Courtyard House: Inheriting the Restaurant, the Jia Family Wants to Get It for Free

Meanwhile, on a dirt road leading to the countryside outside Beijing, two military green trucks were bumping along.

Inside the carriage sat a group of dejected people who were about to be sent to a farm for labor reform.

Jia Zhangshi was in the first car.

She kept cursing and swearing, without stopping for a moment.

"That damned Cheng Shuhai, he deserves to die a horrible death! He made me suffer in this godforsaken place! Old Jia! Open your eyes and see how badly we, a widow and her children, are being bullied!"

"And my heartless son! He's forgotten his mother now that he has a wife! His old mother has been arrested, and he hasn't even shown his face, let alone sent his mother some money or food!"

"I raised him for nothing! He's such an ingrate, he's forgotten his mother after getting married!"

She cursed Cheng Shuhai one moment and Jia Dongxu the next, spitting everywhere, making the people around her spit out and move away.

The police officers escorting the vehicle tried to stop her several times, and she would quiet down for a while, but when the police weren't paying attention, she would start muttering again.

She was still making plans in her mind.

Once he arrived at the farm, he pretended to be sick and avoided working whenever possible.

Dongxu will definitely find a way to come see me. When that happens, I'll cry and make a scene, asking him to send me more money and good food.

Two months will pass if you just hang in there.

Once she gets out, the first thing she'll do is confront Cheng Shuhai! She'll turn his house upside down!

Just as Jia Zhangshi was lost in thought, the truck braked suddenly and came to a stop.

"We've arrived! Everyone get off the bus! Line up!"

At the police's command, the people on the bus jumped off one after another.

Shoved and shoved, Jia Zhangshi also clumsily jumped down.

Before me stretched a vast field, and in the distance were several rows of low bungalows, which must be the farm's dormitories.

The air was filled with the smell of soil and livestock manure.

Just then, the truck behind also stopped, and the people inside began to jump out.

Jia Zhangshi glanced at it casually, and suddenly her eyes widened.

She spotted a familiar figure among the crowd jumping off the car behind her.

"Dongxu?"

Jia Zhangshi couldn't believe her eyes and rubbed them hard.

That's right! It's her son, Jia Dongxu!

How did he end up here?

Jia Zhangshi's mind immediately started working.

Oh! She understands!

Her son must have been worried about her, so he came all the way here to see her off!

This filial son at least still has some conscience!

In an instant, all the resentment I had felt towards my son vanished, replaced by a deep sense of gratitude and pride.

She tried to rush towards Jia Dongxu, shouting loudly:

"Dongxu! My son! Mom's here! Mom knew you'd come to see me off!"

Her shout, full of energy, drew the attention of everyone around her.

Everyone looked at this loud and boisterous old woman as if she were an idiot.

Jia Dongxu, who was in line, froze when he heard that familiar shout. He was completely petrified.

He slowly turned his head, and when he saw his mother waving excitedly at him not far away, he felt his mind go blank.

mom?

What's she doing here?

No, she should have been here.

But... how did I end up in the same group as her?

The police officers escorting them exchanged bewildered glances, their faces showing a hint of surprise.

"Hey, what's going on today? A mother and child have shown up?"

A young police officer couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Regardless of what others thought, Jia Zhangshi broke free from the people around her and ran to Jia Dongxu in a few steps.

"My good son! You've finally come! Mom thought you'd abandoned me!"

As she spoke, she reached out to take Jia Dongxu's hand.

"Dongxu, how much money did you bring for Mom?"

"Where's the food? Where are the clothes? I haven't seen you take anything! This place is cold and damp, how are we going to survive without some warm clothes!"

Jia Zhangshi bombarded Jia Dongxu with a barrage of words, completely oblivious to her son's face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot.

As Jia Dongxu listened to his mother's barrage of questions and saw the strange looks from those around him as they suppressed their laughter, he felt his face burning with embarrassment and wished he could die on the spot.

What did he say?

He said he wasn't there to see her off, but that he, like her, had been arrested and brought in.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time, and simply lowered his head deeply.

After talking for a while, seeing that her son remained silent, Jia Zhangshi finally realized that something was wrong.

She scrutinized Jia Dongxu closely.

She then realized that something was wrong with her son; there was no joy on his face as he came to see her, only endless shame, anger, and despair.

This...this doesn't seem like a visit to prison?

This is clearly... just like me, a prisoner!

An absurd and terrifying thought popped into Jia Zhangshi's mind.

"Dongxu...you...what is this...?"

Jia Zhangshi's voice began to tremble.

Jia Dongxu knew that this matter could no longer be kept secret.

He looked up at his mother and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Mom...I...I've been arrested too."

"boom!"

These words struck Jia Zhangshi like a bolt from the blue.

She was completely stunned, frozen in place, her mouth agape, unable to close it for a long time.

"What...what did you say?" She wondered if she had misheard.

"You mean...you came in too?"

Jia Zhangshi's voice became shrill and distorted. She widened her triangular eyes and stared intently at Jia Dongxu, as if trying to find a trace of a joke on his face.

However, Jia Dongxu's face showed only endless shame and pain.

"Mom, it's true." Jia Dongxu's voice was so low it was barely a whisper. "I...I've done something wrong."

The surrounding prisoners and police officers watched the mother and son with great interest.

This is much more interesting than going to the market or watching a play in the countryside.

"What have you done?! What could such an honest and well-behaved child like you have done?!" Jia Zhangshi became agitated. "Did that damned Cheng Shuhai frame you again?! It must be him! That jinx, ever since he appeared, nothing good has happened to our family!"

Jia Dongxu didn't dare look his mother in the eye, kept his head down, and briefly recounted what had happened.

"...I was just so angry that he had harmed you, so...so I asked someone to smash up his restaurant and teach him a lesson...who knew that there were police officers eating in his restaurant, so...I was arrested on the spot."

He spoke haltingly, but Jia Zhangshi still understood.

The son was arrested because he stood up for him!

In an instant, Jia Zhangshi's hatred for Cheng Shuhai reached its peak.