Although Silly Zhu is not very similar to his nickname and is not that stupid, he is not a smart person either and has no brains at all.
Yu Juhua, for example, instantly realized the significance of the Siheyuan Conference.
Of course, Li Donglai would not argue with a fool.
He looked at Si Zhu and said: "Si Zhu, tonight's conference is related to the Jia Zhang family. You also know that Jia Zhang family likes to play rogue, so you might have a chance to take action in the evening.
Silly Zhu was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.
Although he is now said to be the second uncle in the courtyard, the courtyard has been too peaceful recently.
Silly Zhu seemed to feel that he was taking care of his old age.
He has long wanted to join in the fun.
Silly Zhu looked at Li Donglai and nodded heavily and said: "Brother Donglai, don't worry! If Jia Zhang dares to cause trouble, I will definitely not let him go."
At this time, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang both walked out of the courtyard.
Seeing Li Donglai talking to Shazhu, both of them looked serious.
Jia Zhang said angrily.
"Li Donglai, this grandson, must be looking for Sha Zhu again. Let Sha Zhu deal with us later."
Qin Huairu felt helpless in her heart.
Silly Zhu was his wallet back then.
According to his plan, Shazhu had to raise his children and support Jia Zhang until he died. Only then could he complete the task.
For this reason, Qin Huairu spent a lot of effort to morally kidnap Silly Zhu.
It seems that Qin Huairu is about to succeed.
Who would have thought that Li Donglai would appear halfway through.
He introduced someone to Sha Zhu, which messed up everything.
But Qin Huairu found that there seemed to be nothing he could do.
Li Donglai saw that everyone had almost arrived, turned around, walked to the table, knocked on the table lightly, and said loudly.
"Hello, residents in the compound! The reason why we held this meeting today is because a serious thing happened in our compound. That is, Mrs. Jia Zhang actually asked for a high amount of betrothal gifts from others.
After the other party decided to break off the engagement, Jia Zhang was unwilling to return the bride price to others."
As soon as these words came out, the residents in the compound immediately started talking.
"Why did Jia Zhang's marriage get messed up? He was still showing off his power in front of us two days ago."
"Isn't this a normal thing? Who would want to marry an old woman like Jia Zhang? It must be that they didn't know his background before, so they were deceived by him. After people find out clearly, they will naturally not talk to Jia Zhang again.
What happened to Mr. Zhang?"
"It's just that Mrs. Jia and Zhang actually withheld the bride price from others and refused to return it to them. This is really outrageous."
In these years, customers have not yet developed the bad habit of relying on betrothal gifts to make money. The so-called betrothal gifts are just a token of appreciation.
Generally speaking, the woman must return the same amount of bride price as the man gives her.
Everyone was angry at Jia Zhang's behavior of embezzling other people's betrothal gifts.
Although Jia Zhang had long known that Li Donglai was going to deal with him this time.
Hearing the discussion, he was still startled and said quickly: "Master, it's not wrong. I did accept the betrothal gift from others, and I did not return the betrothal gift to them. But you criticized me before you understood the real situation.
I, you are making an empiricist error."
Hearing this, Li Donglai couldn't help but widen his eyes. He hadn't seen Jia Zhang for a few days, but his theoretical level had improved a lot.
He raised his head and looked at Mr. Jia Zhang and said, "Mr. Jia Zhang, we don't have a free speech in our compound. Now I'll give you a chance to defend yourself. If you feel you are wronged, please speak out your grievances quickly."
When the parents heard this, they snorted in their hearts.
Li Donglai is good at everything. Whether it is ability or prestige, he is considered to be the best in the courtyard.
But there is another biggest problem, which is that it is too reasonable.
As the saying goes, reasonable people are prone to suffer losses, especially when it comes to such trivial matters.
Jia Zhang thinks that he is not a reasonable person, he can always take advantage of others.
Although he has a bad reputation, as long as he can take advantage of him, what can he do if he is scolded?
Haven't you seen that even though no one in the Jia family works, their life is no worse than others?
Everyone else eats black-faced steamed buns, but Jia and Zhang have to eat white-faced steamed buns with every meal.
In addition, in this era, even if people feel a little pain, they can just endure it and get over it.
But Jia Zhang's family is different. She has to take painkillers.
Even if there is no pain in the body, people often take painkillers.
There is no way, Jia Zhang is so arrogant.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia Zhang puffed up her chest and said: "Li Donglai's gifts were given to me by others. Those things given to me are naturally mine. It's like I gave you a steamed bun and you have already taken the steamed bun.
Go home, if I ask you for this steamed bun again, will you give it back to me?"
Qin Huairu's eyes lit up when he heard Jia Zhang's explanation. He did not expect that Jia Zhang would be so smart today.
Aren’t you, Li Donglai, amazing? How should you answer now?
The residents also frowned. They always felt that Jia Zhang's statement was wrong, but they couldn't figure out why.
We can only turn our attention to Li Donglai.
Good guy, what kind of medicine has Jia Zhang taken recently? She has become smarter.
Li Donglai crossed his arms and said with a sneer: "If you give me a steamed bun, you really can't take it back, but there is a prerequisite. That is, your steamed bun does not come with any other conditions.
For example, if you send me steamed buns, you want me to do some work for you. If I fail to do it, you can naturally take the steamed buns back.
This time you accepted a betrothal gift from Teacher Liu. This is what happened. What is a betrothal gift? The betrothal gift is for the purpose of marriage.
And give you the money.
Now that you two are no longer married, you should return these bride gifts to others."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As soon as these words came out, Jia Zhang's face suddenly changed.
The residents who were watching carefully thought about what was really happening, nodded and said.
"That's right. What I said is not wrong at all. Betrothal gifts are used for marriages. Now that people no longer get married, since they have to return the betrothal gifts."
"Jia Zhang is deliberately acting rogue if she doesn't return the bride price."
"I think Mrs. Jia Zhang is too shameless."
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Qin Huairu was originally full of joy, thinking that Jia Zhang should be able to handle Li Donglai this time.
Unexpectedly, Jia Zhang's carefully designed plan was resolved by Li Donglai in just a few words.
Now the residents are expressing their indignation one after another. If this continues, even if the dowry gifts are not returned, it will arouse the resentment of the residents.
Life is very difficult for the Jia family now. The whole family relies on Qin Huairu's monthly salary of more than ten yuan in the new workshop.
Therefore, we often need help from residents.
If you are really disliked by the residents, then the gain outweighs the loss.
But this couldn't stop Qin Huairu.
Over the years, Qin Huairu has seen many dangerous situations. Every time, he saved the day.
Qin Huairu felt that this time there was no exception.
So Qin Huairu quickly calmed down.
He gently brushed his hair, his eyes instantly turned red, and his expression became miserable, as if he had been bullied.
Qin Huairu walked to the middle of the crowd, wiped her tears and said: "Uncles, aunts, uncles, you should also know that my husband died early, leaving behind my parents-in-law and three children. Our family's life is very difficult.
Auntie, you are all old neighbors of our family. It is precisely because of your care over the years that we have been able to survive.
correct.
Jia and Zhang really shouldn't covet others' little betrothal gifts.
But in this whole thing, isn't Teacher Liu wrong at all?
You may also know that my parents-in-law are getting older and are particularly excited about getting married this time.
He was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days and nights, and told all his relatives and friends about it.
Now Teacher Liu has severed ties with my parents-in-law without any reason and no longer marries them.
His behavior has had a serious psychological impact on my parents-in-law.
Just yesterday, after my parents-in-law learned about this incident, they didn't eat or drink, didn't sleep at night, and cried until dawn.
He is an old woman in her 50s.
Now you are being humiliated like this, if it were you, would you be able to endure it?"
I have to say that Qin Huairu's words were very confusing. After listening to his words, the residents nodded their heads one after another.
"It's true. Jia Zhang is so old, and she was kicked. If it were me, I wouldn't be alive at all."
"That Teacher Liu is really too much.
Since he had a disdain for Jia Zhang, he should have told her earlier.
Why did you have to wait until you were about to get married before you said it?"
"Jia Zhang has lost a lot of face this time, and everyone around us knows about it."
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Hearing the residents' comments, Qin Huairu's lips curled up slightly.
She glanced at Li Donglai with some pride, and then continued: "Since Teacher Liu has caused such a serious negative impact on my parents-in-law, and almost took half of my parents-in-law's lives, shouldn't he give my parents-in-law some compensation?
This is also the real reason why my parents-in-law did not return the bride price to him.
Of course, this does not mean that Mr. Yi’s views are wrong.
The uncle was just deceived by that Teacher Liu. Your uncle was deceived by Teacher Liu."
After finishing speaking, Qin Huairu paused and looked at Li Donglai and said, "Master, I will forgive you this time."
Gao Ming was so clever that Li Donglai almost applauded Qin Huairu.
The current Qin Huairu has made much progress before. In the past, Qin Huairu could only cry and cry, and did not have any particularly strong abilities.
Now that Qin Huairu is able to come up with such an incredible reason, I have to say that his skills are getting better and better.
However, Li Donglai hasn't taken Qin Huairu's eyes seriously yet.
He turned to look at the third uncle.
"Third uncle, is Teacher Liu here?"
Hearing this, the third uncle was about to raise his hand, but Qin Huairu quickly stepped forward to stop the third uncle.
"Your uncle, the meeting in our courtyard is to discuss matters within our courtyard and has nothing to do with Teacher Liu. Teacher Liu, is it inappropriate to attend our meeting?"
What Qin Huairu is most worried about now is that Teacher Liu will confront him, so he has to do everything possible to obstruct it.
Li Donglai was a little funny. He looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Qin Huairu, you are right. This conference is indeed an internal conference within our courtyard. But you should understand that the purpose of our conference is to find out the truth of the matter and clean up the courtyard.
Now that you have accused Teacher Liu of cheating on your parents-in-law and causing mental damage to your parents-in-law, shouldn't you let Teacher Liu defend you?
Even criminals have the right to defend themselves."
Qin Huairu was speechless after hearing these words.
Li Donglai ignored him and looked at the third uncle and said: "Third uncle, you go and find Teacher Liu now. Let him explain this matter clearly in front of everyone."
The third uncle now felt admiration in his heart.
Before the meeting, Li Donglai specifically asked the third uncle to invite Teacher Liu to his home.
At the beginning, the third uncle thought it was strange. After all, he had the same idea as Qin Huairu. This matter was done within the courtyard and had nothing to do with Teacher Liu.
If Teacher Liu is asked to come forward rashly, it will also cause resentment among the residents.
At that time, the third uncle also advised Li Donglai to think carefully and not to offend the residents in the courtyard.
Li Donglai told the third uncle that he only had to do what he said.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The third uncle did not expect that Qinhuai Road would be so difficult.
He actually attacked Teacher Liu.
He ran back into the house, and after a while, he came over with Teacher Liu.
Teacher Liu looked particularly nervous on the road. There had never been a general meeting in the compound where he was, and he didn’t know what the rules of the compound meeting were.
The third uncle comforted him and said: "Old Liu, don't worry. The first uncle of our compound is a capable man. Just wait for what he asks you and just answer him truthfully."
Teacher Liu said: "Third uncle, that Qin Huairu is not easy to mess with. I'm afraid that something will happen to him."
"Don't worry, Qin Huairu may be more powerful in front of others, but he is not Li Donglai's opponent at all."
After hearing what the third uncle said so firmly, Teacher Liu didn't say anything more.
After the two came to the middle of the venue, Li Dong looked at them and said, "Third uncle, please introduce the identity of Teacher Liu."
The third uncle pointed at Teacher Liu and said loudly: "Dear residents, this is Teacher Liu from our steel rolling mill school. At the beginning, I introduced Teacher Liu to Jia Zhang. That's what happened next."
In fact, many residents in the compound know Teacher Liu.
After all, many of their children attended Rolling Mill Primary School, and Teacher Liu once taught their children.
Now Teacher Liu is standing there, immediately attracting the approval of many residents.
"Teacher Liu is a good person. Back then, my son was pressed hard by the school because he didn't pay his tuition fees. It was Teacher Liu who asked for help."
"My son is disobedient and often makes trouble at home. Fortunately, Teacher Liu strictly disciplined him and he was able to pass the junior high school."
