Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

Chen Xueru was very vigilant. This Liao Chengyu was no good. He had hinted at it to her several times, both openly and secretly.

"Why are you in the backyard?" Chen Xueru stood at the door, not even letting him into the house.

Liao Yucheng forced a smile: "Manager Chen, you know the situation now. The fabric shop has closed down, and I can only get 80% of my salary. I still have a large family to support."

"Why are you telling me all this? Xu Huizhen will be here soon. You'd better leave quickly; it won't look good if others see you."

Liao Yucheng sneered, "Hmph! Don't think I don't know about the dirty dealings between you two. I've already told you, with your intelligence, can't you guess what I mean?"

Chen Xueru, with her fiery temper, could still be threatened by him; she was about to shout loudly...

"Go ahead and shout, bring people here, and I'll expose your affair. Let's see who's embarrassed!"

"What did we do? What proof do you have?"

"Do we need evidence for this? Zhang Ma, you're one of us working-class people too. You should know best about her relationship with Niu Dazhuang and Xu Huizhen!"

Zhang Ma, who was helping to take care of the child, quickly carried Hou Kui into the inner room.

Chen Xueru was about to say that she could lend him the money, but then she thought that if she lent him the money today, it would be tantamount to admitting what he said. This man's greed was a bottomless pit.

Chen Xueru still had the courage to fight to the death, and she shouted as soon as she could, "Help! Someone's being indecent..."

Living in a quiet place has its advantages and disadvantages. The neighbors are all quite far away, and by the time they arrive, Liao Chengyu has already disappeared.

When people are hungry, their moral standards drop, and theft cases frequently occur on the streets these days.

Chen Xueru's case is just a microcosm.

Some of the security personnel from Niu Dazhuang's unit were reassigned to help maintain order on the streets.

On the first day of the fourth lunar month, Bai Hongyan gave birth to twin sons at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The babies were delivered by Lin Qiaozhi, the woman later known as the "Mother of Ten Thousand Babies."

Twins are a rare sight these days. Bai's mother was already furious; regardless of who the man was, these two nephews were undeniably her own. She cherished them dearly.

Bai's mother made a special phone call to Bai's father and arranged for the Jeep he used to go to work to be brought over.

They took the mother and her two children directly back to the Ministry of Industry compound on Fuxingmenwai Street to recuperate after childbirth.

Just as Bai Hongyan and her two children were settled in, Bai Hongmin rushed back in a flurry. She started yelling as soon as she entered:

"Did my sister give birth? Are they twins? Mom, hurry up and make me a bowl of noodles, I'm starving." She said, heading towards the bedroom, meaning she wanted to see the little ones.

"Keep your voice down, the two little ones have just fallen asleep."

At this moment, Bai Hongyan, with a towel wrapped around her head, came out of the bedroom to greet her.

"You're not supposed to be in class? Why are you back at this hour?"

"What are you doing blocking the doorway? I want to see my little nephew."

"Stop pausing for a moment, don't bring the chill into the bedroom. You're so old, why don't you have any composure?" Mother Bai quickly said.

"Oh, I see. You're so particular. Mom, hurry up and make me a bowl of noodles, I'm starving."

"Didn't you eat at school?"

"Eating? Vegetable dumplings aren't enough to fill us up. We're all so hungry we're swollen. Back in the spring, the teacher took us to dig for wild vegetables. Now we've dug up almost everything edible near our school. We're practically eating tree bark now."

After saying that, he slumped onto the sofa and said, "Now it's all good, school is on holiday, we'll wait for the announcement when school will start."

If this is the situation in university, what about high school students? Milan is also starving.

Milan didn't know Niu Dazhuang's house, but she knew about the courtyard near Yuan'en Temple. What she didn't know was that Yu Li and Yu Haitang, the sisters, were now living in the courtyard.

When Milan arrived by bicycle, he saw that the gate was still closed and unlocked from the outside, so he knew that someone was inside.

She bit her lip. Since she had already come all this way, she might as well knock on the door.

It was Yu Haitang who opened the door. Their eyes met.

Who are you looking for?

"Does Niu Dazhuang live here?"

"Who are you?" Yu Haitang asked warily.

They were all seventeen or eighteen-year-olds, and they were all very energetic!

"Why do you care who I am? I'm just asking if Niu Dazhuang lives here. Call him out here!"

Yu Li was two years older than them and was now a mother herself. When she heard Yu Haitang arguing with someone at the gate, she called out from inside the house, "Who is Haitang? Come into the yard and talk."

Yu Haitang rolled her eyes at Milan, then opened the two doors and walked inside on her own.

"Sister, I'm here to see Niu Dazhuang."

Milan followed Yu Haitang into the house: "Who are you to Niu Dazhuang? What are you doing living here?"

"That's a question we should be asking you!"

Milan saw the Yu sisters, but fearing it would cause trouble for Niu Dazhuang, she didn't reveal her relationship with him.

He simply said, "I'm friends with Niu Dazhuang, and I need to talk to him about something."

"Friend? Girlfriend, maybe?"

"I've already answered one of your questions. Now it's your turn to answer mine. What are your relationships with Niu Dazhuang?"

Yu Li is so cunning: "Can't you see that?"

"Alright, when Niu Dazhuang comes back in a bit, could you please pass on a message for me, saying that someone named Milan came looking for him?" With that, he turned and left.

Pushing his bicycle, he began to recall what he had said to Niu Dazhuang, and seemed to remember that he had mentioned working for some transportation company.

Since she couldn't find him at home, she had to go to his workplace, and she actually found him there, but unfortunately Niu Dazhuang wasn't there.

They said they were leading a team to help maintain order on the streets.

Milan asked Niu Dazhuang in detail which area he might be on duty, and then went there while waiting for the car.

I searched for Niu Dazhuang by bicycle from morning until noon, and finally found him on Damochang Street in Xicheng District.

Seeing Niu Dazhuang, Milan felt so wronged that tears streamed down her face. With a sob in her voice, she called out, "Niu Dazhuang!"

Niu Dazhuang has been so busy lately that he'd almost forgotten about this little devil. His offer to come here to help maintain order shows he has his reasons.

He was so focused on emptying Lou Bancheng's house that he forgot about another wealthy landlord.

If it weren't for the fact that it's a professional matter, we would have to find a professional to do it. Ever since Niu Dachuan and Niu Erhe came to Beijing on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

They thoroughly investigated all the capitalists and landlords in Beijing, not only finding the place where Lou Bancheng used to work as a servant, but also drawing a rough sketch of the old residence of the Le family of Tongrentang.

The Le family is truly a wealthy and powerful household; their walls are almost as high as those of the Forbidden City.

This is much more difficult to manage than the small villa where Lou Bancheng lives. Niu Dazhuang, taking advantage of his fate of maintaining order on the street, has circled the Le family's old house four or five times already.

Niu Dazhuang had his own plan: first, he would make a big move against the Le family, and then wait two or three years until things calmed down before taking action against the Lou family.