Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

"Tie Niu, Tiedan, Doudou!" Lin Geng saw the three little ones from the Wang family, so a gentle smile appeared on his lips and he called out.

Old Wang's family was uneducated, so they named the three little ones casually. They named them Tieniu, Tiedan and Doudou respectively. But this was normal. After all, many people at that time believed that the simpler and more casual the names were, the easier it would be to raise them and the less likely they would die young.

The three little ones were playing with the ants on the ground at the door. When they heard someone calling them, they quickly turned their heads and saw it was Lin Geng. A smile immediately appeared on Xiao Zang's face, and he quickly agreed and ran towards Lin Geng.

"Brother Lin! Did you go fishing?" Tie Niu, who is seven or eight years old this year, was the first to shout. The other two little ones were six and four years old respectively. It was really not easy for Old Wang to raise these three children alone.

The three little ones then gathered around Lin Geng, chirping and calling him "Brother Lin", and curiously stretched their little heads to look at the fish basket in his hands.

Lin Geng reached out and grabbed two lively catfish from the fish basket, but they were both three or four pounds heavy. He deliberately scared the three little ones, making them scream and jump around, but they still had smiles on their faces because they knew that Lin Geng was an honest man, would treat them well, and would not harm them.

Old Wang seemed to be cooking at home. When he heard the three little ones screaming outside, he quickly dropped his work and ran out. He thought the three little ones were bullied by someone, but when he ran out and saw that it was Lin Geng, a smile appeared on Old Wang's face.

"Xiao Lin! Are you really fully recovered?" Old Wang looked Lin Geng up and down carefully and asked with joy.

Lin Geng nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle Wang, I am completely fine now, otherwise, wouldn't I have been forced to death this morning? Hehe"

The smile on Old Wang's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a guilty look. With some self-blame on his face, he said awkwardly: "Xiao Lin, I am incompetent and can't help you! You were bullied and I didn't know it in the front yard! Really... Really..."

Lin Geng grinned and interrupted Old Wang: "Stop! Don't say anything! I understand! Uncle Wang, Uncle Three and I went fishing just now. We were lucky and caught a lot of fish. I can't eat them all, so I'll give you these two catfish. You can help the three little guys improve their lives! Look how skinny they are!

It’s getting late! Hurry up and catch it. I’ll go give two more to Aunt Liu in the backyard!”

Old Wang then noticed the two big catfish that Lin Geng was holding by the gills. His eyes flickered for a moment, revealing a look of surprise and desire, but he still waved his hands and said, "No, no! You finally caught a few fish, and you just recovered from your illness, so you need to replenish your body. How can I take your fish? No, you should take it back and pickle the leftovers. The weather will get cold soon. Make it into salted fish and save it for the New Year!"

Lin felt warm in his heart. Who said that all the neighbors in this courtyard were beasts? Why did these neighbors rarely appear in the plot? From the beginning to the end, there were only a few families making trouble, but there were more than 20 families in the courtyard. What about the other passers-by?

In fact, those passers-by who are not shown are the true portrayal of life in this era. They are all struggling for life and have no time and energy to look for trouble. They are all busy and trying to live their own lives.

It's just that for various reasons, they are often brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai, the old silver coin, and he kidnaps them with the moral stick high, uses various means to fool them, and even forces them, taking advantage of the herd mentality of ordinary people and turning them into tools.

These people are simple and unpretentious, doing various things silently, and it can even be said that they are mediocre, so they are ignored in the plot.

But there are still some people among them who are kind-hearted and stick to the last bottom line of being a human being. They are simple and sincere, and silently guard the last bit of truth in the world.

That's why Lin Geng did not turn completely evil after coming to this era, and still had a bit of kindness towards some of his neighbors in the yard. Old Wang and Aunt Liu in the backyard were the two candles in the yard that warmed his heart after he came to this era.

"Come on, Uncle Wang, I really caught a lot today, there are still a lot in this fish basket! Just take it and stew it for the three little ones! Don't be polite to me in the future, just take it. I have something to do, and you helped me, right? When I was sick, if you hadn't brought me food, I would have starved to death now! Haha! That's it, come on, I still have to go and deliver fish to Damao and Aunt Liu!"

After saying that, he stuffed the two fish into Old Wang's hands, teased the three little ones from the Wang family, and then carried the fish basket straight through the middle courtyard to the backyard.

Old Wang looked at the two big catfish in his hands and at Lin Gengjin's back as he walked into the middle courtyard. His eyes turned red. He sighed but didn't say anything. He told the three little ones to wait. He then carried the fish back to the house, found a basin and a knife, and started to kill the fish.

The three little ones immediately drooled and gathered around the basin to watch Grandpa kill the fish. Their eyes sparkled and they drooled with greed.

"You three must remember the kindness of your big brother Lin. When you grow up and big brother Lin has any problems, you must run quickly to help him! Grandpa doesn't have much ability, I'm sorry to your big brother Lin, you must strive to be more capable in the future..." Old Wang was nagging to the three little ones while picking up the fish.

When he passed through the middle courtyard, he saw the first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu were all in the middle courtyard. When they saw him, they stood up immediately and wanted to greet him, but Lin Geng didn't even look at them. He carried the fish basket and fishing rod and went straight through the middle courtyard to the backyard.

When the second aunt saw that Lin Geng was going to the backyard, she called out, "Xiao Lin, we've been waiting for you for a long time! Look..."

Lin Geng said coldly: "Wait!" and walked towards the backyard before finishing his words.

The first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu's faces suddenly turned dark, but there was nothing they could do. They could only follow Lin Geng to the hanging flower gate in the backyard to see what Lin Geng wanted to do.

"Brother Damao! Are you home?" Lin Geng shouted loudly at the door of Xu Damao's house.

Xu Damao responded in a muffled voice in the room, and staggered out after a while. The alcohol he had drunk at noon had not completely worn off yet, and it looked like he had just woken up. When he heard Lin Geng calling him, he reluctantly got up.

"Brother Damao, I just went fishing with Uncle San. We caught a lot, so I'll bring you two. You haven't had dinner yet, right? I'll go back and grill a fish later. Bring some steamed buns over and we can have a meal together!"

As Lin Geng spoke, he took out two grass carps weighing more than three pounds from the fish basket and handed them to Xu Damao.

As soon as Xu Damao saw the two big grass carps, he sobered up immediately and looked at Lin Geng in surprise: "Brother, when did you learn how to fish? You actually caught two such big fish!"

Lin Geng laughed and said, "I just learned this. It was Third Uncle who taught me. My luck today is incredible. I caught more than a dozen big fish. I'm sending two of them to you! Find a big basin to put them in first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!"

Come on, let’s stop talking. I’ll send two more to Aunt Liu. Wash your face later and bring a few steamed buns to my place for a meal!”

After hearing what Lin Geng said, Xu Damao didn't hesitate to take the two big grass carps and said to Lin Geng: "Okay, I won't be polite with you. You go back and stew the fish first. I'll wash my face and clean up. I'll come to you with steamed buns later! Let's eat at your place tonight! Let's see how good your cooking skills are!"

Lin Geng arrived at Aunt Liu's house. Aunt Liu was too embarrassed to take the two fish that Lin Geng gave her, but Lin Geng stuffed them into her hands and told her to cook them for the children at home before it was too late so that she and the children could replenish their bodies.

Lin Geng did not mention that he had been ill some time ago and Aunt Liu had sent him steamed bread and cornmeal porridge. He put down the fish and staggered back to the central courtyard with the fish basket in his hand.