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

"Why is your stall so big? I have to buy it all to drink." Despite saying this, Yu Beibei still took the money.

"Buy them all. With the money from the returned bottles, you can drink another one."

"Oh, that's quite generous of you." After saying that, the little girl actually reached out and patted Niu Dazhuang on the shoulder.

Niu Dazhuang thought to himself, "It's just like in the movie. She's really generous. I remember there was a scene in the movie where Yu Beibei put on lipstick and kissed five or six boys in the room one by one."

That's really open-minded.

Yu Beibei swayed her slender waist as she went to buy soda, while Niu Dazhuang took out the letter again and read it carefully.

He sighed, "They don't care at all, they left so gracefully, and I'm like a fool, why am I even sighing?" After saying that, he took out a match and lit the letter.

He turned around and went back into the house, stuffing all the bedding, daily necessities, and leftover food from the kitchen into the space.

I've paid six months' rent upfront, so I'm not in a rush to get a refund. What if I need it someday? Finding such a suitable little courtyard isn't easy; Milan searched for over a week before finally finding one.

Information flow was poor back then, and there were no dedicated real estate agents. Whether you wanted to rent or buy a house, you had to ask around. Another option was to contact the neighborhood aunties; they were incredibly knowledgeable about the area.

If you want to find a house through the neighborhood aunties, there's a problem: they'll ask you about everything from your ancestors to the last eight generations, including what company you work for, whether you're married, and so on.

If it's a stranger, and they're not a registered resident of the city, they'll need a letter of introduction from the village committee.

Niu Dazhuang cleaned everything inside and out. Yu Beibei returned carrying six bottles of Beibingyang soda tied with a rope.

"Six bottles cost nine mao, and I drank the remaining one mao in one bottle." Yu Beibei began to recount the expenses.

"Okay, if you get a stomachache, just don't come looking for me tomorrow." He untied the rope, picked up a bottle of soda, and used his teeth to open the cap. He tilted his head back and downed the whole bottle, even letting out a burp afterward!

Why aren't you drinking?

"How can I drink it if I can't open the bottle cap?"

Niu Dazhuang picked up another bottle, placed the cap on his sharp teeth, and used his teeth and arm together to open the bottle.

Handed it to Yu Beibei.

The man thought it was dirty, so he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the bottle opening, and then drank half of it in one gulp.

"Should I open them all for you? Or should I leave them here and you come over to drink them this afternoon?"

"Put it here? Forget it, just move them all away for me!"

Since the other person thought it was dirty, Niu Dazhuang didn't bother to open the bottle with his teeth. He picked up another bottle and took two chopsticks from the kitchen...

Bang, bottle... and opened the remaining four bottles in a row.

Niu Dazhuang drank three bottles of ice-cold soda in a row, and even then, he felt a bit bloated. He wondered how Yu Beibei had managed to drink them all.

I secretly glanced at her stomach. Yu Beibei was wearing a pink dress with white flowers and a fitted waist, so I couldn't really tell anything.

Yu Beibei noticed him peeking at her stomach, but instead of getting annoyed, she giggled: "What, don't you believe I can drink four bottles of soda?"

"You girls are magical creatures. When you have a man, you are as delicate as a willow in the wind."

When we were little girls, we were wilder than boys! Take opening soda bottles, for example—I don't believe you couldn't open one yourself.

"You seem to know us girls pretty well! Then why didn't Milan even say goodbye before leaving a letter and leaving?"

"Can't you even have a conversation? Why do you have to bring up the very thing you don't want to talk about!" Niu Dazhuang pretended to look bitter and resentful.

"Hahaha... You men like to show off and be tough in front of us women, right? Since you're willing to do it, we're happy to watch."

This satisfies both your desire to perform and our little secret desires—isn't that great!

"This doesn't sound like something a high school student would say."

"How did you know I'm a high school student? How did you figure that out?"

Niu Dazhuang deliberately moved closer, staring at Yu Beibei's delicate little face for a long time: "I also know that you live in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound."

"Holy crap! You think you can read faces?!"

"I can not only read faces, I can also read palms!"

Without a second thought, Yu Beibei stretched out her delicate hand in front of Niu Dazhuang: "Quickly help me see what kind of job I'll have in the future? And what kind of partner I'll have in the future..."

Niu Dazhuang first placed Yu Beibei's small hand in his large hand and gently squeezed it twice.

"Don't get excited, bone reading is also a kind of physiognomy. Your hands are slender but not bony, soft and warm..." It wasn't that Niu Dazhuang could actually read faces, but that he had seen that movie.

Yu Beibei was completely taken aback. At first, she was just having fun, but now she believed her to a large extent.

"Master, please help me read my heart line!" This is Niu Dazhuang reading her palm.

The title was changed from "comrade" to "master".

He pretended to trace the emotional line on Yu Beibei's palm with his index finger, then looked up at Yu Beibei's face.

"Judging from your emotional line, your 'Red Phoenix' star hasn't moved yet, but I also see that the area between your eyebrows is no longer solidified; it's showing signs of spreading out..."

"What do you mean?"

In other words, the person you're currently dating isn't a good match, and it won't last.

Yu Beibei quickly withdrew her hand: "How...how could you tell?"

"Of course, if I weren't afraid of revealing divine secrets and incurring divine retribution, I could even tell you what color underwear you're wearing. Yu Beibei, right? It's fate that we met. Consider what I just calculated as a free gift. But you're not allowed to tell anyone else that I can read faces and tell fortunes, otherwise, you'll be revealing divine secrets..."

"Understood, understood, I promise I won't tell anyone else."

"Alright, that's enough for today. I've paid the rent for this place until the end of the year, and I can't get a refund anyway. Here's the key. Could you come and keep an eye on it for me when you're free?"

In return, if you ever run into any trouble, I can help you again for free.

"Okay, can I bring my friends over?"

"No, especially not your so-called boyfriend, who you brought along."

"I was just playing around with him. Since we weren't a good match, we broke up. I definitely won't bring him along."

"No other men will do either."

"mean."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Niu Dazhuang snatched the keys back from the hand he was being offered. "Forget it then," he said, "I'll come back and check on it myself when I have time!"

Yu Beibei pouted: "I thought you were generous just now, how come you've become so stingy again? If you didn't want me to bring other people, then don't bring them, why did you have to snatch the keys back?"

As she spoke, Yu Beibei snatched the key back.

Living conditions in Kyoto are not good now, and regardless of gender, once they reach the age of seventeen or eighteen, they all dream of having their own independent space.