Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Li Tianyi followed other personnel to the port with his luggage, where a ship was already waiting.

The leader checked the number of people again and arranged for everyone to board the ship. At this time, the machines had already been packed and shipped to the ship.

This is an ocean-going cargo ship with containers stacked on the deck. Li Tianyi estimated that there are probably thousands of them.

Li Tianyi was assigned to a double room. The team leader had emphasized before that he should not go out easily on the ship and should read a book in the room if he was bored.

In the first few days, Li Tianyi also followed the instructions of the team leader, but reading in the room made him tired, so he wanted to go to the deck to get some fresh air.

The days on the ship were boring. Sometimes when there was bad weather, the ship would shake so violently that they would feel dizzy and nauseous.

Fortunately, after a month's journey, they finally docked at a port in France.

The comrades here were busy handling the formalities for receiving the goods, while Li Tianyi and others were getting used to the feeling of being on land before getting off the boat. They all felt as if they were stepping on cotton and were very uncomfortable.

After completing all the formalities, Li Tianyi and his team boarded the train bound for the border. This train can go directly from France to West Germany, but it has to stop for inspection when passing through the checkpoint.

During this period, something happened in the Siheyuan, that is, Sha Zhu was discharged from the hospital.

It happened to be Sunday that day, and most people in the courtyard were at home. Yan Bugui was busy tending to the flowers in his pots at the gate when he suddenly felt someone passing by him.

Yan Bugui quickly caught up with the man and said, "Hey, comrade, who are you looking for?"

The man kept his head down from the beginning. Only after hearing Yan Bugui's question did he raise his head and look at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui stared at the man's face for a long time before asking uncertainly, "Are you Zhuzi?"

It’s no wonder that Yan Bugui didn’t dare to recognize Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu now looked completely different from what he was a month ago.

Sha Zhu now has a sallow complexion and a thin body. Due to his thinness, his face, which already looked old, now looks more than 10 years older.

Yan Bugui didn't expect that Sha Zhu would become like this after being hospitalized for a month.

"Hello, Uncle Third." Sha Zhu said in a hoarse voice.

Yan Bugui stared at Sha Zhu blankly, not knowing what to say. He felt a little frightened by Sha Zhu's gaze.

"Zhu Zi, hello, hello, are you well and discharged from the hospital?"

Sha Zhu nodded and continued walking towards the central courtyard. Yan Bugui ignored him and followed Sha Zhu.

Neighbors passing by saw a stranger coming in and thought he was looking for someone, so they didn't pay much attention. After entering the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai was standing under the eaves of his house smoking. When he saw Yan Bugui and a stranger coming in, he immediately asked, "Old Yan, who are you looking for?"

Yan Bugui glanced at Sha Zhu, and seeing that he didn't react, he said, "This is Zhuzi, he's been discharged from the hospital and is back home."

Yi Zhonghai started coughing after taking a puff of smoke. The neighbors who heard Yan Bugui's voice also began to gather around him. Yi Zhonghai hurriedly walked up to Sha Zhu and said, "Sha Zhu, why didn't you ask someone to notify me when you were discharged from the hospital so that I could pick you up."

Sha Zhu looked at Yi Zhonghai with his gloomy eyes, almost making Yi Zhonghai dazed, "Don't bother me, I can walk by myself."

"Hey, why are you still being polite to me? Come on, go home and have a rest." Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to say more to Sha Zhu and quickly asked him to go home.

Only after Sha Zhu entered the house did the neighbors in the yard start whispering.

"Why did the silly pillar become like this?"

"I don't know. What kind of injury did he suffer? Why is he so thin?"

The discussions in the yard had no effect on Sha Zhu. He went straight into the house and lay down on the bed. Now he had time to think about what had happened during this period.

At first, I scared Xu Damao unconscious, and then I got into trouble. No one in the yard came to visit me. Only my sister took care of me for two days during the holiday. Even my sister Qin, whom I missed so much, never came to the hospital.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu was extremely angry. He had been so good to Sister Qin and the Jia family, yet they treated him like this.

There is also Yi Zhonghai, this old guy, who usually educates himself, but when it comes to the real thing, he is stubborn and unyielding.

During this month, Sha Zhu has become taciturn in the hospital and his personality has become a little gloomy. He now wants to take revenge on everyone in the courtyard, especially Yi Zhonghai, Xu Damao and others.

At this moment, there was a knock on Sha Zhu's door, and the voice of the deaf old lady came from outside the door, "Sha Zhu, are you in there? Grandma is here to see you."

Sha Zhu didn't want to pay any attention to the deaf old lady, but the knocking on the door kept happening, so Sha Zhu had to get up and open the door.

As soon as the deaf old lady entered the room, she hugged Sha Zhu and said, "My poor grandson, how much suffering have you endured? How did you become like this?"

The deaf old lady cried and patted Sha Zhu's back. Sha Zhu was overwhelmed by the deaf old lady's crying. He had no choice but to help the deaf old lady sit down on the stool.

The deaf old lady calmed down and saw that Sha Zhu was still standing there without saying anything, so she asked, "Zhu Zi, what injury did you suffer? Why are you so thin?"

"Oh, my poor grandson, the old lady wanted to see you, but those damn guys in the yard refused to take me with them. Grandma has been worried about you for more than a month. Today I finally get to see you." The deaf old lady said while wiping her tears.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu spoke up: "Grandma, I'm fine. I'll be back to normal after a while."

"Okay, I'm glad you're okay."

Then the deaf old lady took Sha Zhu's hand and began to narrate what happened in the courtyard. From the deaf old lady, he also learned that Xu Damao had gone to the police station. He had just been discharged from the hospital and had not yet gone to the police station to find out what happened.

But now Xu Damao is still alive and well and goes to work, so the person who hit him couldn't be him. But apart from him, he hasn't had any conflicts with anyone else?

Of course, the deaf old lady also told Sha Zhu that she had repeatedly asked Yi Zhonghai to take her to the hospital, but Yi Zhonghai kept refusing and said that he often went to the hospital to take care of Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was so angry that his teeth itched. "Grandma, Yi Zhonghai only went to the hospital once, and no one else went there at all. For such a long time, except for Yu Shui who took care of me during the holidays, I was alone in the hospital."

The deaf old lady was furious after hearing this. "These heartless people, including Xiao Yi, dared to deceive me, an old lady!"

"And there's this woman Qin Huairu, grandson, have you seen clearly this time? This woman is not a good thing. You can't think about her anymore. Find a wife quickly and give me a big fat great-grandson."

"Grandma, I know what's going on." Although Sha Zhu agreed verbally, his heart was bleeding.