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

Niu Dazhuang was as happy as a mouse entering a rice jar, even happier than when he was harvesting large yellow croakers at Sun Yibo's house. He also put the basket of cured meat into his spatial storage.

Two sacks of rice, six large sacks of wheat flour, half a sack of glutinous rice, two sacks of millet, red beans, cowpeas, and mung beans, all in bags, plus rock sugar, white sugar, brown sugar, and salt. I'll buy them all, I'll buy them all, I'll buy them all.

After everything in the storeroom was taken away, even the mice came and left crying. When he returned to the living room, Niu Dazhuang took a broom and swept up all the footprints on the floor, then put the broom back into his storage space.

He jogged upstairs to the second floor, went straight in through the door, and then, ignoring the bed and blankets, started packing.

Push one aside...

(ノ⊙ω⊙)ノWow, a study! I'll take the blue and white porcelain jar with the scroll inside, the painting table, the desk, I'll take them all; the bookcase, the books, I'll take those too…

Damn, there's also a safe. I'll take it.

After Niu Dazhuang put the last ink orchid painting hanging on the wall into his online space, he made an unexpected discovery.

You've made this hidden compartment way so obviously you don't even care about thieves. Niu Dazhuang is already complaining.

Pushing open the hidden compartment, I found a mahogany box that was over a foot long and half a foot high.

It felt heavy when I took it out, and when I opened it...

Well! Stacks of RMB, neatly arranged, must have been over ten thousand! There were also several stacks of national grain coupons. Below that was a layer of large yellow croakers. A quick count revealed over twenty of them; of course, I took them all.

After leaving the study, Niu Dazhuang pushed open the door to the last room, which should be the master bedroom of Ma Xingbang and his wife.

Niu Dazhuang went straight to the dressing table and jewelry box, pulling out each item and examining it.

There was a pure gold bracelet and a white jade bracelet. Anyway, they were both jade. Whether they were Hetian jade or not, Niu Dazhuang didn't know.

Niu Dazhuang didn't care about necklaces or earrings; he took them all, leaving nothing behind—the large bed, the dressing table, the chests and cabinets.

After cleaning up, Niu Dazhuang was about to go downstairs when he stopped: "Something's not right. How come this big capitalist doesn't have as much slut as Sun Yibo?"

Niu Dazhuang turned around and came back. He went to the study first, pressed his head against the wall, and looked at all four walls. He didn't find anything unusual. He then put the carpet back into his spatial storage and looked at the floor, but found nothing there either.

Still unwilling to give up, Niu Dazhuang took out a wooden stick from his spatial storage and tapped on all four walls.

I didn't hear any hollow sound either.

Niu Dazhuang went to the master bedroom again and went through the same process, but still found nothing new.

Niu Dazhuang cursed as he smoothed out the footprints in the front yard with a broom, climbed onto the wall, sat on it, swept away the footprints, jumped down, and started walking backwards, cleaning up the footprints with the broom. After walking twenty or thirty meters, Niu Dazhuang finally released the bicycle from his spatial dimension.

He rushed to the tavern, ordered a plate of rice noodle rolls, a plate of stir-fried peanuts, and three ounces of Erguotou liquor.

Wai-boo Cai Quanwu rushed over with a tray to Niu Dazhuang, and as he bent down to put the tray down, he whispered, "Huizhen and I are getting married on May Day, can you please not interfere?"

"Cai Quanwu, what you're saying isn't right. This tavern is a business that's always open for business. I'm a customer here, so how am I bothering you?"

"Call Xu Huizhen over, I have something to ask her!" Niu Dazhuang wasn't going to tolerate him, so he inevitably raised his voice.

"He's not here!" Cai Quanwu stormed off angrily.

A man named Fan Jinyou, with his hair parted in a small side and wearing a light blue Zhongshan suit, walked over, raised his chin, and said, "The tavern is now a joint public-private enterprise; it's not a place where just anyone can run wild!"

Niu Dazhuang remained unfazed, then suddenly picked up his wine glass and splashed wine all over Fan Jinyou's face: "I'm in a good mood today and don't want to stoop to your level. If you keep talking nonsense, next time it won't be wine."

The customers at the nearby tables quickly stood up to make room for the two.

No one left; they all stood in a circle watching the spectacle.

Fan Jinyou first looked at Niu Dazhuang and realized that the young man was too strong; he definitely couldn't beat him. If brute force wouldn't work, he would outsmart him.

"Everyone saw it, right? He started it. I'm an official, so I won't stoop to his level. But comrade, you're provoking a government official. Do you know the consequences? Apologize to me right now, or you'll regret it."

Niu Dazhuang remained unmoved, sitting calmly without budging. He poured himself a full glass, took a sip of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), and ate a peanut before finally speaking, "Let's see how you're going to make me regret this."

"Xu Yumei, hurry up and call the police!" Fan Jinyou shouted to the waiter.

After calling for a while without receiving a response, Fan Jinyou turned around to look for the waiter, but couldn't find him.

At this moment, Xu Huizhen entered through the back door, followed by waitress Xu Yumei.

Xu Huizhen pushed through the crowd, looked at Niu Dazhuang, and then at Fan Jinyou: "Cadre Fan, everything's alright! Everyone, please disperse! For everyone here, I'll give you two taels each day, it's on me, to calm your nerves."

He casually pulled Fan Jinyou aside.

"Dazhuang is my cousin, how did you two end up together?"

Fan Jinyou finally found someone to complain to: "I didn't say anything, and he just came up and splashed wine all over my face. Your cousin, he's a bastard."

"Cadre Fan, my cousin, may be a bit stubborn at times, but he certainly won't lose his temper for no reason."

"I just said that the tavern is now a joint public-private enterprise, not a place for him to run wild." And then he threw a glass of wine at me!

"You must have something else to do up ahead!"

"No, I saw Cai Quanwu serving him food and wine up ahead, and then I heard him making a fuss, so I went over."

Xu Huizhen understood and said gently, "You've come to my rescue today. Don't take it to heart. I'll treat you to a couple of drinks after we close."

"Hmph! Xu Huizhen is only giving you face today because of you. If it were anyone else, I'd send them to jail for a couple of days of free meals!"

"I know, go ahead and get busy. I'll go talk to my cousin."

Xu Huizhen walked over, turned around and sat opposite Niu Dazhuang, deliberately saying loudly, "Cousin, you were too impulsive today. If it weren't for Cadre Fan's magnanimity, you would have suffered."

Niu Dazhuang gave a cold laugh: "I don't have time to deal with him today, I have something important to discuss with you."

"Was it Cai Quanwu who said that?"

"Hmph! This kid isn't as honest as he seems. You'd better be more careful in the future. Let's go talk in the backyard." Niu Dazhuang was deliberately trying to provoke Cai Quanwu. After saying that, he walked towards the backyard on his own.

Xu Huizhen wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say, so she followed Niu Dazhuang to the backyard.

Before they even entered the house, Cai Quanwu came to the backyard. He watched as the two men went inside.

Cai Quan stomped his foot in frustration, walked around the yard twice, and then craned his neck at the door and asked in a low voice, "Huizhen, I'm in the yard. Call me if you need anything."