I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

As the end of the year was almost approaching, Banggeng returned to Courtyard No. 95 with empty hands, wearing a tattered cotton jacket and without any luggage.

The Jia family was overjoyed to welcome him. A wooden bed was set up in the outer room of the west wing, which served as Banggeng's temporary residence. Qin Huairu began to persuade Shazhu to take back the back room and let her move in.

Originally, Jia Zhang wanted to ask Xiao Dang to move out of the east ear room and let her good grandson Bang Geng move in. But He Daqing clearly told the Jia family that if they wanted to move out, they had to move out, and his family would take back the house. Jia Zhang could only give up in disappointment!

"Don't you think that the way that Bang Geng looks at people is very scary?"

A group of aunts and grandmas gathered together to chat. One of the aunts took advantage of the fact that Jia Zhang was not around and couldn't hold it in any longer, so she started asking other people.

"You noticed it too? I've noticed it a long time ago. He looks at everyone in the yard with the same look." Another aunt quickly echoed.

"After hearing what you said, I also felt something was wrong. I thought my family had offended him in some way, and he looked at me with such a vicious look." An auntie also said with sudden realization.

"No! It's not that kind of vicious look, but a look of hatred. As if we are the enemies who killed his father." Someone finally concluded.

The neighbors were horrified and ran back to tell their families not to mess with Bang Geng or have any dealings with him.

No one knows what Banggeng has been through, only he knows. Because he ran away, he was deprived of his status as an educated youth in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi. He lived in a cowshed with those reformed people and did the dirtiest and most tiring work. It was not until the end of 1977 that the situation improved significantly.

But others returned to the city with their years of service, but he was not an educated youth, but a person who was sent down to the countryside for reform.

The Jia family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also felt that Banggeng had changed a lot compared to before. He was silent at home all day and had no enthusiasm for anything.

In order to make Banggeng feel comfortable, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law met all his material needs. They went to ask Director Xu to give him a decent job.

Jingyi would never let them have their wish. This loophole cannot be opened lightly. She has already found a job for Xiaodang. If she finds a job for Banggeng, won't she be scolded to death by the unemployed youths in Nanluoguxiang?

Since they failed to succeed with Director Xu, they could only set their sights on the Street Office. Jia Zhang went there every day to make a scene, demanding that the Street Office give them a job quota. And she had to ask for a state-owned unit!

The subdistrict office can't even give out enough places for educated youth, so who would care about you who made a mistake? The more you make a fuss, the less you get. Stay at home and maybe you'll get a job that no one else wants.

Bang Geng felt bored after staying at home for a few days, and gradually mixed with the idle people in the neighborhood. He also started to spend money lavishly. Qin Huairu's salary plus Xiao Dang's 30 yuan was not enough for Bang Geng to spend.

Banggeng is still learning about the family's situation in the past ten years from Jia Zhang's nagging. Did Shazhu actually use his mother as a reproductive tool? Their relationship broke down after giving birth to their son He Xiao. Although they have not divorced yet, they have been living their own lives for many years.

How dare Sha Zhu treat his mother like this!

This was a great humiliation for him! Bang Geng had a ferocious look on his face. He decided to take revenge on Sha Zhu, but he also knew that Sha Zhu was not easy to deal with and needed help from outside.

That afternoon, Sha Zhu walked out of the steel mill gate carrying a net bag. At noon today, the head of the purchasing department of the factory was in the small restaurant, entertaining guests from cooperative units. The two lunch boxes in his net bag were full of goodies.

He had only walked two or three hundred meters out of the steel mill when four or five young men suddenly rushed out from the roadside and blocked his way, each holding a wooden stick in their hands.

Sha Zhu had been fighting since he was a child, so this scene did not scare him. He took a step back and began to be on guard in his heart.

"What's the matter, brothers? Did you recognize the wrong person?" As he spoke, he twisted the net bag in his right hand a few times.

"Stop talking nonsense! I'm going to beat you up today. Come on!" The man replied fiercely. With a wave of his hand, four or five people immediately surrounded him.

Sha Zhu took the initiative and swung the net bag towards the person in front of him. The net bag made a whistling sound and hit the person in the face, making a big splash.

This nylon-woven net is very sturdy. The two aluminum lunch boxes inside weigh at least three or four pounds. When they are swung, they are like meteor hammers.

As soon as they met, someone on their side was injured. The remaining few people were furious and smashed three or four wooden sticks on Sha Zhu's head.

It was the middle of winter, and Sha Zhu was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and a Leifeng hat. He was hit a few times and although it hurt so much that he grimaced, at least he was not injured.

He waved the meteor hammer in his hand, and those people did not dare to approach him easily. But after the net bag and the wooden stick collided several times, they finally could not hold on any longer. In the last collision, it was like a fairy scattering flowers, and the spicy chicken and braised pork inside scattered all over the ground.

Without his weapon, Sha Zhu was immediately at a disadvantage. He dodged and jumped left and right, but was hit several times in a row.

At this dangerous moment, several young workers from the steel mill came over. They saw someone fighting from a distance, and the person being beaten turned out to be the deputy director of their canteen. They called out and spontaneously ran over to help.

Seeing help coming from the other side, those people panicked. As soon as one of them turned around and ran away, the others followed suit.

Sha Zhu roared, rushed forward and hugged one of them tightly, letting the others flee in all directions.

The young workers in the steel mill all ran over and held down the criminal. Sha Zhu walked over to pick up the lunch box, looked at it, and threw it on the ground again. Both lunch boxes were dented!

"Chef He, what should we do with this man?" the young workers came over and asked him.

"Take him back to our factory's security department. I want to see what's going on." Sha Zhu replied while rubbing his bruised arm.

Several people picked up the scattered wooden sticks and escorted the criminals to the steel mill.

There was a guard team at the gate of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. When they heard that the deputy director of the canteen in their factory had been beaten, they all punched and kicked the man.

Upon hearing the news, the Security Department sent people over to interrogate him. The man was just an educated youth who was idle at home. He confessed everything before I could even finish a few questions.

Hearing that these people were all instigated by Bang Geng, Sha Zhu's face turned pale. The security department called the Dongzhimen police station and asked them to come and take the people away.

The police station summoned Banggeng. After hearing that the two were stepfather and stepson, they thought it was a family conflict. After criticizing and educating Banggeng, they released him.

Bang Geng had just stepped into the middle courtyard with his hands in his pockets when a fist as big as a bowl hit him in the face. He was beaten so hard by Sha Zhu that he started crying for his parents.

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu came over crying and tearing at Sha Zhu. The neighbors in the yard also came forward to stop the fight. Yi Zhonghai came out of the east wing and wanted to help, but when he saw He Daqing standing in the corridor of the main house, he quickly retreated back.

Faced with the neighbors' questions, Sha Zhu had nothing to hide. He told the neighbors that Bang Geng had hired someone to ambush him, and the neighbors also began to blame the Jia family.

"Today, I announce in front of everyone that from now on I will have no relationship with his Jia family. Qin Huairu, let's go to the district civil affairs bureau to get a divorce tomorrow." Sha Zhu said firmly.

"I don't agree! Don't even think about dumping me." Qin Huairu looked crazy and she retorted loudly.

"It's no use for you to disagree! I've already asked around. If a couple has been separated for a year, it's already a de facto divorce. How many years have you said we've been separated?"

Sha Zhu sneered! This little bastard is no good since he came back. In order to avoid being implicated by him in the future, he must get rid of him completely this time.