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

On the way, Ye Jianchuan didn't know what He Yushui was thinking. The two of them didn't talk much. Ye Jianchuan also didn't know what to say to He Yushui. The two of them remained silent the whole way.

When they arrived at the courtyard house, He Yushui suddenly spoke up, "Brother Jianchuan... do you think we can really be together in the future?"

Ye Jianchuan was stunned by He Yushui's question. "Yushui, what do you mean by that? Aren't we already together?"

"Brother Jianchuan, I'm talking about the marriage. My brother already told me. He asked you to pick a time to marry me, but you kept putting it off. You...you don't like me, do you?"

Ye Jianchuan was speechless. This girl... had she started having all sorts of wild thoughts after watching the movie?

"What are you thinking, girl? If I didn't like you, would I have taken you out to eat? Or to the movies?"

"Then...then why don't you want to marry me?"

Seeing He Yushui's pouting lips because she was angry, Ye Jianchuan found it amusing, leaned in and pecked her, then spoke.

"So, after watching the movie, you didn't want to say a word. Turns out, someone's eager to marry me!"

Ye Jianchuan's action immediately made He Yushui blush. "Who...who couldn't wait? I just...Hmph!! I'm ignoring you!"

After saying that, He Yushui turned to run into the courtyard, but Ye Jianchuan grabbed her hand and pulled her back into his arms.

"Rain, don't worry, I, Ye Jianchuan, will definitely marry you. It will take at least a few months, maybe half a year, and then we'll get our marriage certificate! Okay?"

He Yushui was pulled into Ye Jianchuan's arms, and upon hearing Ye Jianchuan's promise, she nodded obediently.

But just then, an annoying voice came from beside me: "Hey, what are you doing here in the middle of the night, all that fuss and hugging? Trying to have an affair?"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Ye Jianchuan frowned and turned to look at the source of the voice. "Jia Zhangshi, watch your mouth! We're dating, in a normal romantic relationship!"

After he finished speaking, seeing that Jia Zhangshi wanted to continue, Ye Jianchuan quickly added a sentence, giving Jia Zhangshi a sharp rebuke.

"Oh, I forgot, people like you who have been married off by their parents under feudal customs, of course you don't know what free love is."

However, I advise you that if you encounter anything you don't understand in the future, you'd better ask for help instead of just talking about everything.

Otherwise, you never know when you might offend someone. Others might tolerate you because of your age, but I won't!

After saying that, Ye Jianchuan turned to look at He Yushui, who was furious, grabbed her hand with one hand, and pushed the bicycle with the other, walking towards the courtyard.

Jia Zhangshi, standing behind Ye Jianchuan, was stunned by Ye Jianchuan's barrage of words. The most crucial point was that Ye Jianchuan ran away as soon as he finished speaking, and she hadn't even had a chance to say anything in response.

This really stifled Jia Zhangshi! She waited until Ye Jianchuan and He Yushui were almost at the Intermediate People's Court before she finally managed to squeeze out this sentence.

"You jinx! You shameless bastard!"

Unfortunately, all that was left for her was the back of Ye Jianchuan's head. After sending He Yushui home, Ye Jianchuan went straight back to his own room.

. . . . . .

The next day, most of the people in the courtyard went to work as usual, and Banggeng, just like the day before, wandered around his house for a while and then went out to play for a while.

Around noon, Banggeng ran home a little early. Just like yesterday, Aunt Yi cooked the meal and then took it to the old lady in the backyard.

Banggeng immediately scurried into the inner room and began rummaging around the bed. Apart from the bed board under the blankets, which had already been searched, there was only a bedside table and a wardrobe on the side where things could be hidden.

The wardrobe might be a bit of a hassle to search, so Banggeng set his sights on the bedside table.

Opening the drawer on the bedside table, I found several small bottles scattered inside, probably medicines. Aunt Yi's health has never been very good, so it's normal for her to take some medicine.

Aside from a few small bottles, there was a large sewing kit containing a large number of needles and several different colored threads.

Chapter 206 Bang Geng's Diversionary Tactic

As soon as he picked up the sewing kit, Banggeng looked disappointed, because there was nothing else under the sewing kit, which meant that the money was not hidden there!

No problem, keep looking! After putting the sewing kit back, then putting the medicines back and arranging them properly, and closing the drawer, Bang Geng immediately turned his attention to the drawer under the bedside table.

But when Banggeng opened the bottom drawer, he was disappointed again, because there was nothing in the bottom drawer at all, just a pair of shoes.

After taking the shoes out, Bang Geng looked at the empty drawer, reluctantly stuffed the shoes back in, and then closed the drawer.

Then Bang Geng turned to look at the wardrobe next to him. The wardrobe was indeed a place where money could be hidden, but it was too difficult to search for it.

In just a few minutes, how could I possibly have the chance to check the pockets of each garment?

Moreover, some of these clothes are not hung up, but folded up. When I search for these places, I will have to spend time folding the clothes, which will take even more time!

So Bang Geng slowly retreated from the inner room, returned to the table to eat, and began to think of a solution.

If I want to be able to search the entire wardrobe with peace of mind, these few minutes at noon probably won't be enough. I need to come up with a way, a way to trick Auntie Yi out of my way.

At the very least, we need to get Auntie away for at least half an hour, right? So how can we successfully lure her away from the mountain? That requires careful consideration.

Just as Bang Geng was thinking of a solution, Aunt Yi walked in from outside, sat down, and started having lunch with Bang Geng.

While they were eating, Auntie Yi asked, "Hey Banggeng, is there anything you'd like to eat tonight? Your grandma will make it for you."

Auntie Yi only asked the question casually, but Bang Geng's mind was incredibly quick. He immediately came up with a solution based on that one question.

"Grandma, I haven't had chicken in ages. Could you get me a chicken to eat?"

To be honest, Bang Geng's words weren't made up. He had been eating and drinking at the Yi family's house for so long, and even things like roast duck and pork hock had been brought back for him by Uncle Yi, but he had never actually eaten chicken at the Yi family's house.

When Aunt Yi heard Bang Geng say that, she frowned with a bit of a headache. Chickens are not something that can be easily obtained.

If Banggeng wants some pork stew with glass noodles or a cabbage stew, I can manage to make that myself. But if he wants chicken... well, that's probably not going to happen today.

So the old lady frowned and said, "My dear grandson, you really know how to pick things! We don't have any chickens like this at home!"

"Here's a plan. When your godfather comes back, tell him to try and get you a chicken when he gets off work tomorrow. What do you think?"

How was it? Of course not! The reason Banggeng said he wanted to eat chicken wasn't because he actually wanted to eat chicken... Well, no, although he did somewhat want to eat chicken, the more important reason was that he didn't have any chicken at home!

Since we don't have any chickens at home, if you want to satisfy me, won't you have to go to the market to buy some?

You went to the market to buy chicken, so there's no one at home, right? Doesn't that create an opportunity for you to explore the money hidden in that closet?

But if you just ask Grandpa Yi to bring a chicken back tomorrow, wouldn't that mean you don't have to go out to buy a chicken? Then you'd lose the opportunity to make your own money, right? That won't do!

So Banggeng immediately backed down, "Huh? We have to wait until tomorrow? Then I don't want to eat chicken, I want to eat..."

Bang Geng thought about it carefully. He needed something that Yi Jia didn't have, but that Yi Dama couldn't buy either. This was really hard to come up with.

But Bang Geng finally thought of something else: "I want to eat fish! Didn't Grandpa bring back a fish last time? He even said that eating the fish brain would make me smarter!"

I've become smarter, so I can make lots of money in the future! Grandma, I want to eat fish!

The auntie scratched her head... It's either chicken or fish, but the problem is, she has neither!

Seeing Auntie Yi's expression, Banggeng quickly spoke up again, "You don't need fish tickets to buy fish, right? I heard from Shazhu before that Uncle San sold some of the fish he caught to him, and some he took directly to the pigeon market to sell."

"Grandma, why don't you go to the pigeon market and buy a fish to cook?"

After hearing what Banggeng said, Auntie Yi couldn't say anything more, so she nodded and said, "Okay, then you stay home and don't go out. I'm going to the pigeon market this afternoon to buy a fish!"

Hearing what Aunt Yi said, Bang Geng was overjoyed. It seemed that his plan was going to succeed!

After today, not only will I be able to eat fish and chicken, but I'll also be able to eat roast duck whenever I want!

Unfortunately, although the idea was good, the result was not as wonderful as Bang Geng had imagined.

After finishing her meal and tidying up a bit, Aunt Yi changed her clothes, picked up her basket, and went out to the pigeon market to buy fish.

Banggeng, on the other hand, couldn't wait to run into the inner room and started rummaging through the wardrobe, looking for a piece of clothing, then another.

He reached into the clothes in the closet, into the pockets, the linings, and even the cuffs, but after touching each garment, he still found nothing.

What's going on? Could it be that the money wasn't hidden in the closet? That's impossible! I clearly saw Grandpa Yi walk towards the bed to get the money last time!

There are only a few places around the bed where things could be hidden. I've already checked the bed itself, and I've also searched the bedside table. It's not in the wardrobe either? Wait a minute! I must have overlooked something. I'll search again!

So Banggeng started rummaging through the closet again, but no matter how much he searched, he still couldn't find anything of value.

There was even a time when he felt something in a pocket of a piece of clothing, and when he took it out, he found a large pile of receipts, with about twenty small bills tucked inside.

All this money, even when added together, is less than the allowance Bang Geng has received recently, so Bang Geng doesn't care about it at all.

Time passed slowly, and Bang Geng began to panic. What should they do? Could it be that they hadn't hidden the money here at all?

Or did they discover the traces of my searching here and have already moved the money to another location? Does that mean I'll have to search all the places I searched before again?

Chapter 207 Stick Steals Nothing, Uncle Yi Plays Mischief

Thinking about this, Bang Geng felt a little helpless, but he still had to clean up the mess. Even if they couldn't find it today, there would be other opportunities to find where they hid the money in the future.

After all, if they eat at their house, they'll definitely have to go back to where they hide the money to get it if they ever need a lot of money in the future.

If we don't clean it up this time and arouse their suspicion, then we might never have a chance to find out where their money is hidden in the future!

So Banggeng quickly tidied up the clothes in the wardrobe, folded them, and then hurriedly left the inner room.

The theft plan failed, and Bang Geng was a little puzzled. He clearly saw it hidden nearby last time! Why couldn't he find it even after searching all the places that could hide things nearby?

Could it be that I've overlooked something? Bang Geng started to think back, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure it out.

. . . . . .

Bang Geng's plan failed, but his grandmother, Jia Zhangshi, remained as 'cool' as ever. She used the same trick from yesterday afternoon twice more today.

Not only did she easily fool the garbage station manager, but she also seemed unusually relaxed. After all, for Jia Zhangshi, apart from pushing the empty garbage truck for two miles, only this last short distance required some effort.

However, this cunning and sly approach actually had a minor flaw: the street entrance that Jia Zhangshi was in charge of didn't look very 'tidy'.

After all, Jia Zhangshi hadn't cleaned that section of the street at the intersection at all yesterday afternoon and all day today. Over the course of a day and a half, the garbage had started to pile up.

In stark contrast, the end of the street, very close to the garbage station, is incredibly clean because Jia Zhangshi collects garbage there every day to fill the garbage truck.

And so, Jia Zhangshi successfully made it through another whole day. When she came back yesterday, she felt quite tired, since she had actually worked all morning and only started shooting hoops in the afternoon.

But today was different. After a whole day of slacking off and cheating, if Jia Zhangshi hadn't been so weak, she probably wouldn't have even broken a sweat.

To be honest, Jia Zhangshi isn't exactly a bright girl; you can't use this trick too often!

Or rather, you can't keep using this trick! You can't keep fleecing the same sheep!

If you slack off this morning and tomorrow afternoon, and only slack off for half a day, then at least you can guarantee that the street corner won't be too dirty, right?

But you kept ignoring the street corner, and once the garbage piled up there, it was hard for others not to notice something was wrong. Besides... isn't there an old man behind there?

After Jia Zhangshi pushed the garbage to the garbage station, Uncle Yi quietly came to the garbage station after work and began to inquire about Jia Zhangshi's whereabouts.