Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Liu Qingshan had been busy for nearly a month and finally had a break. He arranged the work at hand and rode home on the weekend. Having been away from home for a long time, Liu Qingshan was eager to go home and could not help but speed up his bike.

Not long after the car entered the city, Liu Qingshan was unexpectedly stopped by someone.

"Brother Qingshan, why are you here now?" the visitor asked in surprise.

"Guangtian, I just came back from the outskirts of Beijing and am about to go home! What are you doing? Carrying so many bags." Liu Qingshan asked with a smile.

"A few days ago, a family in the yard next to my master's moved out, so my master went to the street and rented that house. The place is much bigger than before. Now the house is empty, and I have arranged all the household affairs." Liu Guangtian scratched his head shyly.

"Sure, you have a wife and a house. Your life is getting better and better!"

"How do you know my wife is pregnant? Didn't I tell you just now?" Liu Guangtian said with a puzzled look on his face.

Liu Qingshan was a little confused for a moment. What did I just say? You already have a wife!

"Qin Jingru is pregnant?" Liu Qingshan asked in a low voice.

"My wife wouldn't let me tell anyone, saying that the baby wasn't firmly seated in the first few months and I couldn't tell anyone about it!"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Just live your life well!" Liu Qingshan encouraged.

"Brother Qingshan, I see that you have always liked calligraphy and painting. I received a painting some time ago, and I happened to meet you today. Please come with me to my room!" Liu Guangtian said very sincerely, and he was grateful to Liu Qingshan from the bottom of his heart.

"No need. I'm not very good at calligraphy and painting. I'm just doing it for fun!" Liu Qingshan quickly waved his hand to decline.

"Brother, it's really not a valuable thing. I bought it for one dollar. The painting is only a little bit big, it's not a precious thing." Liu Guangtian explained hurriedly.

"Whose painting is this? Is it not damaged?" Liu Qingshan also became a little curious.

"It's from the Ming Dynasty painter Shen Zhou. It's well preserved!"

"Okay, do you understand these now? Keep up the enthusiasm for learning." Liu Qingshan said encouragingly.

"My master gave me a few books, and I study from them regularly now. I've also asked my master to look at this painting!"

"Since you have also studied this area, you must know that this painting will be very valuable in the future. Why do you just give it to me?" Liu Qingshan asked with a smile.

"Brother Qingshan, I really want to give this to you. If you hadn't helped me find a job, I wouldn't be where I am today. I'm still that silly boy who was often beaten. Now I feel like I'm living like a human being." Liu Guangtian said this sincerely, with tears in the corners of his eyes.

As they were talking, the two of them arrived at Liu Guangtian's residence. At this time, Qin Jingru was struggling to hang the bedding on the clothesline.

Liu Guangtian hurried over, took the blanket, and hung it out to dry while muttering, "Didn't I tell you to let me handle these things? Why did you do it? Go and rest."

Seeing this scene, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but smile with relief. He patted Liu Guangtian on the shoulder and said softly, "Guangtian, you have really grown up and know how to take care of your wife." Liu Guangtian smiled and invited Liu Qingshan into the house to look at the painting.

After entering the room, Liu Guangtian unfolded the scroll, and a landscape painting appeared before his eyes. Liu Qingshan looked at the painting carefully, and sighed in his heart that this was indeed a good painting.

"Guangtian, this painting is too precious. I can't accept it. You should keep it for yourself, or find a suitable buyer to sell it for a good price." Liu Qingshan declined.

Liu Guangtian quickly shook his head, "Brother Qingshan, this painting is specially reserved for you. I specially collected it because I know you like calligraphy and painting. Besides, I don't have anything else to give you. Moreover, without your help, I would not be where I am today. This is just a small token of my appreciation."

Liu Qingshan was very touched and said with a smile: "Okay, since you said so, I will accept the painting. But I came here by chance, you just happened to be moving to a new house, so I will also give you a red envelope, you must accept it!"

Liu Qingshan looked at the empty house and didn't know what to say. He took out two five-dollar bills from his pocket and put them directly into Qin Jingru's hand.

"Brother, how can I ask you for money! You have helped me enough." Liu Guangtian said anxiously.

"You call me brother, so you should listen to me. Just take what I give you. It's more important for you two to live a good life. It's not easy for me to come here, so I won't stay here any longer. I have to go home quickly!" Liu Qingshan said as he stood up and walked out.

"Brother, I really can't take it back!" Liu Guangtian hurriedly chased after him, but Liu Qingshan did not stop and walked out the door in a moment.

"Wife, how do you say this? I charged an extra dollar, but Brother Qingshan gave me ten dollars directly."

"Maybe they saw that our house is empty and felt that we are having a hard time, so they went out of their way to help me." Qin Jingru said with a smile.

"He has helped me a lot!" Liu Guangtian muttered to himself.

Liu Qingshan held the things in one hand and rode the bike with the other, and soon he arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

As soon as I entered the Chuihua Gate, I met the third uncle.

"Hey! Qingshan is back. Are you done with your business trip?" The third uncle asked with a smile, but his eyes were habitually looking around Liu Qingshan's car.

"It's not over yet. We've been working for almost a month. Let's take a two-day break!" Liu Qingshan explained with a smile.

"Then you should go home quickly. Your sister and the others are back too!" The third uncle looked around and saw that there was nothing there, so he let Liu Qingshan go.

"Oh! You go ahead and do your work! I'll go back first!" Liu Qingshan pushed the cart home in a hurry, nodding and greeting people from time to time along the way.

Liu Qingshan arrived at the door of his house and saw his father as soon as he stopped his bicycle.

"Dad, I'm back!"

"Why are you back? Have you finished your work over there?" Father Liu asked in surprise.

"No, I just wanted to rest for two days. I thought home was not far away, so I came back." Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

The people in the room heard their conversation and rushed out. When Feng Yu saw Liu Qingshan, her eyes curved with smile.

"You came back just in time. You came back just when I bought some meat?" The second sister was still so mean.

"That's right. If he doesn't come back, wouldn't it be a big loss?" Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

Feng Yu saw that he was sweating all over, so he turned around and wrung out a towel for him!

"Wipe your sweat. Look at how sweaty you are."

"Thank you, my wife. My wife is always good to me." Liu Qingshan joked with a smile.

"You are still so shameless and have no sense of shame!" The second sister curled her lips in disdain.