Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

In the interrogation room of the Hongxing Police Station, Liu Guozheng met the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady now looks even older, her gray hair is slightly messy, her face is gray, her eyes are dull, and her face is lifeless.

"Liu Guozheng, the old lady can't figure out something, and wants to ask you in person."

"Madam, please tell me."

"Do we have a grudge in the past?"

"This is the first time I see you today."

"Are you complaining recently?"

“It’s also my first time in a courtyard.”

"why"

"I want my brother to live in a relatively clean place."

After listening to Liu Guozheng's words, the deaf old lady fell silent.

"What if we don't plot against your brother?"

"Can you do it?"

"No way?"

"Haha, auto mechanics are skilled workers with high salaries. Gu Nian and my brother are not in good health. The houses are large and spacious. This is the fat meat on your lips. Can you resist it?"

"Can't help it."

“I want to make my brother’s life less calculating, especially where to live.”

The deaf old lady laughed, and tears came out of her eyes as she laughed.

Liu Guozheng just sat there with an expressionless face. Yue Zhen didn't say anything either, but his expression was a little complicated.

"Alas! Calculation, this calculation, can be said to have run through my entire life."

"When I was young, I had many brothers and sisters. In order to attract my parents' attention and get more love, I learned to read their expressions and calculate, and naturally I got what I wanted."

"After I got married, my husband had more wives and concubines. In order to gain a foothold and to have a higher status, I had to scheme. In the midst of the mutual schemes, I was given sterilization drugs, which made me infertile."

"Then there were years of war, and the family was broken up. I got some jewelry and other valuables, and I was able to live a decent life."

"What was most abundant in times of turmoil? Women, so I took in and bought off some homeless women and did some prostitution. When Xia was liberated, all the brothels were banned, and I became homeless again. Fortunately, I earned a lot of jewelry and other adulterous things over the years."

"I'm getting old, so I started preparing for retirement. When Xiaguo was first liberated, the policies and regulations were not sound, so I thought of using yellow and white things to pave the way. During those years, I also met a lot of people, so I changed my identity and got a place as a five-guarantee household, which I have until now."

"If you, Liu Guozheng, hadn't suddenly appeared, I think I would have had a good ending in this life. After all, my retirement partner has already been trained."

"What a pity, Liu Guozheng, do you think I should hate you?"

After she finished speaking, a hint of cruelty flashed across the deaf old lady's eyes in an instant.

"Should."

Liu Guozheng nodded. Anyone would hate this if it happened to them.

"Liu Guozheng, how can you be so cruel at such a young age?"

"Cruel? Haha, old lady, am I as cruel as you? You found a way to get rid of He Daqing for retirement, didn't you? You made Sha Zhu into a fool step by step, didn't you? He Yushui, a little girl, lost her father's love at a carefree age, and was despised by her own brother. You watched helplessly as the little girl starved to skin and bones, but no one was willing to give her a bite to eat. She lived cautiously every day, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible, for fear that her stupid brother would stop paying for her tuition one day. Old lady, let's not talk about other things, just this one thing, do you think you should die?"

"Liu Guozheng, what does this have to do with you? Do you think you are a good person?"

"Whether I am a good person or not is another matter. At least I will not break up other people's happy families for my own selfish reasons."

"Ha ha ha ha."

The deaf old lady's laughter was sharp and piercing.

"Liu Guozheng, have you forgotten what you did? Wasn't it you who sent Jia Dongxu to prison?"

"Old lady, you still don't understand. All the problems are not about what I, Liu Guozheng, said, but what you did. Especially Jia Dongxu. If he hadn't been mentally deficient and talking nonsense in court, he might have been released in two or three months. He sent himself to prison."

"Alas, Liu Guozheng, I lost my composure. I just can't accept it."

"Old lady, you have basically not suffered any hardship in your life. You have eaten what you should eat, drank what you should drink, and enjoyed what you should enjoy. This life is worth it. At the end, you should make yourself more respectable. Tell the truth about those people you bribed back then and find out those hidden parasites. This can be considered a contribution to our Xia country."

"Yes, respectability. At the end of life, who doesn't want respectability? But can I still be respectable?"

"Yes, catching those parasites can be considered as redeeming merit. I guess those parasites must have amassed a lot of wealth in the past ten years, especially the yellow croakers."

"Find out those termites? Okay, I agree, but I have one last question. How are you going to deal with Yi Zhonghai?"

"No, old lady, I have no grudges against Yi Zhonghai in the past or today, and I will not deal with others for no reason. You are a decent person, so don't talk nonsense. Director Yue is still here listening."

"Hahaha, I don't believe it."

"Old lady, although I, Liu Guozheng, cannot be said to be a good person, I really will not do anything illegal or disorderly."

"Haha, Liu Guozheng, I can see clearly what kind of person you are. You are a good person."

"Old lady, you are cursing me. Don't you know that good people don't live long?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that a young man like you could see things so clearly. Good people do not live long, but you are different because you are cruel enough."

After hearing what the deaf old lady said, Yue Zhen nodded in agreement.

"Liu Guozheng, can I ask you a favor?"

Looking at the young man in front of her, the deaf old lady spoke in a pleading tone.

"Old lady, you say."

"After I die, can you collect my body and not leave it exposed in the wilderness?"

The deaf old lady stared at Liu Guozheng nervously, with pleading eyes.

"Ah."

Liu Guozheng thought about it for a while, and then said, "Old lady, as long as you can tell me the hidden termites and the yellow and white things you have hidden, I guarantee that the coffin doesn't have to be very thick, and it will definitely be able to keep out the wind and rain."

"Liu Guozheng, how can you be sure that I have something hidden?"

"Without those things hanging around, would Yi Zhonghai let his wife take such good care of you?"

"Yes, to be honest, I have a lot of things hidden, so much that you can't spend them all in two lifetimes. Aren't you tempted?"

"I'm not tempted, do you believe me, old lady?"

"I believe."

"Is the old lady sincere? She's not complimenting me, is she?"

"Liu Guozheng, the fact that you can mention the things I hid in front of Director Yue shows that you are not greedy."

"Then thank you."

"Okay, that's it. I'll explain everything clearly. Don't forget what you promised me."

"Old lady, if you keep your word, I will keep my word."

After that, Liu Guozheng said to Yue Zhen: "Director Yue, you heard it too, so I'll leave first."

"Thank you, thank you so much, Comrade Liu Guozheng."

Before leaving, Liu Guozheng put twenty yuan on the table and asked Yue Zhen to help buy some delicious food as a farewell to the old lady.

Liu Guozheng saw the determination to die in the eyes of the deaf old lady.

After explaining everything, he will most likely end his own life.

That was her last bit of dignity.

Liu Guozheng left. I felt a little bad and felt that I had become soft-hearted again.

Ugh!

Being soft-hearted is a disease!