Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

Time flies, and it is the summer of 1961.

The shadow of famine still looms over Beijing.

But for Xu Damao, this summer was sweeter than honey.

Since the last time he reported Sha Zhu and was credited with it, plus Li Xuan secretly arranged for someone to pull strings.

He was given a few opportunities to appear in front of high-ranking officials and to watch several good movies.

Xu Damao finally got his wish and was officially promoted to the head of the publicity department!

Although his official rank wasn't high, he was still a well-known and respected cadre in the steel rolling mill!

He's nothing like the Xu Damao of the past who only knew how to show movies.

But what made him even happier was yet to come.

Lou Xiao'e is pregnant!

After being treated with Li Xuan's Rejuvenating Pill.

In addition, Xu Damao has been in a good mood and in good health for more than a year!

Lou Xiao'e is finally pregnant!

The moment I received the hospital test results!

Xu Damao ran wildly through the streets for three miles, telling everyone he met, "I have an heir!"

"I, Xu Damao, have an heir!"

That weekend, Xu Damao specially bought two kilograms of expensive fruit candy.

There were also sunflower seeds and peanuts, which were set up in the middle courtyard.

"Come on, everyone! Have some wedding candy! Have some wedding candy!"

Xu Damao, dressed in a brand-new Zhongshan suit with two pens tucked into his pocket, greeted his neighbors with a radiant smile.

"Hey, Da Mao, what's the good news?"

Yan Bugui was the first to come over, his eyes fixed on the candy.

"Uncle, congratulations! My wife is pregnant!"

"I'm going to be a dad!"

Xu Damao announced loudly, as if afraid that others wouldn't hear him.

"What? She's pregnant?"

The entire hospital was in an uproar.

Everyone remembers that Xu Damao used to be known as someone destined to have no descendants, but unexpectedly, he really turned his life around!

Congratulations!

"Da Mao is so lucky!"

"Lou Xiao'e is a capitalist's daughter, her health is precious, this child will definitely be smart in the future!"

The neighbors offered their congratulations, though they felt a little envious.

But it's all acceptable on the surface, since there's candy to eat.

Xu Damao was handing out candy with a smug look on his face, but his eyes kept darting around in the crowd.

Finally, he saw Shazhu squatting by the pool washing clothes.

Sha Zhu was currently looking down, frantically scrubbing a tattered piece of clothing, pretending not to hear the commotion.

But his trembling hands betrayed the turmoil in his heart.

Xu Damao smirked, grabbed a handful of candy, and swaggered over.

"Hey, Sha Zhu, doing laundry?"

Xu Damao stepped onto the edge of Shazhu's water basin, looking down at him.

"Stop washing."

"Here, have a piece of candy to share in the good fortune!"

As he spoke, he threw the candy in front of Sha Zhu.

A few candies fell into the dirty water basin, splashing water all over Shazhu's face.

"Xu Damao! Are you looking for death?"

Sha Zhu suddenly stood up, shook the water off his hands, and glared angrily.

"Oh, don't be angry."

Xu Damao was not afraid at all.

Instead, he leaned closer, pointed to his own nose, and said:

"Silly Zhu, haven't you always called me childless?"

"Didn't you say I'd never be able to have children in my life?"

"How's it going now? I'm pregnant! I'm having an heir!"

"But you, you're over thirty and still don't have a wife."

"He's always chasing after Jia Dongxu's wife, and he still doesn't get any credit!"

"I think you're the one who's truly childless!"

"Not only is he destined to have no descendants, but he's also destined to have no descendants at all!"

"you!"

Sha Zhu was so angry that he trembled all over and raised his fist to strike.

"Go ahead and hit me! Try hitting me once!"

Xu Damao puffed out his chest, "I'm now the head of the propaganda department! I'm a state cadre!"

"You dare hit an official?"

"Believe it or not, I'll make sure you rot in jail!"

Sha Zhu's fist froze in mid-air, and he didn't dare to bring it down.

He's terrified of being tortured at the factory; if he goes back in, he'll really be doomed.

"Coward!"

Xu Damao spat out a contemptuous remark.

Turning around, he put his arm around Lou Xiao'e, who had just come out, and said loudly:

"E'zi, be careful, don't upset the baby."

"Let's go home, I'll make you some chicken soup!"

"We have plenty of money, unlike some people who even had their lunchboxes confiscated and are left to starve!"

Looking at Xu Damao's arrogant back, and then at Lou Xiao'e's happy smile.

Sha Zhu felt as if a huge rock was stuck in his chest, making him feel so suffocated he was about to explode.

He turned to look at the Jia family.

Qin Huairu was standing at the door, looking at Lou Xiao'e's belly with a complicated expression.

She wants that kind of life too!

She has someone to love her, money to spend, and children...

But now, she can only have a paralyzed husband and a vicious mother-in-law!

And a useless, stupid pillar...

Sha Zhu desperately wanted to get some comfort from Qin Huairu.

But Qin Huairu only glanced at him indifferently before turning and leaving.

The admiration and dependence of the past were gone from those eyes; only deep disappointment and disdain remained.

Even Xu Damao has made it big, how come you, Shazhu, are such a waste?

"Bang!"

Qin Huairu closed the door.

The sound of the door closing completely shattered Sha Zhu's last psychological defenses.

"what!"

Sha Zhu let out a beast-like roar and kicked the washbasin away violently.

Then, he rushed back into his room like a madman.

He took out the bottle of cheap Erguotou that he had been hiding for a long time and started chugging it down.

"Xu Damao... Qin Huairu... you all look down on me!"

"I'm not childless...I'm not!!"

He burst into tears inside the house.

backyard.

Li Xuan sat under the grape trellis, listening to the crying coming from the central courtyard, and shook his head.

"That's fate."

"Silly Zhu, your hard times have only just begun."

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