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Chapter 2575 What Happened Back Then

In Li Jiang's view, Sha Zhu may be stupid, but he is still a capable person.

At the very least, it's enough to support a family.

As Sha Zhu's younger sister, He Yushui's life couldn't be that bad, no matter how miserable it was.

He never imagined that He Yushui's miserable childhood was beyond his comprehension.

"Is what you're saying true? They took away your mother's ration, and they wouldn't even leave her a cornbread?"

Li Miao nodded resentfully: "Yes. Xu Damao saw it with his own eyes, and Yan Bugui recorded it several times in his account book."

Because my uncle gave all the rations to the Jia family and didn't get any advantage, he cursed my uncle almost every month. He wrote all of these words down in a notebook.

"Where's your uncle? He's blind, can't he see?" Li Jiang was furious, wishing he could rush to the courtyard and give Sha Zhu a good beating.

With his own sister right in front of him, Sha Zhu just watched He Yushui go hungry.

"My uncle..."

Li Miao said two words and then gave up defending Sha Zhu.

She simply couldn't find a reason to defend herself.

He Yushui was right under his nose, yet he turned a blind eye; it simply didn't make sense.

Although all of this was a scheme by Yi Zhonghai and his group, it is also true that Sha Zhu didn't care about He Yushui.

"Dad, brother, please don't be angry. Yi Zhonghai's ashes have already been dug up by Bang Geng and thrown into the stinking ditch."

This can be considered revenge for my mother.

For Li Jiang and Li Dong, this was not revenge at all.

Why should He Yushui have to suffer so much?

Why should people like Yi Zhonghai live such good lives?

No matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to accept it.

Those who harmed He Yushui, except for the Jia family, are all dead. They can't even find anyone to take revenge on.

On the Jia family's side, the two sisters were surrounded as soon as they returned home.

"So? Did Li Miao agree?" Qin Huairu asked.

Xiao and the other person recounted the situation, concluding, "I think he'll probably be tempted."

Qin Huairu said dismissively, "She's definitely tempted. It's just that the offer you gave her wasn't enough, that's why she didn't agree."

"She didn't spend a single penny, yet she got tens of millions in assets for free. What more could she want?" Tang Yanling said with dissatisfaction.

The Jia family never gives things away for nothing. This time, they're offering Li Miao tens of millions of dollars in assets for free, which she cannot accept.

As the Jia family's most prized possession, Qin Huairu was also reluctant to part with it.

But if I can't bear to part with it, I can't do it either.

Without anyone's help to persuade them, they simply couldn't convince Sha Zhu.

"Stop talking. How can you get an old ox to work if you don't hang a carrot around?"

"If she agrees to help, we'll agree even if it's only 2%, let alone 1%."

When it comes to training hardworking oxen, Qin Huairu is the most qualified to speak.

She used herself as a carrot to keep Sha Zhu hooked for life, making him work tirelessly for the Jia family like a workhorse.

She just didn't expect that this old ox would become disobedient after it was scrapped.

Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua were tasked with persuading Li Miao.

To complete this task, Qin Huairu even taught them all the tricks she used to deal with He Yushui back then.

Sha Zhu was unaware that the Jia family had set their sights on Li Miao.

When Li Miao came over this time, he asked a lot of questions about He Yushui.

Listening to He Yushui's past, Sha Zhu's heart was filled with regret.

He felt like a complete jerk.

He never imagined that He Yushui would have a miserable life.

Before she got married, she was schemed against by the people in the courtyard house; after she got married, she didn't have a good life in her husband's family either.

"Why didn't she tell me? If he had told me, I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'?" Xu Damao interrupted Shazhu. "If I told you, would you stand up for her?" "Why can't I?" Shazhu glared angrily at Xu Damao.

If he had known, he would definitely have stood up for He Yushui.

Xu Damao didn't tolerate him and exposed him without any mercy.

"You're nothing. If you want to help Yushui, you'll have to see if Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu agree."

Sha Zhu was puzzled: "I stood up for Yu Shui, why don't they agree?"

I refuse to believe they would dare stop me, knowing what the rainy season is like.

Yi Zhonghai wanted him to help him take care of him in his old age, so he didn't dare to offend him openly.

Knowing that He Yushui was having a hard time, Yi Zhonghai should support him in standing up for He Yushui, whether it was to curry favor with him or to win him over.

Qin Huairu was the same. The only way to win his favor was to support him.

Xu Damao scoffed: "They'd love for you to cut ties with the rain."

Don't forget, when Rainwater got married, why couldn't you afford a single penny of dowry?

"Qin Huairu borrowed my money," Sha Zhu said.

Before He Yushui got married, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu came to him together, saying that Qin Huairu's father was sick and needed a lot of money.

Under their manipulation, Sha Zhu's savings were completely drained. When He Yushui got married, he couldn't afford a single penny.

"Do you know why not?" Xu Damao asked.

Sha Zhu said irritably, "Nonsense. They're just afraid that if I give the money to Yu Shui, I won't have money to support Jia Jiajia."

Xu Damao shook his head: "That's just the apparent reason. The real reason is that Yushui found a policeman as her partner."

What they did was utterly despicable. Those opportunists in the courtyard might not dare to speak out, but that doesn't mean those outside the courtyard won't.

They were afraid He Yushui would use Li Jiang for revenge, so they didn't want Yushui to go to the police.

"If I go to stand up for Yushui, I'll offend the Li family. Why are they still stopping me?" Shazhu asked.

Xu Damao said to him, "Use your brain. If you cause trouble for the Li family, they will lose face and might hold a grudge against you."

Should the Li family seek revenge?

If the Li family investigates your affairs in order to seek revenge, wouldn't all their despicable deeds be exposed?

Do you think they'd dare let you contact the Li family?

Sha Zhu wanted to retort, but didn't know how to start: "How did you know?"

Xu Damao said smugly, "Do you remember when you and Qin Huairu were about to get married for the first time, Qin Huairu made herself sick?"

Of course, Sha Zhu wouldn't forget.

At that time, in order to win the heart of the beauty, he even conspired with Bang Geng to scare Jia Zhangshi.

Why are you bringing this up?

Xu Damao said, "You made Qin Huairu live in Yushui's house back then. Do you know who was the angrier?"

A deaf old lady?

He summoned Yi Zhonghai to his home and gave him a severe scolding.

"Serves you right." Sha Zhu said gloatingly, then realized, "Wait a minute. Back then, you were the director of the sports meet, and you were always flattering Li Huaide."

You never come home drunk.

How do you know all this?

At that time, Xu Damao was at the peak of his career. In less than half a year, he went from being a projectionist to the deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

For the sake of this deputy director position, Xu Damao neglected his young wife at home, spending all his time revolving around his boss.

“I don’t know, but Jingru is home. I arranged for her to keep an eye on things in the yard.”

She heard noises coming from the deaf old woman's room, so she pressed herself against the wall to eavesdrop.

She overheard the deaf old woman cursing Yi Zhonghai, saying that since Yi Zhonghai had asked her to marry Qin Huairu, she should just do it quickly.

There was absolutely no way they should have let Qin Huairu go to He Yushui's house.

Yi Zhonghai kept denying it, saying he knew nothing about the idea…

Sha Zhu froze upon hearing this, carefully recalling what had happened back then. He suddenly remembered something.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai grabbed him and interrogated him for a long time, insisting that he explain how he learned those moves.

They only let him go after he said he heard it from a higher-up. (End of Chapter)