The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

"Grandma, look what Yi Zhonghai has done to my children! Isn't three times the amount a bit too little?" He Daqing immediately understood what the old lady meant and knew that she had guessed that he did not have a letter of complaint.

He immediately felt guilty. After all, Yi Zhonghai still had leverage over him. Old Madam Long was a mistress kept by a remnant of the old regime, and she had some connections; he dared not offend her.

"Your Majesty, you cannot push your luck. Three times the compensation is already quite a lot. Besides, you've only been on the run for a few months, and your child hasn't suffered much."

You'd better think this through. If your deeds are exposed, you could be sentenced to decades. Quite a few Er Gouzi were executed recently.” The old lady began to threaten He Daqing when she saw that he still dared to be greedy.

He Daqing's heart skipped a beat. "Alright, I'll let you off this time for the sake of Old Madam Long." He finished speaking and glared fiercely at Yi Zhonghai.

"Alright, since it's settled, Cuilan, go get the money."

Without hesitation, Li Cuilan took the money out of the wardrobe, counted it, and handed 5000 million yuan directly to He Daqing.

He Daqing didn't say anything, took the money and left.

After He Daqing left, the old lady asked again, "Xiao Yi, what exactly happened? How could Sha Zhu call the police? He's changed so much. Have you figured out the reason behind this?"

"Oh, old lady, Li Jianguo, who was staying in the back house a while ago, invited Sha Zhu and the others to dinner. I told him to stay away from the He family."

He told me to take care of his siblings, but not only did he refuse, he even tried to hit me. This idea was definitely suggested to Sha Zhu by him." Yi Zhonghai still looked indignant. If it weren't for Li Jianguo, none of what happened afterward would have occurred.

"You went to their door only to coerce them, without offering any incentives?" The old lady looked at Yi Zhonghai with dissatisfaction.

Yi Zhonghai paused, realizing that he had handled the matter too hastily, only thinking of using his status to suppress him.

The old lady could tell what was going on just by looking at Yi Zhonghai's expression. "Young Yi, I'm not trying to be mean, but he's still young and full of vigor. Say a few nice words to him and give him some money."

It's more effective than threatening him. These young people have a rebellious streak; the more you forbid them from doing something, the more they'll go against you.

You have to go along with him and give him some benefits, then things will be much easier.

"Since you're just a young person, I won't interfere. You handle it as you see fit. You're really getting more and more regressive as you grow older. Don't be so impulsive in the future." The old lady sighed helplessly.

"Okay, ma'am, I understand. I won't do it again." Yi Zhonghai quickly apologized, after all, he had indeed handled the matter rather carelessly.

He should have slipped some money at the time; it would have definitely worked. After all, he wasn't familiar with Sha Zhu, so how could he possibly protect the He family?

I guess I spoke too harshly at the time, and the young man got angry immediately.

"Alright, since that's the case, Cuilan, help me back. I still have some safflower oil at home, I'll take it back and put it on Xiaoyi."

"Okay." Li Cuilan helped the old lady home and brought back the bottle of safflower oil.

While applying safflower oil to Yi Zhonghai's face, Li Cuilan said, "Old Yi, what should we do about Li Jianguo's matter? Should we give him some money, or continue to target him?" Hearing the old lady's words, Li Cuilan hesitated.

"Hmph, I'll change in the future, but because of Li Jianguo, he not only broke my fingers, but also made me get a severe beating from He Daqing. He has to be dealt with."

"Breaking his leg is too lenient. Don't worry about it, just leave it at that." Yi Zhonghai closed his eyes impatiently. He still decided to take revenge on Li Jianguo.

After hearing that Yi Zhonghai and his wife had stopped talking, Li Jianguo stopped paying attention to the Yi family.

Thinking to himself that Yi Zhonghai was quite ruthless, he realized that what they meant was that they wanted to find someone to break his legs.

He thinks he's easy prey. Looks like if I don't get my revenge, I don't know how many eyes the King of Horses has.

Li Jianguo quickly came up with a good idea: cripple his hand. Did he think he could swagger around with his fitter skills as a senior technician? He'd take away his livelihood first.

At the Intermediate People's Court, Li Cuilan, under Yi Zhonghai's instructions, found Jia Dongxu and asked him to deliver a message for Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to rest at home for three days because he could barely walk and was covered in bruises from the beating. Going back to the factory would be even more humiliating.

"Master's wife, are we just going to let He Daqing off the hook like this? He dared to beat Master like this, how can we let him off so easily?" Jia Dongxu became indignant. Actually, he wasn't angry about Yi Zhonghai being beaten, but about the kick he himself had received, which left him with no chance to get revenge.

"Dongxu, the matter has been resolved. Don't cause any more trouble. Your master has his own way of handling things. Let's leave it at that." After saying that, Li Cuilan went home and continued to massage Yi Zhonghai.

At the Jia family home, Jia Dongxu asked Jia Zhangshi, "Mom, what happened? Is it because I did something wrong that He Daqing beat me up like this? And he didn't even dare to call the police? Do you know the inside story?"

Qin Huairu also looked at her mother-in-law with curiosity. After all, her mother-in-law had lived here for a long time and should know Yi Zhonghai and He Daqing best.

"Hmph, let me tell you two, Yi Zhonghai is no good."

Back then, he went around to these surrounding villages looking for widows to have his children with, doing all sorts of disgusting things. Otherwise, given your master's petty and narrow-minded nature, he'd probably want to kill He Daqing right now.

"I guess He Daqing has something on him, which is why he doesn't dare to call the police." Madam Jia glanced disdainfully in the direction of the Yi family.

Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words. Two years prior, Yi Zhonghai had approached their village.

After giving his family a sum of money, his parents agreed to let her help Yi Zhonghai's child.

Because the family was really poor at the time, they simply didn't have the money to get his brother a wife, so they had to sacrifice him.

She also wanted to marry into the city, and they hit it off immediately. She even planned to get pregnant and push Li Cuilan out of the city.

Qin Huairu couldn't conceive, so her parents suspected that Yi Zhonghai was carrying a bunch of stillborn babies and that the chances of her getting pregnant were slim.

As Yi Zhonghai visited less and less, Qin Huairu had already lost her virginity and was unable to find a husband in the village.

She was forced into this situation and had no choice but to find a scoundrel with curly hair, like Yi Zhonghai, to conceive.

Sure enough, she got pregnant after only a few times. Unexpectedly, when Yi Zhonghai, that beast, heard that she was pregnant, he refused to marry her.

Instead, she was introduced to Jia Dongxu through a matchmaker. Qin Huairu really wanted to strangle this filthy bastard, but she had no choice but to marry Jia Dongxu.

"I never imagined that Master had such a romantic past. It's unbelievable!" Jia Dongxu was shocked, never expecting that the seemingly righteous Yi Zhonghai was such a person.