Siheyuan: Buyers get rich from hunting

The atmosphere at Liu Haizhong's house became tense and heavy because of his anger. As soon as he entered the door, the pent-up anger in his heart could no longer be contained, as if it was a volcanic lava about to erupt, urgently needing to find an outlet. He sat heavily on the bench in the main room, and the bench seemed to groan slightly under his weight.

"Wife, have you heard? That Xu Damao really did a lot of trouble for me in the training class!" Liu Haizhong's words were filled with anger and dissatisfaction that were hard to conceal. He clenched his hands into fists, and then rubbed them hard, as if this could rub away the resentment in his heart.

The second aunt was sitting at the table, holding an old piece of clothing in her hand, sewing it with great concentration. Hearing Liu Haizhong's words, she raised her head, frowned slightly, and her eyes showed some confusion and concern. "What's going on? Didn't he go to the training with you? Why did he trip you up?" Her voice was soft and gentle, trying to calm Liu Haizhong's emotions.

Liu Haizhong was furious when he heard this. "Humph! That boy, he looks honest, but he's actually very cunning! In the training class, he was polite to me on the surface, but secretly he spread rumors about my work and deliberately found faults with my plan to make me look bad in front of everyone!" He slammed the table so hard that the sewing basket on the table jumped up, and the sewing inside was scattered all over the floor, as if it was also trembling with his anger.

Seeing this, the second aunt stopped her work and became serious. She knew Liu Haizhong's character very well and knew that he was not someone who would lose his temper easily. Now that he was so angry, it was obvious that Xu Damao's behavior was indeed excessive. "This Xu Damao is too much! You have no grudge against him, how could he do this?" There was some confusion and indignation in her voice.

"That's right!" Liu Haizhong said indignantly, "I have been working diligently in the factory for so many years. When is it the turn of a young man like him to give orders? He wants to step on me to climb up!" His eyes flashed with anger and unwillingness, as if he was expressing his grievances and dissatisfaction.

At this time, brothers Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangfu also came out of the house. They heard their father's complaints and gathered around him, with angry expressions on their faces. "Dad, Xu Damao is too outrageous!" Liu Guangqi gritted his teeth and said, "We have to find a way to deal with him. We can't let him be so arrogant!" His eyes flashed with determination, as if he was promising his father that he would definitely take revenge for his father.

Liu Guangfu also nodded in agreement: "Yes, we can't let him succeed! We have to let him know that there will be a price to pay for bullying our family!" Although his tone was calm, it contained endless threats and determination.

Liu Haizhong glanced at his two sons, and a warm feeling surged in his heart. He knew that no matter what difficulties he encountered, his two sons would stand by him, support him and help him. He patted the table, stood up, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Don't worry, I won't let you down. I have my own way to deal with Xu Damao. People in our family have never been bullied!" His voice was sonorous and powerful, as if he was announcing his determination and courage to the world.

After saying that, Liu Haizhong began to pace back and forth in the room, thinking about countermeasures. His eyes were sometimes solemn, and sometimes flashed with cunning light, as if he was conceiving one ingenious plan after another in his mind. The second aunt and the two sons watched him silently, with their hearts full of trust and expectations for him. They knew that as long as Liu Haizhong was there, there would be no difficulties that could not be overcome. And this contest with Xu Damao was destined to become a legend in their family history.

The lights in He Yuzhu's house were dim and warm, like a ray of warm sunshine in winter, but they could not shine into his heart which was filled with gloom at the moment. He sat alone at the old wooden table, holding a pair of chopsticks tightly in his hand, knocking unconsciously on the edge of the bowl. The "knock knock" sound was particularly harsh in the quiet night sky, just like the echo of his dissatisfaction and anger deep in his heart.

"Yushui, do you know what kind of shit Xu Damao did in the training class?" He Yuzhu's voice suddenly rang out in the room, breaking the original tranquility, his voice mixed with uncontrollable anger and unwillingness. He looked up at his sister He Yushui who was busy sorting clothes, his eyes full of indignation and helplessness.

Hearing this, He Yushui stopped what she was doing involuntarily. She turned around, her eyes showing some confusion and concern. "What's wrong, brother? How did Xu Damao offend you again?" Her voice was gentle and a little puzzled, trying to calm her brother's excitement.

"How did he provoke me? Humph, he just made things difficult for me in the training class!" He Yuzhu threw the chopsticks in his hand violently, and the chopsticks drew an angry arc in the air, and finally fell to the ground powerlessly. He stood up and began to walk around anxiously in the small room, and every step seemed to step on the pain point in his heart, "I worked hard to prepare the project report, but he picked bones in the egg at the review meeting, raised a bunch of irrelevant questions, and made me lose face! Moreover, he spread bad things about me to other people in private. Isn't this obviously trying to trip me up and embarrass me?"

When he got excited, He Yuzhu could no longer control his emotions. He punched the table hard, making the dishes on it ping-pong, as if they were also resonating with his anger. He was panting, his eyes flashing with anger and unwillingness, like an enraged lion, ready to pounce on the enemy at any time. "I have been in the factory for so many years. When is it his turn as a little kid to point fingers at me? He is going to make a big fuss!"

He Yushui's heart tightened when she saw this, and she hurried over and patted He Yuzhu's shoulder gently, trying to calm him down. "Brother, you've made enough of a fuss! Xu Damao is indeed not a good person, but we can't argue with him. You're angry now, but it won't solve the problem, it will make things worse." Her voice was full of worry and persuasion.

"How can I not be angry?" He Yuzhu roared, with a hint of despair and helplessness in his voice, "He is going too far! I, He Yuzhu, am also a well-known figure in the factory. When have I ever been humiliated like this? I can't swallow this breath of anger, nor can I swallow this half-cooked rice!"

He turned and walked to the window, looking at the dark night sky outside, his heart filled with confusion and anger. The occasional laughter and conversations in the yard sounded like ridicule and mockery to him, as if the whole world was against him.

"Yushui, what do you think I should do?" He Yuzhu turned around and looked at his sister, his eyes full of confusion and help. "I can't just let him succeed like this. I have to think of a way to let him know how powerful I am and let him know that I, He Yuzhu, am not so easy to bully!"

He Yushui looked at her brother's painful and determined eyes, and her heart was filled with heartache. She thought for a moment and said softly, "Brother, we can't go head-to-head with him. That will only hurt both of us. You have to calm down and think about how to deal with it. Maybe we can start with his weaknesses and let him reveal his flaws. Then he will naturally fall without you having to do anything."

He Yuzhu's eyes lit up when he heard this, as if he saw a ray of hope. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He knew that his sister was right, and impulse could not solve the problem. What he needed was wisdom and strategy. He wanted to let Xu Damao know that the real competition is often not in the open, but in the dark, in those seemingly inadvertent but fatal details.

"Okay, Yushui, you are right." He Yuzhu nodded, his eyes gradually becoming firm and deep, "I can't just give up like this. Xu Damao, just wait and see, I, He Yuzhu, am not so easy to bully! This contest has just begun..."