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

These 100,000 yuan in remittance certificates were well worth the money!

Regardless of what the painting actually depicted, Zhang Dabiao glanced at it briefly and put it away, leaving it as it was.

Then Zhang Dabiao carefully collected and wrapped up the weathered and rotten ones one by one.

Even if it's just a fragment, as long as it's genuine, it has value. We can find someone to appraise and restore it later.

Since Zhang Dabiao doesn't have that ability now, he should just keep it safe.

Make big money!

Nima Zhang Dabiao was so excited and organized that he didn't fall asleep until 3 a.m. The babies had already settled into their "little nest" and would be moved there after the cellar over at the village house was dug.

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The next day, Zhang Dabiao was woken up again by a commotion of gongs and drums. When he went outside with his hair all messed up, he saw that the neighborhood committee had brought him another banner.

Zhang Dabiao really wanted to curse...

You guys really don't even know how to spell the word "low-key", do you?

The neighborhood committee presented Zhang Dabiao with a banner embroidered with the words "Model of Patriotism and Love for Hometown," along with two other banners recognizing him as an "Advanced Individual in Foreign Exchange Contribution" and an "Advanced Household in Overseas Chinese Remittances."

And reporter An Hong is here again...

Zhang Dabiao's vision went black... You guys are really trying to put me in the eye of the storm...

Do you know the saying, "The tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind"?

I'm the one who got destroyed!

That wasn't all. The ministry sent him a plaque—"Advanced Individual in Foreign Exchange Earning through Technology"—and in front of everyone, they emphasized that Zhang Dabiao was a "technical talent who earns foreign exchange for the country," an "important talent," and that the foreign exchange he earned in a year was more than some factories earned in several years. Before leaving, they encouraged Zhang Dabiao to "use his brain more to earn foreign exchange for the country"—actually, they were eyeing his 90 (72) US dollars that hadn't yet been transferred.

Director Wang and the department leaders have said that with these honors and your donation of 10 yuan in remittance certificates, under normal circumstances, no one would dare to touch you.

Who else has housing, medical care, and other necessities, as well as relatives with jobs, and children with school enrollment...

You prioritize everything.

If we dare to touch you, not only will the ministry, the street office, and the factory disagree, but even the entire neighborhood of Jiaodaokou Street will disagree!

This is called reputation and word-of-mouth!

Regardless of how you obtained it, everyone has genuinely benefited!

As for reporter An's interview, you can interview Yan Jiecheng, Liu Guangqi, or anyone from the factory or department; don't come to me. Zhang Dabiao, Director Wang, and the department leaders were pulled aside for a few posed photos before they simply slipped away.

You guys think this is an honor, but I think it's a death sentence.

But Zhang Dabiao couldn't stop the street office and the ministry's habit of "celebrating with fanfare," there was really nothing he could do.

Of the thirty-six stratagems, the best is to flee!

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Zhang Dabiao was wandering aimlessly on the street when he passed by the neighborhood office. Only then did he realize that he had been too naive.

He did slip away and refused to be interviewed, but the neighborhood committee put up a special blackboard bulletin for him, praising Zhang Dabiao to the skies.

A lot of people are chatting around the blackboard!

"That kid Da Biao, he's been smart since he was little!"

"Yes, yes, yes! When he was little, I could tell at a glance that he was destined for great things! What's that called? Great wisdom appearing as foolishness!"

"Old Zhang is a really kind person!"

"Of course—"

Zhang Dabiao felt ashamed. "Was I clever and quick-witted when I was a child?"

The original owner was an idiot for the first 17 years of her life!

Don't you feel a little guilty saying that?

Moreover, he always felt that when people said he and his father were great philanthropists, they were insulting them for being stupid.

Oh well, I guess I'll just consider it a blessing from my dad.

Furthermore, this is what the entire blackboard bulletin board of the neighborhood committee looks like now. And then there's the fact that reporter An said he was tasked with creating a special report about him...

Now everyone in Beijing will know that Zhang Dabiao invented the lighter and the push-down mop set, single-handedly earning the country $12 in foreign exchange (the lighter earns $10 over 5 years, the push-down mop earns $5 over 20 years, multiplied by 0.8), and he also donated $10 in remittance certificates to the neighborhood committee...

Along the way, neighbors kept calling out to him, smiling at him, thanking him, and calling him "Zhang the Great Philanthropist"...

This morning, the neighborhood committee made arrangements so that military dependents, martyrs' families, and impoverished households can receive a certain amount of remittance vouchers from the neighborhood committee by presenting their proof of financial assistance.

Now they have hope for the winter; at least they won't starve.

This is all thanks to Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao's face was frozen from smiling.

He went to Qin Jingru and Mu Wanqing to tell them that he had to go out and hide for two days, waiting for the storm to pass before returning. Then he slipped away to Hong Kong.

The neighbors were too enthusiastic; he couldn't handle it.

Upon arriving in Hong Kong, without saying a word, they began digging cellars.

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What he didn't know was that his departure would bring trouble to his enemies.

When Jia Zhangshi heard that Zhang Dabiao had donated 10 remittance certificates, she cried and begged in the courtyard, saying that her nephew was unfilial and that outsiders didn't care about her life or death as his third aunt.

The people in the courtyard already knew what kind of person Jia Zhangshi was, so they just spat and ignored her.

But the people outside the courtyard knew that Jia Zhangshi had tried to seize Zhang Dabiao's house and steal his things, and that she had even resorted to feudal superstition to curse Zhang Dabiao.

In particular, the women's federation comrades from the street office discussed it and a group of them came to the courtyard again, and beat up Jia Zhangshi in a 50-person attack!

Qin Huairu was spared because she had Xiao Dang with her, while Jia Zhangshi was dragged through the streets.

The deaf old woman hid inside the house, too afraid to come out, but someone still smashed her window.

Bang Geng didn't get along well at school either. As soon as everyone heard that this kid had stolen things from Zhang Dabiao's house and had been beaten by Zhang Dabiao, they beat him up without saying a word and shouted that they were beating up the thief!

Yan Bugui... was in an even worse situation. Zhang Dabiao's reputation had spread to the school, and the school leaders had him brought in for a large meeting to publicly criticize him. They also assigned him extra work, such as sweeping floors and cleaning toilets. Yan Bugui was on the verge of tears—"I've been really being honest lately!"

Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai...

They were inexplicably stuffed in a sack and beaten up, and their coworkers' attitude towards them changed drastically.

Sha Zhu was even dragged away and scolded by the cafeteria director. Sha Zhu felt very wronged - "I did fight Zhang Dabiao, but I didn't win. He even broke my arm!"

I'm the victim here!

Isn't this all in the past? Why are you bringing it up again?

That's not fair!

But Xu Damao, Liu Guangqi, Yan Jiecheng, and Qin Mancang were riding high, because they were Zhang Dabiao's buddies.

Mu Wanqing and Qin Jingru are even more so. One is Zhang Dabiao's publicly acknowledged girlfriend, and the other is his nominal "adopted sister." Everyone surrounds them to "learn" from Zhang Dabiao's advanced deeds. In this day and age, there are no movie stars or idols. People like Zhang Dabiao who have made "great contributions" are the idols of young people.

Young, wealthy, skilled in both literature and martial arts, he fought against organized crime, earned foreign exchange for the country, donated remittance certificates worth 100,000 yuan to the neighborhood committee, established a youth mutual aid association to help his neighbors, and his inventions boosted factory recruitment and employment...

How come he's so capable?

Mu Wanqing, how did you manage to win over Zhang Dabiao?

Qin Jingru, how did you become her god-sister?

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But the most unlucky one was He Yushui, who would often hear people say to her, "I heard your brother beat up Zhang Dabiao and cracked his head open?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, your brother is a real scoundrel!"

He Yushui – [If you're so capable, go talk to my brother! What does this have to do with me?]

【Zhang Dabiao and I are on great terms!】