Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

Chapter 117 Xu Damao has gone mad!

In the dead of night, the cold wind was like a knife.

The gate of the Hongxing Courtyard was suddenly pushed open.

Xu Damao, carrying half a bottle of Erguotou liquor, staggered across the threshold.

His military overcoat was open, and his tie was askew.

Her hair, which was always neatly combed, was now a mess.

Her face still bore traces of wet tears and a frenzied flush.

After leaving the factory, he went to a small tavern and got completely drunk.

They had to come back when the place closed and asked them to leave.

That letter from Hong Kong was like a red-hot branding iron, repeatedly searing his heart.

"Hehe...hehehe..."

Xu Damao lowered his head and let out a creepy, silly laugh.

He pressed his hand tightly against his chest, in the pocket closest to his body, where the photo of his son was kept.

That was his lifeline, and also the greatest pain of his life!

Upon entering the courtyard, Xu Damao immediately spotted the dark room next to the main house, which was sealed off.

That's Sha Zhu's house.

Just yesterday, Sha Zhu froze to death at the door, becoming a lonely ghost with no one to claim his body.

This morning, Xu Damao set off a thousand-shot "Big Red" firecrackers for this occasion, and was as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.

But now, looking at that dark window, Xu Damao suddenly felt that he was no different from that deadbeat Sha Zhu.

"He...He Yuzhu!"

Xu Damao suddenly stopped and smashed the wine bottle in his hand on the steps in front of Sha Zhu's house.

"Snap!"

The sound of shattering glass rang out in the quiet of the night, waking up the neighbors who had just fallen asleep.

"You damned eunuch! You childless bastard! Come out here!"

Xu Damao pointed at the tightly closed door and roared, "Are you laughing at me from down there?"

"Do you think that since you and I both have no descendants, we're even?"

"Pah! Who said we're even?!"

"I...I have a son!"

Xu Damao waved his arms, "My son is in Hong Kong! He lives in a big villa! He drives a car!"

"Yes...yes, he's the billionaire's son! I'm the billionaire's father!"

"Waaaah...but I don't dare to recognize it."

"I don't even dare to look at him..."

In the front yard, Yan Bugui, wearing a cotton-padded coat, opened the window a crack.

Seeing Xu Damao crying and laughing in the snow, I shrank back in fright.

"What nonsense is Xu Damao spouting?"

"Is he out of his mind?"

The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Qin Huairu was woken up by the noise and looked at Xu Damao outside through the crack in the window with a furrowed brow.

She couldn't hear clearly what Xu Damao was specifically shouting about "Hong Kong" and "son," and assumed he was just drunk and acting crazy.

"Da Mao! Da Mao, what are you doing?!"

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the backyard.

Qin Jingru ran out with her hair disheveled, and when she saw Xu Damao's appearance, she was terrified.

"Stop shouting! People will hear and laugh at us!"

Qin Jingru struggled to lift the completely drunk Xu Damao, saying, "You may be happy that Sha Zhu is dead, but why are you drinking so much horse piss?"

"Get out of my way! You barren hen!"

Xu Damao shoved Qin Jingru aside, pointed at her nose, and cursed, "If it weren't for you..."

"If it weren't for you useless women...would I be unable to even acknowledge my own son?"

Qin Jingru was pushed and stumbled, feeling extremely wronged.

But seeing Xu Damao's bloodshot eyes, she didn't dare to talk back.

He could only grit his teeth and drag him back to the Xu family's backyard.

......

As soon as he entered the room, Xu Damao was thrown onto the bed.

"Water...I want to drink water..."

Xu Damao rolled around on the bed, muttering incoherently.

Qin Jingru sighed. Although she was angry, she still had to serve him.

She turned around, poured a glass of hot water, and brought it to the bedside.

"Drink it! It'll scald you!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Damao suddenly waved his hand and roared, "Don't touch me! I have a son!"

"My gold bars... gold bars for my son..."

"Snapped!"

He knocked over the cup of boiling water, which landed squarely on the thermos on the bedside table.

The thermos also tipped over, spilling boiling water all over the floor.

"oops!"

Qin Jingru screamed and quickly jumped away.

The water flowed down the floor to the corner of the wall, where the floor and the wall meet.

Fearing that the water would seep in and damage the foundation, Qin Jingru quickly grabbed a shovel to dig out the water from the wet baseboard and wipe it dry.

This shovel, however, led to an unexpected outcome.

"Click".

The baseboard that originally looked very sturdy was actually loose.

When the shovel touched it, a blue brick behind it also shook.

Qin Jingru was taken aback.

She subconsciously squatted down and reached out to pry the loose blue brick outwards.

The brick was easily removed, revealing a dark hole behind it.

Qin Jingru's heart skipped a beat.

Is there something inside this wall?

She glanced back at Xu Damao, who was still babbling incoherently on the bed, swallowed hard, and reached her trembling hand into the hole.

My fingertips touched something cold and hard.

With a strong pull, a heavy iron box was pulled out.

Under the dim light, Qin Jingru opened the somewhat rusty iron box.

The next second, she was almost blinded by the light.

"Oh my god!"

Qin Jingru covered her mouth, almost crying out.

Inside the box, five gleaming gold bars were neatly stacked!

Underneath those gold bars was a thick wad of ten-yuan notes, worth at least two or three thousand yuan!

In an era when the average wage was only a few dozen yuan, this was a huge sum of money that could drive anyone crazy!

Qin Jingru was completely dumbfounded.

She had been working like a slave in the Xu family for so many years, and Xu Damao only gave her a few dollars a month to buy groceries. If she spent even a little more, she would be scolded.

But to my surprise, this bastard had been hiding so much money from her!

"The gold bars... were for my son... they're all for my son!"

Xu Damao on the bed was still muttering incoherently.

Qin Jingru turned around abruptly and stared intently at Xu Damao.

His eyes went from shock to anger, and finally to a chilling cold.

That's it!

No wonder he was shouting "I have a son!" in the yard just now!

No wonder he's always been wary of me!

It turns out he had a son outside the marriage!

All this money was saved up for that bastard child!

"You bastard Xu Damao...you're treating me like a fool!"

Qin Jingru gripped the iron box, her expression growing increasingly furious.