"Mom, is there something I don't know about?" Suti carefully recalled what happened yesterday.

What happened during the wedding procession?

"It was your brother who got Baichuan to sign an agreement. We originally agreed that one of us would play the good cop and the other the bad cop, and we would keep him on his toes."

“We just wanted him to know that the Guo family’s daughters are not so easy to marry. If it were before, Mom wouldn’t have been afraid.”

"But things are different now. Who knew that Baichuan would actually sign it, catching us completely off guard."

Guo Xuqing told her daughter about what happened yesterday, and also went over the contents of the agreement.

She herself felt that she was putting people in a difficult position and was hesitant to open her mouth.

“Mom! If you’re worried, you can have him sign it in private. Yesterday, in front of everyone, people will definitely think he’s afraid of his wife, and maybe they’ll think I’m a tigress.”

Suti was taken aback; this was no good.

"..."

Guo Xuqing was initially startled by the word "Mom," and after hearing it again, she didn't know what to say to her. Is that the point?

Isn't the point about what Baichuan thinks? Isn't it shameful to bring out this agreement behind closed doors?

"Mom, don't worry, Baichuan won't be angry," Su Ti reassured her mother, seeing her mother's anxious expression.

If a deal that she considers utterly useless can bring Baichuan down, then she should be disappointed.

Let alone her family's Baichuan, even her grandfather and father, who had only spent a short time with her, wouldn't care about this.

What's this talk about saving face? If he cared about saving face, he would have been swallowed up by the Wei family back in Yangliu Brigade.

She was afraid that many of the people who came to pick up the bride that day were the grandsons of her grandfather's comrades-in-arms, and that they would gossip behind her back, thinking that Baichuan was a good-for-nothing.

"Go back and have a good talk with Baichuan." Guo Xuqing hesitated for a moment when she saw her daughter's confident expression. She now truly regretted listening to her son's bad idea.

"Don't worry, I'll go back and comfort your son-in-law. I'll make sure he's appeased." Suti knew her mother didn't believe her at all.

She couldn't explain the situation between her and Baichuan to them, so she just wanted to put their minds at ease.

As expected, Guo Xuqing was relieved when she heard her daughter's words. Putting everything else aside, she believed her daughter's ability to deceive people and that she could definitely fool her son-in-law.

"Mom, what are you two talking about?" Su Lin had just told his brother-in-law about the situation when he turned around and saw his mother and younger sister whispering to each other.

There's something you can't tell him, something you have to do secretly.

"Didn't you also secretly talk to us without telling us?" He was the one who made things difficult for Baichuan yesterday, and today he's the one who's as close to everyone as if they were inseparable.

"I was just telling my brother-in-law who lives around here, so he can be careful." Su Lin didn't believe this.

"Are the people around you easy to get along with?" Suti became interested when she heard this, as she had no plans to move away in the next two years.

"There are many good people, but also quite a few bad ones. If you reveal your identities, no one will dare to mess with you. However, I think it's better for you to keep a low profile."

Su Lin knew that the higher you climb, the more people want you to fall.

His sister's wedding was high-profile enough, but luckily her husband had just been recognized by the authorities, and they wanted to give him face.

Given that it was a major event like a wedding, the old marshal had followed all the proper procedures. At most, people just thought that the old marshal was so happy that he lost his sense of propriety.

It might work once, but using that status to act ostentatiously later is not a good thing.

"Brother, did you find out something?" Su Ti asked, seeing his brother's expression. He wouldn't have said it unless there was something wrong.

"It's nothing serious, it's just that your courtyard has been uninhabited for a long time and someone has been eyeing it."

"In this alley, many families live in one courtyard, and some larger courtyards even house more than a dozen families."

“You have an empty, separate courtyard here, and quite a few people have gone to make a fuss about it, but the street authorities keep insisting on it. Everyone is unconvinced and doesn’t know the truth.”

“This morning, a lot of people have been wandering around here, asking how many families live here, as if we have taken over their houses.”

"It was yesterday's wedding that intimidated people with so many military vehicles picking up the bride, otherwise they wouldn't have dared to come and cause trouble. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened."

In just one morning, Su Lin had gathered a lot of information, which he was now sending out on behalf of his sister.

"As long as the street authorities have the information, this is fine. This courtyard is still the smallest one in the family. If I remember correctly, this house is registered under my grandfather's name."

Su Ti thought about the family's properties, many of which were under his grandfather's name, and he was the only one left in the Li family.

There are only certificates now, and no such thing as a property ownership certificate, but the neighborhood committee can find it.

“Yes, Grandpa said the other houses were too high-profile. This courtyard was given to him by his father when he got married, but he didn’t live there much because of the turmoil around him.”

Li Baichuan didn't know what his wife meant. He felt that it wouldn't matter whose name those people wanted to use to make trouble.

Once they move in, it will just be the two of them in the house, and those people will definitely get jealous and cause trouble.

"It's easy if it's Grandpa's." Suti thought that if it were other uncles or elders, there would be all sorts of procedures to go through.

Grandpa's don't need it; no one can drive them away.

"If all else fails, go back and tell the old marshal to put in a good word with the local authorities."

Su Lin thought that it would be fine for the neighborhood committee to handle it, as he was worried that his sister wouldn't be able to resolve the issue later.

"It's alright, we know what we're doing." Suti felt reassured.

Seeing that his sister was full of confidence, Su Lin didn't say anything more and planned to secretly speak to the old marshal.

He then told his sister the names of the surrounding families and their circumstances.

Whether someone is easy to get along with or not can't be determined in just one morning. His sister is different from him; he thinks she's easy to get along with, but she might not.

What he finds awkward, his sister might find pleasing to the eye?

"Brother, I really admire you. You've learned about half of this alley in just one morning." Su Ti thought to herself that she definitely couldn't have done it.

"That's because they're curious. Didn't you see how those people surrounded the car when we went to unload the dowry?" Su Lin's head ached just thinking about dealing with those people that morning.

“Your brother uses all his cleverness to deal with those older people.” Guo Xuqing’s thoughts differed from her son’s. She thought about how her daughter was doing very well in the countryside.

This is Beijing. No matter how much trouble there is, the old marshal is here to support us. How can we be bullied?

Then she thought of those people who came to try and get information out of her this morning, but her son managed to get all the details out of her. She probably still hasn't realized it.

They don't look very bright; her daughter is more than capable of handling them.

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Author's Note: I'm about to give birth! My cervix is ​​dilated to one centimeter, and I'm incredibly excited. To distract myself, I'm still typing on my phone. Please bless me with a quick and smooth delivery! I'll update on time and won't take any breaks!