Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

"Don't worry, Zi Mei. How could a boorish man like Jia Dongxu, who hasn't read many books, know what real speculation is?" Chen Wenqi turned to his sister, a reassuring smile on his face, and patiently explained.

"Speculation and profiteering refers to illegal activities that take advantage of opportunities to buy low and sell high, deliberately undermining the state's policy of unified purchase and sale. Only such behavior can be considered a violation of the law."

"All the fish I sell are caught by myself. I neither buy them at low prices and hoard them, nor do I speculate or inflate prices. I simply sell them to those who need them."

"Moreover, the fish sold to the steel mills were within the scope of state-controlled purchase and sale, which was a perfectly legitimate and aboveboard transaction."

"Only an illiterate fool like him would be so ignorant as to believe that all business dealings are necessarily speculation and profiteering."

"I see, now I understand, brother." Chen Wenzi nodded as if she understood, her heart calming down a little, but her brows furrowed involuntarily as she spoke with concern.

"But Jia Dongxu's fierce and menacing appearance just now was really scary. I'm really afraid that he will secretly take revenge on us."

"Don't worry, as long as you two stay at home obediently and don't run around, you'll be fine." Chen Wenqi reached out and gently touched his sister's soft hair. His gaze seemed calm and even, but it revealed an undeniable firmness and certainty.

"If that guy Jia Dongxu dares to come looking for trouble with me, I'll make him really regret it."

Chen Wenqi secretly made up his mind that if Jia Dongxu dared to have even the slightest evil thought of harming his family, he would not be merciful in the slightest, and would not even mind sending this despicable scum to meet the King of Hell himself.

He has never been a bloodthirsty person, but that doesn't mean he's afraid to wield his blade and eliminate those obstacles in his path.

The three siblings went to Jingshan Park together and had a great time exercising. Before long, their stomachs started growling.

Hearing his stomach growl, Chen Wenqi immediately took his younger brother and sister and headed straight for a nearby restaurant, intending to treat himself to a delicious meal of wontons.

The mother went to work at the hospital early in the morning, and usually ate lunch in the hospital cafeteria at noon. Therefore, the three siblings did not need to rush home to start a fire and cook.

While enjoying his steaming wontons, Chen Wenqi secretly planned in his mind: once the grains he grew, the chickens, ducks, fish, and fresh vegetables he raised had a bumper harvest, he would start cooking a large batch of dishes, fragrant buns, and soft steamed buns in the Xuanwu Secret Realm.

Then, store all the prepared food in the warehouse of the Xuanwu Secret Realm for safekeeping. Whenever you want to eat it, you can take it out and heat it up to enjoy it. This is convenient and quick, and it saves a lot of time that you would otherwise spend cooking at home.

More importantly, this also effectively prevents the aroma of food from wafting outside while cooking at home, thus avoiding attracting greedy neighbors in the courtyard who would shamelessly come over to freeload.

"Brother, are we going fishing at Shichahai again this afternoon? I want to go with you. I want to learn how to catch some big fish too." Chen Wenzi held a warm bowl of wontons in both hands, her bright eyes blinking as she looked up and asked expectantly.

"Of course we're going! This afternoon we're not only going fishing at Shichahai, but we're also bringing an extra bucket to try and catch a few more plump fish so we can make a delicious fish soup for dinner." Chen Wenqi looked at his sister's adorable, expectant face and couldn't help but smile and nod, readily agreeing.

"By the way, in a few days I'll take you to the department store to buy a brand new bicycle. It'll be so much more convenient when we go out for fun or fishing in the countryside!"

"Really? That's great, bro! I've been wanting my own bicycle for ages!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wenzi's eyes instantly lit up like twinkling stars in the night sky. She was so excited that she almost jumped up on the spot, her face beaming with joy that she couldn't hide.

Seeing his sister's joyful and excited expression, Chen Wenqi felt a warm feeling well up in his heart.

He secretly thought that he would not only buy a brand new bicycle for his sister, but also for his hardworking mother.

This makes my mother's commute to and from get off work much easier every day.

However, upon further reflection, he couldn't help but worry whether the industrial vouchers his family had saved up would be enough.

Back then, buying a bicycle wasn't just a matter of having money; you also needed to have a full fifty industrial coupons.

Chen Wenqi only has twenty industrial coupons on him right now. His family should have some more, but he can't tell the exact number.

The two bicycles together would require a total of one hundred industrial coupons, and even with this rough calculation, the shortfall is quite significant.

It seems he needs to quickly come up with a way to exchange some industrial vouchers with familiar neighbors.

In the afternoon, feeling that the injury to his anus had improved slightly, Yi Zhonghai slowly and unsteadily walked back to the courtyard house, leaning on the wall.

Madam Jia followed closely behind him like an inseparable shadow, and the two of them slowly stepped into the courtyard gate, one after the other.

Yan Bugui, who lived in the front yard, saw Yi Zhonghai returning from afar and immediately turned his gaze over, scrutinizing him from head to toe several times.

When he saw that Yan Bugui had returned empty-handed and hadn't brought anything back, he didn't bother to go over and chat anymore. He simply turned his head away and didn't even bother to ask another question.

Yi Zhonghai simply nodded weakly in Yan Bugui's direction, his face still extremely pale, showing no signs of improvement.

After all, the cause of the injury to the buttock from the nail has still not been determined.

These past two days in the hospital, he could only sleep lying face down, feeling extremely suffocated all over, so naturally his mood wasn't very good either.

Yi Zhonghai dragged his heavy steps slowly to the central courtyard, where he immediately spotted Qin Huairu, who was squatting in the yard washing clothes with her round belly sticking out.

As she laboriously rubbed the clothes in the basin, she unconsciously swayed her slender waist, her appearance indescribably alluring.

Yi Zhonghai's gaze fell on Qin Huairu, and he couldn't take his eyes off her. His throat moved involuntarily, and he secretly swallowed, but his face still maintained a serious and unsmiling expression.

Jia Zhangshi, who followed her into the courtyard, was furious when she saw Qin Huairu's coquettish and alluring posture. Her anger surged to the top of her head.

She immediately stood in the center of the courtyard, hands on her hips, and began to shout at the top of her lungs, "Qin Huairu, you shameless slut! Who are you trying to impress by sticking your big ass out like that! You've completely disgraced the Jia family!"

"Mom, I really didn't mean anything by it... I just got tired from washing clothes and wanted to stretch my back."

Qin Huairu's face flushed red and then turned pale as she was scolded. She quickly stopped what she was doing, lowered her head, and whispered her defense.

"Shut up! You still dare to argue here! Get back inside right now and stop embarrassing yourself!"

Jia Zhangshi gave her no chance to explain, and shouted sharply in a shrill voice.

In her opinion, Qin Huairu was not doing laundry properly at all; she was more like a female cat in heat, deliberately sticking out her buttocks and wiggling around, clearly trying to seduce the other men in the yard.

Qin Huairu put on a pitiful, aggrieved expression, as if she were about to cry, but in her heart she hated Jia Zhangshi with a vengeance, wishing she could tear this mean-spirited old woman to pieces.

Unfortunately, Jia Zhangshi seemed to be born with the ability to suppress her, and no matter how much she hated her, she dared not really resist her to her face.

"Yi Zhonghai, you shameless old geezer! Your eyes are practically glued to my daughter-in-law! Keep staring! Keep staring! Believe me or not, I'll gouge your eyes out and stomp on them!"

After scolding her own daughter-in-law, Jia Zhangshi still felt unsatisfied. She suddenly turned her head and aimed her full of anger at Yi Zhonghai, who was standing to the side. She pointed her finger at his nose and cursed him through gritted teeth.

"You...you're absolutely unreasonable and utterly incomprehensible!"

Yi Zhonghai's face turned ashen from the scolding, and he trembled with anger. He shouted angrily, then flicked his sleeves and stormed off.

As he walked briskly forward, he cursed inwardly: "I've slept with your daughter-in-law before. If I hadn't slept with her before, how could your son Jia Dongxu, that good-for-nothing, have married such a beautiful wife?"

The fact that Qin Huairu was able to marry into the Jia family so smoothly back then was ultimately due to Yi Zhonghai's planning and facilitation behind the scenes.

At that time, Qin Huairu came to him in tears and told him that she was pregnant with his child. Yi Zhonghai was initially skeptical and dared not completely believe the truth of her words.

But as the days went by and Bang Geng grew up, his hair gradually revealed its naturally curly appearance, and Yi Zhonghai became more and more certain that Bang Geng was his biological son.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion from the neighbors in the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, who originally had naturally curly hair, went to the barbershop almost every month to shave his thick curly hair into a flat head close to his scalp.