Courtyard House: The Entire Clan's Extraordinary Marriage to Triplets, a Celestial Beauty

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuilan's face flushed bright red, the color spreading from her cheeks to her ears. Only then did she realize how inappropriate her actions had been.

She quickly let go of his hand, waved it awkwardly, and explained in a low voice, "Da Biao, don't, don't misunderstand, please don't misunderstand! I didn't mean to, it's just that the old lady told me to talk to you privately about letting Lao Yi and the others go. Things were too urgent, and I didn't think things through."

Li Dabiao raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and then followed the other person into the Yi family's house.

As soon as they entered the house, Zhang Cuilan approached again, her tone pleading: "Well, Da Biao, I know you've been wronged, but ten thousand yuan is too much. We really can't raise it. How about we discuss it? Five thousand yuan? We'll try our best to get it to you as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Li Dabiao was overjoyed. Five thousand yuan was quite a sum, and things had gone even more smoothly than he had expected. Just as he was about to casually agree, he caught a glimpse of Zhang Cuilan staring intently at him, her face full of probing.

His heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "Damn, this woman can actually play mind games now. She's testing my limits!"

He quickly suppressed his joy, adopted a righteous and indignant demeanor, and resolutely refused: "No! It's ten thousand, and it has to be ten thousand, not a penny less! You have to understand, what Yi Zhonghai and his gang did back then was utterly heartbreaking for us farmers. This ten thousand is compensation they owe us, not a penny less!"

Zhang Cuilan was flatly rejected, and a hint of difficulty appeared on her face. She tentatively asked again, "Then, how about six thousand? We can scrape together six thousand yuan. We can't come up with a single penny more. Please be lenient!"

Upon hearing this, Li Dabiao raised an eyebrow, his face remaining expressionless. He turned and walked away, seemingly unmoved by reason, too lazy to utter a single extra word.

"Hey, hey, Da Biao! Da Biao, don't go! Don't go!"

Seeing this, Zhang Cuilan stamped her feet anxiously and quickly grabbed his arm, afraid he would leave. "Let's talk this out. Don't rush off. Let's discuss it some more; we'll surely come up with a solution!"

But Li Dabiao ignored her tugging and insisted on leaving, his face tense and brooking no argument.

Seeing his resolute expression, Zhang Cuilan knew that further probing was futile. Helpless, she gritted her teeth and compromised, saying, "Alright, alright, we agree, okay? Ten thousand yuan, we'll raise it, we'll definitely raise it!"

Upon hearing this, Li Dabiao was instantly filled with excitement. Holy crap, was he about to become a millionaire?!

This almost made him unable to control the smile on his face. He never expected that the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai would actually agree!

That's ten thousand yuan! In this day and age, that's a huge sum of money!

But then he thought about it again and felt something was wrong: Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old woman and her gang were all extremely stingy, especially Yi Zhonghai, who had saved a lot of money but pretended to be poor every day. He not only tried to coerce everyone in the courtyard to support the Jia family, but also secretly withheld He Yushui's child support. He was extremely stingy.

Even if this guy only gave ten yuan a month to help his apprentice, the Jia and He families wouldn't be struggling like this. How could they so readily agree to give ten thousand yuan? There's definitely something fishy going on here!

However, he quickly dismissed these concerns, thinking to himself: "Screw it! What do I care if they scheme? As soon as I get the money, I'll squander it all! I'll buy all sorts of things for the village, get my wife some new clothes, and those 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a specific type of revolving door, watch, and radio)—I have to buy them. Let them scheme then! What a load of crap!"

Thinking of this, Li Dabiao pretended to be reluctant and troubled, stopped, slowly turned around, and frowned, saying, "Fine, fine, seeing that you really had a hard time raising the money, I'll be lenient one more time. But it's a promise, ten thousand yuan, not a penny less! If you try to bargain with me again, I'm going straight home, and don't ever look for me again!"

Seeing that he had relented, Zhang Cuilan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly nodded, "Okay, okay, we definitely won't let you suffer any losses, it's just..."

She paused, a hint of embarrassment on her face, and said softly, "Even with our best efforts, we only managed to scrape together nine thousand yuan, and we couldn't come up with the remaining thousand. In the end, we had no other choice, and Zhu Zi said he would use his two main rooms and one side room to settle the debt, which would amount to the thousand yuan. If he couldn't repay the thousand yuan to you within a year, then the three rooms would be yours, and he would accompany you to the neighborhood office to complete the transfer procedures. He would never go back on his word."

Upon hearing this, Li Dabiao's eyes lit up instantly, and he was overjoyed: Good heavens, such a good thing! He was just worried about not having enough houses to accommodate the villagers when he brought them to the city, and this Sha Zhu had offered it to him on his own initiative, it was like a godsend! Although the three houses together were only worth six or seven hundred yuan, far less than a thousand yuan, he was already very satisfied since he got them for free.

On the surface, he still pretended to be hesitant, frowning and pondering for a long time, muttering to himself, "Using the house to settle the debt? That's not a good idea. The house is ancestral property. What if you change your mind later?"

Zhang Cuilan quickly replied, "Don't worry, we will never go back on our word! You can rest assured, we will definitely not let you suffer any losses!"

After a few more exchanges, Li Dabiao, seeing that the time was right, reluctantly nodded and said, "Alright, seeing how sincere you are, I'll agree! But I have one condition: a year is too long, six months at most. If Shazhu hasn't paid back the money within six months, you have to go to the neighborhood committee to transfer the house to me!"

Zhang Cuilan thought that six months or a year wouldn't be a big problem, since they would be back sooner or later anyway, so she quickly nodded in agreement, a smile finally appearing on her face: "Okay, okay, it's good that you agreed, then we'll do as you say! I'll go raise the money now, and tomorrow, tomorrow you'll come with me to release Lao Yi and the others, okay?"

Li Dabiao suppressed his excitement and deliberately put on a sullen expression: "Alright, but let's make it clear beforehand, I'll go if the money is in place, otherwise don't blame me for having things to do tomorrow!"

After saying this, he walked out without stopping. His steps were light as a feather, and he was overjoyed. This trip would not only get him nine thousand yuan in cash, but also three houses for free—he had struck it rich!

As soon as she entered the house, Bai Fengjiu greeted her with a gentle smile and asked with concern, "You're back? How's work with Erniu and the others?"

Li Dabiao could no longer contain himself. He pulled Bai Fengjiu into his arms, excitedly kissing her on the lips, his voice filled with joy and excitement: "Oh my, wife, you're such a lucky charm for us! We've struck gold! We've struck gold! Wife, guess how much wealth we've earned for the Li family in just this short time?"