Chapter 238: Chapter 235: The Courtyard and the Bride Kidnapping Game

In front of the district compound, there are a number of residential houses, mostly state-owned assets, but there are a few courtyards that have been returned under policy, and only those courtyards have property rights.

“What about the original homeowner?” Ling Chengyan asked.

She seemed to have heard that the household whose property was returned had dwindling family members, yet there were still people, otherwise, it wouldn’t be considered a property return.

“Heard they got in touch with relatives in Hong Kong and are preparing to go there, which is why they’re selling the house,” Zheng Xiaotian sighed again, “They got back two courtyards, both with one front and one back… The money we saved is still a bit short for buying one courtyard, your second brother originally said to ask you for help, but since Uncle Ling is sick, your second brother didn’t let me ask you.”

“With my big brother and second brother, they didn’t let me spend much money.” Ling Chengyan asked again, “Have you gathered enough? How much are you still short?”

“We’re good, we’re good!” Zheng Xiaotian waved his hand, laughing repeatedly, “Big brother helped us with some deals, and it’s already enough.”

Ling Chengyan nodded and asked again, “Second sister-in-law, you said there are two small two-entry courtyards? Have you heard anything about the sale of the other courtyard?”

Zheng Xiaotian instinctively replied, “There’s a dispute over the property rights of that courtyard, it’s not sorted out yet…”

As she said that, Zheng Xiaotian suddenly paused and asked, “Fourth sister-in-law, do you want it?”

Ling Chengyan: “Father just had surgery and can’t return home for the time being. Renting all the time is unstable, so when I heard you mention two courtyards, I just asked.”

Zheng Xiaotian’s eyes brightened. A purchase by the Ling Family, though not as close as a purchase by the fourth family, is still relatives living nearby, which is better than strangers.

“All these matters are handled by your second brother. I’ll let your second brother go and inquire when I go back, once he finds out, I’ll have him come and tell you.”

Ling Chengyan smiled and nodded, placing a chicken wing in the second sister-in-law’s bowl, “I’ll thank the second brother and second sister-in-law first then.”

Ling father’s illness ruled out any terminal disease, and Ling Chengyan’s heart was more at ease. Seeing Xu Dong again, she asked about the matchmaking event.

With the weather warming up, this season is quite suitable for some outdoor activities. Besides, it’s close to ’Women’s Day,’ which is quite timely and appropriate.

When she mentioned this, Xu Dong became animated, taking out his new plan for Ling Chengyan to see.

Ling Chengyan glanced over it this time and laughed when she saw ’Throw the Handkerchief.’

This game, though childish in appearance, is quite suitable for interaction.

The second game is ’Needle Threading,’ seemingly suitable for women’s expertise, but upon seeing the rules, Ling Chengyan couldn’t help but laugh again: This game teams men and women together, where women stealthily take buttons, and men are responsible for threading needles to sew the buttons onto the ’clothes’… It’s a gender-role swapping game, imagining women blindfolded ’stealing’ buttons and men threading to sew buttons creates quite a humorous scene.

The first few are ’warmup and heartwarming’ small games allowing mutual understanding, the following major event will be outdoors, with a 400-meter obstacle run that the Special Forces excel in—a key point being it’s still pairs of men and women.

After each game, the top three can swap game partners.

Seeing this supplementary rule, Ling Chengyan glanced at Xu Dong with a meaningful smile, “Aren’t you afraid of getting beaten?”

Xu Dong ran his hand through his hair, proudly lifting his head, “I care and put in effort, isn’t it for their good?”

Ling Chengyan shook her head with a smile, looked down and continued to study the plan: She’s not talking about the boys getting hit but the girls!

Seeing the obstacle run project annotated with ’team members can help each other through obstacles,’ Ling Chengyan’s smile faded, tilting her head slightly, seemingly undecided about something.

Xu Dong’s heart skipped, quickly asking, “Is something wrong?”

Ling Chengyan turned her gaze, looking intensely at Xu Dong, and slowly said, “I was thinking about adding a ’wedding snatch’ rule to this project, how does that sound?”

Xu Dong was startled, “Wedding—snatch?”

Is it what he thinks it is?

They’re holding a matchmaking event, solving the singles issue, not inciting a massive brawl. Would allowing wedding snatches not only cause chaos but affect internal team harmony and unity?

“Competition creates motivation!” Ling Chengyan doesn’t believe a team must tread and remain calm.

Balanced and unaffected, it becomes a stagnant pond.

What she wants is not passive, non-aggressive sheep, but vibrant tigers and wolves in life, and daring fighters on the battlefield!

Moreover, allowing participation in ’wedding snatch’ comes with conditions.

Her tone shifted, “Your participants for the matchmaking have limited spots, right?”

They altogether number sixty, and outdoor training must be done in batches, so the matchmaking can’t include everyone, can it?

Even if they wanted, interaction units can’t find that many unmarried single young women!

Xu Dong: “Yes, I was thinking of holding a contest, with excellent results, they get to participate.”

Ling Chengyan nodded, “Then divide it into three tiers, the first tier directly participates in the matchmaking, the second and third tiers act as cheerleaders, the second tier having the right to participate in the ’wedding snatch’ segment during the obstacle race. The third tier…”

Ling Chengyan paused, thought for a moment, and said, “The third tier can also participate, considered a chance to gain experience, maybe the next time it’ll be their turn.”

Xu Dong couldn’t help but roll his eyes dramatically: Nobody fancies ’gaining experience’!

To not taste the meat while watching others feast, isn’t that even more unbearable?

However, on second thoughts, he wavered: Maybe, perhaps, someone might be willing—not consuming the meat but at least smelling the aroma?

But when Ling Chengyan saw the last game project, she laughed again: “The third tier comes in handy, let’s use them for this battlefield rescue project.”

Xu Dong stuttered, then couldn’t help but laugh, “As casualties, right? Fine, at least they’re participating.”

The two of them discussed, finalizing the matter. Xu Dong took the plan to contact the matchmaking partner, confirming time, number, and various matters.

Ling Chengyan then took out her self-created training plan, looked at the listed training items and added an item: Battlefield First Aid.

With this matchmaking event, future relations with hospitals are established, negotiating to invite a few ’instructors’ over for boys’ first aid training lessons, indeed encountering an emergency first aid situation adds a layer of life-saving measures.

During the Lantern Festival, Ling Chengyan was in the provincial capital, watching over the just post-operative Ling father, nobody thought about celebrating.

As the first month ends, the warmer weather means the children’s clothes need to be updated.

Over the winter, the children’s growth spurts mean last autumn’s fitting clothes now seem small in spring.

Moreover, shoes have no chance of lasting another season, children are active and lively, not to mention the boys, even little Xing’s shoes don’t last one season, as spring arrives, new shoes are required for all.

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