Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

In the following days, the relationship between the Jia family and Xu Damao became particularly close.

Tang Yanling, the granddaughter-in-law of the Jia family, often used various excuses to visit Xu Damao's house.

Banggeng would occasionally come along, but most of the time, she was alone.

The phrase that the neighbors in the courtyard hear most often is, "Uncle Xu, I've come to help you tidy up your house."

There are several familiar phrases from the Siheyuan (courtyard house) collection, attributed to Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and Qin Huairu.

I won't go into the catchphrases of Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui, which they still use to this day.

Qin Huairu could no longer continue speaking.

Without anyone to confide in, how could she continue speaking?

What Tang Yanling is doing now is what Qin Huairu used to do often.

At first, no one paid much attention, thinking it was just a routine conversation.

As time went on, everyone realized what was going on.

Tang Yanling is trying to use Qin Huairu's methods to trick Xu Damao.

So most of the people in the courtyard just stood by and watched the spectacle.

Wu Tiezhu looked at Tang Yanling, took the dirty clothes from Xu Damao's house again, and then came to find Xu Damao.

"What exactly is going on between you and the Jia family?"

Xu Damao sat at home, watching TV, and said, "What else could it be?"

The Jia family must be treating me like a sucker.

Wu Tiezhu said, "You know that, yet you still maintain such close ties with the Jia family."

Xu Damao said nonchalantly, "They're willing to come and clean my house, why should I refuse?"

"The Jia family definitely has ill intentions, don't you know?"

No one understood the Jia family's ulterior motives better than Wu Tiezhu.

When he first came to the courtyard house, he was fooled by Qin Huairu's little tricks.

He thought Qin Huairu was a kind and helpful person, and with Yi Zhonghai's persuasion, his gratitude towards Qin Huairu turned into pity.

After that, without realizing it, she became a tool of the Jia family.

If he hadn't gotten close to the Li family and discovered Qin Huairu's true colors, he would now be Yi Zhonghai, working for the Jia family.

Indeed, in Wu Tiezhu's view, Yi Zhonghai was like an old ox pulling the millstone for the Jia family.

Not only Wu Tiezhu, but many people also think so.

Only Yi Zhonghai doesn't consider himself a hard-working ox.

Yi Zhonghai felt that he was helping the Jia family and doing them a favor, and that all of this was for their retirement.

Xu Damao laughed and said, "Of course I know. How could I not know Qin Huairu's tricks?"

I won't fall for it, that's all.

I just want to see what their purpose is.

"Brother Tiezhu, don't say anymore, I know what I'm doing."

Wu Tiezhu was helpless when he saw that Xu Damao was unyielding.

"Don't blame me for not warning you. Be careful, they might try something underhanded with you."

"You'll know what's good for you when they set you up like a honey trap."

Xu Damao still didn't care.

Honey traps are not something that can be used by just anyone.

The Jia family's home is in a courtyard house. If they dare to set up a honey trap in the courtyard, will they still have the face to live in the courtyard house in the future?

This is the source of Xu Damao's confidence.

He bet that the Jia family wouldn't dare to do this, and he was even more certain that Qin Huairu wouldn't dare to let Tang Yanling set him up for a honey trap.

Everyone can see how Bang Geng treats Tang Yanling.

If Qin Huairu dared to let Tang Yanling do this, Bang Geng would definitely turn against Qin Huairu.

Wu Tiezhu was angered by Xu Damao's attitude, so he simply ignored him.

When Chen Xiaofang saw him come in, she asked, "How did it go? Did Xu Damao hear it?"

Wu Tiezhu said angrily, "If he had listened, I wouldn't be so angry."

He knew perfectly well that this was a tactic employed by the Jia family, yet he still chose to fall into it.

I don't think he'll behave until he's smashed to pieces.

What exactly is Zhang Yan's attitude? If she's willing to remarry Xu Damao, she should do it sooner rather than later and keep Xu Damao in check.

Chen Xiaofang said, "Do you think we didn't try to persuade you privately?"

I tried to persuade them, but it was no use.

Zhang Yan neither said she would remarry nor that she wouldn't. She and Lou Xiao'e are currently busy with their careers and have no intention of getting married.

"Given Xu Damao's personality, Zhang Yan can't control him."

Wu Tiezhu said, "Only Zhenbao can control Xu Damao."

Chen Xiaofang quickly said, "Don't do anything reckless. Zhenbao can't know about this."

Keep a close eye on him and don't let him fall into a trap.

Since Xu Damao knew this was a conspiracy by the Jia family, he would be on guard.

"Just keep an eye on him when he's drinking, that's all."

Wu Tiezhu had no choice but to accept his fate.

He complained, "If I had known Xu Damao was like this, I should have gone to Zhuzi's company like Jianye did."

Chen Xiaofang scoffed: "Stop talking about hindsight."

You think I don't know? You guys may not say it, but you're all secretly resentful of Zhu Zi.

"I didn't," Wu Tiezhu denied.

Chen Xiaofang showed no mercy and exposed his little scheme.

"Tell me honestly, no. Brother Zhu and you guys practically grew up together."

Which of you is going to help him?

Let's not talk about Li Zhenjiang. Yu Li opened a restaurant early on, and the couple did business together. No one could say anything about it.

What about you and Xu Damao?

The two men made money from the projects provided by the pillar, but they were still resentful.

If I replaced you with a pillar, could you have the same abilities as a pillar?
Look at the money we lent to Zhu Zi; in just two years, it's multiplied so many times over.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed by what was said, Wu Tiezhu stubbornly replied, "He only got that because of his father-in-law's connections."

Seeing that Wu Tiezhu still dared to be stubborn, Chen Xiaofang spat and said, "Did he get that through connections?"

Does having connections mean others don't have them?

Who has such a keen eye?

He made more money in a single lifetime than most people could earn by taking advantage of the Plaza Accord and the stock market crash.

Wu Tiezhu wanted to refute, but couldn't find any reason to do so.

Chen Xiaofang didn't press him further and instead asked about the house.

"How is the house construction going? When can we move in?"

Wu Tiezhu calculated: "Soon. We can move in next year."

Chen Xiaofang said, "It's better to move out sooner rather than later. This place is too inconvenient."

Why are you building so slowly?

Wu Tiezhu said helplessly, "This is not our fault. Zhuzi insisted that an underground parking garage must be built, and one floor is not enough; he wants two floors of underground parking garage."

He said that in the future, there will be so many cars in Beijing that there won't be enough parking spaces, and our house can make a lot of money just from parking fees.

All the time was wasted on repairing the garage.

Chen Xiaofang nodded: "He probably did this because he saw Hong Kong."

I heard Jinghan say that Hong Kong is extremely crowded.

Despite living in a high-rise building, the area is actually not very large.

Beijing is the capital of the country, and its future development will certainly not be worse than that of Hong Kong.

It will be inconvenient when there are many people and cars.

Once the house is built, our family will buy a car.

The Wu family is wealthy now, so a car is nothing to them.

The couple had no plans to buy a car because living in a courtyard house was inconvenient.

Wu Tiezhu also wanted to buy a car.

A car is a man's dream car.

He followed Xu Damao and usually just drove the vehicles on the construction site.

Unlike Chen Xiaofang, who could drive He Yuzhu's company car around.

He didn't say it, but he was very envious.

Wu Tiezhu forgot about Xu Damao's matter and started thinking about what kind of car he wanted to buy.

Seeing that Wu Tiezhu didn't speak, Chen Xiaofang nudged him and said, "When you have time, go find our eldest son and ask him about his marriage."

He's not young anymore; it's time for him to get married.

Wu Tiezhu's train of thought was interrupted, so he could only put it down and say, "Understood." (End of Chapter)