Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Bang Geng said: "Aunt, you are right. We should really unite and defeat those who bully us."

"Yes, your uncle-in-law often bullies me. What do you think I should do?" Qin Jingru began to guide Bang Geng.

Bang Geng sneered in his heart and said, "When your uncle-in-law is asleep at night, use your rolling pin to hit him hard on the head until he bleeds. Then tell him that if he dares to bully you again, you will beat him again in the future."

Qin Jingru was terrified. How could this kid be so cruel? He was probably trying to scare her.

Banggeng seemed to be able to see through Qin Jingru's thoughts and continued, "Aunt, this is what I say from experience. The reason I was able to become the boss in the work-study school is because one night I took a knife and cut a long cut on the head of the original boss. They were all afraid of me, and I became the new boss. Aunt, you have to learn from me and let your husband know who is afraid of whom in the world today." Banggeng not only said this but also gestured the situation at that time.

Qin Jingru finally realized that Banggeng was not lying. She smiled awkwardly with stiff muscles and wanted to get away from Banggeng and go back to the backyard.

Bang Geng pulled Qin Jingru's sleeve and said, "Aunt, you don't have to do it yourself to deal with my uncle-in-law. If you can afford it, you can hire me and my friends to help you. You can consider it."

"How much will it cost me?"

"That depends on how much of a lesson you need my uncle-in-law to receive." Bang Geng put his hands behind his back like an adult and nodded slightly.

"Are you sure that you kids can take care of an adult? What if you fail?"

"Aunt, have you forgotten what I went through during the Chinese New Year?"

"Stealing sausages?"

Bang Geng was furious and said, "Can you please stop talking about that? I was talking about the beating by the Liu brothers."

Qin Jingru asked in confusion: "How come being beaten is so glorious and worth showing off?"

"If you don't want to teach Xu Damao a lesson, then I'll leave and won't tease you anymore." Banggeng's tone and address were changing, and it was obvious that he didn't have the patience to continue like this with Qin Jingru.

"No, no, auntie is wrong, I really don't understand. Please tell me clearly."

"I was blinded by those two bastards at that time, otherwise I would at least hit them with a brick." Banggeng said with a fierce look.

"You mean you can fool Xu Damao and then teach him a lesson?" Qin Jingru looked at Bang Geng's height and said, "But you don't seem to be tall enough. If you make a mistake, you'll be exposed."

"I just said that my friend and I have a friend who is tall enough. Don't worry about that."

"Okay, I'll give you 2 cents, and you beat up your uncle for me. It doesn't have to be bloody, just a few bruises so I can vent my anger."

"Tsk, 2 cents, are you sending away beggars? I need to ask my friends for help, so I have to treat them to a popsicle. Besides, we don't have enough people to do this. You can't pay me to do it for you, I'm still a child."

"How much money do you want?"

"One dollar, you give me one dollar, and I'll do the job beautifully for you, and then Xu Damao will take you home tonight."

"5 cents at most, that's all I'll give you." Qin Jingru took out a 5-cent ball from her pocket and handed it to Bang Geng, saying, "Tonight, I want to see the result, otherwise I'll tell your mom that you cheated me out of money and I'll let your mom punish you."

Bang Geng thought: My mother won't help you, but I will take care of Xu Damao. Last time he ate your chicken, he made the whole hospital know that I took it. Now everyone in the hospital is on guard against me, so I can't get anything.

Banggeng took the money and went out to find his friends from the work-study school to discuss where to deal with Xu Damao. After Qin Jingru returned home, she became more and more uneasy, thinking: What if Banggeng hurt Xu Damao? Not only would he become disabled and unable to earn money, but she would also have to take care of him for the rest of his life, which would be too much trouble; what if Banggeng didn't do a good job and Xu Damao found out and came back to trouble her? Qin Jingru regretted it. She regretted why she had provoked Banggeng, the little devil, and why she had given him money. What was wrong with her at that time?

She looked out the window and hoped for dark, thinking that Xu Damao would be able to go home after dark. But then she thought that was not right, it would be easier for them to take action after dark, so she hoped that it would get dark later so that Xu Damao could go home during the day.

In agony, Qin Jingru paced back and forth in the house. As the night went on, she became more and more restless. She went out to the yard, then wandered from the backyard to the middle yard and finally walked around at the gate. Passers-by who knew her were all wondering why she kept walking around like a donkey pulling a millstone. Someone joked, "Qin Jingru, why are you walking around like this? Are you anxious for your husband to come home and give birth? It's not even dark yet. Don't be so impatient!"

"Get lost, I'm just taking a walk because I ate too much."

"It's not even dark yet, your man hasn't come back yet, and you ate too much of anything. Is that bullshit?" The person who was scolded certainly didn't suffer any loss and continued to bully Qin Jingru.

"How do you know that my man didn't come home? Did you hide my man in your house?"

"Qin Jingru, don't talk nonsense. Who is hiding your horse-faced man? Only a country girl like you would be interested in that kind of guy." The old woman opposite even cursed Xu Damao, and just easily escaped from the trap in Qin Jingru's words.

Qin Jingru wanted to scold again, but she saw Xu Damao pushing the cart and limping back. When Qin Jingru saw him like this, her heart skipped a beat. Banggeng really kept his word and limped back as he said.

Qin Jingru took a few quick steps to support Xu Damao and said, "What happened to you? Were you beaten?"

"You were beaten, your whole family was beaten." Xu Damao yelled like a dog whose tail was stepped on, "I fell down, I'm so unlucky, I don't know which grandson opened the manhole cover, I didn't pay attention and fell into the well."

"Oh, so that's how it is. That grandson is so wicked. He must die a miserable death." Qin Jingru thought Xu Damao was too embarrassed to say that he was beaten up with his head covered, so he found such an outrageous excuse to cover up the shame. "Go back and clean yourself up quickly. I'll apply some medicine on you. Be careful of infection."

This time Xu Damao did not refute and was helped back home by Qin Jingru.

The next day, Qin Jingru ran into Banggeng again, who was looking for something in the yard. She pulled him to a corner and said nervously, "Banggeng, how could you really beat up your uncle-in-law?"

Bang Geng was startled, but he didn't show it on his face. He said, "Why? You pay me, and I do the work. Isn't that what I should do? Do you want to regret it?"

"Why are you regretting it? You've already hit someone, how can I regret it?"

"Yes, that's right." Bang Geng stuttered for a while and said, "So, Xu Damao was beaten, and you paid him. We are even now. Why are you looking for me again? Do you want to beat him up again? I am very happy to teach Xu Damao a lesson for you again."