Courtyard House: Is Xu Damao a childless man? Let me help.

After the group entered the Yi family home one after the other, Aunt Yi started preparing dinner.

However, after wandering around outside, Bang Geng didn't manage to buy many things, but what he did buy was enough to fill his stomach, so Bang Geng had no desire to eat at this moment.

When Uncle Yi saw that Bang Geng had no desire to touch the food on the table, he immediately realized that the boy must have eaten a lot outside.

So, as usual, Uncle Yi started lecturing Bang Geng: "Bang Geng, the pocket money that your godfather gave you is indeed for you to spend as you see fit."

But you can't just eat snacks all the time outside. If you eat too many snacks, you won't be able to eat your meals when you get home. What if you don't get enough nutrition then?

If this were in the past, the Korean character would definitely have humbly accepted the instruction and obediently learned it.

But today, after realizing that Uncle Yi no longer had much 'value,' Bang Geng's attitude changed drastically. He nodded impatiently, said dismissively, "I know," put down his chopsticks, and slipped out to work.

Chapter 134 Sha Zhu Points Out a Bright Path for Bang Geng

Seeing Bang Geng suddenly become a bit 'rebellious', Uncle Yi was a little confused, but he didn't think too much about it, after all, maybe he was just in a bad mood today?

As for Banggeng, he didn't run far after leaving the house. Instead, he turned around and went straight to the gate of the courtyard. After all, he had run around outside for a long time today and found that there were many things he wanted to buy but couldn't.

He only knew that various units sometimes issued those different kinds of tickets, but he wasn't working right now! So he wanted to find someone to ask where he could get tickets.

Bang Geng's initial idea was to go find Uncle San, since Uncle San was a teacher, and it's normal for a student to ask a teacher a question, isn't it?

But when Banggeng arrived at Uncle San's house, he discovered that Uncle San wasn't at "Er Si San"'s house at all. Well, not only was Uncle San not home, but the only people in the Yan family who were eating were Aunt San and Yan Jiedi.

The reason is very simple: with Ye Jianchuan's help, Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of the Yan family, has moved to the central courtyard with his wife, Yu Li.

Although they usually come home for meals, the young couple is going to Yu Li's house today, so they won't be home.

As for Uncle San, Yan Jiefang, and Yan Jiekuang, they all went to the movie theater to help "deliver" popcorn because of Ye Jianchuan.

So the three of them quickly finished their dinner and went out to earn money.

Unable to find Uncle San, Banggeng was a little lost. If Uncle San wasn't around, who could he ask?

Just as Bang-ge was pondering this, he saw someone walk in from outside. It was none other than Sha-zhu, who had been very 'close' to Bang-ge before.

Bang Geng immediately ran up and blocked Sha Zhu's way. Sha Zhu was stunned to see that it was Bang Geng who had blocked his way, because this scene had not happened for a long time.

Before, when Banggeng came to find me, he wanted money to buy firecrackers. But ever since Qin Huairu separated from the family, Banggeng has never come to find me again.

Before Shazhu could think any further, Banggeng spoke up, "Shazhu, do you know where I can buy the kind of milk candy that Ye Jianchuan took out before?"

Sha Zhu paused for a moment, then said, "How would I know about this? You said it was Ye Jianchuan who took out the candy, so you should definitely ask Ye Jianchuan!"

Besides, even if you knew where to buy it, you wouldn't be able to. You need coupons to buy milk candy. Even if that old man Yi Zhonghai gave you money, would he give you candy coupons?

When Banggeng heard Shazhu mention sugar coupons, he immediately perked up: "I don't have any sugar coupons, but can you just tell me how to get them?"

Ye Jianchuan gave out quite a lot of candy earlier. Someone who just started working shouldn't have been able to get that many candy coupons, right? So there must be other places where he could get candy coupons, right?

It has to be said that Bang Geng's mind works really fast; he figured out the key point so quickly.

Sha Zhu didn't want to linger at the door with Bang Geng for too long, and he also felt that Bang Geng definitely wouldn't be able to implement the method he suggested, so Sha Zhu spoke directly.

"If you want to get sugar coupons, there is actually a way, but it's quite expensive."

Have you heard of Pigeon Market? In Pigeon Market, there are people who specialize in collecting all kinds of tickets and coupons. If you have extra tickets and coupons, you can exchange them for money from them.

The reverse is also true; you can also buy all sorts of tickets and passes from him, but the prices will be significantly higher.

Upon hearing Shazhu's words, Banggeng continued, "Pigeon City? Where is Pigeon City?"

"You're really planning to go ask about prices? This pigeon market isn't a good place; none of the businesses there are legal."

If you get caught, it'll be considered speculation and profiteering. Even if you're just buying something, you won't get away with it if you're caught!

"Don't worry about all that, just tell me where Pigeon City is!"

Seeing that he couldn't win against Bang-gen, Sha-zhu got tired of arguing and simply told Bang-gen the location of Pigeon City before going back to his room.

Now that he knew how to obtain the tickets, Banggeng was satisfied. While Jia Zhangshi was still eating at Uncle Yi's house, Banggeng ran home and grabbed several more "Big Reunion" tickets. Then he headed towards Pigeon Market in the direction Shazhu had indicated...

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While the Thief Saint's Stick was enjoying his 'successful labor,' Ye Jianchuan was plotting how to teach Xu Damao a profound lesson.

Teaching Xu Damao a lesson wouldn't be particularly difficult, but most of those methods would only be considered minor offenses.

The most ruthless method Ye Jianchuan could think of was to report Xu Damao to the steel mill for accepting bribes from villagers during his film screenings in the countryside.

If this matter were to be investigated thoroughly, it could be quite ruthless, potentially causing Xu Damao to lose his job.

But to be honest, it's the same principle as a projectionist taking home so-called 'defective products' from the villagers when he goes to the countryside. It's just an unspoken rule of the job.

So the chances of actually getting rid of Xu Damao's job through this incident are actually quite low.

Besides, Ye Jianchuan had no idea that Xu Damao was no longer favored by Deputy Director Li at the factory. In Ye Jianchuan's opinion, Deputy Director Li was definitely still in cahoots with Xu Damao, so even if he reported it, the effect would probably not be very good.

So Ye Jianchuan simply abandoned this approach. Since he couldn't proceed in this direction, what else was wrong with Xu Damao? This was something Ye Jianchuan needed to investigate carefully.

What Ye Jianchuan didn't know was that not only was he scheming against Xu Damao, but Yang Weimin was also trying to teach Xu Damao a lesson.

Previously, he acted rather recklessly, directly leading people to try and ambush Xu Damao, but Xu Damao escaped. This time, Yang Weimin has learned his lesson; resorting to violence is too low-level, and he needs to play it more sophisticatedly!

So what qualifies as high-class? The answer is quite simple: find a woman to flirt with Xu Damao, and then, when Xu Damao tries to make a move, shout loudly. Wouldn't that ruin Xu Damao's reputation?

Chapter 235 The Pit Yang Weimin Digged for Xu Damao

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is considered indecent assault! It's a serious offense, a very grave matter.

So if Yang Weimin's matter is settled, Xu Damao will not only lose his job, but he will probably be on a government job for a long time to come.

Moreover, we'll be entering that stage soon, and Xu Damao's hooliganism charge might become a capital offense. It will be difficult for Xu Damao to turn things around then.

And most importantly, being a hooligan was something that was highly despised at the time, and it was one of the things that was least forgivable.

So even if Xu Damao's family could still afford to use connections, Deputy Factory Director Li probably wouldn't dare accept the money.

Of course, it was still quite difficult to get this done. Yang Weimin had to use his connections again to find a familiar, relatively young girl to work at the steel rolling mill.

That's right, it was all for revenge. I specifically found them a job, and of course, this job was actually the 'reward' for this revenge.

This arrangement is actually a last resort, since there aren't many 27-year-old women working in steel rolling mills to begin with, and even if there are, most of them are older.

For example, there are women like Qin Huairu, whose husbands died and she took over their jobs, or women like Liu Lan, whose husbands were sick and she had to go out to work to support her family.

Although these old women are outgoing, even if Yang Weimin offered them benefits to do this, they wouldn't dare to do it!

After all, she either has a husband at home or her husband is dead. If she's involved with someone like Xu Damao in this situation, it's not just Xu Damao's problem; it constitutes promiscuity. l10

So Yang Weimin could only find a girl in her early twenties who was not yet married, and he immediately assigned her to Xu Damao's side as an apprentice projectionist.

Now, with a beautiful young woman constantly waving in front of him, even though Xu Damao was no longer fertile, he wasn't a eunuch anymore, and he couldn't help but be lustful.

So, Xu Damao's attention immediately shifted from Yu Haitang to this new 'apprentice' who had just been sent to him today.

On one side is a lecherous master, and on the other is a disciple who comes with a mission to seduce the master and get him hooked. It's like they're going head-to-head.

The result is self-evident. The new apprentice had only just started working today when Xu Damao hooked up with someone at work and has already gone out to dinner with her.

At this rate, Xu Damao estimates that he'll be able to think about that aspect in a few days. When the girl starts arguing and making a fuss, Xu Damao will definitely be finished in no time.

However, Ye Jianchuan was unaware of Yang Weimin's preparations, so he came up with another method, which was also the simplest and most direct: put a sack over his head and knock him out with a stick!

Of course, it's said to be the simplest method, but it's still a bit difficult for others to operate. However, Ye Jianchuan is different; he's a man with a system.

Ye Jianchuan was already able to trap Xu Damao from a distance using the system's storage space, which already provided him with considerable convenience.

The physical training techniques Ye Jianchuan received as system rewards made him more agile, which made him more 'skilled' at tasks like trapping sacks and hitting people with clubs.

Ye Jianchuan's idea was quite simple: how could he prevent this guy from causing him trouble in the short term?

Why not just send you to the hospital? Send you there first, so you can't cause any trouble, and then I can slowly figure out a way to teach you a lesson. Perfect!

Of course, successfully striking Xu Damao over the head isn't something that can be done overnight. Ye Jianchuan still needs to study Xu Damao's movement patterns a bit more, so this plan will probably have to wait a few more days before it can be implemented.

However, apart from Xu Damao's matter causing Ye Jianchuan some headaches, everything else went relatively smoothly.

The popcorn 'promotion' plan can be said to be very successful. Even though only three people from Uncle San's family came, the number of people who went to buy movie tickets was too large!

With more people buying movie tickets, more people will naturally know about popcorn, and with word of mouth spreading, it's no wonder popcorn is so famous!

Although Ye Jianchuan's proposed collaborations with the workers' store or the cinema were not implemented due to various considerations, even so, the sales of popcorn surpassed those of the previous sandwich bread within just two days of its launch.

The most crucial point is that the cost of this popcorn is very low, because apart from the production of butter, there are no other processing steps required. Therefore, the food factory is more of a packaging workshop than a production workshop.

However, it is precisely this kind of product, which requires processing and making by oneself after purchase, that is far more popular than sandwiches or similar products that can be eaten immediately after purchase.

This achievement made Director Zhou very happy. Ye Jianchuan not only held his new position as workshop director securely, but also successfully received a 'bonus'.

Okay, it's basically just a symbolic reward from the country after you've generated revenue for it with your own 'invention'.

This kind of thing is perfectly normal in this era, although in later generations it is generally referred to as "technology as equity".

After I provide the technology, you'll give me a certain amount of profit sharing, but in this era of great unity, profit sharing? Shares? Don't even think about it!

Even if someone were willing to give it to you, would you dare accept it? If a private individual takes shares in a state-owned enterprise, what kind of business is that? Are you a capitalist?

Just think about what happened to the Lou family, so for Ye Jianchuan, receiving this small bonus is already a pretty good result.

Of course, Ye Jianchuan didn't make the popcorn for money, but rather to leverage the connections he had with Director Zhou.

After all, ten years have passed, and with the reform and opening up, Ye Jianchuan would definitely not continue working within the system. Since he was going to leave the government and start his own business, connections with officials would naturally be very important.

Chapter 236 The vendor was overjoyed to buy candy with sticky rice cakes.

In addition, the voice I want to create in the future might be related to food, which means it's closely related to food factories, right?

If you can secure a contract from a state-owned enterprise in your private capacity, then you won't have to worry about making money.

Therefore, for a better life in the future, we need to start paving the way now.

Besides the excellent progress in promoting popcorn, Qin Jingru's arrival was also good news for Ye Jianchuan.

Although Qin Jingru seems silly in the original drama and is easily fooled by Xu Damao with just a few words, she is actually quite obedient in terms of 'obedience'.