Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Sha Zhu also needs friends besides himself. As for whether he encounters a human or a ghost, that's hard to say; it depends on his personal opportunities.

However, it's quite difficult to fool the current idiot Zhu; it's practically impossible without the cunning of Yi Zhonghai.

In the original drama, Yi Zhonghai spent several years planning before successfully deceiving Sha Zhu into becoming crippled.

Like Li Jiuzhou in his previous life, he had a few true friends, namely his apprentices, who gave him some money when he was in trouble.

Of course, Li Jiuzhou has his bottom line. Although he is a gambling addict, and everyone says you can't trust what a gambling addict says, his gambling addict is different from others.

That means he'll definitely pay back money borrowed from individuals, but as for online loans, forget about it, whatever.

This is Li Jiuzhou's only act of kindness.

After transmigrating, my gambling addiction was basically gone. Before, I could satisfy my craving by gambling a little when I opened a gambling den in Fengzeyuan.

The small plate didn't really interest him; it was just a trivial matter.

In July, a notice was issued from above to recycle iron items from the public. Of course, it was entirely up to individual will and there was no coercion.

The neighborhood office conducted outreach in various courtyards and assigned liaison officers to organize the work.

Li Jiuzhou didn't expect that they would start donating iron products at this time; the Great Steelmaking Campaign hadn't even started yet.

However, Li Jiuzhou also understood that this was just a trend indicator; it was merely a collection, and the time was far from that point.

The wind was just blowing; it wasn't blowing very hard.

Yi Zhonghai's three liaison officers didn't take the matter to heart at all, and took the lead in donating a few hammers, broken spatulas, and locks.

The residents of these dilapidated courtyards all have these items, and since they don't need them, they might as well donate them.

The yard collected a total of seventy or eighty kilograms, which is not bad.

Most of the residents in the compound have iron pots, but don't even think about asking them to donate one. If they did, what would I cook with? That's ridiculous.

In short, this matter has come to an end.

Summer in Beiping was extremely hot and humid. Liu Guangtian often went swimming in the river with Yan Jiecheng from the front yard and other young men from nearby courtyards. They would soak in the water for an entire afternoon, and even when their lips turned purple, they were reluctant to come out.

Of course, the young men chatted without any restraint, revealing everything about who in the neighborhood was rich and what they had.

This was overheard by someone with a keen eye—a young man from a nearby courtyard.

Anyone living in Nanluoguxiang knows that No. 95 is wealthy; every household there has everything they need.

They even built stoves for everyone, they're so awesome.

Over time, this naturally makes the people in the neighborhood extremely envious.

So a few young men got their eye on it and wanted to touch it.

Those were the six young men from No. 91, who decided to climb into the backyard of No. 95 courtyard at 1:30 pm.

At this time, Liu Guangtian and others also went to soak in the river, while the courtyard was full of elderly, weak, women and children.

The six of them found a place to climb the wall, and once they reached the top, they jumped down one by one like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

He can stand at a height of two meters without blinking, and his legs are incredibly strong and sturdy.

All six of them came down without even a lookout; they were incredibly brave, I must say.

They tiptoed around the backyard and found that all the doors were locked. But they couldn't leave empty-handed; they had to take something with them.

As a result, the two old hens in the chicken coop in front of Xu Damao's house suffered.

A young man walked over, grabbed a chicken, and twisted its head off before the chicken could even scream.

The other one cried out only half a cry before also perishing. How tragic!

The deaf old woman was a light sleeper. When she heard the noise, she opened the door to check and was startled to see so many young men and the blood-dripping chicken head.

"you……"

Before he could finish speaking, six people surrounded him, and the leader lowered his voice and threatened:

"Old man, you didn't see anything, otherwise... wouldn't it hurt if such a big fist hit you?"

After saying that, he clenched his fist and waved it in front of the deaf old woman.

The deaf old lady was practically a genius; she could tell exactly what this young man did for a living.

Seeing that I wasn't flustered at all, it was obvious that I was a repeat offender. If I angered them and they beat me up, that would be a small matter. What if they were after my body?

If I've kept myself pure for so many years, then it's all been for nothing. But what if I'm secretly hoping for something?

They're all a group of handsome young men...

However, reason prevailed over desire, and the deaf old woman pretended to be foolish.

"What did you say? You want to make chicken soup for my wife?"

Seeing this, the others relaxed.

The young man in charge immediately started looking for them:

"Heh...so you're a fool. Come on, tell me if you have any money, and I'll make you some chicken soup."

The deaf old woman continued to feign ignorance: "Money, what is money? Can you eat it?"

"Smack."

The leader slapped him across the face.

"If you don't have money, get back inside, you damn old man."

The deaf old woman whimpered and went straight back inside, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with tears streaming down her face. She had never suffered such a great injustice in her life.

She wanted to call for help, but she didn't dare, afraid these young men would beat her to death. She hadn't spent all her money yet, and she wanted to live another five hundred years!

At this moment, Jia Zhangshi came to the backyard for some reason and became interested when she saw a group of young people gathered there.

She thought it was Liu Guangtian and his group of young men, so she walked over quietly.

He laughed and said, "What are you all doing?"

The six young men were startled, but fortunately, she was an old woman and posed little threat. The leader gave a signal, and immediately someone stepped forward and covered Jia Zhangshi's mouth tightly.

Then several punches landed directly on Jia Zhangshi's stomach, almost making her vomit up her dinner from the night before.

She had no room to resist, making her even more miserable than the deaf old woman.

In the end, he was simply stuffed into the deaf old woman's room.

When Jia Zhangshi entered the house, she was stunned to see the deaf old woman with her face swollen. Both of them were in tears and dared not make a sound because the group of people outside the door had not left yet.

After a few minutes, when there was no more noise outside, Jia Zhangshi limped out and immediately burst into a heart-wrenching cry.

"Oh my God! This bastard attacked me for no reason! I can't live anymore!"

The crying soon attracted other neighbors, who were all dumbfounded when they saw the deaf old woman and Jia Zhangshi's miserable state.

"What's going on? Did you two get into a fight? I'm not trying to be mean, but you, Jia Zhangshi, are hitting an old lady of such advanced age, and it looks like you didn't even win! You're a disgrace!"

The speaker was Yang Ruihua, who had a grudge against the Jia family.

Jia Zhangshi did not refute, because she felt wronged and was too lazy to explain.

The deaf old lady explained it to me.

The group of women were stunned. A thief had broken into the courtyard, and had even climbed over the wall.

Not only did they steal chickens from Xu Damao's house, but they also beat up the deaf old woman and Jia Zhangshi.

This is a huge problem.

But the group of old women had no leader, so they sent someone to the steel mill to call all the men back.

A thief broke into the yard and assaulted someone; it was truly outrageous.