On his first day moving into the courtyard, demobilized army officer Li Yunlong kicked over the Jia family’s “pity party”: one table of vegetarian dishes, one bowl, and food pooled from the whole courtyard, with no one daring to speak up.
“I’ve never felt this stifled, not even on the battlefield! You call this helping the neighbors? This is outright robbery!”
Slander? He slaps his military ID on the table. Claims of poverty? He tallies every last thing. Soft-hearted manipulation? The husband and wife stand firm and gentle, and turn it all away.
After the Jia family finishes crying and Xu Damao starts making a fuss, the whole courtyard finally understands: this man knows how to deal with anyone who gives him trouble.
But they don’t know that, having lost every argument, the Jia family is getting ready to “call in a favor.”
