Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

"Mom, I don't understand your train of thought." Lin Ze said earnestly, "No matter how close or distant they are to our family, my second uncle and his family have never found a way to ask us for anything."

"But it's different at my uncle's house." Lin Ze said meaningfully, "Last time, you asked me to send meat to my grandmother's house, and my aunt looked down on the meat I sent."

"You kid, you're still bringing this up." Li Xiuzhen angrily punched Lin Ze on the shoulder, but ended up getting hit on the hand.

"Your aunt said that the wolf meat you sent to them last time was old and tough, and not tasty at all." Li Xiuzhen rubbed her hands and said angrily, "Where did you get the wolf meat from, kid? Don't you see how scary the wolf meat is..."

“How scary is it?” Lin Ze took a half step back, not wanting to argue with Li Xiuzhen. “Grandpa, second uncle and the others ate it too, and they all said it tasted great.”

"It just so happens that only my aunt and her family find it unpalatable, right?"

Of course he knew what Li Xiuzhen meant, but in his opinion, whether the relationship between relatives is close does not depend solely on blood ties.

True family affection should be based on mutual care and support.

However, his grandmother's family obviously did not do this. Instead, they kept asking Li Xiuzhen to make sacrifices.

"Mom, you should think carefully about whether they have real feelings for you, or are they just after the things you give them?" Lin Ze said earnestly.

Li Xiuzhen shook her head with tears in her eyes and said with a bitter face, "Xiao Ze, how can you not understand my mother's painstaking efforts? Your grandmother and her family are the closest people to me."

"Mom, aren't Sisi, Da Gege, Er Gege, and dad your closest people?" Lin Sisi, who seemed to understand and listened for a long time, raised her little face, tilted her head and looked at her mother in confusion.

Lin Ze shook his head, picked up Lin Sisi and left the bedroom. Lin Ze decided that after he married Xue Yao, he would separate from his parents and live separately.

As for his grandmother's and uncle's house, he would keep an appropriate distance and avoid going if possible.

Since Lin Ze's family did not celebrate the New Year in the courtyard, they also missed the fights between dragons and tigers in the courtyard.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Damao was going to take his wife home to pay New Year's greetings, but he accidentally bumped into the drunk Sha Zhu.

The courtyard's god of war, Sha Zhu, grabbed Xu Damao and started beating him up.

Xu Damao was the kind who couldn't even fight back. He is still sleeping on the kang and unable to get up, and is being taken care of by his wife Lou Xiao'e.

When Lin Ze heard the news, he just shook his head. He had no interest in the fights in the courtyard, he just wanted to live his own life.

Yi Zhonghai has not yet targeted Lin Ze. Even if he did, it would not matter. Lin Ze has a father and a mother. He is not an orphan whom he can manipulate at will.

As for Yi Zhonghai's character of respecting the elderly and loving the young, Lin Ze neither knew about it nor bought into it.

Except for the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard seemed non-existent in Lin Ze's eyes.

The days in the first month of the year pass quickly.

One day, Lin Ze was reading at home when he heard a noise outside. He walked out the door and saw a group of people gathered together, talking about something.

Lin Ze walked over curiously and squeezed into the crowd, only to see an old man lying on the ground, his face pale and looking very weak.

"What's going on?" Lin Ze asked.

"The old man fainted and we are preparing to send him to the hospital," said one person.

Without saying a word, Lin Ze immediately stepped forward, carried the old man on his back and ran towards the hospital.

Seeing this, everyone followed and helped to send the old man to the hospital. After the doctor's examination, the old man was fine, but he had heatstroke because of the hot weather.

When the old man's family rushed to the hospital, they were so grateful to Lin Ze that they wanted to give him some money as a thank you. Lin Ze politely declined, thinking it was just a small matter and not worth mentioning.

However, Lin Ze's good deeds attracted the attention of other people in the courtyard, and everyone gave him a thumbs up, especially Yi Zhonghai.

Lin Ze didn't expect that his small act of kindness would draw praise from everyone in the courtyard, which made him feel a little flattered.

Yi Zhonghai praised him highly and said that he would call on everyone in the courtyard to learn from him.

However, Lin Ze did not care too much about it, thinking it was just a small favor. He was still busy with his own things every day, reading, doing housework, and occasionally taking his younger brothers and sisters out to play.

That day, Lin Ze was reading at home when someone knocked on the door. He opened the door and saw that it was Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and said to Lin Ze: "Xiao Lin, I have something to discuss with you. You see, there are many elderly people in our courtyard, and sometimes we will inevitably encounter some emergencies. I want to organize a volunteer team to serve the elderly. You are so kind-hearted, why don't you be the team leader!"

After hearing this, Lin Ze looked at Yi Zhonghai with some surprise. He didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to make such a request, and he was a little hesitant.

He was worried that he didn't have the time and energy to do it, and he didn't like too much trouble.

"Uncle One, are there children from Uncle Two and Uncle Three in the team you mentioned?" Lin Ze asked.

"You're right. There is indeed Jie Cheng Jie Fang, as well as Guang Fu and Guang Di."

Yi Zhonghai said confidently, "They have all agreed. Now it depends on when you will nod and become the captain."

"Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi are both older than me, so why did you choose me to be the captain?"

Lin Ze said, "You want to organize a volunteer team specifically for serving the elderly, then you should be the team leader."

"Lin family boy, your ideological awareness is a bit low."

Yi Zhonghai said, "It's almost time for us adults to go to work, and you kids are the only ones left in the courtyard..."

Lin Ze made a pause gesture to Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle, you have to go to work and I have to go hunting. No one has time to be idle."

Lin Ze's words left Yi Zhonghai speechless.

Through this encounter, Lin Ze finally understood what kind of person Yi Zhonghai was.

A moral god who likes to use moral blackmail on others.

Yi Zhonghai left in disappointment. Lin Ze was unwilling to serve as the volunteer team leader, so he had to ask Sha Zhu to take the position.

Although Lin Ze is only sixteen years old, he looks tall and strong after exercising for half a year.

Even if he fights with Sha Zhu, he probably won't be at a disadvantage.

Yi Zhonghai was very kind to the deaf old lady, and the deaf old lady always called herself Sha Zhu's biological grandmother.

Yi Zhonghai found Sha Zhu and persuaded him a few more times. Sha Zhu naturally took on the role of captain of the volunteer team that specifically serves the elderly.

The only elderly person in the yard who needed care was a deaf old lady.