Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

In the yard, when Jia Zhang saw her precious grandson being beaten, she immediately felt that she was in the right this time. She pushed open the door and rushed out, shouting at Li Dongfang: "Little... Li Dongfang, why did you hit my grandson? Look, my grandson's face is swollen."

With one shout, he called out everyone else in the yard. Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to speak directly this time. He decided to wait and see what happened first.

Li Dongfang simply ignored Jia Zhangshi's existence. He smiled and rubbed the little girl's head, grabbed a handful of meatballs and put them in her bowl, saying, "Don't cry, little girl. Uncle will give you meatballs."

Before the little girl could say anything, Bang Geng started to yell, "You little loser, put down my meatballs. These are mine, you are not allowed to eat them!"

Li Dongfang patted the little girl's hand holding the bowl and said, "Don't be afraid, take it home and eat with your parents. Go ahead."

After saying that, he turned around, put away his smile, and glared at Banggeng. Banggeng, who had just been slapped, was immediately frightened.

Jia Zhang directly stretched out her hands to protect Bang Geng and said, "Li Dongfang, what do you want to do? Our Bang Geng is not wrong. If you have food at home and you can't finish it, shouldn't you give it to us?"

"That's right! My grandma is right!" With the support of Jia Zhang, Banggeng immediately became excited. In his impression, he was not afraid of anything as long as his grandma took action.

"Hehe, Jia Zhang, the food that my family can't finish belongs to my family? Who made this rule? How come I didn't know? Is it because you've been living too comfortably lately and you're feeling itchy?" Li Dongfang stood up and said to Jia Zhang and Bang Geng.

"I...I...I..." Jia Zhang instantly remembered what happened to her some time ago. She hesitated and didn't dare to speak. She looked around to see if there were any friendly troops.

"What do you mean by 'you'? I'm telling you today. Anyone can eat this meatball, but you can't. Do you believe it?"

As he spoke, Li Dongfang picked up the basin and started distributing meatballs to the children queuing at the back one by one.

When Jia Zhang saw the meatballs being eaten so quickly, she immediately became anxious, "Why? Why can others eat them but we can't? You are clearly bullying us, an orphan and a widow... Old Jia... open your eyes and see, someone is bullying us, an orphan and a widow..."

Li Dongfang ignored her and put the meatballs into Yan Jiedi's bowl. "Jiedi, go home and ask your brother to report to the police. Say someone is spreading feudal superstition. Then fry some dried taro and give him half a bowl."

"Okay, Dongfang, I'll go ask Jie Cheng to run over right away." The third aunt's eyes lit up and she answered directly.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that things were going to get out of hand again, he could only secretly hate Jia Zhang's stupid brain. She only cared about eating and not being beaten. After suffering so many losses, she still wanted to provoke Li Dongfang. Why didn't you just let Bang Geng receive the meatballs honestly? Why did you insist on eating more and taking more? Now, you have to clean up her mess yourself.

Stopping the three aunts, Yi Zhonghai said, "Dongfang, there's no need to report to the police. Today's incident is the fault of Jia Zhang and Bang Geng. You beat them up, and now it's your fault too if the police come."

Li Dongfang immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle, I didn't hit anyone. Someone robbed me and I was defending myself. Don't say anything nonsense."

The people in the courtyard were already unhappy about Banggeng and Jia Zhangshi trying to snatch the meatballs that Li Dongfang had given to their children. When Yi Zhonghai's words of defense came out, they all said that Banggeng deserved to be beaten for stealing things.

Seeing that this was going to arouse public anger again, Yi Zhonghai quickly said to Jia Zhang: "Why don't you apologize and go home? You are really bringing shame to our civilized compound."

Jia Zhang had already been scared. If the situation got out of hand, she would be slapped in the face again. So she quickly picked up the stick on the ground and walked home, not forgetting to pick up the washbasin that had fallen on the ground before leaving.

Ha, you want to leave after making trouble? Li Dongfang directly said to the third aunt: "Third aunt, what is the standard of your family's dinner tonight?"

The third aunt immediately understood what Li Dongfang meant and answered loudly, "Adults get one coarse flour steamed bread, two pickles, and a bowl of corn paste, and children get half as much."

"Okay, thank you Third Aunt, I know the standard of the Jia family's dinner tonight." Li Dongfang also said loudly.

Jia Zhang secretly resented Banggeng for his incompetence, and pulled Banggeng, who was clamoring for meatballs, straight into the house.

"Grandma, you are so mean. I won't kiss you anymore. If you don't let me eat meatballs, I won't take care of you in your old age." Banggeng's relentless voice came out, and no one in the yard paid any attention to his crying.

Yi Zhonghai also turned around and went back to the house with an annoyed look on his face, and Li Dongfang continued to divide his meatballs.

Half a bowl of meatballs had just been divided up, and there were still a few left. Li Dongfang gave them directly to the three aunts, who went back happily.

The others secretly hated themselves for not reacting as quickly as the Yan family, otherwise the last few meatballs would have been theirs. They were indeed the most calculating family.

As they had to accompany Qin Huairu back to her hometown tomorrow, the three girls continued to fry meatballs and French fries after dinner. However, Aunt Shu, who was never talkative, became even more silent in the past two days. Li Dongfang had no chance to be alone with her, so it was difficult to persuade her.

At night, Qin Huairu climbed onto Li Dongfang's bed, laid on his chest and said, "Dongfang, what should we do with Banggeng? He's been spoiled by her grandmother. His life is ruined."

Li Dongfang put his hands under his head, enjoying Qin Huairu's soft body pressed against him, and said helplessly: "You have no way out now. Jia Zhangshi will never let Banggeng listen to you, unless you can ask the Jia family for help, but this is obviously impossible in the current situation, so you can only take it one step at a time."

Qin Huairu was silent for a while after hearing this before she sighed and said, "This is the only way."

Since Qin Huairu was less than three months pregnant, she still couldn't really do anything. Qin Huairu could only use biting to comfort Li Dongfang. After that, the two hugged each other and talked for a while before falling asleep.

The next day, Li Dongfang took Qin Huairu on a motorcycle. The motorcycle was full of things. In addition to three large bags tied to the back seat, there was also half a basket of eggs and fried meatballs at Qin Huairu's feet in the truck bed. Qin Huairu was wearing a cotton hat and a large scarf, and was wrapped in a quilt. She was fully armed. Even the bicycle that was going to be given to Qin Huairu's family was tied to the spare tire rack at the back of the truck bed.

They drove towards Qinjia Village with clanging sounds all the way. The roads in the city were okay, at least they were flat. But once they were out of the city, they became bumpy. Considering Qin Huairu's health, Li Dongfang drove very slowly, not much faster than a bicycle. After two or three hours of driving, they finally arrived at Qinjia Village around noon.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, someone recognized Qin Huairu in the car and shouted in surprise: "This is the Qin family's Huairu, this is incredible, she is sitting on a sidecar."

"It's me, Aunt Zhao. It's not New Year yet, so I'm going home to visit you. You're busy, so I'll go home first."

"Oh, it's you. Go back quickly. Your family will be waiting for you."