Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Qin Huairu saw Banggeng and burst into tears. "Banggeng, my dear son! You have suffered so much! Come back with me! What happened to your leg? It's fine, but now it's lame?"

"Oh, mom, it's okay. My foot is almost healed! Let's go and talk about it when we get back."

When Qin Huairu saw that her son said he was fine, she looked at him carefully and found that he had just sprained his muscles, so she felt relieved.

Bang Geng saw Qin Huairu rummaging around in her bag. Qin Huairu initially thought that her eldest son was missing her.

After a while, Bang Geng poked half of his head out and said, "Mom, didn't you bring me anything to eat?"

Qin Huairu: "Great! Mom has been taking a bus to pick you up this morning. Where can I get food prepared? Be good, let's go back and eat." Qin Huairu saved up a lot of meat tickets in the morning, thinking that she could have meat when her son came back.

Seeing that there was nothing to eat, Banggeng became an ungrateful person again. Qin Huairu didn't care and took Banggeng to the intersection to wait for the bus back to Sijiu City.

On the way back to Sijiu City, Bang Geng saw a group of children about his age wearing red armbands on the street. Bang Geng asked Qin Huairu, "Mom, what do these people do?"

Qin Huairu followed Bang Geng's gaze and saw a group of Red Guards gathered together, so she said to Bang Geng, "Ignore them. Our family can't afford to offend these people."

After listening to this, Banggeng thought to himself that it would be great if he could become one of them. As he was thinking about it, he fell asleep and had a dream. He dreamed that he became the king of the group of children and could eat whatever he wanted.

When the car arrived at the entrance of Nanluoguxiang Street, Qin Huairu woke up Banggeng who was drooling, "Banggeng, wake up, we're home." Banggeng opened his eyes drowsily and looked at the familiar streets around him. Banggeng came back to life.

After getting off the car, Banggeng and Qin Huairu talked about what they wanted to eat all the way. Qin Huairu agreed with a doting look on her face. When they entered the gate of the courtyard, they were seen by Yan Bugui's wife.

Yang Ruihua smiled and said, "Oh, Qin Huairu didn't go to sweep the streets today?"

Qin Huairu: "No, has Aunt Yan's teacher Yan's wound gotten better?"

Yang Ruihua: "Hey, just like that! Is that Banggeng behind you?" Yang Ruihua didn't notice Banggeng at first, but now seeing that Banggeng was as thin as a bamboo pole, Yang Ruihua didn't bother to continue chatting with Qin Huairu. He went home and told Yan Bugui about Banggeng's return.

Qin Huairu took Banggeng to the inner room. Banggeng saw many new faces in the courtyard, and they were all children. When he first entered the courtyard, there were few children in this courtyard.

Banggeng came into the house and Jia Zhang was lying on the bed. When she heard Qin Huairu say that Banggeng was back, she sat up from the bed and looked at the thin Banggeng in front of her.

Jia Zhang: "My poor grandson, come here and give grandma a hug! My poor grandson! Qin Huairu, cut some meat for Banggeng tonight to nourish his body. Look at these damned people in there who are starving my Banggeng."

Banggeng looked at the grandmother in front of him. He felt a little unfamiliar and also a little hateful towards Jia Zhangshi, because Jia Zhangshi hadn't come to see him for a long time last time. This was also the foundation of the Jia family. They were all ungrateful people.

Seeing that Banggeng was indifferent to her, Jia Zhang thought Qin Huairu had said something bad about her in front of Banggeng. Jia Zhang said, "Banggeng, if you want to blame someone, blame your heartless mother!..."

Just as Jia Zhang was about to say something bad about Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu came over and said, "Mom, please stop talking! Let Banggeng rest for a while! Go and cook."

When Jia Zhang heard that Banggeng had come back, she thought that Banggeng had come back for nothing, so she continued, "Qin Huairu, don't think of bullying me now that my good grandson is back! Banggeng, grandma has been bullied to death by your useless mother!"

Bang Geng still looked at Jia Zhang indifferently. After a while, he said to Jia Zhang, "Grandma, just go and cook! I'm almost starving."

Jia Zhang couldn't believe her ears. Why was there such a big contrast after Banggeng's return? But she didn't have time to think about it. She thought Banggeng was hungry, so she got up immediately and went to the kitchen to cook. She thought that Banggeng would pay attention to her after the meal was ready.

Bang Geng remembered what Yan Bugui's wife had just said, and asked Qin Huairu, "Mom, why are you sweeping the streets? Aren't you working at the steel mill?"

Qin Huairu said embarrassedly, "Mom was fired because she made a mistake at the factory. Now I'm doing pretty well sweeping the streets! Xiao Dang Huaihua, come and see that your brother is back." Qin Huairu didn't continue talking but changed the subject and called Xiao Dang Huaihua.

Bang Geng was shocked to learn that Qin Huairu was fired. He thought that it was because of his theft of soy sauce from the steel mill that Qin Huairu was implicated. He said to Qin Huairu guiltily, "Mom, you have worked hard."

After hearing Banggeng's words, Qin Huairu couldn't believe how her ears got better after Banggeng entered them.

Qin Huairu wiped her tears and said, "Great! Mom is not suffering! Everything will be fine when you guys grow up."

Xiaodang and Huaihua hadn't seen Banggeng for many years, so they felt a sense of unfamiliarity when looking at Banggeng, especially Huaihua, because her brother went in when she was still young.

Xiaodang would always say in Huaihua's ear, "Hurry up and eat now. When your brother comes back, mom won't like us anymore." He used these words to scare Huaihua, and gradually Huaihua became more afraid of Banggeng.

Xiaodang was the first to call him "brother", to which Banggeng responded coldly. Huaihua next to him also followed Xiaodang in calling him brother. Banggeng recalled that he had stolen the chicken from Xu Damao's house just to let Huaihua have a bite of chicken. Now his sister looked at him like a stranger.

Thinking of Xu Damao, Bang Geng was furious! If Xu Damao hadn't insisted on getting him in, he might have just lost some money, and the steel mill wouldn't even know that he had stolen public soy sauce.

Banggeng thought of Xu Damao and Shazhu. If Shazhu had not spoken out at the beginning, Xu Damao would never have discovered him. For a moment, Banggeng hated Shazhu and Xu Damao.

Bang Geng went to Qin Huairu and asked, "Mom, how are Sha Zhu and Xu Damao doing now?"

Qin Huairu was confused and said, "Shazhu and Xu Damao are at home. They have their own children now."

After thinking for a while, Qin Huairu said, "You can't retaliate against him. Xu Damao is now the deputy director of the Steel Mill's Ga Committee. This is no joke. Sha Zhu is also the director of the Steel Mill's canteen. He has a lot of power."

Banggeng was very dissatisfied after hearing this. He wondered how Shazhu could be the canteen director. He also thought that Xu Damao's position as the director of the Ga Committee was not a very prestigious position at all.