The Courtyard House: The story begins with He Yuzhu beating up the White Widow.

"What?!" Old Han exclaimed in surprise, "Are you alright, kid?!"

He Yuzhu replied with a smile, "Uncle Han, do I look like I have something on my mind?!"

"That's true!" Grandpa Han agreed, then asked, "What kind of things do they have?"

He Yuzhu replied, "Half a deer, half a cow, and some other small things." After saying that, He Yuzhu pretended to open a burlap sack, took out a pheasant from it, and threw it to Grandpa Han, saying, "Grandpa Han, this is my tribute to you."

"Oh?! This is good stuff, you've got a conscience, kid! Come on in!" Grandpa Han smiled and took the pheasant into the gatehouse. He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle into the gate of the Military Control Commission.

After parking his bicycle, He Yuzhu carried a burlap sack in each hand and walked towards the cafeteria, calling out, "Aunt Wang! Aunt Wang, I'm back!"

Hearing the shout, Wang Xia came out of the office and saw He Yuzhu carrying something. She asked, "Zhuzi, what are you carrying?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Aunt Wang had good luck this time in the mountains. She caught a big one. The sack contains my share of the spoils. Aunt Wang has too much stuff, and it's not completely cold yet. It won't keep all the stuff. I'm planning to share it with everyone."

Wang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Take it to the cafeteria first. I'll be right there." After saying that, Wang Xia looked at Wu Jiangyong, who came out of the office.

Wu Jiangyong said, "Zhuzi, these things are the fruits of your labor. We can't just take them for free. How about this? Everyone contributes some money to buy them themselves."

He Yuzhu smiled, didn't say anything more, picked up the two sacks and ran towards the back canteen.

Xu Dali, who was sitting by the kitchen door drinking tea, saw He Yuzhu carrying two burlap sacks in from outside and said with a smile, "Zhuzi, you've got quite a bit of trouble on your hands!"

He Yuzhu said, "I prepared this especially for hunting." After saying that, He Yuzhu placed the sack in front of Xu Dali, then went into the canteen and brought out two tables. Then He Yuzhu opened the sack containing wild beef and placed half a wild beef on the table.

The moment Xu Dali saw the item, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "This is really something!"

He Yuzhu went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, tested the blade, and began his meticulous butchering. The meat was quickly cut and neatly arranged on the table. Xu Dali found a scale, weighed the meat, and asked, "Yuzhu, how are you going to process this meat?!"

He Yuzhu said, "I originally wanted to bring it over and share it with everyone. Director Wu said we can't exploit my labor. Whoever wants it can pay for it. I thought about it, and we're all on the same side. It wouldn't be appropriate to price it too high. If anyone wants it, it'll be 50 cents a pound."

Xu Dali thought for a moment and said, "Zhuzi, give me ten jin first."

He Yuzhu was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Uncle Xu, can you finish ten pounds of meat?!"

Xu Dali replied with a smile, "If I can't finish it, I'll make it into jerky."

"Oh!" He Yuzhu responded, picking out a piece of beef brisket that weighed about ten pounds and placing it on the scale. He Yuzhu said, "Uncle Xu, ten pounds is a good amount, I'll give you ten pounds. Here you go!" After saying that, He Yuzhu handed the meat to Xu Dali.

Xu Dali took the meat, smiled, and went into the kitchen. When he came out, he gave He Yuzhu five yuan.

Just as He Yuzhu put the money in his pocket, the people who worked in the front and middle yards arrived. When they heard that it only cost fifty cents, everyone who had originally planned to buy two pounds of meat ended up buying four pounds. Soon, the meat from half a cow was all gone. He Yuzhu then took out half a deer from the sack, cut the meat, cleaned it, and took it into the kitchen to start cooking.

Fortunately, the military control unit had a pressure cooker; otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy to stew so much venison until it was tender. After working for about an hour, the meat was finally ready. He Yuzhu packed the braised venison into five large lunchboxes, leaving the rest for Xu Dali and the three kitchen helpers.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!" He Yuzhu walked to Wang Xia's office door with a lunchbox and knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock, Wang Xia called out, "Come in!"

After receiving permission, He Yuzhu pushed open the door and went in, calling out, "Aunt Wang!" He then saw Wu Jiangyong there as well. He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Director Wu is here too! Then I don't need to go to your place." With that, He Yuzhu walked to the desk, took out two lunchboxes from a bag, and said, "Today, besides some small items, I also received half a cow and half a deer. The beef was all taken by our colleagues. Grandpa Xu said to save the bones for soup tomorrow at noon. I'll make the other half of the deer. Director Wu and Aunt Wang, you each get one. Consider it my way of showing respect as a junior."

"You've got some conscience, kid. It's getting late, you should go home now!" With that, Wang Xia put the lunchbox into the drawer.

Wu Jiangyong then said, "Zhu Zi! Thank you!"

"You're welcome! I'm leaving now!" With that, He Yuzhu picked up his cloth bag and left Wang Xia's office.

After He Yuzhu left, Wu Jiangyong said, "That kid Zhuzi is not bad."

"Yes!" Wang Xia agreed, saying, "This kid is good at everything. He's just too lazy. He does whatever he wants and has no ambition at all."

Wu Jiangyong said, "He's still young. He'll be fine after he gets married."

Wang Xia said, "That's still a long way off!"

More than ten minutes later, He Yuzhu arrived at the entrance of courtyard number 95. Just as he was about to lift his bicycle over the threshold, he heard He Daqing call out from behind: "Zhuzi!"

He Yuzhu stopped, turned around, and asked with a smile, "Dad, you're back early today?!"

He Daqing said, "There's nothing wrong at the factory, so I came back early." Then He Daqing saw blood dripping from the burlap sack hanging on the handlebars of his bicycle and asked, "What's inside?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I went hunting in the mountains with some friends today. We were lucky and got quite a few good things."

He Daqing's eyes lit up when he heard there was something good, and he urged, "What are you waiting for?! Let's go home!"

"Yes!" He Yuzhu responded, pushing his bicycle and running towards the central courtyard. He Daqing and Liang Wanping followed him home. He Yushui, who was playing in the yard, saw her older brother and father return and immediately went to greet them: "Dad! Brother! Aunt Liang! You're back?!"

"Hmm!" He Daqing responded, then asked, "Yushui, how was school today?!"

He Yushui replied, "It's great!"

Xu Xiaoling chimed in, "Brother Zhu, don't listen to Yushui. Yan Jiefang bullied Yushui at school today. He even tried to steal Yushui's food."

"What?!" Upon hearing that Yan Jiefang had bullied his sister, He Yuzhu jumped up and said, "Dad, take your things back first, I'm going to settle accounts with that old coward Yan."

He Daqing cautioned, "Zhu Zi, be careful when you act. Don't kill anyone!"

"Got it!" He Yuzhu ran to the front yard without saying another word.