Siheyuan: Returning from studying abroad, with extraordinary understanding

"By the way, Qingzi, you just came back and you don't know much about Siheyuan. Now I will tell you about the situation of other residents in Siheyuan."

After Wang Caixia finished educating Lin Wanting, she turned and said to Lin Changqing.

"What's so special about the Siheyuan?" Lin Changqing had long known the characters and calculations of the beasts in the Siheyuan. Now that his mother Wang Caixia told him, he pretended to be curious and gave Wang Caixia a chance to show him.

"Everyone in the courtyard has their own little thoughts. It's not easy for anyone to live like this right now. I didn't want to tell you so early."

"If I don't tell you, I'm worried that they will plot against you. I'd better tell you properly so that you won't suffer any loss in the future."

Next, Wang Caixia told Lin Changqing about the relationship between her family and the other residents of the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the Lin family has a better relationship with He Daqing's family, but a worse relationship with other families.

She has a good relationship with He Daqing's family because her younger sister Lin Wanting gets along well with He Daqing's daughter, He Yushui, and they often play together.

Sometimes He Daqing was unable to take care of He Yushui, so Wang Caixia helped take care of her.

After a few exchanges, the relationship improved a lot.

As for the old lady in the backyard, the relationship has never been very good.

When they first moved in, Wang Caixia and Lin Fuxing wanted to maintain a good relationship with them, so they would send over some delicious food.

But later, the old lady began to dislike the food sent by Wang Caixia, and insisted that the Lin family send her meat once a week.

Once, no meat was sent, and the next day rumors spread that they were disrespectful to their elders.

Not only that, one time they didn't have time to take care of their daughter Lin Wanting, so they left her in the care of the old lady. Unexpectedly, their daughter not only didn't have food to eat, but was also beaten by the old lady.

What was outrageous was that the old lady insisted that Lin Wanting fell down by herself, and that Lin Wanting was an undisciplined child. She even lied and slandered her by not giving her food.

Lin Fuxing and Wang Caixia are not the kind of people who are foolishly filial. When Lin Changqing was studying, he had a broad vision and often instilled new ideas in them, so they were not morally blackmailed by the old lady and Yi Zhonghai and others.

Since that time, the relationship between the Lin family and the old lady broke down. The two of them rarely went to the backyard to see the old lady, and also told their daughter not to go to the backyard.

As for the rumors spread by the old lady, neither of them paid any attention to them, and after a while, they were forgotten.

Before liberation, the Lin family kept a low profile, neither causing trouble nor fearing it, and maintained a good relationship with other residents. After liberation, the Lin family was even less afraid of them.

Like last time when a rumor spread in the courtyard that Lin Changqing was an enemy spy, they didn't care about anything else and went straight to his house to curse him, and then asked comrades from the Military Control Commission to come over and put an end to the rumor in an instant.

The residents were even more afraid to offend them.

"Mom, I understand! I will pay attention in the future." After listening to what his mother said, Lin Changqing immediately said that he knew what to do.

"By the way, can you tell me why Yan Bugui has become so stingy? Logically speaking, as a teacher, his salary should be quite high!"

Lin Changqing had watched the TV series before, but the plot was set in the 1960s. More than ten years had passed, so he really didn't know why Yan Bugui had become so stingy and calculating.

"He was just too greedy! Before liberation, the Nationalist army had been issuing gold yuan notes. Once the gold yuan note went up in value, he exchanged all his savings, including silver dollars and silver dollars, for gold yuan notes."

"He even borrowed money to exchange the gold yuan, hoping to resell it when the gold yuan went up in value. However, the price of the gold yuan changed too quickly and fell all of a sudden. The gold yuan he exchanged soon became worthless."

"Last year, prices soared and we almost couldn't buy food. If we hadn't saved some money, we would have starved to death. The Yan family was even worse off."

"In order to pay back the debt, he had no choice but to live a calculating life. After liberation, he finally recovered. But his calculating habit has not changed."

After Wang Caixia and Lin Fuxing explained, Lin Changqing also understood what was going on.

Yan Bugui always calculated his life when he was in the most difficult times. This calculating habit allowed him to gain many advantages and made him think that only by calculating could he live a better life.

More importantly, he doesn't have to spend any money to get what he has calculated. Once he gets used to taking advantage of these small benefits, they become a matter of course.

Therefore, when you see that others have good things, you can't help but try to gain benefits from them.

Little did he know that he was able to take advantage of the situation only because his neighbors felt sorry for him and did not bother with him.

If I really argue with him, one thing is that I will ruin my reputation and make people think I am stingy, and the other thing is that I don’t want to offend him.

Yan Bugui is a teacher after all. If their children go to school and his reputation is ruined, the school might not accept their children.

Reading can change one's destiny. Since ancient times, scholars have had a high status and believed that studying can bring one a future. This concept is deeply rooted in people's minds. They have children and want their children to go to school, so naturally they don't want to offend the teachers.

After listening to his parents' explanation, Lin Changqing instantly understood the reason. However, he would not sympathize with Yan Bugui.

poor person must have something mean.

Knowing what kind of person Yan Bugui is, Lin Changqing has a way to avoid Yan Bugui's schemes. However, as long as Yan Bugui's schemes are not directed against him or his family, he will not care.

He would not ask Yan Bugui for help. Even if it was about his sister's schooling, he didn't want his sister to go to the primary school where Yan Bugui attended.

The city is so big that there is no shortage of primary schools.

While Lin Changqing and his family were eating, the aroma of the Jia family's fried meat had already spread throughout the courtyard.

In families with lower incomes, children were already rolling on the ground, clamoring for meat.

In the backyard of Liu Haizhong's house, the eldest son Liu Guangqi lowered his head and ate without saying a word.

The second son Liu Guangtian and the youngest son Liu Guangfu looked at the steamed corn bread in their hands and then at the eggs in their eldest brother's bowl, and felt very dissatisfied.

Any delicious food at home was given to dad and eldest brother, and they only had black and hard steamed buns to eat. They were both sons, so why was he so partial to me?

Liu Guangfu was only eight or nine years old. He couldn't help but smell the aroma of meat. He looked at Liu Haizhong and said:

"Dad, we haven't eaten meat in a long time. Can you buy some meat tomorrow? I want to eat meat!"

"I want to eat meat too! This steamed corn bread is not tasty at all!" Liu Guangtian curled his lips and threw the steamed corn bread away angrily!

"Snapped!"

Liu Haizhong suddenly became furious and slapped Liu Guangtian on the head.

Liu Guangtian burst into tears and looked at his father in fear.

Liu Guangfu also subconsciously shrank his neck and stared at Liu Haizhong motionlessly.

"You fought well. It's good to have food. Not starving to death is a great blessing! You're wasting food. Isn't that against heaven?"

Liu Haizhong's wife Zhang Guihua was fanning the flames. Influenced by Liu Haizhong, she also favored her eldest son and didn't care about her two younger sons at all.