knew Qin Huairu was completely unreliable.
After Jia Dongxu's death, Jia Zhangshi knew that she could only rely on herself for the rest of her life. Once the money fell into Qin Huairu's hands, it would never be returned.
Given Qin Huairu's personality, once she finds another suitor, she might not care about her own life or death. If she has no money, her later years will be quite miserable.
No matter what Qin Huairu said, Jia Zhangshi ignored her. After a few more days, Qin Huairu's heart slowly died.
Nobody in the courtyard cared about the Jia family's fate. Everyone was just there to laugh at the Jia and Yi families. Liu Haizhong's success this time was a lucky accident.
He successfully got Director Wang executed, and also brought retribution upon Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old woman. He also cleared his name of all wrongdoing because of this incident.
The previous incident had little to do with Liu Haizhong and his group, but now Liu Haizhong has regained Director Liu's trust. With Liu Haizhong's deliberate flattery, he soon became the respected figure in the courtyard house again.
After a long period of silence, Liu Haizhong, in order to demonstrate his status, held a college-wide meeting as soon as he took the stage.
Nothing is more fulfilling than criticizing people like Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, because they have so many flaws.
To demonstrate his abilities, Liu Haizhong had his sons call everyone over, and then proceeded to attack Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu face-to-face.
After having Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu bring them over, they began to criticize them, constantly bringing up past incidents to get to their heart's content.
Wei Hua, with Yang Tao and a stool in hand, listened in the yard. Despite Liu Haizhong's lack of formal education, he spoke eloquently about these things, suggesting he practiced a lot at home.
Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu had both made mistakes not long ago, so neither of them dared to refute Liu Haizhong's criticism and could only put on a humble and receptive appearance.
This piqued the interest of everyone in the courtyard. Everyone listened to Liu Haizhong's words while simultaneously watching Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu make fools of themselves.
If such a thing only happened once or twice, it would be fine. But ever since Liu Haizhong became the head of the courtyard, he has been holding a general meeting of the whole courtyard every few days, and each time he criticizes Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.
People don't even have the right to refuse this kind of thing. It's the courtyard house elders' responsibility to spread the government's policies to everyone.
The people in the courtyard house were helpless in this situation. Whenever Liu Haizhong summoned everyone, they could only come and go through the motions.
But who can endure it for long? Even ordinary people can't stand it, let alone the other two main characters in this story.
While others simply stood in the courtyard enjoying the cold wind, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu always had to stand in the middle of the courtyard, enduring Liu Haizhong's sarcastic remarks. Sometimes, they were even sent by Liu Haizhong to clean the toilets.
This fueled their growing hatred for Liu Haizhong. Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were constantly plotting how to deal with him.
No normal person likes being targeted every day. Once or twice is one thing, but Liu Haizhong holds two or three all-staff meetings a week.
And every time, he felt compelled to put himself on the pillory of shame. It was as if Liu Haizhong couldn't hold a general meeting for the entire courtyard without criticizing himself.
Liu Haizhong wasn't entirely without ambition; he might become an old man living in a courtyard house. He had already considered these possibilities when he was targeting Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.
Despite Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu's tireless search, they couldn't find any evidence against Liu Haizhong. In the end, they had no choice but to let it go.
Sometimes, arrogance is bound to be punished by heaven. Two months later, Liu Haizhong was no longer satisfied with tormenting Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu every day. Because Liu Haizhong could no longer find any pleasure in them. So Liu Haizhong turned his attention to the other people in the courtyard.
Liu Haizhong had no grudges against the other people in the courtyard, except for Wei Hua. In Liu Haizhong's eyes, Wei Hua was nothing but a good-for-nothing.
If it weren't for his parents and his uncle, Wei Hua would be nothing. The reason the people in the courtyard didn't want to mess with Wei Hua was mainly because he had a lot of accolades associated with him.
As long as one avoids Wei Hua's aura, dealing with Wei Hua is a piece of cake in Liu Haizhong's eyes.
Having been tricked by Wei Hua, Liu Haizhong now wants to regain his status as the old man of the courtyard house by taking advantage of Wei Hua.
Since underhanded tactics weren't working, they decided to use open methods. Since only he, Liu Haizhong, was left in the courtyard, he had Wei Hua sit down to the side.
The reason was quite obvious: Wei Hua's parents and uncle had all sacrificed their lives for the country. The people in the courtyard must respect martyrs, and this reason alone was enough to get Wei Hua to sit at the table.
Every time Liu Haizhong didn't personally pull someone up, Wei Hua wouldn't sit on it. Over time, this led to a karmic conflict.
"Congratulations, host, on forming a karmic bond with Liu Haizhong. The karmic bond is being settled. Congratulations, host, on receiving a thousandfold critical hit. Rewards are being distributed. Congratulations, host, on receiving the title of 'Grandpa of the Courtyard.' You also receive two kilograms of gold and a special opportunity."
Upon hearing the system's reward, Wei Hua remained seated at the table, observing the others in the courtyard, just as before. However, to avoid being implicated, Wei Hua subconsciously maintained a slight distance from Liu Haizhong.
Who knows if he'll be implicated by Liu Haizhong? What if he's standing too close when Liu Haizhong gets struck by lightning? Wei Hua doesn't want to be known as someone who's destined to be struck by lightning.
Wei Hua did not notice any harm to Liu Haizhong until the end of the courtyard meeting. It was only when everyone was too cold to bear that Liu Haizhong ended the meeting.
After the college-wide meeting, Liu Haizhong wanted to go home, but he tripped and fell as soon as he stepped into the Liu family home. For some unknown reason, Liu Haizhong fell headfirst into the house.
If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad, but he bumped into the handle of a cabinet. The Liu family's furniture is quite old, and the handle is made of porcelain, with one side already broken. Liu's nose was sliced in half when he hit it.
The intense pain caused Liu Haizhong's screams to echo throughout the courtyard. By the time everyone entered, Liu Haizhong was already pinned under the cabinet.
When everyone moved the cabinet, they discovered Liu Haizhong's terrible condition. His face was already covered in blood. Seeing this, Liu Haizhong's wife could only quickly ask Liu Guangqi and his brother to take him to the hospital.
The people in the courtyard have suffered under Liu Haizhong's rule for a long time. It's no wonder they resent him; in the two months since he became the "master," he's caused them no end of trouble. Especially now that it's winter, Liu Haizhong, to demonstrate his power, holds courtyard meetings every few days, and who wants to come out and freeze?
The elderly men in the courtyard have the right to publicize policies, and Liu Haizhong would always publicize some policies from the neighborhood committee. Although it was just the same few sentences over and over, everyone had to listen.
Now that things have turned out this way, how could everyone not be happy? Among them, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were the happiest. They couldn't be happier than Liu Haizhong's miserable state; as long as Liu Haizhong was disfigured, he would stop targeting them. Given Liu Haizhong's prideful nature, he would definitely not embarrass himself by showing up.
Things were progressing as Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu had hoped, but perhaps divine retribution wasn't quite finished, because Liu Haizhong tripped and fell again as he left the courtyard. The threshold was too high, and he stumbled as he stepped out the gate.
Liu Haizhong, whose foot was tripped, transformed into an aerial acrobat, soaring over his two sons' shoulders and flying out, his face scraping against the ground for quite a distance.
The others in the courtyard were speechless, as this clearly defied common sense. An outsider might have thought the Liu brothers had pushed Liu Haizhong. It was illogical; even if a normal person tripped, they couldn't fly that far. Moreover, two people were helping Liu Haizhong up, yet this still happened. And those two were his two sons.
Ignoring everyone else, Liu Guangqi ran over and helped his father up. Led by Liu Haizhong's wife, they arrived at the hospital.
Upon seeing Liu Haizhong's condition, the doctor quickly performed a wound cleaning procedure. When he discovered the state of Liu Haizhong's nose, the doctor could only shake his head. Liu Haizhong's nose had already been partially broken by the impact, and now, after the intense friction, there was no chance of saving it.
No matter how angry Liu Haizhong was, there was nothing he could do; his nose was cut off. After resting in the hospital for a few days, Liu Haizhong returned to the courtyard house. Without his nose, Liu Haizhong never wanted to hold a courtyard-wide meeting again; that wouldn't be showing off, it would be making a fool of himself.
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