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The disaster was finally over, and people returned home one after another. Looking at the devastated scene in front of them, they were filled with grief. Everyone couldn't help but shed tears, because what they saw was not only the destruction of their houses, but also the destruction of their lives. Fortunately, however, everyone and their families were safe and sound, which was undoubtedly a blessing in disguise.

Zhang Yuan returned home and looked around with a heavy heart. He found that his house and Sha Zhu's house needed extensive repairs, and not only that, but the houses of other families in the yard were also affected. But this gave Zhang Yuan an opportunity to replan the entire yard and thoroughly repair and renovate these old houses.

After careful inventory, Zhang Yuan owned 10 houses, including 2 in the backyard, 3 in the middle yard, and 5 in the front yard. However, since the houses in the front yard were not connected, Zhang Yuan gave up the idea of ​​renovating the houses in the front yard. Considering the possible problems that might arise later, he decided to repair and reinforce the damaged parts first, and focus on the three houses in the middle yard.

After discussing with Sha Zhu, Zhang Yuan proposed to exchange the two houses in the backyard with Sha Zhu. One of the two houses is an ear room and the other is a wing room, which is located next to the deaf old lady's house. When the time comes, build a gate and it will become an independent yard.

After Sha Zhu heard Zhang Yuan's proposal to change the house, he agreed immediately without saying anything. After all, the deaf old lady had clearly stated that her house would be left to Sha Zhu, and her money would be left to Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

Seeing that Sha Zhu agreed so readily, Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Zhu, if that's the case, then let's do it this way. However, I still have to pay for the decoration and furniture. I can't let you suffer any loss!"

However, Sha Zhu shook his head and firmly objected: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? You have already paid for me to open a restaurant, and now you want me to run it. How can I let you bear all the expenses alone?"

Qin Jingru also nodded in agreement. She thought that although exchanging two houses for one was a bit of a disadvantage, they also gained a lot of benefits, and Zhang Yuan’s help to them was really huge. Even if she had to exchange it for one house, she would be willing to do so.

"Okay, don't worry. The restaurant business is doing well because of your hard work. If it weren't for your excellent cooking skills, I wouldn't be able to benefit from you. So you should save your money. When your sister-in-law comes home in the future, you'll have plenty of places to spend the money." Zhang Yuan dispelled their thoughts.

After getting Sha Zhu's consent, Sha Zhu and Qin Jingru started packing up the next day. In this earthquake, his and Sha Zhu's house was not affected much, perhaps because the main house was made of solid materials, so Zhang Yuan planned to renovate the house in the backyard first, and then pack up the house in the middle yard after Sha Zhu's family moved to the backyard.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan did not forget the treasure buried underground. The location has been found, which is right below Sha Zhu's house, but the entrance is somewhere else. So, Zhang Yuan plans to dig directly from above under the pretext of decoration. In this way, he does not need to waste time looking for the entrance.

As for the job of digging for treasure, it is naturally the three good pets who are responsible for it.

"I'm afraid we'll have to wait another month." Zhang Yuan said to Sha Zhu apologetically, "Because after the earthquake, there are too many houses that need repairing. The repairman I found said that the schedule is full. We'll have to wait a month to find time."

After listening to this, Sha Zhu had nothing to say and could only nod.

Zhang Yuan himself did not expect this situation to happen, and now he can only postpone the plan.

"Zhang Yuan!"

Just as Zhang Yuan was about to go home, he suddenly heard someone calling his name, so he hurriedly stopped and turned around.

"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?" Zhang Yuan saw Liu Haizhong jogging towards him, panting with exhaustion, and thought something big had happened.

"It's nothing. I just want to ask you, is there any way for you to buy food now?" Liu Haizhong asked mysteriously.

Zhang Yuan looked Liu Haizhong up and down warily, wondering in his heart, what on earth does this guy mean by asking this?

"Don't get me wrong, I'm asking on behalf of the people in the yard. As you know, after this disaster, food is very hard to buy on the market, and the food we had stored at home has been soaked in water. Just like the last incident in the greenhouse, no one has much surplus food on hand, so I came to you for help. But don't worry, my mouth is shut, and I will never let out a single word." Liu Haizhong kept explaining to Zhang Yuan and repeatedly assured him.

Zhang Yuan thought about it for a moment, felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and readily agreed.

"Second Uncle, since you've asked, I'll try my best to find it. But I have to explain in advance that you should first privately count the things everyone needs, and then I'll sell them to you at the market price."

As soon as Liu Haizhong heard Zhang Yuan agree to help, a smile immediately appeared on his fat face. He naturally knew that Zhang Yuan was willing to sell it to him at the market price, which meant that Zhang Yuan would not take advantage of the people in the yard. He was very happy at the moment.

Yi Zhonghai had been in the spotlight last time because of the earthquake shelter incident, so he had to give himself face this time. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and came up with this idea.

Liu Haizhong acted quite quickly and finished the statistics in less than a day. Although some people in the hospital felt that Zhang Yuan was too ruthless, as he knew that everyone was having a hard time but still took their money, they couldn't help but complain a few times, but were criticized by Liu Haizhong. Liu Haizhong spoke up for Zhang Yuan and scolded him for being ungrateful, eating with the bowl in hand and cursing when he put it down. He said that if he had the ability, he should solve the problem of food for his family by himself, and if he couldn't, he shouldn't blame others.

However, not all people in the orphanage were complaining. Most of them were very grateful to Liu Haizhong and Zhang Yuan. It was okay for the adults to go hungry for a few meals, but the children were still growing and could not be allowed to starve.

After getting the data, Zhang Yuan once again reminded Liu Haizhong to keep it confidential, and told him to bring the money to exchange for food in three days.

Everything is going smooth.

It was a sunny day, and Liu Haizhong's family welcomed two special guests.

"Dad, Mom."

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the door. Liu Haizhong and the second aunt looked up in surprise, only to see Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu walking in with their wives and children respectively.

"You two finally know how to go home. I thought you forgot about us as your parents." Liu Haizhong showed a little dissatisfaction on his face, but more of it was relief. He pretended to be stern and said.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other, with a hint of embarrassment in their eyes. They had not expected that their brothers would have such a tacit understanding and run home together, and on the same day.

"Forget it, they came back because they knew they were wrong." Second Aunt's temper was exactly the same as Liu Haizhong's, but after seeing this scene, her heart softened. She knew that the children had grown up and had their own lives, and it was not easy for them to come home to visit. So, she spoke up to help persuade Liu Haizhong.

"Humph!" Liu Haizhong just snorted coldly, then turned and walked into the inner room without saying anything. But everyone understood that he had actually forgiven his two sons.

The second aunt, who knew Liu Haizhong's temper, knew what Liu Haizhong meant, so she ignored him and turned her attention to her lovely grandchildren.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu understood the look in their mother's eyes and immediately asked their wives to bring the child to the second aunt.

Although there was still no news from the eldest son Liu Guangqi, the second aunt was still very happy when the second and third sons came back with their families.

But then came the housing problem. Liu Haizhong's house was originally quite spacious, but with seven more people, it was a bit uncomfortable. The second aunt started to complain about Liu Haizhong again. When someone in the yard sold a house, Liu Haizhong just didn't agree. If he had agreed to buy it at that time, the housing problem would not be a problem. Later, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at the shed outside that had not been dismantled, and immediately had an idea.

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong and the second aunt also thought it was a good idea, so they began to quietly dismantle the greenhouse, and then temporarily built wooden houses on it, and they built two houses at a time.

When the people in the backyard saw the old man in charge taking the lead in doing this, they thought to themselves, "If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you'd be a fool! Who wants to suffer a loss? Even if you can't use it now, maybe you will need it someday in the future!" So everyone followed suit.

What happened in the backyard soon spread to the middle yard and the front yard. When Yan Bugui heard it, he immediately slapped his thigh hard and muttered, "One word: do it!" He felt that this was a good opportunity that could not be missed.

When others saw the Yan family so brazenly occupying public resources, they felt very upset. Why can you take advantage while we have to suffer? So, they also took action and grabbed resources everywhere.

After Sha Zhu and Zhang Yuan learned about this, they also decided to join the chaotic fight. However, the other residents in the yard did not dare to offend these two people easily. After all, Sha Zhu's fists were not vegetarian, and Zhang Yuan had so many friends to help. So, when Sha Zhu and Zhang Yuan marked out their own territory, the others had to choose to give in.

A good yard was occupied here and there, and it was completely unrecognizable from its original appearance. Even Qin Huairu expanded her original 8-square-meter house to 15 square meters. Originally, she occupied the most space, but whenever she went out to set up a stall and no one was looking after her at home, the neighbors would take the opportunity to encroach on her space. When Qin Huairu came back, she found that her space had become smaller. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and wanted to go to the door to argue, but the other party was not afraid of her at all and instead laughed at her.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to ask for help from an old man, hoping that he could do justice. But the old man also felt that it was difficult to handle such a matter. After all, they were all neighbors and would see each other every day. Moreover, this situation had happened many times, and it was difficult to tell who was right and who was wrong. In the end, the old man could only ask Qin Huairu to swallow her anger and not to argue too much with others, otherwise it would only make things worse.

After that, Zhang Yuan and Sha Zhu's family started construction. Since both families had to go to work on weekdays, they asked an aunt to help look after the children.

A month later, Sha Zhu and Qin Jingru moved to the backyard to live. Zhang Yuan looked at this scene and felt a little emotional. He didn't expect that time passed so quickly. In a blink of an eye, Sha Zhu and Qin Jingru got married, and he and Lou Xiaoe were also about to have their wedding.

Next was Zhang Yuan. He planned to connect Sha Zhu and He Yu Shui's houses and make it into two bedrooms and a living room so that he could make better use of the space.

In addition, there are two rooms, one is used as a kitchen and utility room, and the other is used as a study room, so that when I have children in the future, I can provide them with a quiet learning environment.

First, Zhang Yuan completely renovated the wing room, and then he started to renovate the main house. During the renovation of the main house, Tom and his friends quietly began to dig the basement and successfully opened up a secret room. This room was originally used to store food, but now Zhang Yuan decided to convert it into his own private secret room. To do this, he closed the original entrance and reopened a hidden entrance.

After two months of hard work, the renovation of the house was finally completed. Zhang Yuan was not satisfied with this, and he also collected a large number of precious treasures from all over the place to fill his secret room. These included various antiques and rare items, which Zhang Yuan exchanged with those old and young people through the supplies provided by the mall during the disaster. In addition, he also acquired three courtyards, the scale of which far exceeded Zhang Yuan's initial expectations.

The time came in 1977, Zhang Yuan was promoted to deputy director of the branch and awarded the title of model worker for his outstanding performance in the emergency rescue work faced after the disaster. This achievement was due to his quick response and outstanding leadership after the disaster.

At the same time, Shazhu's restaurant business flourished and even began to set up branches. Zhang Yuan did not hesitate to recruit his former apprentices Xu Wei, Ma Hua and Fatty to serve as chefs in the branches. Despite the fiercely competitive market environment, Shazhu's restaurant still maintained a strong business and attracted a constant stream of customers.

Everything was going smoothly, but there were still some minor setbacks. After all, He Daqing was old and had worked hard for most of his life, and he finally closed his eyes. However, his death brought a lot of trouble to Zhang Yuan and Sha Zhu.

It turned out that He Daqing had formed a new family with the widow. Now, the widow's son and daughter have grown up, and they have evil thoughts. In the last two months of He Daqing's life, they coveted Sha Zhu's business and kept persuading He Daqing to fight for a share of the inheritance for them. Fortunately, He Daqing was not confused and firmly rejected their request. But after his death, the two men went to Sha Zhu's store in the name of He Daqing's adopted son and daughter to cause trouble, asking Sha Zhu to give each of them a store. However, they failed. In the following week, they came to make trouble every day, causing the business to almost stagnate.

After learning about this, Zhang Yuan took quick action. He immediately called the local police station to arrest the two men and sent someone to notify the street office and their units. Under Zhang Yuan's intimidation, they finally realized the seriousness of the matter and dared not harbor greed anymore.