Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Seeing that Wang Feng agreed, Qin Huairu quickly walked up to Jia Dongxu and said:

"Dongxu, hurry up and make Mom give you the money, otherwise Banggeng will be taken to a juvenile detention center, and Mom will be severely punished too."

Jia Zhangshi heard their conversation clearly, but asking her to take out her retirement savings was like cutting off a piece of her flesh, and besides, she didn't have that much money.

"You can pay me if you want, but I don't have any money. Go find whoever agreed to this."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Yi Zhonghai's face darkened, and he quickly gave Jia Dongxu a meaningful look.

Jia Dongxu, realizing the seriousness of the situation, quickly went to Jia Zhangshi and advised her:

"Mom, what about your retirement money? If you don't take it out now, when do you plan to save it? Do you want to see Bang Geng go to a juvenile detention center? I just asked the police, and they said that if you don't get Wang Feng's letter of forgiveness, you will be sentenced to more than ten years. If you do get a letter of forgiveness, you can be released in about six months. Think about it carefully."

"It's just two hundred yuan, I only have two hundred yuan, you can figure out the rest yourselves. Isn't Yi Zhonghai your master? Make him pay for it," Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Jia Dongxu looked at Yi Zhonghai with some difficulty: "Master, what do you think of this..."

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "I can only lend you five hundred at most. You can figure out the rest yourselves."

"Mom, I know you have at least five hundred yuan. Please take it out. Prison is so tough; you can't handle it, especially since Banggeng is so young. Can you bear to send him to a juvenile detention center? Banggeng is our family's hope!"

"Ugh! It's all that damned little brat Wang Feng's fault. If he hadn't framed me, I wouldn't be in this state. Just wait, when I get out, I'll see how I get my revenge on him."

Jia Zhangshi sighed and went back to get the money.

The police kept a close eye on Jia Zhangshi, not afraid that she would run away.

Soon, Jia Zhangshi took out five hundred yuan from her home and handed it to Jia Dongxu. With this money, she only had thirty-odd yuan left of her retirement savings, which made her hate Wang Feng even more.

The five hundred dollars had some coins, some one dollar, and all of them added up to exactly five hundred dollars.

Yi Zhonghai went home and took out 500 yuan, which brought the total to exactly 1,000 yuan.

After receiving the money and counting it, Wang Feng said to Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai, "You two should write a voluntary compensation agreement."

The two nodded, went home to get paper and pen, and began to write a voluntary compensation agreement. Seeing this, Wang Feng also wrote a letter of understanding.

The police officer looked at the letter of understanding handed over by Jia Dongxu and nodded, saying:

"The letter of understanding is fine. Now we're taking Zhang Xiaohua away. You guys go to the police station later and bring some clothes and bedding to your mother. As for Jia Geng, he's too young, so we won't arrest him this time. But you have to teach him a lesson. If Jia Geng does it again, we won't be so lenient with him today."

"Yes, yes, thank you, officers." Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu nodded and thanked them quickly.

The two policemen nodded to Wang Feng and pulled Jia Zhangshi away.

But Jia Zhangshi refused to go with the police. She lay on the ground pretending to be dead, and the police couldn't move her no matter how hard they tried.

"Smack."

The young policeman took out his baton and struck Jia Zhangshi with it, and Jia Zhangshi immediately became obedient.

Soon, the police and Jia Zhangshi walked out of the compound.

"That's it, everyone disperse."

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, everyone went back inside.

These past few days have been like a rollercoaster for everyone in the courtyard. One thing was that Sha Zhu got arrested, another was that the old lady's house was robbed, and now, Jia Zhangshi has robbed Wang Feng's house and been arrested by the police. What kind of mess is this?

When Wang Feng returned to the house and saw the mess, he tidied it up briefly and then left it alone.

He would wash the sheets and blankets when Qin Jingru returned; he wouldn't dare use anything that had been touched by Jia Zhangshi's dark hands.

He didn't even want the rice, wheat flour, cornmeal, and cured meat. He was afraid that Jia Zhangshi had touched them and felt a little disgusted, so he gave all these things to Aunt Wu, which made Aunt Wu thank him profusely.

Looking at the time, it was already noon. Wang Feng took out ten steamed buns from his spatial storage and some leftover mutton from last night, and started eating.

......

The Intermediate People's Court, the Yi family.

With a gloomy face, Yi Zhonghai launched into a scathing rebuke of Jia Dongxu:

"Dongxu, what's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you not to mess with Wang Feng lately? How could your mother steal things from Wang Feng's house? Isn't that just making things worse?"

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "Master, I just asked Huairu. We didn't know about this before. Who knew my mother would suddenly steal things from Wang Feng's house? If I had known, I would have stopped her."

"Sigh, it's too late to say anything now," Yi Zhonghai sighed.

"Dongxu, Master gave me 1500 yuan a couple of days ago for Shazhu's matter, and today he gave me another 500 yuan for your family's matter. Write me an IOU, and I'll pay you back when I have the money later."

"Okay, Master, I'll write it right away."

After writing the IOU, Jia Dongxu left, leaving another IOU in Yi Zhonghai's hand. Looking at this IOU, Yi Zhonghai let out a long sigh.

He didn't even expect the Jia family to repay the money. He was already being kind enough that the Jia family wouldn't ask him for money again. The key was that he had no choice but to lend it to them for the sake of Banggeng.

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The Lou family.

Tan Yali looked at Lou Xiao'e, who was cooking in the kitchen, and asked in confusion:

"Son, what's wrong with you these past two days? Did Wang Feng provoke you? Why are you suddenly learning to cook and do housework all of a sudden?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly and explained, "What Dad said yesterday made a lot of sense to me."

"What did you say?" Tanya asked curiously.

"Dad said that things are different now than before. Even if we have money, we can't hire a nanny. What will happen if I never learn to do housework?"

Tan Yali nodded in deep agreement: "Son, it's great that you think that way. What good is it for our family to be rich now? We still had to fire Xu Damao's mother a while ago. If I didn't know how to cook, what would we do?"

Patting Lou Xiao'e on the shoulder, Tan Yali said, "Now that you've learned to do housework, you'll definitely find a good man who will cherish you in the future."

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes and said coquettishly, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't want to get married right now."

Tan Yali asked doubtfully, "Son, you're not still thinking about Wang Feng, are you? Son, let me tell you, Wang Feng is indeed a good person, but I feel he's too domineering. If you really marry him, you'll have to be a good wife and listen to him in everything. Can you accept that?"

Hearing Wang Feng's name, Lou Xiao'e felt a pang of pain in her heart. From childhood to adulthood, she had always been the envy of everyone she met. But when her father asked her to become Wang Feng's concubine, Wang Feng refused, which deeply hurt her.

"Mom, stop talking. There's no future for me and Wang Feng. Please teach me how to make this braised pork."

"Okay, fine."