Siheyuan: The Brilliant Life of Second Aunt

Spring 1956

The Spring Festival has just passed, and every household is still immersed in the joy of the New Year.

The aroma of meat wafts through every household. After a year of hard work, you can reward yourself and your family.

The children all wore new clothes, and the adults were chatting in groups of three or five.

After all, we have to start work tomorrow, so let’s seize the time and have some fun.

In this harmonious environment, a few cries broke the joyful atmosphere.

"Dad, stop hitting me. I was wrong."

"Dad, I didn't mean to do that. It hurts so much. Can you be gentler?"

In this courtyard, the screams of the two brothers were soon heard.

"Old Liu, it's New Year's Day, why are you beating your child?"

The one who said this was none other than the Taoist master of morality in the courtyard, the great man who was above Liu Haizhong.

Of course this is a joke, but this person is good at moral blackmail.

He is also a highly respected person in the courtyard. Everyone respects him and listens to him.

It’s just that he is the eldest uncle, and the one who beat him up is the second uncle.

"What's it to you if I beat my own son?

Besides, it is only natural for a father to beat his son. How can you still interfere in this matter? Aren’t you overreaching a little too much! "

At this point, Liu Haizhong got a little angry. His son had done something wrong, so what if he spanked him twice? It was normal to punish someone for doing something wrong.

This old man, Yi Zhonghai, was born to be incompatible with him.

His name is Liu Haizhong. He is such a big shot that he even named himself Yi Zhonghai. How can you go against him, right?

If Yi Zhonghai knew about this, he would definitely think, there is nothing I can do about it. This is the name my parents gave me, and it is not up to me to decide.

As for changing the name for the second uncle, that is a moral example.

Yi Zhonghai will not agree to this. Changing the name is absolutely impossible. Just call it this. It's just to suppress you. What can you do about it?

The three old men in this courtyard are also quite strange.

The second uncle has always been very strong-willed. He is a seventh-level worker while the first uncle is an eighth-level worker.

Work is another pressure, but fortunately the uncle has no children. In this respect, he is still okay. After all, he has a son and is not afraid of beating several people.

Having more sons is not so rare anymore. Now my wife is pregnant with her fourth one.

It feels like it's a girl. It would have been better if these two guys didn't help their mother. Instead, they were making trouble. They even touched my wife, who was still lying on the bed.

Fortunately, my wife said it was okay and I could just lie down for a while, in case anything happened.

He had to break the two boys' legs, and these few blows were considered light.

"Then you can't fight like this, it will have a bad influence, understand?

Besides, you don’t feel bad if you break it with such force.”

Hearing Liu Haizhong's refutation, the old man felt a little embarrassed, but it was not right to keep shouting like that during the New Year, so he quickly said another sentence.

After listening to the old man's words, Liu Haizhong became even angrier.

"Old Yi, what do you know? What is your son for? He is for beating.

Besides, do you know what they both did?"

After saying that, he was still not satisfied, so he picked up the whip and hit them a few more times. The two children immediately "awed" and the noise became louder again.

At this time, other people in the courtyard also came. The third uncle also came to the backyard and said, "What are you doing on New Year's Day? You two uncles are arguing with each other."

Liu Haizhong also saw so many people coming, so he stopped immediately.

Then he said to the third uncle: "My wife is pregnant, everyone knows it, these two children were accidentally bumped into each other, and they are still lying in the house.

If something goes wrong, I won't be able to seek justice, and I may as well give them a beating."

The third uncle nodded to show that he understood.

Isn't that right? When the second uncle was competing with him, he gave birth to the eldest son and the second uncle also gave birth to the eldest son. He had three sons and the second uncle also had three sons.

That's great, his daughter is just pregnant.

Well, Second Aunt is also pregnant. Really, is she trying to compete with me to see who has more children? What’s going on?

But his wife gave birth to a beautiful little girl two months ago.

This guy was made greedy by the second uncle, and he kept talking to his wife's belly, saying, "We are also a little girl, a beautiful little princess."

I will spoil the baby to the sky when he is born.

Yes, if you have many sons, you are not that interested in them anymore. Of course, you will want daughters.

But for the third uncle, a son is better. After all, look at the name he gave to his daughter, Jie Di.

How ugly! He has so many sons, but still has this name.

The second uncle said that this person is a teacher and is really uneducated.

A lady also came over and said, "Your wife is lying there, why are you beating the child here instead of going in to take a look?"

"She has nothing to do and is just resting. Don't disturb her." As he said this, he stopped the old lady who was about to go in.

Even though he is the second uncle, he looks down on everyone in this courtyard.

In the house,

Li Cuilan also struggled to open her eyes and stared at her stomach in shock.

Oh my god, how come she is so pregnant? Didn’t she pass away amid the cries of her three sons? What’s going on?

Liu Guangqi, who was standing nearby, saw that his mother had woken up and quickly asked, "Mom, are you okay? It's all because of these two guys. My dad is dealing with them right now."

How can this child be so young? Li Cuilan was quite confused. Isn't this what her eldest brother looked like when he was young?

What does this mean? Beating children, when did Lao Liu become so violent? Not yet, my head hurts a little.

Li Cuilan screamed and covered her head.

Upon hearing the noise, Liu Guangqi panicked and quickly shouted, "Dad, stop hitting me and come in to see me. Mom seems to be in pain."

Liu Haizhong also heard his wife's cry, and immediately ignored the people gathered around him. He hurried into the house and saw his wife covering her head.

He took two steps at a time and walked up to him.

"These two brats didn't hit me too hard. Are you okay, wife? What happened? Tell me."

How come Old Liu looks younger? But he's obviously a bit fatter.

It was great to see my husband after not seeing him for over 10 years.

Li Cuilan quickly touched her husband's face. He looked so young. She was old, but he was still so young.

Very flustered, then touched himself again.

Something is wrong, why is my skin so smooth? No matter what, I will hug my husband first. I haven't seen him for many years. I really miss him.

"Lao Liu, Brother Hai, I finally see you." After saying that, he hugged Liu Haizhong and burst into tears, crying out all the grievances he had suffered over the years.

After all, it has been more than 10 years. During those years when Lao Liu passed away before her, she stayed in the house, thinking about the days she spent with Lao Liu.

Although his son and daughter-in-law are very filial, and his grandchildren are also very good, they are not his brother Hai.

When Liu Haizhong heard his wife calling him Brother Hai, he was stunned. It had been many years since she called him like that.

It seems that the injury is quite serious this time.

He suddenly felt sorry for the woman with whom he had lived for more than ten years.