Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

Everyone fell silent, because it was the truth. Given the circumstances, Zhang Dabiao was such a simpleton that there was no way he could get the house back after lending it to the Jia family. Everyone knew what kind of person the Jia family was.

There's no way he can pay rent, and if he lends out his workstation again, he'll never get it back. Besides, without his workstation, he won't even have his basic monthly living allowance of 5 yuan.

How are we supposed to live then?

No matter how eloquently you describe it, your aim is to kill Zhang Dabiao.

Everyone finally understood, so it was only natural for Zhang Dabiao to retaliate!

No one had the nerve to advise him not to take it to heart.

"I had already settled my score with him. I told him long ago that you can do whatever you want, I'll just watch and not care. But damn it, even now, he's still scheming against my workspace."

"You want to use my workspace to pay off his debts?"

"You old dog Yi, aren't you shameless? Why are you always picking on me?"

"So naturally I'm going to get my revenge. You're allowed to scheme against me, but I'm not allowed to retaliate? There's no such logic in the whole world!"

Zhang Dabiao took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

"Old deaf man, this has nothing to do with you. I advise you not to get involved."

"I'm a simple person. If you don't mess with me, we'll live in peace and never see each other again."

"If you provoke me and scheme against me, then it's perfectly reasonable for me to retaliate."

"You started this war, but when and how will it end...?"

"What I, Zhang Dabiao, say goes!"

The old deaf man consciously retreated. If he continued to persuade her, who knew if Zhang Dabiao would also consider her one of his targets for revenge?

She's no longer a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government welfare program for the elderly and disabled)!

The "family members of martyrs" and the golden statues of our ancestors are gone!

She really can't afford to lose.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai's face was flushed, and his breathing was very rapid. In the end, he could only nod to the Dong brothers and say, "I can't afford more than four thousand. I'm just an ordinary worker. Who has ever seen so much money these days?"

"Three thousand yuan, take it or leave it, Dong brothers. Any more and you might as well take my life."

"One life for another, and it's all over!"

Is this a gamble, going all in and betting on the other side's bottom line?

The four Dong brothers looked at each other. In fact, their target price was two thousand yuan. If they could survive these three years and even buy a workstation, that would be good enough. After all, their father really deserved what he got.

With the offer of 1 from Yi Zhonghai, if we can find a way, all four members of his family can buy workstations and get jobs in the factory. Even if the price of a workstation increases to 3, three of his family members can still buy workstations and get jobs in the factory!

It's already a great deal!

Their father sacrificed one person for the sake of the whole family!

It's worth it!

But just as they were about to nod, Zhang Dabiao waved his hand again—

"Wait, I haven't finished yet, the third point!"

[There's a third point?!]

Zhang Dabiao really wanted Yi Zhonghai dead!

Sha Zhu felt a chill in his calves. How did this idiot become so terrifying after his brain recovered?

This brain is so sharp... Even the most knowledgeable person in the hospital, Liu Guangqi, plus the most cunning Xu Damao, combined can't compare to him, right?

Can I take back the statement I just made about using his workstation as compensation to the Dong family?

He was really scared!

"Yi Zhonghai embezzled He Yushui's living expenses. In order to gain the He family's forgiveness, the compensation standard is to refund one part and compensate two parts, for a total of three times!"

"The same sentencing standard should be applied to the same case, so the total amount to be compensated to the Dong family should be—"

"12,135.6 yuan!" Yan Bugui couldn't help but blurt out again, but as soon as he calculated it, he realized something was wrong—

Yi Zhonghai tilted his head back and spat out a mouthful of blood!

I can't hold back anymore!

"China Overseas!"

"An old man!"

Zhang Dabiao was also startled—[Holy crap? Tang Bohu Points at Qiu Xiang? A cross-legged sausage?]

Then he took off running towards the outer courtyard, shouting loudly as he ran.

"Dong brothers, the compensation has been calculated for you. No need to thank me! Anything under 10,000 is a one-for-one exchange; anything over 10,000 is your justification!"

"Old dog Yi, let's call it a day and call it a day. Goodbye!"

Then they quickly went out to play in the street.

He kept muttering to himself as he ran.

[This is infuriating!]

[Shouldn't they be able to get away with it by killing me?]

All that was left were the neighbors and the Dong brothers staring at each other, wondering how the price had increased from 2000 yuan to 12,000 yuan!

"What are you all standing there for? Get Zhonghai to the hospital first!"

"Someone's going to die!"

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Zhang Dabiao wandered aimlessly through the streets after running out, and ate a simple meal at a state-run restaurant, since freshly made food is more nutritious than pre-cooked food.

Then I strolled around the supply and marketing cooperative, looked at the shops along the street, and slowly wandered to Beihai Park, which was only two kilometers away.

Zhang Dabiao suddenly thought of a question—

Does "Beihai North" refer to the area north of Beihai in Guangxi, or to Beihai North Station in Beijing?

Beihai North Station didn't exist at that time, right?

Anyway, he didn't see it.

Then I went into Beihai Park and took a look...

Screw those fishermen, there are more people than fish.

How many people are fishing in the dead of winter?

There were quite a few young people ice skating here on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Fishing by drilling holes in the ice on the lake at this time is not out of the question, but—

Will the ice surface collapse?

Zhang Dabiao didn't go ice skating because he didn't know how. He just found a spot to sit and watch, while also smoking, eating snacks, and organizing his thoughts.

Yi Zhonghai is definitely going to suffer a huge loss this time. This isn't a matter of the Dong brothers extorting money or breaking the law, but rather that Yi Zhonghai is afraid to gamble.

They were truly desperate and willing to gamble with their lives. If any one of the four brothers survived, Yi Zhonghai would have to die.

Therefore, this matter can only be settled privately.

This revenge was perfect, but that idiot Zhu also talked too much earlier. How should we deal with his revenge?

Since we said those words, they will definitely retaliate.

A promise is a promise, and a debt will be repaid!

But how do we control this degree?

After all, he's just an idiot; he just blurted it out without thinking. To say that Sha Zhu actually had any bad intentions...

He really doesn't have that kind of brain.

I was just about to light a cigarette when damn, I'm out of matches again?

When and by whom did you take it?

As Zhang Dabiao was smoking and fumbling for matches, a splash of crimson on the ice caught his eye.

It was a little girl, who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. She was too far away to see clearly, but her scarf was red and bounced on the ice as she skated, making her very eye-catching.

Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but glance at it a few times.

Goodness, these days my scarves are all blue-gray, and yours is bright red!

Isn't that too high-profile?

But as I looked at her, I felt like I recognized her.

In no time, the girl skated to the shops on the shore, changed her shoes, returned the skates, and then got on her bicycle to go home.

ho-

This family is well-off!

A bright red scarf, a bicycle—her clothes are quite sophisticated, at least they're neat and tidy without any patches. Could she be a capitalist's daughter? No, Lou Xiao'e's style is more like a capitalist's daughter's: small leather shoes, a bright-colored bourgeois overcoat, a fur-collared cotton-padded jacket, and a Western-style hat…

and many more!

Zhang Dabiao's eyes suddenly widened!

That girl looks like Sun Xiaojing!

Ex-girlfriend Sun Xiaojing!

Sun Xiaojing, who had broken up with her boyfriend less than half a month ago, was laid off from her company and was now working as a food delivery driver, unable to make money and unable to pay her mortgage while the bank was pressing her for repayment.

Zhang Dabiao even doubted his own eyes, so he quickly stood up and ran after him.

That third of the profile, that silhouette from behind, and that aura—

They are at least six or seven points similar!

Could it be that she also traveled through time?

That's not right! That can't be possible!

Zhang Dabiao followed behind in a daze, trying to confirm it.

Although the girl wasn't riding fast, Zhang Dabiao wasn't running fast either in the snow, so they maintained a distance of about ten meters.

Zhang Dabiao dared not call out, afraid of mistaking someone for someone else, so he followed along with his heart pounding, until he finally lost sight of them at Suoyi Hutong.

Zhang Dabiao stood there looking around, and finally remained there for a full fifteen minutes, completely at a loss.

"Eh..."

In the end, I still lost "her"...