Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

If you offend them, they won't help you if you get into trouble later; instead, they'll push you into a pit of fire.

Despite knowing that Qin Huairu was distorting the truth, no one spoke up.

“Not bad…” Yi Zhonghai took a sip of tea, spat the tea leaves back into the teacup, and said, “That’s the gist of the matter. Although Banggeng was in the wrong first, Third Uncle is right. This matter cannot be judged by common sense. After all, Banggeng is only six or seven years old… Children can be forgiven for their mistakes!”

"Well... these are all internal conflicts within our compound. As the elder of this compound, I don't want to escalate things."

“Let’s resolve our internal conflicts internally… Qin Huairu, tell me your demands. Whether it’s taking the child to see a doctor or getting some compensation for medical expenses, I think I can understand!”

"Do you all think Liu Aiguo should spend money to avoid trouble?"

Yi Zhonghai spoke with a powerful and righteous tone, his face exuding an innate solemnity and murderous aura.

It was as if his words represented the greatest justice in the world.

Everyone nodded.

Uncle Er said, "That's for the best..."

Third Uncle said, "I have no objection either..."

Finally, everyone looked at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu said, "Our family doesn't want to make a big deal out of this, after all, we're all neighbors in the same courtyard. Besides, Liu Aiguo is currently suspended from his job at the factory, and if this gets back to the factory, it won't be good for him!"

"So... Liu Aiguo, you just need to pay some of our medical expenses!"

Everyone looked at Liu Aiguo.

Liu Aiguo didn't say a word, leisurely smoking his cigarette.

Qin Huairu didn't care about anything else and said directly, "Give us eighty yuan in compensation, two hundred eggs, five ten-pound fish, two hundred pounds of grain coupons, fifty pounds of meat coupons... In addition, you also have to give us your bicycle as collateral..."

puff……

Before Qin Huairu could finish speaking, the surrounding neighbors were all on the verge of vomiting blood.

Damn it...

This is fucking...

Hey!

Greed!

You hit your child, are you planning to get rich this way?

Even Liu Aiguo laughed himself awake when he heard about the compensation.

To be honest, he hit the stick quite hard, but at most it was just a superficial injury, which, by today's standards, wouldn't even qualify as a minor injury.

Why the hell are you asking for so much from me?

These things are more than Qin Huairu could earn in a year.

"It's so dark..."

"This is way too dark..."

"Just a little something is enough, you actually took it seriously?"

Not to mention the neighbors.

Even the three old men's faces darkened.

They also wanted Liu Aiguo to bleed money, but they didn't expect Qin Huairu to be so ruthless.

Damn it, they gave us five ten-pound fish.

Two hundred catties of grain coupons!

Fifty catties of meat coupons!

Eighty yuan!

We also have to mortgage the bicycle to their family?

puff……

After Qin Huairu finished listing her items, she added at the end, "Liu Aiguo, don't forget you're currently suspended from your job at the factory. If someone goes to the factory now and reports you for hitting a child and disturbing the peace, think about the consequences... you'll lose your job..."

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The threat of Chiguoguo.

Liu Aiguo smiled.

He had everything prepared. He had Qin Huairu write a letter of understanding, along with a list of the things he was to give her, and then just throw it into the police station. It would be a clear case of extortion!

However, before he could even speak, the opportunity was lost.

Just then, a car suddenly pulled in from outside.

Tricycle!

To be precise, it was a human-powered pedal tricycle.

The tricycle was loaded with many things, making it look like it was more than ten square meters when it was originally only two square meters. It was extremely tall and wide in the eyes.

On top was, of course, the large bed that Liu Aiguo had bought at noon, along with a radio, a sewing machine, and other items.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the tricycle.

Two young men came with the car.

One of them asked, "Excuse me... is this where Leader Liu Aiguo lives...?"

This nickname made Liu Aiguo want to laugh.

But it's understandable.

In this day and age, anyone who can afford to buy these things must be a true leader, right?

"Here it is..." someone said, "It's right here!"

"Hey..." the man said, "Which one is Leader Liu? Your bed, radio, and sewing machine have arrived... Please sign for them... and please show us the receipt..."

shuh...

All eyes in the entire compound were on Liu Aiguo…

Especially women.

what?

A large bed and a radio!

All of these have been overlooked by everyone.

The sewing machine is the key.

What the hell...

Liu Aiguo actually bought a sewing machine.

This thing is a divine artifact!

In this era, a major problem that plagues every household is the lack of clothes.

It's not that we didn't have cloth ration coupons.

If you have enough cloth coupons, you can get cloth.

The problem is that we simply can't keep up; we just can't.

For example, in Uncle San's family, there are two elderly people and four children.

These people's clothes were all made by Uncle San alone.

Let alone clothes, we can't even keep up with the demand for shoes.

The term "thousand-layer sole" sounds nice, suggesting environmental friendliness and durability, but in reality, these soles are not very durable. You might wear them for a month or two, but they'll likely develop a hole in the front, especially for children, where they'll break in just a few days.

Clothes too.

But all of these things were made by women, stitch by stitch, patching and mending them.

difficult!

But things changed with the advent of sewing machines.

Da da da da da da...

A series of boom boom booms!

For example, a pair of pants can be sewn together from the hem to the waistband in less than ten seconds (of course, I'm talking about a single seam). But if it were sewn by hand with needle and thread, it would take more than ten minutes to sew the same pair of pants.

Moreover, hand-sewn clothes are irregular, ugly, and not as good as clothes sewn by a sewing machine.

This is just a seam in the pants.

What about the whole pair of pants?

Work efficiency has increased by more than ten times.

With a sewing machine, the children can wear new clothes every month!

This is no joke, it's a true story.