Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

Lou Bancheng asked doubtfully, "What else?"

Li Dongfang smiled strangely and said, "You spent too much when you were young, and you lost a lot. Although you have taken good care of yourself in recent years, you still haven't made up for it."

"Cough cough." Lou Bancheng coughed twice awkwardly.

"Hey, hey, don't cough. I'm here for you. I'll give you a few injections and prescribe a prescription. After a month or so of recuperation, I guarantee you'll be full of energy and vigor. My mother-in-law won't be able to bear it." Li Dongfang said with a wink.

"Really?"

"Of course you will. I guarantee that even Xiao'e's stepmothers will be very satisfied." Li Dongfang raised his eyebrows.

"So magical?"

"Of course you will. Just wait and see."

From time to time, laughter that only men could understand could be heard from the study, causing Lou Xiao'e and her daughter to look at each other in bewilderment, wondering what shameful thing the two were plotting.

Li Dongfang was in high spirits after successfully taking over Loubancheng. This was the best news recently.

When Lou Xiao'e was sending him out, he hugged her and kissed her, making Lou Xiao'e very angry.

Lou Bancheng, who was standing at the window upstairs and peeking in, had an indignant look on his face, feeling that his little cotton-padded jacket was about to be snatched away by someone.

Finally, on the day before the Spring Festival holiday, which was the 28th day of the lunar year, I visited all the people I needed to visit, including Director Wang of the Street Office, the director and instructor of the Red Star Police Station, and several deputy directors.

(In the 1960s, there seemed to be no holiday for the Spring Festival, so I just made up a holiday time, from the 29th to the 3rd day of the first lunar month, a five-day holiday.)

When they came out of the Red Star Police Station, Duan Jingya pulled Li Dongfang and said, "Don't forget to come to my house for dinner during the New Year."

Li Dongfang took out the watch he had prepared and put it on her wrist and said, "Don't worry, you're going back to your parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. I understand."

Duan Jingya glared at him coquettishly and said, "Get lost now, you are so unruly."

Although Li Dongfang said this, he could still see the smile in her eyes. He got on the motorcycle and blew her a kiss, making Duan Jingya blush.

You bastard, I might consider rewarding you next time. Those embarrassing postures...hate it! Duan Jingya's heart was beating wildly.

When they got home, the three women were frying meatballs. They were made of radish and mixed with a little mung bean flour. The fried meatballs were particularly crispy. Nowadays, no one is willing to use oil when cooking, so the big pot of oil used to fry the meatballs can be said to be the ultimate luxury.

The fragrance filled the yard. It was okay for adults, who could only secretly smell it at home. But the children couldn't resist it. They all stood at the door of Li Dongfang's house with their fingers in their mouths, looking in.

Li Dongfang felt compassion for the skinny, small, shriveled figures, so he brought out half a basin of fried meatballs and said, "If you want to eat, come and line up. Call uncle and I'll give you meatballs."

The children who reacted quickly turned around and ran away immediately. Li Dongfang blinked for a moment and didn't understand the situation. The next moment, those children came back with their bowls and started to line up consciously.

"Uncle Li, I wish you good health."

"Be good." Li Dongfang rubbed a boy's hat, tilted it, grabbed a handful of meatballs and put them in his bowl. The boy didn't care whether his hat was tilted or not, and ran home crying.

"Mom, mom, Uncle Li gave me some meatballs, come and try them."

The child did not eat it himself immediately, but sent it home to his parents to eat. This is much better than Bang Geng, that ungrateful person.

"Uncle Li, get promoted and make a fortune."

"Be good." Li Dongfang sat on a small stool and accepted greetings from the children one by one.

The children who got the meatballs were all very happy.

Jia Zhang, who had been peeking in the house for a long time, was shocked. This looked unacceptable. Her family hadn't even had the chance to eat the shiny and crispy meatballs yet, and now Li Dongfang was giving them away. She felt like it was cutting off her own flesh and felt extremely heartbroken.

"Banggeng, Banggeng, come here quickly." Jia Zhang rolled her triangular eyes and shouted to Banggeng who was squatting on the ground and didn't know what to do.

"I'm here, grandma. What's the matter? Did my mom bring some meatballs?" Banggeng had already smelled the fragrance of the meatballs.

Jia Zhang curled her lips and said, "Don't mention that bitch. How can we have a share if we don't wait for Li Dongfang's family to finish eating the leftovers?! Hurry up, Li Dongfang is distributing meatballs to the children in the yard, you should go too, otherwise they will have distributed them all, and then they will all belong to our family."

He stuffed a basin into Bang Geng's hand and continued, "Remember to ask for more, be sure..."

"Don't worry, grandma. If he doesn't give it to me, I'll overturn the basin for him. They can also eat our meatballs." Jia Zhang originally wanted to say that she must not annoy Li Dongfang, but then she changed her mind and thought that Li Dongfang seemed to be in a good mood recently, so it should be okay even if he asked for more meatballs.

Banggeng rushed out of the house and went straight to Li Dongfang. He pushed away the little girl who was holding a bowl and calling Li Dongfang uncle, and reached out to pick up the bowl that Li Dongfang was holding the meatballs and pour it into his own bowl.

Li Dongfang was just thinking about Banggeng, the uneducated child, but then he did this. He held the little girl with one hand and slapped Banggeng in the face with the other hand.

Bang Geng was hit on the butt and the washbasin flew out and fell to the ground with a bang.

Banggeng has the support of Jia Zhang and has always been a bully among the children in the yard. Although Jia Zhang has been much quieter in the past two months, Banggeng still relies on his previous power to bully others and has not shown any signs of restraint.

Bang Geng, who was sitting on the ground, obviously didn't expect Li Dongfang to hit him. He sat on the ground in a daze for a moment, his face suddenly became ferocious, and he pointed at Li Dongfang with a face full of resentment and shouted: "Little beast, you hit me, you dare to hit me, Qin Huairu, you bitch, don't come out, your mistress hit me. Wow wow~~ Grandma, grandma, come quickly, Li Dongfang, the little beast, hit me!"

Qin Huairu heard the noise and leaned out of the kitchen window. She saw Banggeng sitting on the ground and throwing a tantrum. Her heart skipped a beat and she wanted to get out. You Fengxia reached out and held her back, saying, "Sister Huairu, think carefully about how Banggeng scolded you and Dongfang just now. Are you sure you want to intervene?"

Qin Huairu stopped immediately. Although if she intervened, Li Dongfang would not treat her like he treated You Fengxia for the sake of the child in her belly, but Li Dongfang would definitely feel uncomfortable. Moreover, Banggeng really needed a good education. He should go to school in the summer. If he continued like this, the school might not accept him.

After figuring this out, Qin Huairu started to make meatballs again and said to You Fengxia, "I understand, Fengxia, thank you."

You Fengxia smiled and said, "We are a family, it's too formal to say this. Let Dongfang teach Banggeng a lesson, otherwise he will become lawless when he grows up. If he really causes a disaster, it will be too late."