Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

He was flattered by the money Wang Yuanyi handed him, but at the same time, he was full of doubt about what Li Yuanyi had said.

Wang Yuanyi felt a little helpless seeing that Xiang Xiaobei didn't believe him at all. If this had happened ten years ago or even earlier, he would have put it away without hesitation. "You don't want it? Fine, I'll take it if you don't want it."

But let's forget about this situation. The higher-ups haven't distributed any money for many years. I don't know why they managed to get some money and some small coin (likely referring to currency) this time. Although the small coin can't be used directly, it can be exchanged for banknotes or something on the black market. Even if we lose a little, at least we'll have some money.

He had actually guessed before he came that Xiang Xiaobei might not believe him, so he had prepared the small amount of money given by the higher-ups. He took it out of his chest pocket and said, "I'm not lying to you. This time, the higher-ups really did give me a sum of money, but a lot of it is in small amounts. Since you're new to Beijing, I was afraid you wouldn't understand the situation, so I exchanged what was supposed to be given to you for receipts or something. I didn't exchange what was given to others. Look at these small amounts of money, would I lie to you?"

"Huh? It actually remembers us here..." Xiang Xiaobei was also a little shocked to hear Wang Yuanyi say this, but this time he took the money Wang Yuanyi handed over, and then took out a few more bills and gave them to Wang Yuanyi, "Old Wang, I won't say any more, these are for you. My salary is higher than yours. We have to take good care of each other in the future. You still have to reunite with your family later."

After saying this, Xiang Xiaobei saw that Lao Li was stunned, so he didn't say anything more. He just put the money there and turned around and walked out. He knew that Wang Yuanyi would definitely not want the money. But for Xiang Xiaobei, he didn't need the money right now. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't spend his family's savings directly, he would have taken it out of the latrine long ago.

Watching Xiang Xiaobei's departing figure, Wang Yuanyi sighed silently, then stuffed the money directly into his pocket. However, he tightly gripped another set of receipts he hadn't taken out with him. "If Grandma knew you'd give me more money, I wouldn't keep any. This makes me feel like I'm not human," Wang Yuanyi shook his head. Mainly, it had been many years since he'd received any money from his superiors, and the sudden influx of funds made him a little greedy. But then again, now that he had money, he was going to spend it lavishly.

Xiang Xiaobei returned to the courtyard house without anyone noticing. When he climbed over the wall, he made sure no one had seen him. Only after confirming that no one was inside did he climb over. Once he entered the backyard, he wasn't worried anymore, because even if he was seen, he could just say he went to the toilet.

In the following days, everyone in the courtyard cherished this short holiday, because they would have to go back to work after the Lantern Festival.

During this time, Su Xingchen and Ao Fei started looking for places to store food to sell later, as their previous small courtyard was no longer enough. The various pigs and sheep in Su Xingchen's spatial dimension had become an overabundance, and he had even slaughtered a batch and stored them in a warehouse. Although the slaughtered meat wouldn't spoil in the warehouse, space was limited.