Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

"Now everyone starts to call him Team Leader Liu. I remember one morning I called him by the wrong name and he slapped me."

"At night, he asked me to prepare the right temperature for him to wash his feet.

The water temperature was a little bit higher, and I got a hard kick in the face. "

“As for Fubao, he still naively believed that the world was just as he imagined.

At dinner time, he just wanted to try the scrambled eggs made by Team Leader Liu, but just as he started to eat, he was hit hard on the back of his hand, causing it to swell. He had no choice but to go to Brother Chen's house to get some medicine to treat it.

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During the day, when Team Leader Liu was not at home, Guangfu and I secretly stole one egg each from the pile of eggs to roast, but our secret action was discovered by Team Leader Liu's wife, who informed him.

So, both of us were punished, and I was beaten more than a dozen times and spent the night hungry.

Today was Team Leader Liu's good day, and he gave Guangfu and me a dime so we could buy some popsicles.

After returning, the team leader asked us why we didn't bring back one, so he chased us and scolded us in the backyard.

After graduating from school, a classmate invited me to go fishing by the river. I agreed, but I returned a little late and was unable to help Team Leader Liu's wife make a fire and cook.

The team leader found me in the backyard and beat me up. Fortunately, a deaf old lady was there and let me hide behind her. The team leader stopped only after seeing this.

Because my evasive behavior yesterday angered Team Leader Liu, I accidentally wet the ground in the yard when pouring water at night.

The deaf old lady took this as an opportunity to accuse me of being disobedient, so I was beaten again.

Liu Guangfu's crisp voice came from outside the door: "Brother Chen, are you there?" For Mr. Chen, there was nothing special today. He just sat alone at the table reading a book to pass the time.

As soon as he heard the sound outside the door, Mr. Chen raised his eyes from between the pages of the book, stood up and opened the door.

He originally planned to ask, but when he saw the miserable looks of Liu Guangtian and Guangfu, he guessed that the violence in Liu Haizhong had come again.

He invited them in and asked with concern: "Boys, what's going on? Why did the second master teach you a lesson today?"

Guangfu was younger and sobbed as he explained, "We...really didn't do anything wrong. We just accidentally broke a bowl while cleaning the dishes..."

Chen comforted them not to cry and carefully examined their wounds. "Okay, why are you crying? Tell me in detail," he said.

Liu Guangtian also wiped his tears and complained: "You don't understand the suffering we two brothers have endured."

One time, Aunt Lou gave each of us brothers a piece of candy, and I hid the candy wrapper in my pocket.

Team Leader Liu accidentally saw us during dinner, and we were both ordered to fast that night.

That day Banggeng came to play with Guangfu, but Liu Haizhong stopped him.

When Banggeng left, our misfortune came and we were reprimanded by our team leader for not having any contact with him again.

When I returned to Team Leader Liu's house in the evening, I was doing my homework when I was called to the cellar to get cabbage. The delay made the team leader furious and he beat me up again.

Such treatment is shocking.

Mr. Chen sighed inwardly, thinking that it was almost cruel for Liu Haizhong to treat his own child in this way. No wonder he had no one to rely on in his old age.

His wife stood by and condoned the behavior.

After the most severe punishment inflicted on Liu Hai, Mr. Chen could no longer bear it and began to allow the two children to recuperate in his house.

From then on, every time they were beaten, they would come to Mr. Chen for help.

He felt sad about this in his heart, thinking that a large part of the children's future was due to the negligence of Team Leader Liu's family education, so he always tried his best to heal their wounds.

"The wound is fine, just use this ointment to treat it yourself." Mr. Chen handed them a bottle of ointment he made in his spare time. Although he rarely used it, they made full use of it.

Seeing them accept the gift in a low voice of thanks, Mr. Chen waved his hand casually, knowing in his heart that it was their own fault. No one could accept the ruthless beating inflicted on a child every day.

Even small mistakes are treated with no mercy, and no one can accept this kind of education method.

Mr. Chen didn't care about this, and he didn't expect them to repay him in the future. Helping the two brothers was just a piece of cake, and it was better than helping those despicable guys.

Seeing the two people applying the medicine, Mr. Chen let go and turned back to read.

"Brother, be gentle, it hurts!" Liu Guangfu complained in a low voice.

Mr. Chen glanced sideways and saw that Liu Guangtian was doing a good job as an older brother, and understood that he should take care of his brother's pain first.

"Well, don't move, it will be fine in a while." Liu Guang stroked.

The two had just finished applying the medicine and had not yet had time to move.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

"Xiao Chen, are those two little bastards in your family here? Let them out immediately! I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Liu Haizhong shouted with anger in his tone.

Chen Sheng stood up to answer the door.

"Second uncle, what's the matter that makes you so angry?" Mr. Chen asked.

"Hmph, these guys are causing trouble and they have to hide outside. I wonder where they can run to." Liu Haizhong looked angry.

"Uncle, don't bother with the kid." Mr. Chen tried to persuade him.

"I will definitely teach them a lesson if I catch them." Liu Haizhong was full of resentment.

"Think about it, uncle. If you really hurt them and the news gets out, it will be bad for your reputation. You might even lose your position as team leader. The steel plant won't hire a father who often beats and scolds his children," Mr. Chen continued to analyze.

As soon as he heard the position of team leader, Liu Haizhong immediately restrained himself a lot.

"Can we let you off today?" Liu Haizhong asked.

"That's right. You still have the ambition to be promoted to workshop director in the future. I can't let this delay your promotion, my second uncle." Mr. Chen said with a smile.

"Hey, Xiao Chen is good at talking." Liu Haizhong nodded with satisfaction and left.

Recently, the yard has become much quieter than usual due to the increasing shortage of supplementary food.

The team leader Liu Haizhong's usual hot temper also reduced the number of times he beat his son.

Although the staple food is still sufficient, the shortage of non-staple food makes people feel the hardship of life.

It is a well-known fact that eating food is enough to fill one's stomach.

As the end of the month approaches, the crisis facing the Jia family becomes more acute—there will be little granary left.

Dinner time at the Jia family.

"Mom, the rice at home will be gone tomorrow." Qin Huairu looked worried.

When Jia Zhang heard the sad news, she was so eager to eat that she ate too much and suffocated.

"Uh... didn't they say I could buy it back on payday?" Jia Zhang was choked and spoke with difficulty.

Qin Huairu's heart was filled with indignation like a volcano erupting. How could an ordinary family tolerate such an increase in appetite like yours!

As parents, elders should not only care about their own comfort and ignore their children and grandchildren, and only pursue their own appetite. How can such beastly behavior come from!

Although she had already cursed Jia Zhang in her heart, she still forced a smile on her face and said, "Mom, there are many people in our family, and Dongxu's ration is not enough. Besides, he is only at the second level, and his salary is not enough to buy a full ration. This month's food coupons have been used up."

"Well...what should I do?" After learning the real predicament, Jia Zhang was also at a loss.

She found it hard to accept that she had just enjoyed such a good time, but in the blink of an eye she was faced with hunger again.

Qin Huairu's face was full of worry. She was in charge of the food, but it was impossible for it to increase out of thin air.

If the food is not prepared enough, Jia Zhang will complain; Jia Dongxu still needs to work every day and cannot go hungry; the stems are in the development period and also urgently need sufficient nutrition supply.

Qin Huairu realized that she was the only one in the family who suffered from hunger, and even at night she had to endure Jia Dongxu's unreasonable accusations. "Dongxu, please say something, what should we do now?" Qin Huairu could only hope that Jia Dongxu would give her a solution.

At this time, Jia Zhang also turned over and looked at her son Jia Dongxu. The burden of the family was all on his shoulders. "Son, you have to think of a way. You can't let Banggeng starve, otherwise he will be stunted." She said expectantly.

Jia Dongxu was troubled, but still responded: "I know."

Then he put down his bowl with force and walked out.

He walked aimlessly to the gate of the yard and saw that people in the front yard were enjoying dinner and the atmosphere seemed very lively.

The Yan family in particular seemed to be arguing about the distribution of meat.

"No, Dad! You are too partial! Why is my portion so little?" Yan Jiecheng complained unconvinced.

"Come on! We all get the same amount, it's fair!" Yan Fugui stood firm on his position and insisted on fair distribution.

"Well, let's just exchange. That should be fine!" Yan Jiecheng suggested decisively.

"Stay away! What I said is the same!" Yan Fugui was a little impatient, and anger was revealed in his voice.

"Dad, how can you be so unreasonable? I earned this meat from working, and I was going to keep it for myself.

Everyone was hungry, so I agreed to share the food because I was not too cruel. But how could you let me eat the smallest piece? If not, I won’t bring any tomorrow and will eat at the factory before coming back!” Yan Jiecheng was really angry at the moment. The food he brought back with great effort became a burden to him.

"Forget it, you guy. Let's change it. I've always said that we get the same share, but you just won't believe it." Yan Fugui rolled his eyes and weighed it for a while. He decided to take a step back to avoid reducing a dish for the family dinner. The price was too high. "Hey, the food in this steel plant is good, super delicious.

If you want to solve the problem, you have to think about catching more next time." As he spoke, he quietly picked up a small piece of meat and tasted it, even absorbing the grease on the back of his hand.

"Alas, our lives are becoming more and more difficult." Yan Fugui sighed.

"Don't worry, Dad. Every family out there is having a hard time.

At least we have double salary." Yan Jiecheng consoled himself and slowly put the meat into his mouth, savoring it carefully.

"Hmph, don't think I don't know that our business will be over when you pay off the work fees you owe me." Yan Fugui glared at Jia Dongxu in a tough tone.

Jia Dongxu stood at the gate of Yan's house for a long time, listening to them arguing over that tiny piece of meat, and at first he even smiled.

Then, he blamed himself, how could he have imagined that he could take advantage of the Yan family?