Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"You have your own small courtyard house, don't you know how to build your own? You're not short of money..."

He got more and more excited as he spoke, as if he wanted to pour out all the grievances he had suffered, and there was also a hint of resentment towards the rich that stirred up public anger.

These days, having money is a crime, no matter how you got it. Everyone's struggling, working hard all year and barely saving a hundred or two...

Wow, Zhang Dabiao, you've got it all! You just drew a design and suddenly made 20?!

I've lived my whole life and never even touched a thousand dollars!

Do you think everyone has any grievances?

I don't care if you earned it honestly or not, having money is a sin!

But these guys aren't naive fools. Putting aside whether they can handle Zhang Dabiao's retaliation, there's the issue of the patent. They've already been talked to by the higher-ups, and the ministry even allowed him to apply for the patent.

The fact that the ministry was able to release Zhang Dabiao and even brought bank staff to the compound to handle the paperwork for him proves that Zhang Dabiao is alright and that the money he earned was clean.

Moreover, Zhang Dabiao was making money off the Japanese, which he called resisting Japan!

Those are real men!

How could Jia Dongxu's few words incite public anger and make them use the Jia family as pawns?

We're not that stupid.

At this moment, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, and Banggeng, who had just returned from school, also came out.

Zhang Dabiao helplessly picked at his ear, then pulled Qin Mancang forward: "Jia Dongxu, open your dog eyes and take a good look! Who is this? Whose relative is he?!"

Qin Mancang stood in front without saying a word, while Jia Dongxu looked at him for a long time and asked in confusion, "Isn't this a relative of your Zhang family? He just called you 'uncle'."

"uncle--"

At this moment, Banggeng barked. Jia Dongxu returned to Qinjiatun in the first year of his marriage. At that time, Qin Mancang was still a half-grown boy. Over the years, he has changed a lot.

Banggeng, on the other hand, went to the countryside with Qin Huairu every year, where he met his uncle Qin Mancang, who also doted on him.

Qin Mancang nodded: "Brother-in-law, I am Mancang."

"I call Uncle Dabiao 'uncle' because he is my father's junior apprentice. Both of them are disciples of the clan chief, so I have to call him 'uncle'."

"As for this house, it was allocated to me by the neighborhood committee. If you have any questions, you can ask the neighborhood committee. I don't know anything about the rental queue."

Only then did everyone understand the whole process.

Qin Mancang is Qin Huairu's younger brother. He came to the city to seek refuge with Zhang Dabiao, not the Jia family. Jia Zhangshi had already said at noon that she would not let this poor relative of hers eat their food.

Zhang Dabiao directly helped him resolve his household registration, his job (which was a permanent position), and his housing—all these issues were resolved!

Everyone was astonished – even their own son wouldn't be treated this way!

Then look at Yi Zhonghai, he only bought a house for his godson...

Sit down!

Yi Zhonghai looked up at the sky—what business was it of Yi Zhonghai with the male members of the Qin family?

At this moment, the Jia family was stunned and stood there. Jia Dongxu was also embarrassed. That was his brother-in-law. It was already unacceptable that he didn't recognize him.

My mother won't even let my brother-in-law into the house for a meal, even though he didn't come to seek refuge with the Jia family at all. Isn't this just presumptuous and embarrassing?

Qin Huairu murmured incredulously, "Urban residency...job, house..."

"Is that all?"

Then what were all those trivial things she did back then?

After suffering so much torment in the Jia family for so many years, what's this?

"Sister, I can't talk to you anymore. I still need to pack. I have to go back to the village tomorrow to transfer my household registration."

But Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu wouldn't have it; they were waiting in line.

Chen, whose head was throbbing from their confiscation, explained directly: "Your family has already bought a house. To be precise, it's a transfer of Peng Tao's housing eligibility, so it's equivalent to the factory allocating two rooms to you."

"Isn't it normal for five people to have two rooms? Whether it's the per capita area, the number of rooms, or the corresponding work grade for you, Jia Dongxu, the number of rooms is just right, and two rooms don't count as housing difficulties."

"Since it's not considered a housing shortage, if you want a house, you'll have to look for one at the factory. The neighborhood committee won't give you any more rental eligibility."

"The rest has nothing to do with our neighborhood."

Simply put, the ranks were 1-3 junior workers, 4-6 intermediate workers, and 7-8 senior workers. These ranks, along with factors like family size, the factory's public-private partnership policies, and the specific type of work, meant the Jia family was just barely qualifying for two rooms. If someone had pulled some strings at the factory, getting three rooms wouldn't have been impossible.

However, according to the neighborhood committee, their family was no longer considered to have housing difficulties, so they were removed from the list.

Housing difficulties are when four or five people are crammed into one room.

Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi were both dumbfounded...

Does this mean I've lost my eligibility to rent a place without any reason?

From now on, will the Jia family only be able to guard these two houses?

It's manageable, but when the bang-geese grow up, they'll need their own rooms, right?

He'll need a house to get married, right?

At that time, Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu, and Xiao Dang will all be crammed into one room.

Just imagining that scene made Jia Dongxu's face darken. He had just enjoyed a few good days with Qin Huairu, and now he had to go back?

And are they waiting for the factory to allocate them housing?

When will we ever see that?

So, we should wait and rent a place first before letting our godfather buy a house!

Isn't this a loss-making venture?

What should we do?

Chen didn't waste any more time explaining to them before leaving the courtyard.

Meanwhile, everyone continued doing what they were doing. They had seen the Jia family's reaction. If they treated their brother-in-law like this, how could they expect Jia Dongxu to honestly support Yi Zhonghai in his old age?

hehe--

However, Sha Zhu noticed Qin Huairu's concern for Qin Mancang and, without saying a word, took Qin Mancang to his house for dinner, ostensibly as a welcome dinner.

Xu Damao also came over with a drink, claiming that he couldn't let Sha Zhu lead his little brother astray, and that Xu Damao was also going to the countryside in Changping the next day, so it would be good to have company on the way.

Halfway through the meal, Qin Huairu brought Banggeng over with a large bowl. Without saying a word, Banggeng went to the table and started grabbing food and stuffing it into his mouth.

Sha Zhu was a little embarrassed and only said that the child was starving. Qin Mancang was speechless. Bang Geng was too ill-mannered.

Back in Qinjiatun, although everyone doted on Banggeng, it didn't have to be this way of eating it.

And then there's her older sister, Qin Huairu. In their village, if someone brought such a huge bowl to someone's house for a meal, they'd be beaten out with sticks!

But this silly Zhu... seems quite happy about it?

Xu Damao shook his head and pulled Qin Mancang along: "Brother Mancang, let's go, we can't eat here, let's go to my house to eat."

Without explaining anything, he took Qin Mancang and left.

As she passed by Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu wanted to explain something, but—

Qin Mancang completely ignored her.

She felt—she was really going to lose her younger brother.

Why, why won't you all listen to my explanation?

Do you think it's easy for me to live like this in the city?