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

Qin Xiuru was so tormented by the sound that she couldn't sleep at all, so she got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and went to the yard to wash her face.

But somehow I ended up at the window of the main room. It was the middle of summer, and the window and door were both open.

I only glanced at it, just one glance, and I couldn't look away. How could this be...? It's utterly mind-blowing.

Niu Dazhuang gave Niu Tou a wicked look.

Qin Xiuru quickly turned and ran back to her room. Once inside, her heart was still pounding wildly!

"This is too absurd, too absurd..." Qin Xiuru muttered to herself as she paced back and forth in the room.

Qin Xiuru had never realized that summer nights could be so long.

It's past midnight and I still can't fall asleep.

"That guy is such an animal, doesn't he get tired?"

I was half asleep when I heard a rooster crow. It's a habit I've had since I was little: I get up when the rooster crows three times.

After dozing off for a while, Qin Xiuru got off the kang (a heated brick bed) first and washed her underwear before they woke up.

Now I understand why my third sister said to buy fabric for herself to make more underwear.

In summer, the sun rises early. Qin Xiuru had already prepared breakfast when she saw Niu Dazhuang walking out wearing a pair of big shorts, swaying back and forth.

Qin Xiuru didn't know how to face this man. She lowered her head shyly and whispered, "You should eat breakfast first!"

"No rush, it's a day off." Niu Dazhuang said, sitting down next to him with an air of nonchalance.

"You're wearing your sisters' clothes, aren't you? This afternoon, I'll take you out to buy some fabric, and you can make a few more outfits when we get back."

"I...I won't do that!" Qin Xiuru stammered.

"Lift your head up. You're living in my house now, we're family. Do I look that scary?"

Qin Xiuru then raised her head, glanced at Niu Dazhuang, and then lowered it again: "Yes, it is quite scary."

Then Qin Huairu and Qin Xueru also came out of the main house. They all looked like blooming flowers, delicate and beautiful.

"Little Tenth Sister, don't be so shy. Now that you're living in this courtyard, you'll be our good sister sooner or later," Qin Yueru said casually.

"Seventh Sister, I... I haven't agreed yet!"

Qin Yueru deliberately gave her an exaggerated look, sizing her up and down: "With your current physique, agreeing wouldn't make a difference. You should focus on getting better first!"

Qin Xiuru straightened her back and said, "What's wrong with me? I'm just a little thinner than you guys. I can eat dry food every day like you and I don't have to do farm work. It won't be long before I'm just like you."

"Alright, Yue Ru, stop teasing her. After dinner, whoever used the mattress last night, wash it yourself. Don't be lazy and make someone else wash it for you!"

"Third sister, how can you tell the difference?" Ningru asked.

"If you can't tell the difference, then everyone should wash together. Nobody should try to slack off."

"Then I'll help Brother Da Niu with his laundry. I'm sure I'll use this."

"Hey, you little brat, you're the laziest of all. You don't even wash your own clothes. You just let Lao Ba wash them for you."

"Third sister, you're in charge today. I'm not doing her laundry anymore. This lazy habit needs to be corrected!"

"Big Brother Niu, did you see that? They're all bullying me. Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"I'll take care of it, of course I'll take care of it! Your punishment is to stay in the side room tonight and watch the child sleep with Xiuru!"

Qin Ningru's little pink fist punched Niu Dazhuang's chest: "Brother Niu, you're not good either! No way! Can't I just go do the laundry?"

"Ninth Sister, I remember you didn't talk like this before! It's so sour it's making my teeth ache!"

"Giggle giggle..."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone burst into laughter, nearly doubled over. The scene was so intense, one wave higher than the next. It was enough to make any normal man's nose bleed.

Niu Dazhuang is a man who can't sit still. After finishing his breakfast, he pushed his bicycle out again.

"Are you coming back tonight?" Ningru asked.

"I'm not coming back, so don't leave the door open for me."

After Niu Dazhuang left, Ningru closed the door.

"Ninth Sister, he's not coming home tonight, where is he staying?"

"He can live wherever he wants; I can't control that."

"What's going on now?" One shocking thing after another has happened to Qin Xiuru these past two days.

"The reality is that everyone's scrambling to get good men!"

"It's only because your eighth sister was married through proper channels and secured a good position, and then our sisters joined in, that the situation was stabilized. Otherwise... who knows what would have happened."

"what!"

"What?!"

"Sis, speak slower, my brain doesn't work slowly, I can't understand."

"What's so hard to understand? We have plenty to eat and drink, and we don't have to hand over our monthly salaries. Do you think you want to keep this good life?"

Qin Xiuru nodded

"Women outside also want to live this kind of life, so they keep trying to undermine our family."

"Besides escalating the situation, we can't argue with him. If you do, you'll fall right into the trap set by those other women."

Seeing that she still didn't understand, Qin Ningru could only explain it to her in detail: "For example, if you know he's seeing other women outside..."

You come back and start arguing and fighting with him, and in the end, you push him into the arms of another woman. You end up with nothing but a mess and nothing to show for it.

"In our hometown, this kind of situation is quite common. The men all do it secretly, because they're afraid the women in their families will find out."

"That's because they're incompetent. They haven't even figured out how to manage their own little plot of land, yet they're already eyeing women outside."

You probably heard what happened last night, right? After three nights in a row, I haven't been able to go to work; I've just been staying home recovering!

"I... I didn't mean to eavesdrop last night."

"What's there to be nervous about? Nobody's blaming you. Nobody said anything. We'll all be sisters fighting the Japanese together sooner or later. You don't need to listen, it's okay to observe!"

"Ninth Sister, you...you're going too far!"

"Unrestrained? Or shameless?"

"No, that's not what I meant!"

"Alright, Ningru, stop teasing her. This afternoon, you and Yueru take Xiuru out. I'll get you the money."

"Eighth Brother, no need. Ningru and I will cover the cost of buying some fabric for Tenth Brother! Consider it a small gift."

"You guys can pay for Xiuru's little clothes. I won't argue with you. The cotton mattresses at home need replacing. They're all unusable after washing."

Also, Ningru, make a few of those silk bellybands for the other girls too. Don't just show them off to yourself. And...”

Niu Dazhuang heard the news he wanted most yesterday and was in a great mood. He hummed a little tune as he went to Xu Huizhen's house.

"You've come at the perfect time. Even if you hadn't come, I would have gone to find you soon!"

"What's going on? Liao Yucheng found his way here?"

"He's a coward. After you taught him a lesson, he came to apologize to me the very next day, making himself sound so pitiful!"