Thinking of this, Third Uncle squeezed out a stiff smile, breaking the deadlock.
"Oh, Liu Cheng, you got the compensation, and now you're buying meat?"
"That's right. Today is a good day. My parents' injustice has been cleared, so we must celebrate with meat."
Third Uncle swallowed hard.
He hadn't eaten meat in at least three months.
Liu Cheng's heart stirred. Thinking of the Siheyuan Crowd's previous actions, he had to thoroughly annoy them.
Only by driving them crazy would they constantly try to scheme against him.
Only then would he have the opportunity to continuously trigger system missions.
Thinking of this, Liu Cheng put on a sincere expression.
"Speaking of which, I owe it to all my neighbors that I can eat this fatty pork today."
"Oh, oh, oh, I understand now. The all-courtyard meeting you held today was actually to help me, wasn't it?"
"I especially want to thank Jia Zhangshi. If it weren't for your constant encouragement to go to the Military Control Office, I really wouldn't have had the courage to go."
"If I hadn't gone to the Military Control Office, I wouldn't have just happened to meet Uncle Li."
"If I hadn't met Uncle Li, my parents' case wouldn't have been brought to light."
"If my parents' case hadn't been brought to light, my family wouldn't have transformed from a spy family into a hero's family."
"If my parents hadn't become heroes, I wouldn't have received national compensation."
"Oh, and there are two large tiled houses as a reward."
"Now, my parents will surely rest in peace."
"Just thinking about everyone's help makes me truly happy."
"Here, I offer my thanks to all the uncles, elders, brothers, and sisters of the Siheyuan Courtyard."
"Oh, when my mom and dad were alive, they always taught me to do more good deeds and fewer bad deeds. They said good people are rewarded."
"Now it seems that's truly the case. First Grandpa has too many tricks up his sleeve, so he suffered retribution, falling for no reason and getting scalded by boiling water."
"My parents did good deeds, and I am also a good person, so I can receive a pension and also get large tiled houses."
"Being a good person is truly great. Let's all be good people from now on!"
These words were like flying daggers, constantly piercing the hearts of the Four Courtyard Animals.
Yet, they couldn't even react.
Be good people?
Be your mother's good people?
However, they had to hide their own filth.
And even to pretend to be good people, they had to nod and smile apologetically.
This made them feel incredibly suffocated.
After his thanks, Liu Cheng turned directly and went home.
Leaving the Four Courtyard Animals, each with a dark expression.
Thank your mother.
If you're so grateful, why don't you share some meat with us?
Especially Jia Zhangshi, her eyes never left Liu Cheng's fatty pork.
When Liu Cheng thanked her, he specifically mentioned her, Jia Zhangshi.
She even thought Liu Cheng would share meat with her after thanking her.
But it was just verbal thanks.
At this moment, her resentment towards Liu Cheng reached its peak.
The other Siheyuan Crowd felt the same way.
They thought Liu Cheng had said so much that there would be substantial action, but there was nothing.
However, the main character of the event had left.
The Siheyuan Crowd also lost interest and returned to their respective homes.
Liu Cheng naturally followed the plot he'd seen in transmigration novels and immediately began cooking and eating meat.
Due to his life experience in his previous life, cooking was incredibly easy.
Soon, the aroma of meat filled the entire Siheyuan Courtyard, which again drew a round of curses from the Four Courtyard Animals.
Jia Family.
After Jia Zhangshi returned, she started throwing a tantrum.
Constantly smashing things.
"Damn it, damn Liu Cheng, this little beast, occupying my house."
"One day, I will make you spit out all the money and the house."
"And buying such a big chunk of meat, not even thinking of helping my family. It serves you right that your parents died."
Old Jia couldn't stand it and said unhappily, "Stop it, this is all your own fault."
Jia Zhangshi shrieked, "How can it be my fault?"
Old Jia sneered, "Back then, First Grandpa kept winking at you, telling you not to mention the Military Control Office, but you completely ignored him and kept clamoring to send Liu Cheng to the Military Control Office. In a sense, you really did help Liu Cheng."
Jia Dongxu also had a look of blame, "That's right, if we hadn't gone to the Military Control Office, we wouldn't have met that officer. If we hadn't met that officer, the matter of Liu Cheng's parents' disappearance wouldn't have surfaced. Liu Cheng's family would still be labeled as enemy agents. As long as we scared him a bit more, he would have had no choice but to hand over the house and savings. Mom, it's all your fault, you were too impulsive."
Although Jia Zhangshi was very aggressive, in front of her man and son, she wouldn't be unreasonable.
And after they said that, she also calmed down and thought about it carefully, realizing it was indeed true.
First Grandpa had been winking at her constantly, and she actually hadn't understood.
If she hadn't clamored to go to the Military Control Office, Liu Cheng would still be a small spy.
Before the truth came out, his family's property would probably have already been taken.
Jia Zhangshi, having understood, felt incredibly annoyed.
"Ah, ah, ah!"
"How could I have helped Liu Cheng?"
"It's too unbearable."
"It's all Liu Cheng's fault."
"That's right, he's too infuriating."
"This little bastard made me so angry I lost my head."
"Ah, ah, ah!"
"I'm not reconciled!"
Jia Dongxu said, "Mom, don't be upset. The most urgent task is to figure out how to take his house. I'm still counting on it to marry a young lady from the city."
At this moment, Old Jia said, "That little spy now has the Military Control Office backing him, so it won't be easy to take it."
Jia Zhangshi shrieked, "Are we just giving up? Those are two large tiled houses! One of them is bigger than two of ours. And he also has a thousand yuan in compensation. Just thinking about how much money his family has makes me feel suffocated."
Old Jia's eyes lit up: "The matter of the house needs to be planned for the long term, but we can certainly find a way to swindle his money."
Jia Zhangshi stared: "You have a plan?"
"That kid is an idiot, how hard can it be to deal with him? Go cook quickly. After dinner, I'll go find First Grandpa, and we'll partner up to swindle his money."
Jia Zhangshi immediately became unhappy, "Why do you need to find First Grandpa to swindle his money? Yan Bugui is very shrewd. He won't do it without benefits, and I don't want our family's money to be shared with him."
"What do you know? That Yan Laoxi, to take advantage of Liu Cheng, often played chess with him before, with stakes in each game, which were usually peanuts or candy. Later, I'll go discuss with him and have him invite Liu Cheng to play chess again, but change the stakes to money, for example, 10 yuan or 20 yuan per game. I'll invest with him, and we'll split the winnings fifty-fifty. Forget about Liu Cheng being brain-damaged, I ask you, in our Siheyuan Courtyard, whose chess skills are higher than Yan Laoxi's?"
Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi almost jumped up in excitement.
"That's right, that's a good idea."
......
First Grandpa finally returned home.
His burns weren't very serious, but they weren't light either.
His whole body was covered in blisters, and he could only apply topical medicine.
The doctor said it would take at least 10 days to recover.
This burning pain made him very uncomfortable.
However, at this moment, what was more uncomfortable than the physical pain was the psychological one.
Originally, a new official starts with three fires, and his first fire hadn't even started. This made First Grandpa feel very aggrieved and pained.
It was all Liu Cheng's fault.
He hadn't expected that after this little bastard woke up from his coma, he would be completely like a different person.
His mind seemed to be much sharper.
And his mouth was incredibly poisonous.
Just thinking about Liu Cheng cursing him earlier made him shiver.
Do bad people with many schemes really suffer retribution?
Bah, bah, bah.
It was just a coincidence.
He was angered by him.
That's right, being fainted by this disrespectful little bastard was why he fell, and bad luck was why he got scalded by boiling water.
This score would be settled sooner or later.
But certainly not now.
And he was also a bit wary of Director Wang's words.
He would endure this matter for now and find an opportunity to deal with him later.
......
After Second Grandpa returned home, he drank his watered-down baijiu in a depressed mood.
He used to occasionally have scrambled eggs.
However, as the children grew up, they ate more and more.
His favorite scrambled eggs could only be eaten every other day now.
As for meat, he hadn't touched it in two months.
Smelling the aroma of meat from Liu Cheng's house made him even more depressed.
He had originally planned to secure a room for Liu Guangqi, preparing for his romance and marriage.
Now that hope was shattered.
Second Grandpa said fiercely, "This Liu Cheng, sooner or later, I'll make him pay."
......
Third Uncle's house.
Yan Bugui, smelling the wafting aroma of meat, was incredibly greedy.
During this time, he had already knocked on the door, trying to find an excuse to get some meat.
But Liu Cheng directly refused, and even closed the door, refusing guests.
Yan Bugui was rebuffed and had no choice but to return home dejectedly, gnawing on his cornmeal Steamed buns .
Since the Steamed buns was made of cornmeal, it was not only tasteless but also gritty when bitten into. Yan Bugui drank a lot of water just to eat one Steamed buns .
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Is Third Uncle home?"
It was Old Jia's voice.
Third Grandma quickly went to open the door.
"Oh, Old Jia is here."
Old Jia came in, hands behind his back, smiling.
"Oh, Lao Yan, why are you eating cornmeal Steamed buns ? You're a people's teacher, with such a high salary, you should be eating white flour steamed buns."
Yan Bugui was feeling depressed.
"You know as well as I do, with so many mouths to feed in my family, how can my meager salary be enough? Forget white flour steamed buns, I haven't even had two-grain flour Steamed buns in a long time."
Old Jia smiled, "Then do you want to eat white flour steamed buns?"
Yan Bugui retorted, "Aren't you stating the obvious? Who doesn't want to eat steamed buns every day? I even want to eat meat."
Old Jia had a secretive look, "There's a good opportunity right now?"
Yan Bugui was startled, then seemed to understand, "Are you talking about Liu Cheng?"
Old Jia nodded: "That's right."
"Don't mention it, I already knocked on his door just now. But that kid pretended to be dumb, eating with oil all over his mouth, and he wouldn't even let me taste a bit."
Old Jia chuckled, "My meaning is, let's go swindle the money out of his hands. Then what can't we eat?"