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Chapter 2564 The Question of Stance

Aside from money, Yi Zhonghai's greatest source of confidence was the social environment at the time.

At that time, even Director Yang was having a hard time, let alone the capitalists.

Yi Zhonghai felt that the deaf old lady treated Sha Zhu like her own grandson, and even if she wanted Sha Zhu to get married, she wouldn't dare let him marry a capitalist's daughter.

Lou Xiao'e carried the labels of "capitalist's daughter" and "divorced woman" at the time, making her an unlikely choice for many men to marry.

The deaf old lady was already very old; she could have passed away at any time.

The deaf old lady, who only wanted to enjoy a comfortable retirement, didn't have the guts to take such a big risk.

Furthermore, Lou Xiao'e is Xu Damao's wife, and based on that alone, Sha Zhu would not agree to marry Lou Xiao'e.

If Sha Zhu really marries Lou Xiao'e, he will never be able to hold his head up in front of Xu Damao again.

This is also the source of Yi Zhonghai's confidence.

It was precisely because of these reasons that Yi Zhonghai was not on guard against this, and even sent Sha Zhu to cook for the deaf old lady and Lou Xiao'e.

His thought was that if Sha Zhu, with his foul mouth, went to cook for the deaf old lady, he would definitely argue with Lou Xiao'e.

He might be able to drive Lou Xiao'e away in two or three days.

From Yi Zhonghai's own perspective, the deaf old lady shouldn't have done that.

However, if you look at it from the perspective of the deaf old lady, it becomes easier to understand.

Under Yi Zhonghai's influence, Sha Zhu focused all his attention on Qin Huairu.

The deaf old lady, despite being his own grandmother, held a far less important place in Sha Zhu's heart than Qin Huairu.

She wanted to eat the food that Sha Zhu made, and she also wanted to find Yi Zhonghai so that Yi Zhonghai could go find Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu rarely thinks of cooking something delicious for her on his own initiative.

How many more years can she live?

Wasn't the purpose of scheming against the He family just to find a personal chef?

The He family was outmaneuvered, but ended up benefiting the Jia family.

No wonder the deaf old lady was upset.

If it weren't for needing Yi Zhonghai to help him in his old age, Yi Zhonghai would be preoccupied with Qin Huairu.

The deaf old lady had long ago devised a plan to get rid of the Jia family.

In the past, Sha Zhu worked in the cafeteria and would bring back leftovers every day.

With these leftovers, the Jia family won't be able to suck Sha Zhu's blood so much, and Sha Zhu will still have some money left in his pocket.

The deaf old lady, being the grandmother, could still eat some of the dishes that Sha Zhu cooked.

But what was the situation at the time?

Sha Zhu was reassigned to the workshop, the same one as Qin Huairu. Sha Zhu's wages were practically nonexistent.

The deaf old lady, being the grandmother, could only go to Lou Xiao'e and try to persuade her to buy her delicious food.

It was Yi Zhonghai who drove the deaf old lady to the brink of despair.

The deaf old lady had no other choice but to let Sha Zhu marry Lou Xiao'e.

She was confident that even if Lou Xiao'e got into trouble, she, as the matriarch, could protect Sha Zhu.

Of course, she could also keep Lou Xiao'e's dowry.

With Lou Xiao'e's dowry and Sha Zhu around, she could live comfortably in her old age.

It can only be said that different perspectives lead to different outcomes.

Just like Qin Huairu.

Knowing that the deaf old lady disliked the Jia family, Qin Huairu didn't bother trying to curry favor with her.

All she needed to do was please Yi Zhonghai so that he would wholeheartedly help the Jia family.

So the deaf old lady had to keep all her grievances to herself.

Thinking about all this was useless. Qin Huairu's mind raced, trying to find a reasonable excuse for herself.

"Silly Zhu, do you really think I don't know anything?"

Do you know that the old man initially asked me to cook for the old lady?

I'd like to agree too.

But I know that the deaf old lady doesn't like the food I cook.

I convinced an old man to come find you.

There's something else I've never dared to tell Uncle.

"I didn't want to say it, but since we've come this far, I won't hide it anymore." Qin Huairu paused deliberately to attract everyone's attention.

"What's the matter?" Liu Guangtian asked curiously.

Qin Huairu was waiting for someone to talk to her, preferably someone like Yi Zhonghai who would take the initiative to defend her.

Unfortunately, Yi Zhonghai, who was wholeheartedly helping her, was thrown into a stinking ditch.

Do you think I really don't know that the deaf old lady wants to match you up with Lou Xiao'e?

I knew it all along.

I could tell even before Xu Damao divorced Lou Xiao'e.

"You figured it out a long time ago?" Sha Zhu and Xu Damao asked at the same time.

Neither of them realized this.

Sha Zhu is alright; even if he's a scoundrel, he still knows the principle of not coveting a friend's wife.

No matter how fiercely he fought with Xu Damao, he never thought of marrying Lou Xiao'e to spite Xu Damao.

Xu Damao was different; he knew that the deaf old lady was trying to sow discord between him and Lou Xiao'e.

The deaf old woman started stirring up trouble the day after Lou Xiao'e married him.

At that time, however, he liked Lou Xiao'e and was willing to explain to her.

Later, after he had to explain it so many times, he became impatient.

Furthermore, since Lou Xiao'e had never had children, their relationship broke down, and Xu Damao became even less inclined to explain.

Xu Damao thought that the deaf old lady just wanted to get something good from Lou Xiao'e, and he did not suspect that the deaf old lady would be so insidious.

"Of course."

Qin Huairu saw the two people's surprised expressions and wore a smug look on her face.

"Don't you guys even think about it? There are so many people in this courtyard. Besides being close to Uncle Yi and Sha Zhu, who else has the deaf old lady ever been close to?"

An old man wanted me to have his child and take care of him in his old age, but the deaf old lady didn't give me a friendly look.

Lou Xiao'e is Xu Damao's wife, so why would he give Lou Xiao'e a nice look?

She must have had some ulterior motive for going to Lou Xiao'e.

Aside from Sha Zhu's wedding, what else could possibly be causing her so much concern?

Xu Damao pondered Qin Huairu's words carefully and had to admit that Qin Huairu made sense.

The old deaf woman's status as a patriarch was all fabricated by Yi Zhonghai.

Everyone obediently acknowledges her as their ancestor, not because she is kind to them.

It's because everyone hopes that if they encounter trouble in the future, they can turn to her for help and she will be able to resolve it for them.

This is why everyone regards her as their ancestor and respectfully gives her good things.

Otherwise, who would choose an ancestor from the Eighth Route Army?

Do you really think that just because Yi Zhonghai keeps shouting, everyone will agree with him?

From beginning to end, the deaf old lady never did anything good for the people in the courtyard.

On the contrary, the deaf old lady only helped Yi Zhonghai and bullied the people in the courtyard.

During the years when people couldn't get enough to eat, Yi Zhonghai forced everyone to bring grain to the Jia family.

It was because the deaf old lady was in charge that everyone obeyed.

There was also the incident where Sha Zhu beat someone up, and it was the deaf old lady who came out to suppress it.

The deaf old lady never gave any kind looks to other people, even to children as young as two or three.

The Liu family is the most typical example.

Liu Guangtian was beaten every few days, and the deaf old lady never came out to intervene.

She would only yell at others, "Parents are unkind and children are unfilial."

"You made that judgment based on these?"

Although it seems reasonable, it still feels somewhat unbelievable.

"Isn't this enough?" Anyway, the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai are both dead, and no one knows what happened back then.

Qin Huairuo wouldn't mind showing off in front of everyone.

Sha Zhu looked at her with a puzzled expression: "Since you know, are you just going to keep watching?"

There was a significant trap in his words.

It's hard for people to believe that he knew about the deaf old woman's scheme and just watched from the sidelines.

Everyone knows that the Jia family has been preventing Sha Zhu from getting married, fearing that he might not support them after the marriage. (End of Chapter)