My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 47: It is stated that the east wing is a private residence.

Zhang Lei and his three companions quickly finished their meal and arrived at the Intermediate People's Court.

Upon arriving at the Intermediate People's Court, I saw that everyone in the courtyard had gathered. It was clear that Yi Zhonghai and the other two stewards had notified everyone in the court.

Zhang Lei led the three men and strode inside.

At this moment, when Jia Zhangshi saw Zhang Lei approaching, she was furious and shouted, "Zhang Lei, what are you doing? You're dawdling and making us all wait!"

Zhang Lei raised an eyebrow and said provocatively, "Hmm? Oh, Jia Zhangshi, are you looking for a man?"

Hearing Zhang Lei's sarcastic remarks again, Jia Zhangshi was so angry that she jumped up and down, pointing at him and yelling, "If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll cut out your tongue!"

Zhang Lei curled his lip nonchalantly: "Cut off my tongue? I just ate mutton and drank mutton soup, it tasted so good, I can't cut off my tongue, otherwise eating meat will be tasteless."

Upon hearing the word "mutton," Jia Zhangshi immediately perked up, her eyes widening in surprise: "Mutton? Where did you get mutton?"

Zhang Lei burped: "Of course it was bought, did you think it was stolen?"

Jia Zhangshi said urgently, "You bought it? Where did you buy it? You must have stolen it! Give me the mutton, or I'll call the police and have you arrested!"

Zhang Lei chuckled, shrugged, and said, "Call the police? You think you can do that? Why don't you go ahead and do it? I'll be waiting."

The two were arguing back and forth, and Yi Zhonghai, unable to bear it any longer, quickly stepped forward to stop them, saying in a stern voice, "Alright, Jia Zhangshi, Zhang Lei, what kind of behavior is this, arguing like this! And you, Jia Zhangshi, don't keep mentioning calling the police. Matters within the compound should be resolved within the compound. Have you forgotten the rules of the compound?"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's angry rebuke, Jia Zhangshi quickly shut her mouth.

Then he slowly walked towards the three old men.

At this moment, Liu Haizhong, who was impatient, shouted, "Zhang Lei, what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and tell us about the east courtyard, everyone is waiting!"

Hearing Liu Haizhong's urging, Zhang Lei replied unhurriedly, "Second Uncle, don't rush, can't we talk about this slowly?"

Then Zhang Lei began, "Today, I took Mr. Lei, the renovation worker, to the east courtyard. We looked around, measured everything, and I even had a cigarette inside. Oh, right, when I first brought Mr. Lei in, I saw a lock on the east courtyard door, and I thought that meant..."

Zhang Lei kept recounting the events of the day, one after another.

Everyone listened as if they were listening to a story, as Zhang Lei recounted what had happened that day.

He recounted the story of how Jia Zhangshi almost fell, and the embarrassing incidents she had with men, in a vivid and engaging manner, making everyone in the courtyard burst into laughter.

Hearing his mother being ridiculed in public, Jia Dongxu's face turned bright red. Pointing at Zhang Lei, he said fiercely, "Zhang Lei, if you dare say anything bad about my mother again, believe me, I'll smash you to death with a brick!"

That's what he said, but he stood there motionless.

Zhang Lei raised an eyebrow and said mischievously, "Hey, Jia Dongxu, who gave you the guts to challenge me? You think I can beat you up even with a one-handed handicap?"

Seeing his apprentice being humiliated, Yi Zhonghai immediately intervened, saying, "Zhang Lei, who told you to talk about such irrelevant things! We're asking you, what makes you think the East Wing is yours!"

Zhang Lei pouted and muttered a complaint: "Can't you three stewards at least ask your questions clearly? Why don't you just say who's in charge of the east courtyard? Why do you have to beat around the bush? I thought you were asking about what happened today. I wasted so much breath talking."

By this time, some of the other neighbors had also grown impatient and shouted, "Zhang Lei, tell us what exactly happened!"

Seeing everyone's eagerness to know, Zhang Lei finally spoke up: "Alright, since everyone wants to know, I'll tell you. My wife's younger sisters, Ye Shuqi and Ye Shuhua, have both started working. The east wing was allocated to them as their apartment."

Hearing Zhang Lei sum up the issue in a single sentence infuriated Yi Zhonghai. Liu Haizhong, ever outspoken, glared angrily, puffing out his beard and yelling, "Zhang Lei, why did you ramble on so much when you could have said it in one sentence?"

Zhang Lei looked at Liu Haizhong and replied unhurriedly, "Second Uncle, you didn't ask clearly, how am I supposed to answer? Next time, think things through before you speak. Look, aren't you just wasting everyone's time?"

These words left Liu Haizhong completely bewildered. How could I have wasted everyone's time?

Looking at Liu Haizhong's appearance, Yan Fugui sighed helplessly and then said, "Zhang Lei, you're probably wrong, aren't you? You said the houses were supposed to be allocated to the two of them, but they're so dilapidated that they're uninhabitable."

Zhang Lei replied with a smile, "Uncle, that's a good question. That's how the houses were allocated back then, but the houses were so dilapidated that they were uninhabitable, so Director Wang from the neighborhood office suggested that we buy them and rebuild them ourselves. We bought them on the spot, and now the east wing belongs to Ye Shuqi and Ye Shuhua."

When everyone heard that the old house was to be demolished and rebuilt, they immediately erupted in discussion. At this point, someone couldn't help but ask loudly, "How much will this cost?" Another person chimed in, "Yeah, demolishing and rebuilding is just redundant. It's better to just get a good room."

Listening to the discussion, Zhang Lei took the deed to the east wing of the house and put it in front of Yan Fugui, saying, "Everyone, take a look. This is the deed to the east wing. I'll have Uncle San confirm it."

He then placed the property deed in front of Yan Fugui. Yan Fugui picked it up and looked at it carefully. It really did have the names of Ye Shuqi and Ye Shuhua on it.

After Yan Fugui finished reading it, Zhang Lei put the deed directly into his pocket.

Liu Haizhong stamped his feet anxiously, saying, "Zhang Lei, I haven't even looked at it yet!"

Zhang Lei looked at Liu Haizhong and said with a half-smile, "Second Uncle and Third Uncle have already confirmed it, so what, don't you trust Third Uncle?"

Zhang Lei's words immediately made Yan Fugui look directly at Liu Haizhong, his eyes filled with scrutiny.

Seeing that Zhang Lei was about to cause trouble again, Yi Zhonghai quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Old Liu, since Zhang Lei doesn't want you to see it, then don't. Old Yan has already seen it, so we trust him."

Seeing that he hadn't stirred up any trouble, Zhang Lei turned to Yan Fugui and said, "Third Uncle, tell everyone, is the house deed real or fake?"

At this moment, everyone stared at Yan Fugui, waiting for him to speak.

Yan Fugui cleared his throat and said, "I just checked, and it is indeed as Zhang Lei said."

However, Yan Fugui changed the subject and looked at Zhang Lei, saying, "Zhang Lei, it must have cost you a lot of money to tear down and rebuild this house, and besides, don't you already have three houses?"

Hearing Yan Fugui's words, Zhang Lei followed up by saying, "Third Uncle, you don't need to worry about that. I'm happy to do it. Besides, how many houses my family owns is my own business."

He paused, then raised his voice and addressed everyone in the courtyard: "Let me make this clear to you all now, building this house will definitely cost a lot, so anyone who's thinking of taking over the house should quickly give up that idea."

"From now on, the east wing will be our family's private residence! If anyone dares to covet the house, don't blame me for being ruthless."

As he spoke, Zhang Lei deliberately glared at Jia Zhangshi.

Feeling uneasy under his gaze, Jia Zhangshi forced a smile and said, "Zhang Lei, what do you mean by looking at me like that?"

Zhang Lei looked at Jia Zhangshi and said in a loud voice, "Jia Zhangshi, you look like the kind of person who's after the house!"

He paused, deliberately drawing out his words, and raised his voice to everyone in the courtyard: "So, I'll be combining the back wing and the east wing into one, and then I'll put up a sign at the entrance that says 'Jia Zhangshi and dogs are not allowed!'"