Siheyuan: If you have the butcher's knife in your hand, let's try again.

The old man couldn't knock on the door, so it was Mrs. Delai's turn to knock on the door herself. As soon as she came up, she played the family card to Xu Mengjing.

This is also the magic weapon for her to survive in the courtyard.

Everyone in the courtyard has their own philosophy of survival. The deaf old lady's philosophy of survival is to play the family card and brag about being a veteran soldier.

With these two magic weapons to protect her, no one in the courtyard dared to provoke her, even the arrogant and domineering Jia Zhang family was afraid of her.

She looked like a frail old lady in her late teens or early [-]s. She kept telling everyone that her grandchildren were younger, and she immediately made people put down their guard and get close to her.

Xu Mengjing, who lacked family affection, fell into her trap like this.

"Granddaughter, grandma has been standing outside for a long time, and her legs are cold. It hurts after standing for a long time... If there is anything you can't think about, open the door and let us have a chat."

When Xu Mengjing heard the deaf old lady's voice, her whole body became hairy.

She was almost insulted by Silly Zhu, and she was the one who planned it.

If it weren't for her, how could Si Zhu be alone in her room.

She called for the person, and she locked the door.

I'm so stupid. She sold me out and I still recognized her as my grandmother. What's the difference between this and recognizing a thief as my father!

Xu Mengjing finally came to her senses and understood the reason why the deaf old lady was eager to accept her as her granddaughter when she first moved in.

Don't you just want to take advantage of her and squeeze her dry?

Since I recognized this so-called grandma, I come to my house every three days to borrow things. Either the soy sauce is out or the salt is out.

I lent it to her every time and never gave it back.

Calculating carefully, I borrowed dozens or hundreds of things, ranging from tables, chairs and benches to firewood, rice, oil, salt, ginger, vinegar, and tea, and I never returned them once.

Hey, I'm living my life in a muddle.

In fact, the deaf old lady not only exploited Xu Mengjing, but also exploited others.

Borrowing things from others and not returning them is a trivial matter, but coaxing an old man to support her in her old age is a big deal.

However, how could the most cunning and cunning man fail to see her tricks? Of course you can see it.

Knowing that he was still willing to provide for her in her old age, it was because it was profitable and he wanted her house.

A deaf old lady with no children will not live long at her age.

Take care of her in her old age, and when she passes away a hundred years later, the house will belong to the grandpa.

You take care of me in my old age, and I want your house, so each of you can take what you need.

The two of them are very good at seeing through things without telling them, and they are clear in their hearts.

I don't know if he was inspired by the deaf old lady, but the father who was also childless also found Shazhu to take care of him in his old age.

There were so many people in the courtyard, why didn't they choose Xu Damao or Jia Dongxu, but chose Silly Zhu instead.

There's a lot going on here.

Jia Dongxu is a mama's boy. He listens to her mother in everything. He is timid and lacks independent opinions. The key is that he is stupid.

If you choose him to support you in old age, you will have to trick yourself to death.

He accepted him as his apprentice and taught him the skills he couldn't learn. He made trouble for the master every day and almost beat him to death.

Facts have proven that he cannot be chosen for retirement.

Xu Damao is not stupid and dares to do things, but he is impetuous, short-sighted, cunning and unreliable.

If you choose him for retirement, you will have to defraud yourself of your own pension.

Silly Zhu is different. He has a cheerful personality and can take advantage of anything. He is not stupid and has low strength.

What impressed me the most was his sense of innocence.

It was precisely because of this naivety that he hung on Qin Huairu for many years, almost to the point of becoming the next queen.

If you make good use of his silly energy, you won't have to worry about taking care of yourself in old age.

However, the reason why Silly Pillar hangs on Qin Huairu is not entirely because of stupidity.

He is a bachelor, just supporting her!

Qin Huairu naturally exploited Shazhu, and she completely mastered Shazhu's factory instruction manual.

The more Silly Zhu helped her, the less she tried to tempt him.

As the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine, a concubine is worse than a prostitute, a prostitute is worse than a thief, and stealing is worse than not being able to steal.

Qin Huairu took advantage of this, coupled with Sha Zhu's naivety, to hold him firmly in the palm of his hand.

People in the courtyard, you squeezed me, I squeezed you, squeezed again and again.

After Lin Bai moved into the courtyard, he was initially targeted by animals that wanted to exploit him, but after a few rounds he gave up after finding that he was too difficult to deal with.

The deaf old lady wanted to recognize him as her grandson, but Lin Bai refused directly. She came to borrow something, and Lin Bai would not lend him even a needle.

Seeing that his brain and force were on the line, the first man had thought of finding someone else to take care of him in his old age, but Lin Bai didn't want to pay attention to him at all, so he had to give up.

Needless to say, Qin Huairu wanted to borrow the toilet and take a shower, so she went straight to Lin Bai's bed.

No matter how much she flattered Lin Bai, she was indifferent. She hated him so much that her teeth itched.

After Xu Mengjing moved in, the animals turned around and pounced on her like a tiger in a zoo seeing meat.

Xu Mengjing was simply ignorant and fell into their trap without raising her alertness.

However, after suffering such a big loss, she finally saw the true face of this group of people.

No matter how much the deaf old lady persuaded her outside the door, her granddaughter screamed so sweetly that she had no intention of opening the door.

This made the deaf old lady very upset, and she banged her cane on the door.

"Damn girl, open the door!" The deaf old lady finally couldn't help it and cursed.

Hearing her yelling and cursing, Xu Mengjing was horrified, as if the cane was not knocking on the door, but on her own head.

"Go away, I won't open the door!"

"You all want to harm me!"

"You are all bad people!!"

Xu Mengjing mustered up her courage and shouted outside the door.

Neighbors in the courtyard heard the shouting and went out to surround him.

"Old lady, what's wrong with Xu Mengjing shouting?"

"Girl Nightmare was frightened, and the door wouldn't open no matter how loudly she shouted." The deaf old lady said perfunctorily to her neighbor, her face red and her heart beating.

"Why don't you break the door and go in to see if something happens?"

"There's no need. The three of us will stay outside and everything will be fine. You can go back to sleep."

With Silly Zhu, the uncle, and the deaf old lady around, Xu Mengjing should be fine, so the neighbors ignored her and went back yawning.

Everyone left, and the courtyard became quiet again, with only the chattering sounds of three people left.

Hearing the three people talking, Xu Mengjing's heart was in her throat. What were these three people planning?

You won't think of any way to harm me again.

"What should I do if she refuses to open the door?" Silhu looked anxious, fearing that Xu Mengjing would expose the matter.

It would be troublesome if he was poked out, and he might get into trouble.

"If you don't want to open it, don't open it. It's getting late. Let's go back to bed." The deaf old lady was calm and looked indifferent.

"No...I'm afraid she will report the crime."

"Report the crime? Based on what I know about her, with her temperament, she won't report the crime. Don't worry."

"But I'm still worried and panicked..."

"My old lady didn't even panic, why are you panicking... I'm tired, help me back."

"..."

Silly Zhu couldn't resist the deaf old lady, so he had to help her back.

Hearing the sound of the deaf old lady walking away, Xu Mengjing relaxed a little.

In order to prevent someone from breaking in in the middle of the night, she pressed the table against the door of her room, put the scissors next to her and huddled on the bed motionless.

After Sha Zhu sent the old lady back, he was worried and squatted at the door of Xu Mengjing's house, waiting for her to come out and explain the matter clearly.

She didn't do anything. If she really went to report the crime, the police would not be able to explain it to the police if she was alone.

It would be cool if you put a charge on me.

But after waiting for two hours, Xu Mengjing never showed up.

Silly Zhu was so sleepy that he couldn't stand it anymore, so he patted his butt and went back.

Xu Mengjing did not dare to close her eyes that night and kept her eyes open until dawn.

When it was dawn, Xu Mengjing got out of bed and washed her face hastily.

I waited at the window to make sure there was no one outside, then quickly went out and ran out of the courtyard.

On the way to the steel rolling mill, the cold wind blew me awake a lot, and I cried again when I thought about what happened last night.

I was so sleepy when I arrived at the factory that I lay down on the table and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard footsteps outside the door, and then someone opened the door and entered the studio.