Courtyard House: Report enemy agents at the start, and you'll take off immediately.

They were not given management authority; in fact, they had no real power at all.

"Please don't leave yet, let me say a few words."

Just as everyone was preparing to go home, Director Wang clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

She hasn't finished dealing with the things she came here for today!

"I'm sure everyone knows what happened this morning."

"I now reiterate that what Jia Zhangshi said to Comrade Zhao De was completely fabricated."

"This is an unfounded slander against Comrade Zhao De..."

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This is equivalent to officially clearing Zhao De's name.

His reputation went from black to white, and then became shining brightly.

The situation was reversed in just one day.

"Comrade Zhao De, it was my mistake that caused you to suffer injustice over the years."

Director Wang approached Zhao De with a broad smile.

Fortunately, there are no cameras now, otherwise we would have to publish it in the newspaper.

Zhao De responded politely, but then heard Director Wang continue:

"Comrade Zhao De endured many grievances in order to capture enemy agents, and at the same time made significant contributions to our neighborhood."

"Therefore, the subdistrict office decided to reward Comrade Zhao De with fifty yuan and ten jin of pork coupons."

Zhao De was very modest and said:

"These are things I should do. As a member of the working class, I always keep my mission in mind..."

"Girl, help me get back."

The deaf old lady standing nearby couldn't bear to watch, fearing that she would be angered to the point of causing trouble.

He then asked He Yushui to help her back.

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Yi Zhonghai also wanted to go back inside, but as an old man, he couldn't just leave like that.

I could only force a smile and stay by your side.

Watching Zhao De and Director Wang exchange polite greetings.

About twenty minutes later.

Director Wang and his entourage then departed.

Zhao De returned to the house on an empty stomach.

Look at all this commotion, it's already seven or eight o'clock.

Zhao De shook his head, wondering if he should just make something simple to eat.

But after thinking about it for a moment, I decided to make it more lavish.

All of this was done to make the deaf old lady across the street crave the food.

Today was so infuriating!

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Chapter Thirteen: The deaf old lady was drooling with envy!

Zhao De's cooking skills can't be described as particularly outstanding.

But he has lived alone for many years.

He was already very skilled at cooking home-style dishes.

After the pork is cleaned and put into the pot, add some seasonings.

In just a short while, the rich aroma of meat began to fill the air.

The deaf old lady sniffed and immediately smelled the aroma of meat.

Although she is quite old.

But when it comes to being a glutton in the courtyard, he's probably in the top three.

Otherwise, she wouldn't like Sha Zhu so much.

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"That brat is a rotten seed with sores on his feet and pus oozing from his head, rotten to the core."

“He’s even worse than Xu Damao. I’ll break him up with his wife when he gets married.”

The deaf old lady only receives five yuan a month in pension.

Meat is rarely eaten in daily life.

She usually lives with an old man from the neighborhood.

Occasionally, Lou Xiao'e would send him some food.

Now, she can only smell the aroma but can't taste it.

That craving was unbearable for her.

What's especially frustrating is that the aroma is coming from Zhao De's house; it's both infuriating and heartbreaking.

The deaf old lady also tried to get close to Zhao De back then.

Hopefully, this young man can take care of himself and support himself in his old age.

However, Zhao De did not appreciate it.

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The reason why Zhao De was unwilling to get close to the deaf old lady was actually quite simple:

This old lady is incredibly cunning; she's arguably the most calculating character in the entire series.

Even Yan Bugui pales in comparison to her.

And that's the purpose behind the deaf old lady's elaborate scheme.

This was so that Sha Zhu could devote himself wholeheartedly to supporting Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Yi Zhonghai took great care of the elderly deaf woman.

This made the deaf old lady feel the benefits.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Sha Zhu could also take care of Yi Zhonghai and his wife as diligently as they did.

The deaf old woman even went so far as to try to make Sha Zhu also a person without descendants.

Because she knew that if Sha Zhu had a child...

Then he must consider his children.

Naturally, the matter of supporting others would not be on their minds.

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This is why Sha Zhu is already twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

The reason why the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai were not in a hurry to urge him to get married.

Their goal was to find a woman in the crowd with a clear background who was unable to have children.

To prevent the silly pillar from getting out of control.

And this person was naturally Lou Xiao'e.

The deaf old lady did not know at the time that it was actually Xu Damao who was infertile.

In that era, people generally believed that the problem of childbirth should be attributed to the woman.

Therefore, in the past two years, the deaf old lady has become particularly close to Lou Xiao'e.

They seized every opportunity to break her up with Xu Damao and to bring Lou Xiao'e and Sha Zhu together.

It can be said that they wanted to pass on the fate of "having no descendants" from generation to generation.

Zhao De naturally did not want to be involved in this farce of "extinction of offspring".

Therefore, I decided to have nothing to do with this old lady from now on.

Meanwhile, at the home of the second uncle who lived in the backyard.

"This smells like meat, the smell of pork. Who's stewing meat here?!"

"It must be Zhao De, he's in the limelight today."

"Having bought a bicycle and a sewing machine, we definitely need to celebrate properly."

"I haven't eaten pork for months, I've been eating cabbage and cornbread all the time."