Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

He had barely finished speaking when Qin Huairu started crying, "Silly Zhu, don't you trust your sister Qin? If I had money, why would I need to borrow from you?"

"Yeah, Shazhu, I only borrowed money from you because my mom had to pay compensation and fines. If my family had money, why would I need to borrow from you?"

"You're asking for money after only a few days? That's really inconsiderate!"

Sha Zhu was put on the spot by these words. Regardless of whether the Jia family had money or not, he was already pressuring them to repay the loan after only two days...

That's really a bit unreasonable; it's like taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

"...But Sister Qin, you've borrowed quite a bit from me before..."

Tears streamed down Qin Huairu's face like a broken string of pearls: "Silly Zhu, are you trying to force your sister Qin to her death?"

Sha Zhu was truly at his wit's end; he simply couldn't bear to see Qin Huairu cry.

Then he looked at Zhang Dabiao with a dejected expression: "Dabiao, just tell me what your idea is. I can't bring myself to go and collect debts from my orphaned and widowed neighbors."

Xu Damao: "An orphan and a widow? Jia Dongxu is still alive!"

"Hahahaha—" Everyone burst into laughter again.

Sha Zhu wanted to hit Xu Damao, but with Director Wang there, it wasn't appropriate, so he could only hold back.

Zhang Dabiao thought for a moment and then said, "Silly Zhu, silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai just compensated your family with 2400 yuan, and you lent 300 to the Jia family and 2000 to Yi Zhonghai. Jia Dongxu has also recognized Yi Zhonghai as his godfather, so they are now a family, while you only have 100 yuan to spare... In your condition, I'm worried that He Yushui might really starve to death if she follows you."

Sha Zhu was ashamed, but he turned his head and snorted, "My affairs are none of your business."

"Putting everything else aside, you've spent an uncountable amount of money raising rainwater over the years. So, forget about the 400."

"You don't want it anymore?" Sha Zhu was surprised. Was Zhang Da Biao really that easy to talk to?

"But as her brother, and since she's in high school and the school is far away, it's not unreasonable for you to buy your own sister a bicycle, right? A secondhand one is fine too."

Sha Zhu thought about it and realized that a second-hand bicycle would only cost a little over a hundred yuan, which he could afford if he squeezed in the money.

Moreover, this way, there's no need to force Sister Qin's family to return the 300 yuan, and I won't have to be the bad guy. As for the money Sister Qin borrowed before, we'll talk about it later.

perfect!

So Sha Zhu nodded and readily agreed, "No problem, I'll buy it for you after I get paid in a few days."

Qin Huairu wanted to step forward to stop them, because in her subconscious mind, all of that money belonged to the Jia family!

Whether it's Sha Zhu's or Yi Zhonghai's money, it's all Jia family's money.

However, she really couldn't speak up at this juncture, because it was a matter between Shazhu and Yushui, siblings.

Zhang Dabiao then provoked Sha Zhu, saying, "Well, you said it yourself, Sha Zhu."

Sha Zhu said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I'm a man of my word, I'll never go back on my promise."

"Alright, let's talk about revenge next..."

Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai were both stunned: "What? What you just said wasn't revenge?"

Zhang Dabiao rolled his eyes: "This is nothing! Yi Zhonghai, that 2000 yuan you gave me should have gone to Yushui. Shazhu buying Yushui a car is his responsibility as an older brother. How can this be considered revenge?"

Everyone was surprised, but only Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng nodded in agreement, saying that this made sense.

Zhang Dabiao retaliated by ruining my wedding—Xu Damao;

Liu Guangqi (who was not present today) ruined my wedding and my plans for a third-tier city.

"It almost bankrupted my family" - Yan Jiecheng.

So how could we possibly let you off so easily, especially you silly Zhu? That's completely impossible!

If Zhang Dabiao lets you, Sha Zhu, go, we'll be the first to object!

Sha Zhu said impatiently, "What do you want revenge for? Hurry up and do it, I'm ready!"

"It's no big deal. All I did was agree with you that day and suggest you give your workstation to the Dong brothers as compensation, right?"

"You didn't give it to me, so you didn't lose out. You're still holding a grudge, and you still have the nerve to call yourself a man."

Sha Zhu didn't care, but Yi Zhonghai was scared. Wasn't taking 2000 yuan considered revenge?

I wrote it down three times in Zhang Dabiao's little notebook!

If they really retaliate, what will become of them?

"Da Biao, when will this cycle of revenge end..." Yi Zhonghai hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Shut up, or I'll double the punishment if you annoy me. I won't care about accidental injuries anymore."

[You can even play it like this?]

Everyone was waiting for Zhang Dabiao's "revenge," so he said directly: "Because Sha Zhu took care of Yu Shui too casually, Yu Shui, who is a cook's sister, has become so hungry that she has stomach problems, is extremely thin and malnourished, and the 2400 yuan that others gave to Yu Shui was lent out in less than a week."

"Besides, they're on the same household registration, and their rations are distributed together. But Sha Zhu turned around and lent out both of their rations. Sha Zhu can eat and drink his fill at the factory, but every time he brings back a lunchbox, Qin Huairu snatches it away. Are you trying to starve your own sister to death?"

"So—I think Sha Zhu didn't fulfill his responsibility as an older brother, nor was he able to properly raise He Yushui, and He Yushui is now old enough to take care of herself."

"Here I would like to make a suggestion to the subdistrict office and the women's federation—" (Director Wang is the director of the subdistrict office, the director of the women's federation, and the director of the neighborhood committee; she holds all these positions.)

"Sha Zhu and He Yushui should separate their household registrations so that He Yushui can have her own ration and won't have to worry about her brother inexplicably lending out her ration every month, leaving her to go hungry."

"Holy crap?!"

"In addition, the room where He Yushui lives will be registered under her own name, so that her clueless older brother might lend the house out at any time, leaving He Yushui with nowhere to stay."

"Holy crap?!"

"Please have the neighborhood committee and the Women's Federation consider the actual situation of He Yushui and Shazhu and make a decision."

"Holy crap?!"

Everyone was stunned—

Sha Zhu only echoed a sentence that day, and Zhang Dabiao, you didn't lose anything.

You say you want revenge? Fine, you're right.

But it didn't say your revenge was to force them to split up their family property!

They're even allocating housing?!

Damn it, aren't you forcing the He siblings to become enemies?!

This is really... really unethical, extremely unethical!

Even He Yushui was stunned. She instinctively didn't want to, although she was also disappointed in Sha Zhu, but it didn't have to be like this!

Yi Zhonghai was terrified; this retaliation was outrageous...

How will he get revenge on me later? I'm three times that amount!

"Zhang Dabiao, you've gone too far! You wish the He family would be torn apart, don't you?!"

"Oh my goodness, this is utterly immoral! Silly Zhu, you can't listen to his nonsense!"

"Da Biao, you've gone a bit too far..."

"Holy crap, Da Biao, that's ruthless!"

"You're so naughty, but I love it!" [What kind of weird thing got mixed in here?]

"Zhang Dabiao, are you even human? Let's fight one-on-one if you dare! You're harassing Yushui, you're bullying my sister!"

Liu Pangpang was about to say something to show off his presence, but he held back when he remembered Liu Guangqi's instructions.

Liu Guangqi went to see his wife today and wasn't there, which made Liu Pangpang a little uneasy.

The other middle-aged and elderly comrades, such as Xu Fugui and Yan Bugui, remained silent, watching with amusement as Zhang Dabiao prepared to do something else.

"Brother Da Biao, please don't do this, you're scaring me—"

He Yushui panicked and didn't know what to do.

Zhang Dabiao looked at him and finally only offered one piece of advice—

"Rainwater, you are my whole life..."

Have you ever risked your life for yourself?