The Great Era of Siheyuan

When Li Wenqiang went out, he saw that the neighbors in the front, middle and back yards had already come out. Since something happened to someone in the same yard, everyone was quite concerned.

"What's wrong? What happened to my son?"

A fat and big-faced old woman came out, her face full of anxiety. Behind her was a beautiful young woman holding a baby and looking nervous.

Needless to say, it was Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu. A little boy of about eight or nine years old was playing hide-and-seek with a little girl nearby. These were their children Banggeng and Xiaodang.

"You are Jia Dongxu's family member, right? Jia Dongxu is in trouble. Today, when he was in charge of assembly, the machine overturned and crushed him underneath. Now he is dead! I am representing the factory to notify your family members to go and pick him up!"

A young man in blue work clothes at the door said this and turned away. If he got too close, the family members would get emotional and cause trouble for him. He has seen this kind of thing many times.

"What? What happened to our Dongxu? You lied to me, didn't you?"

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were stunned where they were. They never dreamed that the person who was so full of life in the morning would be gone near noon.

"Jia Dongxu is already dead, you should hurry up and bring him back. The factory's funeral committee will handle the compensation, so you better hurry up, otherwise if it takes too long we will have to take him to the crematorium and burn him, and then you can go and get the ashes yourself!"

The young man ran and looked back and said, this Jia Zhang has a face full of flesh and it looks like someone who is not easy to mess with, so he dare not stay here.

"Mom, Dongxu~ Dongxu is gone! Woo~!"

Qin Huairu cried out and started to cry.

"Oh my God! You are so blind, my Dongxu! Why did you leave so early? I am the one sending you off. How am I going to live in the future?"

Jia Zhang sat down on the ground and started cursing.

"Jia Zhang, why are you still crying here? Why don't you go to the steel mill and take a look? What's the point of crying now? What if what he said is false?"

An old lady next to him reminded him.

"Yes, yes, I have to go and check it out right away. My son is so lucky and has a long life. It's impossible for him to die so easily!"

After saying this, Jia Zhang hurriedly got up and prepared to rush out with Qin Huairu, but after taking two steps she turned back.

"Li Wenqiang, you have nothing to do anyway, so please help me and Huairu over there!"

Li Wenqiang was eating a melon, but he didn't expect that the melon would end up on his head.

"Don't call me. I'm busy. I have to go collect junk later. How can I have time to accompany you to the steel mill? It takes two hours to go there and back. How can I have that much time to accompany you? If you want to hurry, just go to the street corner and take the bus!"

Li Wenqiang locked the door and left. Before he could say anything, she came up with her own ideas.

"Hey! Do you have any compassion? Don't you know how to write the four words of respecting the old and loving the young? My Dongxu is in trouble and I asked you to help but you refused. How can you be like this!"

Jia Zhang was very angry when she heard what Li Wenqiang said and looked at him angrily.

"Wen Qiang, if it's convenient for you, please help them. We are neighbors after all, it's just a small favor!"

An old lady also began to persuade him.

"Yes, just give her a ride. You don't have anything else to do anyway, so just help her out!"

"Wen Qiang, please help us!"

Qin Huairu was so anxious that she looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"You guys are talking so lightly. I didn't confiscate anything today. You're going to compensate me for my delay? If you want to go faster, just take a bus. The fare is only 20 cents per person. You can't even spend that little money and are still wasting it with me. Can I ride a tricycle to carry you guys faster than you can walk? Don't you see how fat and heavy she is!"

Li Wenqiang pointed at Jia Zhang and scolded everyone without any hesitation.

"Pfft!"

There were bursts of suppressed laughter from people around.

When most people were not getting enough to eat, Jia Zhang was still able to grow so fat. If he dragged her and Qin Huairu to the steel mill, he would be dead.

"Bah! You are such a heartless, ruthless person. My family has been so kind to you in vain! Just wait and see how I will deal with you when I come back!"

After saying this, Jia Zhang hurriedly ran out with Qin Huairu.

"Hey, you old witch, you still dare to scold me! Do you really think I'm afraid of you? If you dare, don't run away or I'll tear your stinky mouth apart!"

Li Wenqiang chased after her and started cursing at Jia Zhang, saying that she was so used to taking advantage of others and yet she dared to bar her teeth in front of him. Did she think he was a fool?

She was also nice to him. He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out why she was nice to him. She used her remaining broken thread and garbage to exchange matches with him. Others could only exchange one box of waste, but she relied on her status as a neighbor to grab an extra box. Bah, what a thing!

"Alright, Li Wenqiang, everyone has run away, why are you yelling here? Besides, it's okay for you to send her off. This is a special situation, so don't bother with her!"

An old lady pulled him aside and tried to persuade him.

Li Wenqiang was very disdainful of this and responded without any appreciation.

"It's easy to talk, but you guys just talk and make me run for an hour to get him there. You guys are the good guys, but I don't get any good results from all my efforts. Damn it, whoever wants to go can go! If you want to be a good guy so much, why don't you help him pay for the fare?"

Li Wenqiang started scolding the old lady, saying, "If you want to be a good person, don't pull me along."

"You~you are really unreasonable!"

The old lady stomped her feet in anger. She was just trying to reason with him, but she didn't expect that he would take his anger out on her.

"Auntie, I see you are quite old, so I have to make some things clear to you. If you want to live longer, you should mind your own business, especially other people's business. Come on, don't stand in front of me and whine, I don't like to hear that!"

Li Wenqiang didn't indulge her at all.

If a person wants to succeed, he must have unspeakable courage. When others obviously harm your interests, you must bravely stand up and refuse him instead of obeying. Otherwise, the other party will only become more aggressive towards you and continue to harm your interests.

The situation could have been resolved a little more peacefully, but he just wanted to tell them with his clear attitude that I am not the same kind of person as you, and don't bother with me in the future.

"Asshole, what an asshole!"

Seeing Li Wenqiang's departing back, the old lady felt her heart begin to ache again. She sat down on the ground, holding her chest in pain.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

The people around her rushed over to check on her, but it was hard to tell how much of their sincerity was there.

Li Wenqiang didn't know that the old lady was almost having a heart attack because of him, but it wouldn't matter if he knew.

Being a good person is your choice, but if you want others to be like you, then that's wrong! Isn't this bullying in the courtyard?

At this time, he was already riding his broken tricycle around the streets!