Siheyuan: If you ruin the reputation of the whole courtyard, I will move out
Chapter 125 Other Arrangements (Page 13)
Zheng Juan was very pretty, with delicate features and fair skin, and even without makeup, she was enough to attract the attention of people around her. But what really fascinated Zhang Yu was her temperament, her lovable and irresistible qualities, which deeply attracted him. If he was not sure that he was in the secular world, he would almost think that he had strayed into the world of "Dream of Red Mansions" and the woman in front of him was the vivid Lin Daiyu!
Involuntarily, Zhang Yu walked towards her.
"Hey boy, do you want to eat a gourd?" A question interrupted his reverie and brought him back to reality.
The person who called out was Zheng Juan's adoptive mother. She looked quite ordinary, no longer as beautiful as she was in her youth, and her age had added traces of time. However, Zhang Yu did not ignore her because of her ordinary appearance. Because he deeply felt that the old woman, who looked rough on the outside, had a kind heart like a Buddha.
Life was extremely hard for Zheng's mother. She had lived a hard life since she was young, and even basic food and clothing were often a problem. However, this old lady still selflessly raised a pair of children who had no blood relationship with her. Zheng Juan was an abandoned baby she picked up when she was young. In that era of material shortage, many people would choose to abandon baby girls. The idea of favoring sons over daughters is really cruel and terrible to people.
However, after finding Zheng Juan, her mother did not abandon or ignore her. Instead, she devoted countless efforts to raising her to adulthood. This selflessness and perseverance inspires admiration. However, fate did not seem to favor her. After raising her daughter, she welcomed Zheng Guangming, another abandoned baby found on the roadside. Although he was a boy, he was blind.
Faced with a boy born with disabilities, the compassionate mother still decided to take him in even though she was already old and sick, simply because she was a Buddhist and could not bear to see life slipping away in her hands.
Life became even more difficult afterwards, but she had no regrets, and even though she had to beg for food, she was still working hard for the future of her children. In Zhang Yu's opinion, the person he respected most in this world was Zheng's mother.
At this time, Zheng Juan noticed Zhang Yu standing there blankly, and felt a little displeased, mistakenly thinking that it was a bad boy attracted by her beautiful appearance.
"Young man, do you want to eat the gourd?" The old mother was still kind and asked patiently.
After receiving the ten cents from Zhang Yu, Zheng's mother happily handed over a string of candied haws and gave him five cents in change. But Zhang Yu only took one bite and left. Zheng's mother anxiously said, "Hey, young man, give me the rest of your money."
"No need to look for it." Zhang Yu refused generously.
Despite this, Zheng's mother still hurriedly caught up with him and stubbornly forced the five cents into his hand. Zhang Yu was surprised and touched by this. The old woman just smiled to show her friendliness and then turned back to her stall. He quietly put the five cents into his pocket, but did not leave immediately, and enjoyed the gourd near the cinema.
To be honest, he didn't really like this snack, let alone think it tasted good, but he chose to finish every one of them because of the taste that Zheng's mother made with care, and each candied haws carried her expectations for life. He believed that such efforts should not be wasted.
After enjoying the gourd, Zhang Yu was still a little hungry. He planned to go home and try a piece of braised pork, but he accidentally found several young people surrounding Zheng's mother's stall.
These young people behaved frivolously and unbridled, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not good people. Zhang Yu frowned and walked quickly towards Zheng's mother.
"Grandma, how about this candied haws? It's not delicious but I don't have money." One of them said jokingly while holding a string of unpaid candied haws in his hand.
"Which little fairy made this? If it was made by that girl, I would buy it even if it costs ten strings." The other man put his hand towards Zheng Juan's delicate cheek, causing her to scream and step back instinctively.
"Put your hands back!" Zhang Yu's majestic voice suddenly came to my ears.
The thugs turned their heads when they heard this, and one of them said impatiently: "Who do you think you are? Get lost!"
"If you want to buy, buy it. If you don't want to buy, get out." How could Zhang Yu be afraid of these people?
"Where did you come from, you stupid boy? You don't even recognize me?" The guy who wanted to catch Zheng Juan turned around and swung his fist at Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu kicked the man without any hesitation, and he was knocked flying. He fell heavily to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
"How dare you attack me? Let's teach you a lesson together." Zhang Yu chuckled and stepped forward to collide with the speaker.
Just ten seconds later, a group of people fell to the ground, and only Zhang Yu was standing.
Zheng's mother had already hugged her daughter Zheng Juan and son Zheng Guangming, and looked at Zhang Yu with horror.
Zhang Yu said to Zheng's mother, "Old lady, I won't hurt you, please leave quickly." Seeing the gangsters all over the ground, Zheng's mother took her children's hands and wanted to escape, not caring about the stall.
However, Zheng Juan stopped, looked at Zhang Yu carefully, pursed her lips, then came back and pushed the tricycle away.
Zhang Yu showed no affection and let them leave.
"If you bother them again, I'll beat you up one at a time next time I see you." He lowered his head and threatened the bad boy on the ground.
"Do you know who we are?" one of the gangsters lying on the ground asked.
"Still want to call people? How many people can you find?" Zhang Yu asked with a sneer.
"Ten." The gangster replied.
"I'll be here in an hour. If you don't come, I'll leave." Zhang Yu simply sat on the steps in front of the cinema and waited.
The gangsters looked at each other, and finally they all slipped away, probably to gather their accomplices.
Zhang Yu showed no sign of hiding his fearlessness. His strong physique and Bajiquan skills alone were far beyond what these thugs could handle.
These young people are actually still teenagers. Because they don't want to settle down in the countryside, they are stranded in the city but no one arranges jobs for them, so they hang out on the streets every day.
"Aren't you afraid that they will really gather people over?" A voice suddenly came from behind Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu noticed the person coming without turning around and was always on guard, but he felt that the voice sounded familiar.
"Brother Qiangzi?" Turning around, he found that it was an acquaintance, Tu Zhiqiang, Zhou Bingkun's uncle. He was two years older than Zhang Yu, so it was not an exaggeration to say that they grew up together as playmates.
He had just met Zheng Juan when he saw her "partner" Tu Zhiqiang. He couldn't help but feel that it was too much of a coincidence.
"Bingkun, I didn't expect you to have this ability." Tu Zhiqiang looked at Zhang Yu with a strange look.
It was not until this moment that Zhang Yu remembered that Tu Zhiqiang was actually gay and he only loved men. Marrying Zheng Juan in the TV series was just a cover-up.
However, the two did not actually go through the marriage procedures. Tu Zhiqiang was arrested for a crime soon after and died in the line of duty, and he also implicated Zheng Juan, who became accidentally pregnant because of Luo Shibin.
"Brother Tu Zhiqiang, why are you here?" Zhang Yu asked.
"I made an appointment with my friends to watch a movie, and I didn't expect to run into you heroically saving people."
He was riding his bicycle leisurely when suddenly two young men came over in a hurry. They turned out to be children living in Guangming Community.
"Uncle Gong, there's a fight going on over at the cinema," they called out.
Faced with this situation, Gong Wei calmly stopped and was not too panicked. This kind of thing is not uncommon for people in Northeast China. "Where? Who started it first?" he asked carefully.
The children responded, "There were a lot of people, and it was a mess. We couldn't see the details clearly." Hearing this, Gong Wei was a little surprised, "A group of people fighting?"
"Uncle Gong, please go and take a look!" the children urged.
So Gong Wei did not hesitate and rushed to the cinema. However, when he arrived, he saw a large group of people lying in front of the cinema. He could not help but gasp. There were at least 20 to 30 people there!
These young men looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old. They were now lying on the ground in a mess, obviously seriously injured.
Gong Wei immediately called his colleagues and arranged to send the injured to emergency treatment. Although they were injured, no one admitted to fighting and all insisted that they fell accidentally.
Gong Wei was furious and tried to interrogate them separately for a long time but could not get any useful information. They insisted that it was an accidental fall and there was no clue of a fight. The matter was left unresolved and Gong Wei could only let them leave.
Later, he asked around the cinema and learned that many people had witnessed the fight. It seemed like a single person challenged a large group, but in the end, the small group won and they dusted themselves off and left.
Gong Wei couldn't believe it when he heard about it. One person fought against so many people and won, just like the heroic Zhao Yun in ancient times. Unfortunately, no one could recognize the other person's appearance, and the matter remained a mystery.
As for Tu Zhiqiang and Qiao Chunyan, these were things Zhang Yu only found out afterwards. The police frowned deeply because of Zhang Yu's conflict, as if they had a few more white hairs. After the fight, he felt refreshed, his blood and qi were boiling, and his hidden energy had a breakthrough, reaching his limbs.
Since he developed the hidden power of both hands in the world of "All Is Well", although Zhang Yu's progress has not been significant, he knows that it is mainly due to the lack of actual combat experience. Martial arts cannot be perfected by practice, but by honing in actual combat.
In peacetime, he rarely tried his boxing skills, but his hidden strength did not decline, thanks to his diligent training. For those hooligans, although they had no real kung fu, they were outnumbered, so Zhang Yu still enjoyed a good fight.
Originally, Tu Zhiqiang wanted to help, but he was so surprised by Zhang Yu's bravery that his eyes sparkled.
Frightened by the look, Zhang Yu quickly said goodbye to Tu Zhiqiang. On the way home, he heard the girls calling, "Brother, brother." He turned around and saw Qiao Chunyan, who was wearing a floral cotton jacket and had two ponytails on her head, approaching him.
After finding Zhang Yu, Qiao Chunyan said shyly: "I just acknowledged your mother as my godmother, so you should call me brother, right?" She looked directly at Zhang Yu with clear eyes. She was no longer the child she was before. There was a hint of shyness on her face, and she did not look as reserved as a girl.
His feelings towards Qiao Chunyan were actually one-sided, and he was attracted to Zhang Yu, or more precisely, Zhou Bingkun. This was no secret in Guangming Community, but Zhou Bingkun never responded positively, for a simple and direct reason - she was not good-looking.
Qiao Chunyan was indeed plain-looking when she was young. She was the youngest of three sisters and was educated as a boy. As a result, she had a carefree personality and never had long hair until junior high school. Their closer relationship was that they were as free as brothers in childhood and sometimes went to the toilet together late at night.
As she grew up, Qiao Chunyan's appearance changed, she had long hair, and the changes from a girl made her look more like a girl. But her bold personality remained the same, which became the main reason why Zhou Bingkun could not accept her. Whenever he thought of her in the toilet, he always frowned.
How can you let Zhou Bingkun treat Qiao Chunyan as a woman! In fact, when Zhang Yu saw Qiao Chunyan, he immediately thought of the scene of the public toilet, which almost made him sick. "Ugh..." He resisted the urge to vomit and finally drove away this scene.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Zhang Yu turned his head away from Qiao Chunyan and said, "I'm fine. It may be because I haven't eaten all day and I feel a little nauseous."
Qiao Chunyan shouted, "I heard that you went to see Sister Zhou Rong early in the morning, why didn't you have lunch there?"
"Don't bring up that topic. The more I talk about it, the more uncomfortable I feel." Zhang Yu closed his eyes and silently recited the Heart Sutra to resist the uncomfortable emotions.
"I heard that your job was assigned to the canteen of the sawmill?" Qiao Chunyan, who was riding home in the same direction as Zhang Yu, asked.
"Yeah." Zhang Yu responded casually.
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