Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 215 Suspect Liu Yuhua's 3 Brothers

Yi Zhonghai did not answer the questions from the joint defense team members. Instead, he looked at Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu and asked:

"How are you two? Are you alright?"

Jia Dongxu rubbed his arm and then his leg, which was bruised from being hit. After taking a few steps, he felt that he was not seriously injured and said, "Master, I'm fine, it just hurts a little when I walk."

Like Jia Dongxu, Sha Zhu walked a few steps down the road, pointed to his mouth, and said with a bitter face:

"Grandpa, one of my front teeth was knocked out, and the two teeth next to it are also loose."

Yi Zhonghai said in a deep voice, "Alright, it's good that nothing's wrong. We'll just wait here. Maybe the comrades from the joint defense team can catch these bandits."

The members of the joint defense team were relieved to see that none of the people were seriously injured.

A few minutes later, five members of the joint defense team came over. One of the older members sighed and said, "They got away. We didn't catch them."

Upon hearing this, the expressions on the faces of Yi Zhonghai and the other two were not very good.

"Comrades, have you offended someone recently? Did you see what those four thugs looked like just now?" the joint defense team asked.

"Four, not three?"

"I know, it must be her dad and her three older brothers."

"Comrade, we didn't see it, this must be..."

Before Jia Dongxu could finish speaking, Yi Zhonghai covered his mouth.

"Comrade, it's alright if we didn't catch them. We're not in any big trouble, so we'll be going now."

As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai pulled Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu away, leaving the six members of the joint defense team dumbfounded.

The group limped towards courtyard number 95. On the way, Jia Dongxu said indignantly:

"Master, why won't you let me say it? I'm certain that Liu Yuhua's three older brothers were responsible for this."

Sha Zhu rubbed his mouth, gritting his teeth, and said, "Yeah, grandpa, why don't you just have the joint defense team arrest Liu Yuhua's three brothers? We can't just take this beating for nothing, can we?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said in a deep voice, "Dongxu, Shazhu, tell me, we weren't seriously injured. Even if Liu Yuhua's three older brothers did it, they've already admitted it. What punishment could they possibly receive? Besides, we didn't see anyone, and we have no evidence to prove that they did it."

Jia Dongxu thought for a moment and said resentfully, "At most, we'll be fined a few dollars or detained for a few days, but Master, we can't just let it go like this."

Yi Zhonghai's eyes were red-rimmed, his fists were clenched, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"Who said we should let it go? Liu Yuhua is clearly retaliating against us. If we're going to retaliate, we should give them a good beating, or we should just go back and talk about it first."

"Okay."

Soon, the three of them returned to courtyard number 95.

Seeing the three men limping, Yan Fugui secretly rejoiced. Without greeting them, he snorted and went back inside.

When Yi Zhonghai returned to the house, an older woman saw him limping and quickly asked, "Old Yi, what happened to you?"

Yi Zhonghai roared, "Can't you see I've been beaten? What are you all standing there for? Get me some medicinal wine right now!"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's rage, the old woman didn't dare ask any more questions and hurriedly went to the cabinet to get the medicinal wine.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

When Jia Dongxu returned to the house, Qin Huairu greeted him with a smile.

"Dongxu, go wash your hands, dinner will be served soon."

Madam Jia immediately noticed that something was wrong with Jia Dongxu; he was walking with a limp, whereas he had been perfectly fine when he went out that morning.

"Dongxu, what happened?"

Jia Dongxu said with a bitter face, "Just now, my master, Shazhu, and I were returning to the hospital when we were ambushed and beaten up."

"What?"

"Was it that damned little beast who hit you? Has he been caught?" Madam Jia roared as she asked.

Jia Dongxu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We didn't catch them, and we didn't see who hit us, but we all suspect that it was Liu Yuhua's three older brothers who did it."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia became furious.

"Dongxu, you're coming with me to the Yan family. If that gorilla doesn't pay me back, I'm hanging myself in their house. Let's see what they can do to me then!"

As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi opened the door and was about to walk outside.

Jia Dongxu grabbed Jia Zhangshi's arm, sighed, and said, "Mom, it's no use. We have no evidence. They don't admit it, so what can we do? What if we go to the Yan family's house to cause trouble, and Liu Yuhua beats us up again, or she reports us to the neighborhood committee?"

"Yes, Mom, please stop making a fuss. Master and Shazhu have both been beaten. It's not like Dongxu was the only one who got beaten. Let's talk to them first," Qin Huairu advised.

Madam Jia glared fiercely at Qin Huairu and cursed, "Qin Huairu, you good-for-nothing! So you don't even feel sorry for me when I'm hitting you?"

Qin Huairu said with a wronged expression, "Mom, how can you say that? Dongxu is my man. If I don't care about him, who will? I'm just advising you to calm down. Making trouble now won't do us any good. Don't forget, our family is still under punishment. If Director Wang finds out that we still dare to cause trouble, he might send you back to the countryside."

Upon hearing that she was to be sent back to the countryside, Jia Zhangshi immediately fell silent. What she feared most was being sent back to the countryside. She had a rural household registration, and Director Wang certainly had the power to send her back.

Yesterday, Director Wang said at a hospital-wide meeting that if she dares to cause trouble again, he will send her back to her hometown.

"What should we do? We can't let our Dongxu get beaten up for nothing, can we?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Jia Dongxu sighed deeply: "Mom, there's nothing we can do now. Master said we'll discuss it further and give them a good beating when the time comes."

"Fine, then you can do whatever you want. Qin Huairu, are you dead? Hurry up and get some medicinal wine to rub on Dongxu!" Jia Zhangshi yelled.

"Okay, I'll go right now."

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The Intermediate People's Court, at Sha Zhu's house.

When Sha Zhu returned to the house, he found the medicinal wine and began to wipe the bruises on his body by himself.

He now hates Liu Yuhua to the core. Liu Yuhua beat up his most respected uncle, making him lose face, and then sat on him and beat him so badly that he couldn't even fight back. This made Liu Yuhua, the "war god of the courtyard," lose face. Today, Liu Yuhua even put sacks on them. Now, apart from Xu Damao, Liu Yuhua is the person he hates the most.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Qin Jingru poured Wang Feng a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Brother Wang Feng, it was really exciting to see them covered in sacks just now. Do you think Yi Zhonghai and his gang will retaliate against Liu Yuhua? Will they still be fighting in the future?"

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "No, do you really think Yi Zhonghai is stupid? Knowing he can't beat Liu Yuhua, why would he still go and fight her? Isn't that just asking for trouble? But I suspect he'll try something underhanded."

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, does that mean Yi Zhonghai and the others are also going to have sacks put on them? If so, that would be interesting."