Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

the next day--

Zhou Ru's letter hasn't arrived yet.

On the third day, the postman delivered letters to both of them at the same time. Just one day after that, letters came from home. Li Muhua's heart tightened and she became worried.

But it wasn't an urgent telegram or a phone call to the commune, so it was definitely not a big deal, and Li Muhua felt a little relieved.

But after taking the envelope from the postman, he hurriedly opened it and read it one by one. His face became redder and he became more angry.

When he looked up, Zhou Ru, who was still holding the envelope, asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

She noticed that something was wrong with Li Muhua's expression and couldn't help but think of herself.

Li Muhua took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, handed the letter to Zhou Ru and said, "Take a look for yourself!"

Zhou Ru took the letter, and Zhou Li tried to take a peek but was pushed away by her.

After a while, Zhou Ru folded the letter with a cold face.

He handed it to Li Muhua and said, "This is a good thing. Don't write back. Let them sentence you as they wish. Otherwise, I will hate you forever!"

Li Muhua nodded and said, "My dad knows what's going on and won't take it too seriously. Don't worry."

"Don't worry? I really want to shoot them!" Zhou Ru said coldly, turned around and left.

Zhou Li asked anxiously: "Sister, what's going on? Tell me."

Zhou Ru ignored her, so Zhou Li had to turn around and look at Li Muhua to ask flatteringly: "Brother-in-law, I am in the same group with you two, just tell me."

"Did Zhou Lin and my mom go to the mall to cause trouble, or did they go to your house? They were arrested!"

Zhou Li's voice was full of joy and her face was filled with a happy smile.

Li Muhua felt a little better seeing Zhou Li so happy and looking forward to her brother Zhou Lin and her mother being arrested.

He nodded and said, "They went to the mall to cause trouble, saying that my family would also have to arrange a job for Zhou Lin and that he would have to share half of the yard. They also started a fight with the security department, damaging state property, disrupting the order of the mall, and threatening the personal safety of others."

"I think the sentence will be severe!"

Li Muhua suspected that these charges were all made by Li Haifu, otherwise once the mall security department took action, there would be no way that mother and son would let go of these crimes.

Zhou Li's face became even happier after hearing this. She patted Li Muhua's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't shoot them, my sister won't blame you."

"It would be best to send them to a farm for reform for ten or eight years, or even to jail for a few years. Maybe they can turn over a new leaf, and my family will thank you in the future!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said that he would be sentenced to eight or ten years of labor reform. Li Muhua was speechless for a moment, and was so shocked that he said, "You are a blessing to your brother and your mother."

Zhou Li patted Li Muhua on the shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, my sister actually thinks the same as I do, but she is just too embarrassed to say it."

Li Muhua asked: "Why are you embarrassed to say it?"

After hearing this, Zhou Li pinched her chin and looked at Li Muhua for a few times. After thinking for a while, she said, "Maybe your family is too good. Not to mention the bad things in my family, just your brother knows how to go to the countryside to replace your sister, her brother, and my brother!"

"Oh, how can we compare?"

Zhou Li spread her hands and sighed helplessly.

Patting Li Muhua's shoulder again, Zhou Li continued, "You will probably never understand our pain. I see that you are in a complicated mood, let alone my sister."

Li Muhua nodded thoughtfully, but said nothing.

Seeing that Li Muhua didn't say anything, Zhou Li couldn't help but let her eyes sink, but she still smiled and said, "Okay, brother-in-law, I want to go see if my sister is hiding in the house and having fun. Let's go together?"

Li Muhua shook her head and said, "No, you can just go and see. I'll go to the commune and call them back. I'll do what you said and send them to labor camp for ten or eight years."

Seeing that Li Muhua's expression didn't seem fake, Zhou Li couldn't help but let the smile on her face freeze.

"I don't mind, but in ten or eight years, they won't take their anger out on my sister, right?"

There was a hint of pleading and reluctance in Zhou Li's eyes. It was obvious that she didn't want them to really be sent to labor camp for ten or eight years, and saying Zhou Ru was just an excuse.

Li Muhua didn't point it out, so she simply said, "This is your sister's fourth year in the production team. I want your brother to go to labor camp for four years as well, and I want your mother to be detained for a few more days and then be released. What do you think?"

Zhou Lin hated him so much that he naturally didn't want to let him go easily.

Zhou Li looked at Li Muhua, and said with some relief in her eyes: "Okay, I'll go talk to my sister!"

"Well, remember not to let anyone else know." Li Muhua warned.

"Ok!"

Zhou Li nodded in agreement and watched Li Muhua rushing towards the commune with a complicated look in her eyes. She somewhat understood what Zhou Ru had said before.

Then he turned around and trotted towards the yard to tell Zhou Ru about this.

-

At the end of the year, it’s another year of north wind and snow!

Just as Li Muhua said, Zhou Lin was later sentenced to four years of reform through labor and served his sentence on a farm on the outskirts of the city, making it convenient for Zhou's parents to visit him frequently.

After that, Zhou's mother was released from the detention center. Even when she learned that Zhou Lin was sentenced to four years of forced labor, she behaved herself and never made a fuss again. The two families never contacted each other again, and she only wrote letters to curse Zhou Ru and Zhou Li.

Because of this incident, Li Muhua and Zhou Ru seemed to have used up their last bit of affection and they were no longer intimate with each other.

It would be in vain for Ren Zhouli and Dong Shuwan to bring them together.

Gradually, the two of them stopped trying to match them up, and in everyone's mind, the fate between the two had completely come to an end.

It was snowing outside. Li Muhua sat at her desk and opened the letter that had just been sent from home.

After reading the letter, Li Muhua was a little surprised and said, "This year, Ersha is going to bring his little niece back, and Dacongming is also going to bring his girlfriend back?"

After putting down the letter, Li Muhua wanted to rush back to the old city to see what his little niece looked like and what kind of person his aunt was. But he suddenly stopped and sat back at the table with some confusion.

Nowadays, everyone in the family is happy, except for him, the unlucky youngest son, who just got married and divorced, and his younger siblings have never been allowed to see their two older brothers.

If Zi dared to go back, he would know what was waiting for him.

Furthermore, it seems that—

He has no intention of going back this year.

Sighing quietly, Li Muhua opened the drawer, took out paper and pen, then took out a Daqianmen cigarette and put it into his mouth.

"呲呲"

The match went out and the cigarette lit, and Li Muhua struggled in the smoke.

Li Muhua calmed down after the cigarette was burned out, and bent over to write: "The end of the year is approaching, and the production tasks of the brigade are becoming heavier..."

After writing, seal the envelope and put a stamp on it.

Looking at the envelope, Li Muhua thought for a moment and put it back into the drawer. He would wait two days before sending it out. By then, it would probably arrive around the 27th or 28th of the twelfth lunar month, so there would be no need for his family to write to him again to persuade him.

His heart suddenly felt empty. He never thought that one day he would escape and go home.

In the afternoon, when he met Zhou Li and Zhou Ru, Li Muhua thought for a moment and asked, "Xiao Li, this is your first year in the queue. Are you planning to go home for the New Year?"

Zhou Li shook her head and said excitedly, "No, no, my sister and I are not going back."

"It's so hard to not spend the New Year at home, I'm not going back!"

After that, Zhou Li asked back: "What about you, brother-in-law?"

"Are you going back to celebrate the New Year?" Zhou Li's eyes showed some anticipation.

"I won't go back this year either. I go back every year and I've had enough of staying at home." Li Muhua said lightly, "I want to stay here for the New Year this year. I can't be a sent-down youth for four or five years and not spend a single year at the sent-down youth camp."

After hearing this, Zhou Ru turned her head to look at him but said nothing.

Only Zhou Li was left with some joy and said, "That's great, we can celebrate the New Year together here this year."

At dinner time, everyone at the table started discussing this matter again. In stark contrast to last year when everyone returned to the city, no one would return to the city this year.

This was not beyond Li Muhua's expectations. After all, the round trip fare was more than 50, and they were still spending more than they earned. Only with Li Muhua's financial support were they just able to have enough food and drink.

Hu Lai was very happy and said that with the chef here this year, they could finally have a normal New Year's Eve dinner in Xiaowang Village.