Wang Jiefang watched the whole scene unfold, thinking that Banggeng was stubbornly trying to smash his own windows again. To his surprise, Banggeng was actually targeting the windows of Third Uncle's house! So, he casually smashed two windows himself.
Third Uncle suspected that it was Banggeng who did it, especially since Banggeng had a history of such behavior. Unfortunately, he couldn't catch the culprit. He knew that even if he found Banggeng, the latter would never admit to it. Besides, Banggeng had a powerful uncle and a fool named Zhi to back him up, not to mention Qin Huairu, the widow. Yan Bugui really didn't want to get involved with their family!
In the end, Yan Bugui could only consider himself unlucky. However, the Yan family was not one to suffer in silence; the very next day, Qin Huairu's windows were smashed!
Furious, Qin Huairu went to confront the Yan family. Yan Bugui stubbornly denied that they were responsible for smashing her windows. Qin Huairu couldn't say that her son Banggeng had smashed the Yan family's windows either, so she concluded that the Yan family must have retaliated against them by vandalizing her property!
Ultimately, Qin Huairu had no choice but to accept her misfortune! But Banggeng was not one to back down either; that very night, he went out again to smash the Yan family's windows!
This time, however, he was caught red-handed by the Yan family who had been waiting for him! As a result, after some back-and-forth arguing, Qin Huairu ended up having to pay for the damages to the Yan family's windows! Of course, in the end, it was our kind-hearted Zhi who footed the bill.
After Zhi paid for the damages and returned home, he felt a sharp pain in his left leg and then suddenly collapsed onto the doorstep!
Zhi let out a scream akin to that of a slaughtered pig!
Just as he returned home, his uncle and neighbors from the courtyard heard the commotion and rushed out!
"What happened? Did I just hear Zhi scream?"
"I heard it too! Ugh! This noise is driving me crazy; how am I supposed to sleep? I have work in the morning!"
"Who can sleep with all this racket? Let's go see what happened with Zhi!"
"Zhi, what's wrong?"
The first to arrive at the scene was Yi Zhonghai from across the street. Seeing Zhi lying on the ground clutching his left leg, he shouted in alarm!
"Uncle! I think my leg might be broken!" Zhi grimaced through gritted teeth as he saw his uncle approaching.
Yi Zhonghai quickly looked at Zhi's leg. Upon seeing its swollen purple state and its unnatural twist, he gasped in shock! It was clearly broken!
"What happened to you? How did your leg get broken?" Yi Zhonghai asked in confusion.
"I don't know! Just hurry and take me to the hospital; it hurts so much!" Zhi began pleading.
"Oh! Alright! I'll take you to the hospital right away!"
"Xu Damao, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiecheng, and Song Dayou—hurry up and find a cart to take Zhi to the hospital!"
Xu Damao refused Yi Zhonghai's request: "Uncle, are we supposed to wait until Zhi gets better before you come back and beat me up? You can find anyone else you want; I'm not taking him! I still have work in the morning; I'm going back to sleep!"
After Xu Damao finished speaking, he walked away. Yi Zhonghai was furious and was about to scold him when Yan Jiefang chimed in: "Exactly, Uncle! Who wants to take him at this hour? Besides, Zhi has hit me before; I'm not going!"
After saying this, Yan Jiefang also turned to leave. Seeing that his brother wasn't going to help either, Yan Jiecheng decided not to go as well! Left with no choice, Song Dayou looked around and thought: "Fine! I'm going home too!"
Seeing everyone getting ready to leave, Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth: "I know it's late at night and you don't want to help. How about this: if you take Zhi to the hospital, I'll give each of you one dollar!"
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