Courtyard House: In this life, I have a new home!

"No, no, how could I possibly steal meat from you, sir? Only uncultured and rude people would do such a thing."

Yan Bugui's words were loaded with meaning, his eyes glancing towards the long hair.

The man with long hair chuckled, looking completely unconcerned.

"Grandson, I didn't take your words to heart at all."

He picked up his glass and took another sip.

"Decades ago, you wouldn't even have been entitled to sit at the same table with your grandfather."

He slammed the cup on the table and poked his forehead with his finger.

"See that? Grandpa has a Heavenly Mark here. Back in the day, I was a proper Yellow Belt Prince!"

"What the hell did you say? A prince? Trying to rebel?"

Yan Bugui raised his voice, his face trembling with anger, "I'll go get the people from the neighborhood committee right now, and we'll settle this face to face!"

The man with long hair was completely stunned. He never expected that Yan Bugui wouldn't buy into this at all. As soon as he heard that the street officials would be involved, his arrogance immediately vanished.

"Dude, that's not fair. I was just bragging, and I misspoke, is that a problem?"

With her long hair flowing down her shoulders, she hurriedly put on a smiling face.

"Alright, alright, Lao Yan, calm down. His third uncle is drunk and talking nonsense."

Yi Zhonghai quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

Just then, a strong, overpowering aroma of seafood wafted over, instantly masking the smell of the food and drinks that had been lingering on the table in the courtyard.

Banggeng was sneaking a bite next to Shazhu, but Shazhu acted as if he didn't see it. He was secretly praising Shazhu: "Good lad, you're something else! You knew you'd get something good coming from me."

The bowl was so hot, yet this kid could grab the chicken and stuff it into his mouth in one go. Hey, he's got some guts!

Banggeng has a very sharp nose; as soon as he smelled the fresh aroma, he darted to the backyard like a mouse. He knew without a doubt that the smell was coming from Li Weidong's house.

When he slipped into the backyard, he peeked through the window and saw five people sitting around the eight-immortal table in Li Weidong's living room: Li Weidong, Lin Yurou, He Yushui, Yu Li, and Yu Haitang.

At the small table next to them, Xiaoxi, Xiaodang, and Huaihua were huddled together, stuffing mussels and crab legs into their mouths.

Banggeng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He didn't recognize what mussels were, but judging from their appearance, they must smell delicious. He swallowed hard, glaring fiercely at Xiaodang and Huaihua, thinking that if those two girls dared to look up at him, he would beckon them out so he could at least sneak a taste.

Little did he know that Xiao Dang and Huaihua had their heads almost buried in their bowls and didn't even glance in his direction.

Just then, Qin Huairu caught up with them.

She knew her son too well; he had an insatiable appetite, so she was careful not to offend Li Weidong here.

"Bang Geng, come back with me!"

Qin Huairu grabbed her son's arm. "You can't eat these things. Go home and drink rice porridge."

As soon as Xiao Dang saw his mother arrive, he quickly pulled Huaihua outside and followed Qin Huairu back home.

As Huaihua walked, she swallowed the mussel meat in her mouth.

Banggeng's eyes were practically spitting fire as he reached out and forcefully pried the clam meat out of Huaihua's mouth, quickly stuffing it into his own.

locust flowers "Wow"

It let out a loud howl.

"How could you steal food from your sister's mouth?"

Qin Huairu was at her wits' end, sighing inwardly: "With such a glutton, what future can she possibly have when she grows up? She'll probably just be another Jia Zhangshi."

Xiao Dang quickly pulled Huaihua aside and whispered, "Don't cry, or Grandma will beat you when we get home!"

Upon hearing this, Huaihua immediately stopped crying, only sobbing intermittently.

Just then, Sha Zhu rushed over, shouting, "Sister Qin, all the dishes are served! Why did you run off? If you don't go back soon, there won't be anything left on the table!"

"Hehe, I left you two big lunchboxes, full of hearty dishes, mostly meat!"

Qin Huairu said softly, "Thanks, silly Zhu. I really don't know what I would have done without you."

"Hey, didn't that old man say he'd found you a date? Where is she?"

Her voice was so sweet and cloying, it sounded like it had been coated with honey.

People today would immediately recognize that he was deliberately being coquettish, but Sha Zhu just falls for it.

"Come on, that's Pigsy's second aunt!"

Sha Zhu looked disgusted. "She's really ugly, like the woman sitting next to that old lady."

"And they claim to be a relative of some old lady? Pshaw, do they think I'm stupid!"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Silly Zhu, I have a cousin who's only seventeen this year, and she's much prettier than me. Shall I bring her over for you to see sometime?"

Sha Zhu's eyes lit up immediately: "Really? Sister Qin, you're so good to me!"

He had always wanted to find a wife like Qin Huairu, and now he finally had hope.

Qin Huairu casually said, "Then let's do it next Sunday."

"No!"

Sha Zhu panicked, "Why don't you just take tomorrow off to pick them up?"

"Taking time off will result in a pay cut, and I'll have to pay for the round-trip travel expenses too..."

Qin Huairu hesitated deliberately for a moment, "You know my family depends entirely on me..."

Without saying a word, Sha Zhu pulled out a large black ten: "Take this ten yuan, Sister Qin."

Just shove it into her hand.

Qin Huairu was secretly amused, thinking that this silly boy was too easy to fool. At this moment, two men in their forties walked over, each over 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and thick waists like two bears, their faces as red as monkey bottoms.

The two walked directly towards Li Weidong's door.

"Hey, this is going to be interesting!"

Sha Zhu immediately perked up, "Those two are the Jin brothers from Sheepskin Alley, they're skilled fighters!"

"He seems to practice Bajiquan, and he's of the same generation as my master."

Qin Huairu stopped in her tracks: "Then they're Manchus? With that old lady..."

"She's a relative of an older woman."

Sha Zhu whispered, "I'd like to learn a few moves from them. I just don't know if I can beat Li Weidong."

"Do you think those two might actually fight? Maybe I should add fuel to the fire..."

Sha Zhu thought for a moment and then shook his head, "No, that would mean I'd get myself killed."

He wasn't stupid anymore.

Inside, Lin Yurou didn't touch the crabs, because Li Weidong had only brought back four. There were five people sitting at the table. He Yushui broke off the crab legs and gave them to Xiaoxi and the other two younger ones.

Li Weidong was holding a legless crab, about to crack open its shell. The two sisters, Yu Li and Yu Haitang, were intently gnawing on the crab's legs.

"This is a sea crab; you'll need the crab-eating tools."

Suddenly someone spoke up, "Otherwise, such a big crab would be wasted."

"Oh, there are mussels and sea snails too."

Li Weidong looked up and saw that the speaker was bald with a vertical line on his forehead.

"Bro, forget it, these guys don't know anything about crab-eight-piece sets!"

The guy with the prominent ears next to him chimed in, "Kid, I'll teach you how to eat crabs."

"Who are you guys? Do I need you to tell me how to eat crab?"

Li Weidong stood up and walked to the door, looking down at the two people below the steps.

There were three steps, each about half a meter high, and with his height of 1.85 meters, his gaze seemed to press down on him.

"Oh ho, you're pretty arrogant!"

The bald man grinned. "We're from Sheepskin Alley. My name is Jin Da, and this is Jin Er."

"Never heard of it."

Li Weidong spoke in a flat tone.

Hey, I heard you're pretty awesome.

Jin Da said, "You practice Bajiquan? How about we spar a bit?"

"You've got some skills getting seafood, kid."

Kim Er chimed in, "If you lose, you have to get me ten pounds of crabs."

Li Weidong understood immediately; it must have been He Daqing who stirred things up. Without his instigation, these two wouldn't have come knocking on their door.

He turned and glanced at He Daqing, his gaze calm yet carrying a chill. He Daqing shuddered and turned to leave.

"Damn it, you two are the idiots for calling me an idiot, you've sold me out."

He Daqing gritted his teeth until they itched.

"You want to fight me?"

Li Weidong sneered.

"Yeah, let's have a friendly spar..."

A ruthless glint appeared in Kim Dae's eyes.

He figured that this kid was disrespecting his brother, and he would make sure to keep him in bed for half a month later.

In their view, since they said they would teach him to eat, the kid should have chased away those girls, invited the two of them to sit down, and served them some good wine.

Only those who have lived in wealth for three generations know how to dress and eat properly; teaching him is an honor for them. This kid doesn't know what's good for him, which means he looks down on his brothers.

"You want to hit me? You want to steal my things?"

Li Weidong asked with a cold smile.

"Hehe, come on, let me teach you what Bajiquan is. You definitely don't know how to do it properly."

"Don't think you're so great just because you beat Meng Da-Bai. He's just a wrestler."

It seems He Daqing didn't tell these two the truth.

Jin Dawei squatted down, lowered his waist, and assumed a starting stance.

A crowd quickly gathered to watch the spectacle; almost all the residents of the central courtyard had come. Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and Liu Haizhong were all present.

"He Daqing, you're definitely causing trouble again!"

Yi Zhonghai stomped his feet in anger, "When are you going to behave yourself?"

Jin Da yelled at the top of his lungs, "Hey, what are you standing there for? I'll at most beat you so badly you'll be bedridden for half a month!"

Li Weidong reached for his waist, drew his weapon, cocked it deftly, and pointed the muzzle at Jin Da: "Heh, you want to shoot me? Even if I kill you, no one can say a word against it."

"You two were bribed by spies, weren't you? Trying to kill me? Last time some scum shot me in the back, and I took him out. Now they're coming after me again?"

Kim Dae-jin and Kim I turned pale with fright and quickly raised their hands, pleading, "Big brother, big brother, don't be impulsive! We didn't know you were an official!"

"It was all that bastard Sha Zhu who instigated it, don't you dare believe him!"

Li Weidong sneered: "So what if your martial arts are superior? A spear is fast from seven paces away, but even faster and more accurate within seven paces!"

Sha Zhu stamped his feet in frustration: "Don't talk nonsense! I didn't instigate anything! You were just asking which company it was because you were curious, so I just mentioned it casually!"

"Get the hell out of here!"

Li Weidong unloaded the bullet, put away the gun, and tucked it back into its case.

"Brother, I'm so sorry, so very sorry!"

Kim Dae and Kim I wiped away a bead of cold sweat. Kim Dae pulled a fan from his waist and with a "whoosh,"...

He opened the fan twice.

"Stop! You want to eat crabs? Okay, let's have a little competition."

Li Weidong's eyes lit up as he stared at the fan. "If you win, come and get ten catties of swimming crabs tomorrow night. If you lose, the fan in your hand is mine."

"Brother, this isn't fair. My fan is an antique, worth a lot of money..."

Jin Dazhi shook his head, "Your crabs aren't worth that price."

"Then what else do you want?"

Li Weidong asked.

"We won, you give us ten pounds of crabs."

Kim Jong-il said, "We lost. You can keep the fan, but you still have to give me the crab, plus this bicycle."