The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Liu Minghui and several others rode their bicycles out of the city. There were many pedestrians on the road hurrying along, and no one knew where they were going.

After riding for almost an hour, they finally arrived at Liujia Village.

"Oh, the child's father, come out quickly."

When she reached the door, Liu's mother shouted into the house.

"Here he comes, here he comes, oh, this is my grandson, come and let me hug him."

Liu's father came out with the eldest son of the Liu family. When he saw Yu Li holding the child, he hurried over to hold the child.

"Dad, come and give you a hug."

Yu Li carefully handed the child over to Liu's father.

"Third brother, sister-in-law, you are here, otherwise Dad would have wanted to look for you."

Boss Liu looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"Yu Li just came out of confinement after giving birth."

"Stop chatting, let's go inside first."

Liu's mother invited a few people into the house.

Liu Zhiqiang helped carry the things and walked in. Seeing this, Liu Minghui also took Yu Li in.

"Hello, sister-in-law. How many months have you been here, sister-in-law?"

When Liu Minghui entered the room, he saw his sister-in-law Yang Xiulan holding a child, who was probably about one year old. There was another woman with them, and her belly was quite big.

"It's been almost five months."

My second sister-in-law, Qin Xiangye, is from Qinjia Village and married into the village at the end of last year.

The few of them had only met once before, when Liu Dazhuang got married.

"Our family is really blessed this year, with babies coming one after another."

Mother Liu said with a smile.

Yu Li also came over and talked with the others, while Liu Minghui and Liu Zhiqiang came to the door.

"Third brother, why did you call me over here?"

Liu Zhiqiang looked at Liu Minghui with confusion.

"Brother, I just want to ask what's going on in the village recently?"

"That's it."

Liu Zhiqiang reluctantly said it was okay.

"Fortunately, our uncle did not over-report the production like other villages, so our village still has enough food to eat."

"Even if there is less food, we can go into the mountains to find something to eat."

Liu Zhiqiang described the situation in Liujia Village in detail.

It turned out that Liu Wu did not make false reports when he went to the public office to collect grain, so he was criticized. The neighboring villages all reported at least double the amount, but Liujia Village only reported less than last year.

"It seems that uncle still has a bottom line."

Liu Minghui was relieved about this, as he was afraid that Liu Wu would overreport the grain production in order to get some recognition.

"That's right. After all, we are all relatives in our village. This uncle still favors his own people."

Liu Zhiqiang also said this casually, although he didn't know what use it was for Liu Minghui to know this.

"Is Big Brother busy in the fields now?"

"It's OK, but the autumn harvest will come in two months. Now I just have to carry water to irrigate the crops every day."

"Where can I get water? Is it far?"

"return……"

"Boss, third brother, where have you been?"

Before the two of them finished their conversation, they heard Liu's mother calling their names.

Seeing this, the two of them could only hurry over to see what was going on.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Where have you two been? Your father is looking for you."

Mother Liu looked at the two of them unhappily and said.

"What does Dad want us for?"

Liu Zhiqiang touched his head and walked into the main room.

"Dad, what do you want with us?"

Liu's father was sitting and smoking, and Liu Wu and several elderly people from the village were also in the room.

"Uncle, Second Grandpa, why are you here?"

Liu Minghui was also a little surprised by the people watching.

At this time, Liu's mother also called Liu Dazhuang over.

When Father Liu saw that everyone was present, he coughed twice before beginning to speak: "You three brothers are all here today, so I invited my eldest brother and a few elders to come over to be witnesses for us."

After hearing this, Liu Minghui finally understood that his father wanted to divide the property among them brothers.

"As the saying goes, a big tree has many branches, so I decided to split up the family, so as not to hurt the harmony among you brothers."

As soon as Liu's father finished speaking, Liu Zhiqiang said, "Dad, you are still young, there is no need to divide the family."

"Yes, Dad. My third brother and I are usually in the city. There is no need to separate the family."

Liu Dazhuang also spoke, and only Liu Minghui remained silent. Everyone in the room was waiting for him to speak.

"It depends on what Dad thinks. Even if we split up, I will still be responsible for my parents' retirement."

After the three brothers finished speaking, they looked at Liu's father and the others.

"Okay, from now on, the two of us will live with the eldest brother. The second and third brothers both have jobs and houses in the city. We won't give you anything in this house. We'll give it all to the eldest brother. See if that's okay with you guys."

After saying this, Father Liu looked at the two of them. He was not being partial. This was the truth. Liu Minghui and Liu Dazhuang would not be the kind of people who would keep eyeing on such a small thing.

"no problem."

"No."

Liu Minghui and Liu Dazhuang answered Liu's father together.

"Well, your mother and I are still able to work now, so we don't need you to support us in our old age. We can talk about this when we can no longer work."

After Liu's father finished speaking, seeing that no one had any objections, he asked Liu Wu to help write a few division agreements, one for each person, and one copy would be kept in the village for archiving.

"Brother, uncles, let's have this for lunch today."

After the work was done, Father Liu invited a few people to have dinner according to the rules.

"Forget it. No one has any surplus food now."

Liu Wu waved his hand to refuse. He didn't want to take advantage of his brother.

"Uncle, please stay and have dinner. I brought back a lot of food this morning."

Liu Minghui hurriedly tried to persuade him, as he was still thinking about having a good talk with Liu Wu.

"Yes, uncle, you can keep it."

At the enthusiastic invitation of several people, Liu Wu and his friends had lunch at Liu Minghui's house. Lunch was a simple steamed bun made of two kilograms of flour. Liu's mother used up all the five kilograms of flour that Liu Minghui brought in the morning.

Then there was the bacon that Liu Dazhuang left at home, which was what Liu Dazhuang had collected outside before.

Liu Wu and his companions did not expect that Liu's father and his family had such good food. They kept saying that it was a waste of money for the Liu family. Liu Minghui did not say anything about this.

"Third brother took all of them. Second brother took the bacon. I don't have much food left."

Father Liu shook his head and explained.

They could only express envy about this, because it was because they didn't have such a promising son.

"Uncle, wait for me."

After lunch, Liu Minghui stopped Liu Wu who was about to leave.

Liu Wu, who was about to leave for the fields, turned around and looked back when he heard Liu Minghui calling him.

"What's wrong, nephew?"

Liu Minghui came up to Liu Wu and said, "Uncle, let's find a place where there aren't many people around to talk about this."

Seeing Liu Minghui's look as if he didn't want others to see him, Liu Wu was a little curious about what was going on. He wondered what was it that he couldn't let others know.

Then the two of them came to the village office, which was a small bungalow at the entrance of the village. Because there were only two cadres in the village, basically no one came here.

Usually, only Liu Wu and the village accountant stay here.