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In the end, Ma Hua successfully moved into the courtyard house.

Although Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do to change it.

A week after the Ma Hua couple moved in, a tall, thin old man came to the entrance of the courtyard house.

He looked at the courtyard house with tears in his eyes, his expression extremely agitated.

"You are Lao Liu."

Yan Bugui, who was guarding the gate, heard the commotion and came out of the courtyard.

The changes in his bangs at this time are too great.

His once-signature chubby figure has disappeared, and he has become a thin old man.

Yan Bugui was really unsure.

Liu Haizhong saw Yan Bugui and nodded: "Old Yan, you haven't changed at all."

After confirming the person's identity, Yan Bugui said with emotion, "Old Liu, you've changed a lot. Come on in."

Liu Haizhong followed Yan Bugui in.

Li Dagen, seeing Liu Haizhong's expression, asked with the same question, "Old Liu?"

Liu Haizhong was used to it. Whenever he returned to the alley, many people would ask him the same question.

He answered again, "It's me, Lao Li."

Li Dagen and Liu Haizhong had a so-so relationship and didn't have much to say to each other.

He said dryly, "It's good that you're back. You should go home now."

Liu Haizhong was in no mood to argue and headed straight home.

The three women asked Yan Bugui, who had just entered the house, "Old Liu has changed so much!"

Yan Bugui said, "Having lived there for so many years, isn't it normal for things to change so much?"
When Lao Yi and Xu Damao first returned, they had changed a lot too.

The three women said, "That's not what I meant. I meant his physique."

He was still that fat even during those most difficult years.

Yan Bugui couldn't figure it out: "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

When Yi Zhonghai first came out, he asked Yi Zhonghai about it. Yi Zhonghai didn't mention it to him.

When Liu Haizhong passed by the Intermediate People's Court, he said a few words to Yi Zhonghai and then went back to the backyard.

When Auntie Er saw Liu Haizhong, tears streamed down her face: "You old geezer, you're finally back."

Liu Haizhong, however, looked displeased: "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."

I asked you, "Why didn't you come to pick me up?"

The second aunt felt even more aggrieved: "I didn't know when you would come out, so how could I pick you up?"

"If you don't even come to see me, how can you know when I'll come out?"

Xu Damao's wife visits him every month with the child. What about you?

The second aunt cried even more bitterly: "Do you think I don't want to go?"
Those two unfilial sons of ours are always thinking about our meager pension and our house.

"If I'm not home to look after you, you'll have nowhere to go when you come back."

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong was even angrier than he had imagined.

"Tell me what exactly happened."

The second aunt then recounted all the grievances she had suffered over the years.

Liu Haizhong was furious when he heard this.

"Those two damned little brats, we shouldn't have had them in the first place."

"Who should I have given birth to?"

When Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu learned that Liu Haizhong had returned, they went home together.

Hearing the curses in Liu Haizhong's hair, the two of them were also filled with anger.

"I shouldn't have given birth to two unfilial sons like you," Liu Haizhong said angrily.

Liu Guangtian sneered, "Yes, you shouldn't have given birth to me and Guangfu. You should have only given birth to my eldest brother."

I'm just asking you, now that you're in jail, has your older brother come to see you?

Liu Guangfu said, "What are you looking at? Dad just went in, and my eldest brother wrote a letter severing ties with his family and sent it back. Mom, when you went to see Dad with Qin Huairu, didn't you tell him?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong looked sharply at his second aunt and asked, "Is what they're saying true?"

Aunt Erda argued, "Yes, Guangqi wrote back saying he wanted to sever ties with us."

But he had no choice in the matter. He then wrote another letter explaining his predicament.

If he doesn't sever ties with you, he'll lose his job. And our granddaughter and grandson's futures will be in jeopardy too.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong agreed with his second aunt's explanation. He knew that Xu Damao had divorced Zhang Yan as soon as he went in to avoid implicating his family.

"Did you hear that? Your older brother had no choice."

Liu Guangtian said, "We had no choice."

Liu Haizhong said angrily, "What forced you to do? If you hadn't betrayed me, I would have arrested Sha Zhu back then."

Liu Guangtian retorted indignantly, "If I hadn't told Brother Zhu back then, you would have been sent to the Northwest to eat sand long ago."

"Who is Brother Zhu? Can you afford to offend him?"

"You..." Liu Haizhong couldn't find a reason to refute, and was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

Liu Guangfu said, "Dad, just shut up. My second brother and I are all grown up now, you can't beat us."

The quarrel in the Liu family quickly spread throughout the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui both heard it.

Yan Bugui said, "Guangtian Guangfu is outrageous. Lao Yi, we should go and take a look."

Yi Zhonghai shared the same idea. He hoped the Liu brothers would be unfilial, but he wouldn't allow them to argue with Liu Haizhong.

This behavior will seriously affect his retirement and have a negative impact on the people in the facility.

Especially the pheasant. He was afraid the pheasant would learn from them in the future.

The two then entered the Liu family's residence.

"Guangtian, Guangfu, how can you talk to Lao Liu like that? Don't you know he just got back? Look how thin he's become."

Liu Guangtian said with dissatisfaction, "That's all his own fault. It was originally a matter of punishment by the factory. Who told you to write the complaint letter to higher authorities?"

"If it weren't for the whistleblower's letter, would it have even reached the police station?"

Yi Zhonghai's face turned dark with anger. He hates it when people bring up his dark past.

Of all the complaint letters he had written over the years, the one he wrote for Fang Ping was the only one he regretted.

Yan Bugui quickly tried to mediate: "Alright, let's both say less. It'll make you look good if others laugh at you."

The argument ended only after his persuasion.

The two brothers, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, left and reunited.

"Brother, I bet Dad will collude with Yi Zhonghai again."

Liu Guangtian said, "What bet? Isn't it obvious?"
The three of them together will never do anything good. All I ask of him now is that he not drag me down with him.

Liu Guangfu whispered, "Dad's back. We can't stay in this house anymore."

I'm planning to move.

"Have you found a house?" Liu Guangtian had the same thought.

"Not yet," Liu Guangfu said. "But I can try to get it from the factory."

It doesn't matter if the house is good or bad, as long as it's habitable.

Look at Dad, he's obviously not in good health.

If we stay here, all we can do is take care of him.

Taking care of him is not a problem; the key issue is that he wants to give his savings and house to his older brother.

Why should we put in the money and effort, only to have the older brother reap the benefits in the end?

Liu Guangtian slapped his thigh: "That's exactly right. They dote on our eldest brother the most, and they get angry when they see us."

For their health's sake, the matter of caring for them in their old age should be left to the eldest brother.

The two brothers tacitly came to the same conclusion.

Separated by a wall, Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui began to persuade Liu Haizhong.

"Old Liu, it's so good to see you back. You have no idea what the place has become."

The two of them each gave a sentence, describing the situation of the courtyard house.

In short, a courtyard house cannot be called a courtyard house without these three old men.

After all these years, Liu Haizhong had become more astute and directly asked them, "What do you want to do?"

They wanted Liu Haizhong to take the lead, but they couldn't say it outright. (End of Chapter)