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

Jia Dongxu took the money, counted it, and said, "Village chief, Party secretary, please help me write a certificate!"

Qin Yongjiang stared at Jia Dongxu for a while, then walked to his desk, sat down, and took out a pen and paper from the drawer to quickly write three copies of the certificate.

Jia Dongxu took the money and the certificate, patted his backside, and left the village committee. Qin Hongshan and his wife, along with Qin Taishan and Qin Yongjiang, accompanied the police to Qin Shouren's house.

Qin Shouren's parents, who were at home directing workers to carry out construction on their house, greeted the village chief and the Party secretary immediately upon their arrival: "Village chief! Party secretary! What brings you two here today?!"

Qin Taishan glanced at Qin Shouren's father, Qin Yonggen, and then said to the police officer, "Comrade Bao, these are Qin Shouren's parents."

Bao Gang asked, "You are Qin Shouren's father, Qin Yonggen, and mother, Zhang Liudi?!"

Qin Yonggen nodded and said, "Yes!" Then he asked, "Comrade, is there anything I can help you with?"

Bao Gang pulled a search warrant from his bag and said, "Your son, Qin Shouren, has confessed that he is an enemy agent who infiltrated Baldy's group. This is the search warrant." With that, Bao Gang led his men to begin the search.

Seeing this, Qin Yonggen hurriedly grabbed Qin Yongjiang and said, "Secretary, you have to put in a good word for us! Shouren, everyone in the village has watched him grow up. He absolutely cannot be an enemy spy!"

Before Qin Yonggen could finish speaking, Qin Hongshan couldn't help but punch him, saying, "Your son is an enemy spy. You're no better!"

Qin Yonggen covered his left cheek, looked at the murderous Qin Hongshan, and demanded, "Hongshan, are you crazy?! Why did you hit me?!"

Qin Hongshan said, "My daughter has been ruined by your son! Let me tell you, Qin Yonggen! If you don't come up with five hundred yuan to compensate my family today, I'm not finished with you!"

Qin Yonggen was stunned when he heard he was asked to pay five hundred yuan in compensation. Zhang Liudi, realizing what was happening, lunged at Qin Hongshan, baring her teeth and claws. Seeing this, Zhao Lianxiang pulled her husband behind her and began fighting with the charging Zhang Liudi. Qin Yongjiang and Qin Taishan immediately separated them. Qin Taishan roared, "Have you two had enough?!" Then, looking at Qin Yonggen, he said, "Hongshan is only asking for five hundred yuan, that's not too much!"

"What?!" Qin Yonggen and Zhang Liudi were both stunned. Why was the village chief, who was usually fair and just, siding with Qin Hongshan's family today?! Qin Yonggen and Zhang Liudi looked at Qin Yongjiang at the same time.

Qin Yongjiang chimed in, "Taishan is right. Five hundred yuan in compensation to Hongshan's family is really not much."

"Captain, there's something going on here!" Just then, a policeman's voice came from the direction of Qin Yonggen's cellar. Not long after, Bao Gang arrived with his men. Soon, a radio was retrieved from Qin Yonggen's cellar.

Qin Taishan and Qin Yongjiang had guided our troops before liberation and had seen radios. They knew what radios were used for. So, the moment they saw a radio, both Qin Taishan and Qin Yongjiang were dumbfounded. They instinctively exchanged a glance, and Qin Taishan looked at Qin Yonggen again, asking, "Is this yours?!"

Qin Yonggen replied, "I'm not quite sure either."

"Not quite clear?! How could you not know?!" Qin Taishan snorted coldly and said, "Qin Yongjiang, this is a matter for your lineage. You handle it! Also, before dark, have Qin Yonggen give Hongshan five hundred yuan. If you don't have the money, your lineage can find a way to scrape it together!" With that, Qin Taishan left with Qin Hongshan and his wife.

Qin Yonggen watched the three figures disappear into the distance and asked, "Yongjiang, what's going on here?! Why is Taishan siding with Qin Hongshan all day?!"

At this moment, Qin Yongjiang wished he could skin Qin Yonggen alive. Qin Yongjiang said coldly, "You've given birth to a fine son! This time you've ruined the reputation of our entire Qin Family Village! I advise your family to move out of our village as soon as possible! Otherwise, I'm afraid that one day, you'll be beaten to death by the villagers!" Then Qin Yongjiang told Qin Yonggen what had happened.

Qin Yonggen's expression changed drastically instantly. He said, "How many times have I told that kid not to go looking for Qin Huairu?! He just wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened! He's lost his life."

Qin Yongjiang said, "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and get the money!"

Qin Yonggen said with a bitter face, "All the money in the family has been used to build the house. We really can't come up with that much money."

Qin Yongjiang said, "If you can't come up with the money, then mortgage the house to Qin Hongshan."

Zhang Liudi panicked! She asked, "If we mortgage the house to Qin Hongshan, where will we live?!"

Qin Yongjiang looked at Qin Yonggen and asked, "Can you still make the decisions in this family?!"

Qin Yonggen steeled his resolve and agreed, "Fine! I'll mortgage the house to Qin Hongshan!"

Qin Yongjiang sighed and said, "Alright! Wait a moment, I'll go talk to them for you."

About half an hour later, the police search was over. Bao Gang walked up to Qin Yongjiang and said, "Secretary, we found quite a few things at Qin Shouren's house this time. You've seen them all. We still have some things to ask Qin Shouren's parents. We're taking them with us for now. We'll bring them back after we've clarified the situation."

When Qin Yonggen and Zhang Liudi heard that the police were going to take them away, their legs went weak, and they collapsed to the ground, resorting to shameless behavior.

However, Bao Gang didn't tolerate them. He had them put on the truck.

After the police truck left the village, Qin Yongjiang returned to the village committee office. Qin Taishan, seeing Qin Yongjiang return, asked, "The police are gone?!"

Qin Yongjiang replied, "They're gone!" He then added, "You didn't see it, the police took a lot of stuff from Qin Yonggen's house. I reckon that kid Qin Shouren will be in serious trouble this time, even if he doesn't die."

Seeing the gloating expression on Qin Yongjiang's face, Qin Taishan couldn't help but ask, "You seem really happy that Qin Shouren is down on his luck?!"

"What's there to be happy about?!" Qin Yongjiang rolled his eyes at Qin Taishan and said, "There was quite a commotion today. It won't be long before news of what happened in our village spread throughout the entire commune. I'm worried about the girls in our village now."

Qin Taishan sighed and echoed, "It's like one rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel."

Women's Director Gan Lamei rushed to the village committee after receiving the news. Upon entering, she saw Qin Yongjiang and Qin Taishan looking distressed. Gan Lamei said, "I've heard about what happened. What do you think we should do now?!"