Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

"Okay, sure!" Chen Wenqi's face lit up with joy, and he responded loudly.

For the next few days, Chen Wenqi continued as usual, practicing martial arts and boxing with his younger siblings every day at the crack of dawn.

After a period of diligent study and practice, my younger siblings have developed a solid foundation in martial arts.

Therefore, Chen Wenqi decided to start teaching them the vital breathing techniques in Tai Chi, which are commonly referred to as mental techniques and formulas by ordinary martial artists.

Only by perfectly integrating and coordinating the mental techniques and oral formulas with the individual movements of Tai Chi, can one truly grasp the essence of Tai Chi and cultivate this art to a higher level.

In the past few days, whenever Chang Xu had a spare moment, he would go to Jingshan Park early in the morning to ask Chen Wenqi for advice on various difficult problems he encountered in martial arts.

Chang Xu had already reached the peak of his Dark Force cultivation. Now, under Chen Wenqi's careful guidance and instruction, his martial arts cultivation is progressing by leaps and bounds, and his progress is astonishing. He has already stepped halfway into the threshold of Transformation Force.

If he continues to cultivate at this pace, it will probably not be long before he can completely break through his own bottleneck and truly become a master of internal energy transformation.

Meanwhile, Chen Wenqi cultivated ginseng seedlings in the secret realm using tissue culture technology. Through his unique split culture technique, he carefully nurtured and cultivated thousands of healthy seedlings of excellent quality.

After deliberately reserving a portion of the tissue culture seedlings as experimental samples for subsequent research and cultivation, Chen Wenqi transplanted the remaining thousands of seedlings into a specially cultivated medicinal field in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, where they were carefully planted and cared for.

In addition to these newly cultivated ginseng seedlings, the various crops that had been planted in the secret realm earlier, as well as the chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, pheasants, wild boars, rabbits and other poultry and livestock that had been released into the area, were all growing very well, exuding vitality and vigor everywhere.

Before long, the thriving crops and livestock in the secret realm will be able to enjoy a large-scale harvest, and the various vegetables planted in the fields will soon reach the ripe stage ready for picking.

By then, Chen Wenqi's family will be able to achieve complete self-sufficiency in food and meat, and even in the face of extremely difficult times like the three years of natural disasters, it will not have any impact on them.

In the past few days, because Jia Dongxu was detained by the police, Jia Zhangshi had nowhere to vent her resentment, so she put all her hatred on the Chen family, and her curses against the Chen family became more and more frequent, and her tone became more and more mean and vicious.

Chen Wenqi was busy managing his own affairs and couldn't be bothered to deal with his unreasonable neighbors who were like beasts.

However, whenever he passed by the Central Court, he could always keenly sense a gaze secretly watching him.

He immediately used his mental power to investigate carefully and found that the owner of that gaze was actually Yi Zhonghai. He couldn't help but secretly guess that this old widower was probably plotting some sinister and vicious scheme behind the scenes.

On the other side, Yan Bugui, ever since he learned that Chen Wenqi had made a lot of money by fishing, had been plotting all sorts of crooked ideas and racking his brains to scheme against Chen Wenqi.

So whenever Yan Bugui saw Chen Wenqi carrying a fishing rod and a bucket going out to fish, he would rush up to him and shamelessly ask to go with him.

Chen Wenqi was thoroughly disgusted by this opportunistic old man and didn't want to pay him any attention. He could only curse the shameless fellow in his heart.

Whenever Yan Bugui heard that Chen Wenqi had made a lot of money selling fish at the steel mill, he felt as if he had lost money for no reason, and his heart felt heavy and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Now he's so preoccupied with figuring out how to get his hands on Chen Wenqi's fishing secrets that he can't even eat or drink.

Therefore, whenever Chen Wenqi passed by the front yard, Yan Bugui's sly eyes would always be fixed on his figure without blinking.

Beasts are beasts after all. Under the constant gnawing and torment of intense jealousy, their hearts have long since become twisted and unrecognizable.

Yi Zhonghai had originally planned to find some thugs to ambush Chen Wenqi in the shadows, put him in a sack, and teach him a lesson.

But then he thought again that this matter had to be done flawlessly, and he had to completely absolve himself of any involvement.

After much deliberation, he decided to wait until Jia Dongxu was released from detention and then instigate Jia Dongxu to find someone to take action.

In this way, even if the matter is exposed and discovered, it will not implicate him at all.

Today is a rare weekend, and my mother, Zhou Shuqin, is on holiday. What's even more exciting is that she just received the good news of her promotion yesterday.

She has now been successfully promoted to deputy director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and has taken on a corresponding responsibility.

Ultimately, this honor is thanks to the precious medical books that Chen Wenqi had given to his mother earlier—after all, Zhou Shuqin already had a solid foundation and profound knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

After receiving the medical books from her son Chen Wenqi, the mother devoted herself to studying them. Many problems that she had struggled with before suddenly became clear.

Just the day before, she had successfully saved the daughter of a Ministry of Health leader at the hospital where she worked, thanks to her superb acupuncture skills.

When the hospital director learned of this, he was full of praise for her and immediately decided to promote her. Coincidentally, the position of deputy director of the acupuncture department was vacant.

As a result, Zhou Shuqin naturally got the opportunity for promotion, and not only could she enjoy the administrative benefits of level 18, but her salary also increased directly to 87.5 yuan.

However, none of the neighbors in the courtyard knew about this joyous occasion, since no one else in the courtyard worked at this hospital.

If those jealous guys in the yard found out, they'd probably incur endless envy and even undisguised resentment.

Just then, Chen Wenqi and his three children arrived at the town's supply and marketing cooperative.

They carefully selected and compared items on the shelves, and finally decided to buy two brand-new bicycles. The mother chose a light and agile women's model, while Chen Wenqi picked a sturdy and durable men's 28-inch bicycle.

The two bicycles together cost a total of 350 yuan, an expense that Chen Wenqi voluntarily paid out of his own pocket.

Afterwards, they went to the nearby police station to have the two bicycles stamped with steel stamps. After completing all the necessary procedures, the family happily headed straight to Donglaishun, intending to have a good hot pot meal.

At first, the mother felt that such spending was a bit extravagant and was really reluctant to part with it, but Chen Wenqi was very determined to treat the whole family to a good meal, so the mother had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The hot pot meal cost a total of twelve yuan, which distressed Chen Wenqi greatly. At the dinner table, he repeatedly scolded Chen Wenqi and told him not to spend money so extravagantly in the future.

After finishing their hot pot meal, the family stopped by a photo studio and took several heartwarming family photos before heading contentedly towards their courtyard house.

A family of four pushed two brand-new, gleaming bicycles, chatting and laughing as they walked into the courtyard gate. This scene instantly caused a great stir in the entire courtyard.

Yan Bugui, who lived in the courtyard, saw this scene and, as usual, tried to come over and take advantage of the situation, saying a few sarcastic and cynical things. However, Chen Wenqi and her three children were too lazy to pay attention to him and went straight to their residence in the backyard.

After returning to their home in the backyard, Chen Wenqi and his mother carefully carried the two bicycles into the house—you have to understand that in those days of scarcity, bicycles were truly rare and expensive items.

Chen Wenqi secretly pondered that, given the character and temperament of the people in the courtyard, once they found out that the Chen family had bought two bicycles, they would probably come up with some shady schemes.

As he expected, Yi Zhonghai, the steward of the courtyard, soon heard the news that the Chen family had bought a bicycle. He was so angry that he stomped his feet in his room, cursing the Chen family in his heart. He cursed the damned Chen family for disturbing the peace of the courtyard again and making a mess of the courtyard.

In his view, the Chen family's blatant flaunting of wealth should not be allowed to continue.

Therefore, Yi Zhonghai made a decisive move and immediately sent someone to call Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to his home, so that the three of them could discuss a strategy to deal with the Chen family.

In Yi Zhonghai's eyes, no family in this courtyard has ever owned a bicycle in all these years. Now, the Chen family has bought two at once. He insists that they take out the bicycles so that all the neighbors in the courtyard can use them together.

After all, we are all neighbors in the same courtyard, and we should help each other and treat each other as equals. This is the style and demeanor that a civilized courtyard should have.

As for Yan Bugui, because Chen Wenqi had repeatedly disrespected him, he had never been able to figure out Chen Wenqi's fishing secrets and had never gained any advantage from him.

He had long harbored a deep hatred for Chen Wenqi, and now that he finally had this opportunity, he could take advantage of Yi Zhonghai's influence to teach Chen Wenqi a lesson and vent his pent-up anger.

As for Liu Haizhong, he simply wanted to take this opportunity to show off and indulge in the feeling of being an official. This brainless fool would be used as a pawn as long as Yi Zhonghai encouraged or flattered him.

Yi Zhonghai deliberately cleared his throat and solemnly proposed, "Let's notify everyone in the hospital tonight and hold a hospital-wide meeting."