Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 238 Jia Dongxu's Body Carried to Zhang's Courtyard

The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Madam Jia sat at the doorway, mending the soles of her shoes, basking in the sun, humming a little tune, in a very good mood.

Today is the day Jia Dongxu is taking the Level 38 worker assessment. Dongxu is very confident that she has a high chance of passing the assessment. As long as Dongxu passes the assessment, her salary will increase to 5 yuan, and her retirement money will also increase from three yuan to four yuan.

Old Hu and a few others from the courtyard passed by the Jia family's house and saw Jia Zhangshi still humming a tune. Old Hu couldn't help but tease her:

"Oh, Jia Zhangshi, did you find some money today? You seem to be in a good mood?"

"Hahaha, old man Hu, my Dongxu got promoted to a second-level worker today, and his salary is 38.5 yuan. Of course I'm happy!" Jia Zhangshi laughed loudly.

Old Hu scoffed, "Heh, Jia Zhangshi, how many times has your Jia Dongxu taken the exam? Are you really sure he'll pass today? Everyone knows your Jia Dongxu is a lifelong first-class worker!"

"Yes, Madam Jia, the happier you are now, the sadder you will be when you find out the result. I advise you not to have too high expectations for your Jia Dongxu."

"That's right. I've been a level one worker for nine years. My second son became a level two worker in his second year at the factory, and I haven't even shown off. Maybe my second son will be promoted to level three worker today."

Jia Zhangshi glared fiercely at Lao Hu and the others, and began to curse:

"Get out, get out! All of you, get out of here! How dare you say my Dongxu can't pass the test? If Dongxu really doesn't pass the test today, I'll never forgive you! You bunch of jinxes!"

"Alright, alright, let's see if your Jia Dongxu can pass the test today."

After Lao Hu finished speaking, he and the others turned and left.

They had only taken a couple of steps when three men in steel mill uniforms arrived at the Jia family's house. These three were Guo Daliang, the workshop foreman, and two workers. Guo Daliang asked Old Hu:

"Comrade, may I ask which room is Jia Dongxu's house?"

Old Hu pointed to Jia Zhangshi behind him: "She's Jia Dongxu's mother. You're from the steel rolling mill? What's the matter?"

Having found the person in question, Guo Daliang did not answer Lao Hu's question, but simply nodded at him and walked towards Jia Zhangshi.

Old Hu and his companions felt somewhat confused, so they stopped walking and followed behind the three men. They wanted to see what the people from the steel mill could want with Jia Dongxu at this time.

The three approached Jia Zhangshi, and Guo Daliang went straight to the point, asking, "Are you Jia Dongxu's mother?"

Jia Zhangshi put down the shoe sole she was holding, glanced at the three of them with her triangular eyes, and asked suspiciously, "Yes, what's wrong? Did my Dongxu get promoted to a second-level worker and send you to inform me?"

"Well."

Guo Daliang was speechless for a moment. He took a deep breath and mustered his courage to say, "Aunt Jia, hello. I am Jia Dongxu's workshop director. I am very sorry to inform you that your Jia Dongxu had an accident during his work performance assessment today. He got caught in a machine."

"What? What did you just say? Say it again! What did you say about my Dongxu?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Guo Daliang sighed: "Jia Dongxu got caught in the machine and died."

"You're the one who's dead! Your whole family is dead! How dare you curse my Dongxu! I'll scratch you to death!"

Jia Zhangshi yelled, threw the sole of her shoe on the ground, stood up, and used her Nine Yin White Bone Claw to scratch Guo Daliang's face.

"what!"

Guo Daliang never expected that Jia Dongxu's mother would attack him. Caught off guard, his face was immediately scratched and left with a bloody mark.

Guo Daliang covered his face and shouted as he explained, "Aunt Jia, I'm telling the truth! Jia Dongxu really had an accident. His body is still outside the yard; they haven't brought it in yet."

"You dare curse my Dongxu? I'll never forgive you! Die!"

With a roar, Jia Zhangshi charged like a wild boar, sending Guo Daliang flying a meter away. Then she landed on top of him, unleashing a flurry of attacks with her Nine Yin White Bone Claw.

"Aww!"

Guo Daliang almost fainted when Jia Zhangshi sat on him, weighing two hundred pounds.

"what!"

Guo Daliang covered his face with his hands and shouted at the other two workers, "Quick! Pull him away! What are you all doing?"

"They're here."

The other two workers reacted and quickly stepped forward to pull Jia Zhangshi away. Guo Daliang finally breathed a long sigh of relief. In just a short while, several bloody marks had appeared on his face from the scratches.

Madam Jia struggled violently, her neck stiff as she shouted, "Let me go, you damned, childless bastard! How dare you curse my Dongxu! I'll scratch you to death!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Hu and the others also showed expressions of doubt and shock. Could it be true that Jia Dongxu is dead?

Guo Daliang was furious when he saw that Jia Dongxu's mother was being unreasonable and had scratched him like this. He shouted at Jia Zhangshi in a deep voice:

"Aunt Jia, I didn't bring Jia Dongxu's body in because I was afraid it would upset you. If you don't believe me, I'll bring the body in right now so you can see it."

After saying that, Guo Daliang ignored Jia Zhangshi's angry glare and ran out of the courtyard in a flash.

"You damned, childless bastards, let me go right now! If he gets away, I'll never forgive you!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

But the two workers each grabbed one of Jia Zhangshi's arms, and no matter how much Jia Zhangshi cursed, they refused to let go. What a joke! If they let this old lady beat up their director, wouldn't Director Guo make things difficult for them in the future?

After seeing Director Guo run quite a distance, the two workers finally released Jia Zhangshi. One of the workers smiled wryly and said to Jia Zhangshi:

"Aunt Jia, Jia Dongxu really got caught in the machine. I was at the assessment site at the time, and I saw it with my own eyes."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! My Dongxu is perfectly fine! You bunch of wretched children, you deserve to die a horrible death! Coming here so early in the morning to provoke me! This isn't over! This isn't over! If you don't pay me back today, you're not leaving!"

Jia Zhangshi kept cursing the two workers, using the most vile and offensive language imaginable.

Finally, after a few minutes, Guo Daliang, along with two other workers, carried Jia Dongxu's body over. Behind him followed a large group of middle-aged and elderly women from the courtyard. As for the children, they had already been locked in their rooms by the adults, for fear of frightening them.

When Jia Zhangshi saw that the body had actually been brought over, she immediately cried out:

"Dongxu!"

As if possessed, Jia Zhangshi ran towards Jia Zhangshi's corpse. When she lifted the white sheet with trembling hands, she let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"what!"

"Dongxu! Dongxu!"

Jia Zhangshi screamed in despair, and everyone in the courtyard rushed towards the central courtyard upon hearing her cries.

Now, Jia Dongxu has no head left, and his body is missing from the chest upwards. He is even missing an arm. However, Jia Zhangshi can tell at a glance that this is her son, Jia Dongxu.