With a loud bang, a large section of the wall separating the two courtyards collapsed.

The ladder was unstable and swayed twice, and Ye Rou fell into the haystack in the next yard.

"Little darling!" Jiang Chen threw away the ladder and climbed up to the top of the wall to see Ye Rou.

Ye Rou stretched out her hand with difficulty in the haystack and waved: "I'm fine."

Jiang Chen walked over and pulled the person up, carefully checking her arms and legs, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that she was not injured.

Seeing that he looked gloomy and about to get mad and scold her, Ye Rou immediately pulled Jiang Chen's hand and said softly, "You scared me to death."

"There's nothing I can do to you." Jiang Chen sighed, plucked the grass leaves off her head, grabbed her wrist with his backhand, and pulled her up.

The mute woman appeared at the gap and gestured that the meal was ready.

"I'm just hungry." Ye Rou pulled Jiang Chen back.

"Stop!" A sharp explosion sounded.

Ye Rou looked back and saw more than 20 people standing at the gap in the yard next door. Lin Chunhua, who was making the most noise, pointed at the broken wall and shouted, "The wall is broken, you have to pay for it!"

"We'll find someone to rebuild the wall." Ye Rou said while looking at her hand. She really didn't use much strength when she slapped the wall just now. How come the wall collapsed?

"Just building a wall is enough!" Lin Chunhua stepped forward and pointed at the haystacks mixed with bricks, and shouted: "These haystacks are dirty and can't be used. You have to pay for it!"

She knew that a very rich man had moved into the yard next door and had driven out all the original residents. He had been repairing the house every day for more than two months, and the materials brought in were all expensive and good things. She had been coveting it for a long time, and now that she had caught this opportunity, she was not willing to give it up no matter what.

Ye Rou stopped and asked her, "What do you want me to compensate you for?"

"Pay me money!" Lin Chunhua said with her hands on her hips, "Pay me two hundred dollars!"

"What? Two hundred yuan!" Wang Honghong stood at the gap in the wall and looked at Lin Chunhua sarcastically, "You are a blackmailer."

Lin Chunhua was about to curse back when several hands reached out from behind and grabbed her.

She turned back impatiently, only to see Qian Meiyu and Hua Xiaoyu approaching her.

Qian Meiyun put her hands on her hips and said unhappily: "Lin Chunhua, our family also has a share of these haystacks, we can't just give you the compensation!"

Hua Xiaoyu said weakly, "Yes, Chunhua, let's discuss the compensation among the three of us."

Lin Chunhua frowned and looked at the two of them, "What compensation do you want?"

"My family also wants two hundred yuan." Qian Meiyu said immediately, her eyes glowing green as she spoke.

"Okay." Lin Chunhua looked at Hua Xiaoyu, her eyes softened: "Xiaoyu, what compensation do you want?"

Hua Xiaoyu is the poorest girl in their courtyard. Her husband died, and she lives cautiously with her daughter-in-law and grandson. She never has conflicts with others in the courtyard. She looks easy to bully, and the families in the courtyard rarely make things difficult for her.

Hua Xiaoyu said softly: "Chunhua, let's not ask for money."

As she spoke, she glanced at the yard next door. That side was spacious and beautiful, while this side was crowded and oppressive. Then her eyes fell on the young couple. They looked immature and it was obvious that they were easy to manipulate.

"Sister Chunhua, what our courtyard lacks most right now is not money." Hua Xiaoyu said softly: "Why are you and Sister Meiyun arguing? It's because there is not enough space."

She pointed to the yard next door and said with a gentle smile, "The yard next door is very big."

Lin Chunhua and Qian Meiyu looked at each other and immediately understood.

They looked at the young girl who fell in and said in unison: "We don't want the money. If you build another wall, your yard will move back ten meters!"

"..." Ye Rou looked at Jiang Chen and asked in confusion: "Do we both look like the same scapegoat?"

Jiang Chen rubbed her cheek and said in a very cold voice: "Teach them a lesson, and they will learn to restrain themselves."

He looked at the people next door with a serious look.

This yard belongs to Old Man Zhou, and it was originally meant to be recycled and cleaned up. He was busy renovating the yard some time ago and had no time to spare, so it seems that he should speed up the process now.

Jiang Chen took Ye Rou in his arms and walked towards his yard, "Don't worry about them."

Ye Rou followed Jiang Chen and turned around, and saw Wang Honghong lying in the gap, seemingly studying something.

"Stop!" Seeing that they were about to leave, Lin Chunhua followed them relentlessly and was about to cross the yard to catch up with them.

The mute woman blocked Lin Chunhua.

Lin Chunhua was frightened by the mute woman's face, "What the hell!"

The mute woman stood in front of Lin Chunhua without changing her gaze.

"Brother Jiang, there's something wrong with this wall!" Wang Honghong stood up and shook off the dirt in her hands, saying, "This wall has been hollowed out, and these haystacks are blocking my view."

How could such a big wall, with three layers of thick bricks, fall down just because of my sister-in-law's hit?

He was puzzled and looked at the wall carefully, only to find that two of the three layers of bricks had been dug away, leaving only one layer of wall. The reason why it had not collapsed was probably because of the haystacks on the top of the wall.

Ye Rou understood. She pointed at the people in the next yard and said unhappily, "You stole the bricks."

"How is that possible?" Lin Chunhua moved the haystack away and looked at the number of bricks that had fallen down. There were indeed not many.

Her eyes swept between Qian Meiyu and Hua Xiaoyu.

Hua Xiaoyu's eyes were open, but Qian Meiyu was too guilty to even look at her.

"Okay! Qian Meiyu, no wonder you said you didn't steal my bricks, it turns out you just moved the wall tiles!" Lin Chunhua was so angry that several of their families had a share of these wall tiles, and now they were all taken away by this bitch. She couldn't even get the compensation that was right in front of her.

Hua Xiaoyu glanced at the yard next door again, and then looked at Qian Meiyu with a look mixed with hidden disgust.

It's true that there is more success than failure.

"I didn't." Qian Meiyu bit her lip and refused to admit it.

Jiang Chen helped Ye Rou back to the yard through the gap and said coldly, "Call the police."

"Okay!" Wang Honghong agreed readily, and he turned around and was about to run out.

"No!" Qian Meiyu shouted anxiously. She said pitifully, "I had no choice but to move the wall bricks. My children are grown up, and two more children are coming back to Beijing with their families. We have to build a house, but my family is poor and cannot afford red bricks, so I had this evil idea."

She looked at the pretty girl with a kinder face and said in a more pitiful tone: "Don't call the police. We really have no other choice."

Qian Meiyu waved as she spoke, and her daughter-in-law understood and pushed her grandson over.

She hugged her grandson, bent her knees, and cried, "Girl, look at my grandson, he is so skinny and pale from hunger. Our family is really too poor."

"Grandma!" Her grandson Zhuangzhuang was pinched by his grandmother and felt the pain and burst into tears.

"So that's how it is." A gentle voice sounded.

When Qian Meiyu saw the young girl give in, the corners of her mouth curled up in satisfaction.

Ye Rou sighed and said, "Since your family is so pitiful, we won't call the police."

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