The life of a villain in a courtyard

"What do you want so much money for?"

Chen Li was a little wary. She had heard from others that men become bad when they have money. He wouldn't want to do anything bad with so much money, right?

"Brother Damao needed money urgently for his business and wanted to mortgage his house. I thought it was not impossible, so I agreed."

Six hundred yuan is not a small amount of money, and he felt it necessary to let Chen Li know. After all, they were already husband and wife, so the above conversation took place.

"Look, he even gave me the deed to the house."

In those days, having a title deed meant ownership of the house. Many laws at that time were not perfect, unlike later generations where having a real estate certificate was useless and the owner had to be present for the property to be transferred.

Chen Li took the title deed and looked at it carefully for more than ten minutes.

"Okay then, I'll get you the money."

Not long after, Su Yun brought back a piece of paper. It was a promissory note written by Xu Damao. He gave it to Chen Li together with the previous house deed and asked her to keep it.

With the money, Xu Damao immediately ran out and found Wang Jianguo.

"Brother Damao, have you collected all the money?"

"It's all together, it's all together."

I saw him take out a pile of money from his bag, exactly two thousand.

"Okay, come with me later and I'll take you to pick up the goods."

When Xu Damao came back, there were several large boxes behind him, which were full of tapes. Although these were just a few things, they cost him hundreds of dollars.

Without a house, Xu Damao left the courtyard and moved into the tube-shaped building where his father lived.

"Son, why are you back? What's in this box?"

He doesn't usually go back to his parents' home, and only comes to visit during the holidays, bringing things with him.

When Xu's mother opened the box, she saw hundreds of tapes densely packed inside. They were all the goods he had purchased.

"Tape? Where did it come from?!"

"I bought it. Didn't I tell you that?"

"Where did you get so much money?"

“I sold the house.”

"sold!"

When Xu Fugui heard that Xu Damao had sold the house, he was furious and even refused to eat.

"What were you thinking? You actually sold the house! Do you know that houses are in short supply in Beijing right now? No matter how many people try to rent it, they still can't find one!"

"What can I do? You don't want to lend me money."

At this moment, he is exactly the same as Xu Fugui.

Xu Fugui was so angry at his son's scoundrel behavior. How could he have given birth to such a bastard? He couldn't keep his wife, couldn't keep his job, and could be bombed to the hospital for sweeping the toilet. He even sold their house secretly!

If I didn't have this one son, I would really like to cut off ties with him to save myself from worrying about him all day long.

"Go and get the house back for me!"

"I can't get it back. I still owe them money. If you don't pay the debt, who will return the house to you?"

"Where's the money?"

"I used all the money to buy goods."

"Take it back quickly!"

"Can't retreat!"

If Xu Damao had nowhere to go, he really wanted to leave here immediately.

"You want to piss me off!"

"I've already told you that once all these things are sold, I'll be rich! By then, let alone a room, I'll buy you a courtyard house."

"Just a bunch of broken tapes? You still expect it to make money? Why did I give birth to a fool like you!"

"Okay, I'm an idiot, don't beg me when I make some money later!"

A guy like Wang Jianjun can make a fortune by reselling tapes. How can I not make money when I am so much smarter than him?

Watching Xu Damao walking away with the box, Xu's father sat on a stool, gasping for breath, holding his chest. His heart was not very good and he almost had a heart attack because of Xu Damao's anger.

"Calm down, old man. Damao is our son. He is not a fool. Maybe he can really make money."

After a lot of consolation from Xu's mother, Xu Fugui finally calmed down.

"I have no problem with him wanting to do business and make money, but he can't sell the house! If he loses money, he will have to sleep on the street. No, I have to go get the house back. I don't feel comfortable leaving it with someone else."

After saying that, he stood up, put on his clothes and came to the courtyard.

"Xu Fugui? What day is it today? Why are you back?"

When the old residents in the yard saw Xu Fugui, they all greeted him.

"Lao Xu, why are you back?"

Everyone was very curious about his visit, as he had not appeared in the courtyard for almost ten years.

"Nothing, I just wanted to come back and take a look."

As for Xu Damao's sale of the house, not a single word was mentioned.

"You must be Su Yun."

An unfamiliar old man pushed the door and walked into Su Yun's house.

"Who are you? Don't you know you should knock before entering someone else's door? Do you have any manners?"

Before he could say anything, Su Yun came to question him.

"I'm Xu Fugui, Xu Damao's father. I heard that you bought my son's house?"

"It's not a purchase, it's a loan to your son. He mortgaged the house to me."

"Since you're not buying it, just return our house deed to me."

This shameless remark made him laugh.

"Okay, then bring the money."

"what money?"

"Xu Damao borrowed 600 yuan from me and left the house deed with me, so I borrowed the money. If you want the house deed, you should return the money to me. You have lived for so many years and you don't understand this principle?"

If he could have paid the money earlier when Xu Damao borrowed the money, why would he wait until now?

"Lao Xu, I heard you were back, why didn't you come and chat with me?"

A man pushed the door open and walked in. It was Liu Haizhong.

"Old Liu, you are the boss of the courtyard now. There is something you can't ignore. This kid took our house deed away. You have to help me get it back!"

"Is this happening?"

After Su Yun helped Liu Haizhong take the position of monitor, the relationship between the two families obviously improved a lot. No matter what happened in the yard, he would consciously or unconsciously side with Su Yun. When he heard Xu Fugui's words, his first reaction was not to blame him, but to ask him whether the matter was true or not.

"Uncle, don't listen to his nonsense. This is the IOU that Xu Damao wrote to me. Take a look."

Liu Haizhong opened the note and took a look at it.

"Old Xu, Xu Damao used his house as collateral to borrow money from him. I can't do anything about this. If you're really angry, you can go to the street office."

Liu Haizhong has learned his lesson now. Some things are beyond his ability to resolve by himself, so when he encounters such a problem, he will push it away if possible.

If he could have found the street office, Xu Fugui would have gone there long ago and would not have wasted time with them here.

He is not in the right in this matter, and nothing good will come of going.

An idea suddenly came to him, and Xu Fugui covered his chest and pretended to have a heart attack.

"Old Xu, what's wrong with you? You feel uncomfortable somewhere."

When Liu Haizhong saw Xu Fugui holding his chest with a look of pain on his face, he immediately panicked.

"Ho ho."

I saw that he was pale and gasping for breath, and he looked quite convincing in his acting.

"The house, give it back to me."

"Su Yun, why don't you return the house to Xu Fugui? It would be terrible if something happened to him!"

Liu Haizhong helped Xu Fugui find a place to sit down, then turned around and asked Su Yun to step back first.

"Uncle, what are you talking about at this time? Can't you see he's almost out of breath? Send him to the hospital."

"Yes, yes, send him to the hospital."

Liu Haizhong hurried out to call for help, and then called a few people back to carry Xu Fugui away.

"Let me go, let me go, I'm not sick, I'm not sick!"

We are on the verge of success. Wouldn't it be a waste of time if we go to the hospital now?

"Old Xu, don't be so stubborn. Look at how you look. If there's anything, we can talk about it when we get back!"

After arriving at the hospital, the doctor found that Xu Fugui was fine and nothing was wrong with him. He was just pretending to be sick.

Given his condition, if he really had a heart attack, he would not be able to make it to the hospital.

Liu Haizhong was furious when he realized he had been cheated.

He took his people and left, leaving Xu Fugui alone in the ward.