Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 260 Qin Huairu beats Jia Zhangshi, Jia Zhangshi summons the spirit of the three-year-old.

Qin Huairu pursed her lips, said nothing, and sat on the bed, feeling wronged and sulking to herself.

"Qin Huairu, I'm asking you, where are the chickens, ducks, and fish?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

"Mom, Jingru won't give it to me. She had Aunt Wu kill all the chickens, ducks, and fish for her. If you're capable, go find Jingru yourself. Don't ask me to do this kind of thing again," Qin Huairu said, sounding aggrieved.

"Well, Qin Huairu, you've really grown up. You're useless, yet you dare to talk back to me? If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'm not Zhang Xiaohua."

With a loud cry, Madam Jia Zhang stretched out her Nine Yin White Bone Claw and reached out to pinch Qin Huairu. She was determined to teach Qin Huairu a lesson today. Dongxu had only been gone for a few days, and Qin Huairu dared to talk to her like that. If she didn't let Qin Huairu know how many eyes the Prince Ma had, wouldn't Qin Huairu become even more unruly?

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi was about to hit her again, Qin Huairu's eyes flashed with a fierce look. She stood up and pushed Jia Zhangshi away before Jia Zhangshi could even grab her arm.

"Bang!"

Qin Huairu pushed Jia Zhangshi, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground, knocking over the table in the process.

Madam Jia sat on the ground, looking as if she had seen a ghost. After a long while, she finally screamed:

"Qin Huairu, you dare hit me? I'll scratch you to death!"

Jia Zhangshi stood up and rushed towards Qin Huairu, her Nine Yin White Bone Claws, covered in mud, reaching for Qin Huairu's face.

When Qin Huairu saw Jia Zhangshi grabbing at her, she kicked Jia Zhangshi without thinking.

"Ouch."

Jia Zhangshi was kicked to the ground, and her hand hit the table, tearing off a piece of skin from her hand, which made her scream in pain.

"Qin Huairu, you dare hit me? I'll fight you to the death!"

Jia Zhangshi's eyes turned red. She shouted, stood up, and charged towards Qin Huairu like a wild boar.

Qin Huairu dodged to the side, avoiding Jia Zhangshi's charge, and with a forceful push, knocked Jia Zhangshi to the ground again.

"what!"

Jia Zhangshi bumped her head on the table again, this time hitting the corner of the table hard. She winced in pain, and a big bump instantly appeared on her head.

When Jia Zhangshi realized that she seemed no match for Qin Huairu, she let out a deafening scream:

"Qin Huairu, how dare you hit your mother?! Help! Help! This is outrageous! A daughter-in-law is hitting her mother-in-law!"

Jia Zhangshi's screams were extremely piercing. The doors to her house were not closed, and everyone in the courtyard heard her screams and rushed out of their houses to check.

Wang Feng was drinking tea inside when he heard Jia Zhangshi's loud shout. He threw down his teacup and ran towards the Jia family's house.

Qin Jingru had just handed the chickens, ducks, and fish to Aunt Wu and had just returned to the central courtyard when she heard Jia Zhangshi's loud shout. She knew there must be a good show to watch, so she quickly ran towards the Jia family's house.

Qin Huairu just stared at Jia Zhangshi without saying a word. Now that Jia Dongxu was gone, if she was still bullied by this wicked mother-in-law and used as a punching bag every day, being hit and scolded at will, how could she live her life in the future?

Sooner or later, we'll have to confront Jia Zhangshi anyway, so it doesn't matter whether it happens sooner or later.

When Madam Jia saw that Qin Huairu didn't speak, she immediately became anxious, slapping her thigh and shouting:

"Old Jia! Dongxu! Come up and take a look! Qin Huairu dares to hit me now! How am I supposed to live like this? Come up and take her away!"

"Dongxu! You've only been gone a few days, and your wife dares to lay a hand on me! I can't live anymore! I can't live anymore! Come up here and take Qin Huairu away!"

Jia Zhangshi's two fat, short legs kept kicking the ground, and her hands were clapping rhythmically.

Wang Feng was the first to rush over. When he saw Jia Zhangshi sitting on the ground again, performing a ritual to summon the spirit of Qin Huairu, and even having Jia Dongxu take Qin Huairu away, he immediately laughed.

Qin Jingru was the second to run over, and behind her, people from the courtyard continued to run over to see what was going on.

Seeing so many people in the courtyard, Jia Zhangshi remained seated on the ground, pointing at Qin Huairu and shouting:

"Everyone, please be the judge! My daughter-in-law hit her mother-in-law! I can't live anymore! I can't live anymore!"

When everyone in the courtyard heard that Qin Huairu had hit Jia Zhangshi, they all showed expressions of disbelief.

"Jia Zhangshi, you're saying Qin Huairu hit you? I think it must be you who hit Qin Huairu, you've got it backwards!" Old Hu mocked with a smile.

"That's right, Jia Zhangshi, you always take your anger out on Qin Huairu, either hitting or scolding her. You say Qin Huairu would dare to hit you? I, Old Zhang, don't believe it for a second."

"Jia Zhangshi, it's New Year's Eve today, can't you just shut up for once? Qin Huairu goes to work every day, and when she comes back she still has to cook and do housework for you. Just be a decent human being. If you're this mean, you'll be going to the eighteenth level of hell after you die."

"Mrs. Jia, your Jia Dongxu is gone, and now your whole family depends on Qin Huairu for support. You still treat Qin Huairu the same way as before. Aren't you afraid she'll run away?"

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, none of them believing that Qin Huairu had hit Jia Zhangshi, and they all spoke up for Qin Huairu, which made Jia Zhangshi feel very aggrieved.

"It really was Qin Huairu who hit my mother! I can't live anymore! I can't live anymore!"

"Old Jia! Dongxu! Come up here quickly! Qin Huairu hit me! Nobody in the courtyard believes me! They're all bad people! Come up here and take them away!"

"Mrs. Jia, today is New Year's Eve! If you dare to summon spirits again, believe me, I'll go to the neighborhood office and tell Director Wang right now!" Old Hu shouted.

"On New Year's Eve, when we summon the spirit of Jia Zhangshi, I think we should send you back to the countryside. You're such a bad omen."

"So what if I summon my spirit? Anyone who dares to tell Director Wang at the neighborhood office will be my lifelong nemesis!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Seeing this, everyone cursed their bad luck in secret, but they couldn't do anything about Jia Zhangshi. They really didn't dare to offend this crazy woman, Jia Zhangshi, over such a small matter.

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears, looking aggrieved, and said to everyone in the courtyard:

"Ladies and aunties, please be my judges. Just now, Jingru took chickens, ducks and fish to Aunt Wu for help to kill them. My mother-in-law told me to go and take over the job of killing chickens and ducks from Aunt Wu. I talked to Jingru about it, and Jingru said that she had already talked to Aunt Wu."

"When I got home, my mother-in-law scolded me for being useless and even tried to hit me. Then she tripped and fell on the ground. What do you all think? Was this my fault?"

Seeing Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance, everyone chose to believe her.

"Qin Huairu, you're lying! She's deceiving you! You have to believe me! Qin Huairu, you hit me and you won't admit it! You'll die a horrible death!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.