Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

I returned to the courtyard in the afternoon and met He Yushui when I passed the central courtyard.

The two of them exchanged glances. Lin Baoyan had just returned home to change the coal briquettes when He Yushui came over with a large bag of peanuts.

"My brother will get the certificate tomorrow."

As soon as He Yushui arrived, he threw a bomb, which made Lin Baoyan dazed.

In that TV show, Sha Zhu, who got married in his forties, is about to get the marriage certificate?

"Congratulations to your brother, and to you too!" Lin Baoyan hurriedly congratulated: "Who is the bride? The most beautiful one?"

"Yes, that's her."

He Yushui was helpless: "I don't know what kind of magic potion Yi Zhonghai has fed to my brother. You don't even know what my brother did yesterday. He actually said that the deaf old lady was a relative of a military martyr, so he took her home for dinner. Yesterday was the Little New Year, Little New Year! What's the big deal about taking a neighbor to dinner together?"

"The most abominable thing is that I just questioned the authenticity of the deaf old lady's identity, but he got angry with me and called Yi Zhonghai's family over as well."

"This is not over yet. Those shameless people from the Jia family came to eat uninvited."

"In the end, I was so angry on New Year's Eve, but my brother was like a member of the family, eating happily."

"Of course they are happy. A fool provided the materials and labor, prepared a table full of delicious food, and invited them to eat for free. All they need to do is say a few nice words."

"I didn't know that my brother is so easy to please. I'm really scared. If this continues, my brother's family fortune will be eaten up by these people."

He Yushui angrily recounted what happened yesterday: "So, I went to find Liu the matchmaker early this morning and found the most beautiful one. I really would rather she move away all my brother's assets than let these people eat it all up."

Thinking of Liu Haizhong running to his house at noon, he asked, "Did you find a way to notify the Second Uncle?"

Lin Baoyan smiled: "I saw the first uncle go to your house, and I always felt that he had bad intentions, so I thought, let's get the second uncle over there too, it would be nice for the two uncles to compete with each other."

He Yushui thought to himself, this trick of yours really helped my family a lot. If it weren't for the second uncle as a comparison, my brother wouldn't have realized how disgusting the first uncle is.

He continued to tell Lin Baoyan about lunch: "The people in the Jia family are really disgusting. As soon as we started eating, Jia Dongxu came over with half a bottle of Niulanshan, saying that he was here to accompany my brother. Who would toast to death when inviting a blind date? I wanted to chase him away, but my brother couldn't let go of his dignity and wanted him to stay."

"Fortunately, the second uncle was reliable and talked Jia Dongxu into leaving."

"The next thing is even more disgusting. Qin Huairu is here. Do you know what she brought?" He Yushui exaggeratedly gestured with her hands to form a circle, which was almost the size of a washbasin. "She brought such a big bowl, and she cried and said that her child at home was not well-nourished. Seeing that my family had cooked meat, she wanted to borrow a bowl of meat for her child to eat, and she would return it to my family after her family bought meat."

"Oh my god, I have never seen anyone borrow meat from someone else in my life, and the bowl is so big. It's so shameless. If her child is not well-nourished, she should ask her husband for help. Why is she borrowing from my family?"

Lin Baoyan was stunned. Was the famous scene from the fan fiction happening now? She even regretted running away before and not being able to watch it live.

He Yushui went on angrily, "My stupid brother is really unreliable. After listening to Qin Huairu, he not only didn't kick her out, but actually wanted to serve her meat! He didn't even think about what he was doing today, he was on a blind date! If he really served her meat, what would his future sister-in-law think?"

He looked at Lin Baoyan gratefully and said, "Fortunately, you invited Second Uncle. Without Second Uncle, my brother would have given the whole bowl of braised pork to that woman. It's not certain whether this marriage can be successful."

"So, Second Uncle is actually a pretty good guy, right? We just don't notice it usually." Lin Baoyan said with a smile.

"Yes, today is really thanks to Uncle Er, so I later brought two kilograms of snacks to his house."

He said angrily, "How can the Jia family be so wicked? The couple took turns to come to my house to take advantage of me. Today is my brother's blind date day. Do they want to mess up my brother's marriage?"

Lin Baoyan comforted her: "Didn't your brother succeed in the end? When your brother gets the marriage certificate tomorrow, he will have his sister-in-law to take care of him. By then, your brother will definitely not continue like this."

He Yushui nodded: "Yes, I hope my sister-in-law can control my brother and stop him from getting involved with Master Yi Zhonghai and his apprentice. I think they are close to my brother and they just want to take advantage of him."

Lin Baoyan just smiled and said nothing. It was obvious.

He Yushui said a lot more, and when she said she was happy, she went home. Lin Baoyan started cooking, preparing to go to the space early today to count the supplies. There were not enough bamboo baskets to hold things, so she had to weave a few more.

After finishing her meal and locking the door early, Lin Baoyan entered the space, packed all the supplies that were to be sent away, had a midnight snack, washed up, and prepared to go out to sleep.

Just as she lay down on the bed, she smelled a strange smell, which was a bit pungent. After smelling it, her mind became a bit confused. Lin Baoyan was startled and immediately thought of the smoke that often appeared on TV, and then she entered the space again.

Lin Baoyan was shocked and scared. The dizzy feeling disappeared quickly after she entered the space, so someone had indeed drugged the house.

Usually, she sleeps at home. It was only today that she entered the space in order to pack supplies. Because there were too many supplies, it took her until now to pack them.

If she hadn't entered the space or left it early, and the medicine had been blown in when she fell asleep, she would have been absolutely dead.

Who on earth has such a deep hatred towards her?

Thinking that she could enter the space at any time and her safety was guaranteed, Lin Baoyan wet a face towel, covered her mouth and nose with it, and left the space again.

With the face towel blocking her way, her mind no longer felt dizzy, and it seemed that the drug had no effect.

After a long while, a slight friction sound was heard at the door, and soon the sound of the bolt sliding down was heard.

Lin Baoyan moved the face towel away and shouted with all her might: "There's a thief! There's a thief!!"

"What? There's a thief?"

"Where is the thief?"

"Quick, go and take a look."

With her sharp shout, the people in the yard were awakened.

There was a sudden loud knock on the door of her house, and then footsteps were heard outside the door running away.

Lin Baoyan slowly released the breath she had been holding.

"Who shouted thief? Who shouted thief?"

The second uncle's shouting sounded at the door.

Lin Baoyan quickly put on her cotton coat and shouted, "Second Uncle, I'm the one shouting. My door has been pried open."

"What? Lin Baoyan's house was broken into?"

"Hey, Lin Baoyan is okay?"

"I just said that it's not safe for a girl to live alone."

Lin Baoyan put on her clothes, turned on the light, and walked to the door.

"Lin Baoyan, I'm coming in." The old man at the door shouted.

"I'm up, please come in, Second Uncle." Lin Baoyan opened the door.

The door curtain was lifted, and Liu Haizhong and his wife came in, both wearing cotton coats.