Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

July 2024 is graduation season again.

In the auditorium of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Yenching University in Sijiu City, a young student with delicate features and a strong physique was giving a graduation speech on the podium with high spirits.

"Good morning, everyone!

I am Li Yaozu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. I am very honored to speak here as a representative of the 2023 undergraduate graduates.

Some people say that we are a difficult class of undergraduate graduates who have experienced many uncertainties. However, I would like to say that in a sense, we are a lucky class of graduates...

We will set off immediately to contribute our strength to the construction of our motherland.

Finally, I wish you all a bright future and see you in our society! "

"Pa pa pa..." There was warm applause in the auditorium.

……

After the meeting, Li Yaozu walked out of the auditorium with his schoolbag. As he reached the door, he saw the dean waving at him from a distance.

Without delay, Li Yaoyang immediately trotted to the dean, put his hands together, and asked respectfully, "Dean, do you want to talk to me about something? Haha!"

Seeing Li Yaozu's respectful look, coupled with his tall and handsome appearance, the dean said with a smile on his face, "Xiao Li, what you just said was good. What are your plans next?"

"Dean, I want to start working first!" Li Yaozu hesitated embarrassedly.

"To be honest with you, I like kids like you, and you have a talent for mechanics. I don't want you to be buried like this. How about I reserve one of my graduate student recommendation spots for you?" the dean said kindly.

Li Yaozu was very moved by the Dean's kind and eager eyes, but he knew his own business, so he hardened his heart and said, "Dean, I also want to continue studying with you, but you know my family situation. My parents are farmers, and their income is too low. They have used up all their strength to support me until I graduated from college, and my father's health is getting worse. Now that I have graduated, I want to join the workforce as soon as possible to repay their kindness in raising me. I don't want the story of a son wanting to be filial but his parents are not around to happen to me, so I'm sorry to disappoint you, Dean." Li Yaozu said apologetically.

"Oh! You are such a filial child. Let me find you a part-time job. With your ability, the salary is definitely not lower than your formal job. How about you work while studying for your master's degree? I really can't bear to see you give up your studies like this." The dean said kindly.

"Really?" Li Yaozu was very excited, but he quickly came to his senses and said embarrassedly, "Dean, will I cause you any trouble? If it does, forget it."

"It's not a problem. As long as you study hard in the future, it will be the greatest reward for me. That's it. Go home and see your parents first, and then I'll make arrangements for you when you come back." The dean patted Li Yaozu on the shoulder and said.

"Dean, I..." Li Yaozu wiped his tears and said, "Dean, I will always remember your kindness."

"Good boy, go back, go back to see your parents and come back quickly. You can earn a lot of money in one vacation." The dean said with relief.

This child is so sensible and so pitiful. He really doesn't want to bury such a kind, filial and smart child.

After bidding farewell to the dean, Li Yaozu returned to the dormitory, packed his luggage, and hurried to the station to board the train home.

Li Yaozu's home is located in a remote mountain area near the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is a poor village in a notoriously poor county. Because most of the people in the village are surnamed Li, it is also called Lijia Village.

The great man said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. However, their village is in the mountains and the roads are difficult to build. In addition, the only people passing by are from their village, so even when the policy of connecting every village to other roads was implemented, their village was left behind.

So now, the only road is just a narrow path, and people can only go in and out by motorcycle.

After getting off the train and changing buses several times, Li Yaozu finally arrived at the entrance to the mountain at twelve o'clock in the night.

"Oh! No matter how fast we hurry, we still arrive here in the middle of the night. It seems I can only take a shortcut back!" Li Yaozu sighed. He had no choice but to take the steep shortcut to go home.

Soon after a period of struggle, Li Yaozu arrived at the edge of the Li family's ancestral tomb, just when he wanted to take a rest.

Suddenly, he discovered a faint light flickering in the largest tomb.

"Oh no! Could it be that the grave scorpion has come to dig up my Li family's ancestral grave again?" Li Yaozu thought.

Thinking of this, he put down his luggage and quietly walked over. He wanted to see if someone was digging up his ancestors' graves.

Sure enough, when he got closer, he saw that a small hole had been dug next to the earliest grave, and a faint light was coming out of it.

"Fuck, you'll die a miserable death if you dig up someone's ancestral grave!"

After mumbling to himself for a while, he took out his cell phone and hurriedly dialed three numbers...

Before he could say anything, a towel covered his mouth and nose, and he fainted in a few seconds!

"Hello, this is the 110 Alarm Center. How can I help you?"

Next to me, a pleasant voice came from the cell phone that had fallen to the ground.

Then, the big hands picked up the phone and hung up without thinking!

……

"Boss, I caught a guy outside and almost called the police on him!"

In the grave, a man who looked like an iron tower threw Li Yaozu to the ground and said.

“Let me see!” The man called the leader came over and kicked Li Yaozu in the face, saying, “Hey, there’s a handsome guy there. He must be a villager passing by. Let’s wake him up and ask him why there is nothing in this grave except a pair of broken stone drums!”

"Who are you? Where am I?" Li Yaozu screamed after waking up.

"Where? You asked this question. Didn't you just press 110? How could you not know where this is?" the iron tower man asked with a smile.

"You, you are tomb robbers? Is this my family's ancestral tomb?" Li Yaozu asked.

"Hey, we have met the descendants of the tomb owner! Boy, tell me why this tomb is empty? Don't lie to me! The tomb is in such a good location, it is impossible for it to belong to an ordinary person, tell me quickly!" asked the leader.

"I, I, I don't know either! My family is poor, but this tomb has been robbed many times. I guess the things have been taken away by someone else!" said Li Yaozu.

"Boss, this guy must be telling the truth. There are several blocked holes here!" said another man with shifty eyes.

"Fuck, what bad luck, damn it, let's retreat, we worked hard all night in vain!" the boss cursed.

"Boss, what should we do with this kid?" asked the iron tower man.

After hearing the question from his subordinate, the boss thought for a while, then looked at Li Yaozu and said, "Sorry, kid. It's your fault for seeing something you shouldn't have seen! You are not at a loss either. At least you can keep your ancestor company!" After that, he winked at the iron tower man.

"Pfft!"

Before Li Yaozu could say anything, a dagger stabbed into his back, and after a cold feeling, he lost consciousness.

After stabbing, the iron tower man threw Li Yaozu's body next to the stone drum. Soon a pool of bright red blood flowed along the ground to the bottom of the stone drum. At this time, no one noticed that the blood was slowly disappearing beside the stone drum.

Just when several people were about to leave the tomb, the stone drum suddenly shattered into pieces, emitting a dazzling red light. Wherever the red light passed, all the people disappeared completely, even Li Yaozu's body disappeared into the ground!