1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

He Daqing stood at the door of his house, looking at the hustle and bustle in front of the Jia family's door, and all the resentments of the past surged into his heart like a tide.

Thinking of what Jia Zhang had done to her own daughter-in-law, those scenes were like glaring scars, and he unconsciously clenched his hands into fists. A strong urge surged in his heart, and he wanted to rush over immediately and beat Jia Zhang severely.

However, reason told him that the Jia family had already made compensation and Jia Zhang had also received labor reform on the farm. The two families were now strangers and hostile to each other. Provoking trouble again would only make the situation more complicated.

Helplessly, he could only suppress his anger, turned around and went back into the house with his little grandson in his arms. His back seemed to carry endless loneliness and unwillingness.

Seeing how impatient Jia Zhang was, the neighbors in the yard didn't want to make themselves look bad, so they shook their heads and sighed, then dispersed, leaving the mess in front of the Jia family's door.

At this moment, Jia Zhang accidentally caught a glimpse of Su Jiao opposite her.

Su Jiao was startled by the sharp gaze. Like a frightened deer, she turned around and went back home, closing the door in panic.

Jia Zhang frowned and asked Qin Huairu with a puzzled look on her face: "Who is that person? How did he get into Yi Zhonghai's house?"

Qin Huairu paused for a moment and whispered, "That man is a new resident. Yi Zhonghai... has... been shot!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, her body shook violently, as if struck by a bolt from the blue, and she staggered.

She widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief: "How is it possible? What on earth did Yi Zhonghai do wrong? Why was he shot?"

In her heart, she always thought that after Jia Dongxu left, there was still Yi Zhonghai, the old man, in the courtyard. For Dongxu's sake, he would at least take care of the Jia family, and their life in the courtyard would not be too difficult.

Now hearing this sad news, she felt like her world collapsed in an instant, as if the sky had fallen down again.

While Qin Huairu continued to wash clothes, she recounted what Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady had done.

Jia Zhang stood there in a daze, as if struck by lightning.

Her mind went blank and she could not accept this cruel truth.

Yi Zhonghai, the uncle who once enjoyed great prestige in the courtyard and a good neighbor of the Jia family, actually plotted to murder Old Jia.

As for Yi Zhonghai's other crimes, she had no time to care about them at the moment. Her mind was full of the fact that Yi Zhonghai killed Lao Jia.

Thinking of the deceased old Jia, and the hardships and difficulties I had experienced raising Jia Dongxu alone all these years.

Jia Zhang's legs could no longer support her, and she sat down on the ground, crying loudly: "Old Jia, how could you die so miserably! Yi Zhonghai, you are a black-hearted bastard, you schemed against good people, you must not die well..."

The cry was heart-wrenching, echoing in the sky above the courtyard, as if trying to vent all the pain and grief in the heart.

Qin Huairu had expected Jia Zhang to react like this, and did not go forward to comfort her at this moment. She knew very well that letting Jia Zhang vent to her heart's content at this moment might be the best option.

Thinking of the difficult situation she had faced after the death of Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu's grievances and pain were like a flood that broke through a dam. She could no longer suppress her tears and followed Jia Zhang's cry.

Xiaodang was frightened by the sudden crying and didn't know what to do, and started crying too.

Seeing this, Banggeng didn't understand what was going on, but out of his dependence on his grandmother, he subconsciously rushed out and started crying.

For a while, the Jia family's crying was deafening, but it did not attract the sympathy of the neighboring aunties, but instead attracted several uncles in the yard.

When Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong heard the familiar crying in the backyard, their hearts tightened and they hurried over at the same time.

Soon, Yan Bugui also came from the front yard.

This year, the Siheyuan Courtyard is planning to be selected as a civilized Siheyuan Courtyard. Now this crying sound is undoubtedly a time bomb and will definitely affect the selection results.

As the bosses in the courtyard, they couldn't just sit back and watch.

Except for these three uncles who came in a hurry, everyone else in the yard stood far away and watched, and no one was willing to step forward easily.

This was all thanks to what Jia Zhang had said just now, which had offended many people. Now no one wanted to step forward and get into trouble.

Liu Haizhong walked closer and saw that the voice of the person crying on the ground sounded like Jia Zhang, but the figure and face made him difficult to recognize.

After all, Jia Zhang's three-year labor reform term has not yet expired, so the person in front of him cannot be Jia Zhang.

He walked forward and stopped her loudly, "Shut up, Qin Huairu, you said you were fine, why are you crying?"

Qin Huairu was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

However, she knew in her heart that Jia Zhang was beside her and would definitely not give up, so she would naturally answer this question.

Sure enough, the next second, Jia Zhang started crying: "Liu Haizhong, why am I crying? Yi Zhonghai killed Old Jia, don't you want me to cry?"

Liu Haizhong's eyes widened, his face full of shock: "Are you really Jia Zhang? Why are you back?"

Jia Zhang wiped away her tears and said viciously: "Liu Haizhong, how do you think I came back? You should talk about how Yi Zhonghai killed Old Jia. He killed Old Jia and made our family suffer. We can't just let this go!"

At this time, Yan Bugui stepped forward and tried to persuade them: "Ms. Jia Zhang, you can't just let Yi Zhonghai kill Old Jia like that. Isn't it enough that he was shot by the police to pay for Old Jia's life? Do you still want to drag him out and whip his corpse?"

Jia Zhang was stunned by Yan Bugui's question and didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Yi Zhonghai is dead, what else can she do?

How could she be willing to just let it go like this!

Although the neighbors stood far away, it did not hinder their enthusiasm for gossip.

They whispered about how Jia Zhangshi used to be. Back then, she would make trouble even if it was unreasonable. If Yi Zhonghai had not been shot now, one could not imagine what kind of trouble she would cause.

Xu Damao looked at Jia Zhang's appearance, his mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a sarcastic smile: "Third Master is right, Yi Zhonghai has paid the price for what he did, Jia Zhang, what else do you want?

Stop crying, or you will affect the reputation of our compound. If we are not rated as an excellent and civilized compound by the end of this year, no one will agree."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she flew into a rage and pointed at Xu Damao and cursed, "Xu Damao, you are meddling in other people's business. Why do you care about my business?"

Xu Damao straightened his back and said confidently, "Of course I am the most powerful man in the courtyard. What? Jia Zhang, do you have any objection?

Since I became the headmaster of the hospital, I have done all the things I promised to do. If it weren’t for the incident with Yi Zhonghai last year, the title of excellent and civilized hospital would have been restored long ago. I, Xu Damao, am a proper headmaster and I deserve the title.”

"Bah, you are a great man, how dare you be so arrogant!"

Jia Zhang's words made Xu Damao's face turn extremely ugly in an instant.