Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Time quickly came to nine o'clock in the evening. Qin Huairu waited at home for a long time but Banggeng did not come back. In the past, even if Banggeng was playing, he had never come back so late. Now she was completely anxious.

She couldn't care less about her two daughters now. She also favored boys over girls. But after all, they were her own flesh and blood. She just wasn't as obvious as Jia Zhangshi. If something happened to Bang Geng, the only male heir of the Jia family, then her mother-in-law Jia Zhangshi would tear her to pieces when she came back!

"Xiaodang, your sister is already asleep. Please keep an eye on her. I will ask your aunt to come and keep you company. Your brother hasn't come back yet. Mom is going out to look for him."

"Mom, I'm scared!" Xiaodang said with a tearful voice. After all, she was only a seven-year-old child.

"Be good, Xiaodang. Mom will lock the door first so that bad guys can't get in. Mom will also ask your aunt Jingru to come and accompany you. Don't be afraid, okay?"

"Well... okay then! Mom, come back soon after you find my brother." Xiaodang said.

"Okay, Mom promises to come back as soon as she finds my brother." Qin Huairu picked up the lock and locked the door directly from the outside after she went out. Then Qin Huairu hurried to the backyard with the key.

"Jingru, Jingru, are you asleep? I have something urgent to tell you!" Qin Huairu said anxiously.

Qin Jingru, who was sleeping with her child in her arms, was awakened by a knock on the door. Liu Guangtian went to the black market again tonight, so the mother and daughter went to bed early.

"Who is it? Knocking on the door so late at night!" Qin Jingru said impatiently.

"It's me. I have something urgent to discuss with you!" Qin Huairu knocked on the door even louder.

"Wait a minute!" Qin Jingru said impatiently, then put on her clothes and opened the door. Liu Haizhong next door hadn't slept yet, and he also heard the noise. He was also wearing a small vest and a piece of clothing, and he opened the door to check the situation.

"Uncle, Jingru, Banggeng is missing and hasn't come back yet. I'm afraid something has happened so I came to have a meeting with you. Please help me find him."

"Also, I have locked up the two children, Xiaodang and Huaihua, at home. I am really worried about them. Jingru, can you go over and stay with them for a while?" Qin Huairu pleaded.

"This..." Qin Jingru hesitated and looked at her father-in-law. Ever since she married Liu Guangfu, everyone in the Liu family asked her to break off relations with her cousin. Even though they lived in the same compound over the years, the two sisters rarely spoke to each other.

During the time that Qin Jingru helped take care of the children and lived in the Jia family, she found that her cousin had changed. She became unscrupulous and was no longer the cousin who cared for her when she was a child.

Especially the various things that the Jia family had caused before made her more determined that it was right to sever ties with her cousin. Now she had to go to the Jia family to see the child, so she looked at her father-in-law.

"Jingru, consider this as a plea from me. I'm in real trouble this time. If I can't find Banggeng, I'll die. Please help me out because I took care of you when we were kids."

"Uncle, my father-in-law and Dongxu passed away early, leaving us an orphan and a widow. My mother-in-law is also a worry and is still locked up in the police station. Please help me for the sake of living in the same courtyard for so many years!" Qin Huairu pleaded bitterly.

Liu Haizhong pondered for a while and said, "Old Third Wife, please go over and help. I will call everyone to a meeting to look for him."

"Thank you, uncle, and thank you, Jingru." Qin Huairu handed the key to Qin Jingru, and she went to the utility room in the front yard to get the gong.

Liu Haizhong returned to the house and said to his wife while getting dressed, "Banggeng is missing and hasn't come back yet. I'm going to call a meeting for everyone to help look for him. You go look after the child for the third daughter-in-law, and Jingru will go to the Jia family to look after Xiaodang and Huaihua."

"Ah? Banggeng is lost? That's a really big deal! Go to the meeting now. I'll get dressed and go to Jingru's room."

Liu Haizhong nodded and walked towards the middle courtyard with a flashlight. As soon as he walked out of the backyard, he heard a loud gong sound coming from the middle courtyard.

After hearing the noise, every household in the courtyard lit up their lights. Everyone knew something serious had happened, so soon all the men at home came to the middle courtyard to prepare for a meeting.

Xu Damao was arguing with his wife when he heard the noise outside.

"Moth, you take care of the three kids. I'm going to go out and see what's going on."

"Well, put on a shirt and bring a palm leaf fan. There are too many mosquitoes outside in the summer."

Xu Damao responded, put on his clothes, and went to the central courtyard with a flashlight and a palm-leaf fan.

The central courtyard was silent at this time. Everyone was looking at Qin Huairu, who was standing in the middle and sobbing, looking pitiful. It must be said that this young widow was really charming. No wonder she could charm so many men in the factory.

Liu Haizhong stood beside Qin Huairu and said, "Qin Huairu came to me just now and said that Bang Geng is missing, and wanted everyone to help find him. Human life is at stake, even if we are not close to each other, we should lend a hand at this time."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, someone said, "Uncle, have you searched the cellar? Could Banggeng be locked in the cellar?"

Hahaha!

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, which was obviously referring to the fact that Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai had dug the cellar. Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu's faces turned pale, as this incident was a stain on their lives.

Qin Huairu also knew that her family did not have a good reputation in the courtyard, so she immediately knelt down with a plop.

"I beg you all, please help me find my son. I can't live without him. Wuuuuu!"

Sha Zhu is kindhearted after all. "Why are you wasting time when the person is missing? Let's go find him first! My cellar is always locked now, Bang Geng shouldn't be able to get in."

Xu Damao also stood up and said, "Okay, everyone, stop making a fuss. After all, human life is the most important. Everyone, automatically form groups and bring flashlights to help search nearby."

Xu Damao's prestige in the institute is still very high. Not to mention that he is the deputy director, many people in the institute work in the factory, and he has also helped many people over the years.

So everyone agreed, went home, picked up their flashlights, went out of the yard and started looking for people in the alley.

Yi Zhonghai, the instigator, also pretended to mingle in the crowd and help find people, thinking that with how ruthless he was, even if you find Bang Geng, he would be useless!

The beam of light from the flashlight cut through the darkness of the night sky, and the shouts that came one after another also broke the tranquility of the night. Everyone left the yard and dispersed in groups. By chance, a group of people walked into the alley where the stick was lying.

"Old Zhou, do you see something lying under the wall over there?" said Old Zhang in the backyard.

"Old Li, don't you know I'm nearsighted? I can't see clearly now, let's get closer and take a look!"

So the four of them walked quickly towards the target, and when they got closer, they saw that there was indeed a person lying there.

Old Li walked forward to check the situation, only to see that the man's arms were hanging unnaturally, and his lower body was covered in blood.

"Old Zhou, we found it! This is Bang Geng! But it looks like his arm is broken, and his lower body has been disabled. I'm afraid Bang Geng will become a eunuch in the future!"

"Don't worry about whether he is a eunuch or not, let's carry the person back to the compound first! Jie Cheng, you are young and your legs are nimble, just run around nearby and say that the person has been found, and let everyone go back quickly!" said Lao Li.

"Well, Uncle Li, I'll go first." After saying that, Yan Jiecheng trotted towards the entrance of the alley.