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In the backyard, the earthquake shelter has already been set up.

The conflict between the Xu and Liu families remained unresolved, so they stopped speaking to each other.

So the two families sat on either side of the Xiaoshan family under the earthquake shelter.

Xu Damao said to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, do you know? A new deputy director has come to the steel rolling mill!"

Xiao Shan was actually aware of this matter.

Because Li Huaide had already called him to complain, this deputy factory director was specifically there to oppose him!

However, when facing Xu Damao, Xiao Shan pretended to be unaware: "Oh? Is that so?"

"Yes!" Seeing Xiao Shan's unaware look, Xu Damao said with great interest, "Moreover, although this deputy factory director is the second-in-command, he dares to directly oppose Director Li. This change in the situation is truly unexpected!"

Seeing Xu Damao's sigh, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "That's normal. Director Li has been the head of the steel rolling mill for over ten years; it's time for him to move up. Before, Director Li was in the limelight and could rise rapidly, but now that the limelight is gone, he naturally has to make way for someone else who was standing in the limelight!"

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Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong were both stunned!

Liu Haizhong cautiously looked at Xiao Shan and asked, "Xiao Shan, according to you, Factory Director Li also has to come down?"

"It's not a serious matter. After all, Director Li still has powerful backers. At most, he'll just be moved to a different place!" Xiao Shan said with a smile.

The two were skeptical of Xiao Shan's words.

Just as the three were chatting, He Yuzhu brought Yan Bugui over: "Xiaoshan, the earthquake shelter built by Uncle San's family was demolished by that unfilial wretch Jie Cheng. Let Uncle San stay here with you for a while."

"No problem!" Xiao Shan said with a smile. "Brother Zhu, I'll have to trouble you to cook some big pot dishes for everyone these next few days."

"Haha, no problem, this is my specialty!" He Yuzhu laughed heartily. "Everyone who has materials, hurry up and bring them to the Intermediate Court. I'm going back first; the Intermediate Court still needs to set up a stove."

Watching He Yuzhu leave, Xiao Shan turned to Yan Bugui and asked, "Third Uncle, do you regret it?"

"Oh, don't even mention it!" Yan Bugui waved his hand, clearly unwilling to say anything more about the matter.

Seeing Yan Bugui's attitude, Xiao Shan naturally didn't bother to say anything more.

After chatting with Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong for a few more minutes, Xiao Shan got up and went home. He took a cleaned chicken from the kitchen and went to the middle courtyard.

At this moment, He Yuzhu had already set up the stove and was busy preparing breakfast.

Jia Zhangshi sat in the earthquake shelter with her grandchildren.

Banggeng sat next to Jia Zhangshi, lost in thought.

Zhou Xiuying, Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai and others followed He Yuzhu and worked hard to help him.

Xiao Shan walked to the stove and said to He Yuzhu with a smile, "Brother Zhu, I took a chicken and stewed it with the other dishes in the big pot, so that everyone can have some oil and flavor."

"Wow, Xiao Shan, you're really generous!" He Yuzhu said with a smile as he looked at the chicken that Xiao Shan had prepared. "With your chicken, the taste immediately has to be elevated to a whole new level."

Hearing their conversation, Madam Jia couldn't help but purse her lips.

If you're so capable, why don't you just pay for the repairs to your neighbors' houses instead of bringing a chicken over and pretending to be a good person?

Of course, Jia Zhangshi only grumbled inwardly and didn't dare to say such things out loud.

After chatting with He Yuzhu for a couple of minutes, Xiao Shan went back to the backyard.

After breakfast, it started to rain.

Fortunately, everyone had set up earthquake shelters, otherwise they would have been standing in the yard getting soaked in the rain.

Because it was a workday, while everyone was huddled in the earthquake shelter to avoid the rain, they were also discussing whether or not to go to work.

After much discussion, everyone finally decided to send two people to the factory to take a look.

Soon, the person sent to the factory returned and told everyone.

They said the factory is closed today, no work!

After receiving confirmation, everyone felt relieved and huddled together in the earthquake shelter to chat.

Meanwhile, Tan Chengjia, who was hiding in a safe place with her family, couldn't help but feel relieved that she had believed the contents of the letter were true, otherwise she would have had nowhere to regret it.

Not only Tan Chengjia, but also the top leadership of China were relieved that they had taken timely action and carried out emergency relocation of people in the epicenter area.

Although the property losses are still enormous, at least the safety of people's lives has been guaranteed to the greatest extent possible.

While relieved, the higher-ups also ordered the Ninth Bureau to find this mysterious person and protect him from harassment by spies from other countries!

Even if we can't control such an extraordinary person who can predict the future, we should still cultivate a good relationship with him!

And other countries must not be allowed to know any information about him!

Inside the courtyard, everyone learned from the radio that Beijing was not the epicenter of the earthquake, which sparked much discussion.

"If our city of Beijing, which isn't even the epicenter of an earthquake, is this terrifying, then who knows what the epicenter must be like!"

"Yes, even our city of Beijing was shaken so badly. I bet a lot of houses collapsed at the epicenter!"

"It's terrifying to even think about!"

……

Seeing the crowd discussing amongst themselves, Xiao Shan slowly said, "I didn't expect the damage from this earthquake to be so great. The country is providing disaster relief, and we ordinary people should also do our part. I was thinking, why don't we go to the neighborhood committee and donate some money to the disaster-stricken areas?"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up. This was a great opportunity to stand out. He quickly chimed in, "I agree with Xiaoshan's idea. Let's go together then."

"How about we launch a fundraising campaign in the courtyard?" Liu Haizhong suggested.

Xiao Shan shook his head, indicating his refusal: "That's a bit like moral blackmail! Some people don't want to donate, but they can't resist people clamoring for it, and in the end, they're the ones who suffer. If you want to donate, go to the neighborhood committee yourself; if you don't want to donate, just stay home quietly. Nobody will know whether you donated or not."

“Xiao Shan is right. This shouldn’t be done by assigning donations. If you want to donate, go to the neighborhood committee. If you don’t want to donate, then don’t donate.” Xu Damao also thought Xiao Shan’s words made sense.

After all, not every family has the extra money to donate.

Donations are best left to the individual; they should be made voluntarily.

Around 10 a.m., people from the neighborhood committee came to the courtyard to assess the damage.

The main purpose is to check for any casualties and whose houses were damaged.

Because Xiao Shan's house was newly renovated and was secretly protected by Xiao Shan's magic, it did not suffer any damage.

As for the houses of the other people in the courtyard, there are basically no major problems.

Seeing everyone talking to the people from the subdistrict office, Xiao Shan decided to go to the subdistrict office to donate money.

"Honey, I'm going to the neighborhood office. You stay home and keep an eye on the kids!" Xiao Shan instructed Ding Qiunan.

Ding Qiunan nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

The Ding Dade couple and the Mao Dexing couple also said they would help look after the children.

Just as Xiao Shan was about to leave, Xu Damao called out to him, "Xiao Shan, wait for me, buddy! Haitang, Xiao Shan and I are going out to take a look. You stay and watch over Haoduofu."

Yu Haitang nodded and started chatting with Ding Qiunan about everyday things.

When the two arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, they found that He Yuzhu had already started preparing the large pot of food for lunch.

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Brother Zhu, you're busy preparing lunch so early!"

"Hmm, so many people are waiting to eat!" He Yuzhu said to Xiao Shan while working, "Are you guys planning to go out?"

Xiao Shan nodded and said, "Go out and check the situation outside, and while you're at it, go to the neighborhood office to see if there's anything we can do to help!"

"Oh, I see! Then you all go ahead and get busy!" He Yuzhu waved his hand and continued with his work.

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Xiao Shan and Xu Damao left the courtyard and saw that quite a few people were already out strolling on the street.

The two chatted as they headed toward the neighborhood office.

Upon arriving at the subdistrict office, the two happened to run into Director Wang, who was preparing to go out to visit residents.

Seeing the two people who greeted him, Director Wang couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Xiaoshan, Damao, what brings you here?"

"I heard there were disasters elsewhere, so I wanted to do my part!" Xiao Shan sighed and said to Director Wang, "I plan to donate 1,000 yuan. Could you please submit it for me, Director Wang?"

As he spoke, Xiao Shan took out a stack of ten-yuan bills from his pocket and handed them to Director Wang.

"Xiaoshan, I will report this matter truthfully and make sure the affected people feel your kindness." Director Wang said, somewhat moved, as he accepted Xiaoshan's donation.

Xu Damao originally only intended to donate twenty or thirty yuan as a token gesture, but when he saw that Xiaoshan donated a thousand yuan, he gritted his teeth and donated fifty yuan directly.

After pocketing the money, Xiao Shan and Xu Damao left the street office.

A week later, order was gradually restored in Beijing, and Xiao Shan obtained a travel permit to Hong Kong from Tan Chengjia.

When Xiao Shan returned to the courtyard, he encountered several people who were not from their courtyard.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan, the middle-aged man at the head of the group smiled and said, "Deputy Factory Director Xiao, I didn't expect you to live in this compound."

Xiao Shan looked up and realized it was Old Wang, the guy who repaired houses on the street!

Old Wang had participated in the renovation of the purchasing department's office building before, so the two of them were acquainted.

Xiao Shan asked curiously, "Old Wang, what brings you here? Did someone in our compound have a broken house? I haven't heard anything about it!"

"It wasn't Master Liu Haizhong who asked us to come and build two small houses in front of his house, saying they were earthquake shelters," Old Wang explained with a smile.

Xiao Shan immediately understood.

In the original drama, due to the earthquake, the people in the courtyard built many small houses.

They claim it's for earthquake prevention, but it's actually just using earthquake prevention as an excuse to illegally build and increase living space.

Liu Haizhong's three sons are all married now and none of them live at home.

The eldest son has always lived in Shicheng and rarely comes back; it seems he has settled down.

After Liu Guangtian and Luo Yiyuan got married, they lived in Luo Yiyuan's house.

Although they sometimes bring their children back to visit their parents, they almost never stay overnight.

Liu Guangfu got married shortly after returning from his rural assignment and now lives in a rented apartment.

It's estimated that Liu Haizhong is getting older and feeling lonely, so he wants his sons to come back and live with him.

However, he was too embarrassed to say it directly, so he built two houses, hoping that his two sons would come back to live there in order to save on housing costs.

Of the young people in the courtyard now, only Banggeng still lives with his mother and grandmother.

Xiaoshan has no right to interfere in this matter, nor does it intend to.

So Xiao Shan led Lao Wang and the others to Liu Haizhong's house.

Watching Lao Wang and the others start working, Xiao Shan said to Liu Haizhong, "Second Uncle, are you planning to build two houses at the entrance?"

"Yes!" Liu Haizhong nodded. "Xiaoshan, as you know, the last earthquake scared me half to death, so I was planning to build two earthquake shelters just in case."

Xiao Shan nodded: "We should take precautions! Guangtian and Guangfu both live outside. If we have two more rooms, they can move back home. It'll be more lively with more people."

“I reckon the Jia family and Uncle San’s family will also have to build, and I’m planning to build a few rooms too. Uncle Er, once you’re done building, tell Old Wang and the others not to leave yet, we need to measure the dimensions of our front door as well.”

Since we can't stop it, we'll build it anyway.

It's not that Xiaoshan doesn't have the money to buy a house, but he's worried that if he doesn't build one and leaves a vacant lot in front of his house, these guys in the backyard might build houses right up to his doorstep!

Xiao Shan nodded: "It should be built. Xiao Shan, your family has four people now. Although the house is about enough, who would complain about having too much space?"

Building this kind of small house doesn't take much time.

Soon, the two small houses in front of Xiaoshan's house were completed.

Xiao Shan piled all the miscellaneous items into the two small rooms, making the house much more spacious.

Two small rooms were also built in front of the Jia family's house, one for Banggeng and Zhou Xiuying, and one for Xiaodang Huaihua.

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi continued to live in their original house.

That day, Qin Huairu came home from get off work and was about to cook when Banggeng walked in and said, "Mom, give me some money."

Qin Huairu was a little confused. She frowned and said, "Bang Geng, didn't you just get paid half a month ago? You and your husband eat at home all the time, so where did your money go?"

Qin Huairu managed to find a street sweeping job for him through Yang Weimin's connections.

Although the monthly salary is a bit low, it's better than having no income at all!

That's why, now that Director Yang has shown signs of a turnaround, Yang Weimin was able to help Qin Huairu find this job.