Lu Demin was cleaning when Jia Zhangshi burst in, tearing her throat to shout, "Hey! What are you doing here, you little brat? Get out quickly, this is my Jia family's house!"
Lu Demin turned around to look.
Oh!
A toad face, triangular eyes.
It was Jia Zhangshi.
In the courtyard, a selfish and unreasonable old hag.
Before Lu Demin crossed over, he had read fan fiction and knew that the old woman was here to snatch the house.
He just didn't expect that his house was in the backyard, and he couldn't avoid the scene of the old hag trying to seize it.
Interesting! Very interesting.
However, Lu Demin wouldn’t be as cowardly as other transmigrators.
Lu Demin stepped forward and shouted sternly, "Who the hell are you? This is the house assigned to me by the Hongxing Military Management Station. Why do you say it's yours?
Do you think you have more power than the Hongxing Military Management Station?"
Jia Zhangshi's voice was loud.
Lu Demin's was louder, and being young, his voice was even more resonant. Coupled with his tall stature, he had an imposing presence.
He immediately scared Jia Zhangshi back a few steps.
The commotion inside attracted the neighbors, who quickly gathered at the door.
Before long, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, and the couple Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu arrived.
Also present was Xu Damao's father, Xu Fugui, who hadn’t moved out yet.
"What’s going on? How can you speak so loudly and rudely to an elder? Don’t you know any manners?" Yi Zhonghai pushed through the crowd to the front.
Dammit! Yi Zhonghai is such a petty person, taking sides as soon as he appears, it's really disgusting.
"Who are you? Are you this old hag's man? You come in here and take sides without knowing the situation. This is the house assigned to me by the Hongxing Military Management Station. This old hag claims it's hers? I can’t even tell the difference. Do you all think the Hongxing Military Management Station's words don’t count, and you can just occupy any house you fancy?"
Lu Demin was unyielding and confident.
Most of the onlooking neighbors didn’t like Jia Zhangshi and didn’t want to see the Jia family gain more houses, so they leaned towards Lu Demin. However, they also didn’t want to offend the Jia family or Yi Zhonghai, so they remained silent.
Even though they didn’t speak, their presence made Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai cautious, fearing that news would reach the military management station, and they would face consequences.
Lu Demin publicly pressured them with the military management station.
Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai instantly felt a bit intimidated.
However, Jia Zhangshi was unwilling to back down. Knowing she couldn't be forceful, she changed her strategy, her eyes turning red as she pitifully played the victim:
"This young brother, you probably don’t know.
My name is Zhang Cuihua, I am the daughter-in-law of Jia Ming from the Jia family in the courtyard. My husband passed away early, and I raised my son Jia Dongxu with great difficulty. It was not easy for Dongxu to marry, and now his wife is pregnant, but our house is small. When the baby is born, it will clearly be insufficient for us!
Just right, there are two empty rooms in the backyard, and no one lives there. We applied to the military management station, and they said they would consider it. We were all eagerly waiting, but unexpectedly, it was assigned to you, so I got anxious just now.
This young brother, could you please talk to the military management station and say you don’t like this house? Let them reassign you a new one, and give this house to my family? I can see you are a good child, and you wouldn’t want to see our Jia family's child born without a place to live, right? Just tell the military management station to give you a new house, and let this one be for us Jia family."
Hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, the neighbors were shocked.
This Jia Zhangshi is really shameless.
When the strong-arm tactics fail, she starts to play the victim and moralize.
They all looked at Lu Demin with concern, fearing that the young Lu Demin would soften his heart and fall for it, giving up the house.
What they didn’t expect was.
Lu Demin burst into laughter:
"Whose family doesn’t have a housing shortage in this era? According to your logic, if every family with a son who marries and has a child needs an extra room, then if there are three sons, should they get three rooms? This doesn’t even concern you.
Neighbors, speak up! Is there anyone who only lives in one room but has multiple sons?"
"Yes! Yes! My family has one room and two sons!"
"My family also has one room and three sons!"
"If having more sons means getting more rooms, I want a few more rooms too!"
……
As soon as Jia Zhangshi heard this, her face immediately darkened.
But with so many people saying this, she didn’t know who to confront and could only maintain a stern face.
Lu Demin continued, "Moreover, I particularly enjoy the hospitality of the neighbors here—except for a few individuals—so I will settle down here. I won’t be moving anywhere else. As for whether your family has enough rooms to live in, that’s none of my business!
If you want to live in my house, go find the military management station!"
Seeing Lu Demin being so disrespectful and speaking so harshly, Jia Zhangshi's face turned extremely ugly.
As soon as Lu Demin said this, the whole place erupted in laughter.
They all enjoyed watching the evil woman Jia Zhangshi get humiliated.
Jia Zhangshi knew that whatever she said was useless now, and she shot a fierce glance at Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai coughed and said, "Comrade Lu, how about this? This is the house assigned to you by the military management committee, so it naturally belongs to you. How about this? You are still young and unmarried; one room is enough for you.
Why not let the other room be for Jia Dongxu and his wife? This way, you won’t be at a loss, and you’ll be helping the neighbors. Everyone will appreciate your kindness. How about it?"