Siheyuan: Rebirth of Liu Ergou

Time is like a gurgling stream, quietly slipping away through people's fingers. Before we know it, the year 1980 has come. In this year, spring has returned to Beijing, and the city is full of vigor and vitality. The warm spring breeze of reform and opening up, like the warm and pleasant golden sunshine, gently falls on this city with a profound historical heritage and youthful vigor.

Liu Ying, the woman who once left her hometown and worked hard for many years, is now returning to the capital with Lou Xiao'e, He Yushui and their lovely children, and re-entering the courtyard that carries countless memories.

This courtyard still retains its past appearance. The green bricks and gray tiles set off each other, simple and solemn; on the branches of the old trees, a few crows made low cries, adding a bit of tranquility and mystery to the whole courtyard. Time seems to have frozen here, and nothing has changed. However, when Liu Ying and others stepped into this courtyard, an inexplicable sense of alienation arose spontaneously. The children opened their eyes wide and looked around curiously. They were full of doubts and puzzlement about this place filled with the taste of old times.

"Mom, this place is so old! It's so different from where we live now." A child complained in a childish voice. His chubby little hands tightly grasped the corner of Liu Ying's clothes, and his face was full of disgust. Other children also echoed, chattering and expressing their opinions on this courtyard.

Liu Ying felt mixed emotions when she heard this. She had returned to this place countless times in her dreams, to this courtyard full of her childhood memories. However, when she actually stood here, she found that everything had changed.

She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Then she smiled and said to the children: "Although this place is old, it has our memories and roots that we cannot give up."

However, the children obviously couldn't understand this. They looked around and were full of criticism and dissatisfaction with this place full of historical atmosphere.

Liu Yi, the new owner of this courtyard, a young and promising businessman, was standing on the balcony on the second floor, watching all this quietly. He looked at Liu Ying and her group with mixed emotions in his heart.

He knew that Liu Ying came back to look for the memories of the past. But he, as the new owner of this yard, could not give her a complete past. He could only silently guard this yard and those memories of the past.

When he saw the children picking on the courtyard, he felt that these children were trampling on and desecrating the history and culture of the courtyard.

So he decided to teach them a lesson.

He took out tens of thousands of tons of gold bricks from the storage space, stacked them neatly in the second-floor basement, and then asked Liu Ying to take the children to see them.

When the children saw the room full of gold bricks, their eyes were full of surprise and curiosity. They had never seen so much gold before, and they could not understand the value and significance of this gold.

However, Liu Yi began to ridicule them with all kinds of sarcastic words. He said that they did not know how to cherish and respect history, but only knew how to pursue material things and enjoyment. He said that their behavior was blaspheming and trampling on the culture and traditions of this courtyard.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu and Xu Damao hurried forward to dissuade him. They knew Liu Yi's temper and knew that these words would hurt Liu Ying and the children. However, Liu Yi seemed to have lost his mind and did not listen to their dissuasion at all.

Liu Ying, Lou Xiao'e and He Yushui were filled with anger and disappointment when they heard what Liu Yi said. They felt that Liu Yi's words were too much and were completely insulting and degrading them and their children. So they had an argument with Liu Yi.

"Liu Yi! How can you say that to the children? They are still young and don't understand these things!" Liu Ying's voice was trembling and angry.

"Hmph! Don't understand? I think they don't want to understand at all!" Liu Yi snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain and indifference.

"You!" Liu Ying was so angry that she couldn't speak. She looked at Liu Yi's cold eyes and felt desperate. She knew that she could no longer communicate with this man.

So she turned to Lou Xiao'e and He Yushui and said, "Let's go! This is not the place for us to stay."

After saying that, she took the children's hands and left the courtyard without looking back. Seeing this, Lou Xiao'e and He Yushui could only follow her and leave helplessly.

Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu watched Liu Ying and her group leave with helplessness and regret in their hearts. They knew that this dispute not only hurt each other's feelings, but also made this courtyard, which was already full of alienation, even more indifferent and unfamiliar.

Liu Yi stood there, looking at the empty yard, feeling disappointed and lonely. He felt that he was protecting the yard and preserving the memories and culture of the past. However, it now seems that his actions have backfired, causing more people to misunderstand and alienate him and the yard.

He sighed deeply, as if carrying a heavy burden, and then slowly turned around, took heavy steps, and walked back to his own room. The moment the door closed gently, he seemed to be isolated from the world, and he was the only one left in the world.

He knew very well that he urgently needed to calm down at this moment, just like the calm sea after a storm. Only in this way could he think clearly and seriously think about how to move forward in the future.

In the days and nights that followed, Liu Yi fell into deep self-reflection. Whenever it was late at night, he would always recall what he had done, and every detail kept flashing in his mind like a movie scene. Gradually, he finally realized that his previous actions were too impulsive and extreme. This reckless behavior not only hurt others, but also brought him endless troubles and regrets.

With a guilty heart, Liu Yi mustered up the courage to try to communicate with Liu Ying, Lou Xiao'e and He Yushui. He hoped to mend the rift between them by being honest with each other and regain the trust and friendship that had been lost. However, things did not go as he wished. Despite his efforts, everything was irreversible. Liu Ying and others had already resolutely left the courtyard and returned to their original life tracks.

Faced with such a cruel reality, Liu Yi accepted it all helplessly but calmly. He knew clearly that no matter how much he missed the past, he could not change the established facts. Therefore, he chose to let go of the persistent thoughts in his heart and bravely meet new challenges and opportunities.