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

Nan Yi rubbed his lower back, then asked with a puzzled look, "Who are you? How do you know me? And... how did you get out of our dorm?"

"Hello, I'm an employee from the food factory next door. I've come to ask Sister Liang for help making clothes."

By the way, He Yuzhu and I are neighbors; I heard about you from him.

Ye Jianchuan wasn't just talking nonsense. After all, Sha Zhu had some connections with the better chefs in Beijing, most of whom were people his father had left him.

Nan Yi's cooking skills are obviously quite good, so when you mention the name "Silly Pillar," Nan Yi should understand.

Sure enough, Nan Yi nodded. "Oh, you're Master He's neighbor. It's a pleasure to meet you."

After bowing slightly to Ye Jianchuan, Nan Yi suddenly slapped his forehead and quickly said, "Excuse me... I have something urgent to attend to, I'll be going now. We can talk in more detail another time!"

Ye Jianchuan didn't mind. He just wanted to get acquainted with him. If he really needed something in the future, he could always try to build a relationship then.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Business Opportunity of the Machine Repair Shop

And so, Ye Jianchuan leisurely returned to the food factory. By this time, the factory had already started operating, but Ye Jianchuan was in no hurry and went straight to Director Zhou's office.

"Uncle Zhou... is now a convenient time?"

Factory Director Zhou looked up at Ye Jianchuan and asked, "Hey kid, what brings you here again? What's up this time?"

"Hehe, Uncle Zhou, so you're not welcoming me? Fine, I was just about to tell you some good news, but since you're not welcoming me, I'll just leave!"

Seeing Ye Jianchuan's grinning face, Director Zhou knew that something good must have happened again, so he also started teasing him.

??~??????~?（.empty/white/） "Hey!! You've gotten yourself into trouble, haven't you? Come in here and stand properly! What's the matter? Tell me the truth!"

After exchanging a few jokes with Factory Director Zhou, Ye Jianchuan finally became serious. "Uncle Zhou, are you familiar with Factory Director Liu from the machine repair shop?"

"I wouldn't say we're close, but we can talk to each other. We've met a few times. What's up? Do you need something from him?"

Ye Jianchuan shook his head and then said, "Of course I would ask him for help, but when I went to the machine repair shop today to ask Master Liang for help making clothes, I heard some news."

Director Liu of their machine repair shop is planning to prepare some employee benefits for the factory during the Chinese New Year this year.

But as you know, the machine repair shop isn't a large organization like the main steel mill, so the meat processing plant didn't give them any face and they weren't getting any meat.

I was thinking, since our food factory needs to find markets for its bread anyway, besides the workers' store, maybe we could try ordering things like employee benefits from the machine repair shop?

Upon hearing Ye Jianchuan's words, Director Zhou's eyes lit up immediately. Although the machine repair shop was only a branch of the steel rolling mill, it still had over a thousand workers.

If each person were given a few sandwiches, that would be considered a large order for a food factory.

Furthermore... following this line of thought, wouldn't other factories also want to offer employee benefits or similar perks?

If they could secure a few more similar orders, would the food factory still have to worry about selling its products?

"Jianchuan, tell me in detail!"

Ye Jianchuan then told Director Zhou what he had overheard in the security room of the machine repair shop that day.

After understanding the general situation, Director Zhou nodded and continued, "In that case, let's try to invite Director Liu over to discuss it as well."

"See if that simple-minded Master Zhu is available. If so, could you have him come a couple of times?"

Ye Jianchuan didn't have any objections, but it wasn't easy for him to agree directly, so he could only say that he would have to go back and ask Sha Zhu again.

However, this matter wasn't in too much of a hurry, since there were still more than two months until the Chinese New Year, and there was plenty of time to find Director Liu. So Director Zhou decided that no matter what, they should first entertain the leaders of the workers' store.

After spending some time back in the new workshop, it quickly became afternoon. After get off work, Ye Jianchuan went to the nearby vegetable market again. He didn't buy any vegetables, but he did buy a chicken coop.

Then, he found a secluded spot on the road where no one could see him and took out the 'highly productive hen' that had been a reward from the system.

After all, my space is relatively small, so I can't raise chickens or anything like that. And if I'm going to raise chickens to eat eggs, it's best to keep them in the yard.

That way, no one will suspect me if I eat eggs every day. Of course, there's another crucial reason: since the old hen is kept in the yard, can't I also fish?

If that idiot still tries to take advantage of my old hen, then even if I can't just send her to the magistrate, at least I can make Qin Huairu even more desperate.

Back in the courtyard, Ye Jianchuan found it a bit strange. Usually, there should be some people in the front and middle courtyards, so why was there no movement at all today?

When Ye Jianchuan reached the entrance of the backyard, he realized that it wasn't that no one was there, but that everyone had come to the backyard to watch the excitement.

This commotion was actually caused by Ye Jianchuan; that's right, it was Xu Damao arguing with Lou Xiao'e.

However, unlike the previous arguments where the two of them hid at home to argue, this time it escalated a lot. Not only did they argue, but Xu Damao also hit him!

Since Ye Jianchuan's house was right next to Xu Damao's, the onlookers made way for him when he came over.

After returning home and putting down his things, Ye Jianchuan also became a bystander.

However, Ye Jianchuan's gossip was clearly not going to be hot yet. He had just stepped out of his house when Third Uncle's voice came from the middle of the crowd.

“Xu Damao, we old men in the courtyard don’t want to interfere in your private affairs, but it was wrong of you to hit Lou Xiao’e today!”

Are you trying to escalate this to a hospital-wide meeting again? Or do you want to take it to the neighborhood committee? Or the Women's Federation? So they'll know you beat your wife at home!

Upon hearing what Third Uncle said, Xu Damao immediately felt intimidated. Not to mention causing trouble at the neighborhood office and the Women's Federation, Xu Damao was unwilling to even attend the entire hospital meeting!

After all, only the two of them know the reason for their argument, and Xu Damao dares not let anyone else know.

However, if the argument escalates to a college-wide meeting, it will be difficult to prevent others from finding out the reason for the argument.

So Xu Damao immediately deflated, and stopped shouting that he would "beat Lou Xiao'e to death." Instead, he gritted his teeth and said something to Lou Xiao'e.

"Fine, I won't hit anyone anymore. This is a family matter, we'll handle it at home!"

After saying that, Xu Damao lowered his head, his face grim, and went straight into the room.

Ye Jianchuan was completely bewildered. What was going on? He had only gone to buy a chicken coop, and now he had missed the best opportunity to watch the drama unfold?

However, as the onlookers went home to cook, Ye Jianchuan realized something was wrong. They had all left, and this was actually the best time for him to enjoy the show!

Not only can you get a close look at the drama, but you can also participate in the "interaction" between the two. You could pretend to be a peacemaker and offer some seemingly reasonable advice, which would be a good option.

Thinking of this, Ye Jianchuan immediately took action. This time, Ye Jianchuan didn't even need to carry the dumplings; he went directly to the next room, pushed open the door, and went inside.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Ye Jianchuan's Theory of Farming

Hearing the noise at the door, Xu Damao turned around and saw Ye Jianchuan push the door open and walk in. His face immediately darkened.

"Ye Jianchuan? What are you doing here? Can't you see they're arguing? Or are you here to meddle?"

Ye Jianchuan shrugged and said, "Hey, Brother Da Mao, how can you say that? I'm just concerned about you guys."

"You two, husband and wife, may argue sometimes, but you've never actually hit Xiao'e before. What's wrong with you today?"

Upon hearing Ye Jianchuan's question, Xu Damao's face remained dark. "This is none of your business! Get out, get out!"

As he spoke, Xu Damao tried to kick Ye Jianchuan out, but Ye Jianchuan wasn't in a hurry at all.

"Brother Da Mao, if I'm not mistaken, you two got into an argument because you went to the hospital to pick up your lab results today, right?"

What does the lab report say? Is it Xiao'e's problem? Or your problem?

Hearing this, Xu Damao's face darkened even more, while Lou Xiao'e, standing to the side, showed no respect for Xu Damao whatsoever.

"Whose fault could it be? Didn't you see how dark his face is?"

As soon as Lou Xiao'e said this, Xu Damao immediately turned around and glared at her, then said fiercely, "Why are you telling him about our private matters?"

Lou Xiao'e probably figured it out too, and said confidently, "If this happened to you, you couldn't tell anyone else."

"When Shazhu and the others said those things about me before, why didn't you react at all?"

These words immediately rendered Xu Damao speechless. At this moment, Ye Jianchuan knew his chance had come and immediately spoke up.

"Brother Da Mao, if it's your fault, then why did you hit my sister-in-law Xiao'e?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao was shocked that Ye Jianchuan dared to teach him a lesson. He immediately wanted to cause trouble for Ye Jianchuan, but Ye Jianchuan spoke up again at this moment.

"Alright, I'm not here to watch the show. I'm here to help you solve your problem. Now... tell me what your report contains? What exactly happened?"

Xu Damao fell silent, after all, this was a sensitive matter, but Lou Xiao'e, standing to the side, was anything but ambiguous.

"The doctor said his... activity level is not high enough, and his chances of getting pregnant are very small."

Ye Jianchuan nodded, then said, "So, didn't you ask the doctor if this condition could be treated?"

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads. Lou Xiao'e even offered an explanation.

"After receiving the test results, he asked the doctor, who said it was his problem. He was devastated and didn't ask any further questions before coming home."

When I got home, this guy started picking on me! I just called him a jerk and he started hitting me!

As she spoke, Lou Xiao'e became increasingly agitated, almost on the verge of tears, leaving Ye Jianchuan stunned.

However, after thinking for a moment, Ye Jianchuan still helped the couple analyze the situation.

"I think that every illness has a treatment method. You can ask a doctor for advice."

If Western medicine can't cure it, I think you can also ask those famous traditional Chinese medicine doctors. There's always hope of a cure.

And... if you really don't have children, you could learn from Uncle Yi and the others."

The first two sentences were still somewhat sensible, but when the last sentence mentioned Uncle Yi, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e's expressions changed instantly.

After all, they all knew that Grandpa Yi and Grandma Yi had no offspring. It was for this reason that Grandpa Yi started looking for someone in the courtyard more than ten years ago to take care of him in his old age.

While ordinary residents might not be able to see it, Xu Damao still had some sense of it.

Even when the couple chatted about how Uncle Yi took care of Sha Zhu, Xu Damao mentioned this issue.

At the time, the couple held in utter contempt for Uncle Yi's insincere and purposeful "doing good deeds."

Now Ye Jianchuan is telling them to learn from Uncle Yi? How are they supposed to accept that?

So the couple's expressions changed slightly, but before they could speak, Ye Jianchuan continued to speak.

"Actually... there is another way, called borrowing seeds."

However, I think you wouldn't agree to this unless it was absolutely necessary, so I won't say any more.

Ye Jianchuan's words only piqued Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e's interest even more. "Brother Ye, Brother Ye, do you have any other ideas?"

Tell me about it, and if it can really solve my problem, I'll definitely thank you properly later!

Ye Jianchuan looked at Xu Damao with a strange expression, feeling that the guy's forehead was flashing a very healthy color.