Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"Da Mao, let's go quickly. The child's eyes are important. Let's go to the hospital first." Zhou Yuanyuan put on her clothes and shouted while pushing the bicycle.

"Ma Dongmei, I'll settle the score with you later. This matter won't end like this." Xu Damao handed the child to Zhou Yuanyuan and pushed the bicycle himself.

After Xu Damao left, Ma Dongmei hurried to the backyard. He Dong must be hiding at his grandfather's place.

After entering He Daqing's house, the two children were indeed there. "Dongmei, how is Shazhu? The meal is not ready yet, we have to wait a while."

"Dad, let's talk about Sha Zhu later. He Dong beat up Xu Sheng, the kid from Xu Damao's family. Xu Damao has taken him to the hospital. Xu Damao has only one son and he loves him dearly. You think Xu Damao won't cause trouble with his personality? It's already a headache for him now, but He Dong is causing more trouble."

"Just let him fight, it's not a big deal. Children will fight each other. Shazhu was much more naughty than Dongzi when he was young. Besides, it's fine as long as our children don't suffer any loss."

"Dongzi, tell grandpa, did you win the fight? Did you suffer any loss?"

He Dong heard that his grandfather was backing him up, and he immediately became bolder. "Grandpa, let me tell you, even though Xu Sheng is a few months older than me, he is like a little chicken. He is my opponent, and I can pick him up with one hand.

I just can’t beat Zhao Antong and the others. They are taller than me and have more brothers. But I’m not afraid of them. Dad said before that he would teach me some moves in a few days.”

"Good boy, it looks like the seed of a pillar."

When He Dong heard his grandfather's praise, he held his head high like a peacock that had won a fight.

Ma Dongmei was speechless. What kind of people were this family she married into? The father wanted to fight, but the grandfather only wanted to win and not get hurt. If He Dong continued to develop Sha Zhu's lawless character, what would she do in the future?

It’s not that fighting is bad. Fighting is also a way to solve problems and it can protect yourself, but Ma Dongmei hopes that her son will use his brain like Zhao Shanhe.

"He Dong, tell me why you hit Xu Sheng?"

"Mom, this is not my fault. I brought my sister to the backyard to let Grandpa cook. Xu Sheng stopped me, but I didn't intend to pay attention to him. Who told him to call me a stinky toilet cleaner?

Didn't my father say that if he dared to say anything bad about me again, I would let him beat me up until he was convinced, so I threw him to the ground and beat him up, and he went to his father to complain. He was really not like a man, a real man would never complain."

"You hit someone and you think you're right. Why do you only remember what your father said, but not what your mother said to you? I must teach you a lesson today so that you won't fight again." After saying that, Ma Dongmei picked up the broom on the ground.

"Grandpa, save me!" He Dong suddenly jumped behind He Daqing.

"Dongmei, forget it, it's not a big deal. I think the child did nothing wrong. Everyone went through this when they were young. This is how I educated Shazhu when he was young. Fighting is normal. It's embarrassing to lose. He Dong won, so I think he should be rewarded."

"Dongzi, take the steamed buns and let's go eat. Grandpa will reward you with a big piece of fat meat."

"Dad, I finally understand today. This is because of you. Before we got married, I heard that Shazhu was a scoundrel, loved to fight, and had a foul mouth. So that's how you educated him. He has finally gotten better in the past two years, but you taught your grandson the same way. He is another troublemaker.

When Xu Damao comes later, I won’t care about it anymore. You go and explain it to him.”

"I'll go if I can. I can't deal with Zhao Shanhe, and I can't deal with Xu Damao either. Let alone Xu Damao, ask his father if he dares to stab me. I can even deal with that old guy Xu Fugui."

Ma Dongmei was tired. It turned out to be a family feud that started from their grandfather's generation. Sha Zhu and Xu Damao had been fighting since they were young. Now her son was fighting with Xu Sheng again. When would it end?

During the meal, He Daqing asked, "Dongmei, I didn't notice just now, what's the matter with Xu Sheng talking about cleaning the toilet? Did the result of Sha Zhu's treatment come out and arrange for the toilet to be cleaned?"

Ma Dongmei winked at He Daqing, signaling him to stop talking, "He Dong, are you full? If you are, go and play with your sister."

"Mom, I just ate half a steamed bun and I'm not full. Besides, I'm seven years old and I'm not a fool. Even though you guys refused to tell me, I knew what Xu Sheng said was true."

"Brother, what is true?" He Hua asked in a baby voice.

"It's true that our father cleaned toilets."

He Hua burst into tears when she heard this. "I don't want to be a toilet cleaner. I don't want to be smelly. If I'm smelly, no one will play with me."

Ma Dongmei glared at He Dong and said, "Look at what you did. You made your sister cry."

"Didn't you tell me that children shouldn't lie and should tell the truth? I'm just telling the truth." He Dong said. Ma Dongmei was speechless. Does this count as shooting herself in the foot?

He Hua could only coax her helplessly, "He Hua, be good, your daddy doesn't clean the toilet, he just cleans the house, just like mommy usually does at home, he cleans the house very well, your daddy cleans at work."

"It sounds nice to say, cleaning is just like cleaning toilets," He Dong muttered while eating a steamed bun.

Ma Dongmei slammed the table, shocking the father and his two sons. "He Dong, if you can eat it, eat it. If you can't eat it, get out. Such a big bun can't stop your mouth. You have to scare your sister to tears before you are happy, right?"

He Dong was so frightened that he shrank his head and started eating the steamed bun quietly.

"Xu Damao said after get off work that the factory's decision on the matter has come out. Sha Zhu has been demoted to an apprentice and assigned to clean the place. I don't know if it's true or not."

"It should be true. Zhuzi goes to work sooner or later. If it's false, he will be exposed if he goes there.

I don’t have a job now, and it’s not easy to get by on 18.5. It doesn’t matter if we have little to eat, we still have two children.”

"I mean to go and beg Zhao Shanhe to lower his head and ask him to show mercy and let Sha Zhu return to the kitchen." Ma Dongmei said

"Okay, since Yu Shui and Lao Yi also said so, let's go and bow our heads to him. I thought I, He Daqing, didn't fall into the hands of the Japanese when I was young, but I didn't expect that I would fall into the hands of a junior when I am old. It's embarrassing."

"Dad, what if Zhao Shanhe doesn't let us go?" Sha Zhu asked

"What should we do? If nothing works, let's move. A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live. If nothing works, let's sell the house and move to another city. With our cooking skills, we can make a living anywhere. He thinks he is the Tathagata Buddha and can reach the sky with his hands."

"Dad, I think it's okay. Let's not look for Zhao Shanhe. Let's go and inquire about the price of the house in the next two days. Then we can just leave. I won't serve you anymore."