A little madman moved into the courtyard house next door.

Qin Huairu brought Banggeng home, first applying medicated wine to Banggeng and letting him rest. Then she began to make plans.

To outsiders, Qin Huairu is a capable woman. Diligent, good at managing the household, and filial to her mother-in-law—these are the labels her neighbors give her.

What most people don't know is that Qin Huairu harbors a very big secret.

Qin Huairu was born on August 12, 1933. She was considered a beauty in Qin Family Village from a young age.

As she grew older, Qin Huairu fell in love with her cousin, Qin Huiwu.

In order to be with Qin Huiwu forever, Qin Huairu told the public that she wanted to marry a city man and would not marry a country man.

In February 1951, Qin Huairu, who was not yet 18 years old, dragged Qin Huiwu to crawl through a haystack.

At the same time, Yi Zhonghai joined the land reform support team organized by the Military Control Commission. The support team was stationed in Qin Huairu's maternal home, Qin Family Village.

Yi Zhonghai had been married for many years without children, and he had been seeking help from various people to have a child. However, despite his efforts, he had not succeeded.

Upon arriving at Qin Family Village, Yi Zhonghai fell in love with Qin Huairu at first sight because of her large, fertile hips.

At that time, the eight-level worker system had not yet been implemented; skilled workers were only divided into three levels: high, medium, and low. Yi Zhonghai, who was a senior worker at the time, expressed his intentions to Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu initially refused outright. However, after Yi Zhonghai revealed his status as a senior technician and his monthly salary of fifty or sixty yuan...

Qin Huairu fell for Yi Zhonghai's sweet talk, and the two hit it off immediately, sleeping together in a haystack that very night.

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Qin Huairu began to juggle relationships with Qin Huiwu and Yi Zhonghai. A month later, she discovered she was pregnant. However, she couldn't be sure who the father was.

In order to move to the city and live a better life, Qin Huairu decided to pin the child on Yi Zhonghai and confronted him.

At that time, the Marriage Law had only recently been enacted, and the higher authorities were cracking down on those who defied the law. Yi Zhonghai wanted to avoid trouble while ensuring Qin Huairu could successfully give birth to his child.

Yi Zhonghai then came up with a brilliant idea: to have Qin Huairu marry Jia Dongxu, with a verbal promise that she would leave her savings and house to the child.

Qin Huairu was pregnant out of wedlock, and marrying Jia Dongxu was the only good option. Otherwise, why would she have fallen for Jia Dongxu, a low-paid, mama's boy with a vicious mother?

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After Qin Huairu married Jia Dongxu, she gave birth to Banggeng in December of 1951. In order to conceal Banggeng's true parentage, she insisted that he was a premature baby.

Yi Zhonghai also believed that Banggeng was his son, and he was very happy.

In order to ensure that Jia Dongxu could properly raise his son, Yi Zhonghai kept buying medicine for Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu never conceived again after giving birth to Banggeng. Unaware of this, Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi actually believed the nonsense that the Jia family only had one son per generation.

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Yi Zhonghai has now gone mad, and no one knows where his money has gone!

Qin Huairu also started to get anxious. Jia Dongxu was a useless first-level worker, earning 27.5 yuan a month. Even with the 4.5 yuan seniority allowance, he only received 32 yuan a month.

With so little money, how can we support her and her husband?

Without money and a house, how will Bang Geng get a wife in the future?

No, we need to find more blood packs. But who should we contact?

Qin Huairu began to make plans. Having lived in the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang for so many years, she knew the income of every family in the courtyard and the personality of every person very well.

The only high-income family in the front yard is the Third Uncle's family. This old guy is usually extremely stingy; he even divides the pickled vegetables by the root.

The third uncle was always watching and scheming against others. When others carried manure, he would scoop up a spoonful to taste its saltiness.

Moreover, we offended the Third Uncle to the core today. Trying to get anything out of him is practically impossible.

中院傻柱家，傻柱现在是9级厨师。一个月工资33块5，加上工龄补助2块钱，一个月拿到手35块5。

Moreover, Sha Zhu eats for free in the cafeteria and can even bring his own lunchbox home. His salary is practically pure profit.

In recent years, Sha Zhu has become famous. Workers at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill would hire him to prepare meals for their families' occasions. They would also introduce him to work, and he would go out to earn more than ten yuan a month in extra income.

If we can win over Sha Zhu, we'll not only have money to spend, but also greasy lunchboxes to eat. We'll also turn Sha Zhu into a lifelong blood bank, making him support Bang Geng for the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, Sha Zhu's house is still under He Daqing's name. It is the largest and best main house in the central courtyard of Hongxing Courtyard.

How do I fish for the silly pillar?

This kid looks way older than he is. He's only 23, but he looks older than 33. Even touching his hand occasionally makes me feel disgusted; it's one thing for Sha Zhu to take advantage of him in other ways.

后院的二大爷家，二大爷刘海中是6级锻工。工资72块钱一个月，每月工龄补助4块5，一共能拿到76块5。

However, Second Uncle had a large family, and he didn't even like his own sons. He would often beat up Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu for fun.

She really didn't have the confidence to ask Qin Huairu to go to her second uncle's house to fleece people.

Xu Damao, who lives in the backyard, is 20 years old this year. Although he has a face with big, flat features, he earns a good income.

Xu Damao is one of the eight key personnel, a projectionist. He just became a full-fledged projectionist this year, and his salary is 33.5 yuan a month.

Qin Huairu had also heard Xu Damao say that they now frequently go to the countryside to show movies. Each trip to the countryside comes with a subsidy of 6 cents a day, plus food coupons.

Nowadays, there's no entertainment in the countryside, so watching a movie is more exciting than celebrating the New Year. In order to ensure that everyone can enjoy the movie without worry, the villages not only don't charge the projectionist for meals or food coupons, but also treat them to good wine and food.

They always take local specialties with them when they leave, and they always bring good things. They usually give: pheasant, rabbit, chicken, duck, cured meat, mushrooms, millet, flour, and other meats and grains.

With more income than expenditure, Xu Damao's monthly income is no less than 50 yuan.

Xu Damao's father, Xu Fugui, was also a projectionist. To make way for him, he went to work at the Xicheng District Cinema.

Xu's mother is now working as a nanny for Lou Bancheng, a director of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

With three members of the family working, Xu Damao's family was undoubtedly the wealthiest in the compound.

Moreover, Xu Damao has now learned how to seduce women, and he goes around hitting on pretty young women and married women. This guy is also a potential target.

There's also Xiao Sanfeng from the next courtyard; he's a martyr's family member, receiving a pension and subsidies. His family also has a gyrfalcon that can hunt.

Xiao Sanfeng's family is incredibly wealthy and well-off, but unfortunately, he's still just a child and can't use his charms to his advantage.

Yes! Xiao Sanfeng is a child, without parents, so he needs someone to take care of him!

Then let's establish a godparent relationship, making Banggeng recognize Xiao Sanfeng as his older brother. From now on, it's only right for the older brother to take care of the younger brother, and everything in the Xiao family will belong to Banggeng.

After careful consideration, Qin Huairu felt incredibly clever. "In that case, let's get started today!"