Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Bang Geng, be quiet and don't cause trouble."

Qin Huairu would give such reminders every morning before going to work. She also felt that the situation outside was becoming more and more chaotic, the storm was getting bigger and bigger, and the range of movement seemed to be expanding unconsciously.

In the streets and factories, scenes of criticizing and denouncing people were being staged every day.

There were various reasons for being criticized, and sometimes they were so serious that they could find a reason to drag people out for criticism, no matter if they were ordinary workers, workshop directors, deputy factory directors, etc., without exception.

The only thing Qin Huairu was worried about was Banggeng. After all, he was her son, her biological son, the son she had high hopes for.

Unfortunately, Banggeng’s response is always: Are you done yet? You nag every day, every day, it’s the same thing over and over again. I’m not tired of your nagging, but I’ve been tired of listening to it for a long time.

Then, Banggeng slammed the door and walked out.

The angry Bang Geng would run into Yan Bugui every time he walked to the front yard.

Yan Bugui, carrying a big broom, seemed to be waiting for him specially, just to say the sentence "Banggeng, have you eaten it?" which he would never be able to finish.

"Ah."

This is Bang Geng's answer when he is in a bad mood.

"Teacher Yan, I've eaten."

This shows that Bang Geng is in a good mood.

Every time this happened, Yan Bugui would take the opportunity to suggest drinking together in the evening, not with Yan Bugui, but with the brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang.

Every time Banggeng came back, he would bring some things with him, and he would often go to the office to buy soda and sausages. Yan Bugui saw all of this with his own eyes.

Also, he didn't know from where he heard that Banggeng earned at least one dollar a day, and he was extremely envious.

At the same time, he also secretly cursed Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang for being useless, as the two of them combined did not earn as much as Bang Geng alone.

Taking into account his age and the generation gap between him and the young people, and the fact that they could not talk to each other, Yan Bugui often wanted to create conditions for Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang to have more contact with Banggeng, and it would be best if they could become good friends, the kind of friends who could take advantage of him.

Yan Bugui's plan was doomed to fail.

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang had often mocked and laughed at Banggeng in the past, mocking him for having a father who died early, a unreasonable grandmother, and an immoral mother who was an adulterer. These were all reasons to laugh at him, and also the reason why Banggeng had no friends in the alley.

Because the kids in the alley, who were of similar age, had all laughed at him to varying degrees.

Banggeng is a vengeful person and is quite stubborn, as stubborn as a donkey.

From the TV show that he didn't speak a word to Shazhu for eight years, you can see how stubborn Banggeng is.

Banggeng also looks down on the brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang.

Like all kids around fourteen or fifteen years old, he looked down on, or even despised, stingy people.

Because everyone likes generous people and likes to make friends with generous people.

Generous people always have many friends. On the contrary, stingy people have very few friends.

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang are both stingy people, while Banggeng can be considered a generous person. Even though his generosity is not towards his family, it is still a kind of generosity.

The three of them were destined not to become friends.

Not to mention that Banggeng still had hatred in his heart. He hated everyone in Yard 95, whether they were good to his family or not. He hated them all.

He just thinks that it is their duty to be nice to their family, and he never considers why others should be nice to their family, just like Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu in the past.

Yi Zhonghai favors their family, and Sha Zhu brings lunch boxes for them.

These are all as they should be, and it’s all thanks to Jia Zhang’s good teaching.

Now the two families have cut off contact with their family. Yi Zhonghai is still okay, but no one knows what he is busy with. Basically, no one can see him. Even on Sundays, he is rarely seen. Most of the time, Yi Zhonghai hides at home like Tan Guihua.

The same goes for Sha Zhu. He stopped hanging around his mother and his lunch box was broken. The most infuriating thing was that Sha Zhu actually dared to hit him.

Banggeng saw Shazhu as if he had seen an enemy, but he only dared to glare at him from behind, just twice, and never dared to glare more than once.

People are sometimes very sensitive. If someone is staring at you from behind with hatred in his eyes, you will probably feel something.

When Banggeng glared at Shazhu from behind, he just glared twice because he was afraid that Shazhu would find out.

Sha Zhu is well-known in No. 95 Yard for his recklessness. Now it is different from before. Sha Zhu really dares to beat him.

Sometimes Banggeng would think, how nice it would be if Shazhu still liked to hang around his mother like before and still tolerated everything about him.

However, this is just a thought. The current Banggeng is absolutely unwilling to go back to the past. Even though his relationship with his family is getting weaker and weaker, he does not want Qin Huairu to be like before, flirting with other men just for her stuttering.

This is a shame for the Jia family, a shame for his gang, and a nightmare that he will never be able to shake off.

During the time since Banggeng came back, he met many people, but he didn't see Liu Haizhong and his son. Banggeng had no good impression of Liu Haizhong's family at all. Liu Haizhong pretended to be a cadre all day long, which was annoying. And Liu Guangtian was also bullied by Liu Guangfu when they were young. When Qin Huairu just came back, she asked him to bring some things and went to visit. Banggeng refused without thinking. He was very considerate of her by not happily setting off firecrackers in the backyard.

It is worth mentioning that every day when Jia Zhang was awake and the weather was good, she would crawl out of the shack just to see her lovely grandson.

Apart from not being able to take her home, Banggeng did not disappoint Jia Zhang's expectations.

During the days since Banggeng came back, Jia Zhang's living standard has improved.

The consequences of improved living standards are serious.

Now Jia Zhang's legs are numb to the roots of her thighs. In order to be able to crawl out of the shack every day to see her beloved grandson, she sleeps with her head facing outwards, as close to the shack entrance as possible.

In addition to the worsening pain in her legs, there seemed to be problems with her eyes. She could not see as clearly as before, and she often felt pain around her eye sockets. Sometimes her eyelids would suddenly droop and she would suddenly be unable to open her eyes.

Jia Zhang also knew that her illness was becoming more and more serious, so serious that she could die at any time. She didn't know how long she could live, and she didn't have the heart to tell Bang Geng. She just wanted to see her beloved grandson as much as possible.

Don't say anything, just watch silently.

However, the leftovers, so-called good dishes, that Banggeng brought back every time should still be eaten. In her opinion, things were already like this, and it would be nice to eat more delicious food before dying.

Jia Zhang's hope now is that God can give her more time so that she can see her lovely grandson more often.

Day after day, everyone lived an ordinary and boring life, except Banggeng, who earned some money and saw more money. He took the money to heart, and his heart grew bigger and bigger.

Time passed quickly and soon it was December 24th.

This day is called Christmas Eve in the West. Unfortunately, today does not look like a peaceful day. The sky is gray, as if someone has made it angry and it is not looking good to people.