Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

"Bah! You are the silly sister."

Li Yujie spat back in annoyance. Having lived in the courtyard for more than ten years, she naturally knew what Li Muhua meant.

"Wait, even if we really want to thank you, you don't have to push us around, right?"

Li Qinghua said this while covering his pocket.

"I don't have any money on me, don't expect me to go to the entrance of the alley to buy you snacks!"

Seeing that Li Qinghua was guarding against her as if she were a burglar, Li Muhua looked at him with disdainful eyes.

"I don't know how you can be the second brother. You are not willing to buy snacks for your younger brother."

"Look!"

Li Muhua stopped and pulled out the drawer of the cabinet next to her stove.

"This is a whole silver carp and a large hen that I bought with my mother at the market today. My mother said that our family will eat white flour buns as the staple food tonight."

"So, it's not a big deal if I fall into the North Sea, right?"

Li Muhua said this with a look of pride on her face. It was not common for a family to eat like this in this era. Although the Li family was well-off, they had four children to raise, so they could only have a feast twice a month, and each time they only had about a pound of meat. What they had today was seriously exceeding the limit.

"No loss, no loss!"

As Li Muhua expected, Li Qinghua's eyes were welded shut as soon as he opened the drawer. He then muttered to himself:

"If we fall into the North Sea, our family will be able to live a fairy-like life. The four of us should line up to jump into the North Sea every day."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Aihua, who was standing next to him, heard this and slapped Li Qinghua on the head in anger: "Go ahead and dance if you want. The three of us won't go with you."

Li Muhua didn't dwell on this and said generously, "Anyway, I'll do the hard work this time, and everyone will have something to eat."

"Just tell me, should you thank me?"

Li Qinghua nodded directly, but he couldn't fool the shrewd Li Aihua and the careful Li Yujie. He only heard Li Yujie directly expose it:

"If anyone should thank someone, it should be our mom. Why should I thank you? It's not you who paid for the money or the tickets."

Li Aihua also nodded. Seeing that the two did not appreciate her kindness, Li Muhua became anxious and retorted directly: "Why don't you thank me? If it weren't for me, you would have been called silly sister or little deaf girl by others!"

"Little deaf girl?"

Li Yujie was puzzled. She knew what Silly Sister meant, but what did the little deaf girl that Li Muhua mentioned mean?

Li Muhua quickly explained: "The old lady in the backyard is called the deaf old lady by others behind her back. Think about it, Third Sister, if you become her godson, wouldn't you be a little deaf girl?"

Unexpectedly, these words made Li Yujie burst into laughter. "Haha, little deaf girl, you are so smart. If it were me, I would probably just call you little deaf girl."

Li Aihua also had a smile on her face, but she said nothing.

Li Qinghua, who was at the edge, couldn't hold back and said disdainfully, "What's the big deal? The deaf boy didn't mention your gender, but the little dragon girl just said you're a lesbian. If it were me, I would definitely come up with this nickname."

"What are you four whispering about?"

Just when the two of them had smiles on their faces and looked unconvinced, Xu Yan walked out of the main room. She had just heard her boys laughing outside the room, so she couldn't help but come out to ask.

When Li Muhua saw Xu Yan coming out, she quickly said, "It's nothing. I just wanted them to thank me. Mom, you promised me today!"

But I can't let her hear me laughing at the deaf old lady, especially when I'm talking to my brothers and sisters, otherwise she will be really angry with me.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yan's face, which was originally warm, darkened again when she heard Li Muhua's words.

"How dare you ask your brother and sister to thank you? If you hadn't fallen into the water while playing around, would you have caused your brother and sister to worry and made your mother go to the hospital to take care of you out of fear? Would you have asked for leave to come back and accompany you?"

"You are so shameless!" Xu Yan said as she stretched out her finger and poked Li Muhua on the forehead.

For some reason, Li Muhua felt that his head was a bit like a ball, and anyone would pinch or poke it.

In just one short day since I came here, it seems like I've been hit on the head more times than I can remember in my previous life.

Thinking of this, Li Muhua shook her head and continued to insist, "Mom, didn't you promise me this morning? It was you who asked them to take me to Wangfujing Street to play and buy me snacks."

"Haha~"

Xu Yan smiled and denied it directly. "Didn't you promise me not to go to the waterside to play, not to run around by yourself, and to study hard? Did you do that?"

"I--" Li Muhua scratched his head a little embarrassedly. After all, it was a fact that the original owner had poor academic performance, and it was also a fact that he fell into the water because of playing too much.

Why does he have to take the blame when he did everything?

"Forget it, forget it. I am a small person and I will not take it seriously!" Li Muhua waved his hand, as if he would not argue with Xu Yan, and then said to the three siblings:

"But we are all villains, so you must remember my kindness. When you eat tonight, don't forget that the meat in this pot was bought by me at the cost of my life."

"Bah bah bah!"

Xu Yan spat several times when she heard what Li Muhua said, and then she patted Li Muhua's mouth: "What do you mean by life or death? You dare to say such nonsense, you want to be beaten."

Li Muhua covered her mouth in pain and said incoherently: "What's the big deal? Just tell the truth! Besides, I have the blessing of the gods now, so it will be fine even if I just say something wrong."

Xu Yan ignored Li Muhua's antics and said seriously, "You are safe after falling into the water this time, thanks to the gods' blessing. We should thank the gods."

"How about this, our whole family will go to Baiyun Temple to fulfill our vows this weekend."

"By the way, may the Bodhisattva bless you more." Having said this, Xu Yan looked at the four siblings again.

Li Muhua's focus was not on the Bodhisattva. After all, didn't he know whether he was possessed by the Bodhisattva? "Mom, our whole family will go on Sunday. When will Dad come back?"

Li Muhua had no interest in the Bodhisattvas and gods in the temple, but he wanted to meet his cheap father in this life, so he asked this question.

"Your father went far away this time, to Shanghai, but he will be back soon. He should be home tomorrow night." Xu Yan said while rubbing Li Muhua's head.

Li Muhua took the opportunity to nod and broke free from the clutches. She only heard Li Yujie happily saying, "Great! Dad is finally coming back. I wonder what he will bring us this time."

His words were full of anticipation, and so were Aihua and Qinghua beside him.

Every time Li Haifu went out on a mission or ran long-distance freight, he would be away for several days, making the four siblings miss them for a while, but every time Li Haifu came back, it was the happiest time for the four siblings.

Because every time Li Fuhai came back, he would use his long-distance allowance to buy some small gifts for the four siblings. Sometimes they were local snacks, or small gadgets or gifts, full of surprises.

The longing after separation and the joy of meeting each other were intertwined, and many years passed like this.

Xu Yan felt jealous when she saw the four siblings thinking so much about Li Haifu, so she drove them back to their respective rooms like a hen driving her chicks.

"Go, go, go, go back to your room and do your homework. Come out when it's time for dinner..."

……