The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

"You know what, it's true."

If Jia Dongxu found out, he'd probably grab a knife and chop Sha Zhu up.

"Hey, Jianguo, are you planning to give me a reminder in a couple of years?"

"Of course, it's such an interesting thing."

It wouldn't be right not to remind them.

Li Jianguo began to calculate the time.

According to the plot, Jia Dongxu will only appear on the wall when the famine is about to end.

That's still several years away.

He has plenty of time to see the child's problems.

If I can really kill Sha Zhu with one blow then.

That would be more interesting.

After returning home, the two busied themselves for a while before going to sleep.

The next day they started planting rice seedlings again.

Because the tea tree has many new branches.

The two of them worked for three days to get the branches in place.

"Brother Jianguo, let's pick tea again in a month."

"Look, these tea bushes can still grow a little longer."

"Alright, let these mother trees grow a little longer."

We can also make more tea.

Luckily we drank it sparingly, and now there's less than half a pound left.

With some more fresh tea, we were finally able to continue the supply.

If we save a little, we can manage until next year.

After spending two days in the hospital, Qin Huairu was discharged.

Recently, Jia Zhangshi has been showing off wheat grains in the yard every day.

The Jia family really has no taste in naming things.

The son is named Banggeng, and the younger son is named Maili.

We really can't live without food.

The whole hospital staff gathered around to take a look.

I wonder if anyone has made any clever discoveries.

Sha Zhu grinned widely as he cooked chicken soup for Huai Ru in the east wing.

They were actually taking care of Qin Huairu during her postpartum period; what a harmonious scene!

Jia Dongxu didn't stop him, and was quite happy about it.

I can still eat a few bites of chicken.

Seeing Li Jianguo also caused me a sudden toothache.

The three of us got together during the Chinese New Year.

Yan Jiecheng has not appeared since.

I don't know how far he's progressed, but after meeting Xu Huizhen...

He often went to the tavern with Chen Xueru for drinks.

Li Jianguo's Lingquan wine was finally brewed.

The storage time was a bit short.

But he couldn't wait to open a jar.

So they brewed 139 jars, each containing 5 jin (2.5 catties).

Not too many.

They started drinking and chatting with Yao Yao in the space.

Li Jianguo couldn't wait to drink a glass.

It felt like drinking a sip of freshly boiled water.

I could clearly feel the heat flowing from my throat into my stomach.

This liquor is quite potent, at least 80 or 90 proof.

After drinking it, the alcohol fumes surged up, and even his internal energy couldn't suppress them.

Then a surge of energy burst forth from within his body.

His internal energy began to circulate rapidly.

After half a cycle.

Only then did they digest the energy from that sip of wine.

Holy crap, this is a super tonic pill!

Yao Yao took a sip, and her entire face turned bright red, all the way down to her neck.

A light sheen of sweat appeared on her forehead.

He immediately sat cross-legged and began practicing his internal energy.

"Brother Jianguo, it took me five weeks to digest all the energy in it."

The alcohol is too strong; I can't drink much.

"It's okay, we'll take it slow."

I also felt that this alcohol was quite strong.

If it were sorghum grown with spiritual spring water...

It's estimated to be even more effective, but growing crops consumes far too much spiritual spring water.

Next time, let's use the fruit that's been watered with spiritual energy to make fruit wine.

It is estimated that the energy is more abundant.

"Now that we've finished this wine, it'll take at least two or three hundred years to gain more internal energy."

Yao Yao said happily.

"That's true, except for these tea trees."

We've used all the spring water to water the fruit trees.

Yao Yao took two sips and then stopped drinking.

Li Jianguo ate and drank at the same time.

Before long, he became a little drunk.

He immediately pulled Yao Yao over.

They started fighting right there at the dinner table.

Yao Yao was a little tipsy from drinking, so she was unusually cooperative.

These leisurely days continued until July of 1956.

Yan Bugui was grading homework in his office.

He was then called into the principal's office by the director.

He thought something good was going to happen.

Upon entering the office, I saw the principal with a serious expression.

He asked out of curiosity.

"Principal Zhang, may I ask what you need me for?"

"Yan Bugui, look at the mess you've made! You actually dared to extort money and bribes from students."

As he spoke, the principal threw out five or six complaint letters.

When Lian Yanbugui picked it up and looked at it, he became more and more horrified and chilled to the bone.

He quickly began to cry and complain.

"Principal, I was wrong about this."

I promise I'll never do it again, please forgive me this time.

"Alright, Yan Bugui, you're morally corrupt. From now on, you'll be working as a warehouse manager at the school."

Yan Bugui immediately knelt down.

"Principal, I really can't, I have a wife and children."

"There are four children in my family; we'll starve."

"Yan Bugui, I won't fire you."

I'm already being lenient because of your family.

Otherwise, it's all because of the things you've done.

I'll call the police right away, and I bet they'll sentence you to a few years in prison. Do you believe me?

Get out of here right now.

Otherwise, I'll call the police.

Yan Bugui noticed the principal's attitude.

He left the principal's office, trembling.

After returning to my seat.

Under the director's supervision, I packed my things and went to the warehouse.

Yan Bugui was actually dismissed.

He went to work in the warehouse instead of his previous teaching position.

The children in the neighborhood all attend Hongxing Primary School.

The news quickly spread to several nearby streets.

Upon receiving the news, Yan Jiecheng hurriedly appeared at the Li family's door.

This time, he didn't bring anything and hurriedly went inside.

Seeing that there was going to be a good show, Xu Damao followed in from behind.

This time, the wine hasn't even been set out yet.

"Brother Jianguo, we're doomed this time."

I've been slowly collecting evidence lately.

Unexpectedly, several parents actually complained to the school.

The principal investigated and immediately dismissed my father.

"Jiecheng, don't worry."

Let's talk while we drink.

Yao Yao quickly brought over several plates of snacks to go with the drinks.

After settling down, Yan Jiecheng no longer cared about drinking or eating meat.

"Brother Jianguo, what should we do about this?"

"Jiecheng, don't be anxious."

Tell me what exactly happened.

"Brothers, I have the letter of complaint with me."

They started secretly getting parents to sign and affix their fingerprints.

Unexpectedly, after signing so many, several parents noticed.

I couldn't hold back any longer and actually reported it.

The principal called my dad straight into his office and then fired him.

Li Jianguo was also so surprised he couldn't close his mouth.

"Jiecheng, how many parents of these children did you contact?"

"Only twenty-odd."

Xu Damao looked at Yan Jiancheng as if he were a fool.

"Jiecheng, you're just threatening your father."

Why don't you just get one or two people to sign and put their fingerprints on it?

Why did you need to find so many people?

"Brother Da Mao, I really didn't expect this."

I figured that if more people signed, it would be a stronger threat to my dad.

Xu Damao also found it strange at this moment.

"Can't you mix fake signatures into your real signature?"

You make up two real ones, and the rest you can just make up.

Or perhaps a fingerprint? There are too many illiterate people, right?

You actually went to the student's parents.

Are you going to call all the parents of every child in your dad's class?