My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 121: Slap in the Face

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai, sitting at the table, blushed deeply. He felt that he had been tricked by Qin Huairu, and his strong sense of justice had instantly become a joke.

Before anyone could fully react, Yi Zhonghai slammed his hand on the table, the loud bang silencing the entire room. He abruptly stood up, pointed at Qin Huairu, and roared, "Qin Huairu, you tell me! Are you sure what you just said was the truth?"

Faced with Yi Zhonghai's stern questioning, Qin Huairu simply kept her head down, remaining silent, her shoulders trembling slightly as she mechanically nodded.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai's anger finally erupted. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Fine! Since that's how it is, then from now on, the Jia family can handle its own affairs!"

After saying that, he didn't give anyone else a chance to speak, turned around and left, leaving the crowd in the courtyard looking at each other in bewilderment.

All eyes turned to Qin Huairu once more, their gazes filled with complex emotions. Some lamented her cowardice, some mocked her fickleness, some sneered at her apparent disapproval, and of course, there was Jia Zhangshi's barely concealed smugness.

Originally, everyone thought today would be a scene of condemning Jia Zhangshi, but the plot twisted so quickly.

Seeing Qin Huairu's appearance, the middle-aged woman was so angry that her chest heaved. In the end, she could only angrily say, "You'd better watch yourself!" After saying that, she turned around and chased after Yi Zhonghai.

Qin Huairu collapsed to the ground, tears blurring her vision. She knew very well that in this courtyard, offending Yi Zhonghai was equivalent to offending the three stewards; offending the three stewards was equivalent to offending everyone in the courtyard.

From now on, she will have a very difficult time moving around in this courtyard.

But looking at the sticky thing clinging tightly to her clothes, she knew she had no choice.

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the crowd left the central courtyard in twos and threes. Only Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, and Banggeng remained standing in the courtyard.

Seeing Qin Huairu's appearance, Madam Jia Zhang was full of disdain and scolded her directly, "Alright, stop crying and go home!"

Qin Huairu dared not refute, so she could only wipe away her tears, hold onto the stick, and follow Jia Zhangshi back to the Jia family with her head down.

Meanwhile, Yi Zhonghai returned home, closed the bedroom door, and slammed his fist on the table again in anger. Pointing at an older woman, he said, "Look at you, meddling in other people's business! You made me stand up for Qin Huairu, and now she's made a fool of me! Do you know how humiliated I am today?"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, the older woman also started to sob, saying, "Old Yi, I don't know what happened. Everyone saw what happened to the Jia family today. I thought Qin Huairu was so pitiful, and you're an elder, so you should help her. Who knew she would say something like that at the meeting?"

Although Yi Zhonghai was angry, he knew that the matter couldn't be entirely blamed on the old woman, so he waved his hand and said impatiently, "Alright, stop crying. From now on, don't ask about the Jia family's affairs anymore. Let them fend for themselves!"

In the backyard, at Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Haizhong was happily drinking a little wine with a plate of eggs, overjoyed.

The second aunt looked at Liu Haizhong and said with a smile, "Old Liu, Yi Zhonghai really embarrassed himself today."

Liu Haizhong picked up a piece of food and said with a smug smile, "Yeah, right! Before the meeting, Yi Zhonghai even consulted with us, saying he wanted to deal with the Jia family and make Jia Zhangshi shut up. But who would have thought that Qin Huairu would go back on her word and betray him?"

The second aunt leaned closer and asked curiously, "Old Liu, do you know why Qin Huairu suddenly changed her tune?"

Liu Haizhong thought for a moment, then shook his head, looking puzzled. "I don't know. How would I know? The Jia family's affairs are really strange!"

Liu Haizhong then added, "No matter what, Yi Zhonghai has really lost face today."

Liu Guangtian stared at the eggs on the plate, his mouth watering. Taking advantage of Liu Haizhong's inattention, he reached out to take a bite, but as soon as his chopsticks were extended, Liu Haizhong slapped them away.

Liu Haizhong glared at him: "What are you doing?"

Liu Guangtian withdrew his hand and muttered softly, "Dad, you have so many eggs, can I have a bite?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong flew into a rage: "Try it my foot! If you had your older brother's skills, I'd get you meat, let alone eggs!"

Liu Guangtian's eyes immediately welled up with tears of grievance, and he cursed Liu Haizhong in his heart: He has always favored Liu Guangqi since childhood, and all the good things go to the eldest brother. My younger brother and I are just punching bags in this family!

The second aunt, standing to the side, glanced at Liu Guangtian with a look of disdain and said, "Aren't you free to eat the food on this table? Eat whatever you want, why do you have to eat your dad's eggs? Don't you know our whole family depends on your dad? You have absolutely no sense of propriety."

Liu Guangtian listened to his mother's scolding without saying a word, only lowering his head and gnawing hard on the cornbread in his hand. Liu Guangfu, standing to the side, was so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to breathe.

At this moment, Aunt Er suddenly seemed to remember something, turned to look at Liu Haizhong, and said with a smile, "Old Liu, Guangqi's marriage has been settled. Shouldn't we go and prepare the meat and vegetables for the wedding these days? In these days, meat is a rare commodity."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said, "I know about this, but I'm also worried about it. You know, these days, everything is in short supply. Even if I had money, I wouldn't know where to spend it."

Auntie Er's mind raced, and her eyes lit up. She said, "Old Liu, why don't you ask Zhang Lei in the back building? Isn't he a purchasing agent? I see the smell of meat coming from his house every day. Maybe he has a way to get this meat and vegetables."

Hearing his aunt's words, Liu Haizhong immediately beamed with joy, slapping his thigh and saying, "You know what, that really works! Although Zhang Lei isn't very respectful to me usually, it seems he has quite a few connections lately. I heard he can get two thousand catties of meat from the factory every month!"

When Aunt Er heard about two thousand catties of meat, she was startled and said, "Old Liu, are you serious?"

Liu Haizhong said seriously, "Is this even a lie? I see Old Zhang from the cafeteria's logistics department every day, and he's told me about it several times."

Upon hearing this, Auntie Er excitedly exclaimed, "Then let's go find him after we finish eating, let's go find Zhang Lei!"

Liu Haizhong waved his hand and said, "What's the rush? What time is it now? Why are you still going to see them? Let's wait until tomorrow. I'll take a bottle of wine with me tomorrow, so it'll be easier to talk to Zhang Lei that way."

After thinking about it, Auntie Er realized that it made sense, so she stopped urging him.