Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

next day

After breakfast, the adults went out to work, and Doudou went out to play with the children. Seeing Liu Guangtian wandering in the yard, Zhang Minghui knew that his chance had come.

Zhang Minghui called Liu Guangtian home. When he saw that Liu Guangtian's face had gained weight, he couldn't help laughing. He knew why Liu Guangtian didn't go out to play.

Since Liu Guangtian graduated from junior high school, he has been idle at home, running and playing outside every day with other boys of his age.

I won’t go home until the evening every day.

There are too many examples like him in the city of Beijing for young men of his age.

They failed to get into high school and had to stay at home after graduation. It was impossible for them to take over the business. They were too young to find a job, so they had to work as temporary workers and no one wanted to hire them.

My family has enough food and drink, and I don’t have to worry about making a living, so what can I do? I can only play crazily with my peers all day long.

Or they might do some sneaky things, but they are all minor ones. As long as they don't do anything harmful to others, no one will pay attention to them.

There are no restrictions on family planning now. If you have nothing to do at night, you can only do more exercise. It has been a long-standing concept that having more children means more blessings, so every family can have as many children as possible.

People don’t even consider whether they can be fed or not. As long as they have food to eat, they won’t starve to death. This has led to an increasing urban population, but the number of jobs in the city is limited.

Teenagers with nothing to do started to gather together and wander around the city every day. They were all young boys with strong energy at that age, and fighting was commonplace.

Because there are more and more people like this, the authorities call on educated youth to go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants.

Zhang Minghui casually handed Liu Guangtian a cigarette. Since adopting Doudou, Zhang Minghui seldom smoked. He would only smoke a cigarette to satisfy his craving when he wanted to.

Seeing Liu Guangtian puffing out smoke skillfully, Zhang Minghui couldn't help but smile and said.

"Guangtian, your smoking posture is really familiar, you must have been smoking for quite a while!"

Liu Guangtian blew out a smoke ring and smiled triumphantly. He opened his mouth and spoke.

"I used to tinker with it randomly, just watching them smoke and thinking it was fun, so I started smoking too. It was only in the past two years that I felt that cigarettes were a good thing."

"Even good cigarettes cost several cents, which is too expensive. I can only buy cheap cigarettes for a few cents, and they taste terrible."

Zhang Minghui and Liu Guangtian slowly opened the topic and asked Liu Guangtian and the others what they had been doing outside recently.

Speaking of playing, Liu Guangtian immediately became excited, saluted in a military style, and spoke seriously.

"Report to the commander, we have been playing military games and role-playing games recently. We run all over the mountains and plains every day. We also quarrel with others and flirt with women. Anyway, we are busy every day."

"Hey, if my dad hadn't beaten me so hard that my face was swollen like this, I would have gone out to play with them. It's too boring to stay in the yard."

Hearing Liu Guangtian's words, Zhang Minghui spoke seemingly unintentionally.

"Hey, Guangtian, your father has been beating you quite harshly recently. I feel so worried about you every time I hear it at home. Fortunately, you have a strong body that can withstand beatings. What if you were injured?"

Listening to Zhang Minghui's words, Liu Guangtian, who was still lively just now, suddenly fell silent, with a bitter smile on his face.

"There's nothing we can do. My dad is angry now and he takes it out on us brothers. We've been fighting since we were young. What can we do? Even my mom doesn't care when she's watching."

"Sometimes I wonder if that's my real mother."

Zhang Minghui looked at Liu Guangtian with sympathy and comforted him.

"Hey, Guangtian, don't worry, the second uncle just burst into temper, it must be hurting you, you will beat you fiercely. I want you to grow up as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Liu Guangtian immediately stood up from the kang and spoke excitedly.

"Bah, that's bullshit. My dad just loves my eldest brother and doesn't want to touch him. He doesn't take me seriously at all and even said that I will have nothing to do with the family property in the future."

Zhang Minghui immediately looked at Liu Guangtian in astonishment and spoke with some doubt.

"Hey, Guangtian, you can't say such nonsense. You are also a child of the Liu family. You must have a share of the family property. Otherwise, how will you live in the future? Your father is just scaring you!"

Liu Guangtian reached out and picked up the cigarette on the table, lit it, and spoke with a frown.

"Minghui, I really didn't lie to you. My father has said more than once that the family property in the future will not have me, and everything about my younger brother will be left to my eldest brother."

Zhang Minghui opened his mouth exaggeratedly, with an incredible look, and spoke earnestly.

"Hey, Guangtian, if that's the case, your life will be difficult in the future. Second Master's words are always true and he doesn't change his mind."

Hearing this, Liu Guangtian took a few puffs of his cigarette and spoke in a dull voice.

"Who made me the one who is not loved by my grandma and uncle? My parents are partial to me, to a certain extent, and they are just waiting for my brother to take care of them in their old age!"

Zhang Minghui echoed, sighed deeply, and spoke in a somewhat desolate tone.

"Hey, who made Brother Guangqi do so well? Not only is he a junior college student, but he was also given a house, which brought honor to your father! You are far behind your brother."

Seeing that Liu Guangtian was depressed and silent, Zhang Minghui said something casually.

"Hey, if your brother moved away, your dad and mom would probably be nicer to you!"

When Liu Guangtian heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and his brain started working at high speed. After thinking for a long time, he sighed helplessly and said.

"My father didn't agree at all. My brother moved out and even the company wanted to allocate a house for him, so he didn't let him apply. He just wanted him to stay in this hospital."

Zhang Minghui immediately spoke sympathetically.

"Hey, your dad is determined to have your brother take care of him in his old age, but Second Uncle is a little inconsiderate."

Seeing that Zhang Minghui did not continue, Liu Guangtian immediately became anxious and pulled Zhang Minghui's arm, begging in a low voice.

"Minghui, we are classmates. You will have a job in the future and your life will be guaranteed. After hearing what you said today, I feel very nervous and worried about my future life."

"Tell me quickly, what is wrong with my father's thinking?"

"Okay, I'll argue with you in broad daylight, but you can't tell anyone about it. I don't want to be the gossiper."

Liu Guangtian raised his right hand and swore an oath.

"If I, Liu Guangtian, tell others about today's conversation, I will never be able to marry and will be lonely for the rest of my life."

Having sworn this poisonous oath, Zhang Minghui could no longer hold back and leaned over to whisper in Liu Guangtian's ear.

"Guangtian, your father is obsessed with officials, we have to start from this aspect."