Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

When Li Jiuzhou returned home that evening and finished washing up, Bingbing mysteriously pulled him into the house.

Take out a small box and hand it to him.

After opening and examining it, Li Jiuzhou chuckled and asked:

"Honey, is this Dad's?"

"Okay, if you like it, you can have it and play with it," Bingbing said proudly.

"Just playing around? Aren't you going to return it?" Li Jiuzhou still wanted to clarify.

Bingbing was unhappy to hear her husband say that.

"I'm not returning it. My dad won't care about this little bit of stuff. I'm not getting a share of the inheritance anyway, so what's wrong with taking a few things from him? This box of coins will be ours from now on!"

"As expected of my good wife, give me a kiss." Li Jiuzhou kissed her pretty face.

Bingbing pinched the hem of her clothes and said shyly:

"Brother Zhou, just one bite?"

"Can you give me a shot, please?"

Bingbing's sweet and cloying words seemed to have a magical power that pierced Li Jiuzhou's heart.

He couldn't refuse the invitation from the beautiful woman, but he still complained:

"Honey, why are you still so lustful even though you're pregnant?"

Upon hearing this, Bingbing continued in a sweet, coquettish voice:

"I don't care, I want it, I want it!"

Li Jiuzhou was secretly overjoyed, but he still pretended to be reserved:

"Alright, I'll let you off this time since you behaved well today, but don't let it happen again~"

"Come on, wife~"

Wuhu—The rain keeps falling, the atmosphere isn't very harmonious, and under the same roof, you gradually feel your heart changing...

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye. Bingbing has stopped going to work at the factory and is on extended leave to prepare for childbirth.

Seven months pregnant, Li Jiuzhou was really worried about her riding her bike to work, as it was too dangerous for her to bump into things on the road.

It's easy to get leave at the textile factory because of my second uncle's connections. Although a special exception was made, I would lose my salary to avoid gossip.

You'll get paid when you come back to work.

For an ordinary family, it would be unbearable to go several months without a salary; many people would simply go through the womb.

Li Jiuzhou had heard many rumors, including that some women were born directly in factories, which shows how powerful women were in this era.

Bingbing has a strong inner strength, but Li Jiuzhou's inner strength cannot be that strong.

If he had the ability, Li Jiuzhou would rather spend some money to solve the problem.

The old women in the courtyard were full of envy when they saw Bingbing not going to work to prepare for childbirth. When they chatted, they all said that Jiuzhou's wife was precious, and she stopped working after only 7 months. How much money was being wasted?

They weren't particularly envious of Fan Bingbing, but rather distressed about the money.

Bingbing earns 41 yuan a month. She takes three months off and then spends another month in postpartum confinement, which is a total of four months.

Four months' salary is 164 million.

Of course, there are wages and subsidies for postpartum care; textile factories are considerate of their workers.

Workstations in the factory are not as scarce as they will be a few years from now.

It can be said that some people can support their entire family without working in a factory, and even earn more than they would in a factory.

After all, nowadays, you can make a lot of money by doing business, even a small one.

Nothing major has happened in the courtyard recently, except that Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi caused some trouble.

Xu Damao failed his university entrance exam, so his father, Xu Fugui, took him to a steel rolling mill to learn how to project movies.

Liu Guangqi, on the other hand, failed the entrance exam for a vocational school and chose to repeat a year.

Logically speaking, it should be easy for Xu Damao to find a job after graduating from high school, at least at this time.

But he disliked it and insisted on going with his father to show movies, feeling that showing movies had a better future.

Actually, that's not the case. It's mainly because showing movies is easy to learn. If you have a teacher who can teach you carefully step by step, you can learn it in about ten days to half a month.

This secret was told to him by his father, Xu Fugui.

Xu Damao was overjoyed when he heard this. People like Sha Zhu, Li Jiuzhou, and even Yi Zhonghai all took at least three to five years to learn a craft.

He's so lucky, he gets into the house in ten days or half a month, so showing movies is great, it's fucking great!

Anyway, Xu Damao thinks it's better than the cook!

Xu Damao was smart to choose manual labor over faster, more respectable jobs.

If it were Li Jiuzhou, he would definitely choose to play movies; it's quick to learn and makes money fast!

These days, time is money.

Many people even feel that the day goes by too fast, and they haven't earned enough money yet.

Xu Damao's matter was resolved, but Liu Guangqi from the Liu family got into some trouble.

He didn't want to repeat a year of high school, but Liu Haizhong beat him up badly.

This is unprecedented and quite rare.

It was a rare occurrence for Liu Guangqi to be beaten in the courtyard.

As the eldest son, Liu Guangqi was highly regarded by his parents, Liu Haizhong and Liu Haizhong, and lived a much better life than the other children in the orphanage.

Liu Haizhong is really hoping he'll bring him glory.

Liu Haizhong was not discouraged when his son failed the entrance exam for vocational school; instead, he encouraged him to study for another year.

But Liu Guangqi got angry when he refused to study under Liu Haizhong, so he was beaten up and made to behave, obediently agreeing to repeat the year.

In this day and age, the father still has a lot of say. You still need him to make a living, so it's a bit too early to start something like this.

Just when everyone thought life had settled down, the Wu family started causing trouble again.

On a day off, Li Jiuzhou got up early to make breakfast for his wife. After the family finished eating, Li Jiuzhou went to take a nap.

I was half asleep when I was woken up by a series of shouts and curses. I looked at my watch and it was already past 10 o'clock. I had only slept for more than two hours.

So Li Jiuzhou got up and went out to check, and saw that many people in the front yard were heading towards the middle yard.

The noise was coming from the Intermediate People's Court.

"Uncle Yan, what's going on?" Li Jiuzhou asked Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui replied:

"I just heard the commotion too, but it must be something to do with Old Wu's family."

"Not long ago, a family of four came to visit, saying they were the second son of the Wu family, so I let them in."

Li Jiuzhou nodded upon hearing this, and the two went to the Central Court to watch the excitement.

After watching for a while, Li Jiuzhou felt a bit bored. All they did was engage in this kind of nonsense.

The reason was that the old couple in the Wu family were making money by carding cotton, and the second son of the Wu family, who had separated from the family, felt that all the money his parents earned was going to his older brother.

A broad-minded person naturally wouldn't care about this, after all, the older brother is supporting his parents, and they need money for food, drink, and everything else in the city.

But if someone is narrow-minded, and his wife keeps whispering in his ear, trouble is bound to happen over time.

Sure enough, a fight broke out, and the family ended up with blood on their heads.

The farce only ended when the old man of the Wu family raised his kitchen knife and chased after his youngest son to chop him.

Seeing this, Wu's second son led his family away in a sorry state.

Wu Lao Er's wife was quite clever. Sensing something was wrong, she secretly slipped into the kitchen and stole a piece of pork belly that Wu Lao Da had just cut that morning.

Li Jiuzhou was laughing so hard that he was about to die. Seeing that there was no more fun to be had, he told Sha Zhu to go to the market to buy some meat.

The two didn't ride bicycles, but walked there. They hadn't gone far when they saw the second son of the Wu family walking ahead, cursing and swearing.

His youngest son carried a cloth bag containing the pork belly his mother had just bought, along with some other things.

The cloth bag had a hole in it, and it leaked as he walked, but because he was so young, he didn't notice it at all.

Li Jiuzhou had a sharp eye; that was top-quality pork belly. He took two steps forward and stopped in front of the pork belly noodles.

He reached out and gestured forward, making a sound that only he and Shazhu could hear:

"Come back, come back, the meat fell!"

"Come back quickly, you've lost weight!"

Sha Zhu was completely dumbfounded, and the cigarette he was holding fell to the ground.

"Hey, why didn't you come back for the meat when I told you to?"

"Since you don't want it, I'll take it." With that, Li Jiuzhou picked up the meat and turned to walk home.

Sha Zhu snapped out of his daze and quickly shouted:

"Senior brother, what are you doing? We agreed to go cut some flesh."

Li Jiuzhou stopped and lifted the pork belly upwards, laughing:

"Moo, here you are, go cut your own flesh." After saying that, he turned around again with a flourish.

"Holy crap!" Sha Zhu was bewildered in the wind, cursing uncontrollably.