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

Under the dim light, the scene inside the gatehouse was clearly visible.

The room is very small, only about 10 square meters, and because it is a reverse-facing room, the ceiling is also very low.

Although the room was small, it strangely felt somewhat empty.

There wasn't a single decent piece of furniture inside, except for a wooden box and a bed made of two stools and two or three planks.

There wasn't even a stove for cooking or basic kitchen utensils like pots and pans!

No wonder it's just as cold inside as it is outside!

Moreover, cigarette butts and ashes were scattered haphazardly on the ground in many places.

This doesn't look like a normal family living in at all.

Looking at this scene, Liu Yuyan's heart sank. This was not what a family with a monthly salary of thirty-five yuan and fifty cents should look like!

Even if you help that widow, you can't help her to the point of emptying your own house, can you?

This isn't charity, this is robbery!

The way she looked at her husband, Shazhu, seemed quite calm.

But both Shazhu and Yushui, who were standing to the side, could feel the deep, unyielding disappointment in her eyes.

Sha Zhu looked embarrassed, a forced smile on his face, and his eyes kept darting away, not daring to look at his new wife.

The deep affection I felt for Qin Huairu just now has long since vanished.

He Yushui was extremely embarrassed by the scene.

I could only hold my sister-in-law's hand tightly, afraid that she would turn around and leave.

She went to great lengths to find such a wonderful wife for her brother.

If this sister-in-law leaves, my brother may never have the chance to marry such a beautiful and virtuous wife again!

She quickly tried to explain for her brother:

"Sister-in-law, my brother hasn't been living in this room for very long, so please bear with him."

As for furniture, you can gradually add it yourself after my brother gets his salary.

As long as the two people support each other, their lives will definitely get better and better.

Just as He Yushui was saying nice things.

Qin Huairu returned to the Jia family.

Seeing her daughter-in-law return empty-handed, Jia Zhangshi immediately burst into a tirade of curses:

"Qin Huairu, can't you see my eldest grandson is hungry? How is he going to eat if you don't bring back any food?"

Seeing this, Banggeng immediately threw the half-eaten cornbread he was holding on the ground:

"Grandma, I can't eat. Please find a way to get Shazhu's lunchbox back."

The soft cornbread rolled around on the ground a few times, and ended up next to the one that had been there before.

Ignoring their fury, Qin Huai sat down and said softly:

"Shazhu brought a woman back; she should be inside the gatehouse by now."

Madam Jia was slightly taken aback. Her shrewishness was just an act; she was actually quite clear-headed.

Otherwise, the Jia family wouldn't have been able to have the last laugh in the TV series.

She herself was the longest-lived person in the courtyard.

He lived until after the Beijing Olympics!

Based on her birth year of 1908, she lived to be over 100 years old!

Madam Jia sat down gently, ignoring her eldest grandson's fuss, and softly asked her daughter-in-law:

Have you seen that girl before?

Qin Huairu shook his head.

Madam Jia frowned deeply:

"Looks like he's not from around here. I've never heard of Sha Zhu's nickname or reputation, otherwise I wouldn't have taken a liking to him."

She glanced at the night outside, then turned to Qin Huairu and instructed her:

"You stay home with the child while I go to the police station."

It's so late and they're still not home. They'll probably stay here tonight.

I'm going to the police station to report them for having illicit sexual relationships!

Reporting this kind of case isn't illegal, so regardless of their circumstances, we'll just stir things up for them.

"If they live together without a marriage certificate and get caught by the police, they'll suffer the consequences!"

"Mom, isn't this a bad idea? Sha Zhu has helped our family a lot before. It won't do us a good job of stabbing him in the back like this. It won't do us any good for our reputation."

Qin Huairu looked so pitiful that I felt sorry for her.

Stop pretending to be pitiful, who are you trying to fool?

"These are all things I've already mastered. Trying to put on airs in front of me is like a clown performing on stage—it's laughable!"

But Jia Zhangshi saw right through it.

Back in the day, Zhang Xiaohua was a famous beauty in the surrounding villages, but time waits for no one and has worn away her sharp edges.

That's why she's so plump now!

While speaking, Jia Zhangshi kept looking outside until she saw He Yushui return to the middle courtyard alone and enter the side room.

She immediately jumped up, opened the door halfway, and gestured to Qin Huairu, telling her to quickly put the two children to bed.

Then he dashed out the door.

Inside the gatehouse, Sha Zhu rubbed his hands together, his eyes fixed on Liu Yuyan, thinking about how to hold his wife while sleeping, but he didn't dare to make a move.

Looking at her new husband, Liu Yuyan felt somewhat unhappy, but there was nothing she could do to back out.

In this day and age, people believe in the saying "marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog."

Now that you're married, you should fulfill your responsibilities as a wife.

However, the environment inside the room was so bad that she directly instructed Sha Zhu:

"Yuzhu, go and borrow a broom from your sister and clean this place up."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!"

Sha Zhu was at a loss for what to do next, but with his wife's instructions, he immediately agreed.

The other residents in the courtyard didn't like him much, so he could only go to the middle courtyard to find his sister.

Fortunately, it was nearby, so I quickly retrieved the tools and began cleaning the house diligently under my wife's supervision.

This was the first time he had cleaned the room since moving to the gatehouse.

Fortunately, the room was small, and it was cleaned up in no time.

"You've had a busy day, go to sleep now."

Liu Yuyan said something to Sha Zhu, and then began to undress and get into bed.

Sha Zhu stared at the scene, his eyes practically glued to his wife.

He stood motionless until Liu Yuyan lay down on the bed before he came to his senses.

He quickly took off his clothes, got into bed, and squeezed in.

However, the two had just settled into bed and hadn't even begun their next move when a loud "bang bang bang" sounded from the door of the gatehouse.

Before they could even get up, the simple wooden door simply fell apart...

Without hesitation, three or four comrades immediately burst in.

Several flashlights shone on the two people on the bed.

"Check! Everyone stay where you are and don't move!"

A loud shout followed.

The couple, Sha Zhu and his wife, were so frightened that they huddled on the bed, almost too scared to move.

A sharp female voice rang out from behind:

"It's them! Silly Zhu's having an affair with some wild woman! Arrest them!"

Sha Zhu immediately recognized Jia Zhangshi's voice.

Meanwhile, many residents in the front yard were awakened by the commotion, and many of them quickly got up and gathered around to see what was going on.

This is human nature, and it has never changed from ancient times to the present.

Yan Bugui and his wife, along with Yan Jiecheng, also stood in the crowd, watching the play with great interest.