After Rebirth, My Fiancé Helps Me Avenge the Wicked Scum

Chapter 127 Sold, Bought, and Eaten
He took matters into his own hands, swapped out the jewelry box, and handed Nan Lan’s dowry to Cheng Jiuhe: “From now on, keep it safe yourself.”
Cheng Jiuhe’s mouth curved into a smile: “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of what belongs to me.”
Xiao Yuhua asked aggressively: “What about the courtyard?”
Cheng Jiuhe tossed out the contract: “Sold!”
Cheng Jiunian was furious: “How could you sell my courtyard?”
Cheng Jiuhe thought to himself as expected: They had already considered the courtyard as theirs.
He sneered: “Your courtyard? If it were really yours, how could I possibly have sold it?”
Cheng Jiunian was still seething with anger: “Wasn’t it agreed that the courtyard would be for my marriage? Where will I live if you’ve sold the courtyard?”
Cheng Jiuhe snorted: “You’re not my son, why should I care where you live when you get married?”
Cheng Jiunian was at a loss for words and turned to his mom: “Mom, look at him—”
“You, you actually sold it?” Xiao Yuhua was also somewhat beside herself with anger.
But she quickly thought of something else: “How much did you sell it for?”
Cheng Jiuhe rolled his eyes: “What does it have to do with you?”
Cheng Dajun couldn’t help but scold: “Jiuhe, how can you talk to your aunt like this?”
Cheng Jiuhe then answered: “The money is all spent. I’ve been stuck at Martial Artist Level 6 for five years without a breakthrough. Jiu Nian and Jiu Yi both had their parents buy them Yuan Nourishing Pills, but I had no parents to buy them for me, so I had to sell the courtyard to buy two Yuan Nourishing Pills.”
Cheng Dajun felt a tightening in his chest when he heard the “have parents” and “no parents” remarks, and was momentarily at a loss for words.
“What, you actually spent all the money?” Xiao Yuhua grew even more incensed.
She had thought that even if the courtyard was sold, it was still in the name of this youngster, and she wouldn’t feel comfortable living there.
But with the courtyard sold, she could use her son’s need to buy a house for his marriage as an excuse to ask this youngster for money to buy another courtyard, thus transferring the property ownership in her son’s name.
But unexpectedly, this youngster had just sold the house and bought Yuan Nourishing Pills.
Upon hearing Cheng Jiuhe say he had bought two Yuan Nourishing Pills, Cheng Jiunian felt a surge of interest.
He had eaten two Yuan Nourishing Pills last year and successfully advanced to Level 4 Martial Artist. If he were to take two more, he could rise to Level 5.
So, he asked: “Where are the Yuan Nourishing Pills?”
Cheng Jiuhe knew his thoughts only too well and replied: “Eaten.”
“You just bought them yesterday, you might have eaten one, right? What about the other one?”
“I ate both of them,” Cheng Jiuhe said.
“You ate two at once?” Cheng Jiunian was skeptical.
However, Cheng Dajun looked at Cheng Jiuhe with a delighted surprise: “Jiuhe, have you made a breakthrough?”
Cheng Jiuhe, seeing that his father was genuinely delighted, revealed a trace of a smile: “Yes, I’ve made a breakthrough, to Level 7 Martial Artist. Maybe, I can reach Postnatal Great Perfection before I turn thirty. If only I had another Essence Gathering Pill—”
Another Essence Gathering Pill, and he might be able to achieve Innate status.
But even getting a Yuan Nourishing Pill was difficult, let alone an Essence Gathering Pill – how could it be easily obtained?
Cheng Dajun was both happy about his son’s breakthrough and had complex feelings.
His eldest son’s breakthrough was not thanks to the family, but because he had sold the courtyard left to him by his grandfather!
Does this mean that he, as a father, was not fulfilling his duties?
In Yang’an Alley, Mengyu’s courtyard gate was knocked on early in the morning.
Mengyu, upon opening the door, saw her neighbors with pleasing smiles on their faces.
Moreover, each of them was holding various gifts, such as a bag of sugar, two jin of flour, two bottles of liquor, a piece of cloth, new basins, thermos bottles, towels, and so on.
Mengyu was somewhat baffled: “What is all this for?”
The neighbors pushed one another back and forth until finally, Granny Long stepped forward.
“Well, Xiao Jiang, you’ve moved in here, and we’re here to congratulate you on your housewarming.”
Jiang Xiuying hurriedly followed up: “Yes, congratulations on your housewarming.”
“Right, right, this house has been uninhabited for a long time, and for a long time, it was only Old man Chen watching it, lacking liveliness. When someone moves into a new house, guests should be invited, to dispel the house’s long-standing Wet Evil Qi with human warmth, commonly known as ‘warming the pot’.”
“Yes, ‘warming the pot’.”
…
However, after a few people spoke for a bit, under Mengyu’s gaze, they found themselves at a loss for words.