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

This is how to make this bread. Take a quick look and see what you think.

Chapter Ten: Internal Strife Should Start with Children

After receiving the production instructions from Ye Jianchuan, Factory Director Zhou glanced at them briefly and then said excitedly.

"Xiao Ye! With your production method, our factory's sales will definitely increase significantly! You'll definitely get a share of the credit then."

Ye Jianchuan knew that now was a good opportunity to make demands, so he pretended to be embarrassed, scratched his head, and then said.

"Hehe, I'm happy to be able to help our factory. Whether I get credit or not doesn't matter, but... could you please move up my probation period a little?"

I haven't had any income for the past six months. I've spent most of my dad's allowance. If I don't get a permanent position soon, I won't even have money to get married.

Factory Director Zhou smiled and pointed at Ye Jianchuan with his finger, "You kid, you've only just turned eighteen and you're already in a hurry to find a wife?"

Okay! Don't worry, I'll definitely get your permanent position sorted out by next Monday at the latest.

And it's not just about getting a permanent position; if we want to produce this kind of sandwich bread in the future, we'll definitely need a dedicated workshop to do it.

Even if you can't become the workshop director due to seniority issues, you should still be able to be a team leader in this new workshop!

Actually, the positions of team leader or workshop director didn't hold much appeal for Ye Jianchuan. However, if he could quickly get his promotion to a permanent position, it would be quite helpful for him.

After all, if he remained an apprentice, a monthly salary of twelve and a half yuan would be rather meager.

But after becoming a full-time employee, I'll have a salary of 25.5 yuan, and I'll be living alone, so it seems reasonable for me to eat a little better on a regular basis.

Otherwise, if the system gives you meat or something similar, you won't dare to openly take it out and eat it.

After all, in this era, if your expenses don't match your income, you might be suspected of being an enemy agent!

If I were just an apprentice, earning only 12.5 yuan a month, I could still live a life of luxury at home. But if someone with ulterior motives reported me, I'd be in big trouble!

Now that his goal had been achieved, Ye Jianchuan didn't plan to stay any longer. After thanking Director Zhou, he went back to the production line to continue working.

The work in the food factory is definitely much easier than the work in the steel rolling mill.

However, I'm still an apprentice, so I basically do things like helping to move flour and mix things. It's quite tiring to do all that work at the end of the day.

But perhaps because the fitness exercises he practiced last night had an effect, Ye Jianchuan didn't feel tired even though he had worked all day.

After getting off work, Ye Jianchuan saw that it was still early, so he took a detour to the vegetable market and used the meat coupons he had been rewarded with by the system yesterday to buy a pound of lean meat.

Well, in this day and age, everyone prefers to eat fatty meat, so every day when the butcher sets up his stall, the first thing to sell out is always fatty meat.

For people like Ye Jianchuan who only buy meat after work in the evening, aside from bones that nobody wants, the only meat they can buy is lean meat.

After buying the meat, Ye Jianchuan bought some side dishes such as green peppers, and then headed straight home.

As I walked to the gate of the compound, by sheer coincidence, I ran into Banggeng playing with his two younger sisters at the gate once again.

However, to Ye Jianchuan's surprise, this time Banggeng did not come up to provoke him.

What Ye Jianchuan didn't expect was that after Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua saw him, they actually came up to greet him.

"Hello, Uncle Ye."

Ye Jianchuan paused for a moment, then nodded to the two little ones and prepared to walk into the yard.

Before they had gone more than a few steps, Xiao Dang stopped them. "Uncle Ye, do you still have any candy? My brother and grandma ate the two pieces of candy my mom brought back yesterday. I want some too."

Little Locust Blossom chimed in, "Yes, Uncle Ye, I've never eaten that kind of milk candy before. Can I have one?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Jianchuan was speechless. Wasn't the Jia family's preference for sons over daughters going a bit too far?

And... even if it was a case of favoring sons over daughters, couldn't you at least give Bang Geng one piece of candy and the rest to the two little girls, half for each? But who would have thought that it would be eaten by that old hag, Jia Zhangshi?

Ye Jianchuan glanced with slight displeasure at Bang Geng, who was pretending to scribble on the ground but was actually secretly observing his situation. Suddenly, a plan came to him.

Then he pretended to reach into his pocket and took out two candies from the system.

Seeing Ye Jianchuan's actions, Banggeng grinned from ear to ear, because in his opinion, Ye Jianchuan was going to give candy to his sister, and if his sister had candy, then he would definitely be able to eat some too!

But Ye Jianchuan knew exactly what this guy was thinking, so he didn't hand the candy to the two little ones at all.

Instead, he unwrapped the candy himself and put one in each of the two little girls' mouths.

Moreover, to prevent Banggeng from immediately snatching the candy from his two younger sisters' mouths after he left, Ye Jianchuan deliberately chatted with the two little girls for a few minutes on the spot.

(There may be some inaccuracies in the book; please forgive me, as the author was only in his twenties and did not live in that era.)

Chapter Eleven: The Ingenious Use of Storage Space (Seeking flowers and ratings!!)

After less than two minutes, Ye Jianchuan felt that it was about time, so he turned around and walked into the yard. However, he was met by Uncle San, who was carrying a small bamboo basket.

"Hey, Xiao Ye? You're back from get off work?"

"Hello, Teacher Yan. I just got back from get off work. Where are you going with that fish basket?"

The reason he's called Teacher Yan instead of Third Uncle is because Third Uncle used to be Ye Jianchuan's former elementary school teacher.

Therefore, following the habits of his predecessor, Ye Jianchuan could only call Third Uncle Yan Teacher.

When Uncle San heard Ye Jianchuan's words, he proudly shook his fish basket and said, "I didn't have any classes this afternoon, so I went to the river to fish for a while."

I kept one fish at home to make some fish soup, and I was thinking of trading the rest for something while I'm still alive.

"What's up, Xiao Ye? Why don't you take a look at this fish? You're a big boy at the age where you're growing, it'll be good for you to buy a fish to eat and nourish yourself!"

Third Uncle certainly wouldn't dare say he wanted to sell the fish he caught, since that would be considered speculation.

However, Ye Jianchuan had no interest in the fish in Third Uncle's hand. It was not for any other reason than that he was not used to eating river fish. Not only were there many bones, but they also always had a fishy smell.

If I had Sha Zhu's cooking skills, I might consider it, but I don't know how to get rid of this fishy smell, so I'd better forget about eating fish.

"No way, Teacher Yan. You know I was idle at home for more than half a year, and my family's savings were almost gone. Now I finally got a job, but I only make twelve yuan and fifty cents a month."

With my circumstances, where would I possibly get to eat fish? You should ask Sha Zhu; he's a master chef, and he's an expert at cooking fish and such.

"By the way, isn't he from the steel mill's canteen? Why don't you have him take your fish in the canteen's name?"

Without waiting for Uncle San to say anything more, Ye Jianchuan said, "Alright, Teacher Yan, I won't keep you any longer. Please go ahead."

After saying that, Ye Jianchuan walked straight to the backyard. As for Third Uncle's fish? That's none of my business!

However, when Ye Jianchuan returned home, he discovered that what he had said unintentionally had actually brought him an unexpected system reward.

"Ding! The host has helped the greedy little neighbor girl fulfill her wish to eat candy and has received a random reward: five catties of rice and one liter of X Dragon Fish blended oil."

This reward was exactly what Ye Jianchuan had expected; it included rice and cooking oil. It seemed the system intended to continue providing him with food and drink.

However, Ye Jianchuan was surprised to find that there was a reward notification below this system notification.

"Ding! The host has helped the neighbor find a stable market for their catch and has received a random reward: the system's storage space has increased by five cubic meters."

Although this reward wasn't something to eat or use, nor was it a fitness method, it was still very useful to Ye Jianchuan.

The previous one cubic meter storage space was enough to store some food and drinks, but it was still a bit small. Even if Ye Jianchuan wanted to put some larger items into the space, he couldn't.

But now things are different. With an additional five cubic meters, Ye Jianchuan can easily fit many of his belongings into the space.

Moreover, Ye Jianchuan immediately put this change to good use. He had always felt that the arrangement of the various pieces of furniture in his room was a bit strange.

However, since most of these pieces of furniture are quite bulky, it's still a bit difficult for one person to move them.

As for asking others for help? In the past, Ye Jianchuan would rather no one notice him, so why would he actively ask others for help?

But now things are different. With the system's storage space, Ye Jianchuan can easily store furniture directly into the space and then place it wherever he wants.

So what might have been a major undertaking was completed in less than half an hour thanks to the system's storage space.

It turned out that in Ye Jianchuan's room, apart from a bed in the corner and a large table in the middle, the other furniture was placed randomly, making it look very crowded.

However, after Ye Jianchuan slightly rearranged the furniture, the entire room instantly became neat and tidy.

For example, the wardrobe that was originally against the wall was moved to the side of the bed, and next to the wardrobe was a storage cabinet placed in the opposite direction.

In this way, the wardrobe and storage cabinets effectively form a wall, slightly separating the bed from the outside.

This air-partition design style has been overused by designers in later generations, but it is still quite novel in this day and age.

In just half an hour, Ye Jianchuan successfully made his room, which originally looked rather messy, look much neater and tidier.

Moreover, this adjustment made the room's space more three-dimensional, making the whole room look even bigger.

Satisfied with his masterpiece after half an hour of work, Ye Jianchuan smiled and nodded, then took out the meat and vegetables from his satchel and began preparing his dinner.

Chapter Twelve: The Simply Silly Zhu, Jianchuan's Origins

Ye Jianchuan cooked a small bowl of rice and stir-fried some pork with chili peppers; that was his dinner for tonight.

At first, Ye Jianchuan was worried that the smell of the stir-fried meat would attract the attention of other people, but after he started cooking, he found that the chili peppers he bought today had a very strong smell.

In this way, the only smell from the outside of the stir-fry is the spiciness of chili peppers, which actually masks the smell of the meat.

Just as Ye Jianchuan was having dinner, a classic scene of 'Qin Huairu washing clothes' was unfolding at the entrance of the compound.

Well, it seems like Qin Huairu's family has an endless supply of laundry; they're always washing clothes and they still can't finish.

Of course, Qin Huairu wasn't really doing laundry just for the sake of doing laundry; she was waiting for someone.

A short while later, Sha Zhu walked in from outside the courtyard carrying two lunch boxes. Qin Huairu immediately went to greet him.

"Hey, Sha Zhu's back? You're back early today!"

While they were offering words of concern, their hands had already automatically locked onto their target, reaching for the net bag containing the lunchbox in Sha Zhu's hand.

If it were Ye Jianchuan, would you dare to reach out if I didn't give it to you? You would definitely turn hostile on the spot. But Sha Zhu just enjoys this feeling and happily hands over the net in his hand.

While doing so, he didn't forget to take credit, "We had guests at our factory today. The factory manager and his team ordered a table full of stir-fries. These are all leftovers, and they're much more oily than the previous two days!"

While Qin Huairu was flattering her and saying thank you, she started carrying the net bag and walking home, while Sha Zhu followed behind, continuing to take credit.

And so, the two walked back to the Central Court, but an awkward scene unfolded.

Sha Zhu had just reached his front door when he bumped into Bang Geng, who was running out of his house with a small bag of peanuts in his hand.