Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Bang Geng, you are Bang Geng, my dear grandson?"

As usual, after Liu Guozheng's car drove past, Jia Zhang climbed out of the shack and wanted to curse a few words. When she looked up, she saw the young man with a bag on his back. She could still vaguely see his original appearance on his face.

"You old coffin man, do you want to die? Open your eyes and look, don't just call anyone you catch a good grandson. Do you believe I will throw you into the toilet and drown you?"

Bang Geng looked down and saw a human-shaped "dry firewood" looking at him excitedly, stretching out his shriveled hands, as if he wanted to grab him. Bang Geng stepped back in disdain.

There is no such person among the people he knows.

I know my name is Banggeng, so I should be from here. I just don’t know which unfilial son drove his mother to live in this public toilet.

"Bang Geng, I'm your grandma, don't you recognize me?"

Jia Zhang wanted to cry, but not even a single tear could come out of her shriveled body.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kick you to death. Don't claim any relatives. My Jia family is a rich and powerful family, and you can't marry into it."

After saying that, Banggeng turned around and left. The air in the public toilet was already bad to begin with, and now there was a "human-shaped firewood" who kept calling himself his grandson. He couldn't hit him, so he had to leave.

"Banggeng, Banggeng, come back. I am your grandmother. I am Jia Zhang, the grandmother who loves you the most."

"Bang Geng, Bang Geng, my dear grandson."

"Bang Geng, don't leave. I really am your grandma."

Jia Zhang shouted until her voice was hoarse, but Bang Geng did not turn back. She wanted to catch up with him, but her body did not allow it, so she could only watch Bang Geng walk away.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Jia Zhang could only lie at the entrance of the shack, feeling helpless and sad.

.................

Standing at the gate of No. 95 Courtyard, Banggeng was a little hesitant.

He hasn't been back for more than three years, and I wonder if his family still remembers him.

At the same time, he felt unspeakable resentment in his heart. For more than three years, no one had visited the juvenile detention center to see him, not even for a glance.

"Who are you looking for, young man?"

Yan Bugui came back early after sweeping the streets, not because of his good performance, but mainly because the neighborhood committee supervisor wanted to go home early.

Just as he was about to go out, he saw Bang Geng standing at the door.

After more than three years, Banggeng has grown into a teenager. He has changed a lot, and the most obvious change is that he has lost weight. Yan Bugui did not recognize him at first.

"Uncle San, don't you recognize me? I'm Banggeng!"

"What? You're a stick terrier?"

"Yeah, I'm back."

Banggeng had a smug look on his face, and if you didn't know him well, you would think he was some kid who had achieved success and returned to visit his family.

"Not bad, not bad, you have grown up."

Yan Bugui looked the stick up and down, feeling indescribable emotion. This was also a child that everyone had watched grow up, he just grew crooked.

But since Bang Geng is back, he should have met Jia Zhangshi, right? The public toilet is a must-go place.

So he asked again tentatively: "Bang Geng, did you see your grandma when you came back?"

"Uncle, you are getting old and confused, aren't you? I just arrived at the gate of the compound and haven't even entered the house yet. How can I see my grandma?"

"Um...Okay, you must be tired after walking such a long way, go home and rest, it's almost time to get off work, your mother should be back soon."

Yan Bugui's mind raced, but in the end he did not tell Banggeng about Jia Zhang's affairs. It would be better for Qin Huairu to tell him about the Jia family's affairs in person.

"Uncle, let's talk again."

Seeing Banggeng happily walking into the central courtyard, Yan Bugui sighed, saying that every family has its own problems.

When he reached the door of his house and looked around for a long time, Banggeng took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to push open the door of this home he had been longing for for three years.

"Who are you looking for?"

There was no one else at home at this time, only Xiaodang and the sisters Huaihua. Seeing a stranger coming in from outside, Xiaodang nervously pulled Huaihua behind him.

"Xiao Dang, I'm your elder brother."

To be honest, Banggeng still felt a little lost. He didn't expect that after only three years away from home, the little sister who used to follow him around would no longer recognize him.

"elder brother?"

Xiaodang tried hard to see the figure of the past in Banggeng, but it didn't look like him no matter how hard she looked. The voice had also changed. She just remembered that she had a brother, but she didn't know where he went and she hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Yes, I'm Banggeng, your brother. The one behind you is Huaihua, right?"

Banggeng tried to act like an adult and wanted to touch Xiaodang's head, but Xiaodang and Huaihua were so scared that they stepped back. She really couldn't see how he looked like Banggeng. When Banggeng entered the juvenile detention school, Xiaodang was only three years old. He could remember some things, but not much.

Huaihua couldn't remember it at all, as she was just over one year old at that time.

"Xiaodang, you."

The outstretched hand froze in the air. After all, Banggeng was just an older child. How could he know that a three-year-old child could not remember much?

"Don't come over here, or I'll call for help."

Xiaodang was still very alert. He protected the smaller Huaihua tightly and tried to see if he could scare away the man who claimed to be his brother.

"I..you.."

Banggeng was already getting a little impatient and was starting to get angry.

This is different from the scene he imagined. Not to mention a warm welcome, at least he could be recognized, right?

Now, his two sisters don’t recognize him and even think he is a bad guy.

And his grandmother, who used to love him, has disappeared now. Has he become dispensable in this family in just three short years?

"Get out of the way, you two losers."

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Banggeng pushed Xiaodang and the other person aside and slipped into the bedroom. The place where he and his grandmother used to live was now where Xiaodang and Huaihua lived.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Someone come quickly, there are bad guys in my house."

"Someone, there's a thief in my house."

Xiaodang pulled Huaihua out of the door and started shouting.

Xiaodang's cries for help and Huaihua's crying alarmed the people in the courtyard. They heard that there was a thief in the courtyard. How could this be tolerated?

People at home came out with rolling pins, shovels, small brooms, and some even carried kitchen knives and ran straight to the central courtyard.

Yan Bugui naturally also heard the cries of Xiaodang and Huaihua, and thought that it was a misunderstanding and the two girls didn't recognize Banggeng.

He ran to the central courtyard in panic, stopped everyone who wanted to rush into the Jia family, and called Bang Geng out.

After the explanation, everyone realized that Xiaodang and Huaihua did not recognize their brother and mistakenly thought he was a bad guy, so they started crying.

Everyone in the courtyard was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Strange things happened every year, and this year was no exception.