Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

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Li Xiangdong frowned slightly and scolded He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, who immediately became obedient.

Meanwhile, Lou Xiao'e returned home from the hospital. The first thing she did was destroy the test results. Then she rummaged through the kitchen and found some vegetable leaves to make soup for Xu Damao.

Although it has now been confirmed that there is nothing wrong with her body, she is still reluctant to believe that Xu Damao is the one with the problem, so she tries to communicate with Xu Damao to see if it is possible to get pregnant.

"As always, you have not disappointed me. Now you can go and collect your bonuses for today."

At 6:30 p.m., the day's work in the workshop came to an end, and Li Xiangdong withdrew the workers' bonuses from the finance department, preparing to distribute them.

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As usual, the workers lined up without scrambling or pushing to receive their gifts. He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, seeing such a good thing, also happily joined the queue.

They were initially reluctant to work in the workshop, but when they heard that there was a bonus to be won, they immediately perked up.

"Alright, everyone, you've all worked hard. Go home and rest!"

After the bonuses were distributed, the workers happily prepared to go home.

"Wait a minute... why aren't ours here?"

"Yeah, we're all working in the same factory, so why do others get bonuses while we don't?"

...... ........ ...

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, empty-handed, were dumbfounded and complained angrily. The two, who usually didn't get along, now seemed to be comrades-in-arms on the same front, completely united.

"Have you two started working?"

Li Xiangdong asked impatiently.

"But...we've been coming to work as usual..."

"Exactly! Our get off work hours are the same as theirs!"

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao's voices echoed throughout the workshop, as if they were in the right.

"You two are just temporary workers at the factory right now. If you want to get bonuses like them, you have to reach their level and workload and pass the factory's assessment."

"Given your current situation, I'm already being generous by letting you stay in the workshop. Like I said, if you're unhappy and don't want to work, don't bother coming in tomorrow morning."

Li Xiangdong didn't bother to waste any more words with the two of them. He grabbed his bag and left, while Yu Li waited for him at the workshop entrance to go back for dinner together.

Xu Damao and He Yuzhu were speechless after Li Xiangdong's words, and could only pack their things and prepare to go home.

Chapter 276 He Yuzhu's Disheartened Heart

He Yuzhu was still in a bad mood. Although he was back at the factory, neither Li Xiangdong nor Xu Damao made him feel happy at work. In addition, the sudden change from a permanent employee to a temporary employee made the psychological gap quite significant.

Of course, what affected his mood the most was probably the matter of Feng Ting. He Yuzhu wandered around on the street for a while, and before he knew it, he had arrived at Feng Ting's door.

A few days ago, I was listening to the radio at Yi Zhonghai's house. The radio said that men should learn to take the initiative when it comes to love. He Yuzhu has kept this sentence in mind ever since.

Now that things have come to this point by chance, he wants to give himself another chance. Maybe with his hard work, he can win Feng Ting's heart, or at least continue to have contact with her.

He Yuzhu stood at the door of Feng Ting's house, constantly encouraging himself, filled with anticipation for the person inside.

"Alright, I'll stop here. Otherwise, Grandma will scold me again if she sees this..."

Just as He Yuzhu was mentally preparing himself and reaching out to knock on the door, Feng Ting's voice came from not far away, which startled him so much that he quickly withdrew his hand and hid behind the wall.

"It's almost eight o'clock. Your grandma is so old, why would she be out wandering around like that?"

As soon as Feng Ting finished speaking, she heard a man's voice talking to her. He Yuzhu looked closely and recognized him as Wang Tong, the man Feng Ting had brought home for dinner that night.

Feng Ting was sitting on the back of Wang Tong's bicycle, making a fuss about getting off, but Wang Tong refused and insisted on taking her home.

"Oh dear, my grandma has always been against our relationship. She's been keeping an eye on me lately. If she sees us together, she might say something to you."

"Alright, then I'll watch you walk back."

It seems that Feng Ting's grandmother has not yet approved of Feng Ting's relationship with Wang Tong, which makes Feng Ting very cautious. Seeing this, Wang Tong had no choice but to stop the car and let Feng Ting out.

"Ride slowly on the road. There are no lights in the alley behind, so be careful."

"Don't worry, you know how good I am at driving! I'll pick you up for work tomorrow morning!"

After Feng Ting got off the back of the bicycle, the two didn't separate immediately and started cuddling together again.

"Then I'm going back!"

"Wait, did you forget something?"

Then, Feng Ting shyly kissed Wang Tong on the cheek before running home.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu clenched his fists, his newly mustered courage extinguished once more. Rather than saying his courage was extinguished, it would be more accurate to say he was utterly disheartened.

"Da Mao, why are you only getting back now? Doesn't the factory close at six? It's almost eight. Did your first day at work not go well?"

At this moment, Xu Damao, who looked melancholy, also arrived home. Lou Xiao'e quickly went up to him to show her concern.

"Don't even mention it, my job as a projectionist has been taken over..."

Xu Damao picked up the water glass on the table, gulped down a large glass, and then sighed.

"You've been replaced? What are you going to do now?"

"Now they want me to be a factory worker, doing all the dirty and hard work, and I'd be a temporary worker..."

The mere mention of this made Xu Damao furious, and he slammed his work clothes onto the table.

"This is too much! You've never worked in this workshop before, how can you possibly adapt? We're not going to suffer like this!"

"What else can we do but suffer like this? Stay at home unemployed, and when your baby is born, I won't even have the money to raise him/her..."

"hold head high......"

Lou Xiao'e, who was originally indignant, became noticeably less natural when the topic of children came up, and she couldn't keep up with Xu Damao's words for a moment.

"Sister, brother-in-law, are you home?"

Just then, a familiar voice came from outside the window, and Lou Sheng's face quickly appeared on the door frame.

Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao both felt a chill run down their spines. After all, the appearance of this vampire-like brother-in-law was never a good thing, especially since Lou Sheng's attitude was so attentive; he was probably here for money again.

"Why are you here so late at night? Is something wrong?"

Lou Xiao'e was very nervous and asked with a serious expression.

"Look at what you're saying. You're my own sister. Why do I have to say something bad happened before I come to visit you?"

Lou Sheng curled his lip, acting as if he were no outsider, and went straight into the house to sit down.

"Hey brother-in-law, you're at work today. How's it going? Tired?"

"It's alright, not too tiring..."

Xu Damao forced a smile and said, "2.1."

"Oh, is that so, sister and brother-in-law? Xiaoyue and I are planning to get engaged tomorrow. Xiaoyue knows that my brother-in-law is paying for the bride price, so she insists on inviting you both to have a meal together. That way, my marriage will be settled."

Lou Sheng took a sip of water and then explained his true purpose for coming.

"Oh, so that's what it is. You little rascal, why did you keep this such a happy occasion a secret? Just tell me!"

Lou Xiao'e breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. She was terrified that Lou Sheng would ask for money again. After all, she hadn't actually gotten Xu Damao pregnant with a son, and the more money she took from Xu Damao, the more likely things would go wrong.

Chapter 277 Qin Huairu felt a sense of loss.

"Tomorrow at noon or in the evening?"

"How about tomorrow night? Everyone's off work then, and it's been a long time since our family has had a meal together!"

"Okay, then your sister and I will go over tomorrow night."

Xu Damao agreed.

"Sigh, eating is eating, but..."

"Brother-in-law, the money you gave me last time was enough for Xiaoyue's dowry, the rest..."

Sure enough, after going through such a long detour, Lou Sheng still ended up back at the issue of money.

“Lou Sheng, getting married is your own business. It’s already very good that your brother-in-law is willing to pay the bride price for you.”

“Your brother-in-law has been resting at home for so long, and we were already short of money lately. Now he’s become a temporary worker at the factory. We don’t know how we’re going to make ends meet. Where are we going to get so much money for you?”

Before Xu Damao could even speak, Lou Xiao'e immediately refused. Her actions surprised both Lou Sheng and Xu Damao.

"But it's 26... Back then at our house... my brother-in-law promised to pay for my wedding... How could he go back on his word..."

"Don't even mention back then, he didn't know he would lose his permanent job for no reason."

"Sister, why...why are you siding with him...you gave birth to his son for nothing...!"

“He’s my man, of course I’ll speak up for him. It’s only natural that we married and have children. Besides, if he loses his money, I’ll suffer too. We don’t want to pretend to be rich when we’re not.”

Lou Sheng said something, and Lou Xiao'e retorted with something else.

"You, Lou Xiao'e, you've only been married a few years and you've already learned to betray your own family! I'm not talking to you anymore, let's see how you explain this to our parents tomorrow!"

Lou Sheng, his face flushed and neck red with anger, slammed the door and left.

"I made you some soup, but I didn't expect you to come back so late. Let me heat it up first."

After Lou Sheng left, Lou Xiao'e didn't say anything more, immediately reverting to her good wife demeanor, and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

At this moment, Xu Damao felt both touched and puzzled. After all, it was Lou Xiao'e who had been eyeing his money along with her family before. How could things have changed so much in just a few days? He was worried that there was more to the story, and even more worried that there might be something fishy about the child.