Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"You're talking nonsense!" Sha Zhu finally couldn't help it and shook off Xu Damao's hand, "Watch your mouth! Am I that kind of person?"

"Oh, are you still anxious?" Xu Damao rubbed his wrist that was hurt by Sha Zhu's swing and sneered, "Why are you so anxious if you don't feel guilty? I think you are just guilty!"

"You..." Sha Zhu was so angry that his face turned red, but he didn't know how to refute.

"Don't think I don't know your little tricks," Xu Damao leaned close to Sha Zhu and said in a low voice, "You just want to curry favor with Deputy Director Li so that he can introduce you to someone? Let me tell you, with your character, how could Deputy Director Li be interested in you? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself!"

Xu Damao's words were like poisonous needles, piercing Sha Zhu's heart. He had been called "Sha Zhu" since he was a child, and was often bullied in the factory. He finally fell in love with Qin Huairu, but was played around like a fool. He wanted to find a good woman to marry and have children, but reality pushed him into the abyss again and again.

"Shut up!" Sha Zhu couldn't bear it anymore and raised his fist to hit Xu Damao in the face.

"Ouch!" Xu Damao was unable to dodge and was hit on the nose by Sha Zhu's punch, causing his nose to bleed immediately.

"You dare to hit me?!" Xu Damao covered his nose and looked at Sha Zhu in disbelief. From childhood to adulthood, no one had dared to lay a hand on him!

Sha Zhu also woke up at this time. He looked at Xu Damao lying on the ground, and suddenly a sense of joy he had never felt before surged in his heart.

"What's wrong with hitting you?" Sha Zhu clapped his hands, looking down at Xu Damao, with a sneer on his face, "I let you bully me before, today I'll let you taste my power!"

Xu Damao struggled to get up, pointed at Sha Zhu, and said with gritted teeth: "Okay! You wait! This matter is not over yet!"

After saying that, Xu Damao turned around and ran, shouting as he ran: "Sha Zhu hit someone! Sha Zhu hit someone!"

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao's back as he fled in panic and couldn't help but burst into laughter. He suddenly felt that he seemed to be really different.

However, what Sha Zhu didn't know was that this conflict between him and Xu Damao was just the beginning of a huge change in his life...

Sha Zhu's laughter was particularly piercing in the quiet night, awakening several families in the courtyard. Windows creaked open, and several heads popped out, curiously looking at this rare lively scene.

"What's wrong with Shazhu? Why is he acting crazy in the middle of the night?" The third uncle Yan Bugui pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and muttered to himself.

"What else could it be? They had a fight with Xu Damao!" The third aunt curled her lips, "These two feel uncomfortable if they don't have a fight for a day!"

On the second floor, Qin Huairu was also awakened by Sha Zhu's laughter. She walked to the window and looked at Sha Zhu, who was getting carried away in the yard, with a complicated look in her eyes.

"What's wrong with Brother Shazhu? In the past, when Xu Damao bullied him, he dared not say anything, but today..."

"Huai Ru, stop looking and go to sleep." Jia Zhang's voice came from behind, "This silly Zhu, I think he is really crazy!"

In the yard, Sha Zhu laughed enough and then realized that he was still holding the yellowed book tightly in his hand. He looked down and saw the three big words "The Book of Getting Rich" on the cover.

"The secret to getting rich?" Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly some fragments flashed through his mind. Those fragments were disorganized, but made him feel inexplicably familiar.

He opened the book. The pages were yellowed, but the words were still clearly visible. Sha Zhu read word by word, and the more he read, the more frightened and excited he became.

This book turned out to be a strange book from the future!

The book records in detail the social development trends in the next few decades, as well as various ways to make money, ranging from stock funds to real estate investment, from the Internet economy to artificial intelligence.

Although Sha Zhu had a low level of education, the book's easy-to-understand language and vivid case analyses enabled him to quickly understand the mysteries.

"It turns out that in the next few decades, the country will undergo earth-shaking changes, and people's lives will get better and better..." Sha Zhu muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with excitement, "And I actually had the opportunity to know all this in advance!"

He seemed to see a new world of opportunities opening up to him.

"Silly, what are you doing?"

A crisp voice interrupted Sha Zhu's thoughts. He looked up and saw a slim and pretty young girl standing in front of him.

The girl was wearing a neat work suit and had two long black braids on her head. Her big watery eyes were looking at him curiously.

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment. He had never seen such a beautiful girl.

"You...you are?"

The girl smiled slightly, revealing two shallow dimples: "I'm the new neighbor, my name is Ran Qiuye, you can just call me Qiuye."

Ran Qiuye?

Sha Zhu's heart moved. How come this name is exactly the same as the business woman mentioned in the book?

Sha Zhu's laughter was particularly piercing in the quiet night, alarming several households in the courtyard. The windows creaked open, and several heads popped out, looking in curiously.

"What happened to Shazhu? Who did he fight with in the middle of the night?" Uncle Yan Bugui pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked his wife beside him in a low voice.

The third aunt curled her lips and said disdainfully: "Who else could it be? It must be that he had a fight with that scoundrel Xu Damao again!"

"This time there's quite a commotion. Xu Damao has suffered a loss and he will definitely not let it go. I'm afraid Sha Zhu is going to be in trouble this time." Yan Bugui narrowed his eyes, with a look of enjoying the show.

Sure enough, after a while, Xu Damao came back with a large group of people and rushed straight towards Sha Zhu with great momentum.

"Shazhu, you bastard, you dare to hit me! Today I will make you pay for it!" Xu Damao covered his nose. The nosebleed had stopped, but there were a few shocking blood marks on his face.

Sha Zhu looked at the aggressive Xu Damao and felt a little scared, but he did not regret his impulsiveness. He had always been suppressed by Xu Damao since he was a child, but today he finally got a chance to show off. This feeling was really fucking great!

"Xu Damao, stop slandering me! It was obviously you who started it first, I was just defending myself!" Sha Zhu stiffened his neck and fought back without showing any weakness.

"Self-defense? You're talking nonsense! Today I'll let you know what it means to be truly defenseless!" Xu Damao roared, waving his fists and rushed towards Sha Zhu.

Although Sha Zhu was very strong, he was outnumbered and was soon pinned to the ground by Xu Damao and his gang, who punched and kicked him and made him scream in pain.

"stop!"

Just then, a delicate shout was heard, the crowd automatically parted, and a tall and beautiful young woman walked in.

"Qin Huairu?" When Sha Zhu saw the person coming, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by disappointment.

Qin Huairu ignored Sha Zhu and walked straight to Xu Damao and said coldly, "Xu Damao, have you had enough of the trouble?"

When Xu Damao saw Qin Huairu, a lewd light flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it. He said with a smile: "Huairu, why are you here? I am teaching Shazhu, who doesn't know how to behave, a lesson!"

"Teach a lesson? I think you want to beat him to death!" Qin Huairu looked at Xu Damao coldly, her eyes full of disgust.

Xu Damao felt uneasy at the look in Qin Huairu's eyes. He smiled awkwardly and said, "How could that be possible? I was just joking with him!"

"Are you kidding?" Qin Huairu sneered, "Do you think I'm a fool? Don't you see where we are? This is a courtyard, not a place for you, Xu Damao, to run wild!"

Xu Damao was scolded by Qin Huairu in public, and his face was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only say humbly: "Huairu, you are teaching me a lesson, I won't dare to do it next time."

"There won't be a next time!" Qin Huairu said coldly, "If you dare to bully Sha Zhu again, I will go to the factory to sue you!"

When Xu Damao heard this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth, glared at Sha Zhu fiercely, and then left with his men in shame.

Qin Huairu looked at Xu Damao's back as he left, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, then she turned to look at Sha Zhu and said coldly: "Don't get up yet!"

Sha Zhu struggled to get up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, looked at Qin Huairu gratefully, and said: "Huairu, thank you, if it weren't for you, I would have been beaten to death by Xu Damao's grandson today!"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at Sha Zhu and said unhappily, "Why did you mess with him for no reason?"

Sha Zhu touched his nose, chuckled, and said, "I just can't stand seeing him bullying others!"

"You are just too impulsive!" Qin Huairu sighed, shook her head, then turned back to her room.

Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu's back as she left, with a complicated look in his eyes. He knew that Qin Huairu helped him not because she had any feelings for him, but because she didn't want him, the "sucker", to continue to be bullied by Xu Damao. After all, Sha Zhu would bring back a lot of delicious food from the cafeteria every month, and these things would eventually end up in the Jia family's pockets.

As the night deepened, the courtyard gradually became quiet. Sha Zhu lay on his bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. His mind kept replaying the scenes that had just happened, and he felt mixed emotions.

"Am I really going to be treated like a fool for the rest of my life?" Sha Zhu clenched his fists, feeling resentful.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something in his hand. When he took it out, he found it was a yellowed book.

"What is this?" Sha Zhu curiously turned the pages of the book, and saw a few large and flamboyant characters written on the title page - "Siheyuan Survival Guide".

Sha Zhu was stunned. Could this be the legendary golden finger?

With trepidation, he turned to the first page...