Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Zhou Yan stared into Liu Guangtian's eyes and said confidently.

"Liu Guangtian, can't you be a little more realistic? After marriage, won't your family be the one making all the decisions?"

"If you don't agree now, your parents will come up with a hundred reasons to refuse to move houses after you get married."

"I'm not getting any younger. If I really didn't want to marry you, why would I waste my time here with you?"

"Does this mean I'm dating you just to waste my youth?"

"You always act like a grandson in front of your dad. Do you think he'll agree to change it when you ask him to?"

"The house exchange issue can only be resolved before the wedding, otherwise it will be seen as me forcing my in-laws to exchange houses, and I'll lose my reputation."

"Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going back to the supply and marketing cooperative. Think about it yourself."

After speaking, Zhou Yan turned the handlebars, turned around, and walked away, leaving Liu Guangtian standing there in a daze.

After a slight pause, Liu Guangtian quickly chased after him.

"Yanzi, don't go, wait for me."

"Swallow, ride slower, I have an idea!"

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In the courtyard, seeing her second son being chased away by Liu Haizhong, Aunt Er was worried that Liu Haizhong would be upset, so she quickly ran out.

Once Liu Haizhong had calmed down a bit, he turned around, went inside, and asked his second aunt behind him.

"What do you think about this?"

The second aunt said frankly.

"If you ask me, it must have been that little girl Zhou Yan who brought this up. We're already quite content that our second son has a place to live."

“Look how happy he was last night, he doesn’t have such a mind.”

Liu Haizhong nodded.

“You’re right, that’s what I think too.”

"Isn't bringing up changing rooms at this time just an attempt to use the registration issue to control us?"

The second aunt was being a bit difficult.

"So what do you suggest we do about this?"

"We agreed to meet and talk today, and then register the marriage tomorrow."

"Everyone in the courtyard knows that Guangtian is dating her, and they're all waiting for the feast."

"Now that you've pulled this stunt, is it even going to be registered?"

"How can we get married without registering? We can't even hold a wedding banquet!"

Liu Haizhong said nonchalantly.

"If you don't want to get married, then don't get married. I'm telling you, we can't indulge this kind of behavior."

"If we make concessions, it will be difficult for us to be parents-in-law in the future."

"She dares to use this to blackmail people before they're even married. How can she be expected to be filial to us in the future?"

"She's just a shop clerk, what's so special about her?"

"With these two extra rooms in our house, finding a good daughter-in-law won't be difficult at all."

Auntie Er shook her head.

"Old Liu, that makes sense, but we also need to consider the actual situation."

"Guangtian had been on blind dates and dated before, but none of them lasted more than three days, and they all broke up with him."

"I'm also puzzled. Although our second son's appearance can't compare to Cao Xu's, he's definitely no worse than Yan Jiecheng or Xu Damao."

"The job at this textile factory is alright, and the salary isn't bad either, so why is it that I have no chance with any girls?"

Liu Haizhong pondered for a moment and said.

"You know what, Zhou Yan is the one he's spent the most time with these past few years."

"If we miss this opportunity, we really don't know when we'll find the next suitable one."

“When you went out yesterday, I asked Doctor Han to take the pulse of our eldest daughter-in-law. He said it’s a girl.”

"The eldest brother said that when he went to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor also said that it was most likely a girl."

"In that case, both of our eldest children will be daughters."

"It's not that I dislike my granddaughter, but I still want to hold a grandson."

“Look around here, people our age have grandchildren who are old enough to run errands, but I still don’t see one.”

Hearing her husband's sentimental remarks, Aunt Er couldn't help but ask.

"Old Liu, you wouldn't be thinking of agreeing to move them to a different house, would you?"

Liu Haizhong immediately shook his head.

"How could that be? I haven't even settled in yet, how could I possibly give it to them?"

"What I mean is, she's manipulating us, so we're using the same tactics on her."

"Go to the supply and marketing cooperative later and talk to her."

"Tell her that I'm old and not in good health, my legs and feet get cold easily, and I need to be in a warm place in winter."

"Let them get married first. It's not too late to change houses when the weather gets warmer."

Aunt Er's eyes lit up; her husband was trying to trick her into marriage.

"Old Liu, do you mean to coax them into getting married first?"

Liu Haizhong nodded.

“That’s right. Once you’re married, she won’t have a say in what happens after that.”

"Alright, stop standing there and hurry up and go. If you're late, they might really break up."

Auntie Er gave Liu Haizhong a thumbs-up, opened the door, and walked out of the yard, heading straight for the supply and marketing cooperative on the street.

Chapter 223 Persistence to the End, Using Every Unscrupulous Tactic! [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Yan returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, and was seen by Yu Li as soon as she entered.

"Hey, Zhou Yan, didn't you go to your second uncle's house?"

"They've only been gone for less than an hour, why are they back already?"

"Speaking of which, my second uncle is much more generous than my stingy father-in-law. He wouldn't be so stingy as to not even provide dinner."

Zhou Yan and Yu Li both work at the supply and marketing cooperative, which is located two streets away from the courtyard house.

The reason Liu Guangtian knew Zhou Yan was because he saw Yan Jiecheng when he came to find Yu Li.

From then on, Liu Guangtian set his sights on Zhou Yan, spending a lot of money to "bribe" his colleagues by buying them things in order to get them to speak well of him.

Zhou Yan is 25 years old this year, one year younger than Liu Guangtian. She has worked at the supply and marketing cooperative for six years and is considered a veteran employee.

Her monthly salary was 31.5 yuan, which was much higher than Yu Li's, so Yu Li was not very welcoming of her marriage into the courtyard house.

It's important to know that although she hasn't been officially hired yet, she is, after all, the only salesperson in the courtyard who works at the supply and marketing cooperative, making her unique among all the flagpoles at the City God Temple.

On ordinary days, neighbors would often come to her to ask for information or to buy some leftover snacks.

She always spoke with a certain degree of politeness, which was one of the reasons why she had the confidence to propose dividing the family property in Old Yan's household.

The Yan family usually saves money, but they can't do without her guidance, which is something no one else can do.

But once Zhou Yan marries into the courtyard house, this balance will be slowly broken.

At that time, people in the courtyard will probably all have to ask her for help, and she herself will probably be left out in the cold.

"Don't even mention it, I came back feeling really angry."

After Zhou Yan came in, she put her bag in the counter, her face full of dissatisfaction.

Most of the sales clerks at the supply and marketing cooperative were women, and upon seeing this situation, their gossipy nature immediately took hold.

Seeing that there were few customers in the shop, these people all swarmed around Zhou Yan and started gossiping.

Zhou Yan had dealt with these people the most on a regular basis, so she wasn't on guard and just told them what had happened today.

Of course, she wasn't stupid enough to say that the north room she wanted was obtained by the Liu family from breaking the lock; she just said that the Liu family had that many rooms.

She didn't tell anyone, so naturally no one knew, except for Yu Li, who lived in the same courtyard.

She discovered this when she went to the backyard to help get the vegetables this morning, and she told Yan Jiecheng when she came back.

After glancing at her, Yan Jiecheng went to see her father-in-law, Yan Bugui, who was also somewhat dissatisfied upon hearing the news.

He ran off to find Uncle Yi Zhonghai without even having breakfast, and also called Sha Zhu over along the way.

When Sha Zhu heard that Liu Haizhong had taken over his grandmother's house, he was furious and ran straight to the backyard to confront Liu Haizhong.