Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Old Yan, is there any happy event today?"

After breakfast, Liu Haizhong went to work as if nothing had happened. He walked slowly to the front yard and saw Yan Bugui measuring the size at the window.

"Happy event? There is no happy event!"

Yan Bugui was still wondering how Liu Haizhong knew there was going to be some happy event?

"Nothing happy, you change the glass."

"I.."

Yan Bugui almost choked to death.

"Old Liu, how is it going? Did you find out anything last night?"

Yan Bugui hurriedly changed the subject because he was really embarrassed to answer the previous topic.

"Humph!"

Liu Haizhong glared at Yan Bugui, then turned and left.

"Who...who are these people?"

Yan Bu threw away the ruler in his noble hand.

"Boss, who on earth broke our glass?"

Yang Ruihua had been thinking about it all morning, but he couldn't figure it out. The Yan family hadn't offended anyone recently, so why was the glass smashed for no reason?

"It must be someone from our courtyard."

"Old Yan, do you have a suspect?"

"Think about it, the gate was closed from the inside at night, and it was open when we got up."

"Who could that be?"

"Don't worry, I'll think about it."

"Old Yan, you must have offended someone."

"Liu Guangtian."

"what?"

"It could be Liu Guangtian."

"Old Yan, have you offended him?"

"I just talked to Lao Liu about something last night. It was about Liu Guangtian. I guess he got beaten last night, so he took it out on me."

"Old Yan, what are you thinking? Don't you know Old Liu? He is merciless when he gets physical. Now, you have offended him to death. How can our family be safe in the future?"

"It shouldn't be that serious. It's normal for young people to be a little angry. Can Liu Guangtian smash our windows every day?"

"That's hard to say. Anyone who gets beaten up for no reason at home would feel very uncomfortable."

"It's okay, just smash it. At worst I can ask Lao Liu for compensation."

"Compensation, why didn't you ask for it when Liu Haizhong passed by just now?"

"I didn't think of that just now."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want. I don't have classes in the morning anyway. Once you've measured the dimensions, go buy two pieces of glass and then come back and put them in place yourself."

"I'm going fishing, can't you go?"

"The neighborhood committee has a temporary job, and it might take until noon."

"Then wait until the afternoon."

"Old Yan, what if something else happens this afternoon? If you can't change the glass, don't complain if you get cold at night."

"Okay, I'll go change it then."

After saying that, Yang Ruihua went out. She couldn't keep people waiting for too long, otherwise they wouldn't notify her the next time there was work.

"Uncle Yan, what day is today? Why did you think of changing the glass?"

Now the last person to go out in the courtyard is Jia Dongxu. He is living a very comfortable life now and never comes home empty-handed every day.

Yan Bugui said helplessly: "It's Dongxu, I don't want to change it either."

"what happened?"

Jia Dongxu became interested. It seemed that there was a story behind it. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so it would be nice to listen to a story.

"Dongxu, this is very rare, you must not tell anyone else."

"Uncle Yan, you know me, I'm the most tight-lipped person."

"My glass, I heard someone lost their conscience, so angry that it exploded. Dongxu, tell me what this is all about."

"Uh... hehe."

Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly: "Uncle Yan, you are busy, I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

"Humph!"

Yan Bugui had a sullen face. He packed up his fishing rod, picked up a bucket, and went out.

He had already thought it through. He would give the measured dimensions to the glass replacer and then pick them up directly when he came back from fishing, without any delay.

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

A courtyard near Houhai

"Liu Guangtian, why are you sleeping here?"

Wang Sigen came to the courtyard that Xu Fang bought yesterday and found Liu Guangtian curled up at the door.

"Ugh!"

Liu Guangtian told Wang Sigen what happened last night.

"Guangtian, you were the one who broke the glass in Yan Bugui's house, weren't you?"

After listening to Liu Guangtian's story, the case of the smashed glass in Yan Bugui's house was solved, and it was confirmed that it was Liu Guangtian who did it.

"I'm just collecting some interest first, and I'll settle the score with him when I have the chance."

"Guangtian, what are you going to do next?"

"I won't go back from now on. The next time I go back will be when I burn paper for my father."

"You...how can there be a grudge between father and son?"

"Si Gen, don't you understand? Are they father and son? Why do I feel like they are enemies? You live in the backyard, too. You know how cruel my father was. Do you think there is anyone in the world who treats his own children like this?"

"That's right. I don't know what Liu Haizhong is thinking all day. He can even kill his own child."

"Four. I don't know what Yan Bugui said last night, but when I got home, my father had the belt ready. He beat me so hard that I almost died. It was only because I was used to being beaten since I was a child that I was able to withstand beatings quite well, so I managed to hold on."

"It's okay if you don't want to go back. You can just stay here first. Didn't Liu Guozheng say that he can let us stay here for free?"

"So, I packed some clothes early in the morning and ran out."

"Okay, let's work hard together from now on. When you become rich, you can come back and let everyone in the compound see it."

"Si Gen, do you think we can get rich?"

"Yes, I think so. As long as we hold on to Liu Guozheng's thighs tightly, we can get a minimum of fifty yuan a month."

"Yeah, I understand it too. Those who follow Liu Guozheng live a good life. Look at Li Dabao, the new guy in the backyard. When he got married, Liu Guozheng prepared three turns and one ring for him. That was really a big deal."

"Guangtian, it's not just Li Dabao, there's also Xu Damao. I heard they don't show movies anymore. They usually stay in the office or in Hope Village. That's what they call life."

"If we work hard, we will be able to live a good life soon. When we have enough money, we can buy a small courtyard, marry a wife, and have one or two children. Then our life will be complete."

"Yes, yes, you are right, Sigen."

The two were chatting idly at the door, and Xu Qing came to the door.

Xu Qing didn't say anything. He gave each of them a key to the front door. After entering, they could choose any house in the front yard and live in whichever one they wanted.

"Wang Sigen, Liu Guangtian, come here. Here are 20 bottles of wine. Move them to the storage room in the front yard. This is your quota for this month. On the last day of every month, come to the backyard to pay and receive your quota for next month."

"Okay, you take a rest, we will move it ourselves."

Wang Sigen and Liu Guangtian didn't even bother to clean up their place and moved the wine to the front yard first.

"By the way, I will live in the backyard from now on. Don't bother me unless you encounter something you can't solve."

"Okay, we got it."

Now the two of them worked even harder. Xu Qing looked cold and icy, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a master. With him living in this yard, the two of them felt more at ease.