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

No one cared about the rain, and she was hungry. She went to Yi Zhonghai, the Jia family, and the deaf old woman to beg for food, but none of them gave her any. However, Aunt Liu secretly gave her quite a bit of food and told her not to tell anyone and to pretend that nothing had happened.

In addition, the Xu and Zhang families often helped with rainwater from time to time. In those days, it was common for children to grow up eating food from many families.

To be fair, Liu Cuilan really appreciated the rainwater.

Therefore, everyone looked at He Yushui, and Liu Cuilan also looked at her with longing.

Rainwater was in a dilemma, so it turned to look at Zhang Dabiao.

"Rain, you have a grudge against Yi Zhonghai, but not much to do with Aunt Liu."

"She can't say she doesn't know about Yi Zhonghai embezzling your living expenses, but she probably wouldn't dare to say it, after all, she's Yi Zhonghai's wife."

Whether or not you are willing to recognize her as your godmother is entirely up to you.

Rainwater bit her lip and looked at Shazhu again.

Sha Zhu scratched his head: "Rain, it's up to you."

"But this lady really helped us a lot. Even if we don't recognize her as our godmother, it's only right that we take care of her in her old age."

That silly Zhu actually said something sensible.

Then Yu Shui nodded: "Aunt Liu, I'm willing to recognize you as my godmother."

Liu Cuilan's tears immediately fell: "Good child, good child..."

She sobbed, not knowing what to say.

He Yushui rushed forward and hugged her, and the two women burst into tears.

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu sensed the crisis. Liu Cuilan had recognized He Yushui as her goddaughter, so wouldn't He Yushui have to have half of what the Yi family owned in the future?

The Jia family really lost out!

Yi Zhonghai instinctively wanted to refuse, but just as he and Jia Dongxu were about to say something, Liu Cuilan slapped them across the face, leaving them aside.

"Yi Zhonghai! If you want to acknowledge Jia Dongxu, go ahead! I don't care! I'm not acknowledging any of the Jia family's kinship!"

"It's my business whether I adopt Yushui as my goddaughter! Her adopting her is my business and has nothing to do with you!"

"How about we get a divorce and go our separate ways? Or we can stay together, but you have to hand over half your salary every month so I can save up for my daughter's dowry!"

"You decide what to do!"

Yi Zhonghai was dumbfounded. Regardless of whether they got divorced or not, he would have to give away half of his money!

He never expected things to turn out this way.

Daughter, what good is a daughter? Once she's married, she belongs to someone else's family. You'd be better off acknowledging Sha Zhu than Yu Shui!

At this moment, Zhang Dabiao shouted, "Yushui, while Director Wang and everyone else are here, hurry up and serve tea to your godmother!"

All the young people cheered and encouraged them, because it was a good thing. Yushui lacked maternal love, and Liu Cuilan had always wanted a child; the two of them already had a good relationship.

One is missing a mother, and the other is missing a child. Isn't this a natural outcome?

Yu Shui hurriedly and cheerfully served Liu Cuilan a cup of tea, and respectfully kowtowed three times, which was much more sincere than Jia Dongxu's.

This scene infuriated Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu.

Finally, Liu Cuilan shouted at Yi Zhonghai, "Yi Zhonghai, give me a straight answer about whether we're getting a divorce or not!"

She divorced him and took 6% of the family fortune.

If they don't leave, they have to hand over half of their monthly salary.

What else could Yi Zhonghai do? He had no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils.

The old deaf man, fearing that Yi Zhonghai would get angry, also advised him that if he left, who would cook and deliver meals to the old lady?

Yi Zhonghai could only agree to the option of handing over half of his monthly salary without getting a divorce.

With Director Wang and everyone in the hospital as witnesses, he wouldn't dare go back on his word. Even if Liu Cuilan brought up divorce again after he broke his promise, he could still get 6% of the family property.

Moreover, since the rainwater is in the next house, moving there is considered moving house.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest, but he had to hold it in.

Zhang Dabiao is here to ruin his family!

Director Wang felt that was enough, and Yi Zhonghai was also preparing to go back to his room to lie down, but Zhang Dabiao started causing trouble again.

"Everyone, wait a moment. There's a third act of retaliation coming. Why are you all in such a hurry to leave?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed, "There's more?!"

A chill ran from his heels straight to the top of his head—this was Zhang Dabiao's revenge…

That's fucking ruthless!

Yi Zhonghai accidentally felt a mouthful of blood rise to his head, but he forced it back down.

"Zhang Dabiao, killing someone is just a matter of beheading! What more do you want?"

"You've already made me suffer so much, do you want to kill me too?"

Led by Director Wang, Liu Pangpang, Xu Damao, Shazhu, and others, they all tried to persuade Zhang Dabiao.

"Da Biao, that's enough. If this continues, Yi Zhonghai might suffer a stroke and die on the spot!"

Everyone could see that Yi Zhonghai's face was flushed, and something was wrong.

It's fine to retaliate against someone; it's reasonable and legal. But don't actually cause someone's death.

Zhang Dabiao lit another cigarette: "Alright, this third act of revenge concerns everyone. It can make Yi Zhonghai cough up a lot of money. Are you sure you don't want me to take revenge?"

When it was mentioned that everyone would receive money, everyone became interested.

Especially Yan Bugui—"So, Da Biao, why don't you get some more revenge?"

Yan Bugui has no shame. Anyway, he and Zhang Dabiao have settled their scores, so he doesn't care anymore. I'm already like this, what am I afraid of?

If it can make money—then we must support it!

Director Wang... people are truly speechless when they're speechless.

"Da Biao, you speak."

"After Yi Zhonghai became an elder, and after the Jia family had a son, he would occasionally organize donations in the courtyard to help the Jia family."

"The neighborhood committee has regulations that require donations to be registered, so what he did constitutes illegal fundraising."

"And if we donate, or donate too little, Yi Zhonghai will make veiled accusations and engage in moral blackmail, and he'll even unleash his dogs... no, he'll unleash Sha Zhu to beat people up."

"Hahahahahaha—" Everyone was amused by Zhang Dabiao's words again. Wasn't this clearly saying that Yi Zhonghai was releasing dogs through the gate?

You know what, it's really a vivid description!

Director Wang asked seriously, "Is that so?"

Xu Damao jumped up and pointed at Sha Zhu, saying, "Director Wang, I can testify that every time I refused to give or gave less, Yi Zhonghai would release Sha Zhu to beat me!"

"I can also testify that Sha Zhu hit me!"

"And me!"

"besides……"

The crowd was in an uproar; quite a few people in the courtyard had been beaten by Sha Zhu.

Although Sha Zhu blushed, he remained arrogant: "That's because you have no compassion!"

"Qin Jie's family is struggling financially! What's wrong with donating some money?"

"Especially you, Xu Damao, you're always the one instigating the refusal to donate. Your conscience is black; who else should we beat if not you!"

He didn't feel he had done anything wrong at all.

Yi Zhonghai quickly added, "Director Wang, it's because the Jia family is really in dire straits!"

"Dongxu is a first-class worker. His ration supports his family of five. He is a poor household in our compound."

"As one of the older folks in our compound, organizing everyone to help those in need isn't a big deal, is it?"

Fundamentally, Yi Zhonghai did not believe he had done anything wrong.

Director Wang gets annoyed when he talks about supporting five people on his own. Back then, he tried every trick in the book to persuade Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu to change their household registration to urban, but they just wouldn't listen because they wanted the little bit of grain they had in the fields in the countryside.

Now things are much better. The land has been taken back to collective ownership, and the entire countryside has been transformed into people's communes. There are no more private plots, and no more hiring people to farm and distribute grain. There's not a single loophole left to exploit. The Jia family really brought this upon themselves.

But now is not the time to talk about the number of people. Director Wang looked at Zhang Dabiao—[Since you brought it up, then be more specific. You must have a backup plan, right?]

"Whether the Jia family is in trouble or not, I don't care, and I'm too lazy to care. Anyway, I know that Jia Zhangshi has a gold ring, and they also have a sewing machine. How many families in our courtyard have that?"

"What I want to say is that in the past three years, at six consecutive all-staff meetings, donations have been made to the Jia family, and only to the Jia family. Aren't there several families in our compound that don't even have a single formally employed member?"

"Then why is everyone donating to the Jia family, and only to the Jia family? Master initiated the donation drive, but only donated to his disciple's family. This is practically encouraging the entire academy to support his disciple's family!"

"The key is each time and only!" Zhang Dabiao emphasized.

"So think about this carefully, you guys."