Chapter 378 We are all neighbors, what’s the problem?
Chapter 378 We are all neighbors, what’s the problem?
Shen Anan chuckled, "Why, I want everyone to come into my house and take a look, is that not okay?"
"Why is your reaction bigger than mine? If someone didn't know you, they would think you were feeling really guilty!"
"And our family's losses aren't just a wall!"
Mrs. Cao's eyes rolled around wildly. She understood the meaning behind Shen Anan's tone, but she really couldn't bear to spend the money.
Building the wall was fine, she still kept the original bricks and just asked the men in the family to do some work, but if she wanted to renovate the yard for Shen Anan, it would cost a lot more money.
In the end, heartache prevailed. Mrs. Cao bit her lip and said, "Miss, we are all neighbors. What's the problem?"
"After all, you'll be living here for a long time, and we, as a whole family, will be able to help you when the time comes!"
"You may not know this, but I have four sons. If there's anything you need done, feel free to ask them for help!"
Although Mrs. Cao had a smile on her face, Shen Anan could hear a hint of threat in her eyes and tone.
He specifically mentioned the sons in their family, wasn't it just to scare a little girl like that and make her behave herself?
Not only Shen Anan heard the hidden meaning, but Shen Yuanjun also understood the meaning and his face turned dark.
Shen Yuanjun walked a few steps to the door, walked around Mrs. Cao and was about to push the door open. However, just as he got there, he heard a cry of "Ouch!" and Mrs. Cao fell to the ground.
"Ouch, someone's been hit, someone's been hit!"
"I've finally figured it out. Some young people are truly evil. They even want to do something dirty to an old woman!"
As she spoke, she hugged Shen Yuanjun's legs. Shen Yuanjun was a soldier after all, and he couldn't bear the hat of fighting with the crowd in public. He struggled a few times but couldn't get it off, so he could only stand there.
Shen Anan looked at Mrs. Cao falling to the ground and the provocative look she gave her, but she was not angry at all.
She walked quickly to the door of Cao's house and pushed it open with force.
"Anyway, the wall between Cao's house and my house has collapsed, and we can get to my house from this side. I believe Mrs. Cao will not mind letting everyone pass through your house!"
"No, no, don't open it!"
Seeing Shen Anan turn around and open the door of their house, Mrs. Cao didn't care about lying on the ground and acting like a spoiled child. She jumped up and wanted to rush over to close the door.
However, it was too late. Everything in the Cao family yard had been seen by everyone outside the door.
"This, this is..."
Without Mrs. Cao to stop him, Shen Yuanjun pushed open the door of the Shen family.
"Everyone, come in and take a look at what the Cao family is up to!"
The neighbors outside the door looked at each other, but their desire to watch the fun prevailed, and they all walked into the yard regardless of Mrs. Cao's obstruction.
"Mom, what should I do? They all saw it, this..."
Hu Maner's face turned pale. She grabbed Cao Po's sleeve with a look of panic on her face.
Mrs. Cao was already upset, and seeing her like this, it added fuel to the fire and she slapped her.
"How dare you say that? You were just standing there for show! Someone was about to push the door open, and you didn't stop them!"
"Our Cao family is unlucky for marrying a stupid woman like you!"
After beating the man, Mrs. Cao shook her hands, completely ignoring Hu Maner's crying face, and hurriedly followed her into the yard.
In just a short while, everyone had a clear understanding of the situation in the two courtyards.
At first, Shen Anan said that the Cao family grew vegetables in her yard, but no one expected that the Cao family would turn the yard upside down so that there was not even a piece of good land left.
Even the Cao family's own yard was filled with vegetable racks.
Of course, there are not only vegetables, but also seven or eight chickens.
For a moment, everyone looked at Mrs. Cao differently.
"No wonder their yard gate hasn't been opened all year. So this is the reason!"
"My God, how much vegetables can we harvest from these two yards combined!"
"Just look at this cucumber vine behind the house. There are dozens of cucumbers on it at a glance!"
"Just now, this old lady Cao made an appointment with me to go shopping for vegetables, but she snatched the vegetable leaves that others didn't want. It seems like she was just pretending to be poor!"
"Still snatching grass leaves? The yard is full of vegetables, what is Mrs. Cao trying to do?"
"Hush, what are you talking about? Think about it yourself, why did she grow so many vegetables without telling anyone?"
"Could it be..."
Mrs. Cao listened to everyone's discussion, and the more she listened, the more cold sweat she broke out on her back.
Although their family had a small courtyard in Beijing, they had four sons and because they had no money, the whole family had to live together, with each small family living in one room.
But after my son got married, of course he had to have children. After having a little one, on the one hand, there was even less room for living, and on the other hand, the finances became even tighter.
At first, she just planted some garlic sprouts and green onions in the yard to make it easier to cook.
But later, she planted too many green onions, and after she took them to the black market to trade, she came up with the idea of growing vegetables.
You have to know that city dwellers have no land, so they have to buy all their vegetables. Some fresh vegetables are not cheap on the black market.
So she planted vegetables all over her yard, but because their yard was small and there were many people living there, there really wasn't much space to grow vegetables.
Last year, due to bad weather, Beijing experienced several heavy rains.
She accidentally heard that the walls of some houses had collapsed into the neighboring houses. She had an idea and started to dig up the yard next door that had been vacant for a long time.
She originally thought that even if the people next door came back, it would not be a big deal as long as she insisted that the wall collapsed on her own.
The yard next door is much larger. In the past year, their family has made a lot of money by farming in the city.
She had originally planned to restore the house next door to its original state once she had saved some money and could buy a small yard nearby.
By then, the newly purchased yard will not only make the family live in a more spacious place, but also provide more space for farming.
But unexpectedly, there was no sign at all today, and Shen Anan and the others came back.
You know, if someone reported her selling vegetables in the city, it would be considered speculation and profiteering.
When Mrs. Cao thought about the punishment she had heard about for speculators, her legs and feet went weak.
She had heard that some cases with serious consequences were directly shot!
The more Mrs. Cao listened to the discussion, the more frightened she became. She quickly said loudly, "Oh, young lady, it's my fault. I'm sorry for you!"
"Ah, but there's nothing we can do about it!"
"You don't know, my family is in financial difficulty. There are more than a dozen people in the family. If I don't grow some vegetables for myself, I'm afraid even the children at home will starve to death!"
"Girl, I just don't want to watch my family starve to death. You can definitely understand me, right?"
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