Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 105 Fooling Fools

Logically speaking, when the Jia family holds a wedding banquet, it is their own business who they invite to cook, and outsiders have no right to say anything.

But Jia Zhangshi raised everyone's expectations, and everyone was prepared. Now that their hopes are dashed, it's hard not to have opinions.

It felt like we were being played by Jia Zhangshi.

If you're going to hold a banquet, then hold one. If you can't invite anyone, then don't go around telling everyone that the head chef is Master Sha Zhu, the head chef of the Emei Restaurant's kitchen.

In that case, they won't say anything.

"The Jia family is really something else. They haven't even married their daughter-in-law yet, and they've already made a fool of themselves for everyone to see, making a spectacle of themselves late at night!"

Everyone complained, but they also whispered among themselves, because no one wanted to get into a fight with Jia Zhangshi over something like this. However, Xu Damao, who came from the backyard at this moment, had no scruples at all.

Because of what happened last time, Jia Zhangshi publicly made an enemy of the Xu family, and now Xu Damao is deliberately coming to see them make a fool of themselves.

"Xu Damao, what's it to you?"

Originally, Jia Zhangshi was already annoyed enough that Sha Zhu refused to help, but then Xu Damao came to join in the fun, which made Jia Zhangshi so angry that she directly scolded, "Xu Damao, I haven't even settled accounts with you for messing up our family's blind date last time, and now you dare to come to our door on your own initiative?"

"Last time?"

Faced with Jia Zhangshi's threat, Xu Damao not only didn't take it seriously, but also picked his ear in public, sneered, and mocked, "I don't know who wanted to confront you last time. Everyone in the hospital came, but you ran away at the crucial moment. You still have the nerve to mention it?"

You say I ruined your family's blind date, so I did?
If I say that you, Jia Zhangshi, stole money from my family, then you have to pay it back to my family.

Just because someone speaks without evidence doesn't mean they can say whatever they want. Do they really think they're something special?

Despite his young age, Xu Damao is quite eloquent and almost made Jia Zhangshi furious.

"Xu Damao, don't be so smug. We've already asked Qin Huairu about this. You were the one who spoke ill of our family to her back then. What else do you have to say?"

Two days ago, when Jia Dongxu went to the Qin family to propose marriage, he had already personally verified this with Qin Huairu to ensure that it was indeed true.

If it weren't for the fact that getting married is the most important thing right now, Madam Jia would have brought this up long ago.

"Ha, now that Qin Huairu is practically one of your family members, of course she'll side with your own people. You can tell her what to say, and she'll say it. What's trustworthy about her?"

The best opportunity was missed when Jia Zhangshi didn't confirm the matter that night. Now that so many days have passed, Xu Damao is no longer afraid of them bringing it up again to cause trouble.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

Even if Qin Huairu personally intervenes, it won't matter as long as Xu Damao doesn't admit it.

No matter who people believe, they can't bring him down.

"Alright, Xu Damao, shut up. It's none of your business who the Jia family invites to cook at their banquet."

Yi Zhonghai, who had just returned from using the restroom, quickly learned about the situation from Wang Guihua and immediately stepped in to intervene.

He was speechless. He had only been gone for a short while when this happened in the courtyard.

Take a look around.

Since he didn't see Xu Fugui, Yi Zhonghai guessed that he deliberately didn't show up so that Xu Damao could come over and "run wild".

After all, as one of the older men in the compound, he had to do something about his son's behavior.

Upon hearing Yi Zhonghai speak, Xu Damao snorted coldly, ignored him, and turned back.

He had no good feelings towards Yi Zhonghai.

Not only was he on the same side as the Jia family, but when he was a big shot, he always protected Sha Zhu whenever he and Sha Zhu got into a fight.

"If there's nothing else, everyone should stop gathering here and go back inside!"

Seeing Xu Damao leave, Yi Zhonghai also started persuading the others.

Although Yi Zhonghai is no longer the big boss of the management department and his prestige has declined, many people in the department are still workers from the steel rolling mill. As a senior fitter in the steel rolling mill, people still give him some face in such trivial matters.

It's only young people like Xu Damao, Liu Guangqi, and Yan Jiecheng who don't have much influence with Yi Zhonghai's words, and they even tend to contradict him.

It was all Li Hongbing's fault for setting a bad example.

Thinking about these things made Yi Zhonghai feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Silly Zhu, didn't I apologize to you on Dongxu's behalf last time? Why are you still holding a grudge?"

As the crowd dispersed, Yi Zhonghai approached Sha Zhu and asked in a somewhat displeased tone. After that day, Yi Zhonghai even had his wife buy some meat and deliver it to Sha Zhu to comfort his wounded heart.

“Uncle Yi, I didn’t want to bring up old grievances, but Jia Zhangshi doesn’t do things the way she does. She acts like someone owes her something when she asks for help, which makes me uncomfortable.”

Sha Zhu Cheng Yi Zhong Hai's favor, but the Jia family's actions this time really put him in a difficult position and made him angry.

"Shazhu, this is my fault. I didn't have time to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai sighed and explained, "Dongxu told me that he wanted to invite your master to cook at the banquet in the courtyard in a couple of days and asked me to discuss it with you. But before you even got back, your Aunt Zhang blurted it out."

With Yi Zhonghai taking all the blame upon himself, Sha Zhu was at a loss for what to do.

He can't blame Yi Zhonghai, can he?
Seeing that Sha Zhu's anger had subsided and he was starting to struggle with his thoughts, Yi Zhonghai quickly said to Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, what happened last time was indeed something your family did wrong. Take this opportunity to apologize to Sha Zhu, and we'll consider this matter over."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai looked at Sha Zhu and asked, "Sha Zhu, do you think this will work?"

Before Sha Zhu could even respond, Jia Dongxu, who had received a signal from Yi Zhonghai, stepped forward to apologize to Sha Zhu.

"This……"

"Silly Zhu, since Dongxu has apologized, let's put this matter behind us!"

"Since you say so, Uncle Yi, and Jia Dongxu has apologized, then let's just let this matter go."

"See, I told you Sha Zhu was reasonable."

"..."

With just a few words and Jia Dongxu's help, Yi Zhonghai managed to appease the prideful Sha Zhu.

This is routine for Yi Zhonghai.

“Silly Zhu, now that this matter is over, let’s talk about inviting your master to come and take charge of the cooking.”

Having laid the groundwork, Yi Zhonghai naturally didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.

only.

Sha Zhu was in a dilemma.

“Uncle Yi, it’s not that I, Sha Zhu, am unwilling to help, but this matter is too time-sensitive, and I may not be able to arrange it all. You may not know this…”

In front of Yi Zhonghai and his wife, as well as Jia's mother and son, Sha Zhu directly explained the difficulties of the matter.

It's not entirely that he refuses to do it, but rather that he might not be able to.

"This was my oversight..."

Seeing that Sha Zhu wasn't intentionally making excuses, Yi Zhonghai felt somewhat helpless; he had oversimplified the matter.

He was thinking of just letting it go, but Jia Dongxu kept casting pleading and earnest glances at him.

Madam Jia has already made it clear that if they fail to get Sha Zhu to invite his master on the day of the banquet, the Jia family will lose all face and become the laughingstock of the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai may not care, but Jia Dongxu can't afford to lose face.

The fact that he was marrying a rural woman was already enough to cause gossip in the neighborhood. If he didn't put on a show on the wedding day to save face, people would look down on him even more.

Ultimately, Yi Zhonghai, torn between choosing his top pick for retirement and his own decision, tipped the scales of victory toward Jia Dongxu and spoke to Sha Zhu again.

"Silly Zhu, why don't you talk to your master and plead for him? After all, marriage is a major life event, and Aunt Zhang has already spread the word..."

"Uncle Yi, I..."

"Silly Zhu, please help him out! Dongxu only gets married once in his life, so let bygones be bygones!"

"Aunt Zhang apologized to you for what happened last time..."

"Silly Zhu, look how sincere your Aunt Zhang is. Do you expect her to kneel down before you?"

"Uncle Yi, let me give it a try!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)