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

He didn't even come up to offer a word of advice. Seeing Yan Bugui's gloating expression, Li Jianguo was speechless.

Sigh, just as I thought, this courtyard really is a den of beasts. You can't expect them to have even a shred of conscience. It seems that it's not just Yi Zhonghai causing trouble regarding helping the He siblings; these beasts probably won't actually help them at all.

Li Jianguo was furious when he saw Yi Zhonghai pointing his finger at him. He grabbed Yi Zhonghai's finger and twisted it upwards, causing Yi Zhonghai to immediately kneel down in pain.

"Hey, hey, hey. What are you doing? This is intentional assault! I'm calling the police to have you arrested."

"I'll go, Yi Juehu. I don't believe you dare to expose your dirty secrets. Bullying children is a crime punishable by law."

"You dare point your finger at me? You still want to be my elder? Don't underestimate me just because I'm young. I'm of a higher generation. If we're talking about seniority, you'd have to call me grandpa." Li Jianguo looked at Yi Zhonghai with disdain.

"Jianguo, Jianguo, let me go! I'm a fitter. If my hand gets damaged, I won't be able to work anymore." Yi Zhonghai felt his fingers getting more and more painful and quickly begged for mercy.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai beg for mercy like a clown, Li Jianguo's anger subsided. He simply shoved him, and Yi Zhonghai landed hard on his backside.

"Get lost! I'm going to sleep. I don't have time to waste with you. Go ahead and call the police if you want. I'm not afraid of you." With that, Li Jianguo went back into his room and slammed the door shut.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned from black to white as he stood outside the door. After glaring fiercely at Li Jianguo a few times as he entered the house, he slunk home.

A week after returning home, I was still getting angrier and angrier. I grabbed a water glass and smashed it on the floor. "That damn Li Jianguo! How dare he show me such disrespect! I'll teach him a lesson!"

"Old Yi, what happened? Why are you so angry when I came back from the front yard?" Yi Zhonghai's wife quickly started cleaning up the broken pieces.

"Don't even mention it, it's all because of that brat Li Jianguo. I told him to stay away from Shazhu and Yushui, but he wouldn't listen. No, I have to find a way to get rid of him, he's really getting in the way of my plans." The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the more he found the kid an eyesore.

"Old Yi, from what I've heard, his house was bought for him by his father. It probably won't be easy to force him to move out," Liu Cuilan said, frowning as she pondered.

"We have to do it, even if it's difficult. If this goes on for too long, he'll lead Sha Zhu astray. The institute should find a way to isolate him. I'll go to the steel mill and think of another way to get rid of him." Yi Zhonghai said his plan viciously.

After washing his feet and lying on the bed, Li Jianguo began to ponder. This Yi Zhonghai is only in his forties, yet he's already looking for someone to care for him.

I just don't know what his relationship is with that deaf old lady. In my memory, he's only been here for a short time, less than a month. There's no connection at all. I knew less about Yi Zhonghai and his group's secrets than I did in my past life.

I'm a bit short on cash right now. I've already spent most of it on things I bought in my virtual space, so I need to find a way to get some more money.

Li Jianguo immediately thought of Prince Gong's Mansion and Bao Bao's treasure. It seemed he needed to find an opportunity to collect everything inside.

In that case, at least I won't be short of money in this era. After practicing inside the Chaos Pearl for a week, I've become quite familiar with my lightness skill, so they shouldn't be able to detect me.

Thinking of this, Li Jianguo was no longer sleepy. He started rummaging through the room and found the darkest color of his clothes, which he used as his night clothes.

Several more items were stuffed inside. His entire head was covered, leaving only his eyes showing.

Sigh, I don't even have any night clothes, so I'll have to make do with this.

Only after the courtyard house remained completely silent did Li Jianguo begin his work. He gently pushed open the door.

The moon hung high in the sky. The moon was really bright in that era, completely different from that of later generations.

Li Jianshe used his light-footed skills to move towards the Prince Gong's Mansion through the streets and alleys.

As expected of the Free and Unfettered Sect's lightness skill, it is not only fast but also completely silent.

Although it was night, Li Jianguo still dared not walk on the roof, as it was unusually bright that night. He was afraid that someone might get up to use the toilet and look up to see him.

It took less than half an hour to reach the walls of the Prince's Mansion. Listening closely, I could hear that there were indeed many people inside, probably all security personnel.

Li Jianguo used his light-footed skill to fly inside. It turned out that most of the people inside were students. It was a dormitory, no less. Was Prince Gong's Mansion a university dormitory in 1951? I really didn't know anything about that.

Based on his memories from his past life, Li Jianguo secretly sneaked into the cellar. He knew from past news reports that the baby's treasure was hidden in a secret room within a secret room. The search of the family's property hadn't been thorough at all.

Li Jianguo successfully infiltrated the secret room. After some fumbling, he finally opened the hidden door, carefully disassembled it, and crawled inside.

After Li Jianguo crawled into the cellar, he found a total of seventy or eighty large boxes. Without opening them, he simply put them into his spatial storage.

Based on memory, there should be more treasures hidden in the wall of the rear building of Prince Gong's Mansion. There is also a secret underground palace more than 7 meters underground, which also contains many treasures, but it is too inconvenient to enter and was only discovered during later renovations.

With this much, Li Jianguo could live comfortably for the rest of his life. The rest would just involve tearing down walls and pillars, which was completely unnecessary.

After packing his things, Li Jianguo quietly started walking back. He only heard girls talking inside a house as he passed by.

Damn, this is a girls' dormitory. Li Jianguo didn't linger, and after leaving the hospital, he rushed back.

As he walked, Li Jianguo thought to himself, "Since I'm already out here, I might as well go and see what pigeon markets are like in this era."

Then Li Jianguo changed his approach. He'd basically spent all his money. First, he found a middleman in the pigeon lodging room and exchanged two large yellow croakers for nearly 1000 million yuan.

Are pigeons being managed very strictly by this time? Everyone is dressed very conservatively. Li Jianguo's attire doesn't seem out of place.

Li Jianguo strolled around the pigeon market for a while. He bought a few chickens and ducks, but unfortunately didn't see any cattle or sheep. He also bought some cornmeal, bran, and other similar items. He secretly took them to a nearby alley before storing them in his spatial storage.

I returned to Pigeon City and picked out a pocket watch. In this day and age, without cell phones, checking the time was really inconvenient. Wearing a wristwatch would be too ostentatious, so a pocket watch was safer.

I bought a few more pounds of pork, twelve pounds of rice, and twenty pounds of flour. I'll keep these to eat secretly and store them in my spatial storage on the way back.

Li Jianguo arrived home, exhausted from tossing and turning all night, and fell asleep shortly after lying down on the bed.