Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

Lin Ze shook his head helplessly. He knew Xue Yao was kind-hearted, but he also had his own difficulties.

Lin Ze decided to return to the city as soon as possible, sell the prey for some money, and then buy some daily necessities to bring back to the village.

He gave a small portion of the prey he had caught recently to his grandfather's family, and then went to his second uncle's house to say goodbye to Lin Wen and Lin Wu.

Lin Ze felt very relieved to see that Lin Wen and Lin Wu had regained their former vitality.

Before leaving, Lin Ze came to the hot spring valley again. He stood quietly at the entrance of the valley, feeling a lot of emotions in his heart. This place witnessed every bit of his acquaintance with Xue Yao, and also gave him a deeper understanding of nature and life.

Finally, Lin Ze took a look at the Hot Spring Valley, turned around and started his journey back to the city.

Before entering the city, Lin Ze filled his backpack with prey and rode his bicycle to the hotel managed by Wang Deli.

Lin Ze arrived at the entrance of Wang Deli's hotel, parked his bicycle, and walked into the store carrying a backpack.

When Wang Deli saw Lin Ze coming, a smile appeared on his face.

"Hey, Xiaolin, you're finally here. Did you get a lot of good stuff this time?" Wang Deli stepped forward and said.

"Well, we're pretty lucky. Boss Wang, take a look at how much these prey are worth." Lin Ze said as he put down the backpack.

Wang Deli looked through Lin Ze’s prey and nodded with satisfaction.

"These prey are of good quality. I'll give you a fair price." As he said that, Wang Deli took out a stack of bills and handed it to Lin Ze.

Lin Ze took the money and the ticket and counted them. Seeing that the amount was correct, he thanked Wang Deli.

"Xiao Lin, if you get any good prey in the future, just bring it to me. I will never treat you unfairly." Wang Deli smiled and patted Lin Ze's shoulder.

"Thank you, Boss Wang. I'm leaving first." Lin Ze collected the money and ticket and left the hotel.

After selling the things, his first stop was the supply and marketing cooperative, where he bought two buckets of milk powder, and then exchanged them for some cloth and put them in his backpack.

Various pastries and White Rabbit milk candies were exchanged for a pound, which were also thrown into the backpack by him.

Lin Ze hadn't been home for a long time. He rode his bike into the alley, stuffed the whole pig into the bottom of the backpack and moved it back. Finally, the backpack was no longer empty.

Fortunately, when he was at his grandfather's house, he often sneaked back to the city to transport some rice, flour, some chickens, rabbits and other prey for Lin Zhengguo and Li Xiuzhen, and even transported cotton twice.

"It's the big pigeons coming home!"

Lin Sisi was sitting on the steps in the courtyard counting ants. When she heard the bicycle bell, she quickly looked up.

Lin Sisi raised her smiling face and trotted towards Lin Ze.

Lin Hao, holding homework in his hand, also ran out of the house to greet Lin Ze.

"Sisi." Lin Ze stopped his bicycle, picked up his sister and kissed her chubby little face.

"Brother has brought you some delicious food." Lin Ze walked into the yard holding Lin Sisi and put down the backpack.

Lin Sisi's eyes lit up and she hurried over to search for it.

"Wow, there are White Rabbit milk candies! And pastries!" Lin Sisi exclaimed excitedly.

"Little sister, give me some!" Lin Hao was anxious. He hurried into the house and put down his homework book.

Lin Ze smiled and patted her head, "Little greedy cat, take it and eat it with your second brother."

Lin Sisi ran into the house with the snacks, while Lin Ze walked towards the kitchen carrying the pork leg.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Lin Ze walked into the kitchen and saw his parents busying around.

"Xiao Ze, you're back." Li Xiuzhen said with a smile, "Come and help me make your favorite braised pork tonight."

Lin Ze nodded and handed the pork leg to his father, "Dad, I brought this specially for you. You can keep it and stew it tomorrow."

Lin Zhengguo took the pork leg and said with a smile: "Good son, you are thoughtful."

The family sat together, enjoying the rare reunion time. After dinner, Lin Ze chatted with his parents for a while, then returned to his room. He lay on the bed, his thoughts drifting away. What happened during this period made him grow a lot.

I had a good night's sleep, and the sky was sunny at noon the next day, but it was still very cold.

Li Xiuzhen was cooking by the coal stove in the house, and she took out the big pork leg.

A small portion was stewed on the coal stove, and the aroma of meat wafting from the house welcomed an uninvited guest.

Jia Geng looked eagerly at the big pork leg that Li Xiuzhen had prepared, and shouted, "Grandma, I want to eat meat."

Jia Zhang followed in with a fawning look on her face.

"Aunt, this meat is so delicious!"

When Li Xiuzhen heard the voice, she turned around and saw Jia Zhang, and her face suddenly darkened.

"What's with you?"

Jia Zhang smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just came to take a look."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the big pig leg.

Lin Ze just came out of the house and when he saw Jia Zhang, he felt annoyed.

"You are not welcome in our home!"

Jia Zhang's face changed, "How can you talk like that, kid? No matter what, you have to call me Grandma Jia!"

"Grandma Jia?" Lin Ze sneered, "Don't be ridiculous, I have my own grandma, you are not worthy."

Jia Zhang wanted to say more, but Lin Ze interrupted her.

"Stop talking nonsense, and leave if you have nothing else to do!"

Jia Zhang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Lin Ze and cursed, "How dare you talk to me like that, you little bastard!"

Lin Ze didn't buy her tricks, "I don't want to have anything to do with your Jia family, stop bothering us!"

As he said this, he pushed Jia Zhang out.

Jia Zhang was pushed out of the door while cursing.

"Just wait, I won't let you go!"

Lin Ze slammed the door shut. "You'd better never come here again!"

Lin Ze returned to the house and comforted his mother, "Don't be afraid, Mom. She won't dare to do anything."

At this time, Jia Zhang's cry came from outside, "Oh, everyone, come and judge, this little bastard from the Lin family actually pushed an old woman like me..."

Lin Ze frowned. This Jia Zhang was really endless. He opened the door and walked out.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't make a scene here, or I'll be rude to you!" Lin Ze warned.

"Look at him, he's so fierce at such a young age. What will he be like when he grows up?" Jia Zhang continued to cry.

The neighbors gathered around and talked about it.

"This kid from the Lin family is too outrageous. How could he lay hands on an old man?"

"That's right. Even if there are conflicts, we can't do this."

Lin Ze frowned when he heard these words. He obviously did not do anything. He just drove Jia Zhang out.

Just then, a voice rang out, "Stop arguing!" Everyone looked and saw Yan Bugui walking over.

"Uncle!" Lin Ze shouted.

The third uncle is a teacher and also a respected elder in the front yard. Everyone respects him very much.

"I saw everything just now. It was Jia Zhang who started the trouble first. Lin Ze did not do anything." Yan Bugui said.

After hearing this, the neighbors nodded, indicating that they believed what Yan Bugui said.

Seeing this, Jia Zhang wanted to argue, "Yan Bugui, you old fool..."