Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After more than an hour's drive, Li Tianyi finally returned to Courtyard No. 95. At this time, everyone in the courtyard had already gone off work, and Yan Bugui was standing at the gate continuing his plan to take advantage.

"Tianyi, why are you back today?" The third uncle Yan Bugui asked curiously when he saw Li Tianyi.

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Tianyi also teased Yan Bugui in a low voice, "Third Uncle, you said your family's income is not low now, why do you still like to stand at the door?"

Yan Bugui looked around nervously, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he whispered, "Hey, Tianyi, don't say such things. You know who are the people in this yard. If Yi Zhonghai knew about my family's situation, he would definitely keep harassing me."

"I know, Third Uncle, you don't have to be too nervous. I'm going home after graduation. Someone will come to take my luggage to me soon. If you see me, please call me."

"Okay, I get it. Tianyi, come into the house quickly. Your parents are back."

As soon as Li Tianyi walked into the front yard, he saw his little sister playing with Xu Zhaodi in the backyard. Xu Zhaodi was Xu Damao's sister. Qin Huairu, Banggeng and the third aunt were standing next to them.

There was a little girl next to the third aunt, who was about the same age as Banggeng. She was Yan Jiedi from the Yan family. Qin Huairu's eyes lit up when she saw Li Tianyi. Li Tianyi, who was still a child when she married into the family and has grown into a handsome man, every time she saw him, Qin Huairu would sigh at the unfairness of fate. If only she were born a few years later, she didn't know who would end up with such a young and promising man.

"Tianyi, why are you back today?" Qin Huairu greeted Li Tianyi with a smile on her face.

"Third Aunt, Hello, Sister-in-law of the Jia family, I have just graduated and will go home."

"Have you been assigned a job?" asked the third aunt curiously.

Li Tianyi shook his head. "Not yet. The school said they will notify us in a few days. Let's not talk about it now. I'll go home and take a look."

After saying that, he took his little sister's hand and went into the house. Outside the house, Qin Huairu reluctantly withdrew her gaze, then walked towards the central courtyard with Banggeng.

The third aunt rolled her eyes behind Qin Huairu's back and cursed in her heart, "This slutty vixen has been bewitching all the men in the courtyard since she married into the courtyard. Now she wants to seduce Tianyi. Why doesn't she take a piss and look at herself? How could Li Tianyi, a college student, fall for her?"

When Qin Huairu first married into the Jia family, everyone in the courtyard thought she was just a diligent daughter-in-law who was bullied by her mother-in-law. But as time went on, everyone discovered that this woman was not simple. In front of outsiders, especially men, she always looked delicate and weak. Most of the men in the courtyard, especially Sha Zhu, were so fascinated by Qin Huairu that they couldn't find their way.

Everyone had no choice but to keep an eye on their own masters. As for Sha Zhu, the deaf old lady in the backyard told Sha Zhu many times to stay away from the Jia family and Qin Huairu, but Sha Zhu pretended to be stupid and refused to respond. Finally, the deaf old lady had no choice but to talk to Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai was now fully grown and no longer afraid of the deaf old lady, so he just perfunctorily responded to her words.

Just like that, Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai's family, and the Jia family became the "dark forces" of the Siheyuan. Every time a general meeting of the courtyard was held, if anyone disagreed with Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu, the thug, would show up. Everyone also wanted to report them to the street office, but without any substantial evidence, they would at most be criticized and educated. What then?

They will definitely take revenge on everyone when they come back, so as long as the matter is not serious, we just need to be patient and it will pass.

However, due to the recent food shortage problem, Yi Zhonghai held three hospital-wide meetings in one month, calling on everyone to donate to the Jia family, saying that the Jia family was burdened with heavy responsibilities, with only one laborer in the family, and that Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi both had rural household registration and were not entitled to the city's food ration.

At the beginning, everyone would donate a little, and the Li family followed the trend, but the frequency of donations is too high. It is not easy for the Jia family, but who has it easy these days?

So at the most recent hospital meeting, the Jia family only received 26 yuan in donations, of which Yi Zhonghai donated 10 yuan, Sha Zhu donated 10 yuan, Liu Haizhong donated 6 yuan, and the others just looked at Yi Zhonghai quietly and no one donated.

Yi Zhonghai saw that things were getting a little out of control, so he quickly ended the meeting. Although Jia Zhang was not satisfied with the result, she did not dare to get angry. She felt that if she dared to throw a tantrum, everyone in the compound would destroy her house.

Of course, Li Tianyi didn’t know all the troubles in the courtyard. His parents didn’t tell him because they were afraid that it would affect his studies.

When I walked into the room, I saw Father Li sitting at the table smoking, "Dad, didn't my mom not allow you to smoke?"

Father Li quickly put out his cigarette and opened the door wide, "Son, keep your voice down. Don't attract your mother."

Li Tianyi smiled. His father was afraid that his wife would become famous in the whole hospital, but the old couple didn't mind what others thought.

"Son, which unit have you been assigned to?" Father Li asked curiously.

Li Tianyi took out the letter of introduction and handed it to Li's father. Li's father took it and read it carefully. After a while, he stood up excitedly and said, "My son is really amazing. He has become a deputy section-level cadre right after graduation and works in the Ministry of Industry. You have brought honor to our Li family."

Li Tianyi smiled and said, "Dad, where's my mom?"

"Your mother hasn't come back yet. The factory had a reception today, and somehow they managed to keep her here."

Li Tian nodded slightly, then went to the kitchen to start cooking. Now there were only four of them at home. Hu Zi was attending a technical secondary school, studying electrician, and his younger sister would be in the first grade of junior high school next year.

Just when they were having dinner, Li's mother came back from get off work with a lunch box in her hand, which contained leftover dishes from the banquet. Li Tianyi did not touch them, and the dishes were eaten by Li's father and others.

"Mom, have the ruins diagonally opposite our courtyard been divided out?" After dinner, Li Tianyi asked his mother about the courtyard.

Mother Li thought for a moment and said, "It seems not. I haven't seen anyone go there before. Why do you want to buy it?"

Li Tian nodded. "I'll be working in a steel mill in the next few years, and I don't want to live anywhere else. Besides, the house I'm allocated now is too small, and it won't be convenient for me to get married in the future. So I want to buy the ruins and build a house myself."

"But your company won't allocate a house to you if you do this," Father Li reminded.

"It's okay. I don't like it anyway. Besides, we don't have enough room at home. Huzi and Jingjing are both grown up, so it's not convenient for them to live together. When the place is built, Jingjing can move in there."

The younger sister suddenly heard that she would have her own room, and immediately jumped up with joy. Just as she was about to shout, Li's mother covered her mouth and said, "Don't yell nonsense. Things haven't been settled yet. Don't tell others about it, okay?"