Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

After the dinner ended, Yu Haitang reluctantly followed He Yushui back home. Yu Haitang would be staying in He Yushui's room that night.

Just then, Sha Zhu came out of the house and saw Yu Haitang.

"Little sister, is this your classmate?" Sha Zhu asked excitedly.

In Sha Zhu's eyes, He Yushui's classmate was really pleasing to the eye. She even looked much prettier than Yu Li, while Qin Huairu (the rich girl) was a bit less attractive. After all, she was older and had three children to support.

"Yu Haitang!" He Yushui said casually. After speaking, she and Yu Haitang went into their room.

Little did they know that Sha Zhu had followed them too. But He Yushui blocked him at the door.

"Silly brother, it's inconvenient for you to come in when we girls are talking together," He Yushui said casually.

"No, could you tell me more about rainwater?"

"I can't believe it!" Sha Zhu exclaimed excitedly. His eyes were now fixed on Yu Haitang inside.

"What are you going to introduce? Begonia isn't your idea." He Yushui said without hesitation, "Go back to sleep."

After Yu Haitang and He Yushui left, Li Xiangdong and Yu Li tidied up together. They put the dumplings they had made on the veranda to freeze.

It was below -20 degrees Celsius; the dumplings would freeze solid in no time. Yu Dajiang and his wife took their three sons to the backyard.

"Xiao Li, something strange seems to have happened in your family and Yu Haitang's family," Li Xiangdong asked. "Your behavior towards Yu Haitang is very strange."

"It all started with the grain loan." Yu Li said with a bitter smile, "The year before last, they came to our house to borrow grain, and I lent them a hundred catties of corn."

"Because we lent out 100 jin of corn, our family almost starved to death."

"He said he'd pay back the grain in a month, but to this day, he hasn't paid a single penny!"

"I see. This family is really something." Li Xiangdong shook his head and said, "Don't even mention two years ago, even now, 100 pounds of corn would be a lifesaver!"

“Yes, that’s why our family is thinking of cutting ties with them,” Yu Li said. “But Yu Haitang is still a good person.”

"Although she's not very reliable."

"Hehe, I said... never mind, you'll find out later." Li Xiangdong shook his head.

After Li Yi left, Li Xiangdong returned to the two main rooms on the east side. He came in with a shovel and quickly dug something up.

Here we unearthed two porcelain jars, each over 50 centimeters tall. Upon opening them, we found one jar full of large yellow croakers, and the other jar full of small yellow croakers!

Chapter 74 The Three Old Men Asked for Trouble (Seeking Flowers, Votes, and Full Subscriptions!)

"Damn, this deaf old lady really has a lot of money," Li Xiangdong thought to himself. "No wonder you're so confident."

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows; she must have other places up her sleeve!"

Li Xiangdong threw the thirty large yellow croakers and one hundred small yellow croakers into the mysterious space.

"That's not right. How could a madam like her have so much money?"

Li Xiangdong was puzzled: "We need to find out the reason for this later. Maybe we can get her imprisoned."

Why be polite to a brothel madam?

The next morning, Li Xiangdong got up at 4:30 as usual and practiced boxing in the yard. Liu Haizhong was quite unhappy. He was woken up by the noise, which was understandable given his somewhat weak nerves. It was all because he fell into the latrine.

Liu Haizhong went to the factory to collect his wages today, knowing that his performance review was being held back for him. It was supposed to happen as soon as he arrived at work. Unexpectedly, falling into the cesspool didn't save him.

And Liu Haizhong certainly ate a lot of things that fell into the latrine. Vomiting afterward is nothing compared to what he's done. Today he only drank some water.

He wanted to go out and confront Li Xiangdong, but then he remembered the loud thuds of Li Xiangdong's fists hitting empty air. Liu Haizhong wisely covered his head with the blanket.

After delivering a punch, Li Xiangdong felt a surge of heat throughout his body. Then, something in his mind and dantian shattered like glass. He couldn't help but let out a long roar.

The sound didn't seem to come from his mouth; it sounded like it was coming from the sky. It was as if an aircraft was flying overhead.

Standing in the courtyard, Li Xiangdong had an epiphany. He suddenly knew how to control his supernatural ability to generate electricity.

He also knew that his martial arts skills had reached a new level.

"Dong-ge, is that you calling me?" Yu Li came over from the backyard. "You've woken everyone up. Hurry up and go inside, someone might want to talk to you."

Before Li Xiangdong could go inside, the lights in all the houses in the backyard came on. But no one came out yet.

Li Xiangdong touched his nose and said loudly, "Sorry everyone. I couldn't help but let out a long shout after making a breakthrough in my martial arts practice, disturbing your peaceful dreams. Tonight, there's a gift to be delivered to each of you!"

This caused most of the lights in the houses to go out again. Li Xiangdong shook his head and went into his room; Yu Li had already gone to prepare breakfast.

Li Xiangdong sat at his desk in his bedroom, thinking to himself, "It's perfect timing to go hunting today and test the power of this electricity and the breakthrough in martial arts."

Because he was going hunting, Li Xiangdong took out two props from the mysterious villa.

One is a pig-slaughtering knife, used for bleeding prey after catching it. The other is a Tang-style horizontal sword, which Li Xiangdong used for martial arts practice. It cost over three thousand silver dollars, but he didn't have the guts to sharpen it for 380.

Now things are different; Tang Hengdao has had his sword sharpened by Li Xiangdong. He also brought a slingshot and a large bag of steel balls.

After tidying everything up, Li Xiangdong and Yu Li ate breakfast together. It was dumplings that Yu Li cooked.

"Dong-ge, I'm home today, so I'll clean up inside and out. The New Year is almost here," Yu Li said sweetly. "And you said you'd give them gifts tonight, how about fruit candy?"

"Three to five yuan per family is about right!"

Li Xiangdong smiled and said, "Then let's talk about it when I get back this afternoon."

It was 5:30. Li Xiangdong and Yu Li shared a goodbye kiss. He then left the yard carrying a tin bucket. He had only been waiting at the gate for less than five minutes when Li Huaide's car arrived.

"Why are you carrying this tin bucket?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Huaide asked curiously.

"We can't let the blood from hunting wild boar go to waste," Li Xiangdong said with a smile. "It's better to be prepared. We'll just keep it in the car anyway."

Li Xiangdong put all the things in his trunk. Li Huaide got into the car carrying two Type 56 pistols. In Li Huaide's car, only his driver and secretary were in the car.

After getting in the car, we drove north out of the city. Around nine o'clock, we stopped in a small village at the foot of the mountain. We entrusted the car to a local villager to watch over. Several men then took their guns and went up the mountain.

Li Huaide carried a gun on his back, and the driver carried a gun on his back as well. Li Xiangdong carried a horizontal sword on his back, and a leather belt was tied over his cotton-padded coat. A scabbard with a pig-slaughtering knife was hanging from the belt. He also had a homemade pistol strapped to his waist.

Li Xiangdong was holding a slingshot in his hand, with steel balls in the pocket of his cotton-padded coat.

Secretary Li led the way, carrying a hunting fork. The mountain was covered in snow, and the road was difficult to traverse. It took them an hour to finally cross a small hill.

"I can't go on anymore, I need to rest." Li Huaide had long been exhausted: "My stamina here is terrible now. Back in the day, I could run for a whole day and night and it wouldn't have been a problem."

Xiao Li quickly cleared out a stone and let Li Huaide sit down.

Li Xiangdong asked in disbelief, "What? You ran for a whole day and night?"

Seeing Li Xiangdong's incredulous expression, Li Huaide shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You don't believe me? Back then, I ran away carrying a gun and a bag of dry rations."

"After running for a day and a night, we stopped to dig trenches. Before we even finished, the fighting resumed. We even had to charge and fight with bayonets!"

"I've had such a comfortable life these past few years, my physical strength isn't what it used to be."

Li Xiangdong said with respect, "A veteran! No wonder, no wonder."

"Sigh, back then, I'd be running and suddenly see my comrades fall down, (cgcb) then there was no saving them. They'd just run themselves to death, but we couldn't just listen to that," Li Huaide murmured.

"After suffering so much, it's time to enjoy some happiness."

Li Xiangdong clicked his tongue. Everyone has their own way of living. He decided not to interrupt.

"Pheasant!" Li Xiangdong caught a glimpse of something flying up out of the corner of his eye, above the bushes. It was about thirty meters away. Without thinking, he fired a steel ball with his slingshot.

The pheasant had just taken flight when it was shot down by a slingshot.

Xiao Li hurriedly ran over, with the driver Xiao Jiang following behind, holding a gun.

The two returned quickly, both looking quite surprised.

"Chief Engineer Li, you hit the pheasant right on the head with your slingshot and broke its neck," said Xiao Li, holding the still kicking pheasant.

"Hurry up, slit his throat and bleed him out!"

Li Xiangdong handed over the butcher knife, still in its sheath: "Otherwise, if it gets stiff and you can't bleed it, the chicken won't taste as good."

"Chief Engineer Li, I didn't expect you to be so good with a slingshot. How about your marksmanship? Let me tell you, when I was in the army, my marksmanship was unparalleled. I've declined a bit now, but I'm still better than most people." Li Huaide said with some pride, "It's just that I'm not as good at bayonet fighting anymore."

"I can't keep up with the stamina."

"If your physical strength can't keep up, that's easy to fix." Li Xiangdong said casually, "Just train, and bring back all the habits you had in the army."

"At least your ability in that area is much stronger than it is now. Director Li, you have a good foundation and will recover quickly."

Li Huaide paused for a moment, then said, "Yeah, yeah, how come I didn't think of that? I'm not lacking in nutrition now, and after exercising the same way as before, I can be as powerful as ever in bed!"

Since both Xiao Li and Xiao Jiang were on his side, Li Huaide spoke without any reservations.

"So, are you going to rest here, or come with me?" Li Xiangdong asked. "It's getting late, and we need to get home tonight."

"Let's go, let's keep going," Li Huaide said. "We'll try not to fire. Chief Engineer Li, your slingshot should be enough..."

Before Li Huaide could finish his sentence, he saw Li Xiangdong fire a slingshot, sending a white light flying into the bushes.

A wild rabbit was shot and jumped out, but it just lay on the snow, struggling before it died.

Xiao Li cheered and ran over.

So Li Xiangdong led the way, with Li Huaide and Xiao Jiang on either side, each carrying a gun. Xiao Li followed behind, carrying a hunting fork and a metal bucket.

Xiao Jiang is also a veteran, and using a gun is his specialty.

Around 11 a.m., the group found a cave in a small valley. It was about five meters high, five meters wide, and ten meters deep. It was sheltered from the wind and sunlight streamed in. It was quite warm inside the cave.