No sensible person would do such a foolish thing.
Even if you, Qin Huairu, were shameless enough to try, you wouldn't succeed.
Seeing that her words had no effect, Qin Huairu immediately started causing trouble again.
"Qin Jingru, listen to me, Xu Damao is not a good person!"
Xu Damao immediately exploded in anger: "Qin Huairu, what are you talking about?"
"I have no grudges against you, why are you biting me like a mad dog?"
Qin Huairu retorted coldly: "Am I biting you madly, or are you Xu Damao not a decent person yourself?"
"Jingru, you probably don't know, Xu Damao lost his job back then because he committed illegal and criminal acts and was fired by the factory!"
"Ah?"
Qin Jingru was dumbfounded: "Xu Damao is also a convict?"
"Qin Huairu, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Xu Damao, at this moment, truly wished he could strangle Qin Huairu, the gossip.
"Yes!"
Qin Huairu's mind was already twisted.
Xu Damao not helping her rescue Bang Geng made him her enemy, and she would oppose him.
"Xu Damao was fired by the factory because he went to jail!"
"And I can tell you clearly now, Jingru: The woman Xu Damao harassed was Liu Kai Xuan's wife, Zhao Feiyan!"
"If you don't believe me, you can go and inquire. This has long been..."
"Slap!"
Before Qin Huairu could finish her sentence, Xu Damao reached out and slapped her hard across the face.
"You... you actually dared to hit me!"
Qin Huairu never imagined that Xu Damao would dare to slap her.
"I hit you, you bitch!"
Xu Damao retorted fiercely: "You shameless and brazen woman!"
"You are incompetent at raising your child, and you've brought up a vagrant thief who harms people all day long, and you have the nerve to be righteous?"
Qin Huairu roared: "Xu Damao, you trash, if you dare to treat me like this, you'll never be together with Jingru!"
"Qin Jingru, have you seen? Xu Damao is such a scumbag, he's utterly useless except for beating women!"
Xu Damao, this fellow, was never a good person to begin with.
Now that Qin Huairu was determined to ruin his relationship with Qin Jingru, Xu Damao naturally wanted to retaliate.
With Qin Huairu interfering, there was basically no hope for Xu Damao and Qin Jingru, so he might as well give up completely.
"I think you, Qin Huairu, are the one who is utterly useless trash!"
"Not only did you fail to raise Bang Geng into a good person, but you also turned him into a complete idiot!"
"Last time, Bang Geng was sent to prison for stealing from Liu Kai Xuan's house!"
"Just a few days after getting out, he's back to his old ways!"
"He can't even steal properly, why doesn't he go steal from somewhere else?"
"He had to be so stubborn and go steal from the most troublesome Liu Kai Xuan's house. Those who court their own death cannot be saved by heaven!"
"I..."
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xu Damao's barrage of soul-searching questions made Qin Huairu's face turn red and her breathing heavy.
A moment later, Qin Huairu actually coughed up a mouthful of blood.
In fact, Xu Damao's last sentence really hit the grieving widow's sore spot.
In this era of material scarcity, many things could be resolved with money.
In the original "Siheyuan" novel, Bang Geng stole Xu Damao's chicken, and in the end, Sha Zhu took the blame and paid a few yuan, and the matter was dropped.
Xu Damao was greedy, and Sha Zhu directly compensated him double his losses.
Xu Damao not only didn't lose money but actually made a profit, so he was willing to settle privately.
It wasn't just Xu Damao; if it were Liu Haizhong or Yan Bugui, it would have been the same.
If Qin Huairu was willing to spend money, Bang Geng's theft from these people could have been overlooked.
But Liu Kai Xuan was an exception. No matter how much money you offered, he wouldn't settle privately.
On one hand, with Liu Kai Xuan's income, he genuinely didn't lack money.
On the other hand, Liu Kai Xuan was not the type to take advantage of petty gains.
He would directly sue you in court, send the kid to jail first, and then you would still have to compensate him for his losses.
Yet, Bang Geng insisted on provoking such an unforgiving person.
Now that it had reached this point, who could he blame?
Finally, the problem was shifted to Bang Geng.
Bang Geng wanted to say: I'm the one who's wronged.
In the courtyard, besides Liu Kai Xuan's house, there was nothing else for him to steal.
In the courtyard, apart from Bang Geng, the little thief, every household locked their doors at night.
And when the owners went out, their doors were also locked, so Bang Geng couldn't find opportunities to steal.
Looking at the entire courtyard, only Liu Kai Xuan's house had two old hens kept outside.
If he didn't steal these two chickens, Bang Geng had nothing else to steal.
However, Qin Huairu definitely couldn't say this in front of everyone.
So, besides spitting blood, what other option did Qin Huairu have?
"Xu Damao, get out! Don't let me see you again!"
Qin Huairu couldn't win the argument with Xu Damao, so she had to brace herself and issue the order to leave.
"Hmph!"
Xu Damao said no more nonsense, snorted coldly, and left without looking back.
The matter had reached this point, he had no hope for it anymore, what else was there to say?
"Qin Jingru, you worthless girl, why are you still in my house?"
"You can get out with Xu Damao, don't let me see you!"
After Xu Damao left, Qin Huairu's resentment was still hard to quell, and she shifted her target to Qin Jingru.
"What are you doing?"
At the critical moment, Zhang Cuihua spoke again: "Qin Huairu, are you truly crazy?"
"Bang Geng going to prison wasn't Xu Damao's doing, why are you throwing a tantrum at him?"
"According to your logic, Jingru must remain single her whole life and never get married, right?"
Qin Huairu retorted sharply: "Zhang Cuihua, shut your mouth!"
"Right now, I just want to rescue Bang Geng as soon as possible. None of you bother me!"
"Alright, I'm too lazy to argue with you now!"
Zhang Cuihua replied coldly: "But Jingru must stay. I'm still alive, and I have a say in the Jia family's affairs!"
"Hmph," Qin Huairu snorted coldly, unwilling to deal with Zhang Cuihua.
How could Qin Huairu not understand Zhang Cuihua's little scheme?
Qin Huairu had long seen through this matter clearly.
Zhang Cuihua just wanted to use Qin Jingru as leverage to extort a large sum of money from Xu Damao.
This old woman was now solely thinking about money.