Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 166 Yan Jiecheng vs. Jia Zhangshi

After Wang Feng finished talking with Liu Lan about Liu Yuhua, he went to find Li Huaide.

"Brother, how's it going? I hope the treatment you've given your wife isn't unfair to her?" Li Huaide said with a smile.

"Hehe, Brother Li, it's not a problem. Thank you so much this time. By the way, Brother Li, in Jingru's case, how long will it take to transfer her to a city household registration? Will she still be able to get a house?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Huaide said, "Your sister-in-law's employment procedures have been completed. Now she can go to the street office to transfer her household registration to the city. However, regarding housing allocation, since your sister-in-law is from the countryside and married into the city, and lives in her husband's family home, she is considered to have a house to live in. However, given the current housing shortage in Beijing, she is not eligible for housing allocation in principle."

At this point, Li Huaide laughed heartily and patted Wang Feng on the shoulder:

"But there are always exceptions. Brother, as a cadre, your living conditions are cramped. I'll give you a certificate later. You can take the certificate I gave you and go directly to the housing management department."

Wang Feng smiled and nodded; "Then thank you, Brother Li. There are two rooms in our compound that are currently vacant. The previous occupant was an elderly woman who was on welfare, but she has been missing for a long time. However, her house was private property and has been taken back by the neighborhood committee. Brother Li, is it possible to get the house back from the neighborhood committee? If we are allocating houses, could you give these two rooms to Jingru?"

Li Huaide frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Brother, this is a bit troublesome. Do we really need these two rooms?"

"Hehe, Brother Li, these are houses in our courtyard. I just thought it would be more convenient for me to live here in the future," Wang Feng said with a smile.

Li Huaide nodded: "Alright, I'll give it a try first. I can't guarantee that I can get the house back from the neighborhood committee, but I'll try to coordinate it first and let you know when I have any news. If it really doesn't work, I'll arrange the closest courtyard to your house for you."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Li."

"Haha, brother, there's no need for thanks among brothers. You're being too polite. If you really want to thank Brother Li, just get some more meat for the factory. And if you ever get anything good in the future, don't forget Brother Li."

"no problem."

Wang Feng gave a perfunctory reply, left Li Huaide's office, and went to the third canteen to find Qin Jingru.

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, my current salary is 78.5 yuan, which is 9 yuan less than your 87.5 yuan. How about that? Aren't I amazing? I never thought I could get such a high salary," Qin Jingru said excitedly.

Wang Feng gave a thumbs up: "Awesome."

"By the way, has your brother been allocated a house? Where was it located?"

Qin Jingru smiled and nodded: "We've separated. It's in courtyard number 66, Mao'er Hutong. I heard it has two rooms, a total of over 30 square meters."

"Okay, it's fine once it's split. Jingru, does your older brother need any help? Did he bring money from home to buy daily necessities?" Wang Feng asked.

Qin Jingru waved her hand dismissively: "My parents gave him twenty yuan. He's a grown man, why would he need our help? Don't worry, if he doesn't understand, he can always ask, right?"

Wang Feng nodded: "Okay, I'm going back to the factory. Are you staying at the factory to work now, or are you coming back with me?"

Qin Jingru rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Wang Feng, he doesn't officially start work until tomorrow. Let's go back to the factory first. The factory gave me a certificate, and I can go back and get the village's letter of introduction so I can transfer my household registration to the street office."

"Alright, let's head back now."

"Um."

The two returned to courtyard number 95. As soon as they entered the front yard, they saw Yan Jiecheng running back from outside, looking furious. He passed by them as if he hadn't seen them at all.

"Jingru, go follow them and see what happens. Maybe there'll be a good show to watch," Wang Feng said with a smile.

"Hehe, I think it's definitely going to work, Brother Wang Feng, let's hurry and follow them."

The third auntie was guarding the front yard today. Several times she saw people from the yard coming back from buying vegetables. She wanted to chat with them and try to get a few scallions from them, just like before. But she didn't get a single penny off them and was even scolded by the people in the yard.

Seeing that she couldn't gain any advantage, the three aunties stopped wasting their breath and went about watering the flowers in the front yard.

Sudden.

Yan Jiecheng stormed in from outside, not saying a word to her, and ran straight into the house, which puzzled the third aunt.

"Jiecheng, Jiecheng, what's wrong with you?" the third aunt shouted.

Yan Jiecheng didn't answer the old woman's question. He put the two bottles of wine and the meat he was carrying on the table and ran towards the central courtyard.

"Jiecheng, what are you doing? What's wrong with you?"

The three women chased after Yan Jiecheng, shouting anxiously. Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang, seeing this, also gave chase.

Yan Jiecheng is clearly acting strangely now, somewhat like Xu Damao when he took a knife to chop Shazhu. He ignored everyone and went to chop Shazhu with the knife.

When the people in the courtyard heard the old woman's loud shouts, they knew something was wrong and rushed out to check.

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru followed him to the Central Courtyard, where they saw Yan Jiecheng heading straight for the Jia family.

"Jia Zhangshi, come out here."

Yan Jiecheng roared and, before Jia Zhangshi could open the door, kicked it open with a loud bang, breaking off a piece of the door panel.

"Waaaaah."

Xiao Dang was sleeping in the room with Jia Zhangshi when she was suddenly awakened. Xiao Dang was so frightened that she burst into tears.

"Who? That damned little brat, daring to kick down my door?"

Before Jia Zhangshi even got out of bed, she started cursing loudly on the bed.

Stepping out of the room, upon seeing Yan Jiecheng, Jia Zhangshi cursed, "Yan Jiecheng, you damned little beast, have you got some nerve? You dare kick down the door of the Jia family? If you don't have a hundred bucks today, I'm not finished with you!"

Yan Jiecheng's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Jia Zhangshi, coldly saying, "This isn't over. I'm not done with you today."

The words fell.

Yan Jiecheng kicked Jia Zhangshi.

"Bang."

"Ouch."

Jia Zhangshi never expected that Yan Jiecheng would dare to kick her. Caught off guard, she took a solid kick.

Because Yan Jiecheng wasn't very strong, he didn't kick Jia Zhangshi down, but only made her take a few steps back. Coincidentally, Jia Zhangshi tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground, scraping her skin a little.

"what!"

"You little beast from the Yan family, how dare you hit your mother? I'll fight you to the death!"

With a loud shout, Jia Zhangshi charged towards Yan Jiecheng with a wild boar-like charge.

Yan Jiecheng clenched his fists. When he saw Jia Zhangshi rushing towards him, he was about to make a move when the Third Aunt grabbed him from behind.

"Jiecheng, what exactly happened? Explain yourself! Are you trying to drive your mother crazy with worry?!"