After the woman left the courtyard, Xiao Dang and Huaihua went to inquire about her where she had gone.
In the end, she went back to her parents' home, but not to her own home. Somehow, she ended up getting involved with Qin Jingru's family.
The reason Qin Jingru and her family are having this family feud is because Qin Huairu is stirring things up behind the scenes.
In recent years, Xu Damao has made a fortune, and Qin Jingru's status has also risen accordingly.
In addition, the parts factory was originally built in Qin Jingru's village.
Her brother and sister both got jobs in the parts factory and became rich as a result.
The three children in the family are now wealthy, and their family is gaining more and more influence in the village.
Qin Jingru's parents' appetites also grew, and they became increasingly dissatisfied with the few dozen yuan they received each month.
They started making constant demands, wanting this today, that tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they even asked to work in the factory…
The problem is, how is that even possible?!
Xu Damao had always looked down on these "villagers," and he hated his relatives even more.
Qin Jingru's brother and sister were able to get jobs at the parts factory because they had influence in the village and could help Xu Damao fend off the village officials.
Xu Damao also has an older sister and a younger sister, and his brother-in-law and sister's husband make up a whole family, but did he manage to get one into the factory?
He really does have a bit of a modern entrepreneur's mindset: the capable rise, the mediocre fall, and the more you work, the more you earn.
Under his leadership, anyone with real skills will be given important responsibilities, and there's no need to worry about their talents going to waste.
Otherwise, their parts factory wouldn't be thriving.
Qin Huairu was completely blinded by greed this time. Given her situation, she should be grateful if there was any place that would take her in.
But instead, she started arguing with Qin Jingru's parents.
The three siblings were very in sync and made the decision to separate the family property without needing to discuss it.
The three families chipped in to build a small house for their parents so they could live there in their old age. This was considered their way of repaying their parents' kindness in raising them.
Fatty heard it from Huaihua later; Qin Jingru and the others had handled the division of the family affairs very smoothly.
Her brother's prestige in the village is growing, and he is said to have become a village cadre. The people on the village committee, of course, side with them, who are considered "their own people."
Qin Jingru's parents, having failed in their attempt to steal a chicken, instead took their anger out on Qin Huairu.
Not only did they kick her out, they also confiscated her only belongings.
Having nowhere else to turn, Qin Huairu had no choice but to go to the factory to look for locust flowers.
Fatty's older sister, Chen Rong, worried that Huaihua wouldn't be able to handle it, so she stepped in and stopped Qin Huairu.
Seeing her pathetic state, they gave her a "frog skin" and sent her away.
After that, nobody really knew where Qin Huairu went.
"..."
At the very end of spring, another big event happened in Fatty's family.
Lou Xiao'e is coming back. Not only her, but her mother is coming back with her this time.
The fat man knew that Tan Yali had come to retrieve her family heirloom bracelet.
Another reason is that I feel sorry for Lou Xiao'e and want to give my daughter a proper status.
But Fatty isn't like Sha Zhu. Although his family isn't as wealthy as the Lou family, he's not as penniless as Sha Zhu.
A grown man with no money in his pocket, all his money was controlled by Qin Huairu, he lived a truly pathetic life!
Lou Xiao'e discussed with the fat man on the phone: "What should we do?"
"What? What to do? Just keep staying at the Peace Hotel."
Lou Xiao'e angrily called the fat man by his full name on the phone: "Chen Kang, what are you pretending to be confused about!"
The fat man chuckled and said, "What else can we do? Do you want to live in a courtyard house?"
Lou Xiao'e snorted: "Don't think I don't know, Qiqi is living in a dormitory at university, and your house is still empty. As long as Yu Li dares to invite me, I dare to stay!"
This woman doesn't look like a good person...
The fat man teased her, saying, "You might not be used to living in a courtyard house these days."
Lou Xiao'e retorted, "You're talking nonsense!"
"Really? You're the chairman of the group, living a life of luxury, used to flush toilets. Are you sure you can handle going back to the courtyard house to empty chamber pots and use public toilets?"
Lou Xiao'e almost felt nauseous upon hearing this, and angrily questioned the fat man: "It's almost the 1990s! How come the courtyard houses are still so backward?"
The fat man sighed, "These days, other places aren't like this either, but what can we do? This is Nanluoguxiang."
What happened to Nanluoguxiang?
"What's wrong? This is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Beijing, with a history of nearly 700 years. Let me think what the Great Spiritual Guide told me? Right, he said that Nanluoguxiang was formed during the Yuan Dynasty and is the only well-preserved traditional residential area with the largest, highest-ranking, and richest cultural resources, with a chessboard-like layout."
The fat man finished reciting the whole thing in one breath, like chanting a sutra, before saying, "Judging from this, the higher-ups probably want to protect it. They even tore down the illegally built shacks in the courtyard and emptied out those who refused to leave."
In the courtyard, those unsightly little houses have finally become a thing of the past this year.
The families of Yan Fugui, Qin Huairu, Liu Haizhong, and even Xu Damao's family...
Everything was demolished, leaving nothing behind, and the courtyard returned to its original state.
"..."
Lou Xiao'e knew about Fatty's plan. Hearing this, she couldn't help but say to him with concern, "If that's really the case, are you still going to take over that courtyard? Why don't you look elsewhere, buy a big house, I'll pay for it, and just leave me a room."
Sigh, that's why everyone says she's stupid.
If you hate someone, you despise them deeply, like Liu Haizhong; but if you like someone, you'll treat them with all your heart.
The fat man felt very pleased: "Silly girl, what house can be better than a courtyard house? Especially after the whole courtyard becomes ours."
Lou Xiao'e's voice suddenly rose eight octaves: "Fatty, what did you call me?!"
"Silly moth!"
Lou Xiao'e was so angry that she was trembling all over; even the fat man could feel her sullen expression.
After all these years, she's still the same; she can't swear and her vocabulary is severely limited.
The fat man called her a silly moth, and she didn't know how to respond!
After hanging up the phone, Lou Xiao'e became increasingly angry. She dialed the number of the fat man's parents' house, and upon hearing Zhou Haiqin's voice, she complained tearfully, "Mommy, you have to control Chen Kang! He gave me a nickname, he calls me..."
Fatty only found out that Lou Xiao'e had complained after Zhou Haiqin twisted his ear three times.
Such a grown-up, yet he still tells his parents; he has no shame.
Only Yu Li chimed in sarcastically, "Does she call you 'Mom' or 'Grandma'?"
Zhou Haiqin felt a little embarrassed and guilty, but she forced herself to say, "What nonsense are you talking about, child? She's always called me 'Auntie'..."
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