Comfortable life in Siheyuan

The second uncle sat on the chair with a gloomy face, frowning, his chest rising and falling, as if he was trying to control his emotions. His face turned pale and red, as if he was experiencing a fierce struggle in his heart.

"Old Liu, don't be like this. I know you are unhappy, but don't be anxious. Maybe he didn't have time, so he didn't tell us." The second aunt persuaded carefully, trying to calm her husband's anger.

"What's the hardship? Liu Guangtian did it on purpose! He actually hid such a big thing as having a child from us. If Qin Huairu hadn't let it slip, we would still be kept in the dark!" The second uncle slammed the table angrily, making a loud noise.

"Oh, how can they do this in broad daylight?" The second aunt shook her head helplessly, disappointment and dissatisfaction in her eyes.

"He just wanted me to lose face in the yard!" The second uncle became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he slammed the table a few more times, making a bang bang sound.

The second aunt was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything more.

At night, in the backyard, Liu Qingshan was talking seriously with his parents about things at the factory. When he heard the noise outside, he was confused.

"Anyway, mom and dad, you guys should talk less in the factory. Now the wind direction is obviously not right, so let's not be the one to take the lead. Xiaoyu, you are pregnant now, so try not to interfere in the company's affairs if you can." Liu Qingshan said seriously.

"I know. You've told me several times. By the way, what was the second uncle arguing about outside just now? Why was he so angry?" Feng Yu asked with some confusion. She had just been in the house with the two children and she didn't know what was happening outside.

"Liu Guangtian's wife gave birth to a boy. I heard that the second uncle was not informed, so the two of them rushed to find him but still couldn't find him. So they came back in a rage!" Liu's mother explained.

"That Xu Damao is really tactless. Just now the couple ran over to congratulate him. Now they have walked into trouble." Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Yes, the third uncle had already provoked the second uncle at the door, and this time it just added fuel to the fire." Father Liu said.

"Why is the third uncle still provoking the second uncle?" Feng Yu asked with a smile.

"Although Third Uncle's Jie Cheng has a new daughter, Third Uncle and Third Aunt can hold her for a walk every day. The eldest and second uncles in Second Uncle's family both have children, but he has never held his grandchildren. Third Uncle stimulates him like this." Liu's mother explained.

"The third uncle is really mean and the second uncle brought this upon himself. His parents are not kind. This is the law of cause and effect." Liu Qingshan said with emotion.

"Since Guangtian and the others will never come back, do you plan to keep this family anymore?" Feng Yu asked.

"Why did they come back? Second uncle's way of education is to beat. Except for his eldest son, all the other Guangtian and Guangfu were beaten since childhood. Guangqi and Guangtian should be afraid that their children will grow up in such an environment!" Liu Qingshan explained.

"You're right. If it were me, I wouldn't let my child live in this environment. No one wants their child to suffer the same pain they've suffered!"

Every household in the yard was discussing the affairs of the two families, and everyone was there to watch the fun.

By May, the situation outside had changed. Many young students stopped attending classes in school and instead took to the streets to protest.

Soon, this trend spread to the factory. At first, only a small number of workers followed the trend, and then it gradually evolved into a group of people.

Liu Qingshan is now very low-key in the steel mill, and basically no longer expresses his opinions. When he has nothing to do, he goes to the box factory to hide away for a while.

The box factory had a heavy foreign trade task and an important production task. The superiors had arranged for people from the Military Control Commission to take charge of the overall situation early on. Every day, there were people guarding the factory gate with live ammunition, and the factory was relatively stable.

The young people in the courtyard were even more active. Soon the three old men had no say in the courtyard. The young people no longer listened to them.

On that day, Jiefang Jiekuang from the Yan family and Liu Guangfu from the second uncle's family convened a general meeting of the entire courtyard in the yard.

They just wanted to bring the class struggle outside into the courtyard.

All the people in the courtyard gathered in the middle yard. The Yan brothers and Liu Guangfu, holding the Little Red Book in their hands and wearing red armbands on their shoulders, stood in the middle and recited the quotations of great men aloud.

"Now, the outside is full of big-character posters, and other courtyards have already started learning activities. However, the uncles in our courtyard are so quiet that they can't keep up with the progressive ideas outside. The three of us young red generals unanimously believe that the ideas of the three uncles are backward, and they are no longer suitable to sit in the position of the managing uncles." Yan Jiefang gave a speech with emotion, and the people below kept silent.

"Jiefang, you said the three of us are not suitable, then who is suitable? Is it up to the manager to give the job to you three?" asked the third uncle with a gloomy face.

"The three of us are progressive young people. Aren't we qualified to be the bosses? You three should reflect on your actions. There are advanced slogans everywhere outside, and every compound is studying them seriously, but our compound is quiet. We are leading you to progress, so don't be ungrateful." Liu Guangfu said with a cold face.

"You little brat are rebelling. What do you want to do? This is our home, not a place for you to do whatever you want. Get out of here right now, or I'll beat you up." Liu Haizhong shouted angrily at his third son.

"What do you want to do? Believe it or not, I will bring our people here in a while and teach you a good lesson. Let me tell you, now the three of us are the Red Guards, we have a lot of brothers, and it will be very easy to deal with you, an old hand." Yan Jiekuang said viciously to the second uncle.

"Jie Kuang, don't be anxious. We are old neighbors in this courtyard and have a good relationship. We just want to live a stable life in the courtyard. We have studied in the factory every day, so there is no need for us to go home!" The old man said politely to the three people.

The three of them lowered their heads and discussed for a while, and finally they spoke up and said, "We won't make things difficult for you. From today on, all the slogans in the yard must be posted. Our yard cannot be special, it must be consistent with the outside world.

Secondly, before dinner every day, everyone has to go to the middle courtyard to study for half an hour, reciting the quotations of great men. Don't accuse us of being ruthless, it's really inappropriate to be so quiet here when there's so much noise outside."

In fact, the three young red generals also wanted to make some achievements and stand out in their group, but when they looked at their father, they were still afraid. They were afraid that if their food was cut off, they would suffer.

"That's right. We understand what you said. Don't worry, we will definitely cooperate with you on this matter." Yi Zhonghai also showed a smile on his face.