Courtyard House: The eldest son of the He family marries a woman who brings him good fortune.

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"Haha, it seems you've had feelings for him for more than just a day or two."

"Can't you hear my heart beating? It's beating for Hongyang!"

Auntie Erda waited outside with a small stool.

Other family members who worked at the steel rolling mill also waited with her.

But we can only wait and wait.

I received nothing.

After noon, these people finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Thinking there was no hope for mutton soup at noon today, everyone went home to cook.

The second aunt was not willing to give up.

Two members of their family work in the factory and can bring back two servings of mutton soup.

If I go home to cook lunch, wouldn't that be a waste of the meal?

I went back, drank a lot of water, grabbed a cold steamed bun, and sat down to continue waiting.

Yan Bugui and the three aunts were initially extremely envious.

Seeing this, he said gloatingly, "Looks like there's no hope for mutton soup. It's already afternoon. If we could have had some, we would have brought it back long ago. I think you should go home and cook."

The second aunt insisted, "The factory issued the notice last night. How could things change if they were supposed to? Something must have caused the delay."

"It's not easy to get a sheep these days. Even if the factory issues a notice, or even if the whole city issues a notice, you might not be able to get a drink."

“I don’t care, I’m just waiting for my husband and son to come back. They will definitely bring it back for me.”

I happened to run into Yi Zhonghai on his way home from get off work.

He deliberately didn't come back at noon.

He was afraid that seeing everyone drinking mutton soup would make him envious, and he was even more afraid of smelling the mutton soup all over the yard. He was sure that the old lady would have another big argument with him.

They said that if he hadn't been fired from the steel mill, his family would have been able to drink today.

Hearing what Yan Bugui and his second aunt said.

"They didn't come back for lunch, so you didn't get to have any mutton soup?"

Yan Bugui said, "There's not even a trace of them. The mutton soup isn't that good."

Yi Zhonghai felt a surge of secret joy.

Let alone that we can't get them now, even if we could, the sheep would be divided up by the factory leaders. How could they possibly get any?

With so many people in the factory, even if there were mutton soup, by the time it was distributed to everyone's bowls, there would only be scraps left.

The workers at the factory don't even have enough to drink, why would they bring some home!

"If you ask me, let's go back. What's the point of waiting here?"

“I’m going to wait. Last night I dreamed that I was drinking mutton soup today. I have a feeling that I will definitely come back soon.”

"Your premonition isn't a sign; you're clearly having a nightmare because you're craving food."

"I'm craving it, aren't you? It's mutton soup. Think about how long it's been since you've had it."

Although Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but swallow when he heard the words "mutton soup," he still said dismissively, "It's just mutton soup, what's so great about it?"

Yan Bugui, adjusting his glasses, chimed in, "I bet we won't get to drink anything today!"

While they were gloating.

Jia Dongxu is back.

He was holding a lunchbox and had a big smile on his face.

As soon as the old lady saw him return, she jumped up.

Then I looked at the lunchbox in his hand.

Before the person even got there, their nose was already close.

"What's inside? Is it mutton soup?"

Jia Dongxu nodded: "Not only do we have mutton soup, but we also have mutton buns."

what?

The second aunt looked at the lunchbox in disbelief: "Could you open it and let me see?"

"No, I'm afraid that once I open it, I won't be able to resist taking a sip."

Then she seemed to realize something and slapped her thigh: "If the mutton soup and mutton buns are both in the lunchbox, then the mutton buns will be stale."

Yi Zhonghai and Yan 712bu Guiquan 576з68 both stared wide-eyed at his lunchbox.

They didn't expect that there would actually be mutton soup.

I never expected there would be mutton buns.

But with only one sheep and so many people in the factory, it's barely possible to have a bowl of mutton soup, let alone mutton buns!

Those steamed buns weren't even as big as glutinous rice balls.

Yi Zhonghai sneered: "What mutton buns? He's just joking with you."

Yan Bugui said, "I haven't seen what steamed buns look like for a year. I don't believe your factory has such good conditions that you can afford meat buns."

Jia Dongxu knew they didn't believe him.

He didn't believe it when he first heard about it.

He carefully took out a piece of oil paper from his pocket.

Then a small opening appeared.

"Look, these are mutton buns. I've already taken a bite out of them, but even with that bite, there's still so much left!"

They could already smell the fragrance.

Seeing the sizzling mutton buns, I couldn't wait to take a bite.

That's right!

What he's holding is a mutton bun.

Auntie was so excited she almost jumped up.

"So our family also has a share."

"Yes, one bowl of mutton soup and one mutton bun for each person."

"So, they'll bring back two bowls of mutton soup and two mutton buns later."

"That depends on whether they've eaten or not."

How much did you bring back?

"I only took one bite of the mutton bun, and half a bowl of mutton soup."

Seeing how much he brought back, Auntie Er pursed her lips and said with longing, "I wish our family brought back this much too."

Yi Zhonghai still didn't believe it.

No matter how he calculated it, he felt the accounts were wrong.

The largest a sheep can weigh is a little over 100 jin (50 kg).

How could I possibly make mutton soup, wrap mutton buns, and distribute them to so many people?

"Are you sure it's made of mutton? Are you sure everyone in the factory has some?"

"Yes, we all saw it, and everyone ate it."

Yan Bugui also sensed something was wrong and started fiddling with his fingers.

"How could one sheep possibly produce so much?"

"Who said it was just one sheep? It was a whole ten sheep!"

Everyone was so shocked their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.

Ten sheep?!

Yesterday we were talking about one sheep, how did it become ten?

In their minds, even one sheep was hard to come by, but they never expected to be able to get ten.

I heard before that it was obtained by a guy named Cui Dake from their factory.

Could it be that the factory leaders came forward directly this time?

Even if the factory leaders intervened directly, they wouldn't have that much influence.

Now all organizations are trying to find solutions.

Although the leaders of the steel rolling mill wielded considerable power, they were insignificant compared to the entire 49th Company.

How could they possibly have gotten so many sheep all at once, and then distributed them all to the factory workers to eat?

"Who has such great power? Does your factory leadership know some higher-ups who are giving the factory special treatment?"

"It's He Hongyang from our 727 compound. He's the one who brought all these sheep."

what?

Everyone was shocked again!

impossible.

Not at all.

He Hongyang slept until noon today before going to the factory.

When he left, they all saw that there were no sheep at all.

suddenly!

The second aunt remembered that He Hongyang and Sha Zhu kept carrying sacks outside.

She even asked them curiously what was inside.

The two of them said it was all useless stuff.

Could it be?

Excitedly, she grabbed Jia Dongxu and asked, "Were those sheep transported there in sacks?"

"Yes, how did you know?"

Aunt Er slapped her thigh again: "I saw it! They were carrying sacks out of the yard. I never expected they were filled with sheep."

"You know, He Hongyang is really good at keeping his composure. If I had known there were sheep inside, I should have gone up to help."

What's even more shocking is where he got these sheep from.

Why is there no movement at all in the courtyard?

Yi Zhonghai asked, "Did you hear sheep bleating last night?"

Yan Bugui shook his head repeatedly: "No, you live in the same courtyard as him. Even if there were sheep bleating, you should have heard it first."

He then asked Jia Dongxu, "Did you hear that?"

"I didn't hear it either."

"What time did he get back yesterday?"

"do not know."

"Where did he get these sheep from?"

"How would I know? Besides, if they told you where they got it from, wouldn't someone else steal the credit?"

Auntie Er understood and said, "That's right. It doesn't matter where it comes from, as long as we have mutton soup to drink and mutton buns to eat, that's fine."

"He Hongyang is simply amazing. Who would have thought that he could quietly get ten sheep and transport them from the courtyard to the factory?"

"No wonder they're so low-key. If people in our compound knew, things would be in chaos, and someone might even try to rob them."

Jia Dongxu said seriously, "If anyone from our institute dares to snatch it, our factory's security department will come immediately. He Hongyang said that these sheep are for the factory, and no one is allowed to touch them."