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

"Something's not right! There's definitely something fishy going on here!"

Jia Zhangshi said vaguely.

Although she suffered a stroke, her mind was still clear.

She immediately thought of the deaf old lady.

"It must be that old hag, giving them advice behind the scenes!"

Jia Zhangshi gritted her teeth.

"Huai Ru, you're to keep a close eye on their family these next two days! Tell me immediately if there's any movement!"

"Mom, what could possibly be going on?"

Qin Huai asked, puzzled.

She had a guess in her mind: Yi Zhonghai and his group were going to adopt a child.

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid they'll try to go and bring back a child before us!"

Jia Zhangshi revealed her biggest worry.

If the Yi family really brings the child back, then all their plans will be ruined!

Qin Huairu was also startled when she heard this.

For the next two days, Qin Huairu stayed in the courtyard, her eyes never leaving the direction of Yi Zhonghai's house.

Finally, on the evening of the third day, she saw it.

A dilapidated donkey cart stopped at the entrance of the courtyard house.

Yi Zhonghai and Tan Zhaodi got out of the car. Tan Zhaodi was carefully holding a one-year-old child wrapped in a thick quilt in her arms!

Although you can't see the child's face clearly, the shape definitely indicates it's a child!

Qin Huairu's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

She knew that her worst fears had come true.

She hurriedly ran back to the backyard and told Jia Zhangshi the news.

"What?!"

Upon hearing the news, Jia Zhangshi was so excited that she almost rolled off the bed.

She trembled with rage, making "hoarse" sounds, her eyes wide with resentment and bitterness.

The stroke that was originally expected has miraculously subsided at this moment.

He no longer stutters when he speaks.

"Old Jia! Open your eyes and look! They're bullying us, a widow and her children! They've cut off our livelihood!"

Madam Jia Zhang began to wail bitterly.

Qin Huairu was completely dumbfounded when she saw Jia Zhangshi recover.

The illness is cured just like that?

Meanwhile, the courtyard was in an uproar.

The news that Yi Zhonghai and his wife had brought home a child spread like wildfire throughout the entire courtyard.

Everyone rushed out of their homes, gathered around the Yi family's door, craned their necks to look inside, and chattered amongst themselves.

"Good heavens, the Yi family really brought a baby home!"

"This is going to be quite a show! That old hag from the Jia family is going to be furious!"

"I doubt it. Madam Jia is bedridden now; what kind of trouble can she cause?"

Xu Damao, gloating, ran around spreading the news with exaggerated embellishments.

Yi Zhonghai and Tan Zhaodi, carrying the child, squeezed into the house with difficulty under the gaze of everyone, and then slammed the door shut.

Looking at the sleeping baby in her arms, Tan Zhaodi's face showed a long-lost, heartfelt smile.

As Yi Zhonghai listened to Jia Zhangshi's mournful wails outside, a smug sneer appeared on his face.

Jia Zhangshi, do you want to eat up a childless family?

Go dream!

Now, I, Yi Zhonghai, have a son!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The door to Yi Zhonghai's house, which had just been closed, was smashed with a deafening roar.

"Yi Zhonghai! You damned childless bastard! Open the door! Open the door for me!"

Outside the door, Jia Zhangshi's sharp and piercing curses could be heard.

"You heartless bastard! Have you forgotten how Dongxu treated you? Now you've brought back a bastard child, are you trying to cut off the Jia family's future?"

As Jia Zhangshi cursed, she pounded on the door, attracting even more onlookers to the courtyard.

"Holy crap, Jia Zhangshi's stroke is cured?"

"Did he get better after being angry?"

"That's amazing!"

Everyone stared in surprise at Jia Zhangshi, who was knocking on Yi Zhonghai's door.

Who could have imagined that Madam Jia's illness would be cured at this moment?

Inside the house, Tan Zhaodi was so angry from being scolded that her face turned pale, and her hands holding the child were trembling.

Yi Zhonghai's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

He walked to the door, leaning on his cane, and suddenly flung it open.

"What's all the noise about! If you keep making noise, I'll have the military control commission come and arrest you!"

Yi Zhonghai shouted sternly.

Jia Zhangshi was startled by his words, but relying on her superior numbers, she continued to press the matter relentlessly.

"Arrest me? I'm not afraid of you! You can do it, and you won't even let people talk about it? You, Yi Zhonghai, are a complete ingrate!"

"You actually adopted a child from outside, you bastard!"

Madam Jia was now filled with rage.

I don't believe any of this at all.

Looking at Jia Zhangshi's ugly face, Yi Zhonghai trembled with anger.

"What business is it of yours, outsiders, of my family affairs? What law did I break by adopting my own son?"

"Let me tell you, this child is my own son, Yi Zhonghai! Everything I own will belong to him! Nobody can even think about making a move!"

Yi Zhonghai's words were resounding, his eyes fixed on Jia Zhangshi before him.

The farce at the Intermediate People's Court also reached the ears of the deaf old lady, who came out leaning on her cane.

"Mrs. Jia, why should we tell you what Zhonghai wants to do?"

"Adopting a child is their family's right."

"No matter where you go to discuss this, you'll be in the wrong."

The deaf old woman looked at Jia Zhangshi with a cold eye.

Everyone in the courtyard nodded in agreement.

"That's right, Jia Zhangshi isn't anything to Yi Zhonghai, so why should she care about these things?"

"It seems like there's no way to profit from Old Yi's fading fortune!"

"Yes, now the dream is shattered."

Everyone looked at Jia Zhangshi with schadenfreude.

"I........"

Seeing everyone's mocking looks, Jia Zhangshi was furious.

Seeing this, the deaf old lady spoke up again.

"Mrs. Jia, now that your stroke has healed, go back and rest well."

"You've already experienced a stroke once, do you want to have another one?"

"No matter what, health is the most important thing."

After the deaf old lady finished speaking, she waved to signal everyone to go home.

Seeing that there was no show to watch, everyone went home.

The courtyard returned to peace.

Everyone knows that from today onwards, the layout of this courtyard house has completely changed.

With the Yi family's acquisition, the Jia family's plans fell through, and the feud between the two families was now completely severed.

The child that Yi Zhonghai brought back was named Yi Jiefang.

To show how much he valued his son and to completely extinguish any lingering hopes of the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai decided to hold a grand full-moon celebration for the child.

He took out most of his savings to prepare a grand banquet, inviting all the factory leaders, colleagues, and neighbors in the compound.

The news caused a sensation throughout the entire courtyard.

"Old Yi is really going all out!"

"Absolutely! This is a show of force against the Jia family!"

"That old hag from the Jia family is probably going to be so angry she'll vomit blood again."

The crowd buzzed with discussion, all eager to see what would happen.

Madam Jia was indeed very angry and stayed in bed for several days, unable to eat.