Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

It's been more than ten days since he left, so of course Niu Dazhuang has to go to the backyard to see his grandfather, and he should offer him tiger bone wine as a tribute.

The people that Da Xiong and his group have been keeping an eye on should have yielded results by now. They're still too weak. This time, they exchanged for three large yellow croakers on their trip, which really hurt Niu Dazhuang. He has to make up for it immediately.

Now let's talk about the Qin sisters.

"Ningru, I've made myself clear to you these past few days. How do I choose you?"

"Sis, aren't you jealous?"

"Don't test me anymore. I already told you, I'm not jealous."

My third sister benefited too, and I wasn't jealous, so why would I be jealous of you, my own sister? Anyway, that's how it is; you decide for yourself!

Qin Ningru's pretty face turned bright red, and she lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Then let's hang up the kang curtain now."

"That's more like it!"

After hanging up the curtain in the middle of the kang (heated brick bed), Qin Ningru brought the washbasin into the room and washed herself. Then she crawled into bed.

Qin Xueru tidied up, closed the door, blew out the kerosene lamp, and got into bed. The two sisters crawled into one quilt.

Niu Dazhuang stayed at the old man's house until after half an hour before returning.

"Why did you go to sleep without waiting for me? Honestly, it's pitch black here." Niu Dazhuang complained as he entered the room.

Niu Dazhuang didn't light the lamp again and went into the inner room by the moonlight.

"Xueru, which side should I sleep on?"

"You'll sleep on the south side, next to the door."

"Oh." For a moment, the only sound in the room was Niu Dazhuang taking off his clothes and getting onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

After lying down, Niu Dazhuang asked through the curtain of the kang (heated brick bed), "Let's go out together tomorrow, think about what we need at home, and buy it together."

"I'm not going. You only have one rickshaw at home. How can you carry two people in one rickshaw? It's getting late, go to sleep!"

Niu Dazhuang was also exhausted, and fell asleep not long after.

Hearing Niu Dazhuang's even breathing, Qin Xueru knew he had fallen asleep and nudged Qin Ningru with her knee.

Qin Ningru bit her lip lightly and slowly crawled over...

"Stop fooling around! You're not feeling well."

Qin Ningru closed her eyes and nestled into Niu Dazhuang's arms...

The next day, Qin Ningru didn't insist on going out to play anymore, and didn't get up until the sun was high in the sky.

Getting up, in other words, means getting dressed and leaning against the quilt.

"Sis, this hurts so much! It's not as good as you said!"

"Everyone's like this at first. It took me almost a month to get used to it. It'll get better gradually."

At this moment, Qin Huairu came over. Seeing Qin Ningru on the kang (a heated brick bed), she knew that the matter had been accomplished.

Did you talk to Dazhuang about renting another place last night?

"Not yet, he went out to buy something, he'll be back in a bit."

"Xue Ru, your idea is good. Now Da Zhuang can stay at home. I'm just worried that Ning Ru won't be able to handle it alone! Think about what happened to you back then."

"Third sister, I really can't take it anymore. My brother-in-law is a beast; how can I back out?"

"Too late! There's no going back, Third Sister. What do you suggest we do?"

Before Qin Huairu could even speak, Qin Ningru said, "What about Seventh Sister? She wants to live in the city even more than I do."

Qin Huairu thought to herself, "That's exactly what I've been waiting for." She then fell silent, waiting for Qin Xueru to make the decision. After all, Qin Xueru was the one in charge.

Things have progressed to this point, and even his own sister has been dragged into it, yet the goal has not been achieved.

Qin Xueru was not about to accept this!

"Third sister, do you think this is appropriate?" Qin Xueru passed the buck to Qin Huairu, after all, they were the biological sisters.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it, it's just too cheap for Da Zhuang."

"Third Sister, I have no problem with it, but I'm afraid Yue Ru won't agree. Perhaps you should test the waters first," Qin Xue Ru said.

"Okay, I'll write to them and invite them over for a few days. Then I'll subtly ask them about it!"

"Okay, I'll pay for your round-trip tickets."

"Then I'll go back and write a letter." Qin Huairu had just stepped out when she bumped into Niu Dazhuang, who was returning from shopping.

"Third sister, why did you leave as soon as I got back?"

"I'll come over later; I'll have lunch at your place!"

"Alright, I won't miss your food." Niu Dazhuang carried the net bag into the house.

Qin Xueru saw the contents of the net bag and felt a pang of jealousy. "Why didn't I get such good treatment back then?"

"Didn't you see I bought double portions? You can't use this erythromycin ointment for inflammation, so I bought double portions of everything I took."

As he spoke, Niu Dazhuang began taking things out of his jacket pocket: a tube of erythromycin ointment, two boxes of Qianziwanhong face cream, and two bottles of hair oil.

"I'll buy you and your sister another pair of leather shoes after I rest."

Qin Xueru took the net bag to the inner room, put only a packet of brown sugar on the kang table, and put the rest into the kang cabinet.

"Why are you keeping them all here? Take them out and eat them. I'll go buy more after you're done."

"Without you, how much money do you spend? If you feel you have more money than you can spend, give it all to me, I'll save it. Ningru isn't sick, she'll be fine after a couple of days of rest."

I'm fine with eggs every day. Now, let me tell you something important. Given our current situation, it's not suitable to continue using this cramped, multi-family yard. You have money to burn, right? Go rent a detached house.

Niu Dazhuang slapped his forehead: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. That's what I was thinking too. I've already spread the word about buying the courtyard, and we've received a reply from them. I've just been too busy lately and forgot." Indeed, he had been too busy to remember.

They're busy bringing glory to the country. They don't have time to go to the tavern tonight. Also, Chen Xueru is very wary of her seeing Xu Huizhen.

"Dazhuang, what did you just say?" Qin Xueru couldn't believe her ears.

"I'm planning to buy a small courtyard, what's wrong?" Niu Dazhuang said nonchalantly.

"Dazhuang, you've only been in the city for a little over two months, where did you earn so much money?" Qin Xueru asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything illegal. Do you think I go out every night to pick up girls? Your man goes out to make money."

"Brother-in-law, I've heard that reselling things on the black market is considered speculation and profiteering!" Qin Ningru stabbed him in the back.

"If they catch you, it's called speculation and profiteering; if they don't, it's called serving the people's livelihood!" Niu Dazhuang patted Qin Xueru's shoulder, continuing to reassure her, "Wife, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. When have I ever done anything reckless?"

Besides, with such a beautiful wife waiting for me at home, and now with Ningru added to the mix, I really can't bear to go in.

"If I go in and you two sisters get the idea, our house will become a vast grassland."

Qin Xueru initially found his words rather agreeable. Then, she reached out and shoved him.

"Get lost! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"Sis, has our house become a vast grassland?"

"Don't listen to your brother-in-law's nonsense. Get out of here, I'll apply the ointment to Ningru!"

"No need, we saw everything last night, why bother with all this trouble!"

"That won't do either." With that, Qin Xueru pushed Niu Dazhuang into the outer room.

Niu Dazhuang took out his pipe from the outer room and lit a whole bowl: "That woman's always causing trouble!"