Chapter 41: Compassion does not save others, but it kills others
"Grandma, why is Uncle Guangyuan still in front of our door?"
During the dinner, everyone was eating happily. BangGeng, who had run out to play after eating early, suddenly came in from the door and asked.
He Yuzhu stood up, lifted the door curtain, took a look, and said, "It's true, this guy was at the door when I came."
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Jia Zhang's expression suddenly changed, she slammed her chopsticks on the table, and said angrily:
"I shouldn't have said this. We all live in the same compound, so it would be embarrassing to say it out.
But for the sake of the family tradition of my Jia family, I have no choice but to say it. Silly Zhu, if you don’t mention it today, I will have to complain to the first uncle.
It just so happens that you are all here today, so I will break this matter apart and explain it clearly."
As soon as Jia Zhang said these words, everyone looked at each other in confusion. When they looked at Qin Huairu, they already blushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads without saying a word.
Auntie Yi and Yi Zhonghai looked at each other. Seeing that the other person's eyes were full of doubts, they opened their mouths and asked:
"Ms. Jia Zhang, what happened here? We live in the backyard, but I haven't heard of anything happening in the courtyard recently."
"Hmph, I don't know how Liu Haizhong and his wife are raising their son. Liu Guangyuan has been chasing our Huairu all day these past two days.
One moment I have to help her wash clothes, and another moment I have to help her get vegetables from the vegetable cellar. The same goes for Liu Haizhong, who comes to me as soon as I get off work and asks if I need his help.
They, father and son, took advantage of the crowds to come here. How do you think this makes our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law behave in the courtyard?
Master, you know, even though our old man has been gone for so many years, I have always been clean.
What's wrong? Liu Haizhong thinks that our Jia family has no men and wants to bully us?"
Mrs. Jia Zhang's face turned red as she spoke, and when she got excited, she even knocked the dining table on the floor with her fingers.
When He Yuzhu heard this, he really didn't know whether Liu Haizhong was smart or stupid.
Mr. Jia and Zhang are people who don't let go of eagles when they see rabbits. Only tangible materials and money can attract attention. Other so-called help that is so mindless is really better than doing nothing.
However, this behavior of talking in front of outsiders is quite in line with Liu Haizhong's character. From the bottom of his heart, he does not really want to help the Jia family, but just wants to gain a good reputation in front of everyone.
Liu Haizhong is smart here, but he is also stupid here. Since ancient times, there have been many disputes in front of widows. Fortunately for him, he was really deceived by Xu Damao.
It seems that he is really fascinated by the position of the first master, and he can't even think of such a simple truth.
"This is simply unreasonable. I didn't expect Liu Haizhong and his son to be such people! Huairu, don't be afraid, I will protect you..."
After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Yi Zhonghai slammed the table and said angrily.
"Is there any misunderstanding...after all, Guangyuan is still a young man..."
The deaf old lady banged her walking stick on the ground a few times, making a "dong-dong" sound, and looked at Yi Zhonghai and said calmly.
Yi Zhonghai also reacted at this moment, knowing that he had overreacted. I don't know if it was because of drinking or something, but his old face turned red.
Seeing this, He Yuzhu was full of doubts in his heart. He instantly felt a little enlightened about the fact that Jia Zhang in his previous life said that Yi Zhonghai was coveting Qin Huairu when he delivered food late at night.
However, Yi Zhonghai was temporarily profitable for him, so he spoke out:
"Master, we are so lucky to have a great leader like you in our courtyard. You will definitely be able to protect everyone in the courtyard.
Huairu, Aunt Jia, you should tell this matter to the elder earlier. Otherwise, the elder will live in the backyard and not know anything..."
After hearing this, the aunt suppressed her unhappiness for the time being and echoed:
"That's right, as soon as there are signs of this kind of thing, you should tell us that Lao Yi can definitely handle it for you."
"Master and mother, with you two in charge, my mother and I feel much more at ease."
Qin Huairu also added in a timely manner.
"Hmph, the Liu family and his son haven't done anything for the time being. If they dare to do anything, I won't be easy to mess with."
Jia Zhang's eyes swept across the faces of He Yuzhu and Yi Zhonghai like knives, and he said viciously as if to himself and to these two people.
As soon as this incident came out, the meal could not be continued. Everyone stood up to leave. After a while, only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were left in the Jia family.
Seeing that everyone had gone away, Mrs. Jia Zhang looked at the leftover dishes on the big table, couldn't help but smile, and said happily:
"This is really an unexpected surprise. I didn't expect there to be so much food left. Save it, we can eat it for a week."
"Oh Mom, if you ask me, you shouldn't have said that more. You see how serious this is... do you really not want to do this anymore?"
After listening to Qin Huairu's words, Jia Zhang realized, yes, offending Yi Zhonghai was nothing to her, but offending He Yuzhu, she might not be able to get the lunch box.
Looking at the two large lunch boxes full of almost untouched vegetables, Jia Zhang felt annoyed, and after thinking about it again and again, she said:
"Silly Zhu used to call you Sister Qin, Sister Qin. Besides, he also said that he likes us, so he probably won't get angry just because of a word.
Besides, don’t you want to help him introduce his wife? Let me tell you, the matchmaker gift is only once, but Silly Zhu’s lunch box lasts for a lifetime, so you have to have some snacks.”
After Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu's expression moving slightly, she handed Qin Huairu a pair of chopsticks and continued:
"Huai Ru, come on, eat some more. It's the time when you need nutrition. From now on, you can put more force into this lunch box. All the nutrition of the stick stems is in it."
Qin Huairu took the chopsticks and took a bite of the sweet and sour carp. As soon as the sweet and sour fish meat was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, her taste buds were shocked. She nodded and said:
"I never expected that this silly Zhu eats such good food every day. No wonder he still has enough money to support the old lady.
In the past, he always said it was leftovers, but I really didn’t think about it. Why is Silly Zhu stupid? I think he is smart..."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law feasted happily, completely unaware that He Yuzhu heard all of this private conversation at home with his mind.
He Yuzhu also has a complete plan in mind. He can use lunch boxes to help them in the early stage. When they get addicted to eating, Xu Damao can mix it up.
The most painful thing in the world is never not getting it, but losing it after getting it.
At that time, he will escape from his shell and become a perfect "victim". Even the moral gentleman like the first uncle can't fault him.
As for Liu Haizhong and his son, as the saying goes, good words cannot persuade a damned person, and mercy will lead to death. Since the motives are not pure, they should be allowed to experience the sorrow of digging their own graves.
It’s just that in the previous life, this matter ended with Mrs. Jia Zhang slapping the second aunt in the mouth. In this life, I don’t know how Mrs. Jia Zhang will react.
It happens to be the annual holiday, and He Yuzhu also has a lot of time, but he doesn't mind going to Liu Haizhong to add fuel to the fire.
In addition to internal driving force for anything, external driving force is also indispensable. "Doing good things" and "wanting a good reputation" can satisfy him.
When He Yuzhu was lying on the bed and thinking wildly, there was a sudden knock on the door. It was so late, who could it be?
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