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

The old lady looked at Officer Zhou with surprise and delight.

"Thank you so much, you are a good cadre of the people."

Zhou, the clerk, had heard that the old lady was quite wealthy and hoped that she could donate a portion of her wealth. As long as she could donate, it would be a political achievement for Zhou, and he might even be able to get promoted.

There are too many people around now, so it's not convenient to talk about this. I'll definitely talk to the old lady about it when I have the chance.

"Alright, this matter is resolved, everyone can go home now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou led the way out, and the birds had no choice but to follow. Some of the beasts sighed and groaned.

If I had known it would turn out this way, I should have intervened. Even if my own family had joined in, we could have gotten a pretty good share of the money.

Yi Zhonghai and Li Cuilan walked back to the Central Court with livid faces, a stark contrast to the happy Li Jianguo and Yao Yao.

After Li Jianguo got home, he continued to eavesdrop.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai got home, he smashed the enamel mug on the ground.

"That brat Li Jianguo went too far, giving away valuable information to a few idiots. What a disgrace!"

"Old Yi, keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you, or there will be big problems."

"First, have someone break both his legs. If that doesn't work, cripple them completely. Make sure he can't have any offspring," Li Cuilan said viciously.

"Okay, let's do it."

Li Jianguo was surprised. He didn't expect Li Cuilan to be even more ruthless than Yi Zhonghai. She was actually going to be cruel to him, even more so than crippling his legs.

I can still live without legs, but if I lose all my legs, I might as well die.

We must teach Yi Zhonghai a lesson; it's best to strike first.

Li Jianguo recounted the chat content to Yao Yao.

"Yaoyao, you go to sleep first tonight, I'm going to the black market to buy some things."

"Brother Jianguo, what are you planning to buy? With your current martial arts skills, you could easily cripple them."

"Since we've decided to cripple all of their legs, this time we can't just break Yi Zhonghai's legs."

This kind of revenge isn't exciting enough. I'll go buy some aphrodisiacs, let Yi Zhonghai have a good time, and then break his legs.

"Why would you buy that kind of medicine?"

"You'll find out then, don't worry, there'll definitely be a good show."

Li Jianguo dressed up again and went to the black market.

After wandering around for a while, I finally found someone selling rat poison and whispered to him, "What do you mean?"

"Do you have any aphrodisiacs? My friend's been having trouble with his 'thing' lately. He's been taking too many of the usual ones, and the weaker ones aren't working anymore, so he needs the strongest one."

"Alright, brother, you don't need to explain the purpose to me, and you don't need to make up a story."

Even if you take it home to eat yourself, I'll still sell it to you. My medicine is extremely potent, known as the invincible little cannon.

You can try it then, but how much do you want to buy?

"It's not that I eat it or don't need it, but I can stay here all night long. I'm known as the man that women dread."

How much is this medicine? How much do you have? Give me two pounds.

"Brother, you only ate one night's worth of food, two pounds! Do you think you can eat that? You can't be that weak."

Even if you're extremely weak, you should only eat a fingernail-sized amount at a time; eating too much will cause sudden death.

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's really not me eating it, just tell me how much there is."

My friend has a lot of family members, so we can't share the food. Tell me, do we have any?

"No, I don't have that much. I only have three ounces. Do you want it? If you want both, I'll give it to you for five yuan."

Seeing the small package he took out, Li Jianguo took it and looked at it.

"Will this even work? You're not just trying to fool me with a small packet of flour, are you?"

"Brother, what are you saying? When we men do things, we value integrity."

"If you let me see what you look like, I won't haggle, I'll buy the whole thing, how about it, bro?"

"No problem." He said, pulling up his scarf so that Li Jianguo could take a quick glance at it.

She handed him 5 yuan directly and put a packet of aphrodisiacs into her pocket.

It's a pity he didn't inherit Wu Yazi's memories. If he did, he could concoct some kind of aphrodisiac, which would definitely be more effective than this lousy aphrodisiac.

After Li Jianguo rushed home, you saw that Wang Yao was still awake. You hugged her and told her that everything was alright, that the medicine had been bought, and then slept with her.

For the next few days, Li Jianguo kept a close eye on Yi Zhonghai. Perhaps because Yi Zhonghai had been beaten so badly, he basically didn't go out. Except for defecating, he would even urinate indoors.

Li Cuilan took it out again, but Li Jianguo had plenty of patience. He didn't believe Li Jianguo wouldn't go to the black market or the pigeon market or something.

If I were to make a move near No. 95 Courtyard, I feel it would be easy for them to suspect me.

Time flies, and a month has passed in no time.

Yi Zhonghai stayed home to recover from his injury for more than half a month before going back to work.

It seems the injury was quite serious; she can't walk properly at work and has to be supported by Jia Dongxu.

I don't know how he can work in the factory looking like this. It's almost Chinese New Year and he still can't find a chance.

Through Li Jianguo's persistent eavesdropping, he finally overheard Li Cuilan's plan.

"Cuilan, my injuries have almost healed. I've been pretending for so long just to prevent myself from committing the crime."

Tonight I'll disguise myself and go to the black market to find someone to do the job. If they question me later, I'll say I'm injured and resting at home because I have trouble walking. They'll never suspect me.

"Okay, get me two small yellow croakers."

"Cuilan, keep an eye on the yard tonight and see if anyone goes out. I'm afraid I'll run into someone I know."

"Okay, Zhonghai, be careful on the road, don't run into anyone you know."

When Li Jianguo heard that Yi Zhonghai was about to make a move, he got excited. The old bastard finally couldn't hold back and was going to go out. He had been watching him for a whole month and even pretended to be injured. He was really cunning.

This will definitely cause you real injury.

"Yaoyao, Yi Zhonghai is going out tonight. I'll secretly follow him and make my move. Just wait and see what happens."

"Okay, Jianguo, be careful."

"Don't worry, with my skills, there won't be any problems."

"Be careful, someone might shoot you in the back. Even though you are highly skilled in martial arts, you might still be vulnerable to being shot in the back. You won't be able to dodge it."

"Okay, I understand."

Li Jianguo then waited patiently, but to his surprise, Yi Zhonghai was quite patient, waiting until 1 a.m. before taking action.

Li Jianguo quietly followed behind him, like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

That old bastard was really careful; he actually went to the furthest black market.

When Li Jianguo was almost at the black market, he took out a stick from his spatial storage and knocked Yi Zhonghai unconscious.

They then searched him, took all his money, and disguised it as a robbery, taking all the money.

They then pressed his sleeping acupoint, a double precaution, so that Yi Zhonghai would only think he had been knocked unconscious.

He struck his right leg with the stick again, breaking the dog's leg first, and then opened the packet of aphrodisiacs.

Li Jianguo had already tested the drug's effects, using a boar from his spatial storage. It was indeed incredibly potent; the boar was so exhausted it was foaming at the mouth, yet it was still working hard.