Xu Damao looked deeply at He Yushui, and after a long period of contemplation, he finally spoke, "Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. I want Sha Zhu's house. As for your side room, I believe you still have a use for it. Plus, an additional two thousand yuan! For your sake, I'll let Sha Zhu off the hook!"
No. 95 Courtyard is a Siheyuan (Courtyard) with three courtyards. Sha Zhu's house is located in the main house of the middle courtyard, which used to be the master's residence. It covers an area of seventy to eighty square meters and is the best house in the entire Siheyuan (Courtyard)!
He Yushui's side room, however, is next to Yi Zhonghai's wing room, and it's not large, only about ten square meters.
But in an era without shared common areas, ten square meters was not considered small.
He Yushui was somewhat surprised, not because she thought the price Xu Damao offered was high. Although 2000 yuan was a considerable sum, compared to a prison sentence, this money was nothing. Houses were not difficult to trade in those days, so their value couldn't be truly reflected. No one took houses seriously, nor did they imagine that decades later, a house would be worth an astronomical price.
Xu Damao's demand for the house further confirmed He Yushui's earlier speculation!
"No problem!" Without much thought, He Yushui directly agreed.
"It's getting late today, so transferring the title definitely won't be possible. I'll come find you tomorrow!" Xu Damao suggested.
He Yushui nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll head back first, Brother Damao, I'll wait for you tomorrow!"
"Mm!"
The two bid farewell. Watching He Yushui leave Li Family Village, Xu Damao's brows furrowed in thought.
"No malice, but this He Yushui definitely has a problem!!! System, aren't you going to explain?" After a while, Xu Damao muttered to himself.
"Ding, this system has not detected any unknown systems!"
Xu Damao frowned, not entirely satisfied with the system's answer. If no unknown system was detected, did that mean the other party had some special ability that he didn't know about?
As the saying goes, 'know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' Xu Damao knew nothing about her. The most he could do now was to be cautious.
But no matter what, the other party was most likely aware of the Siheyuan (Courtyard) plot, otherwise she wouldn't have been so calm!
What He Yushui didn't know was that she had already brushed with death earlier; otherwise, Xu Damao wouldn't have brought her to the deserted foot of the mountain!
And what Xu Damao also didn't know was that He Yushui had long had the same thoughts as him. Had she not felt any malice, the two would surely have drawn swords, fighting to the death, each relying on their own abilities!
On the other side, He Yushui muttered, "I wonder if this is right or wrong!" as she rode her bicycle.
As someone from the apocalypse, He Yushui had long lost her emotions. Reborn into this life, she had severed all ties of affection, otherwise she wouldn't have disregarded the fate of humanity and hidden herself in her spatial dimension!
Thus, the first meeting between the two transmigrators ended hastily. Everything seemed perfectly natural, yet behind the scenes, each harbored their own thoughts.
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Yi Zhonghai's face was filled with sorrow. His life savings were gone for no reason, stolen by a thief whose skills were extraordinary, leaving no clues whatsoever. Even if he reported it to the police, Yi Zhonghai knew it was almost impossible to get his savings back.
"Old man, eat something!" The First Aunt comforted him. Her heart was equally in pain, but seeing Yi Zhonghai's grim expression, she still suppressed her inner suffering, not wanting to add to his troubles!
Yi Zhonghai glanced at the steamed bun on the table, shook his head gently, and said, "I can't eat!"
The First Aunt comforted him, "You're still young, and it's a long way until retirement. Just be more frugal with your spending from now on, and you won't have to worry about your retirement money. As for the Jia family's matters, it's best not to get involved anymore. You won't gain anything, and you'll just get into trouble!"
Yi Zhonghai looked up at the First Aunt and said in a deep voice, "What do you old women understand!"
The First Aunt froze, tears instantly streaming down her face. She gently wiped her tears with her hand and murmured, "It's my fault, it's all my fault!"
In the front courtyard, at the Yan Family's house, the family was sitting at the table eating. Yan Family's three sons, one daughter, and daughter-in-law ate their coarse steamed buns and portioned pickles as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring the elderly couple sitting beside them. Yan Jiacheng still had an unfinished steamed bun in his hand, but Yu Li pulled him back to their inverted-seat room. "Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't finished yet!" Yan Jiacheng said as he ate.
Yu Li rolled her eyes at Yan Jiacheng and said in a deep voice, "Are you stupid? Such a big thing happened at home, staying there just waits for you to be exploited?"
Hearing this, Yan Jiacheng was slightly stunned, then laughed happily, "My wife is still the smartest. Sigh, I wonder which scoundrel did such a thing!"
Yu Li said indifferently, "If you ask me, that's karma. Always calculating and scheming, even tasting the saltiness when a night soil cart passes by. Now, it's good, all their family assets are stolen. I really don't know what your parents were thinking!"
Yan Jiacheng said, "I also didn't expect them to secretly hide so much family wealth!"
"Hmph, you're really unlucky to have such parents. They clearly have so much family wealth, yet they keep calculating money with you, even charging you for meals. Now it's good, it's all gone, everything is gone!" Yu Li said, feeling a bit pained herself. How great it would have been if all that money was given to her!
Yan Jiacheng said, "Sigh, life will be even harder from now on!"
Hearing this, Yu Li said thoughtfully, "Why don't we just split the family? From now on, we'll live our own lives and eat our own food!"
Upon hearing Yu Li's words, Yan Jiacheng immediately said, "That won't do. What will others think of me?"
In this era, reputation was very important. Once the family split, it would be a laughingstock to outsiders and he would be called unfilial, especially since Yan Jiacheng was the eldest son!
Yu Li frowned and said, "Then what should we do? We can't just keep going on like this, can we? When will this life ever end!"
Yan Jiacheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see. If it really doesn't work out, then we'll bring up splitting the family."
Compared to the Yan Family, the Liu Family in the back courtyard was not as peaceful. Liu Pidao wielded his belt, whipping Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu, who screamed in pain. The Second Aunt stood there as if she hadn't seen anything.
And from the Jia family in the middle courtyard, sounds of crying occasionally came out!
Late at night, under the hazy moonlight, He Yushui hurried back. As soon as she entered the room, He Yushui immediately searched for Sha Zhu's hidden money. Seeing the empty hiding place, He Yushui's face was filled with resentment.
"No way? Was Sha Zhu sucked dry too? This shouldn't be!" He Yushui muttered to herself, then searched several other hiding places, still finding no trace of money. He Yushui could only sit on the chair speechlessly, lost in thought.
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