Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 234 Holding a hand and pinching it, he made Qin Huairu cry.
The middle courtyard and the front courtyard are separated by only a door. Qin Huairu's scream just now was noticed not only by Li Hongbing, who has a keen hearing, but also by everyone else in the front and back courtyards.

Li Hongbing was not surprised at all by Bang Geng's actions, but what happened next, as well as the performance of Wang Guihua and Qin Huairu, really opened his eyes.

It has to be said that Qin Huairu, as a mother, deserves much credit for Banggeng's development into this young man.

Over the past few years, instead of correcting and guiding Banggeng's wrong behaviors, Qin Huairu, as his parent, has been indulging him and helping him evade punishment in various ways.

Even in public or in private, Qin Huairu would offer a few words of advice, but these were either meant for others to hear, so that they wouldn't be able to continue "making things difficult" for Bang Geng, or they were just symbolic acts of self-comfort.

Their behavior already shows a complete lack of restraint in their indulgence and favoritism. A few weak words of reasoning are no longer effective and have no effect on the situation.

Teaching by example means not only passing on knowledge but also setting a good example.

If it weren't for this, Bang Geng wouldn't dare to cause trouble so recklessly time and time again. This time it ends, but there will be a next time.

Of course.

Ever since the incident where the glass was smashed, when Banggeng was beaten so badly that he "ran away from home," he has been staying far away from their house.

On the one hand, both Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu repeatedly warned Banggeng not to provoke Li Hongbing.

After all, Li Hongbing was different from the others in the hospital.

When Banggeng caused trouble, Li Hongbing didn't target Banggeng; he went straight for them, and they were the ones who suffered.

It's simply impossible to resolve this in a few words.

Alternatively, they could take matters into their own hands and beat Bang Geng in public to vent Li Hongbing's anger.

Either they take the blame for the Korean gangsters.

Don't let Banggeng's reputation as a troublemaker fool you; he's actually quite shrewd. He knows who he can mess with and who he can't, so he won't go looking for trouble.

on the other hand.

This was because of Li Hongbing's eldest nephew, Zhao Jianjun.

The Li Hongbing and Li Hongmei families didn't live too far apart. Zhao Jianjun, their eldest nephew, liked to run into their yard all the time. If Banggeng dared to have any bad intentions, Li Hongbing, as an adult, couldn't easily take action, but Zhao Jianjun, being a child himself, wouldn't be so polite.

Zhao Jianjun is the same age as Banggeng. Although he is a few days younger than Banggeng, he comes from a dual-income family and has an uncle, Li Hongbing, who is a chef. He has never lacked nutrition since he was a child.

Even though the Jia family has had Yi Zhonghai's help over the past few years, they have lived a good life and are considered one of the best in the courtyard.

But when it comes to who is doing better, Banggeng can't compare to Zhao Jianjun.

not to mention.

Zhao Weiguo was a soldier who had been on the battlefield. After retiring from the military, he became a driver who possessed both martial prowess and technical skills. In terms of genes and heredity, Zhao Jianjun was far superior to Bang Geng.

Bang Geng is a mischievous and clever fellow who can read people's expressions, and Zhao Jianjun is even more cunning.

It was a few days after Banggeng smashed the glass that Zhao Jianjun heard about it by chance from Li Hongmei. He then asked to go to his uncle's house to play and deliberately showed off his wealth in front of Banggeng by taking out the White Rabbit milk candy that Li Hongbing had given him.

Not surprisingly.

The greedy skewer asked for some, but Zhao Jianjun naturally refused. Then the skewer started to snatch it, but Zhao Jianjun beat it several times. The skewer lay on the ground, rolling around and crying its heart out, which alarmed everyone in the yard.

The final result was, of course, predictable.

Even though Banggeng is the apple of the Jia family's eye, and Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu usually treat her like a precious gem, Li Hongbing is even more fearless and protective of his own, especially since they are in the right in this matter.

In that situation, if Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai had been able to gain an advantage, Li Hongbing would have been no better than a child like Zhao Jianjun.

From then on, whenever Banggeng saw Zhao Jianjun, he would run away as fast as a mouse would when it saw a cat.

In terms of clever ideas and crooked schemes, Zhao Jianjun might not be any less cunning than Banggeng. However, Zhao Weiguo and Li Hongmei have sound values ​​and provide effective education, so Zhao Jianjun has always been very sensible and well-behaved. He never actively causes trouble or bullies others. If he hadn't been so angry that Banggeng smashed his uncle's window, he probably wouldn't have deliberately caused trouble for Banggeng.

In Zhao Jianjun's heart, Li Hongbing, the uncle, was no less important than Zhao Weiguo and Li Hongmei, the parents.

It wasn't just because his uncle Li Hongbing always gave him all sorts of good food and treated him very well, but also because of Li Hongbing's current status and the influence of Zhao Weiguo and Li Hongmei's words and deeds on him.

From a very young age, Zhao Jianjun knew that his name was given to him by his uncle, Li Hongbing. He often heard Li Hongmei and Zhao Weiguo talk about how good Li Hongbing was to their family, including various things from the past. Combined with his own personal experience, Zhao Jianjun had immense respect for his uncle, Li Hongbing.

It's already quite kind of Zhao Jianjun not to fight Banggeng, since Banggeng dared to smash the window of his most respected uncle's house.

For all these reasons, Bang Geng deliberately avoided their house when he caused trouble.

Li Hongbing usually didn't bother to interfere with Bang Geng's antics. After all, if Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu couldn't educate their child properly, it was their own problem, and they would have to suffer the consequences themselves. Li Hongbing had no obligation or kindness to help them discipline Bang Geng.

Li Hongbing simply couldn't stand by and watch what happened today.

It's one thing to be shameless, but even adults like Wang Guihua and Qin Huairu have no shame whatsoever.

Moreover, this matter seems to have little to do with Li Hongbing, but the problem is that Sha Zhu's roe deer meat was specially prepared for him.

Sha Zhu was going to treat him to drinks that night, and almost everyone in the courtyard knew that now.

Under such circumstances, Qin Huairu even dared to scheming about their evening snacks; that's truly something else.

Children may be able to argue their point because they don't understand, but it's really unacceptable for adults to do the same.

Those who know are that Banggeng is greedy for meat, and Qin Huairu is a bad mother who spoils her son and is not a proper adult or a mother.

If someone didn't know better, they might think that Qin Huairu and the others were after Li Hongbing.

"Li Hongbing, this has nothing to do with you, right?"

"Don't make false accusations. What do you mean by saying the three of us ganged up to extort that pot of meat from Sha Zhu?"

"You are slandering!"

“You probably didn’t hear what Sha Zhu said just now, how he insulted you. If you had heard it, you definitely wouldn’t have said those words.”

"And when did I ever help Bang-geung extort that pot of meat from Sha-zhu?"

“Bang Geng is still young and doesn’t know any better. He asked Sha Zhu for meat. Bang Geng was wrong in this matter, and I’ll take the blame for him. But you can’t drag me into this…”

"..."

When Li Hongbing spoke up for Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu's expression changed.

Qin Huairu didn't want to offend Li Hongbing, but in front of so many people, she had no choice but to stand up and respond, because Li Hongbing's accusations were too serious. For a pot of meat, she and Wang Guihua, two adults, had ganged up on this child, using the charge of insulting women to frame and coerce Sha Zhu. If this charge were proven true, they would be the subject of gossip and condemnation.

As a child, the joke can be explained and covered up by the excuse that they are young and don't understand, but for adults, their reputation is completely ruined.

“Li Hongbing, you have to be responsible for your words. You can’t just say things off the cuff.”

Not only did Qin Huairu react strongly, but Wang Guihua also reacted strongly, saying excitedly, "I was just advising Shazhu to share a bowl of meat with Banggeng, which was also for Shazhu's own good. After all, if this matter gets blown up, it won't benefit anyone."

Besides, Bang-ge is just a little kid and can't eat that much. Sha-zhu isn't a stingy person, so there's no need to make a fuss over such a small thing. If Fu-an gets involved, Sha-zhu will actually be the one most affected. I think you know that..."

"fart!"

As Wang Guihua spoke these words, adopting a stance of being in Sha Zhu's best interest, Sha Zhu, who had already realized what Li Hongbing was saying, immediately cursed angrily: "Wang Guihua, Qin Huairu, I didn't expect you to be so wicked! Just for a pot of meat, you're going to try to kill me!"

If Hongbing hadn't reminded me in time, I would have almost fallen into your trap.

Trying to extort money from me?
no way! "

Sha Zhu originally had no intention of verbally insulting Qin Huairu, but Qin Huairu seized on the few phrases about traditional Chinese culture that he uttered, which put him in a passive position.

The reason he has been unwilling to admit his mistakes and apologize is not only because doing so would be detrimental to him, but also because he believes he has done nothing wrong.

Sha Zhu didn't want to give away any of his own roe deer meat, much less let Bang Geng, that glutton, have it for free, but the situation just now was very unfavorable to him.

result.

Li Hongbing, the savior, appeared just in time.

The situation, which had already been passive, was given a reason to retaliate with a single, casual remark from Li Hongbing.

Extorting meat!

As long as he insists that Qin Huairu and her group are deliberately distorting the truth and framing him to extort meat from his own roe deer, he won't have to be at Qin Huairu's mercy anymore.

"Since that's the case, then there's nothing more to say. It was clearly Sha Zhu who insulted us first, yet you insist on accusing us of extorting meat. In that case, we can only ask Comrade Fudan to judge this matter."

Now that things have come to this point, Qin Huairu, who was originally just trying to scare Sha Zhu, is left with only this last option.

If it were just Sha Zhu, that would be one thing, but the key issue is that Li Hongbing also stepped in.

Given Li Hongbing's current status, popularity, and influence within the hospital, Qin Huairu knew very well that without asking Fuqin's people to intervene, she would have a hard time defeating him.

In fact, Qin Huairu learned this move from Li Hongbing, even if it was only a passive one.

In the past, when Yi Zhonghai or Jia Dongxu and their mothers-in-law caused trouble for Li Hongbing, Li Hongbing would either get the help of the neighborhood committee or find people from the women's federation, and they would all be dealt with badly. Now Qin Huairu has also learned this trick.

Seemingly feeling that Fuzhen could back her up, Qin Huairu felt more confident and immediately said to Li Hongbing, "Li Hongbing, you also know people from Fuzhen. Back then, because my mother-in-law said a few gossipy things, you had people from Fuzhen send my mother-in-law to the countryside."

Only a year has passed, and Sha Zhu publicly insulted women, yet you're siding with Sha Zhu, who's also a man. Aren't you afraid of not being able to explain this to women later?

"Qin Huairu, are you saying this because you're dissatisfied with the decision made by the neighborhood committee and the women's federation regarding your mother-in-law's repatriation? You sound a bit resentful."

When Qin Huairu used the excuse of being a woman to pressure him, Li Hongbing smiled and said something that startled Qin Huairu.

Gossip?
Or was it just a few idle words?
The matter, which had already been defined by the women's federation and the neighborhood committee, was rendered so insignificant by Qin Huairu. Who exactly was courting death?

To know.

The people who went undercover conducted an investigation and witnessed firsthand Jia Zhangshi's reckless remarks.

The key is.

The real reason why Jia Zhangshi was sent back was because she mistreated and oppressed her daughter-in-law, Qin Huairu, a fact confirmed by many residents in the courtyard.

Otherwise, just a few problematic remarks or stances might not be enough to warrant being sent back to the countryside.

Of course.

Around that time, the household registration system was officially established, clearly distinguishing between agricultural and non-agricultural households, and a large number of agricultural people who had stayed in the cities began to be cleared out.

In Qin Huairu's mind, however, Jia Zhangshi, the mother-in-law, was someone whom Li Hongbing had framed and then used the power of the women to drive her back to the countryside.

Even though Jia Zhangshi, the mother-in-law, wasn't particularly kind to her daughter-in-law at home, she was still family.

Qin Huairu clearly distinguishes between her own people and outsiders.

Even though Jia Zhangshi's life was indeed better and more comfortable after she returned to the countryside,

In Qin Huairu's mind, Li Hongbing's actions back then were still not helping her, but rather bullying her family.

In her excitement, or perhaps because she had managed to gain the upper hand over Li Hongbing—something that even Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai hadn't accomplished—Qin Huairu, a housewife, felt a surge of pride and blurted out her thoughts.

This moment of overconfidence gave Li Hongbing a handle to use against him.

"Li Hongbing, that's not what I meant. Don't seize on the loopholes in my words, take things out of context, and misinterpret my meaning..."

Qin Huairu panicked and quickly denied it, defining Li Hongbing's behavior just now.

"Whether it's taken out of context or maliciously misinterpreted, everyone in the hospital is here, everyone is listening. Once the comrades from the Women and Children's Hospital come to our door, everything will naturally be settled."

Li Hongbing didn't argue with Qin Huairu about this. He said something directly, then couldn't help but laugh and said, "As for your conclusion about Sha Zhu's insults, whether it was also taken out of context or misinterpreted, I also ask the people of Fuling to judge."

Didn't you want to find a woman who is virtuous and gentle?

What a coincidence, I have the same idea as you!

Sha Zhu's mouth is foul, and he deserves criticism, education, and punishment, but it doesn't really warrant going that far.

Do you know the nature of what you did?
Is this a deliberate attempt to drive someone to their death?
Even if Fu-Cheng only gives a reprimand in the end, once this matter is confirmed, Sha-Zhu's reputation will be ruined.

You're married, but Sha Zhu is still a virgin, he doesn't even have a girlfriend yet.

If this matter ruins Sha Zhu's life, do you think you can live with yourself?
Qin Huairu, I'll leave you with this: You can be selfish, but you can't be without conscience!

Li Hongbing's words caused Qin Huairu to lose face completely. Feeling the gazes of everyone around her, Qin Huairu helplessly squatted down on the ground and cried.

"Li Hongbing, you...you...Waaaaah..."

(End of this chapter)