Traveling back to 1952, starting a comeback from a relief station

That morning.

Almost everyone who worked in the courtyard had left before He Daqing slowly came out of the house.

After he finished brushing his teeth, he was about to get some cold water to wash his face when Jia Zhangshi suddenly came out of the house carrying a thermos. Without saying a word, she helped He Daqing fill it with warm water.

He spoke softly:

"Old He, wash it with warm water."

"The weather is still cool now, cold water is icy, warm water is comfortable and won't harm your health."

Seeing Jia Zhangshi's enthusiastic manner, He Daqing was so frightened that he shuddered and subconsciously took two steps back.

Some looked at Jia Zhangshi with suspicion:

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"I can do it myself."

Madam Jia gave her a "you're being too polite" look, her tone anything but natural:

"What's the trouble? We're all neighbors in the same courtyard."

"Just put it on a wall, you'll see it all the time."

"You don't have a woman in your household to manage things, so you live a very rough life and don't care about many things."

"Besides, the rain has been quite heavy. She's about to become a young woman. You and Shazhu are both rough and clumsy, and you don't know how to avoid suspicion in many places, which is inconvenient."

"From now on, I'll take better care of the rainwater."

"How about this, you don't need to cook for yourselves anymore. There aren't many of you anyway. I'll pack some food for you when I cook, and you can just bring some groceries home when you come home from get off work. It'll save you the trouble."

He Daqing finally understood—it turned out that Jia Zhangshi had her eye on him!

Looking at Jia Zhangshi's burly appearance, he got goosebumps all over, grabbed a towel, and ran back.

"Don't bother, we can do it ourselves."

Although he craves women and wants to find one to live with, he hasn't reached the point of being indiscriminate in his pursuit of them.

He simply couldn't bring himself to kiss Jia Zhangshi, who looked like that!

No wonder he'd been feeling like Jia Zhangshi was constantly peeking into his house these past few days; it turned out she was up to this. What a pipe dream!

Seeing He Daqing flee in disarray, Jia Zhangshi curled her lip.

He muttered to himself:

"That old rascal is suddenly feeling shy and embarrassed."

"It seems we still have to start with Sha Zhu and Yu Shui."

There were more than just the two of them in the courtyard right now.

Everyone had seen how attentive Jia Zhangshi was to He Daqing.

After Jia Zhangshi returned to the house with the thermos.

Several middle-aged women immediately huddled together and whispered among themselves.

Before long, the old women in the front and back yards had all heard about it, and their gazes toward Jia Zhangshi now held a hint of unease and amusement.

Everyone could guess what she was thinking.

Many people secretly muttered:

"Could that cunning and ruthless He Daqing possibly be interested in Jia Zhangshi?"

"This is probably unlikely!"

"If He Daqing really can't control himself, he'll definitely be entangled with Jia Zhangshi."

Jia Zhangshi was aware of the gossip in the courtyard, but she didn't care at all.

These days.

A good life still requires our own efforts.

Take Qin Huairu for example.

Although Jia Zhangshi was unhappy, she had to admit that Qin Huairu's life was much better with Wang Anping.

That was something Qin Huairu managed to get through her own efforts.

Qin Huairu is capable.

Why can't she?

Who wasn't a pretty girl when they were young?

Madam Jia made up her mind that she should learn from Qin Huairu in this regard.

During dinner that evening, Wang Anping told Qin Huairu about Old Zhou's plan to transfer the courtyard to him.

Qin Huairu was stunned for a long time before she reacted.

He was immediately overjoyed.

A few days ago, the two of them went to Old Zhou's place to cook and eat. Old Zhou mentioned it briefly, but Wang Anping didn't say anything at the time, so she didn't ask any further questions.

Is this really true?

"Brother Anping, is this for real?!"

"Grandpa Zhou's courtyard house is so big, it must be worth a lot of money, I'll just give it to you like this."

Qin Huairu subconsciously lowered her voice, her face filled with disbelief.

Although she is already quite content with the two rooms in her current home, who would complain about having too many houses?

Wang Anping smiled and said:

"The old man has no other relatives."

"Since you've decided to give it to me, I'll accept it."

"but……"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Anping continued:

"With more and more people moving to the city, the housing situation in the city will only become more and more strained in the future. If a house is vacant, it is easy for people to target it."

"I'm thinking about it."

"Once we get the house, we'll bring your parents to the city and have them live there as a rental."

"It's relatively easier to get into the city now."

"In two years, the household registration system will be much stricter, and it will be difficult to get in."

Wang Anping knew that household registration management wasn't so strict these past two years. As long as you could find work in the city, getting a household registration was relatively easy.

In a few years, it will be much more difficult to transfer my household registration here.

Qin Huairu didn't understand the intricacies of these policies.

But she trusted Wang Anping.

These are things her man can definitely decide; she just needs to listen!

The thought of her parents moving to the city and becoming city dwellers filled Qin Huairu with excitement.

This opportunity was given to her by Brother Anping. Qin Huairu felt more and more that her man was really capable, and she should treat him even better in the future!

But after thinking for a while, a troubled look appeared on her face:

"Jobs in the city are hard to find, so even if they come, they won't earn much for a while."

"If they come, how much rent should we charge?"

Wang Anping was taken aback:

"It's all your parents and brothers, and you still want rent?"

He just wanted to find a trustworthy person to occupy the house first to prevent others from coveting the yard; he wasn't worried that the Qin family would take over.

Of course, he never intended to charge the Qin family rent.

Unexpectedly, Qin Huairu brought it up herself.

Qin Huairu, however, looked very serious:

"If Grandpa Zhou really gives us the courtyard, then it's ours."

"My parents came to the city, so naturally they have to pay rent."

"Besides, there's my brother's family and Youcai."

"However, the city is indeed different from the countryside. They are new here and have no job, so they can pay their rent in advance and make up for it when they find work."

"We can't let them stay for free."

Wang Anping was delighted.

I never expected my wife to be such a miser.

However, this was a family matter, and he couldn't be bothered to get involved, so he waved his hand dismissively.

"Okay, let's talk about it after they actually arrive."

"This matter is up to you to decide."

For the next period of time, Wang Anping focused his main energy on reviewing.

He hadn't touched a book for many years. Although he could remember many common things, he had become unfamiliar with many details. Fortunately, he could recall them after reading them once, so his learning progress was not slow.

The biggest headache right now is that there aren't many practice questions available.

He had originally wanted to borrow some study materials from Ran Qiuye, but since that day, the two had bumped into each other a few more times at the library. The girl had become much quieter, and when she looked at him, her eyes were conflicted. She would just nod and say hello.

Wang Anping then stopped bothering him.

On Chen Xueru's side, things have finally made considerable progress with the fabric shop.