A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

This literacy certificate is very easy to obtain; you only need to know 1000 characters...

Xu Pingan still has some sense of shame.

I didn't hold back during the final exam, got a perfect score, and took home a certificate...

During this period, in addition to working during the day and studying at night, Xu Pingan also did some other things.

For example, he went to Lou Bancheng's house again, cooked two meals for him, and gained a lot of goodwill and a large sum of money.

For example, after being pestered by Wang Jianxing to no avail, I got him two more batches of quail!

This thing may be small, but it's still meat.

It's cheaper than chicken, duck, or goose.

It's just that wild game isn't popular these days; otherwise, if it were associated with wild game, it wouldn't be much different from an old hen.

Xu Pingan didn't necessarily want to profit from it...

He could have easily quoted 11,000 or 12,000 directly...

But things can't be done that way!

If he doesn't take it, how will the leaders and Commissioner Geng take it?

Isn't that something that would simply offend people?

One should know when to advance and when to retreat, and avoid putting one's superiors in a difficult position...

"Brother, aren't you going to class tonight?"

"I've already received my diploma, why should I still attend classes?"

"You got your diploma so quickly? That's amazing!"

Xu Pingan smiled slightly, keeping a low profile.

What should we eat tonight?

Just as Xu Fang was about to answer, she heard a commotion coming from the nearby Intermediate Court.

"What's going on?"

"Sister-in-law Jia is being scolded!"

Sister-in-law Jia? Qin Huairu?

"What did she do to deserve being scolded?"

This question stumped Xu Fang. Although she knew what was going on, she couldn't say.

However, he didn't need to say anything; Xu Pingan heard it himself.

"You've been married for almost a year, and there's still not a hint of pregnancy. Are you a barren hen? If you're a barren hen, then you should get back to the countryside right now..."

As soon as Jia Zhangshi raised her voice, the surrounding neighbors immediately gathered around the central courtyard.

Xu Ping'an was no exception; he let Xu Fang cook while he went to the Central Court to watch the excitement.

……

Today is actually a pretty good day; the steel rolling mill just paid out wages during the day…

Jia Dongxu's salary was 275,000 yuan. Although he was a first-class fitter, he was considered to be neither the best nor the worst in the institute.

It's more than enough for a family of three!

After all, the poverty line these days is 5 yuan a month for living expenses.

The Jia family has almost 10 yuan per person, which is more than enough to make ends meet!

The problem is, happiness and suffering in life are both relative!

The Yi family, who live across from the Jia family, have over 40 yuan a month in living expenses, even with the deaf old lady in the backyard.

Needless to say, the He family next door lived a similar life, with a brother and sister, and Sha Zhu earning 180,000 yuan a month.

The problem is that He Daqing sends 100,000 yuan back every month...

Add to that the savings the brother and sister have, and they're incredibly wealthy.

Not to mention compared to the Xu family in the east courtyard, and the Liu and Xu families in the back courtyard!

The comparison is so stark, it's almost heartbreaking!

When Jia Zhangshi took the money, she still had a smile on her face.

But when he turned around and saw Qin Huairu holding a bowl and drinking porridge, his smile faded.

"Huai Ru, we agreed a few days ago that you should find a doctor to see me, did you go or not?"

Jia Zhangshi picked up half a bowl of salted vegetables with her chopsticks, but asked in a nonchalant tone.

Jia Dongxu frowned when he heard this topic.

"Mom, we've only been married for less than a year. Isn't it normal not to have children yet?"

"How is that normal? You're still young. Let your wife get treatment and have children as soon as possible. It will be too late if you wait until you're older. Don't you even look at the situation on the other side?"

"If you don't have children and get old, you can only struggle to make ends meet, and in the end, you still can't escape the fate of living off someone who has no children!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongxu fell silent, then slightly raised his head and glanced at Qin Huairu.

This glance almost drove Qin Huairu to the brink of collapse.

Jia Zhangshi said that she could endure it all.

Seeing Jia Dongxu looking at her like that, Qin Huairu really couldn't hold back anymore.

Qin Huairu's tears streamed down her face instantly.

No emotional build-up is needed at all.

The moment those tears fell, Jia Dongxu betrayed him again.

"Mom, let's not talk about distant places. In our alley alone, isn't it normal for couples to wait two or three years before having children?"

"What do you mean 'normal'? Whose side are you on anyway? My Jia family's eldest grandson isn't even here yet!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he remembered that this was his own son…

Then he went straight for Qin Huairu...

Xu Pingan stood under the eaves of the passageway in the central courtyard, watching this exciting scene and listening to the discussions around him.

Only then did I realize that the Jia family had had several similar arguments recently.

After much effort, Jia Dongxu finally managed to persuade the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were making a scene in the yard, to go home.

One of them was being sarcastic, and the other was silently shedding tears; both looked like they were full of grievances!

The neighbors in the yard were quite amused by what they saw.

At this moment, Xu Ping'an finally understood why his parents had always said in his past life that family scandals should not be aired in public.

Because when others are in a good mood, it makes people feel happy.

When someone is in a bad mood, watching this can seem noisy and disruptive.

But they will never empathize with your emotions; they will only find it noisy.

"That Jia Zhangshi is a real scoundrel. How long has her daughter-in-law been married into the family? Less than a year..."

"At first, I thought she had changed her personality, but I didn't expect her to be the same as before."

"Didn't the wife of Ding Laosan from the neighboring Mao'er Hutong only give birth to a big, healthy boy after two and a half years of marriage? Where did all this 'birth celebration' come from?"

"That's right, that's right..."

Listening to what his neighbors were saying, Xu Ping'an took a special look at the Yi family across from the Jia family.

The Yi family's door was open, but no one came out to see what was going on.

Although the hottest time of the year has passed in Beijing in September, the lingering heat of late summer still occasionally returns.

Most of the time, after dinner, the people in the courtyard like to go outside to cool off.

It is said that the Yi couple rarely go out...

It can only be said that Yi Zhonghai's current level of skill is still insufficient.

Otherwise, I wouldn't feel embarrassed to go out.

However, it is said that he has been quite active at the factory recently.

They volunteered to work overtime, receiving the salary of a level three worker, but applied to do the work of a level six worker...

The factory leaders did change their opinion of him.

After all, the policies of our Party are to learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones and to cure the disease to save the patient.

Since Yi Zhonghai wasn't expelled back then, we won't deliberately make things difficult for him now.

So in recent months, he has actually managed to salvage some of his reputation...

However, Xu Pingan didn't care about this at all.

After all, Xu Ping'an didn't report the other party under his real name back then, so he probably didn't even know who his enemy was...

They might still be wondering about their bangs right now!

After all, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui stood up to compete with him for the position of resident liaison officer.

No matter how you look at it, being reported at that time was inextricably linked to this incident.

Little did he know that there was a venomous snake hiding in the yard.

Yi Zhonghai's home.

Yi Zhonghai and Luo Wencui stood by the window, watching the commotion outside, their faces grim.

"I really misjudged him before..."

Yi Zhonghai didn't finish his sentence, but Luo Wencui knew what he meant.

Neither the couple expected the Jia family to cut ties with them so readily.

The Jia family always thought that the 1000 yuan or so that Yi Zhonghai had paid out was all the money the elderly couple had left.

Later, Yi Zhonghai was disciplined by the factory and was banned from taking grade exams for three years.

Having maintained a level three fitter qualification for so long, and needing to take medication from time to time, how much money could Luo Wencui possibly have left?

After Jia Zhangshi made a scene, Jia Dongxu made a reluctant statement.

Aside from resentment, Yi Zhonghai didn't feel much reluctance.

Yi Zhonghai may have let Sha Zhu down, but he has definitely done right by Jia Dongxu.

How could she dare to let Jia Dongxu support her in her old age when he abandoned her so easily?

Let alone Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai feels that he can't trust anyone now.