Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

Sha Zhu said disdainfully, "You really think you're something special? Don't you know what kind of person you are?"

Sha Zhu came back after having a few drinks tonight, and his temper flared up easily when Yan Bugui spurred him on. He immediately launched into a furious tirade against Yan Bugui.

"Old Yi, Old Yi! This is terrible! Come and take a look..." Yan Bugui exclaimed.

Li Xiangdong and Yu Li were having dinner and chatting when the scream interrupted them, ruining their conversation.

"Damn it, these beasts are quiet every single day." Li Xiangdong held Yu Li's slender waist.

At this moment, Yu Li took off her coat and cotton-padded jacket, leaving her in only a sweater. The sweater was a bit short, and the big and little bears on her chest were about to burst out of the fabric.

"Put on your clothes and go out for a look." Li Xiangdong reluctantly pulled his hand away from the high ground.

The two arrived at the screen door and stood in the corner watching outside. Li Xiangdong even took out a handful of sunflower seeds and gave them to Yu Li; this was the proper way to enjoy the show.

"Brother Dong, what kind of melon seeds are these? They taste really good."

Yu Li said in surprise after eating a sunflower seed.

“These are trichosanthes seeds; they won’t cause internal heat,” Li Xiangdong said. “Don’t tell anyone, we’ll just eat them ourselves.”

"Yes, definitely." Yu Li smiled brightly.

As the two were talking, Yi Zhonghai walked over.

"Zhu Zi, what are you and Uncle San doing? You've had a few drinks, why don't you go back to sleep?" Yi Zhonghai said as soon as he came up, "I could smell your alcohol from far away."

"If Lao Yi, that fool Zhu, were to say something else, I wouldn't take it to heart," Yan Bugui said angrily. "He actually dared to disregard me, his elder, and spewed out all sorts of foul language, saying things like, 'What kind of uncle am I?' Lao Yi, you tell me, what kind of uncle am I?"

　26 “If I’m nothing, then what are Lao Yi and Lao Liu?”

Yan Bugui saw Liu Haizhong, who was also walking over with a protruding belly. Yan Bugui knew that Liu Haizhong, this crazy official, valued the identity of his second uncle the most.

"What? You idiot Zhu, how dare you say that?" Liu Haizhong's walnut-sized brain was ignited by Yan Bugui's words.

"Of course I'd say that! What are you, Liu Haizhong, anyway!" Sha Zhu slurred. "An official? You're just a second-grade elementary school student..."

"I'm a senior elementary school student, a senior elementary school student, I'm in the third grade!" Liu Haizhong shouted, stomping his feet.

Liu Haizhong finished second grade and dropped out of school when he was about to start third grade. But now Liu Haizhong says he is in third grade and that he is in some kind of upper primary school.

Even if you're in the "elderly primary school" class, you're still a primary school student. However, Liu Haizhong felt that the words "elderly primary school" carried much more weight than "primary school student."

"Pah! You're just a primary school student, yet you want to be an official? Do you even have the destiny to be one?" Sha Zhu's mouth was already foul, but now that he was drunk, he became even more unrestrained: "You're a level seven blacksmith, and your skills aren't bad. You should just stay a worker and behave yourself!"

"Always dreaming of becoming an official, are you even cut out for it?"

Yi Zhonghai is quick-witted; he sees Sha Zhu criticizing everyone. He'd better back off a bit, otherwise he'd lose face if Sha Zhu criticized him.

Let's wait until Sha Zhu sobers up before we talk about it. But then Yan Bugui retorted, "Old Yi, you saw it! Sha Zhu acts like this. He has no respect for us at all!"

"We absolutely cannot let him continue like this..."

Yi Zhonghai could only step forward and say, "Alright, alright, didn't you two see? He's completely drunk. Trying to reason with a drunkard, are you two drunk?"

“I’ll settle the score with him tomorrow when he’s sober. In his current state, whatever you say will be of no use.”

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu said, "I'm not drunk, it's just that these two are so pretentious, it's really annoying."

At this point, many people came to watch the excitement, but Qin Huairu had already slipped away with six heavy lunchboxes.

"You idiot Zhu, you just wait! I'll never forgive you!" Liu Hai shouted, his large belly trembling violently. It looked like a water-filled balloon.

"Do you know what 'irreconcilable enmity' means?" Sha Zhu fired off with full force.

"Old Yi, Old Yi, why aren't you hurrying up..." Yan Bugui said, trembling.

“Old Yan, you’re just a semi-literate person who only attended a private school for three years.” Sha Zhu exposed Yan Bugui’s true colors: “You were just lucky to get into the teaching profession. You call yourself a scholar? That’s all you are capable of. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been earning only 27.5 yuan a month for so many years.”

Li Xiangdong, who was listening by the screen door, was stunned. He then remembered that in the TV series "Full House of Love" he had watched before his soul transmigrated, Yan Bugui always earned 27.5 yuan a month. So that's the reason! It's because Yan Bugui's skills are lacking.

"You, you, you..." Yan Bugui's face turned red. If you were to add hair to him at this moment, he would look like a big monkey.

"Hold a big meeting! Hold a big meeting! We must criticize and denounce Sha Zhu!" Liu Haizhong shouted. "We absolutely cannot let this trend spread... what was it again? We can't let it get out of control."

"We can't let just anyone follow that little bastard surnamed Li's example of disrespecting their superiors..."

Li Xiangdong never expected that he would be the one to get involved while he was just watching the show. He handed the melon seeds in his hand to Yu Wu and Yu Bin, and strode over.

Yu Wu and Yu Bin had come to watch the commotion and had just stopped in front of their sister and brother-in-law.

Liu Haizhong was speaking animatedly when everyone suddenly looked behind him in surprise. Startled, Liu Haizhong turned around and saw Li Xiangdong walking away with a livid expression. Only then did Liu Haizhong realize he had said the wrong thing.

Li Xiangdong is now the deputy factory director, so dealing with Liu Haizhong would be easy for him. Even if Li Xiangdong were still just the head of the technical department, getting rid of him wouldn't be a problem either. Liu Haizhong was filled with regret; why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut?

"Director Li, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." Liu Haizhong hurriedly apologized.

"Fuck you!"

Li Xiangdong raised his hand and slapped two large pens, instantly turning his fleshy face, which was covered in bangs, into a ruddy glow.

The two slaps made Liu Hai's head shake from side to side.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were also watching the commotion from the sidelines, but after Liu Haizhong was hit, strange smiles appeared on their faces. They seemed to be quite happy.

The two of them slipped away quietly.

Liu Guangqi rushed forward to help Liu Haizhong up. This simple gesture made Yi Zhonghai's eyes redden. He thought to himself, "Why can't I have a son?"

"Liu Haizhong, this is a warning to you. If this happens again, I'll fucking kill you," Li Xiangdong said viciously.

"Go, go back!"

Liu Haizhong covered his burning face, shook off Liu Guangqi's support, and hurriedly walked towards the central courtyard. Having lost so much face and having no way to retaliate, the resentment in Liu Haizhong's heart was almost bursting out of his skull.

Upon seeing this, Yi Zhonghai turned and left without a word. Yan Bugui also scurried back to his home like a rat.

In the blink of an eye, most of the onlookers had left. Sha Zhu was still dazed, but upon seeing Li Xiangdong, he said nonchalantly, "Heh heh, you're the deputy factory director in charge of technology, you can't control me!"

"I'm a chef, I earn my living with my skills. Who can do anything to me?"

Li Xiangdong snorted coldly, it seemed he would have to teach Sha Zhu a lesson himself.

Sha Zhu walked away smugly, staggering along. Yu Li then took her two younger brothers and went back as well.

Li Xiangdong shook his head and returned home: "Hmm, I just found out about another black market today. I'll ride my bike over there and take a look."

Today, Li Xiangdong found out that there's a black market across the moat. It sells large items and antiques. Li Xiangdong wants to go check it out.

Li Xiangdong tossed the bicycle into the mysterious space, then came over, opened the gate, and came out. He turned around and closed the gate.

Not long after Li Xiangdong left, Yan Bugui came out with a sinister smile and promptly bolted the gate.

The main gate has three bolts, top, middle, and bottom, but normally only one is bolted. Now Yan Bugui has bolted all three.

After Li Xiangdong left tonight, no one else went out. After Yan Bugui locked the gate, he returned to sleep with a smug look on his face.

Li Xiangdong walked for a while, then, seeing no one around, threw his bicycle out of the mysterious space. He rode straight to the black market by the moat.

Li Xiangdong wants to see if he can get his hands on some antiques or jade items today.

I had just rushed to the moat when I saw a scene of chaos in the distance. Many people were running around like headless flies.

Li Xiangdong could easily understand what had happened; his car had been confiscated. He hurriedly turned the handlebars around and sped back.

It took almost an hour round trip to get back to the courtyard house gate. The car had already been thrown into the mysterious space. Pushing open the gate, they discovered it was bolted shut.

"Damn it, Yan Bugui!" Li Xiangdong was filled with hatred. "You fucking forced me to take action against you!"

Li Xiangdong knocked on the door first, but there was no response for more than ten minutes. Li Xiangdong sneered. Luckily, he still had an axe in his storage space. He took it out and chopped the door open in no time.

The gate was already quite old. Li Xiangdong had a sharp axe and was skilled in carpentry. With a few chops in the door crack, he widened the gap and easily broke the inner bolt.

After entering, Li Xiangdong opened the door as wide as possible. Then he took out a large nail and nailed the door shut. The door could no longer be opened or closed unless the nail was pulled out.

Yan Bugui was half-asleep in bed when he heard a knock on the door. He secretly rejoiced: "Damn it, you little bastard, I'll let you stay out all night!"

But then the sound changed. He paid attention at first, but the sound that followed was clearly the sound of nails being hammered. This made Yan Bugui angrily put on his clothes and shakily go out to see what was going on.

"What...what are you doing?"

When Yan Bugui saw Li Xiangdong holding an axe, he knew something was wrong. Moreover, the gate was wide open, and the man had already entered.

"What are you doing? If anyone closes the gate again, I'll chop off their claws." Li Xiangdong sneered, "They really know how to find opportunities to increase their power. They can even make a big deal out of a gate."

"This was a resolution passed at our meeting. How could you..." Yan Bugui stammered. Without the power to open and close the gate, his two yuan a month would be gone. And those who went out to the black market at night would have to give him a bribe when they returned.

This filial piety, if accumulated, will amount to quite a lot.

"Screw the whole conference! You three old bastards, just wait until I take you down one by one!" Li Xiangdong glared and said, "Get lost! I'm waiting to see what you've got to offer!"

Li Xiangdong wielded his axe with a flourish, scaring Yan Bugui so much that he wet himself in fear. He was terrified that Li Xiangdong would smash his dog's head with the axe.

Li Xiangdong snorted and went home.

The next morning, Li Xiangdong had breakfast with Yu Li. As they were about to leave, they saw Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui at the gatehouse.

The three of them stared at the nailed-down gate, their faces turning ashen.

The three men knew that by doing this, Li Xiangdong was gradually undermining their power base within the compound.

"Director Li, isn't it wrong of you to break down the gate like that?"

Yi Zhonghai asked, his eyes red.

"What, you're not happy? Then go ahead and report me to the neighborhood committee or the police station." Li Xiangdong said coldly, "I really don't know where you three get your confidence. Do you think you can control everything here?"

"You shut the gates and think this is your territory? That's ridiculous."