Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

Especially for someone like Sha Zhu, he recently saw Qin Huairu always looking at Han Geng with tears in her eyes, and he felt mixed emotions inside, so he simply bought a chicken saying it was to nourish Han Geng's body.

Although he was driven away by Jia Zhang, Sha Zhu still caught a trace of gratitude from Qin Huairu's eyes, and in an instant felt that all his efforts became meaningful.

Similarly, Yi Zhonghai also got some meat quotas and sent some to the Jia family, but in reality, very few of them actually reached Han Geng's mouth; as for Qin Huairu, she had no chance of touching it at all.

After half a month of rest, Han Geng's health finally improved. Although he is not fully recovered yet, it does not prevent him from going out and playing.

However, when he went out to look for his former playmates,

There was a fellow of his age in the courtyard who asked, "Han Geng, are you bending over to relieve yourself now?"

"You are the one who has it. You are talking nonsense. Get out of here!" Han Geng was full of indignation. How could someone say such a thing?

"But they all said that your bird was eaten by a mouse?" the companion continued to inquire.

"Nonsense, my arm was bitten, take a look for yourself." In order to prove his innocence, Mugun had to lift up his sleeves in the cold wind and show his wound to his friends.

"Oh, I see." The friends seemed a little disappointed. After all, it was just an arm that was injured, which meant they couldn't brag to others about the wooden stick.

"Would you like to go bird hunting together?" a companion asked.

Because of the recent pest control campaign, almost every child in the neighborhood has a slingshot in their hands. They exchange sparrows for candy, or just have a good time having a barbecue in the open space.

"Let's go, but I don't have a slingshot." Mugun said frankly.

Not long after joining the pest control campaign, he fell ill and had no time to buy a slingshot.

"It's okay, I'll take it!" The companion patted his chest and vowed.

"Hey, isn't that a wooden stick? How come the wound has healed?" Two young men, dressed in messy clothes and slightly larger than the wooden sticks, came over and said provocatively.

Mugun snorted coldly, ignored their teasing, and continued to follow his companions to move around them.

After taking a few steps, Mugun suddenly felt a cool breeze from below.

It turned out that the two men had taken off his pants as a prank.

“Hahahahaha!!”

“Haha, how silly!”

"Look, the bird is still there! Didn't he bite it off?"

“It should be only half left! How ridiculous!!” they laughed loudly.

Anger made Mugun's eyes bloodshot. He wanted to punch the other party, but his crotch was still hanging on his feet, so he tripped and fell heavily on his back.

“It’s so funny!”

"Hahaha, has his head also been eaten away by rats?" A mocking voice was heard from afar.

In the end, he could only helplessly watch the two children walk away, and his friends who were playing with him also chose to leave. Their embarrassing appearance made them not want to bother with them anymore.

Muguner just lay alone on the street crying, with .

However, a kind neighbor saw the child being bullied, so he came over to help him up, gently brushed the dirt off his body, and comforted him tenderly.

"Don't cry, kid, go home quickly.

It's just that I lost the bird.

Stay at home and don't come out." The neighbor tried to persuade him kindly, but this made the stick cry even more sadly.

He cried there for a long time, and his tears did not stop until the neighbor left.

Mugun looked around and felt that there was no point in continuing crying, so he wiped his tears and slowly walked back into the depths of the alley.

“Here he is!”

“I see him! I see him!”

Soon, seven or eight children gathered together and looked at the destitute wooden stick as if they were examining some rare and exotic animals in a zoo.

Although no one took off his clothes again, Mugun felt that this mental humiliation was even more severe.

Covered in mud and with tears on his face, Mugun finally returned to the alley.

"My dear grandson, what's wrong with you? Has anyone bullied you?" When Aunt Jia saw Mugun'er's appearance, she hurriedly asked what happened.

Mugun remained silent, watching the neighbors talking around him, and then walked into his room.

Witnessing the miserable state of Mugun, Aunt Jia and Qin Huairu hurried into the house, trying to solve the mystery.

"What's wrong?" they asked together.

However, Mugun remained speechless and sat on the warm kang.

"Have you been bullied outside?" Qin Huairu asked.

Aunt Jia said bluntly: "Needless to say? Look at the mud all over his face, it must be some wicked kid who did this!"

Although she said this, Aunt Jia didn't really want to cause trouble for this. At most she would just lose a little temper in the yard.

In the compound, other people were not overly concerned about this matter. Small conflicts and bumps among children outside were common, and most adults chose not to intervene, believing that the situation would calm down after a few days.

However, some people with strong curiosity, such as Yan Fugui, stand out.

"Is this child often bullied? He hasn't gone out for a long time." Yan Fugui and the people around him speculated privately.

That day happened to be when Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian also returned from outside.

Upon hearing this, Yan Fugui asked, "Have you two seen Banggeng?"

The two were worried at the moment because they knew that everyone in Nanluoguxiang had heard about the disappearance of the Banggen bird, and it was they who leaked the news.

When they heard the mention of Banggeng, the two boys quickly retreated to the backyard and hid.

"The two Liu brothers are so rude!" Before he finished speaking, they had already disappeared. "Will we two brothers be in trouble?" Liu Guangfu asked Liu Guangtian for help with an uneasy mood.

"It's okay, as long as we never admit it." Liu Guangtian responded with clenched teeth, willing to be punished.

But Liu Guangfu said worriedly: "But the team leader is beating people more and more fiercely now."

"It will pass if you just hold on." Liu Guangtian's eyes revealed resentment. "Don't worry, I won't say anything." Liu Guangfu promised.

Liu Haizhong couldn't help feeling annoyed when looking at his two useless sons.

As a , he actually had these two useless people in his family. "Come back, Team Leader Liu." Two voices responded at the same time.

On the other side, at the Jia family, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu gradually solved the mystery of the incident through an in-depth discussion. "Those little hooligans did it, I must teach them a lesson." Jia Zhang gritted her teeth and said, but it was just a verbal threat.

When the people who were originally communicating in the courtyard heard the noise from the other side, they all dispersed at the same time. Who would be willing to listen to Jia Zhang's complaints!

Ever since that humiliation by Bang Geng, his presence in the compound had become less and less frequent.

At first, some friends still invited him to play, but Banggeng always declined, and finally no one came to see him anymore.

As time passed, everyone gradually forgot about the bird that Banggeng lost, but Xu Damao was doing his best to fight for that position.

As soon as Chen Sheng got home from get off work, he was stopped by Xu Damao who had been waiting for him for a long time. He obviously wanted to seek Chen Sheng's advice. "Brother, come and have a drink with me. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Xu Damao invited enthusiastically.

"Okay, I'll put the things down." Mr. Chen agreed, then went home to put the things down and prepared a meat dish as usual.

The two of them drank together, and Xu Damao drank heavily.

Noticing that Xu Damao seemed to be worried, Chen Sheng took the initiative to ask.

Xu Damao revealed his difficulties: "I presented a gift to my boss, but he rejected it and slammed the door and left."

Mr. Chen analyzed: "You must have been offended, otherwise he would not have easily rejected your kindness." Xu Damao pondered and said: "I did not deliberately provoke him, but he wanted me to recommend another projectionist, and I refused.

That skill is a precious legacy passed down from generation to generation in my family. How can I just give it to someone else?

Mr. Chen could understand this attitude. In that era, everyone was conservative and protective of their own skills.

But thinking of Sha Zhu's two apprentices, he couldn't help but feel that Xu Damao's wish would be difficult to realize. "You became enemies with the section chief just because of this? That's a bit too much." Chen Sheng asked in confusion.

Xu Damao said angrily: "If he sent someone here, how could I tolerate him? Not long after, I forced that person away, and later he went to the logistics department." Chen Sheng shook his head helplessly. Xu Damao was a man who would not give up until he saw the Yellow River.

No wonder that for so many years, apart from relying on giving gifts to Li Huaide to make a living, he only had a chance to turn things around after the Lou family fell.

Mr. Chen tried to comfort him: "Your section chief has no vision. You can try to find other leaders."

Xu Damao sighed and revealed, “Actually, I want to use the movie screenings during this period to get closer to Director Yang.

I wanted to invite him to dinner a while ago, but he refused to even agree to eat with me. "He almost knocked over his glass in excitement.

Mr. Chen asked curiously, "What happened?" He wanted to know if Xu Damao had caused any big trouble again.

“Not long ago, several leaders from other places came to visit the factory, and the factory director sent me to show them a movie.

It happened to be lunch time after the end." Xu Damao continued.

"I see." Mr. Chen nodded. Since the steel mill has a certain status, it is reasonable for it to get internal movies.

“Director Yang has already seen the movie.

So when we talked on the periphery, he expressed concern.

I took this opportunity to talk about some of the problems with the section chief, but his face changed drastically and he asked me to leave the theater immediately. "Xu Damao explained.

Mr. Chen heard that Xu Damao had a habit of spreading other people's words.

Although he didn't know Director Yang very well, no one would dare to employ someone who spread negative comments like this. "Why do you want to expose your boss's shortcomings?" Mr. Chen asked him in confusion.

Xu Damao replied righteously: "I think Director Yang seems to be quite easy-going, and he wants to use his power to give our section chief some warnings.

But it only irritated him. "But he still doesn't understand where he went wrong, and mistakenly thought that Director Yang had planted someone in his department.

"Obviously, your efforts to gain control of Director Yang have been ineffective," Mr. Chen commented.