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

With the business settled, Niu Dazhuang's hands were now in position. A man's absolute favorite—bouncy and smooth!

"No...someone else will come later."

"tonight……"

"Stop it. You're off the day after tomorrow. Go back and have some fun with your wife. I can't take it anymore."

My wife is about to give birth!

"Well... there's still Su Ting, isn't there? You haven't been back for a month, she must miss you terribly." Su Wan betrayed her own sister to avoid being tormented.

"How come you can accept it now?"

"If Su Ting doesn't care, why should I keep complaining? Besides, I can't handle you by myself! Let's go, it won't be good if someone sees us."

Niu Dazhuang left the office, notified the two team leaders, and then ran to the kitchen and Bai Hongyan's tent.

Ask her to have an extra meal, ostensibly to train Bai Hongyan's adaptability.

After a month of training, Bai Hongyan, while not completely adapted, has finally tasted the benefits and is no longer experiencing the pain she felt at the beginning.

The two of them had done this many times before. At this hour, Yu Li was busy in the kitchen, and Su Wan was in a meeting. Of the three of them living in the tent, only Bai Hongyan was left. This was much more comfortable than on the Sleeping Ox Rock...

Without taking off their clothes, Niu Dazhuang sat on the bed, and Bai Hongyan, smiling radiantly, sat on his lap...

"Um……"

"I'm off the day after tomorrow, want to go back together?"

"Will you come live with me at home after we get back?"

"No, I'll go back for two days."

"Then I won't go back. I'll just be all alone at home anyway, so it's better to stay here and have some fun."

"Oh, Sister Wan wants us to go to the county town tomorrow to see if we can rent a place. We'll be working here this winter too."

"I knew we wouldn't be able to go back until the project was finished. I have to go back now and bring all my winter clothes. I'll ask Yu Li about it when we eat. We'll go back together."

"You two are such good sisters, always dragging her into everything."

"There are only three of us women in our unit now. Sister Su is busy all the time. If I don't get along with Yu Li, who else can I get along with? Besides, we had a good relationship when we were at work. Oh... God, I wish I were dead..."

It's white, red, and tender, but that's about it.

To be honest, Niu Dazhuang was really looking forward to going home. Not only was there Su Ting from the performing arts troupe, but also Qin Yueru, who had just joined the women's corps. Tsk tsk... just thinking about it was exciting!

During dinner that evening, the team leader told everyone that they wouldn't be able to return to the company before the New Year. The workers chatted about it in small groups while eating.

"Captain, if it's really like you say, and the pay is good enough, then working there is the same as working there, so I have no objection."

"Captain, I'm not worried about anything else, but living in the warehouse in the dead of winter is no ordinary cold."

"Don't worry, even if we live in the large warehouse, it will definitely need to be renovated. Vice President Su said she will coordinate the coal supply so you can burn as much as you want at night. If two stoves aren't enough, we'll have three. We'll make sure no one gets cold."

During dinner, everyone discussed it, and after dinner, Su Wan called another meeting to personally explain the current situation again. There were no objections, so the matter was considered settled.

The next day, Niu Dazhuang took Bai Hongyan to Changping County. They spent half a day looking around but couldn't find a suitable house to rent.

There are rooms available for rent, but it's not a large-scale operation.

Niu Dazhuang slapped his forehead and came up with an idea. He remembered that in his previous life, the training troops were scattered and stayed in the homes of ordinary people.

Why do we have to live together? We can just live separately.

After speaking with Bai Hongyan, she immediately agreed and took action.

Find Uncle Hat in Xiguan, explain your purpose, and Uncle Hat will take you to the street. The street aunties know better than anyone which houses are vacant.

Niu Dazhuang and his group of twenty-five people visited five or six households and the matter was settled. They didn't even want money; they wanted grain, grain coupons, and even better, cloth coupons.

Bai Hongyan wanted to haggle, but Niu Dazhuang tugged at her arm, and in the end, they agreed on a deal where each family would house five people and each family would receive ten jin of flour per month.

Niu Dazhuang pulled the street auntie aside: "Auntie Qian, I'd like to rent another small, separate courtyard. What do you think?"

"That's not difficult at all. As long as you offer the right price, I can find you a courtyard with three entrances."

"Hehe, Aunt Qian, you have such a great following. It doesn't need to be that big, a normal small detached house will do. It would be best if the surrounding environment was quiet."

"Oh, is that so? Don't you young people like lively atmospheres?"

"I'm special; I like quiet."

After thinking for a moment, Aunt Qian said, "It's not that there aren't any. I can think of one right now. It's not in the city, but it's not far from here, only about a ten-minute walk. How about I take you to take a look?"

"Okay, wait a minute." Niu Dazhuang turned around and pulled Uncle Hat aside again, said a few words of thanks, and forced a box of Daqianmen cigarettes on him.

After Uncle Hat left, Niu Dazhuang told Bai Hongyan about going to look at houses.

Bai Hongyan, of course, knew what he was going to do with the rented apartment. She was definitely going to go and see for herself.

At that time, Changping County still had city walls. Going northeast from Dongguan, the direction was roughly the same as the direction Niu Dazhuang and his team were building the reservoir. After walking for about ten minutes and turning two corners, three connected small hills appeared in front of you, behind which were endless mountains.

There are a few scattered courtyards at the foot of the hill.

"The environment is nice, but it's a bit windy," Niu Dazhuang started finding fault.

"Don't rush, can't you see that we're surrounded by farmland? You can see for yourself when we get to the foot of the mountain," Aunt Qian explained.

"Before liberation, everything you see belonged to the Liu landlord's family. These nine households at the foot of the mountain used to be the grave keepers they hired... Later, when the Japanese invaded, they all fled. After liberation, the land was distributed to us ordinary people. The family I'm taking you to has two successful sons who brought their mother to live in Beijing and help take care of her children. So this house has been vacant." Having arrived, Aunt Qian explained the situation regarding the house.

Upon entering this small village, the wind indeed subsided, and the terrain here was noticeably higher than before, offering excellent visibility.

Water is readily available; there's a mountain stream flowing along the east side of the courtyard, and the foot of the mountain is just behind it.

Niu Dazhuang even took a special look at the small hill to see if it would be prone to landslides during heavy rain.

Niu Dazhuang liked it more and more as he looked at it, and began to consider buying it.

"I can't make that decision. I can decide whether you rent the place, but if you want to buy it, you'll have to find the landlord."

Bai Hongyan chimed in, "Let's rent it first, Dazhuang. If you buy a house here, who's going to live there? I'm not coming."

"I didn't say I absolutely had to buy it, it just looks nice, and it should be cool to live here in the summer."

"You don't want your job anymore? Aunt Qian, don't listen to him. You can buy anything you want. How much is this little courtyard?"

"This is a main house with three rooms, a west wing with two rooms, and an east wing with one room. It can't possibly be cheaper than three rooms in the city!"