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

Yi Zhonghai's death caused no stir in the courtyard; it was less significant than the death of a dog on the street.

At least you can take the dog home and have some dog meat soup.

After taking her son to the crematorium in the eastern suburbs for cremation, Li Cuilan casually threw the urn containing her ashes into the moat.

This saves time and effort on the procedures of burial and offering incense, highlighting a clean and pollution-free environment.

Almost everyone who witnessed this scene felt a chill run down their spine: the most poisonous heart is that of a woman!

The ancients were right!

Li Cuilan's son nodded knowingly: "I've learned something."

...

As the profits of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill continued to plummet, it became increasingly difficult for the factory to pay wages, and more and more workers began to find new ways to make a living.

After seeing that Sha Zhu's restaurant business was booming, Yan Jiecheng and his wife also got the idea.

Even if I can't make as much money as Shazhu Chunfeng Restaurant, I'd be happy to make 7% or 8% of that!

However, although they have some savings over the years, they were exploited too severely by Yan Bugui in previous years, so their savings are not much.

So naturally, they had no choice but to borrow money to open the shop.

The two went through everyone in the courtyard and mentally ranked the richest people:

Sha Zhu, Yan Jiefang, Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong!

Since Sha Zhu opened his restaurant at the end of last year, he has made a fortune. Rumor has it that his family can now earn tens of thousands of yuan a month!

They didn't know if it was tens of thousands, but what they saw in reality told them that the guy definitely made a lot of money.

Sha Zhu's family now has a full range of appliances, including a black and white TV, a single-door refrigerator, and a twin-tub washing machine!

The people in the courtyard were incredibly envious when they saw these appliances, many of which they had never seen before.

Besides all that, Sha Zhu even brought a pager and rode an imported motorcycle!

He became the first person in the courtyard to ride a motorcycle!

I haven't heard of any other family in the entire Yu'er Hutong area buying a motorcycle.

That guy really made it in time!

His wife is really generous, agreeing to buy such a big item for Sha Zhu.

This guy is really awesome now!

There's no doubt that he's the richest man in the Siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) community.

An ordinary person with ten thousand yuan is nothing in front of Sha Zhu.

He felt proud when he went out and mentioned that he lived in the same courtyard as Sha Zhu.

As for the second son, Yan Jiefang, although he has always been quiet, I heard that he also has a considerable number of shares in Sha Zhu's restaurant.

Nobody knows the exact amount, but it's estimated that receiving a monthly dividend of one thousand shouldn't be a problem.

A thousand a month! That's more than Yan Jiecheng's annual salary!

The second brother simply hitched a ride on Sha Zhu's coattails and got on board.

Without Sha Zhu, he would be nothing, having resigned from his job.

As for his father, Yan Bugui, although he didn't know exactly how much money he had, it should be no less than ten thousand!

This is the "ten thousand" in "ten-thousand-yuan household"!

As for Liu Haizhong, his salary has always been quite high. Although Liu Guangqi emptied his pockets once, he must have saved up a lot over the years.

Even if we don't say ten thousand, a conservative estimate is definitely five or six thousand!

Yu Liyan Jiecheng sat in the back room, and when she did the math, she was shocked by what she found.

The fact that all four people in the courtyard were so rich made the other two extremely envious!

Given their connections, the only way to borrow money is through these four people.

Because they also run restaurants, they assumed their restaurant would definitely compete with Sha Zhu's restaurant.

Judging by his own experience, it's highly unlikely that Sha Zhu would lend them money and then create a competitor.

This one can be ruled out immediately.

Although Yan Jiefang was their brother, they didn't acknowledge him at all. Since he moved to Mianhua Hutong, despite living so close, they hadn't visited each other even once during holidays.

This guy is a complete ingrate with absolutely no family affection!

Borrowing money from him is less reliable than begging on the street!

They pretended not to see Yan Jiefang arranging jobs for his third brother, Yan Jiekuang, and fourth brother, Yan Jiedi.

As for Liu Haizhong, he's saving money for his retirement, why should he lend it to you?

After much thought, only his father, Yan Bugui, remained.

Now that the second, third, and fourth children have all moved out or gotten married, only the eldest son's family is left. The two elderly people will have to rely on them in the future!

It wouldn't be right for these two elders not to help them, would it?

The two exchanged a glance and rushed to the west wing of the front yard that very night.

No one knows exactly how Yan Jiecheng and his wife discussed things with Yan Bugui, but a few months later, Yu Li and her husband opened the restaurant.

Its name is Autumn Wind Restaurant.

They hired Fatty, Sha Zhu's apprentice, to be in charge of cooking.

Their restaurant's food wasn't very tasty, so business was naturally slow.

Fortunately, although it's far inferior to Chunfeng Restaurant, its lower prices mean it can still operate normally without much trouble.

The gap between reality and dreams is just too big.

...

For the next year, in addition to going to the Workers' Stadium for training every week, Yan Jiefang spent the rest of his time learning other skills, except for the fixed 5 hours of training time every day.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to increase his cultivation time, but rather that he discovered that as long as the cultivation time exceeded 5 hours, not only would the cultivation efficiency decrease significantly, but it would also damage his meridians.

On the contrary, it will have a negative impact.

After such a long period of practice, the proficiency of the "White Yang True Scripture" has increased from 10/100 to 30/100!

His cultivation level reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, and he finally comprehended a practical skill, "White Sun Flying Sword Technique"!

Similar to many fantasy novels, this is also a spell that allows one to control a flying sword for combat or flight.

It not only records the method for forging the White Sun Flying Sword, but also the five levels of mastering the flying sword, which are:

Basic Envoy

It allows the flying sword to detach from the body and fly a short distance, enabling basic close-quarters combat and defense. It also allows one to control the flying sword to fly in the sky, representing the most basic skill level.

Sword light for a hundred miles

The ability to precisely decapitate an enemy from a hundred miles away, enabling long-range sword combat, is a hallmark of advanced control. (Achieving this requires a spiritual sense spanning a hundred miles; if one's spiritual sense is weak, this sword technique can still be used at close range.)

Sword light differentiation

It can split a single flying sword into countless sword lights, covering a wide range of targets to achieve a group attack effect, which is a skill of high-level sword cultivators.

Body and sword as one

The cultivator's physical body and flying sword are completely integrated, achieving a perfect balance of offense and defense. Both speed and lethality reach top-tier levels, a realm that only a few top sword immortals can master.

Yuan Shen Zhi Jian

Entrusting one's primordial spirit to a flying sword, one can continue to exist even if the physical body is destroyed, which is one of the highest levels of flying sword control.

Each level also has various different application levels, which Yan Jiefang needs to learn and experience gradually after liberation.

For example, an advanced application of sword light differentiation, such as sword energy transforming into threads.

This ability can further compress the condensed sword energy from sword light into fine threads that are almost invisible to the naked eye, making the attack extremely stealthy. It can silently penetrate the defenses of ordinary magical artifacts and unexpectedly injure the opponent.