Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

They took turns bombarding He Yuzhu.

"You... Uncle Zhu, you're a bit too old... it's not appropriate!"

"Yeah, she's such a fresh-faced young woman, why would she be with someone like you who's over thirty?"

"Go look in the mirror and go back!"

The three of them launched a verbal attack on He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu wasn't angry, but rather displayed an incomprehensible confidence. He chuckled and retorted, "Can the three of you handle it? Which of you has a job? Once you get married, how will you support your wives?"

This may sound harsh, but it's a very realistic statement.

When brought to the forefront of reality, the three young men had no choice but to lower their heads.

One job is killing me.

He Yuzhu is a cook, and he's not only in high demand, but he also earns a high salary of over fifty yuan a month!

Uncle Yan Bugui has been a teacher at the school for many years, and he only makes a little over sixty yuan a month.

"Hehe..." He Yuzhu stood up with a laugh and said, "You little rascals, watch how your uncle picks up girls. This woman, I'm going to win her over..."

Seeing Liu Aiguo and Xu Damao getting married one after another, He Yuzhu, 29, was also getting anxious.

In particular, Liu Aiguo not only has a beautiful wife, but she has also given birth to two children, and her third child is due soon.

He was envious!

I dream of having a wife every night.

Unfortunately, Sha Zhu was often seen flipping woks at the factory, so he was not well-liked. Apart from Lao Jia's family, few people in the compound associated with him, and no one was willing to find him a wife.

He could only watch helplessly.

Now... finally, the opportunity has arrived, and He Yuzhu has decided to give it a try.

Inside the house of Third Uncle Yan Bugui.

"Teacher Ran...what brings you here?" Yan Bugui asked Ran Qiuye with a smile.

They were both teachers at the same school, but Yan Bugui was no match for Ran Qiuye.

They have powerful connections; their parents are highly educated and know government officials.

There are only one or two people in the whole school who have bicycles at such a young age.

Although she is now attending classes, Ran Qiuye can continue to stay at the school to guard the premises, and she will receive the same salary.

Yan Bugui had no choice but to go home.

This is the difference!

Ran Qiuye said, "There is something I need to do!"

"Teacher Yan, as you know... schools are now under lockdown, students aren't attending classes, and teachers are all unemployed at home. So the school has decided—and this decision is also made by the Education Bureau—that you older teachers should apply for retirement... and your retirement salary will only be half of what you used to be..."

Yan Bugui's smile froze: Retirement? Salary halved?

That's right!

He no longer teaches, but his monthly salary remains the same.

But if you retire, then it's halved...

Only thirty-one yuan a month?

This family isn't enough!

"Teacher Yan, the school hopes that you older teachers will voluntarily request early retirement... Don't wait for the Education Bureau to issue the order... That would make things difficult for everyone... Please consider it!"

"This does not represent my personal opinion; I am merely conveying the decision from above!"

After saying that, Ran Qiuye smiled, pushed her bicycle, and left.

Yan Bugui remained seated on the bench, saying nothing.

A retirement pension of thirty-one yuan?

This……

……

The end of the year is getting closer!

As production gradually ceased, the final days consisted mainly of debriefing meetings, movie screenings, bonus and welfare distributions, and professional skills assessments.

Actual production has ceased.

The benefits at the steel rolling mill are exceptionally good this year.

In addition to the usual bonuses, each person can also buy five kilograms of pork at the factory.

Of course, all of this pork was taken out of the system by Liu Aiguo.

Everyone in the factory was extremely grateful to Director Huang.

Liu Aiguo didn't care about these empty titles; it didn't matter, he'd give them all to Director Huang.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai seemed to have become a different person. He no longer cared about the affairs of the compound, but he ignored the gossip and went to Qin Huairu's house to drink every day, bringing his own wine and food.

They always drink until the middle of the night.

On several occasions, people in the courtyard even saw Yi Zhonghai leaving Old Jia's house early in the morning.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the city, and some people even reported it to the factory and the neighborhood committee. However, the Jia family insisted that nothing had happened, saying that Uncle Yi had just eaten at their house.

Therefore, without any evidence, the factory's security department and the neighborhood committee cannot arrest anyone.

But everyone knows perfectly well that Yi Zhonghai is using Qin Huairu to have a child!

But things didn't go as planned. Even during the Chinese New Year, Yi Zhonghai went to Qin Huairu's house at least a dozen times, but Qin Huairu didn't make any move!

Yi Zhonghai is really upset!

How could this be? You promised to have my baby, but there's not a single sign of it.

He even suspected that Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu had tampered with his money.

Another thing that bothered all the young men in the compound was that He Yuzhu and Ran Qiuye had somehow gotten together.

He Yuzhu always had his hair neatly combed and wore leather shoes and a military overcoat.

Hi……

You know what, after all that cleanup, this thing actually looks presentable.

This was the second time Ran Qiuye had come to the courtyard to see He Yuzhu.

Liu Aiguo was displeased!

Xu Damao was also unhappy!

Qin Huairu was also unhappy!

The remaining three, Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, and Yan Jiecheng, were even more unhappy!

Hey……

This guy is seriously playing 330!

Xu Damao ran to Liu Aiguo's house and said to Liu Aiguo, "Brother Aiguo... look at how smug He Yuzhu is, damn it, I want to beat him to death..."

Liu Aiguo smiled but remained silent.

Xu Damao said with a wry smile, "Brother, my dear brother... my father-in-law said, you have to cure me. How about a hundred big yellow croakers? Look, that grandson He Yuzhu is about to beat me to it... what if he has a son before me? I'll really have nowhere to hide my face!"

Liu Aiguo said, "What's it to me?"

"It's not that I don't want to treat you... This thing of yours needs to be nurtured, it needs to be nurtured with a hundred-year-old ginseng... I don't have anywhere to get a hundred-year-old ginseng for you!"

"This..." Xu Damao chickened out when he heard about the century-old ginseng.

I've heard of this thing, but nobody's ever seen it.

"By the way..." Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about He Yuzhu's matter... If you want to get rid of him, it's really inconvenient, but you can ask Qin Huairu for help, right?"

Xu Damao asked, "Why?"

Liu Aiguo said, "If He Yuzhu gets married, how will she continue to leech off others?"

"That's right!" Xu Damao slapped his thigh and said, "How could I forget about Qin Huairu? I'm going to find Qin Huairu right now... and talk to her about the pros and cons of this..."

Xu Damao immediately forgot about his own business and went straight out to find Qin Huairu.

Chapter 111 Qin Huairu ruins He Yuzhu's plans!

Xu Damao tiptoed out of the house and headed towards Qin Huairu's room.

The door to Qin Huairu's house was not closed.

Xu Damao entered the house but didn't see Jia Dongxu!

Neither Jia Zhangshi nor the children were seen.

Huh?