Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

In the courtyard, Liu Guangfu and Banggeng are the two who hate Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu the most, mainly because of jealousy.

Xiaoqiang and Laifu have delicious food to eat every day, but the key is that they can’t get these good things. They can’t get them by snatching them like they would from others.

Liu Guangfu once asked his second brother Liu Guangtian for help, but still failed.

This time they had rare bananas, and they couldn't help but show them off.

"Damn it, Zeng Xiaoqiang, you're always so proud of yourself, but my dad almost beat me to death for a piece of meat and bone." Liu Guangfu held the banana, but didn't eat it. He shook it in front of Lai Fu, deliberately letting the smell of the banana drift to Lai Fu.

Children have a good appetite and even if they have eaten a lot of delicious food, they will never be full.

Moreover, Xiaoqiang and Laifu have almost run out of snacks recently. They have to eat a little bit of the food they have saved every day, and they also have to use it to recruit their younger brothers, so they are almost out of food.

When Lai Fu smelled the banana, his mouth immediately began to drool. This was a normal reaction, which meant that he was greedy, but it did not mean that he would be tempted.

"Hmph, what's so great about that!" Lai Fu muttered, lowered his head stubbornly and ignored Liu Guangfu.

"It's nothing special. Do you have anything to eat?" Bang Geng came over to help, "You show off all the time. You don't think it's a big deal if you have a few candies to eat. Take out another candy and show it to me."

"Get out of the way. Just take it out if you ask me to. It will be so embarrassing for me." Xiao Qiang stood up and protected his brother behind him. "Do you have any shame? We don't want to play with you. Why do you come here to talk to us?"

When children have conflicts and fights, the worst thing that happens is that they won’t play with you anymore.

"Oh, you are still arrogant, what are you arrogant about?" Liu Guangfu said proudly, "Your elder brother has changed to farming, and there will be no delicious food for you in the future. At most, it is pumpkin and sweet potato. Everyone saw it today. He brought back a truckload of pumpkin and sweet potato, and also stinky fish. Your elder brother is not good anymore."

"Hey, you two, stop playing with Zeng Xiaoqiang. He doesn't have anything good to give you." Banggeng yelled at the two children who followed Xiaoqiang, "If you don't listen, we will beat you up. Uncle Guangfu will knock out your teeth."

Of the two children, the one who was about seven or eight years old was afraid and ran away immediately. The remaining one, nicknamed Snot, who was a close friend of Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu, did not run away and stood firmly beside Xiaoqiang.

Xiao Qiang originally didn't intend to pay any attention to Liu Guangfu and Banggeng, but Liu Guangfu, who was resentful of being beaten, cursed Zeng Wangcai.

Oh my goodness, this has stirred up a hornet's nest.

In Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu's hearts, the eldest brother is like a god. Apart from their parents, grandmother and other elders, no one else can say anything.

"How dare you scold my elder brother?" Xiao Qiang stood in front of Liu Guangfu with his fists clenched. It was obvious that he was enduring it.

"My eldest brother is a platoon leader, not a stinky soldier." Lai Fu also stood up to defend his eldest brother, "You are the stinky one, your whole family is stinky."

"What's wrong with the platoon leader? He's also a soldier." Seeing the two brothers getting anxious, Liu Guangfu not only did not calm down, but felt very happy to have vented his anger. "Other people serve in the army to defend their country, but your eldest brother serves in the army to farm. He acts like a farmer every day, sweating all over. If he's not a stinky soldier, what else can he be?

"Your eldest brother used to give you some delicious food, but now he has nothing. Look at us, we have bananas and cakes. In the future..."

"You're talking nonsense!" Lai Fu was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. "My elder brother has popsicles. All the popsicles in the whole city combined are not as delicious as my elder brother's."

"Laifu, shut up!" Xiaoqiang was worried about getting his elder brother into trouble.

In this regard, Lai Fu was a bit like Zhang Xiuzhi, and said very firmly: "That's right, my brother said that we don't need to endure it anymore. There's nothing wrong with talking about popsicles. They can't even see them after they've eaten them, let alone smell them."

Lai Fu heard Zeng Wangcai's words when he was talking to Zhang Xiuzhi in private, and the boy remembered them.

"You are bragging, who hasn't eaten popsicles?" Bang Geng said disdainfully, "I ate one the day before yesterday, it was creamy, I love popsicles that cost a few cents now, you are bragging for your brother, but in fact your brother is just like that, he thinks he is so great just because he has a few candies."

"You are the one bragging. What's so delicious about cream popsicles?" Lai Fu couldn't stand his elder brother being questioned. "My elder brother said that it's called ice cream. It's soft and sweet. Cream popsicles can't compare."

"You are bragging. You are talking about ice cream. I have never heard of it before." Liu Guangfu ate a banana and cursed, "You three brothers are liars. You say it's delicious every day, but others have never seen it. Liars..."

"My eldest brother is not a liar!"

"That's right, that's right, he is a liar, otherwise take out the ice cream and let us see."

"No, not a liar..."

"That's right, that's right, he's just a liar, your elder brother is a liar, a stinking soldier who cheats... ah!"

Liu Guangfu was cursing hard when he saw Xiaoqiang, who was calm and not anxious, suddenly jumped up and kicked Liu Guangfu in the stomach. Liu Guangfu screamed in pain, straightened up and immediately fought back.

The next second, Banggeng joined the battle with half a banana in one hand.

Lai Fu saw that Bang Geng didn't agree, so he grabbed the mud on the ground and rushed forward to wrestle with Bang Geng.

The younger brother Bi Ti is very loyal. He saw that Lai Fu and Bang Geng are of similar size and would not be at a disadvantage in a fight, but Xiao Qiang is smaller than Liu Guangfu and cannot beat him, so he went up to help Xiao Qiang deal with Liu Guangfu.

Immediately, the five children started fighting enthusiastically in the alley, especially Lai Fu and Bang Geng, who were riding on each other.

However, in the end, Banggeng suffered the loss because he was holding a banana, which is edible, not a weapon, while Laifu was holding mud.

Banggeng's face was covered with mud, and then Lai Fu sat on his waist, making him unable to move.

"I told you not to call me big brother, I told you not to call me big brother..." Lai Fu said, and slapped Bang Geng on the head.

Front yard, Zeng family’s home.

After working for a long day and receiving gratitude from countless neighbors, the Zeng family finally had time to cook.

Zhang Xiuzhi was outside with a kitchen knife, killing fish, not big fish, but small fish, to make soup for dinner. Chen Yumei was kneading dough to prepare steamed cornbread.

Zeng Youqian wrote down the account and muttered, "I said you couldn't wait until the child came back to use this little flour. You had to eat it today. We don't have a ration of flour in our house."

"You deserve it!" Chen Yumei's smile never lessened as she lectured, "The eldest brother is coming back soon, and we're still worried about food? We can't eat pumpkin? We can't eat sweet potatoes? I wonder how delicious sweet potato flour makes jelly, right, Xiuzhi!"

"Yes, I can make it. Wangcai said he likes it." Zhang Xiuzhi picked out a few small fish and stood up and said, "Let's talk about this. At least we have to save a year's worth of food for our family, so you can eat it without worry."

No one believed Zhang Xiuzhi when she said this before, but now everyone believes it.

Yan Bugui, who was picking pumpkin seeds one by one on the opposite side, complimented him: "Lao Zeng, why are you still as stingy as our family? Pumpkin is sweet and sticky. I am happy to eat it every day. Not to mention there are fish... By the way, Xiuzhi, when will Wangcai come back? I found a place where few people fish. I will take him there when he comes back..."

This was a case of ulterior motive, but Zhang Xiuzhi did not care, because she knew that Zeng Wangcai would continue to make money after his return, and fishing was an indispensable means of doing so.

At this moment, a neighbor ran in and shouted, "Xiuzhi, go out and have a look. Your Xiaoqiang and Laifu are fighting with Liu Guangfu."

When Zhang Xiuzhi heard this, her face fell and she went out with a kitchen knife.