Courtyard House: My Long and Hard Body Makes Me Play with All the Women in the Courtyard

If that happens, the other people in the courtyard will probably stop donating as well.

Su Ting had his own plans regarding Yi Zhonghai's offer of money; once the money was in his hands, it was his.

"Thank you, Uncle Yi. You truly deserve the title of 'Grandpa' in our courtyard!"

"I felt the warmth of our compound as soon as I arrived, didn't I, Uncle Liu and Uncle Yan?"

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, who were suddenly called out by Su Ting, stared at Yi Zhonghai with expressions as if they had eaten something unpalatable.

You, an eighth-grade fitter, don't care about a few dollars, but have you ever thought about how we feel?

Now that you, as the elder, have given money, how can we, the remaining two elders, not give it to you?

Su Ting's words put us both in an awkward position, and in the end, we had no choice but to each take out five yuan and give it to Su Ting.

Of course, Su Ting was also extremely grateful.

After the three old men gave the money, they didn't seem to mind.

Everyone knows what Liu Haizhong is thinking; he's single-mindedly focused on becoming an official.

Now that Su Ting is the deputy section chief, he will definitely try his best to curry favor with him.

Yan Bugui's behavior puzzled Yi Zhonghai. His own family was not well-off, so why was he willing to give Su Ting five yuan?

In fact, Yan Bugui was already making plans in his mind at that moment.

Su Ting had already secretly returned the money to him, so what was five yuan?

Besides, I gave Su Ting five yuan, so it's reasonable to donate less to the Jia family at the meeting later, right?

Moreover, Su Ting is so generous; if you get along well with him, you might not necessarily reap many benefits in the future!

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai remembered that Su Ting had mentioned that the cook had not yet been found.

Now, wanting to curry favor with Su Ting, he said, "Su Ting, don't worry about the cook."

There's a guy in our courtyard named Shazhu, he's the cook.

Although this person can be a bit reckless at times, he is indeed quite skilled at cooking.

I'll go find him now and tell him.

We've decided to have a get-together tomorrow at noon, when almost everyone in the compound will be home.

Su Ting deliberately asked cautiously, "Then how much should we pay him to cook?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong's beard bristled, and he was furious.

"How can you charge Sha Zhu for cooking for the people in our compound?"

If he dares to ask you for money, I, his second uncle, will teach him a lesson!

"No, no! I'm just worried that doing this would break the professional rules for chefs!"

Su Ting hurriedly explained, fearing it might cause trouble for Sha Zhu.

In short, what he meant was that I wanted to give him money because I meant well and didn't want Sha Zhu to suffer any losses because of this.

This person is so kind; he's almost broke himself, yet he's still thinking of others.

This made Yi Zhonghai feel even more guilty and unable to sleep. He even thought about getting up in the middle of the night and slapping himself: I deserve to die!

Sha Zhu had no idea what was going on, but everyone made sure he was settled in perfectly.

The three heads of the compound chatted with Su Ting for a while longer, and after drinking three pots of tea, they got up to say goodbye.

Afterwards, the three of them walked together to the Intermediate People's Court, intending to discuss the next day's matters with Sha Zhu.

Chapter Forty-Eight: General Assembly

The door to Sha Zhu's house was open, so you couldn't see him from the outside.

The three old men entered the house and discovered that Sha Zhu was lying on the bed, leisurely swinging his legs!

Qin Huairu, who was standing to the side, was holding a lunchbox and discussing something with Sha Zhu.

Upon seeing the three elderly men suddenly appear, Qin Huairu quickly greeted them.

"Oh dear! What brings you three gentlemen together? Is there something important?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu quickly got up.

Qin Huairu just borrowed money from him. Although he lent her five yuan, she wanted more.

So he stayed in bed, enjoying this rare moment of help from his goddess.

Just then, three old men barged in and interrupted his good time. He pouted in displeasure and stood up, saying...

"Oh dear, three old gentlemen have arrived together today. Looks like something big is about to happen?"

Liu Haizhong was annoyed when he saw Sha Zhu's nonchalant attitude.

"Shazhu, what kind of attitude is that? Can't you speak seriously for once!"

"That's my stance. If you don't like it, turn right and leave. No need to see me off!"

Sha Zhu completely ignored Liu Haizhong's complaints; he was thoroughly fed up with Liu Haizhong's aloof manner.

"Silly Zhu, speak properly."

"Zhu Zi, how could you talk to your second uncle like that! Apologize right now."

Seeing this, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai quickly reminded him.

Upon hearing Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai's words, Sha Zhu reluctantly managed to squeeze out an "I'm sorry."

After seeing that Sha Zhu had apologized, Yi Zhonghai explained the purpose of their trip.

"Zhu Zi, Su Ting's house is finished being renovated."

He wants to invite everyone in our compound to have a good celebratory meal in the courtyard.

All the ingredients have been prepared.

The three of us old men discussed it and decided that tomorrow would be a day off for everyone.

We'd like to ask you to cook a delicious lunch for everyone in the yard. What do you think?

Yan Bugui then added, "Silly Zhu, Su Ting bought a lot of meat!"

He's been so generous, treating the whole hospital to a meal. You can't argue with him about the money; he only has one dollar left.

"Do you even need to tell me that, Uncle? Do you think everyone is as meticulous as you are, calculating every penny all day long?"

"Don't worry, old man, tomorrow's lunch is no problem. I'll make sure everyone eats so much they won't want to spit out their tongues."

"That's great! Looks like our three kids are in for a treat tomorrow!"

Qin Huairu was overjoyed to hear that Su Ting had prepared a lot of meat.

Yan Bugui wasn't angry when Sha Zhu retorted.

After the matter was settled, the three old men said that they would be going out to hold a general meeting of the entire hospital in a little while.

Tell everyone about this, and mention that the residents of the compound donated money to the Jia family.

After the three old men left, Qin Huairu left a few steamed buns for Sha Zhu and then left with her lunchbox.

Banggeng and Xiaodang were still at Uncle Yi's house. She planned to take the lunchbox home first before looking for Su Ting.

Su Ting can't be without money! He has to find a way to get Su Ting to donate more money.

Qin Huairu ran all the way to Su Ting's door and saw Su Ting leisurely lying on the sofa enjoying tea.

He went straight into the house without even closing the door.

"Your new house is really nicely decorated; the sofa looks very comfortable."

Qin Huairu looked around the room while striking up a conversation with Su Ting.

"Wow! There's even a refrigerator! So much meat! You're so generous, little brother!"

As Qin Huairu spoke, she opened the refrigerator, while Su Ting remained lying on the sofa without moving.

"It's not even dark yet! Why are you here already?"

"All this meat in the fridge is for tomorrow's yard party, so don't even think about it!"

Qin Huairu closed the refrigerator door somewhat reluctantly, then walked around the room before sitting down next to Su Ting and saying something.

"Young man, I heard that the three old men said you're short of money and only have one yuan left?"

"That's right! Sister Qin, you're seeing that I'm almost starving, so you're planning to help me out, right?"

Su Ting raised an eyebrow and looked at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu smiled awkwardly and replied, "Little brother, stop joking. My family is dirt poor too."

"I just borrowed five yuan from Sha Zhu, otherwise my family would be starving."

Su Ting turned over and lay on the sofa with her back to Qin Huairu.

It seems they're not here to give him money, so there's nothing to talk about.

Seeing Su Ting's attitude, Qin Huairu was a little angry and patted him on the back.