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Chapter 2521 The Touching Joke

Sha Zhu thought about it carefully and remembered the details of what happened.

That was in September, close to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The high-ranking leader came to Beijing for a meeting, but he didn't bring his wife. The two hadn't seen each other for a year and a half, and the high-ranking leader missed him.

When the top leader was in a meeting, he sent his secretary to tell him to cook for him the following evening.

Accompanying them were the driver and a pretty young woman in her early twenties.

After hearing the news, Sha Zhu was preparing to pack his things and go show off his skills.

The deaf old lady fell ill, and Yi Zhonghai asked him to carry her to the hospital and take care of her.

He got so busy that he forgot about it.

By the time I remembered, the big boss had already left Beijing.

It wasn't until the end of the year that he met with the top leader and explained the matter.

"Are you talking about the time I carried the deaf old lady to the hospital?"

When Qin Huai saw that Sha Zhu remembered, he said, "That's right, it was that time."

Do you know why deaf old ladies sometimes pretend to be sick?

"Why?" Sha Zhu couldn't understand.

Every time he cooked at a high-ranking official's house, he would bring back several lunchboxes.

Even a deaf old lady can eat well, so there's no reason to stop him.

Qin Huairu explained, "You weren't home when they came."

The third uncle went over and tried to strike up a conversation with the man. He then told the first uncle the news.

He said that woman might be someone a high-ranking leader introduced to you.

For this, the older man gave the younger man ten yuan, and afterwards even asked you to cook for him and treat the younger man to a drink.

Sha Zhu was stunned, not expecting that Yan Bugui was involved.

"Xu Damao, did you see these when you were looking at the account books?"

Xu Damao shook his head: "Yan Bugui's account book is longer than the old deaf woman's foot binding cloth."

There are so many things, how could I possibly see them all? Let's go back and look for them; we should be able to find them."

Knowing Yan Bugui's character, he would record everything, no matter how small.

Qin Huairu believed that Yan Bugui would definitely record something as significant as ten yuan.

The fact that money was given and that the tip-off was also true.

Qin Huairu, unafraid of being investigated, said: "Go ahead and investigate."

Actually, there was no need to investigate; Sha Zhu believed it anyway. The woman the big boss brought was indeed there to act as a matchmaker.

However, she wasn't acting as his matchmaker, but rather for a high-ranking leader's nephew.

The woman's family had some problems, but nothing serious. These elders, in order to protect their child, had no choice but to find her a suitable partner.

Speaking of which, the higher-ups had introduced him to potential partners. That was back in 1976, when the higher-ups were transferred back to Beijing.

After returning, seeing that Sha Zhu was still unmarried, she wanted to help him find a partner.

The person who made the introduction was not an outsider; she was the nanny of a high-ranking official.

The nanny's husband had an accident, leaving behind the mother and daughter.

At that time, Sha Zhu was determined to be with Qin Huairu and rejected her on the spot.

Qin Huairu said, "The deaf old lady and the old man are afraid that you will not be filial to them after you get married, so they are trying every means to stop you."

I was also taken advantage of by them.

They held absolute power in the courtyard, and no one dared to oppose them.

"Silly Zhu, I'm a victim just like you."

Xu Damao scoffed dismissively: "You're portraying yourself as a victim?"

Qin Huai glared at him: "How am I not a victim?"

Xu Damao asked, "Then tell me, where were you harmed?"

Qin Huairu snorted: "Putting aside everything else, let's just talk about the Korean joke."

In order to force me to marry Sha Zhu, he deliberately sent Bang Geng to the countryside.

Sha Zhu, do you remember when Bang Geng was first assigned to the Northwest?

"I secretly begged you, and you went to Li Huaide. Li Huaide helped, and that's how Banggeng got to Fangshan."

Mentioning this makes Sha Zhu very unhappy.

He never asked anyone for help in his entire life, but he asked for help several times for Bang Geng.

Bang Geng, however, showed no gratitude whatsoever, and in the end, even threw him under the bridge. Qin Huairu saw Sha Zhu's expression change and realized something was wrong, but there was nothing she could do.

To win back Sha Zhu, this was the only way she could say it. Only by saying this would Sha Zhu understand how difficult things had been for her.

Qin Huairu cried and said, "Do you know that the old man deliberately forced Banggeng to go to the Northwest just to force me to marry you?"

If I marry you, he'll let me have his children.

I beg you to arrange for Banggeng to be sent to Fangshan, even if you just want to use Banggeng to shut him up.

The reasoning is barely plausible.

Sha Zhu was starting to get into Qin Huairu's rhythm, his heart filled with hatred for Yi Zhonghai.

Qin Huairu's performance wasn't over yet: "His sinister plan isn't finished yet."

After Banggeng went to the countryside, he kept using Banggeng's return as a condition to force me to submit.

I didn't want to let you down, so I kept dragging things out.

Later, I begged you to bring Banggeng back, but he then used Banggeng's job to threaten me.

I was really desperate at that time.

I wanted to ask you to find a job for Bang Geng, but an old man stopped me.

He told me that as soon as the steel bar entered the rolling mill, he would use his connections to transfer it to the foundry workshop.

That's a foundry workshop, it's tough and tiring, how could I, as a mother, bear to let Banggeng suffer there?

I don't even dare to ask you for anything.

An old man blocked all my way.

"Mom, why didn't you tell me about these things?" Bang Geng felt a pang of heartache when he heard that Qin Huairu had suffered so much for him.

Qin Huai sighed: "What good will it do if I tell you?"

At his command, no one in the entire courtyard dared to speak to Xu Damao for seven or eight years.

Who dares to disobey his will?

"Mom, I..." Banggeng was so heartbroken that he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Sha Zhu didn't speak, Qin Huairu continued to try to clear her name.

"Do you remember when you learned how to project movies from Xu Damao?"

Banggeng nodded.

Qin Huairu turned to look at Sha Zhu: "That was on my own. I deliberately let you live in the deaf old lady's room, and deliberately brought up the topic of retirement in front of Jingru."

"I did all this so you could learn how to project movies from Xu Damao."

“You admit you did it on purpose,” Xu Damao said.

He was reluctant to accept the offer at the time, but Qin Jingru kept urging him, so he finally agreed.

He guessed that it was Qin Huairu's scheme, but in order to deliberately provoke Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, he accepted the stick.

Qin Huairu said, "That's right, I admit it."

At that time, the old man had already retired, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep up and couldn't wait any longer.

He kept pressuring me to marry Sha Zhu. I couldn't refuse, but I didn't want to hurt Sha Zhu.

I'll have Banggeng learn how to project movies from you.

Everyone in the compound knows that Sha Zhu and you are mortal enemies. If Bang Geng tries to learn how to project movies from you, Sha Zhu will definitely explode.

Sure enough, Sha Zhu and I had a falling out over this.

Sha Zhu and I had a falling out, so Grandpa couldn't force me anymore.

He could only keep persuading Sha Zhu to apologize to me so that I could buy some time.

I never expected Xu Damao to be so insidious, deliberately sabotaging Bang Geng.

"This caused Bang Geng to be fired from the movie theater and he had to work as a street sweeper."

Xu Damao spat and said, "You're the one who's insidious. You schemed against me, trying to get me to teach him the stick-stick technique. Did I teach him?"

I taught him how to project movies and how to ask his fellow villagers for favors.

And him?

After he received the benefits, he kept them all for himself.

Do you know that the benefits I want aren't just for me alone?

I'm giving this to the cinema's management.

He pocketed all the benefits, so I'll use my own money to compensate those leaders.

I shouldn't have taught him the skills; he's such an ingrate.

Although all of this was Xu Damao's scheme, he was still very angry. (End of Chapter)