Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Courtyard house

backyard

East Wing Liu Haizhong's House

"Liu Guangtian, where did you go today?"

As soon as Liu Guangtian returned home, he saw his father sitting in the main room with a rather unhappy look on his face.

"Go out and find work."

Liu Guangtian doesn't know yet that before he came back, Yan Bugui had already complained about him to Liu Haizhong.

"Snapped."

Liu Haizhong pulled out his belt and threw it on the table.

"No, Dad, what do you mean?"

Liu Guangtian was a little confused. Something was wrong. He didn't know how he had offended his father again.

Liu Haizhong pointed at Liu Guangtian and shouted, "What do you mean? Tell me the truth, what did you do this afternoon?"

"I went to look for work with Sigen."

As soon as Liu Guangtian finished speaking, he was escorted away by a group of people.

"You still don't tell the truth?"

"I...I just went to look for work with Wang Sigen, and we went to the Hope Village Office together. Sigen had something to do with Liu Guozheng, so I followed him to see what was going on. What happened?"

Liu Guangtian now understood that it must be Yan Bugui who came back to complain.

"What's wrong? What did I ask you to do?"

clap clap.

He whipped her three times in a row.

Fortunately, the clothes I was wearing were thick, so it didn't hurt too much. Also, Liu Haizhong wouldn't hit me in the face, as that would be bad if it got out.

"Don't you know that Liu Guozheng has a grudge against our family?"

"Ah? Dad, where did this vengeance come from?"

"Let's start from the time we bought the meat that year."

"Dad, you must have remembered it wrongly. Shouldn't the Jia family be the ones who hate Liu Guozheng the most?"

"There is also our Liu family."

"why?"

"Because he, Liu Guozheng, doesn't give me face."

"I..."

Liu Guangtian was dumbfounded. What kind of logic is this? If I don't give you face, I will have a grudge against you? You two are not familiar with each other, why should they give you face?

He knew it in his heart, but Liu Guangtian didn't dare to say it.

"Nothing to say now?"

As he said that, Liu Haizhong picked up the belt again.

"Dad, did that old man Yan Bugui say something?"

"Asshole, Liu Guangtian, you actually dare to call an elder by his name now, I will beat you to death."

"What a bullshit elder. Our last name is Liu, and Yan Bugui's last name is not Liu. No matter what, we are just neighbors."

"Okay, now you dare to be stubborn."

Liu Haizhong has always been a patriarch, believing that beatings produce filial sons. Today, Liu Guangtian dared to talk back, which is a great rebellion.

The belt fell on Liu Guangtian like rain.

"Tell me, are you wrong?"

Liu Guangtian shrank his body and said nothing.

"I told you to be quiet."

Pah pah pah..

"I'll let you be stubborn."

Pah pah pah..

"I will beat you to death today and pretend that I have never given birth to such a rebellious son like you."

Pah pah pah..

"Beat him, beat him hard, and make him stop talking."

Wu Airong was also adding fuel to the fire.

"Say or not?"

Liu Haizhong's face turned pale and he didn't know what was wrong. Usually, Liu Guangtian would admit his mistake immediately after being beaten with a couple of belts, but he didn't expect him to be so tough today.

Liu Guangtian still didn't say a word. He just lay on the ground holding his head and let you hit him.

"Good good."

"Remember this meal for you, and continue tomorrow."

Beating someone is a strenuous job. Liu Haizhong was indeed tired today and couldn't beat him anymore.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Liu Haizhong really stopped smoking, Liu Guangtian got up from the ground and went back to the house silently.

.............

At five o'clock in the morning, the door of the Liu family's room in the backyard of No. 95 Courtyard was gently opened, and Liu Guangtian tiptoed out with a small package behind him, which was his spare clothes.

It's obvious that this guy is going to run away from home.

He walked quietly to the gate, opened it, fumbled for two bricks on the roadside, and returned to the front yard again.

He threw it at the glass of Yan's house.

There were two loud snaps and the glass in Yan Bugui's house shattered.

"Who?"

"Oh no, there's a thief."

"Fuck it, Jie Cheng, Jie Fang, get up quickly."

After Liu Guangtian smashed the glass, he ran away directly. He couldn't stay here and watch the joke.

"Who broke my glass?"

"..."

The Yan family mustered up the courage to come out and found that their glass had been smashed.

No matter how the Yan family yelled and cursed, no one came to watch. Even the neighbors who were woken up just lay in bed, listening quietly to the Yan family's yelling and cursing.

The main point is that if it is none of your business, just let it go.

After shouting and cursing for a few times, no one responded, so the Yan family had to give up for the time being and go back to the house to find some newspapers to paste on the windows first, at least it could block out some of the cold wind.

After daybreak, everyone gathered in the front yard to collectively denounce the Yan family.

"Teacher Yan, what happened to your family?"

"That's right, Yan Bugui, you are still a teacher, don't you have any sense of public morality? You yelled and cursed in the yard in the early morning, disturbing others' rest."

"Look, Mr. Yan is stingy with his glass."

"You deserve it. Good job on smashing it."

"Yan Laoxi, have you been scheming against others recently?"

"Hahaha, I'm in an especially good mood today."

"Mine is good too. Let's go to the street and have breakfast."

"Be extravagant and celebrate."

"..."

Faced with the ridicule and sarcasm of the crowd, the Yan family members remained silent because they did not dare to speak because there were too many people and they were afraid of being beaten.

"Look, this guy is really something. How could he break someone else's glass?"

"Old Yan, the glass is not worth much, just buy two pieces and replace them."

Yi Zhonghai said a few words in a pretentious manner, he was very happy in his heart, you, Yan Laoxi, have been giving me a bad face recently, you deserve to have the glass in your house smashed.

"Mr. Yan, you are such a boring person. It's just two pieces of glass. You made the whole hospital unable to sleep well. You are a teacher, and I'm ashamed of you."

Seeing the Yan family’s glass being smashed, Sha Zhu naturally did not forget to make a few sarcastic remarks.

"Silly Zhu, do you think you did this?"

"Hey, Old Yan, what's going on? You can't find anyone, so you want to blackmail Master Zhu?"

"What do you mean by blackmailing you? I think you were the one who smashed it. You are the only one in this hospital who is used to retaliating."

"Bah, Yan Laoshen, why don't we call the police? Let the police investigate. Who knows, maybe you did something wrong and they are taking revenge on you."

"You you you..."

Yan Bu was very proud of himself. Yan Jiecheng had already fled, so he didn't dare to stay here any longer, otherwise he would be charged for the glass.

The front yard is bustling, and the backyard is also busy.

When Liu Guangfu opened his eyes, he saw that there seemed to be a thief in the house, so he hurriedly woke up Liu Haizhong and was beaten for it.

"Boss, he ran away in broad daylight."

Wu Airong was at a loss, looking sad.

"Asshole, rebellious son, I...I..."

Liu Haizhong’s eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

First, his eldest son Liu Guangqi, whom he valued the most, emptied the family fortune and left.

Now it’s Liu Guangtian. Just because I beat him up last night, he ran away today.

I have three sons and the youngest one is left. Will he run away when he grows up?

Thinking of this, Liu Haizhong stared at Liu Guangfu with an unfriendly look and asked, "Guangfu, you won't run away in the future, right?"

"Dad, no, I want to take care of you and mom, and provide for you in your old age."

"I hope you mean what you say."

"It's absolutely true, I can swear."

"It's okay to swear, but if I find out, I'll break your legs."

"Dad, Mom, don't worry, I won't run away."

Liu Guangfu still has a strong desire to survive. Now he is the only one left in the family. From now on, there will be no one to take the lead. His good days are probably over. Unfortunately, he is still young. Even if he wants to run away, he doesn’t know where to run.

"Boss, what should we do? Why don't we go look for Guangtian?"

"Why are you looking for him? Just pretend you never gave birth to this son."

"But.."

"Don't worry, hurry up and cook, we have to go to work soon."

Wu Airong went to cook, and Liu Haizhong sat quietly on the chair, his expression changing constantly, and no one knew what he was thinking.