Courtyard House: Report enemy agents at the start, and you'll take off immediately.

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"Then you go, Guangtian!"

After learning the reason, Yi Zhonghai felt a little relieved.

However, Liu Guangtian shook his head, indicating that he was also injured.

This was indeed true. Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to call Liu Guangfu, but when he looked around, he found that the man was nowhere to be found.

"Jie Cheng, go!"

Left with no other option, Yi Zhonghai approached Yan Jiecheng, only to hear him decline, saying, "Sir, I have a craftsman at home who's here to install the glass. I need to keep an eye on things. Let Jiefang go instead."

Just as Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, Yan Jiefang suddenly clutched his stomach and exclaimed, "Ouch, my stomach hurts!"

Before he could finish speaking, the person had already disappeared. Only then did Yi Zhonghai realize that something was wrong and that everyone was deliberately avoiding him.

Zhao De chuckled to himself, hiding to the side. After these incidents, Yi Zhonghai's prestige had clearly been damaged.

Just then, Yi Zhonghai wanted Yan Jiekuang to help him save face.

Zhao De coughed and spoke up before he could, saying, "We all see each other all the time, we're all neighbors, go and run the errand."

"Okay!"

Seeing the two men respond and leave, Yi Zhonghai's face instantly turned as black as coal.

The person he couldn't get to was summoned by Zhao De. What does this mean?

This is a blatant slap in the face!

I should have called Sha Zhu; maybe he would have agreed.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have ended up in such a shameful situation.

Sha Zhu was also present, but because of what happened the previous morning, Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to order him around.

I was afraid that Sha Zhu would get stubborn and refuse to go, which would be even more embarrassing, but in the end I still couldn't avoid being embarrassed.

Yi Zhonghai looked around at everyone present and suddenly realized that Zhao De had unknowingly gathered a large number of people in this courtyard!

Moreover, his status seems to have surpassed Yi Zhonghai's, which means he can't keep his family fortune. Does he have to lose his status as well?

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai looked at Zhao De.

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Zhao De's eyes. He turned to Jia Zhangshi and suggested, "Jia Zhangshi, have your Master Yi carry your son to the front gate and wait there."

"That way, as soon as the car arrives, we can take him away directly."

"Yeah, that's right."

Jia Zhangshi smiled kindly at Zhao De, then turned to Yi Zhonghai for help: "Old Yi, please do me a favor!"

Yi Zhonghai was furious. Why didn't they let Zhao De help carry it?

Besides, what does it mean that you and Zhao De are laughing so intimately?

However, Yi Zhonghai can't openly say that he doesn't care, can he?

As long as he wants to uphold those noble ideals, he cannot refuse such a request.

So he instinctively wanted to ask Sha Zhu for help, but then he remembered that their relationship had developed a huge rift that morning.

If Sha Zhu refuses to help, wouldn't that be embarrassing?

After much deliberation, Yi Zhonghai decided to go himself and prepared to carry Jia Dongxu on his back.

As they approached, Yi Zhonghai suddenly had an idea: "Zhao De, you're young and strong, why don't you carry Dongxu on your back?"

"This old man is quite tired from carrying you all the way here."

Upon hearing this, Yu Li's family felt extremely disgusted. If Zhao De were to carry Jia Dongxu on his back, what if something happened to him on the way?

Isn't this incredibly unlucky, especially since they have a conflict between them?

The parents were prepared to immediately stop Zhao De from carrying it.

Zhao De took a step back and replied, "Master Yi, I am currently experiencing a joyous occasion, so it would be best if I didn't get involved. It would be best if I didn't get involved."

"Anyway, everyone can understand that you are his master, so it is most appropriate for you to carry it."

"After all, a teacher for a day is a father for life!"

These words were spoken with an air of grandeur and authority, not only giving him a reason not to bear the burden.

Furthermore, it prevented Yi Zhonghai from finding someone else to replace him.

Zhao De was certain that Yi Zhonghai must be feeling extremely uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed a fly.

Just look at his tightly furrowed brows; they're enough to clamp a screw between them.

At this moment, let's not even mention that Yu Li's family breathed a sigh of relief.

After considering for a moment, Yi Zhonghai realized that there was really no other way, so he had to bite the bullet and carry Jia Dongxu on his back.

The neighbors watching this scene felt something was amiss!

Normally, Yi Zhonghai gives the orders, and Sha Zhu carries them out.

Normally, it's a group of young people doing the work, but today it's Zhao De giving orders, and an old man doing the work.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu quickly slipped away before Yi Zhonghai could call him.

He didn't want to keep it from Jia Dongxu, in case Yi Zhonghai called him back and he softened and agreed, which would be troublesome. So he decided to leave quickly.

After all, he still had to go on a blind date with his cousin Qin Jingru today, so he couldn't let himself be tainted by bad luck.

Everyone rushed to the front yard, but Zhao De and his group didn't join in the fun.

He watched Jia Zhangshi's departing figure, seemingly lost in thought.

If nothing unexpected happens, after this reversal, the more hatred there was before, the more satisfaction there will be now!

This will definitely make things interesting.

"Mom, let's go inside too, it's quite cold outside."

Zhao De urged Yu Li's family to hurry inside, as there was still a lot of work to be done in decorating the new house.

In addition, he also needs to notify several people this afternoon to attend his wedding tomorrow.

"Zhao De, this courtyard of yours has a really unfathomable feel to it!"

Yu Li's second aunt, Yu Meishu, suddenly sighed.

It turned out that she had just learned about these things from Yu Li.

Zhao De smiled and said, "Don't overestimate them. They're not some dragon's den or tiger's lair. At most, it's just a shallow pond with lots of turtles!"

"Ha ha……"

This remark drew a burst of cheerful laughter from everyone.

Everyone sat back down on the sofa, and then Zhao De brought out a radio.

"Speaking of which, we haven't used this radio yet since we bought it."

As Zhao De spoke, he plugged the radio into a power source amidst everyone's expectant gazes.

At first, a crackling sound of electricity could be heard.

Then a storyteller's voice rang in everyone's ears: "It is said that Jia Baoyu gave a hairpin to Lin Daiyu, but Daiyu asked: Is this hairpin only for me, or do all the other girls have one too?"

Yu Haitang said in confusion, "This story sounds so familiar. I feel like I've heard the name Jia Baoyu somewhere before."

"This is from 'Dream of the Red Chamber,' specifically Chapter Eight. Aunt Xue prepared twelve hairpins and had Zhou Rui's wife deliver them to the young ladies of the Jia family. The last two were given to Lin Daiyu..."

Just as Zhao De was about to answer his sister-in-law, who wasn't very diligent in her studies, his second aunt, Yu Meishu, spoke first.

After his second aunt finished speaking, Zhao De smiled and praised her, "I didn't expect my second aunt to be so knowledgeable about 'Dream of the Red Chamber'."

Zhao De was somewhat surprised.

Because Yu Meishu could tell which chapter a sentence came from just from one sentence.

It is clear that he has carefully read the entire original text of "Dream of the Red Chamber".

Keep in mind that there were no vernacular translations at that time, let alone TV series that wouldn't be produced until the 1980s.

If you don't really love this work, you probably won't be able to finish reading more than a few chapters in that original writing style.

Another possibility is that they heard the whole story from the radio or a storytelling performance under a pedestrian bridge.

But this is almost impossible.

"Meishu is the pride of our family, our only college graduate!"

Mr. Yu took over and praised her, while Mrs. Yu and the other family members also looked proud.

This is indeed a common mentality among ordinary people; people in ordinary families often like to boast about their impressive relatives.

In this way, it's as if you've become awesome too.

"The copy of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' that I treasured before disappeared five years ago."

"I used to take it out and look through it whenever I had free time. It's such a pity."

Yu Meishu was moved by the scene and her face was full of regret.

"Second Aunt, why don't you just buy another one!"