Siheyuan: With a system in place, you don’t need to worry in times of famine

"Don't you have any rats or bugs here?"

When Banggeng heard the old beggar's words, he looked lost.

"Hey, there are no bugs, but I know where there are rats. Do you want to go?!"

The old beggar suddenly spoke again, changing the subject:

"But how are you going to thank me?!"

"I......"

Bang Geng didn't expect the old beggar to ask for a reward so directly. After thinking for a while, he said:

"Just wait a moment."

After saying that, he ran away. After a while, he came back with a steaming hot pancake in his hand and handed it to the old beggar:

"This sesame cake is freshly baked. Please have some."

"That's pretty much it."

The old beggar took the sesame cake and swallowed it in big mouthfuls. He finished the whole big sesame cake in just a few bites.

Bang Geng stood aside, watching the scene in shock. Even though he was not hungry at the moment, he couldn't help swallowing.

"Can you take me to catch mice?"

"Let's go."

For the sake of that sesame cake, the old beggar took the stick to a garbage dump. It was so dirty that one could smell the foul odor even from a distance.

"Where is the mouse you mentioned?"

"It's right there, go grab it yourself."

"You're not lying to me, are you?!"

Seeing that the old beggar was about to leave, Bang Geng grabbed the old beggar's clothes with one hand, very hard.

"Why would I lie to you?!

In the past, whenever we couldn’t get any money, we would come here to catch mice.

You know what, the rat meat here is big and fat, and really delicious.”

Seeing the old beggar talking with great longing, Bang Geng couldn't help but retching.

He had never eaten rat, and the thought of that black thing made him feel sick.

"Hurry up and catch it, it's dark now and you can't see anything!"

After the old beggar finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Damn, he’s really going to freeze to death after this trip.

Banggeng watched the old beggar walking further and further away, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and catch the mouse.

It took him a long time to catch a huge rat. After all, it was raised on garbage. It had a fat head and big ears. If he had not been trained in the juvenile detention center before, he would not have dared to touch it at all.

After catching the mouse, Banggeng slowly went home. On the way, he happened to meet a stall selling sesame cakes closing up. He rubbed his empty stomach and spent the only money he had.

After eating half full, Banggeng walked back to the courtyard.

The yard was quiet, probably because the weather was too cold, and he didn't meet anyone along the way.

He glanced in the direction of his home. It was pitch dark, so he guessed his mother was still in the hospital.

Walking straight to the backyard, with his back hunched and body bent, Banggeng walked more cautiously than anyone else.

Looking at the deaf old lady's tightly closed window, Banggeng quietly opened it a little and threw the huge rat in.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

As the sound of the mouse began, soon the screams of the deaf old lady were heard in the house.

Hearing the painful screams, Banggeng left very satisfied.

"Where have you been?!"

As Banggeng walked into the house, a voice suddenly rang out, scaring him so much that he fell to the ground.

The lights in the room came on, and Bang Geng finally saw who it was. He patted his chest and panted:

"Mom, you are going to scare me to death. If you scare people, they will scare them to death!!!"

"Where have you been today?

What did you do?!"

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng coldly and completely ignored his accusations.

"I didn't do anything. Since you didn't care about me, I went to play by myself."

Seeing Qin Huairu's expression, Banggeng spoke directly.

"Where's the cigarette?!"

"What cigarette?!"

"Bang Geng, since this is your first offense, you should hand over the rest of the cigarettes.

You are still young, it will be easy to quit smoking..."

“I won’t quit, smoking is a sign of being a man!

Mom, I'm not a child anymore, please stop caring about me.

Bang Geng spoke very logically and didn't notice Qin Huairu's increasingly gloomy expression at all.

"You don't want me to take care of you, right?!"

Qin Huairu grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it over. Fortunately, it was a porcelain jar and it fell to the ground with just a loud noise but did not break.

"How dare you hide?!"

"If I don't hide, am I waiting for you to kill me?!

What others said was indeed true. Without a father, my mother has become a stepmother.

I think you just want to kill me to lighten your burden!!!"

What Banggeng said was not thought-provoking at all.

After all, he grew up in love, and Qin Huairu beat him twice yesterday and today.

If it was in the past, when his father and grandmother were around, how could his mother dare to do that?!

"you......"

Qin Huairu's chest heaved with anger. He pointed at the stick and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Something happened, something happened to the old lady.

Uncle, please come to the backyard and take a look."

Suddenly, an urgent voice sounded, immediately attracting Qin Huairu's attention.

Qin Huairu stood up and looked outside the door in a panic, and saw an old man wearing clothes and running hurriedly to the backyard.

He looked back at Bang Geng and angrily said:

"Go to bed right now. Don't go anywhere during this period. If I find you running around again, I will break your legs!"

She wanted to save Banggeng's character.

Then he went to the backyard and saw the deaf old lady lying there through the crowded crowd.

"Quick, send to the hospital."

......

After paying the medical bills and being busy for a long time, Yi Zhonghai finally had some free time. He slumped in his chair, gasping for breath from exhaustion.

I don't know why I ended up going to the hospital these past two days.

"Old Yi..."

A faint voice sounded, and Yi Zhonghai came back to his senses. He quickly sat down next to the old lady and said with concern:

"Old lady, you're awake, are you still feeling uncomfortable?!"

"No."

The deaf old lady shook her head and suddenly felt dizzy. It took her a long time to recover.

“How did you fall so carelessly?

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, otherwise, in such a cold day and such a cold ground, something serious would have happened in the end."

Yi Zhonghai said with lingering fear that the old lady could not die now. She was still the mainstay of the hospital and was devoted to him, so nothing could happen to her.

At least the deaf old lady was still useful before he got rid of Ye Fei.

"It's not intentional, it's a joke."

"What?"

Yi Zhonghai thought he didn't hear clearly and looked at the deaf old lady in confusion.

"Bang Geng caught a big rat and threw it over to me. It climbed onto my face and I accidentally dropped it to the ground..."

"Old lady, are you sure you saw it clearly? It's really a good joke?!"

"Yeah, I can see it clearly."

The deaf old lady told the truth that she was not asleep at that time. Although Banggeng only raised a small corner, from her angle, she could just see the lower half of Banggeng's face.

"this......"