I Have a Lake as I Walk Through the Courtyard

Sha Zhu's shout seemed to touch the pain of many people, including Lin Feng. He put down his bicycle, closed the door, and went to the Central Court.

It's only 8 o'clock, and this is the first time that no one in the courtyard is in a hurry and everyone has arrived so suddenly. Compared to the clean and tidy central courtyard in the past, the public areas of the courtyard are now piled with clutter, especially coal briquettes. People are slowly encroaching on public resources and testing the limits little by little.

Jia Zhangshi also leaned against her door with a shoe sole in her hand, while Qin Huairu stood at the window, her eyes filled with envy as she stared at the lunchbox in Sha Zhu's hand.

The boy, who had been watching the commotion, immediately spotted the dashing man standing in the middle, especially the lunchbox in his hand, and his mouth watered uncontrollably. "Mommy, Mommy, I want my lunchbox!"

Qin Huairu glared at her son, annoyed. "Wait a minute!"

"No, no! I want to eat, I want to eat!" Banggeng plopped down on the ground, kicking his feet incessantly.

Helpless, Jia Zhangshi put down her shoe and hugged her precious grandson. "Good boy, we have a meeting now. After the meeting, have your mother go and get that idiot's lunchbox."

After coaxing her grandson, Jia Zhangshi looked helplessly at her daughter-in-law. "Huai Ru, it doesn't matter to us adults, but the child can't go without nourishment for a long time."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes. Without Yi Zhonghai around, that old woman had become much more polite to her lately. She thought to herself, "You never seem to skimp on the food either." "I'll try again after the meeting!"

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui arrived quickly, frowning as they smelled the faint, complex odor in the air. "What's going on in the middle of the night?"

"Someone urinated in front of my house, isn't that incredibly inconsiderate? And look at the Zhang family, they've piled up their coal briquettes right in front of their house! Don't they have any sense of public decency?"

Before Sha Zhu could finish speaking, a middle-aged woman in her forties stepped forward. "Your rainwater doesn't go inside the house, so it just piles up at the door. What's wrong with that? We're all neighbors. Can't you even give me this little bit of convenience? I'll clean it up myself when the rainwater comes back."

"Yeah, Zhu Zi! You live alone in such a big house. You don't know the suffering we people go through. There's really no room left in our house..."

"Fine, fine! I can tolerate the coal pile, and I can tolerate the clothes drying in front of my house, but who poops and pees in the yard? Can you tolerate that?"

Liu Haizhong had even lost his appetite for tea. "Some of our neighbors have been getting increasingly unreasonable lately. Maybe we should stick to the old rules; after all, we're a civilized courtyard house!"

"Fatty Liu, you make it sound so easy! There are four of us in my family crammed into one room, where would we find room?"

"Yes, Uncle! Now that so many houses in the Intermediate People's Court are suddenly vacant, could you talk to the neighborhood committee and help us resolve this practical difficulty?"

Liu Haizhong's face flushed instantly at the barrage of questions from his neighbors. "That house was allocated to the steel mill workers by the steel mill. What does it have to do with the neighborhood committee? If you're so capable, go talk to the neighborhood committee yourselves!"

"We can't possibly live in such a tiny house and have to put a chamber pot inside! Who could stand that?"

"You can't stand it, but can others? Everyone's like this; what's the difference between this yard and a toilet?"

"Your house is big, so it's easy for you to talk! What business is it of yours if I put my chamber pot by the door?"

Sha Zhu rolled up his sleeves. "I said we can't put it out, so we can't! You're worried about the smell, so you come here to fumigate us! Is your pee sweet?"

"You'll know once you try it..."

"You little brat, you're asking for it." Once Sha Zhu got angry, no one could stop him except for Yi Zhonghai from before. He shoved the lunchbox in his hand into Qin Huairu's hands and started punching and kicking the neighbor next door!

Qin Huairu's heart was pounding in her throat when she received the lunchbox. She didn't care about the commotion in front of her and ran home like lightning. She poured all the food from the lunchbox onto her own plate and washed the lunchbox clean.

"Damn it, this kid is bullying people! Come and help!" Zhang Zhen couldn't beat Sha Zhu by himself, so he shouted to Zhou Long from the same workshop. Several of his colleagues immediately surrounded Sha Zhu.

Although the air in the Intermediate Court wasn't great, Xu Damao and his wife were thoroughly enjoying the show! "Zhou Long, do you even know how to fight? Try attacking my groin!"

The courtroom descended into chaos, and Liu Haizhong, witnessing this scene, was filled with exasperation. "Third Uncle, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"I've already been stripped, what does it have to do with me?" Yan Bugui stood slyly in the corner, observing everything in the yard, showing no intention of intervening in the fight.

Sha Zhu and his group started by tentatively fighting, but the fight quickly escalated into a full-blown brawl, with almost everyone targeting Sha Zhu. This shows just how unpopular he is!

Lin Feng dodged, and an unknown object flew past, carrying a faint scent. Lin Feng broke out in a cold sweat, glanced around, and quickly ran to the Third Uncle's side. It has to be said, this guy really knows how to find a spot.

"That's awesome! That's fucking awesome!" Xu Damao, always eager for drama, kept fanning the flames when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his groin. "Who? Which bastard is it?"

After recovering, Xu Damao couldn't find anyone. The court was in complete chaos. He saw a figure and gritted his teeth. It must be this guy. Thinking this, he stepped forward and kicked Liu Guangtian, who was trying to break up the fight. Liu Guangtian immediately bent over in pain.

"Damn it, despicable!" By the time he looked up, Xu Damao had already disappeared! "Is this how you play? Fine, fine!" Liu Guangtian stopped trying to break up the fight! He would directly attack anyone he didn't like.

Soon, four or five men were clutching that area, hopping around in pain. "Which bastard is kicking there? That's fucking despicable!"

Sha Zhu looked smugly at the five people around him who had lost their fighting ability. "You're still too green to fight against Master Zhu. After a chaotic battle, Sha Zhu had a great time."

"Damn it, this guy is despicable. Everyone, stand together and watch out for his dirty tricks..." The five men, having recovered their composure, quickly surrounded him again. Fortunately, despite their fighting, they still maintained a certain level of restraint and did not use any weapons.

Sha Zhu also got hit, clutching his groin as he hopped and ran back to the wall. "Who attacked me like that?"

In an instant, all the people who had been sparred with each other leaned against the wall, instinctively protecting themselves with both hands, and nervously observed the situation in the courtyard.

Lin Feng was dumbfounded. This silly Zhu had corrupted the atmosphere in the courtyard! Was this still a fight between men? These were all a bunch of despicable people!

Yan Bugui was watching with great interest when, unaware that his eldest son had joined in, saw a reckless neighbor actually using weapons, and immediately shouted in alarm.

"Stop it, all of you! Do you hear me? If you don't stop, I'm calling the neighborhood committee!"

"Stop yelling! We're here! Stop it, all of you! Do you hear me? Stop..."

The commotion in the courtyard alerted the joint defense team that was patrolling at the gate. Five or six young men wearing red armbands ran in, and the one leading them was none other than Director Wang!

"If this doesn't stop, lock them all up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present stopped at the same time!