Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

When the two soldiers appeared in the courtyard, everyone in the yard was surprised. They were shocked when they saw the two soldiers in military uniforms, the large and small bags of gifts in their hands, and a large piece of greasy fat meat.

They dared not think about who was so arrogant and came to their courtyard with so many gifts. If they were given these gifts, would they have to eat until the end of the Chinese New Year and have a big and prosperous New Year? They didn't know who they were coming to see, and whose family had such a big face!

The residents in the yard stopped to watch, their eyes full of envy, as they watched the two soldiers carrying so many gifts through the front yard and into the middle yard. So many people followed them, wanting to see whose house they were going to.

Lin Geng had just gotten up at this time. He went out with a washbasin, towel, toothbrush and tooth mug, ready to brush his teeth and wash his face in the sink in the yard. Although the weather has turned cold and winter is about to come, he still likes to wash his face and take a bath with cold water because of his improved physical condition, and does not feel cold at all.

After going out, he looked up and saw Yan Bugui, who was like a Japanese translator, bending in front of people to lead the way, but following behind him were two soldiers in military uniforms, each of them holding large and small bags of gifts, and one of the soldiers was holding a piece of fat meat weighing more than ten pounds, which was very tempting.

So he looked at the two soldiers intently. After a moment of stunnedness, he immediately recognized that he knew the soldier in front of him. Wasn't he Ma Biao, the guard beside Lao Liu?

Ma Biao also saw Lin Geng at this time, and a bright smile suddenly appeared on his angular face. He smiled and greeted Lin Geng: "Brother Lin, do you still remember me?"

Lin Geng immediately placed the wash basin at the door of his house, smiled, and walked over to him and said, "Brother Ma! Look at what you said. Is my memory so bad? What brought you here?"

Ma Biao came over and stood in front of Lin Geng, looked at Lin Geng, raised the gifts in his hand, and said with a smile: "Look, after that matter was dealt with some time ago, the chief immediately asked me to come to you and invite you to his home!

This is a little gift that the chief asked me to bring to you. It’s not convenient to talk here, so let’s go to your house first!”

Lin Geng glanced at the things in Ma Biao and another soldier's hands, and immediately showed displeasure on his face. He frowned and said, "What does Uncle Liu mean by this? You brought so many things. Do you think I am not your own?"

Ma Biao shook his head and laughed, "Haha, don't be so hypocritical. This is a little gift from the commander. Can you really let me come empty-handed for the first time? Let's talk about it after we get inside!"

Lin Geng had no choice but to let Ma Biao and the other soldier into his room and asked them to put their things on the table first.

After Yan Bugui led Ma Biao to the door of Lin Geng's house, he did not leave. He stood in the yard looking at Lin Geng's house with envy. After Lin Geng let Ma Biao into the house, he glanced at Yan Bugui and the neighbors who followed him into the middle yard, smiled and said: "Thank you, uncle! This is my friend, thank you for your trouble!

We have something to talk about, so I won't invite you in. I'll treat you to a drink later! Please, neighbors, please don't gather here, otherwise it will be inconvenient for us to talk!"

When Yan Bugui heard Lin Geng's words and that he was going to invite him to drink again, his old face immediately smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "It's okay, it's okay! What's the big deal? Don't be polite to me! Just talk! I won't disturb you! Chat, chat!"

After saying this, Yan Bugui turned around, straightened his thin body, and with a dry cough pretending to be dignified, he shouted to the neighbors who had poured into the middle courtyard: "Go away, go away! What's so good about Xiaolin's friends coming to see him? Don't you have anything to do? What are you doing gathering here? Go away, go away!"

Now the only one left in the yard is Yan Bugui, the manager. Although Yan Bugui's prestige is average and he is obviously unable to suppress Lin Geng, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, he is the only manager in the yard after all, and everyone still has to give him some face.

Although everyone was very curious about when Lin Geng had such a domineering soldier friend, and why he came to see him in a car and brought so many gifts, since Yan Bugui had given the order to let them disperse, it was not convenient for them to continue crowding in the middle courtyard and surrounding the Lin family's door to watch the fun.

So everyone could only helplessly agree and disperse with a laugh, leaving only the nosy aunties and grandmas who were still reluctant to leave and stayed in the middle courtyard, watching the Lin family from afar.

It was because Ma Biao brought so many gifts when he came, which made them so jealous. They could not suppress their curiosity. Even Yan Bugui could not drive them away. Yan Bugui looked at the remaining women and could only shake his head and ignore them.

Although Yan Bugui was also very envious of the gifts that the two soldiers brought to Lin Geng, as he had said before, he would go to Lin Geng's house after the two soldiers left and try to take advantage of him in some way. But now he didn't dare to do so, because he now understood Lin Geng's temper more clearly.

Lin Geng is the kind of person who goes along with the flow. As long as you go along with him and don't try to cheat him or take advantage of him, he will be very generous. But if you want to plot against him, he will definitely not be polite to you. Not only will he not let you take advantage of him, but on the contrary he will turn against you on the spot and make you look bad.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and the Jia family, including the old deaf man in the backyard, are the best examples. Looking at the current fate of those families, Yan Bugui feels a little pity for them. Either they are separated from their wives and children, or their families are destroyed, or they are in sorrow and misery. No family lives a comfortable life, and they probably won't be able to hold their heads up again in the future.

Yan Bugui was also very aware of his own shortcomings. He knew that he liked to take advantage of others. In fact, he had neither good popularity nor prestige in the courtyard. If he offended Lin Geng again, Lin Geng could make him suffer a fate worse than death with just a word of his words, based on his current relationship with the street office and the police station.

What's more, the two soldiers who came today came in such a high-end car, so their backgrounds must be very powerful. They were very warm and polite to Lin Geng, and it was obvious that they had a close relationship. This made Yan Bugui even more cautious, and he secretly swore in his heart that he must never offend Lin Geng, and that he would maintain a good relationship with Lin Geng no matter what in the future. He didn't ask to take advantage of Lin Geng, but at least he didn't want to be punished by Lin Geng.

So no matter how much Yan Bugui envied and longed for the gifts the two soldiers gave to Lin Geng, Yan Bugui hardened his heart and turned back to the front yard and continued to watch his gate, not daring to think of those things at all.

After Ma Biao and the driver put down the things, the driver immediately turned around and went out and returned to the car. No one in the yard dared to stop him and ask questions. Only the furry children ran out of the yard excitedly, surrounded the GAZ jeep curiously, and chattered about how advanced this GAZ jeep was. They curiously reached out to touch the body of the car, and then shouted excitedly...

"Brother Ma, I haven't seen Uncle Liu for a few days. After the last incident, I don't know how Uncle Liu is doing?" Lin Geng took out a teacup, pinched some fine powder to make tea for Ma Biao, brought it in front of Ma Biao, and said to him.

Ma Biao looked around Lin Geng's room and saw that it had just been cleaned up, with a ceiling and whitewashed walls, making the room look clean and bright. He nodded and said,

"You just cleaned up your house, right? It looks nice! Don't worry about the chief. Thanks to your timely intervention that day, the chief was unharmed. If it weren't for you, I really can't imagine what the outcome would have been!

Fortunately, you saved the leader in time, otherwise, I would have had to kill myself! Not only did you save the leader's life, you also saved mine! I don't know how to repay you!"

Ma Biao said to Lin Geng with a look of fear on his face.