Siheyuan: A Family of Loyal and Brave People

The four children of the Yan family split into two groups. Yan Jiecheng took Yan Jiedi to the middle courtyard to find the eldest uncle, and the remaining two went to the backyard to find the second uncle.

The ground in the courtyard is not flat, with many potholes and cracks, as well as scattered stones and debris.

The yard was pitch black at night and the ground could not be seen at all. The four children walked barefoot and suffered a lot along the way.

As soon as the four children entered the middle courtyard and prepared to act separately, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang began to complain bitterly.

"Brother, how about we switch places? Jie Kuang and I will go find the first uncle, and you two can go to the backyard to find the second uncle."

The backyard is far away, and any extra walk means more suffering.

"No, how can we change something that we have agreed on in advance?

Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."

Yan Jiecheng naturally would not agree. The three brothers had just had a fight, and now was not the time to be friendly and respectful to each other.

"Humph, you only know how to take advantage of your younger brother. You don't act like a big brother at all."

Yan Jiefang complained and reluctantly took his third brother to the backyard.

"You said I didn't act like a big brother, but when you two teamed up to deal with me, did you act like a little brother?"

Yan Jiecheng did not indulge his two younger brothers at all and did not forget to say something to them before they left.

"Brother, stop talking about this.

It's cold outside, let's go find an old man."

The three brothers had finally calmed down, and Yan Jiedi didn't want any more trouble to happen.

She was the youngest and a girl, and could not stand the cold. Her lips had turned white and her face purple due to the cold.

Yan Jiecheng finally stopped complaining and took his sister to the door of Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Uncle, open the door!"

Yan Jiecheng knocked on the door and shouted into the house.

However, there was no other sound in the room except deep snoring.

After trying several times, Yan Jiecheng had to give up when he realized that the old man was in a deep sleep and could not be disturbed.

"If the eldest brother can't help, we can only look to the second brother.

Jie Di, squat against the wall, the wind is less here."

Yan Jiecheng was unkind to his two naughty brothers, but he still had some affection for his younger sister.

In times of crisis, he still cared a little about Yan Jie Di and was not so indifferent.

"Thank you, brother."

Yan Jiedi hurriedly moved in the direction of her eldest brother's finger and squatted in the corner to avoid the wind.

After staying outside for a long time, Yan Jiedi felt cold, tired, and sleepy, and almost fainted.

The only good news is that it is fall, not winter.

If it snowed in winter, the four children would have frozen into popsicles in their thin clothes.

After waiting at the door of Yi Zhonghai's house for a while, faint footsteps were heard from the direction of the backyard.

Yan Jiecheng went to meet him expectantly and asked, "How was it? Did you see the Second Master?"

Yan Jiefang, with a bitter face, did not reply, but just kept moving forward silently.

It was not until he got closer that Yan Jiecheng realized that there were two people following his two younger brothers.

"Second brother, what's going on?

I asked you to ask Second Master for help, why did you…"

Before Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, the two people following Yan Jiefang began to sigh and said, "Yan Jiecheng, you'd better save your breath. We were both kicked out by my dad, and you still want to come back?"

The person who spoke was Liu Haizhong's second son Liu Guangtian.

Liu Haizhong had some wine tonight and was in a good mood, so when he got home he beat up his two sons to cheer them up.

After the beating, he still felt unsatisfied, so he drove the two brothers out of the house, closed the door and went to sleep in the room himself.

"what?"

Yan Jiecheng cried out in surprise, his heart dropped to the bottom, and he was in a trance.

The three managers are all lying down, what should they do?

I don't think we're really going to spend the night outside.

"They can't even manage their own affairs. I don't know how they have the nerve to act like the bosses."

Yan Jiefang, who had been silent all this time, came to Yan Jiedi, squatted down, and started to complain while holding his knees.

Since the three uncles in charge came out of the police station yesterday, Yan Jiefang and his men have not had a good thing happen to them. They are either beaten or on the way to be beaten. Now they are forced into a desperate situation, how can they not feel resentful?

"If the steward is useless, we can't just sit there and wait.

We have to find a place to stay the night.

Let's go knock on our neighbors' doors and see who can take us in for the night."

At this point, Yan Jiecheng had some thoughts of just throwing the jar into the air.

It was not nice to disturb other people's rest so late at night, but things had come to this point and they really had no other choice.

“Don’t waste your efforts.

Don’t you know what kind of people these neighbors in the yard are?

We tried it in the backyard a long time ago, but they were all pretending to be dead, and no one was willing to help."

Liu Guangtian sneered weakly.

The two children of the Liu family were beaten the most often and were the most shameless. They had never been shy about causing trouble for their neighbors.

When they were first kicked out, they tried to seek help from their neighbors.

It’s just that the neighbors were indifferent and no one was willing to help.

Come to think of it, Liu Haizhong, the father, doesn't care about them, so why should the neighbors meddle in other people's business?

The housing situation of each family in the courtyard is rather tight. It is already crowded enough for a family to live in one house, so how can there be room for two outsiders?

And if you are not careful, it may annoy Liu Haizhong and cause unnecessary trouble.

So the neighbors chose to turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye.

"how so……"

Yan Jiecheng was like a deflated balloon, leaning weakly against the wall, pursing his dry lips, his eyes had long lost their luster.

"Yan Jiecheng, don't you always have an idea?

We have been put in this situation, so we need to think of a solution quickly."

If the problem is not solved, internal conflicts will intensify. After a trip to the backyard, Yan Jiefang, who felt he had been wronged, began to attack his eldest brother.

“What can I do?

How about we find some rocks and smash all those bastards' windows.

If we don’t have a good life, they won’t have an easy life either.”

Yan Jiecheng grinned grimly and shouted through gritted teeth.

People's ability to endure is limited. After suffering a series of setbacks, Yan Jiecheng could not withstand the pressure and gradually went to extremes.

"What are you talking about, you are crazy.

If you really want to do this, you evil neighbor, can you save your legs? "

Liu Guangtian looked at the out-of-control Yan Jiecheng with disdain.

If you stay out all night and get sick, your neighbors might sympathize with you and help you.

If they smashed the neighbors' windows, they would definitely instigate Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong to punish them severely. Only then would they be truly isolated and helpless.

"Then what do you think we should do?!

Waiting to die outside?!

You guys have thick clothes and shoes, so it’s easy for you to endure it outside, but what should we do? !”

Looking at the two Liu Guangtian brothers dressed neatly, Yan Jiecheng felt both angry and jealous.

I wish I had brought my shoes and coat with me when I ran out.

"What a no-brainer."

Liu Guangtian spat on the ground and said contemptuously, "It's not like there's no empty house in the yard. Why don't we just take shelter inside?"