Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

Half an hour later

Nanluoguxiang

In front of No. 95 compound

The Li family members rushed to the gate of the courtyard. Before entering the gate, they could smell the fragrance of food. As soon as they entered the gate, they saw an old face coming to greet them.

"Oh! You guys are back from Baiyun Temple."

"How is it? How much did your family spend on the dice this time, and how many people did you win?" Yan Bugui said while rubbing his hands.

He has always cared a lot about money, so he would kneel for a long time in the temple to worship the God of Wealth. This is what he would do every year during the temple fair. However, he was reluctant to throw real money to pray for wealth.

Finally one year he made up his mind and went for it.

I exchanged ten copper coins for a dime, and I tried for half an hour but didn't win once.

From then on, throwing money became a knot in his heart. First, he felt that he was wasting money by doing this, and second, he didn't hit the mark. He felt in his heart that he had no luck with money, so he paid more attention to saving money in his daily life.

From then on, whenever someone in the yard went to the coin-throwing eye, he would ask for clarification and then look at the family's fortune in the year to judge whether the coin-throwing eye could be trusted.

Before the Li couple could speak, Li Muhua answered first: "It cost about 40 cents in total. We all won, but we have some extra copper coins but we can't do anything about it."

“You can only retreat!”

Yan Bugui was shocked when he heard this, then he said with a wry smile: "Muhua, you are kidding your uncle again, aren't you? It only cost 40 cents, how can all of you win!"

"It would be a big deal if I won just one, so is it possible to get my money back?"

Yan Bugui said this while looking at Li Qinghua, signaling him to tell him the truth.

Li Qinghua nodded under his gaze, then looked at Li Muhua hatefully and said, "It really only cost me 40 cents, and I threw it 20 times. If my little brother hadn't cursed me, I would have won in one try."

"Curse you?" Yan Bugui looked at Li Muhua in surprise: "Muhua cursed you and you didn't get it?"

Li Qinghua nodded angrily, and then said: "Whoever Muhua says will win will win, then the old Taoist——"

Li Muhua felt something was wrong when he heard this, and quickly reached out to cover Li Qinghua's mouth and dragged him towards the Li family's house, while smiling and joking at Yan Bugui.

"Uncle, we were just kidding you. How could it be possible that you only spent 40 cents? We spent 80 cents in total, and only my eldest brother won."

"I've been walking around all morning and I'm starving."

"Dad, Mom, let's go home and cook!"

Xu Yan smiled awkwardly at Yan Bugui when she heard this. "This kid is really a reincarnation of a starving ghost." After saying that, Xu Yan dragged Li Aihua and Li Yujie to follow Li Muhua and walked towards the door of the Li family.

Yan Bugui was stunned by the reactions of the few people and could only look at Li Haifu in front of him in confusion.

Li Haifu looked at Yan Bugui, who was full of doubts, smiled and nodded, saying, "It was indeed spent 80 cents, and only Aihua won."

"Mu Hua and Qing Hua are the same. They actually played such a joke on you, Third Uncle. Wait, I will go and deal with them right away."

As Li Haifu spoke, he caught up with the people in front.

Yan Bugui was left confused, looking suspiciously at the backs of the Li family members as they left.

Watching Xu Yan open the door and drag Li Qinghua into the house, Li Muhua finally let go of the hand that was covering him.

Li Qinghua, who was released by him, looked innocent. What's wrong? He just continued to speak according to Li Muhua's words, and they were all true. Why did he suddenly cover his mouth and tell him not to speak?

"If you ask me, it's better not to tell anyone about what happened in the temple this time. If it spreads around the courtyard, it might even spread to the temple."

Li Muhua saw Li Qinghua's confusion and explained directly to them.

The current situation is special, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with monks, Taoists, or gods, even if it's just gossip in the yard.

If it had been any other time, the incident that happened a year later would not have happened.

He should have taken advantage of this to publicize it, using the name of Baiyun Temple to build up momentum for himself, or he might as well become a nominal junior master.

At least life is really worry-free. I have a high seniority in the Taoist temple and can enjoy a life of peace and happiness.

But now if someone were to lie and say that they were the reincarnation of a god and that they had the protection of an immortal, wouldn't that be courting death?

Li Muhua was afraid that he would be liquidated in a year, so he would be used as an experiment. For example, they would roast him over fire to see if he was really protected by an immortal.

When thinking of that scene, Li Muhua shuddered unconsciously. He didn't want to be a roast suckling pig, roast whole lamb, roast Muhua...

After hearing this, Xu Yan and the others nodded in agreement. They also felt that it would be better not to mention the matter. Now they had finally gotten rid of the Taoist's entanglement.

"My dear, you are the one who thinks things through. Unlike your second brother, he doesn't even know what to say or what not to say!" Xu Yan glanced at Li Qinghua with a reproachful look.

He obviously felt that Li Qinghua, already an adult, was not as smart as his younger brother.

Li Aihua and Li Yujie also nodded, as if it was a matter of course.

Seeing that everyone was on his side and no one was speaking up for him, Li Qinghua said in a muffled voice, "It was my brother who said it first, not me..."

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to his argument. When Li Haifu came into the room and made the final decision, the ruthless blame was still placed on Li Qinghua.

……

After lunch, Li Muhua lay back on the kang leisurely, holding the picture book that Li Qinghua had just bought.

The excitement of escaping from the Taoist temple in the morning gradually faded away. Lying on the kang, Li Muhua felt as if he had forgotten something and could not help scratching his head.

"Awesome!"

After coming to the conclusion, Li Muhua exclaimed and sat up, and unconsciously let go of the picture book in his hand.

"How could I have forgotten about Banggeng?"

He just praised Banggeng for so long in the yard yesterday, so today he should go and see how Banggeng is doing!

See if he has been exposed by Jia Zhang.

Thinking of this, Li Muhua quickly stood up, glanced at his brother who was still sitting at the desk and didn't notice him, and ran out the door.

"Bang Geng, Bang Geng, you are just a fool..."

Muttering to himself, Li Muhua trotted into the middle courtyard, only to see Jia Zhang sitting at the door of the Jia family's house. She was wearing glasses, with her head tilted to the side and her eyes squinting. She was carefully mending the insole in her hand, and there was no stick in her arms.

Seeing this scene, Li Muhua unconsciously slowed down his pace.

The Jia family was really strange. Whenever someone entered the central courtyard during the day, they would always see Jia Zhang wearing reading glasses and sitting on a small stool in front of her house, always holding various clothes and insoles in her hands, mending them.

But a little later, when the steel mill was off work, passers-by would only see Qin Huairu washing clothes by the sink.

In short, it seems that neither the mother-in-law nor the daughter-in-law is idle every day, but it seems that the Jia family is only concerned with clothes and shoes.

There are five people in the Jia family. How much effort would it take just to mend clothes and make new shoes? Jia Zhangshi could do it at home every day!

Is it necessary to move a stool into the yard and do it for everyone to see?

Besides, the Li family has one more person than the Jia family, and Li Muhua has never seen Xu Yan so busy.

Aren’t his brothers and sisters always dressed neatly?

"Instead of spending time and energy pretending to shut up the neighbors, you might as well go to the street office and get some matchboxes to make and earn some money. If you make matchboxes for a month, maybe your Jia family can have an extra meal of meat."

Li Muhua couldn't help but comment that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's actions might be mostly for show.

However, he was not interested in getting involved in the matter so that the Jia family could get the upper hand. Even if he did, it would only be to trip up the Jia family. Li Muhua would not ridicule him in person, but instead approached him with a smile.

"Aunt Jia, what are you busy with?"