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

"What earth-shattering answer has been found that requires so many people to be mobilized?" Su Ting asked curiously.

"As a result of multi-faceted efforts, especially those capitalists, who took the matter to the CPPCC, they spent money and effort to find out the truth."

The family that lost their valuables happened to have someone with influence in the city, and the government needed to appease these capitalists, hence the large-scale action.

"How much gold and silver treasure has been lost, all this trouble!"

"You know about that capitalist surnamed Ma whose house was burgled a couple of years ago, right?"

"Of course I heard about it. In the end, they couldn't find a single clue and the matter was dropped."

"Let me put it this way. I heard that what was stolen last night was more than a hundred times more than what that capitalist surnamed Ma lost. Just think about it, the head of the Le family had accumulated his private treasury all his life, and someone wiped it all out. There were dozens of gold nuggets and silver nuggets the size of pumpkins."

"My goodness, how much does this cost!" Su Ting exclaimed in surprise.

"This doesn't even include calligraphy and paintings by famous people, porcelain, and jade."

"So much stuff, all stolen in one night. Are they all dead? Didn't they hear a sound?"

"That's the strange thing. Just like last time, they didn't leave any clues."

Not only were Su Wan and her sister talking about it, but everyone who heard the news was talking about it.

Especially those involved in the search and arrest.

Two days later, they even mobilized the neighborhood aunties, which turned Kyoto upside down.

Of course, it was Aunt Zhao who led the group to visit each courtyard house one by one, not even missing the vegetable cellar in the backyard.

Every night when Aunt Zhao came home, Uncle Niu would immediately ask, "Did you find anything?"

"Old Niu, are you so desperate for a reward that you've gone crazy?" Aunt Zhao was annoyed by the question.

Niu Youliang quickly shook his head in denial: "No, I was just curious!"

"If you're curious, why don't you go? Your company's security department has already reassigned staff!"

"I'm all old and frail, let the young people do this kind of thing!"

"I think you're just lazy."

After seven or eight days of turmoil, Niu Youliang was worried for seven or eight days.

It was another Saturday, and Niu Youliang finally couldn't hold back any longer. After work, he didn't go home but went straight to Qin Huairu's place near Yuan'en Temple.

When the old man from the family comes, we have to be very hospitable. We cut watermelon and serve him tea.

Niu Youliang hugged Xiao Qijin first. While eating watermelon, he didn't eat much himself, but fed Xiao Qijin quite a bit.

Niu Youliang casually asked, pretending to be nonchalant, "When is Dazhuang coming back?"

Qin Xueru replied, "He hasn't been getting off work on time these past few days. If you have anything to say, I can pass it on to him."

"No need. Tell him to come find me whenever you see him. That brat, I haven't seen him for over half a month." With that, she left. In the middle of summer, even if it were her own daughter-in-law, let alone her nephew's wife, she should still avoid any appearance of impropriety.

After Niu Youliang left through the main gate, Qin Xiuru, wearing a short vest and shorts, came out of the side room.

"Sister, who is this old man?"

"Dazhuang's uncle..." Qin Xueru explained the relationship between Niu Dazhuang and his family.

"No wonder he was so casual, and you had to be so polite and flattering. Turns out he's an elder in the family!"

Qin Xueru glanced at her scantily clad figure and teased her.

"You, since you came to the city, you haven't learned anything except how to dress coolly. Stop pulling, you can't cover your belly button no matter how much you pull!"

"Hehe, sister, what were you thinking? Why did you come up with so many fancy little clothes? Why not just wear a proper bellyband? Why do you have to make holes in it? You might as well not wear it at all, it would be cooler."

And those with three straps, they're such a waste of fabric. I don't even know how to wear them.

The two sisters were chatting idly when Qin Yueru and Qin Ningru returned first, pushed their bicycles in, and put them away.

The two sisters each took a slice of watermelon and ate and talked.

"Our food processing plant has completely shut down today. We'll let you know when it will reopen. Now you can finally take a break."

"Seventh Sister, I think our garment factory is about to collapse too. Some of our colleagues are so hungry they're swollen from hunger, how can they work? In this sweltering heat, not a drop of rain has fallen. I think this year's autumn harvest will be a total failure."

"Summer is alright, but this winter will be tough back home." Qin Xiuru had just come from her hometown and was even more worried about her relatives there than they were.

"Oh, little tenth brother. It's good enough that we don't go hungry. We want to help the family, but we're powerless to do so!"

"I know, there are so many of us in the family. Even if we save a little from our own mouths, it won't be enough for everyone to share. We might even have conflicts because of unfair distribution. I was just saying."

"When Dazhuang comes back, I'll discuss it with him. If it doesn't work out, we'll bring Xiaoshiyi over this winter too. Uncle Wu's children aren't married yet, and they're under a lot of pressure!"

"I have no objection. At worst, we can just eat a little less each day; it won't make Little Eleven starve!"

Qin Huairu, who commutes by bus, had already arrived home, but Niu Dazhuang was nowhere to be seen. The women knew they wouldn't see him again tonight.

Niu Dazhuang was sweating profusely as he rode his bicycle towards Mentougou. If he didn't deliver the grain soon, Yu Li and the others would definitely run out of fine grains.

You can't just openly deliver during the day. Other families are starving, and you're providing them with fine grains and fruit. No wonder they're envious.

It was early July, past seven o'clock, and still completely dark. Niu Dazhuang arrived at the small courtyard he had rented for Yu Li after eight o'clock in the evening.

Everything was prepared before they arrived. When Yu Haitang opened the gate, Niu Dazhuang put the prepared bags of fine grains and fruits on the back of his bicycle.

Just like the spies in old movies, Yu Haitang let the person in, and even stuck his head out to look around. After finding nothing unusual, he closed the door.

Yu Haitang's first question wasn't what she had brought, but rather about the thefts that had occurred in the city.

"The news has spread all the way here?"

"You haven't been reading the newspapers lately, have you? It's all over the news."

"Then why are you asking?"

"The newspaper was vague, just saying that someone's family had a lot of valuables stolen, telling us ordinary people to be careful about fire and theft. My sister said that the coal mine here has even organized a patrol team, patrolling 24 hours a day, non-stop. It's making everyone very nervous."

"I was a few days late because of this..." Niu Dazhuang told Yu Li and Yu Haitang what he had heard. He was secretly pleased with himself.

"Hey! That's really weird. They turned the city upside down and still couldn't find it. It must be that the Le family filed a false report, or there's an inside thief!" Yu Haitang said seriously.

"Stop worrying about others, go and cut the watermelon."

"Dazhuang, Hongyan's mother has gone back, but she's hired a nanny again. Should I call Hongyan over?" Yu Li was still very sensible.