Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

As soon as Liu Guozheng entered the middle courtyard of No. 95 compound, he saw a child acting furtively, fiddling with the stupid pillar door with a wire, and the child looked behind him from time to time.

At the moment the child turned around, he happened to see Liu Guozheng. Liu Guozheng also saw clearly that it turned out to be the plot of the Thief's Stick in Awakening.

Liu Guozheng shouted: "Bang Geng, what are you doing?"

If it was an ordinary child, he would have thrown the wire and run away. But as a man who was about to become a thief, he was extremely courageous and directly shouted, "Who are you? What do you think is your business?"

"You little bastard, you don't learn your lesson. Believe it or not, I can send you to jail right now."

With just these words, Bang Geng burst into tears and ran home crying: "Grandma, the bad guys are coming, come and save me."

"Who, who is so bold as to bully my grandson?"

Jia Zhang lifted the door curtain and rushed out with a whoosh. When she saw Liu Guozheng, she was obviously stunned for a moment, then she pulled Banggeng to her side.

Liu Guozheng asked directly: "Jia Zhang, is this how you teach your grandson?"

"Liu Guozheng, you are meddling too much, aren't you? Do I need you to care about how I teach my grandson?"

Now Jia Zhang is like an old hen protecting her chicks. Anyone who dares to reach out will be bitten.

"Jia Zhang, everyone can control the behavior of thieves."

"Bah, Liu Guozheng, stop talking nonsense, who is the thief?"

Having no good impression of Liu Guozheng in the first place, Jia Zhang jumped up directly. If Liu Guozheng had not stepped back two steps in time, she would have spit all over his face.

Just like that, those who had gotten off work early and the women at home in the courtyard gathered around, each one more enthusiastic than the other to watch the fun.

"Isn't this Liu Guozheng? Is he so arrogant now? How dare he interfere in the affairs of our hospital?"

"Erlu, watch your words."

"That's right. We don't know the cause and effect. We should just watch the show honestly and don't let the fire get to us."

"Why did Liu Guozheng mention a thief? Could it be that Bang Geng went to the office to steal something?"

"Don't talk nonsense. If Jia Zhang hears it, it will be worth it to scratch your face."

"Well, I live in the middle courtyard, I know a little bit."

"Say it."

"Bang Geng is at the door of Sha Zhu, practicing picking locks with a wire."

"What? What the hell? Practicing lock picking, what does he want to do? Besides, who did Banggeng learn lock picking from?"

"Hehe, I know something about this. I heard Jia Zhang say once that this is a unique skill passed down from their Jia family's ancestors. It is said that after learning it, you will never have to worry about food and drink."

"Lock unlocking? A legacy from ancestors? Isn't this a thief?"

"So Liu Guozheng spoke up to stop Bang Geng after seeing his behavior."

"Oh, I see."

All the idle people in the Siheyuan gathered in the Central Courtyard. Lou Xiao'e also followed Yu Li and Zhang Wenhua to the Central Courtyard to watch the fun. When they saw that it was Liu Guozheng, they felt both amused and helpless. Every time Liu Guozheng came to the Siheyuan, something would happen.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you said that a person was holding a wire at someone else's door and trying to open the lock. What kind of behavior is this?"

"What lock picking? My eldest grandson is just practicing his skills."

Jia Zhang touched Bang Geng's head lovingly, with a smug look on her face.

"Oh, you Jia family call unlocking a lock a skill? Then what do you call stealing?"

"No, Liu Guozheng, why are you so nosy? Are you obvious? So many people in the Intermediate Court saw it and didn't say anything, but you, Liu Guozheng, are the only one who is so arrogant? Besides, this was agreed by Sha Zhu."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you don't understand the situation. Shazhu is not at home right now. If your grandson opens someone else's lock, that's stealing, which is illegal."

"Liu Guozheng, I know you can say that you sent my son to jail back then, and our Jia family still remembers this grudge. What? You want to send my grandson to jail this time?"

Liu Guozheng did not expect that Jia Zhang still remembered clearly something he had almost forgotten. It seemed that she really hated him.

"Liu Guozheng, listen to me. I want to improve my skills and steal everything from the office to avenge my father."

"Bang Geng, why are you avenging your father? Your father was shot."

"Don't worry about whether you're executed or not. The root cause is you. That's what my grandmother said."

My goodness! The crowd watching the fun was in an uproar. No one had expected that Jia Zhang would teach her children like this. Could such an educational method be of any benefit in the future?

I used to hear people say that marrying an unvirtuous wife would ruin three generations. Liu Guozheng now believes this.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, I understand clearly that you have a grudge against the old Jia family and you are here specifically to cause trouble for them."

After hearing what Liu Guozheng said, everyone around burst into laughter. If they thought about it carefully, it was true. Jia Zhang was afraid that the descendants of the old Jia family would grow up to be upright, so she deliberately led them astray.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh your grandma's legs. If you keep laughing, I will block your door every day to disgust you to death."

Although Jia Zhang couldn't figure it out, she was not stupid. She knew that the people around her were obviously laughing at her, so she started to speak wildly on the spot and threatened everyone by blocking the door.

The people in the Siheyuan are not afraid of anything except Jia Zhang's blocking the door. This is equivalent to a killer move, and it is always effective whenever it is used.

Sure enough, as soon as Jia Zhang's voice fell, the laughter around her stopped.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't you know that when you are young you steal needles and when you grow up you steal gold?"

"Liu Guozheng, let me say it again, my grandson is practicing his skills, and this has been approved by Sha Zhu."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you are really great. Let's ask Teacher Yan. He is a teacher and has a lot of experience. Let him tell us what this behavior is."

Yan Bugui's face changed immediately in the crowd. He was just there to watch the fun and had no intention of getting involved. If he had known this would happen, he would not have come back so early today.

"Mr. Yan, please tell me, think it over first."

The crowd automatically parted, and Jia Zhang came up and grabbed Yan Bugui who wanted to retreat.

"Let go, Jia Zhang, let go, this... this is disgraceful."

Yan Bugui was moving backwards while Jia Zhangshi was pulling forwards. As they were moving backwards and pulling forwards, they heard a "swish" sound and Yan Bugui's shirt became short-sleeved.

"Jia Zhang, you have to compensate me for my clothes."

At this moment, Yan Bugui no longer cared about the impact and grabbed Jia Zhang's arm.

"Yan Bugui, let go."

"I'll scatter if you pay me."

"It's indecent assault! Come and see, everyone! The teacher is molesting an old lady in public."

With just this shout, Yan Bugui was so scared that he quickly pulled his hand back. He didn't know how he managed to pull his hand back, but he used too much force and slapped his glasses off.

“Ah, my glasses.”

Fortunately, Yan Bugui's myopia was not too severe. He fumbled to pick up his glasses and saw that his leg was broken.

"Jia Zhang, you have to compensate me for my glasses and my clothes."

Yan Bugui, who couldn't see clearly, mistook the person next to him for Jia Zhang and grabbed her again.

"Teacher Yan, you caught the wrong person. I am Erlu."

"Erlu, you have to compensate me for my eyes and my clothes."

"Teacher Yan, you are crazy. I am just watching the fun. What does it have to do with me, Erlu? If you don't let go, I will get angry and beat you up."

Yan Bugui put his glasses close to his eyes and finally saw clearly that he had really caught the wrong person.

Looking into the crowd again, there was no sign of Jia Zhang. She had already run back home with the stick.