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

However, it proved to be very useful in practice. After allocating manpower, Ye Jianchuan and the others began to take action. In less than an hour, they successfully cleared up the area where Lao Liu and his wife were buried.

However, at this moment, the table that had saved their lives became an obstacle blocking their escape route.

Ye Jianchuan wanted to cut a hole in the table so that Old Liu and his wife could crawl out, but that method was too risky.

The table was already under immense pressure from the bricks and stones. If we were to create another hole, it might alter the table's load distribution, causing the remaining bricks and stones to collapse and create further damage.

So although it was a bit troublesome, Ye Jianchuan and the others could only clear the area around them again. In the end, it took them more than half an hour to finally rescue the Liu couple.

Seeing that the person had been rescued, everyone at the scene finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Ye Jianchuan and the others returned to the courtyard house amidst the gratitude of Old Liu and his wife.

At this time, many of the old and young men in the courtyard had already gone to work, and Ye Jianchuan and the others naturally also needed to go to work.

Although he didn't get along well with Xu Damao and Liu Guangfu, Ye Jianchuan still had to say what needed to be said. So after the group returned to the courtyard, Ye Jianchuan spoke up again to give them instructions.

"Alright, we should go to work now. By the way, if the factory says you're late, just tell them what happened."

If they need any proof, they can go to the neighborhood committee to get it, or they can come to me.

After all, he was the one who specifically requested to take them there. If they ended up being late because of this, even if it was Xu Damao, Ye Jianchuan would feel bad.

. . . . . .

Around nine o'clock, Ye Jianchuan finally arrived at the food factory. As soon as he arrived, he was immediately called into the office by Director Zhou.

It was at this moment that Ye Jianchuan heard a definite message from Director Zhou: a major earthquake had struck Tangshan, killing many people!

Although Ye Jianchuan already knew this news in his previous life, compared to seeing it in movies and news reports, he clearly only realized how terrible it was after experiencing such a massive earthquake.

Chapter 263 Overtime at the Food Factory: The Changes in the Qin Sisters

Because of this major earthquake, resources from all over the country began to converge on Tangshan, and Ye Jianchuan's food factory naturally went into full operation to produce emergency food for the disaster.

Moreover, the entire workshop was operating at full capacity, producing only the simplest and most straightforward biscuits. Furthermore... they even extended working hours, raising the quitting time from 5 PM to 9 PM.

People usually work from 9 to 5, but after the earthquake, the food factory almost had to switch to 5 to 9 because of a strict order from above.

Okay, the start time for work hasn't been changed to 5 AM, but starting work at 7 AM, with only an hour break at noon, and working until 9 PM, a full thirteen hours a day, is indeed a bit excessive.

This was even more extreme than the 996 work schedule of later generations. Fortunately, this change did not last long. After working overtime for five days, the food factory resumed normal operation.

However, the 'exhaustion' of the past few days has left all the employees of the food factory completely worn out, and many unnecessary mistakes even occurred when they resumed work.

Of course, Director Zhou was also quite open-minded, and ultimately chose to turn a blind eye to these mistakes that should have resulted in wage deductions.

After all, everyone has worked hard for five days. Although I don't have the right to give them a break, I shouldn't deduct their pay just because they're too tired.

The food factory has been working overtime for five days straight, while the courtyard house has been mostly arguing and bickering.

As for the reasons for the arguments, they are incredibly varied. Some people argue over a few pieces of simple timber, some over a small piece of waterproof tarpaulin, and some even argue because your earthquake shelter has encroached on my property.

Of course, most of these arguments take place in the front and middle yards, since hardly anyone lives in the backyard anymore.

The backyard is now the quietest place in the courtyard house. Apart from Ye Jianchuan's family, there are only Uncle Er, Aunt Er, and Liu Guangtian.

The huge backyard, including Ye Jianchuan's family of four, only had seven people in total.

As for Qin Huairu, that's even simpler. She simply took her two daughters and went to stay with Qin Jingru.

Xu Damao, who originally lived in the backyard, has now been moved to the frontyard. The old lady has also passed away, and the house she left behind belongs to Shazhu, but Shazhu has not moved to the backyard.

So the old lady's house is now mostly used by Ye Jianchuan, He Yushui and others.

Of course, Ye Jianchuan and his family of four didn't actually need that much space, so the old lady's room was mostly empty.

So Qin Huairu just left the courtyard house like that, wouldn't the people in the courtyard house even show a little concern?

Well, in such a courtyard house, there really weren't many people who cared about Qin Huairu. The only ones who still kept an eye on her, besides Ye Jianchuan, were Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng.

But the coincidence is that Qin Huairu moved out at a time when Bang Geng had come of age and gone to the countryside to work, while Jia Zhangshi had not yet returned.

So... actually, Qin Huairu's 'moving' didn't attract much attention, and because of Ye Jianchuan's special care, Qin Huairu is no longer an ordinary worker.

Qin Huairu is now a team leader in the workshop, the same position Ye Jianchuan got after handing in the sandwich bread.

Although it wasn't a high-ranking official position, it still earned more than thirty yuan a month. In addition, Qin Jingru directly became the deputy factory director's secretary when Ye Jianchuan was promoted to deputy factory director.

Together, the two sisters earn more than seventy yuan a month. In addition, Ye Jianchuan would occasionally get them some food, so their expenses on food and drink were not high.

In this way, the two sisters could save about fifty or sixty yuan a month. Over the years, the two sisters quietly became a "wealthy family".

In addition, since Qin Huairu has been mentioned, we should also briefly talk about the two little girls. After ten years, the two little girls have grown up quite a bit.

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Xiao Dang has grown into a young woman. Due to the impact of those ten years, she did not go to school for the next few years.

However, she didn't sit idle. She consciously studied at home for a while. Now that she is seventeen years old, after returning to high school, Xiao Dang plans to go back to school for another year before taking the college entrance examination.

Although no relevant regulations have been issued yet, and no news has been released, Ye Jianchuan has already told her that the college entrance examination will be reinstated at the end of next year, and the little girl clearly believes Ye Jianchuan's words without a doubt.

... ...

Therefore, he naturally made the college entrance examination his future life goal.

As for Huaihua? Because she is three years younger than her older sister, Huaihua is actually going through puberty. Before, she would stay at home with her older sister to read books, but now she has returned to school.

What Ye Jianchuan didn't expect was that she was actually quite sensitive to numbers, which was quite useful to him.

If possible, when Xiaodang gets into university, we can let her develop a little in the field of accounting and finance. Maybe she can even come and help out at my company in the future?

Of course, that's all in the future. In any case, now that Qin Huairu has moved out, the people in the courtyard have gradually forgotten about her existence.

The only one who still "thought" about Qin Huairu was probably Jia Zhangshi, who had just been released from prison. At that time, Jia Zhangshi was thinking of going to Qin Huairu to freeload a meal.

Unfortunately, she could no longer find Qin Huairu by then, so her plan to freeload off Qin Huairu fell through. As a result, she spent the next year or so carrying manure and supporting herself.

Because only a few people lived in the backyard, there was plenty of space there. Naturally, the Liu family and Ye Jianchuan wouldn't argue over things like your earthquake shelter blocking my territory.

Chapter 264 Xu Damao's Attempt to Take Advantage of Public Funds

Although there was no quarrel in the backyard over these matters, the front and middle yards were in an uproar, especially the front yard, which was even more chaotic with Xu Damao causing trouble.

Well, this is actually also related to Ye Jianchuan. The food factory had been working overtime for five consecutive days, and Ye Jianchuan and Director Zhou, the 'leaders,' had to stay at the factory to keep an eye on things, for fear that something might go wrong.

He spends 14 hours a day at the food factory, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., plus the time spent commuting to and from work. So Ye Jianchuan simply doesn't have the energy to care about what's happening at the hospital.

After returning to the courtyard, I washed up and then rested in the makeshift earthquake shelter that had been set up.

Without Ye Jianchuan going to "267" to keep order, offer advice, and mediate these conflicts, then relying solely on Sha Zhu, he really wouldn't be able to understand these things.

As for Sha Zhu, although he felt it was a very tricky situation, he knew that Ye Jianchuan had been quite busy these past few days, and he was too embarrassed to bother Ye Jianchuan any further, so he could only bite the bullet and try to mediate on his own.

As a result, after all the mediation, not only was the matter not resolved, but the person also ended up getting humiliated.

Fortunately, just when Shazhu was about to break down under the pressure, the food factory finally finished its work.

Then... Ye Jianchuan had just returned home from get off work at the usual time when Sha Zhu came to his door, hoping Ye Jianchuan could help resolve these 'disputes' in the courtyard.

And so... during those ten years, there were only two or three general assemblies, but after this earthquake, they reappeared.

At 7 p.m., most of the residents of the courtyard house had gathered in the backyard. There was no other way; the middle courtyard was almost completely occupied by the various families' makeshift shelters, and the front courtyard was similarly full, so only the backyard had a little space left.

As the 'spokesperson,' Sha Zhu was the first to speak after the college-wide meeting began: 'Everyone, I believe you can guess why we are holding this college-wide meeting today.'

That's right, there have been quite a few troubles in our compound these past few days because of this earthquake shelter. Let's work together to resolve these issues today!

The first thing... is about the front yard. Xu Damao, tell me again about your situation with the Xie family!

After being called out by Sha Zhu, Xu Damao immediately stood up and said, "What's there to say about this?"

They kept saying my earthquake shelter was too big; they're just jealous and can't stand seeing others do well! Just tell them to stop making such a fuss!

As soon as Xu Damao said this, there was no need for Sha Zhu and Ye Jianchuan to say anything; Lao Xie stepped forward.

"Xu Damao, you're talking nonsense! Your earthquake shelter has already been erected up to my window sill. You've encroached on my territory, so of course I have to say something to you!"

What? Do you expect me to follow your example and build an earthquake shelter near Teacher Yan's house? Don't you even consider what Teacher Yan would think?

After being named, Uncle San naturally needed to make a statement, since it concerned his interests.

“Xu Damao, you really did something wrong. You can’t just think about yourself. You’ve taken over the Xie family’s land. There’s not even enough space for several of them to build an earthquake shelter.”

"You say you live alone now, what do you need such a big earthquake shelter for?"

However, Xu Damao wasn't buying it, remaining unmoved. "What do you know, you stinking intellectual? Does this yard belong to anyone? Isn't it everyone's territory?"

Since it belongs to everyone, it's naturally on a first-come, first-served basis. I took my share first, so that area is mine!

After hearing Xu Damao's words, Ye Jianchuan shook his head with a cold smile and said, "Xu Damao, you just said it yourself, this yard belongs to everyone, no, it should be said to belong to the public."

Since this is public land, there's no such thing as a first-come, first-served principle. What? Do you intend to seize public property?

Upon hearing Ye Jianchuan's words, Xu Damao immediately became anxious. "Ye Jianchuan! Don't make false accusations! This earthquake shelter was built by the government. They made us live in it for the past two weeks!"

This doesn't count as misappropriating public property; it was permitted by the government!

Actually, Xu Damao's attitude reflects the sentiments of some residents in the courtyard houses: they were given the responsibility to build the earthquake shelter by the government, so once it's up, it won't be so easy for them to dismantle it later...

Even if we don't need this earthquake shelter anymore, we can build something on top of it and make another room for ourselves. Wouldn't that be great?

If there's an extra room, that'll be worth several hundred yuan! If I just shamelessly claim this space, those extra two or three square meters might be worth tens of yuan in the future!

A few dozen yuan is already a person's salary for one or two months. As for saving face? When you're broke and can't even afford to eat, that's when you really lose face.

So when Xu Damao said this, he, who was not popular in the courtyard, surprisingly gained the support of several people.

After hearing what these people said, Ye Jianchuan decided not to give them any face and directly exposed their thoughts.

"Hehe, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just think that once these earthquake shelters are no longer useful after the 2.5 magnitude earthquake, you can reinforce them and repair them with some bricks and cement."

Can you just convert it into a room so you'll have an extra room to use?

"Then I'll just tell you straight: this kind of thing is absolutely impossible! After the earthquake's effects subside, every single one of these earthquake shelters will be dismantled!"

"Don't think you can get away with it by playing dirty tricks. Public land won't just become your private property!"

"You think only a few of you know about this scheme? If everyone in Beijing did this, wouldn't everything be in chaos?"

Upon hearing Ye Jianchuan's words, Xu Damao and the others were stunned. They looked at each other, unsure of what to say.