Yueyue is so cute, but her father can't see her.

Shen Ruomei was filled with resentment. If it weren't for the interference of Shen Suqin's family, her father could at least have gone to see them.

Recognizing someone as a relative doesn't necessarily make them family; relationships need to be nurtured. At least for now, they no longer have the opportunity to cultivate those relationships.

Shen Ruomei vowed to beat up Shen Suqin again next time.

…

When I first get home, I just need to tidy up a bit so I can go to sleep.

The next day, everyone had to put everything away in the house. The whole family was busy, and no one went out.

Grandpa Liao and his grandson, along with Shen Ruomei, also came to help.

The neighboring courtyards in this siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) are all similar, but there are many more residents. Fortunately, the young people all have jobs, so although the population is somewhat diverse, the security is acceptable. Each family has erected makeshift sheds haphazardly in their courtyards to maximize space. It's a true tenement courtyard.

The He family in the next courtyard has the largest population. The couple has six children, four sons and two daughters. Their eldest son had three children in three years after getting married.

Old Mrs. He prevented her daughter-in-law from having any more children by having her take precautions.

The third brother, who went to the countryside last year, returned to the city due to illness, bringing his wife and son with him.

His family of fourteen people, big and small, lived in two side rooms, so you can imagine how cramped their home was.

The second son still hasn't found a wife because he has nowhere to live.

Her family's biggest dream is to have the neighborhood committee help them rent a house. Houses rented through the neighborhood committee tend to have lower rents. But nowadays, most families have many members but few houses, and wanting to spend as little money as possible—it's not that easy to find a place to rent.

Ever since this courtyard became vacant, many people have been eyeing it.

The original homeowner's eldest son is sickly and says, "You dare to even think about my house? You can't even rent it! I'll kill myself if anyone dares to come here." He also protects the other half, which belongs to his younger brother.

Actually, he and his brother had a decent relationship. The reason he didn't give the house to his brother was because his brother couldn't protect it.

After the original homeowner died, families facing housing shortages went to the neighborhood committee to inquire about renting the house. Among them, the He family was the most persistent in their inquiries.

Families with limited housing want to rent, while those with more space want even more room. So, a certain leader was also eyeing this courtyard. He didn't budge, and the courtyard remained unrented.

After much delay, the higher-ups wanted to find publicly owned housing, and they had to submit a list of suitable houses in several nearby streets. This half-courtyard house was chosen.

But wasn't there still half a courtyard? A few days later, that half courtyard was also sold.

The neighborhood committee staff know everything about the neighborhood. The He family is notoriously difficult to deal with, but this family buying a house is no ordinary family either; they bought the entire courtyard.

The neighborhood committee didn't want to offend such a family, but the He family was pressing them hard and still wanted to know who the two buyers were.

The neighborhood committee didn't want to cause trouble, but the He family kept pressing them for answers. Finally, the committee had no choice but to tell the truth: the courtyard now belonged to one family. This made the He family even more vigilant.

Such a big yard, do you live alone? That's unacceptable.

According to current regulations, this is indeed not allowed. The neighborhood committee should handle this. However, when the neighborhood committee went to the house, no one was home.

This will have to wait.

Yesterday, the old lady from the He family felt depressed and went to the hospital in the afternoon. She didn't see Wei Aiguo and the others return.

It wasn't until the second night that they discovered people were living in the courtyard.

On the morning of the third day, Mrs. He practically dragged the director of the neighborhood office to Wei Aiguo's house.

Today, Wei Aiguo is going to find Master Ji to take a look at Old Zeng's courtyard house. It's been occupied by other people for so many years, it definitely needs some renovations before anyone can move in.

Old Liao planned to show Aunt Wei around Kyoto. They're getting on in years, and if they wanted to see everything, they'd need to take their time. Today they planned to visit Beihai Park. Shen Ruomei would definitely come along too.

As a result, someone came knocking on the door early in the morning.

Because there were people in the yard, Bai Shuang didn't bark. Her eyes were fixed on the gate. Influenced by Bai Shuang, Hei Zai barked once and then stopped.

Xiao Hu went to open the door. "Who are you looking for?" Xiao Hu didn't recognize the person.

"Who belongs to this family? We're looking for the people from this family," Mrs. He stepped forward first.

Wei Aiguo was completely unaware of the rules and regulations for living here. However, Song Yan knew a few things. She had told Wei Aiguo beforehand that housing was in short supply. If the apartment was large, the neighborhood committee might force them to rent it out.

Seeing this, Wei Aiguo knew what was going on.

"Old man, who are you? I don't know you. These are all my family members. Which one are you looking for?"

"Who's here?" Aunt Wei came out.

Since we were about to set off, most of the people were standing in the courtyard.

Yueyue rushed out, "Daddy, I want you to hold me!"

Old Zeng said, "Slow down!" and then followed him out.

And then there's Di Jianjun. Ha! A whole courtyard full of people.

The director of the neighborhood office is surnamed Xue, and she looks to be around 30 years old.

"Hello! I am the director of this subdistrict office, my surname is Xue." Director Xue introduced himself first.

"Hello!" Wei Aiguo extended his hand first to shake hands with Director Xue.

"Hello! Hello!" Director Xue quickly extended his hand as well. "It's like this, Comrade Wei. Your yard is too big; it's not in accordance with regulations for one family to live in."

Aunt He from our neighborhood came to me wanting to rent your house.

Song Yan: "Director Xue, do you know why I was allowed to buy this half of the courtyard?"

“I know a little about that, it’s because Comrade Song Yan made outstanding contributions. In theory… Comrade Song Yan could live in half of the courtyard…” Director Xue said.

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