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

Now, Liu Guangtian got excited too. He stood up and pointed at Ye Jianchuan, saying, "You, surnamed Ye, are too arrogant! Aren't you just a lowly deputy factory director? And an acting one at that!"

All these years have passed and I haven't seen you remove the word "agent." Who knows, one day if they're unhappy, you'll be nothing!

"What are you trying to prove, acting like a leader in front of me? Don't forget you're the leader of the food factory, not my steel rolling mill!"

Upon hearing Liu Guangtian's words, Ye Jianchuan couldn't help but scoff. It's true, the Liu family's brains aren't exactly sharp. (270)

When this guy pointed to himself and said he wasn't a leader at their steel mill, he seemed to have forgotten one thing: his current job as a kitchen helper in the canteen was supervised by Ye Jianchuan's brother-in-law, Sha Zhu.

So Ye Jianchuan didn't even need to waste any more words with him. He turned to look at Sha Zhu beside him and said, "Brother Zhu, look at the people under you. They have pretty big tempers!"

After Ye Jianchuan said that, Liu Guangtian finally realized, "That's right! Ye Jianchuan can't control me, but Sha Zhu, the deputy director of the cafeteria, can keep me under his thumb!"

So Liu Guangtian quickly said to Sha Zhu, "Director He, I wasn't talking about you, I... I was just a little too angry."

However, this matter cannot be resolved with just a few kind words. Sha Zhu did not show much on the surface, but simply said, "Alright, that's it. Jian Chuan has two choices. Choose one yourself."

Upon hearing Sha Zhu's words, Liu Guangtian's face darkened. He was truly reluctant to part with him, but the current situation forced him to.

Rather than worrying about the earthquake shelter being demolished in the future and leaving him with nothing, Liu Guangtian decided that he should focus on keeping his job first!

So in the end, Liu Guangtian chose to compromise: "Director He, how about this? It would be a waste to demolish this shed. Why don't you see if anyone doesn't have an earthquake shelter yet? You can use this shed."

"Just give me a little something for the materials. I went through all that trouble to find the materials and build this shed; it's not too much to ask for a little compensation for my hard work, is it?"

After hearing this, Sha Zhu glanced at Ye Jianchuan beside him. Ye Jianchuan nodded slightly in acknowledgment before Sha Zhu spoke again.

"Alright, let's do it this way. As for who will stay in your shed, you can go find those families in the middle and front courtyards who haven't set up their earthquake shelters yet."

After Sha Zhu finished speaking, Liu Guangtian immediately nodded happily, but Ye Jianchuan spoke up again.

“Those families are all facing difficulties, so your fees can’t be too high. If no one ends up living in your shed, then I’ll have to assume you’ve chosen to demolish it!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangtian glared fiercely at Ye Jianchuan. Indeed, as the saying goes, "where there's a will, there's a way," and Liu Guangtian had already devised a plan.

You want those people from the front yard of the Intermediate People's Court to move in, right? When I negotiate the price with them, I'll just ask for an exorbitant price!

When the time comes, those families will definitely not want to live in this earthquake shelter. Since (blank) 698925850 they won't come to live here, then in the end, won't I, Liu Guangtian, still live in this shelter?

However, before Liu Guangtian could even implement his plan, Ye Jianchuan plugged the loophole, so Liu Guangtian's expression naturally wasn't very pleasant.

But no matter how bad their expression was, what could they do? They could only swallow their anger and keep quiet.

Seeing Liu Guangtian nod helplessly again, Ye Jianchuan was satisfied and turned to look at Sha Zhu beside him, "Brother Zhu, is there anything else?"

Sha Zhu thought for a moment, then spoke again, "There's one more thing... it's about Jia Zhangshi. Everyone else has moved into the earthquake shelters, but she hasn't moved out yet."

If there are a few more aftershocks and their house collapses, that would be a real problem.

When Ye Jianchuan heard that it was about Jia Zhangshi, he immediately frowned. After all, getting involved with Jia Zhangshi was bound to be a troublesome matter.

So Ye Jianchuan thought for a moment, then asked, "Why doesn't she move out? Is it because she didn't set up an earthquake shelter?"

Sha Zhu nodded. "Other families have tried to build earthquake shelters, but Jia Zhangshi just refuses to do so. We can't possibly help her get the materials to build one, can we?"

If it were anyone else, it wouldn't be a problem, but you're helping Jia Zhangshi... and then she'll just turn around and bite you back.

Ye Jianchuan nodded. Indeed, this wasn't the first or second time that Jia Zhangshi had repaid kindness with enmity. Sha Zhu, who had been kind to their family before, brought them vegetables every day, but Jia Zhangshi turned around and immediately suggested that Sha Zhu take the blame for stealing chickens.

Later, the Yi family, who had been kind to them, were indeed hoping that Bang Geng would take care of them in their old age. But what did they get in return for all that food and drink they provided?

This involves both poisoning and stealing people's retirement money. Although there may be other hidden details in this matter, most people are unaware of these 'hidden details'.

Therefore, the image of Jia Zhangshi as an ungrateful person was deeply rooted in the hearts of the residents of the courtyard house.

However, if this matter is not resolved, and something goes wrong later, it will be a troublesome situation.

So after thinking it over for a while, Ye Jianchuan made the decision and said, "Well, Brother Zhu, the shed you two built isn't very big to begin with, so why don't you two move to the backyard?"

"We can put a curtain in this earthquake shelter to separate things up. Your old shelter can be given to Jia Zhangshi to live in."

Chapter 268 Jia Zhangshi and Xu Damao also didn't get along.

"If Jia Zhangshi is still unwilling, then let's just ignore her and go directly to the street office to give her a heads-up. If anything happens to her then, we won't have to take responsibility."

After hearing Ye Jianchuan's words, Sha Zhu nodded and said, "Okay, that's basically all we have to say for today."

"Does anyone have any other problems to deal with? If so, just say so. If not, let's all go back to our respective tents and rest!"

Sha Zhu was at his wit's end. Although he was now the eldest uncle in the courtyard, there were just too many people in the courtyard who didn't get along with him. Old Liu's family, Xu Damao, the eldest uncle, and Yan Jiecheng—he didn't know why, but they just didn't see eye to eye with him.

This left Sha Zhu with no good way to properly manage things, so he could only take advantage of Ye Jianchuan's free time to get Ye Jianchuan to handle these matters.

Of course, the real intention behind asking this question was just to make a point, since nothing else had actually happened in the courtyard house in the past few days.

But to Sha Zhu's surprise, after he asked the question, someone actually stood up, and the person who stood up was none other than Xu Damao, whom he didn't get along with.

"Wait, I actually have something I want to ask."

Everyone was about to get up and leave, but Xu Damao's words made them sit back down, and all their eyes turned to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao didn't take it seriously and directly asked, "Your way of solving things doesn't seem very fair, does it?"

This is a matter of our own territory, we'll handle it ourselves. But when it comes to that deadbeat Jia Zhangshi, you're expected to give her a shed?

So, according to your logic, can I also become a defaulter? After all, being a defaulter allows me to gain some advantages.

After hearing Xu Damao's words, everyone nodded in agreement. It wasn't that they supported Xu Damao, but rather that they disliked Jia Zhangshi.

Now that Jia Zhangshi, that 'rascal,' has managed to gain an advantage, even if it wasn't their family who benefited, they still feel uneasy!

Why did Xu Damao bring up Jia Zhangshi's matter? Shouldn't they both dislike Ye Jianchuan and Sha Zhu, and instead team up to cause trouble for Ye Jianchuan?

Okay... Although the two of them had many similarities, they were the only two people in the courtyard who were arrested and imprisoned.

Then they all didn't get along with Ye Jianchuan, and they also didn't get along with Sha Zhu, but that didn't mean that the two of them were of one mind, because the two of them didn't actually get along with each other.

There was nothing they could do; Xu Damao was a foul-mouthed person, and Jia Zhangshi was no pushover either.

In the year or so since Jia Zhangshi was released, she and Xu Damao have had many arguments.

No one remembers exactly how it started, but now it has escalated to the point where Jia Zhangshi calls Xu Damao a 'hooligan' or a scoundrel whenever they meet.

As for Xu Damao, he used people who were close to Jia Zhangshi, either dead or running away, to make trouble.

Jia Zhangshi had been carrying manure lately, which meant getting up early every morning, and it was quite tiring. Plus, she was getting old and her energy wasn't as strong as it used to be, so naturally, she was no match for Xu Damao when they argued.

But don't forget, Jia Zhangshi is not just someone who only talks, so when she was provoked by Xu Damao, she had no choice but to take action.

Of course, an old woman wouldn't necessarily go up and fight with someone. Even if Jia Zhangshi still had the will, it was unlikely that she could beat Xu Damao.

So Jia Zhangshi had no choice but to resort to underhanded tactics, such as occasionally adding something to Xu Damao's doorstep. That was commonplace for her, after all, that was her job.

For this reason, Xu Damao and Jia Zhangshi are now at odds. Now that he sees Jia Zhangshi getting away with it by being a deadbeat, Xu Damao is naturally not going to stand for it.

Moreover, by bringing this up now, I'm essentially causing trouble for Ye Jianchuan. So, I'm killing two birds with one stone, so why not?

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Ye Jianchuan was speechless when he heard this. He never thought that he would be interrupted when he wanted to do a good deed.

But it doesn't matter. Whether or not to help Jia Zhangshi is secondary. After all, Ye Jianchuan is only acting this way because he doesn't want to cause any more trouble.

If Xu Damao can come up with some other solution, then it wouldn't be impossible for Jia Zhangshi not to live in Shazhu's earthquake shelter.

So after pondering for a moment, Ye Jianchuan spoke up, "Xu Damao, what you said does make some sense, but the reason I handled this matter the way I did was mainly because I didn't want to deal with Jia Zhangshi anymore."

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As you said, she's a deadbeat, you know that, I know that, and everyone in our courtyard knows that.

"I just didn't want to give this deadbeat another chance, to let her try to get back at me, so that's why I handled it this way."

At this point, Ye Jianchuan shrugged, pretending to be quite helpless, and then said again, "But since you've said that, I believe you must have other ways to handle this matter, right?"

Well... I'll leave this matter to you, Comrade Xu Damao. Please have Jia Zhangshi build an earthquake shelter herself within two days.

If she insists on not coming out, then you should go to the neighborhood committee office and report her attitude, just in case something unexpected happens and you end up taking the blame!

After saying that, Ye Jianchuan ignored Xu Damao's reaction and looked up at the other residents of the courtyard house.

"Alright, that's settled then. Is there anything else? If not, go back to the earthquake shelter and rest. We've been quite busy these past few days!"

Xu Damao wanted to say something more, but Ye Jianchuan wasn't going to give him a chance. Seeing that the other residents didn't react, he nodded and turned to go back to his own earthquake shelter.

Chapter 269 Persuading Sha Zhu to Open a Restaurant

Seeing that there was nothing more to watch, the other residents of the courtyard also turned around and went back. Before long, the once lively backyard was deserted again.

After Sha Zhu and the others left, they didn't rush home, but instead headed towards Ye Jianchuan's earthquake shelter.

Because Ran Qiuye had been labeled a "stinking intellectual" during that period, and later, because she became pregnant, Sha Zhu simply made her resign from her teaching job.

For a period of time after that, Ran Qiuye transformed herself into a housewife and never went to work again.

However, Ran Qiuye wasn't idle either. First, her family had three children in quick succession. Then, Ye Jianchuan's family had twins, a boy and a girl. After that, she and Shazhu had their fourth child. "270"

With both families combined, that makes six children. With six children and no elderly relatives in the family, it would have been impossible to take care of them all if Ran Qiuye hadn't taken a break from work.

Now, Sha Zhu's eldest child is eight years old, and Ye Jianchuan's two children are five years old, which is also the age when they can start their formal education.

In addition, that wave of change has basically subsided, so books and similar items that were previously considered taboo are now largely ignored.

So some time ago, Ye Jianchuan suggested that Ran Qiuye start 'teaching' her child.

Although she can't go to school for the time being, she's reached the age where she needs to be taught, so recently, whether it's day or night, whenever she has time, Ran Qiuye will restart her 'teacher mode'.

The same thing is happening now. Just now, while Ye Jianchuan and the others were holding a general meeting outside, Ran Qiuye was taking the six little ones to class in Ye Jianchuan's earthquake shelter.

Seeing that Sha Zhu had also come in, Ye Jianchuan invited Sha Zhu to sit down and then spoke to him.

"Brother Zhu, what are your plans for the future?"

Sha Zhu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Jianchuan. "Plans? What plans? Isn't it fine as it is?"

Ye Jianchuan shook his head and continued, "After a while, the situation will change drastically. By then, many of our current 'iron rice bowl' jobs will no longer be secure."

Although it may not have a big impact on us, since we are considered part of the leadership, the money we can earn by continuing to work in the factory every day is actually limited.

These salaries seem high now, but in a few years, they won't be enough.