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

I don't know why, when he heard that the job was to shovel manure, he turned around and ran away, leaving Xiaodang and Huaihua behind, which led to the two girls being kidnapped by human traffickers.

This leads to the question: after learning of her future fate, will Jia Zhangshi, who was determined to separate from the family, still refuse the job of shoveling night soil and run away?

By the way, speaking of which, Jia Zhangshi originally had some 'income' before, such as the five yuan in child support she got from Qin Huairu, and the six yuan in living expenses she got from Zhang Xiangyang every month.

However, all of that income is now gone, because more than eight years have passed and Bang Geng has come of age. Now that he's an adult, does Qin Huairu still need to pay child support? Of course not.

As for Zhang Xiangyang? Needless to say, after Jia Zhangshi discovered that her money had been stolen by Zhang Xiangyang, she immediately asked Bang Geng to find a way to call the police and get the money back.

Bang Geng successfully recovered the money, but not a single penny reached Jia Zhangshi's hands. As for Zhang Xiangyang, he was arrested for the same reason.

In other words, the job that originally belonged to the Jia family has now been 'confiscated,' and Jia Zhangshi has not received anything in return.

Chapter 256 Major Changes

By the way, similarly, since Zhang Xiangyang has been arrested, it is no longer possible for Jia Zhangshi to return to her hometown to retire.

After learning the reason why her son was arrested, her younger brother even came to the courtyard house once and almost got into a fight with Uncle Yi and Banggeng.

Finally, after learning that his sister had also been arrested, he gave up his idea of ​​causing trouble.

However, the fact that they stopped causing trouble did not mean that they no longer held a grudge against Jia Zhangshi. Although Zhang Xiangyang was indeed in the wrong, the Zhang family's values ​​did not care about such things.

So after thinking it over for a while, Zhang Xiangyang's father gathered a bunch of men, young and old, from the Zhang family village and successfully removed Jia Zhangshi from the Zhang family's 'genealogy'.

To put it bluntly, you, Jia Zhangshi, are no longer a member of the Zhang family. You want to go back to Zhangjia Village to retire? No way! Forget about retirement, you won't even be buried here!

So, apart from shoveling manure and doing odd jobs to support herself, Jia Zhangshi had no other options.

The only good news is that during her time inside, Jia Zhangshi successfully kicked her addiction to painkillers, so she should no longer have to spend the three yuan she used to spend on painkillers every month.

The situation of Jia Zhangshi and Xu Damao, who had been imprisoned for a while, has basically remained unchanged for the past few years.

The situations of the other families in the courtyard have also changed considerably in recent years. For example, Sha Zhu's family has had a lot of children because Ran Qiuye has become a housewife.

The He family now has four children, and that was only after Ran Qiuye was unable to have more children, which brought them to a halt.

Otherwise, given their 'efficiency' of two children every three years, wouldn't they have produced six or seven children in ten years?

Of course, having had so many children, Sha Zhu doesn't need to worry about whether he can afford to raise them, because he is still firmly in his position as the deputy director of the cafeteria.

With a monthly salary of around fifty yuan, it's quite easy to support a family of six.

Since her brother and sister-in-law were having babies every now and then, He Yushui naturally couldn't be idle either. In the second year after her marriage, she successfully became pregnant.

And in one go, Ye Jianchuan was blessed with both a son and a daughter, twins!

Aside from the matters concerning Ye Jianchuan and the He family, the most significant changes occurred in the Erda family.

After successfully liberating himself from his serfdom, Liu Guangtian was quite pleased with himself at home. Not only was his work easier every day, but he also managed his own salary.

Uncle Er used to clean the toilets every day, but he lost all his spirit and can only be timid and submissive at home. He's like a completely different person compared to before.

However, for some reason, Liu Guangtian has been unable to find a wife in the past ten years, and is still single to this day.

On the contrary, his younger brother Liu Guangfu was successfully assigned to work at the railway bureau after graduating from school. Less than half a year later, he met a girlfriend, got married, and moved out to live with her.

This made Liu Guangtian feel resentful. If it weren't for his younger brother, he would have run away long ago! But look at you, your older brother hasn't even found a wife yet, and you've already gotten married.

The worst part is that you got married, but you actually moved out and haven't come home for ten days or half a month at a time. You're such an ingrate!

Well, doesn't he even consider that he didn't flee because of Liu Guangfu? Wasn't it just that there were special circumstances, and you needed a permit to cross provincial borders, so he couldn't escape?

Later, his 'status' in the family underwent a dramatic change, so he stopped considering running away. This is not Liu Guangfu's fault.

Moreover... after you, Liu Guangtian, became the eldest son in the family, you were indeed quite good to Liu Guangfu at first. No matter how many eggs you ate, Liu Guangfu would get the same amount.

But after all, he had the blood of the Liu family flowing through his veins. Coupled with the influence he had from childhood and the teachings of his second uncle, Liu Guangtian naturally began to enjoy his privileges after establishing his position in the family.

It's a classic story of "the dragon-slaying boy becomes the dragon himself." Under such circumstances, how could Liu Guangfu possibly be obedient to you?

Moreover, Liu Guangtian's inability to find a wife is his own doing, isn't it? He was used to being beaten and scolded by his second uncle when he was young, and now that he has turned his life around, he's starting to prepare to 'collect his debts'.

When Uncle Er was first sent to clean the toilets, he was still full of spirit and could even argue with Liu Guangtian after returning home. However, Liu Guangtian changed his timid attitude and turned against Uncle Er.

Over the next two years, the father and son argued at home at least eighty or a hundred times, and even came to blows several times. The most serious incident escalated to the point of holding a hospital-wide meeting.

Such a filial son is so renowned that even if someone wanted to introduce him to a potential partner, they wouldn't dare to do so.

If he treats his own parents like this, how will he treat his wife? How will he treat his wife's parents? Won't he just be abusing them every day?

So Liu Guangtian's inability to find a wife is actually his own problem. Otherwise, in this era, how could someone with a good job and a decent family background not be able to find work?

Compared to the chaotic mess at Second Uncle's house, Third Uncle's house was much more harmonious.

Needless to say, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, although Yu Li's belly has not shown any signs of pregnancy after ten years, they have never made a fuss about it.

As for Uncle San, although he was labeled a "stinking intellectual" and his salary dropped considerably, Yan Jiecheng and his wife Yu Li still had stable jobs.

Although he moved to the Central Court, he still had to provide financial assistance to his family, so there was no "usurpation" in the Third Uncle's household.

As for Yan Jiefang, after serving as a "junior soldier" at the school for a while, he also graduated along with the "Old Three Classes".

Of course, since his grades were indeed a bit 'awkward,' job placement was out of the question. In the end, it was Uncle San who found Ye Jianchuan and asked him to help him find a job.

Chapter 257 The Deaf Old Lady's 'Will'

Ye Jianchuan still had a thought in mind: he could help arrange a job, but like Xu Damao, he definitely couldn't arrange for you to be by his side.

Although the relationship between the Yan family and my family is still quite good, it's better to avoid trouble.

So after making some connections with other companies, Ye Jianchuan got Yan Jiefang a job at another food factory, the one that produced things like Beibingyang soda.

Since everyone works in a food factory, their job duties and benefits are roughly the same, so Uncle San was very satisfied with this arrangement and thanked Ye Jianchuan profusely.

Yan Jiefang is considered quite filial; after getting a job, he basically handed over all his salary to his family.

So even though Uncle San only earned a little over ten yuan a month sweeping the streets, with the help of his eldest son and his wife, and the subsidies from Yan Jiefang, the family still lived a pretty good life.

Moreover, apart from Yan Jiefang, the siblings Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi have also found their 'direction'.

Yan Jiekuang, like Bang Geng, was directly assigned to "cut in line." Of course, in order to prevent Yan Jiekuang from going to a particularly far place, the Yan family also made 260 trips back and forth to pull strings.

Ultimately, it was through Yu Li and her factory leaders that the matter was resolved. Of course, the Yan family also had to spend a lot of money on this matter.

Actually, they could have asked Ye Jianchuan for help with this matter, but Ye Jianchuan had already helped them a lot, which made the Yan family feel a little embarrassed.

After all, as a teacher, Uncle San knew the principle of gratitude for small favors and resentment for excessive ones. If he owed too many favors, he would feel embarrassed to face those people.

So, in the end, Uncle San and the others found a way to resolve the matter themselves.

Of course... the Yan family ultimately couldn't escape the fate of needing Ye Jianchuan's continued help, because not long after Yan Jiekuang's incident, Yan Jiedi also graduated.

Yan Jiedi and Banggeng were about the same age, but unlike Banggeng, Yan Jiedi didn't have to cut in line. With Ye Jianchuan's help, she went directly into the workers' store.

Well, Ye Jianchuan 'exchanged' his job at the food factory for this, but for Ye Jianchuan, this was no longer a troublesome matter; he handled it casually.

Having discussed the situations of Uncle San and Uncle Er, let's now talk about Uncle Yi's family. In the past ten years, there hasn't really been much to say about Uncle Yi's family.

After all, Uncle Er and Uncle San at least have children in their families, while Uncle Yi only has one stick-like dog. Before the stick-like dog cut in line, it could basically only take advantage of Uncle Yi.

As for the title of "Master Thief"? The fact that Jia Zhangshi was arrested has terrified him, so let alone stealing, Bang Geng doesn't even have the thought of doing that anymore.

Of course, another reason is that Bang Geng later became quite wealthy.

Bang Geng casually came up with an excuse and got half of the 'compensation' that Jia Zhangshi gave him back, which was nearly three hundred yuan!

Then Zhang Xiangyang also recovered more than 300 yuan, bringing the total to about 600 yuan.

Although six hundred yuan may not seem like a lot, it can be quite difficult to spend it during this rather unusual time.

So even though the money ended up in Bang Geng's hands, after such a long time, Bang Geng still hadn't spent it all.

Since he has more money than he can spend, what reason would Bang Geng have to think about stealing? The risk is too great; it's not worth it!

However, things weren't entirely peaceful on Uncle Yi's side. A major incident occurred in the courtyard, which almost caused Uncle Yi and Sha Zhu to get into a fight.

Ten years ago, the deaf old lady in the backyard had already begun to slowly decline in health.

Although Ran Qiuye, Sha Zhu, and Aunt Yi took turns caring for the old lady over the next few years, she still passed away in the seventh year since the wind started blowing.

The death of the deaf old lady was a natural and peaceful passing, a process that, in the parlance of old Beijingers, is called a "happy funeral for the elderly."

Leaving aside this supposedly joyous occasion, the old lady's antics slightly altered the tone of the event, because before she passed away, she had specifically instructed that her house should be left to Sha Zhu.

Although the old lady wasn't that heartless, she still left the hundred or two hundred yuan she had saved up through frugality to Uncle Yi as a way of thanking Aunt Yi for taking care of her over the years.

However, Uncle Yi was not too happy with this allocation, after all, it was a house! Although the old lady's room was not too big, it was not small either, about the same size as Ye Jianchuan's old house.

The value of this house is naturally much higher than the one or two hundred yuan he received.

This made Uncle Yi a little resentful, after all, in Uncle Yi's eyes, he was a person of the old lady's 'godson' level!

Although the old lady had given up on plotting against Sha Zhu with Uncle Yi after Sha Zhu introduced Ran Qiuye to her, it was Aunt Yi who took better care of her.

Even if we don't care about the monks, we should at least care about the Buddha. Should we give him the house?

Besides, what use is a hundred or two hundred yuan to me? It's just two months' salary.

So after the old lady passed away, Uncle Yi started causing trouble for Sha Zhu, wanting to take over the old lady's house.

After all, money is unreliable, but if we get the house, we might be able to use it to keep the stick in the courtyard house in the future?

Sha Zhu didn't really want to compete with Uncle Yi for these things at first, but since the old lady wanted them for him, he naturally had no reason to give them up.

Then... because of this incident, the group once again escalated to the point of holding a general meeting of the entire courtyard. However, by this time, Sha Zhu was already the 'big boss' of the courtyard, and since he was in the right, the final outcome was predictable.

Chapter 258 Taking advantage of Kang Shuaifu's success to prepare for entering the food industry

Uncle Yi was still a little dissatisfied with the result and wanted to find some other reasons or excuses to take the house back, but in the end, he failed.

In the end, not only did Grandpa Yi fail to win the house, but his reputation among the residents of the courtyard house also plummeted.

There was no way around it. Regardless of what kind of person Uncle Yi was or what he did in the past, at least Aunt Yi was the one who took care of the deaf old lady.

Based on this alone, it's impossible for people to dislike Uncle Yi as much as they dislike the likes of Jia Zhangshi and Xu Damao.