Central Courtyard!
At Bu Xiangdong's home, everyone was chatting and laughing while enjoying the braised dishes.
Jia Dongxu was weakly leaning under the big locust tree in the yard, soaking up the sun.
Last night, he had a rough time in the latrine.
He was also splashed with cold water by the silly Zhu.
He felt utterly drained.
The earlier bravado was just a facade.
Bu Xiangdong's braised large intestine was making him drool.
“Wuwuwu, I also want to eat braised dishes, I also want to eat pig intestines.”
Jia Zhangshi nodded and carried an enamel bowl to Bu Xiangdong's door.
“Bu Xiangdong, fill me a bowl, you have plenty left over anyway.”
What the heck?
The people inside Bu Xiangdong's house widened their eyes in disbelief.
Can someone really be this shameless to come asking for food?
“Hey... I don’t have any leftovers, where would the extra meat come from? I need to save some for the tiler. Third Uncle, you need to handle this.”
“Right, right!”
Yan Bugui quickly chimed in.
If he leaves some, he can eat it too.
“You all...”
Jia Zhangshi was about to unleash a tirade.
But before she could, Bu Xiangdong interrupted her.
“Stop! Listen to me, my brother Dongxu was treated so badly, why didn’t anyone ask for compensation last night? Without compensation, how can we enjoy any braised dishes?”
Jia Zhangshi's face lit up with joy.
Right!
How did she not think of that?
Thank goodness for Bu Xiangdong, otherwise, she would have missed out big time.
Nothing can stop my yearning for compensation.
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Just then, Yi Zhonghai came over with a bowl.
He really didn’t want to see Bu Xiangdong.
But Auntie Tang Huiyun didn’t want to come.
He had to come himself; honoring the deaf old lady had to be done publicly.
When there are conditions, one must show filial piety; when there are no conditions, one must create conditions to show it.
As a result, Yi Zhonghai bumped right into Jia Zhangshi.
Both were holding bowls, and they shared a moment of understanding.
Just because I looked at you a little longer in the crowd, I can never forget your face, dreaming of the day we might meet again...
“Old Yi! You’re getting old too!”
Yi Zhonghai shivered, “...Old sister-in-law, just say what you need to say.”
“Dongxu can’t suffer without compensation, right?”
“That has nothing to do with me.”
“Don’t say that, you’re getting old, you’ll have to rely on Dongxu and silly Zhu in the future. So don’t be stingy.”
Yi Zhonghai wanted to curse.
But he was held down by Jia Zhangshi.
Yi Zhonghai painfully pulled out ten yuan.
“At least you’re sensible.”
“Let’s write a letter of understanding; we’re all family, why make things difficult for each other, right?”
“You have to suffer a bit; this money is not bad.”
Yi Zhonghai: “...”
Damn.
Who doesn’t know that money is a good thing? The key is, it’s mine.
“Mom, let’s make braised dishes at home today.”
“Don’t worry, it’s just pig intestines, a whole set is just a few dimes; we can afford it. Mom will go buy it now.”
In fact, pig offal and intestines were quite cheap these days.
Especially pig intestines, which are hard to clean and have a strong smell.
Last night, Bu Xiangdong used a lot of flour to scrub the pig intestines.
And to make it tasty, he added a lot of seasonings.
If it were an ordinary family, they wouldn’t spare that much.
But Jia Zhangshi didn’t know any of this and excitedly went to buy pig intestines.
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“Bu Xiangdong, bring a bowl of braised dishes to the old lady in the back yard.”
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll put rat poison in it?”
“You...”
Yi Zhonghai was furious.
Wasn’t it just bullying you in the past? Did you really have to hold a grudge like this?
Just as Yi Zhonghai was about to lecture him, the old lady came out from the moon gate with her cane.
“Zhonghai, don’t ask that kid; he’s bad news.”
“I know everything that’s happened in the past half month; it’s all him stirring up trouble and causing discord, not acting like a son.”
Bu Xiangdong had always felt someone was secretly watching him in the courtyard.
It must have been the deaf old lady.
“Oh, so the old lady is the real master of this courtyard; I guess you’ve plotted against me quite a bit behind my back.”
“I plotted against you because I was watching you. You made silly Zhu suffer, you stirred up discord, and you disrespected the elderly.”
The old lady spoke, and with each word, a piece of glass shattered.
The originally mottled window glass was soon smashed to pieces.
At that moment, a buzzing sound caught everyone’s attention.
“Damn, a beehive! Bu Xiangdong, you actually have a beehive on your window.”
“Tsk tsk, the old lady has poked a hornet's nest; run!”
“What a sin, why poke someone else's hornet's nest? Are you trying to get killed?”
Of course, it was placed there by Bu Xiangdong earlier.
And if nothing unexpected happened, the workers would come to renovate today.
If a beehive appeared at home afterward, that would be unacceptable.
The beehive poked by the old lady was the first to bear the brunt, “Zhonghai, save me.”
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