I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

Xu Fugui gritted his teeth and could only get up and leave with a sense of helplessness.

Today's events were actually planned by the couple long ago; they came to Yan Jiefang's door while he was feeling smug.

Pretend to be pitiful, put on an act.

People are prone to losing their rationality and usual caution in such situations, and doing things they wouldn't normally do.

As long as Yan Jiefang agrees, he will immediately bring his daughter over to handle the matter.

Then they used this incident as a threat to force Yan Jiefang to obediently comply, either by becoming the Xu family's live-in son-in-law or by compensating him with a house and money!

Unexpectedly, they didn't fall for it at all and refused outright.

This rendered all their carefully prepared plans futile.

Yan Jiefang never expected that there would be similar methods of confiscating property in this era as in later generations, but his caution helped him withstand this scheme.

If he knew what Xu Fugui was thinking, that old guy would definitely not live past tonight.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to read minds.

Otherwise, Liu Guangtian would have to take on another task within the institute.

...

After the National Games, Yan Jiefang's life seemed to return to normal.

Now, he usually goes back to his home in Mianhua Hutong to stay overnight every weekend when he has time off, and then returns to Factory 774 on Sunday evening.

After all, it's more comfortable at home than in a tenement building, and taking a shower is also more convenient.

To make bathing and cooking more convenient in the future, he spent more than 200 yuan to buy the half-collapsed side room next to the main room and rebuilt it.

So he ended up with an extra kitchen and a separate bathroom.

As for converting it into a bathroom?

All I can say is, just think about it; don't go and humiliate yourself.

Even the leaders of the neighborhood committee use the public restrooms!

So you think you have a big head?

Of course, if you have enough cheat codes, you can do whatever you want.

That morning, while Yan Jiefang was at home pondering what song to write, Yan Bugui suddenly came over.

"Second brother, do you want a wife? Just say the word and I'll bring her to you! Of course, there's a referral fee..."

Yan Bugui rubbed his fingers together, looking at Yan Jiefang.

He was genuinely surprised to hear this line, which became very popular in later generations.

Could she be Li Xiuzhi, the last gentle soul of Sichuan and Chongqing?

Yan Jiefang shook his head: Impossible!

"Oh? Who is it?"

Seeing that his second son seemed interested, Yan Bugui immediately went into the living room, sat down next to the octagonal table, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of chrysanthemum tea, and took a sip.

It instantly leaves a pleasant fragrance in your mouth, making you want to savor it forever.

Wow, second brother, this tea is absolutely top-notch!

I'll have to figure out how to smuggle some home later to enjoy slowly!

However, he didn't forget the important matter at hand and quickly replied:

"She is a female teacher at our school, named Ran Qiuye. Doesn't that name sound special?"

Her family is a family of old intellectuals, a true scholarly family, and she is a lady from a distinguished family.

If you can marry her, you should be secretly thrilled!

In the TV series, when Sha Zhu fell for Ran Qiuye, Yan Bugui not only tried to stop him in every way, but also accepted his gifts without doing anything in return.

That's not authentic at all.

After all, he looked down on Sha Zhu and thought Sha Zhu was not good enough for Ran Qiuye.

But now standing before him was his own most outstanding and promising second son.

Although they had already separated into different households, he felt that introducing Ran Qiuye to his second son would be a good idea, and he was very confident in doing so.

After all, Ran Qiuye is beautiful, has a respectable teaching job, and comes from a well-off family. The probability that the second son would agree to her is definitely very high.

Yan Jiefang was also somewhat surprised to hear the name "Ran Qiuye".

He never expected it to be Ran Qiuye.

But then I thought about it again, and now 65 years have almost passed in just a few months, so it's really normal to have Teacher Ran around.

In a TV drama, at this point, events like Bang Geng stealing chickens, Teacher Ran urging for tuition payment, Qin Jingru going on a blind date, and Xu Damao losing his underwear would occur.

But now Yi Zhonghai has become a "black five category", Sha Zhu has both a son and a daughter, Xu Damao has turned to ashes, and Lou Xiao'e is missing. The courtyard house has long been unrecognizable.

Unbeknownst to him, more than four years had passed since he transmigrated.

Should I see Ran Qiuye?

Forget it, let's not cause trouble for them.

After all, there's still Liu Ruyan in Jiangcheng keeping in touch.

Yan Jiefang is not a fickle person yet.

We'll see what happens if Liu Ruyan changes her mind or if something else goes wrong.

Anyway, he's only just turned 20 this year, so there's no rush.

Moreover, a strong wind is about to blow, and Liu Ruyan will definitely not be able to finish high school.

She'll be 18 by then, so just have her bring her documents and a letter of introduction to Beijing to get married.

This girl is really beautiful, and from our correspondence, I can tell she doesn't have any major personality flaws.

Yan Jiefang was quite satisfied with her.

As for whether any ridiculous or outrageous things will happen in the future?

Just ask yourself, aren't you afraid of dying from a brain hemorrhage?

If she's unwilling, she can still look at Ran Qiuye.

And even if Ran Qiuye doesn't succeed, isn't there still Qin Huairu's cousin Qin Jingru to fall back on?

Besides, the capital is so big, with his qualifications, how could he not find a wife?

As for enjoying the bliss of having two wives, Yan Jiefang, who has been living here for four years, has long since given up on that idea.

Didn't you see that even a division-level or deputy director-level cadre like Li Huaide only dates widows or easily controlled female employees?

Do you think he really only likes widows?

Are you kidding me? Does such a large steel rolling mill not have any young and beautiful girls? Is it that the factory's beauty queen, Yu Haitang, isn't young and pretty?

People who think like that are too naive!

Yan Jiefang was well aware of his own position; he was currently just a lowly level 15 technician.

They're nothing in society!

Having figured this out, he glanced at Yan Bugui, who was looking around nervously, and directly picked up his teacup to shoo him away:

"I'm still young, let's put this matter aside for now, you should go back first."

"what?"

Yan Bugui never expected that something he thought was a sure thing would backfire. This was the best girl he could get his hands on!

He wanted to struggle a little longer:

"Liberation, are you really not going to reconsider?"

Yan Jiefang looked at the teacup in his hand:

"Let's talk about it in a year or two."

Yan Bugui also understood the story behind serving tea to guests.

"Jiefang, your chrysanthemum tea is really good, could you give me some...?"

"cannot!"

"Alright, I'll be going now."

Yan Bugui reluctantly got up and left; he dared not offend the second brother.

Even if he just stays in the current state, it's still a win for him.

Yan Bugui was lost in thought when he slowly walked to the entrance of No. 95 Courtyard and ran into Yi Zhonghai, who was just walking out of the courtyard.

The two simply nodded to each other, which was their greeting.

As darkness fell, Yi Zhonghai, leaning on his cane, slowly walked away along the alley.

Yan Bugui watched his retreating figure, pondering: What could Yi Zhonghai, a cripple, be doing so late at night?