Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

After sending Master Liu away, Li Kangri took out 500 yuan and gave it to Xu Damao, saying, "Brother Xu, can you keep an eye on this house for me? I'm going home to pick up my family, and it may take more than half a month, is that ok?"

"No problem, brother. We are just friends. You can go with peace of mind!" Xu Damao agreed.

"Thank you very much, I will leave for home this afternoon."

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After Xu Damao left, Li Kangri did not lock the door. He put the pots, pans, and quilts inside into the Shanhe Sheji Tu and went to the street office.

After obtaining the consent of the street office, Li Kangri boarded the train home.

Three days later, Li Kangri finally returned home. When he entered the house, he took out the big bag he had prepared in advance and held it in his hand.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw his grandmother in the yard. "Grandma, I'm back!" Li Kangri said happily.

"Hey, my grandson is back? Come in quickly, I'll go to the ground to call your grandfather and others to come back." The old lady said as she was about to go out with her crutches.

"Grandma, let me go. You stay at home. It will take a lot of effort for your small feet." Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Haha, then go ahead. I won't argue with you, grandma."

Soon, Li Kangri went out and came to the ground. At that moment, a group of people were hitting the clods of earth on the ground with hammers!

Seeing Li Kangri coming, Li Qinghe ran and shouted, "Brother, brother, mom, sister Yue'er, my brother is back!"

"Anti-Japanese brother!" Wang Yue also shouted and ran over.

Seeing the two girls running towards him, Li Kangri was extremely happy. It felt so good to be remembered by others.

After patting his sister's head, Li Kangri said, "Come on, Yue'er, come home with us. I bought a few pounds of meat in Zhenshan. Let's have dinner at my house today!"

"Okay, Brother Kangri." Wang Yue smiled and climbed onto Li Kangri's arm.

At this time, the villagers also gathered around.

"Kangri, you're back! How is it? How is the city of Beijing? Have you seen the leader?" asked Li Kangri's cousin curiously.

"Uncle, what are you talking about! It's the same everywhere. And can I just meet the leader casually?" Li Kangri said with a smile

"Gousheng, stop talking nonsense and get to work." Li Xingye said unhappily.

"Kangri, are the girls in the old city pretty? Are they as pretty as Yue'er?" one of Li Kangri's aunts joked.

"Haha, auntie, that's definitely not the case. My Yue'er is the prettiest in the surrounding villages." Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Brother Kangri!" Wang Yue blushed and pulled Li Kangri's arm and shouted.

"Hey, hey, look your wife is blushing!" said the aunt with laughter.

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"Let's all get back to work! If we had the time, we could have finished the work long ago." Li Xingye said, and then he turned to Li Kangri and said, "Let's go home! Go home and tell Grandpa about the situation!"

After saying that, Li Xingye put his hands behind his back and walked towards home. Behind him, Li Kangri and four others followed him.

After returning home, as soon as Li Kangri sat down, several members of the family sat around him. "Have you seen that bastard?" Li Xingye asked first.

"seen!"

"It's good to see him. Is he okay?" Li Xingye asked.

"Very good, and I gave you two grandsons and a granddaughter!"

As he spoke, Li Kangri glanced at his mother out of the corner of his eye. It was obvious that his mother, who had been somewhat happy just now, immediately had a gloomy look in her eyes.

At this time, Li Xingye also noticed the change in his daughter-in-law, so he immediately said, "Just give birth to the baby. Even if you give birth, she won't be a member of my Li family. In my heart, you are the only grandson and Qinghe is the only granddaughter. I don't recognize the others. Did he arrange a job for you?"

"It's been arranged. Mine, Qinghe's, and Yue'er's are all arranged, and the house has also been divided. Your son is amazing!"

"Anti-Japanese brother, do I have a part in it?" Wang Yue asked excitedly.

"Of course. Even though I don't recognize him, it doesn't stop me from getting a job for my wife! Oh, and I also want compensation for my mother."

As he spoke, Li Kangri reached out and took out a stack of big black tens and placed them on the table. "Mom, this is the one thousand yuan I asked for from you. Take it!"

"So many!?" several people asked at the same time.

"A lot? I also asked for a lot of tickets, bicycles, sewing machines, watches, and a lot of food coupons!" said Li Kangri.

"Ah! He is willing to give you so much?" Li Xingye asked in surprise.

"Haha, he owes us this. How can we not give it to him? Besides, he doesn't need it." Li Kangri said indifferently.

"Okay, it's good to have this money. I was worried that you wouldn't have a good place to stay there! Now it's good." Li Xingye said with relief.

"Kangri, take the money. You have a lot of places to spend money outside, and we have some at home." As she said that, Wang Shuixiang took the money on the table and was about to hand it to Li Kangri.

"You take it! Aren't you going to Sijiucheng with me?" Li Kangri asked doubtfully.

"Child, there are so many things going on at home. Can your mother leave you? What will happen to your grandparents if I leave you?" Wang Shuixiang said.

"Let's go together! I specially asked Chen Shimei to build a big house for us, which is big enough for our family to live in!" Li Kangri shouted.

"Kangri, your grandfather doesn't want to leave for the time being. We have discussed it. I will go over to take care of your child after you give birth. For now, I'd better stay at home!"

"Grandpa, is this what you mean?" Li Kangri asked.

"It is hard to leave our hometown during the Anti-Japanese War. My grandparents have lived here all their lives and don't want to leave. Let's wait until the day when we can't move anymore!" said Li Xingye.

"Do you mean that I will only take Qinghe and Yue'er with me this time?"

"You must take Qinghe away, but as for Yue'er, you also need the consent of her parents! After all, you haven't gotten married yet!" said Wang Shuixiang.

"Yu'er, what do you mean? Do you want to go with me this time?" Li Kangri asked Wang Yue.

"Brother Kangri, I want to go with you too! I don't want to be separated from you for a moment, but my father doesn't agree. He says that I must get married if I want to go with you." Wang Yue said.

"Ah! So I'm only bringing my younger sister with me this time?" Li Kangri said dissatisfiedly.

"It's really not appropriate to fight against the Japanese without getting married. Yue'er will be eighteen in half a year. You can come over after the New Year to get married and then take her away. Don't worry, mom is watching over you! She can't run away. Besides, look, Yue'er's heart is all on you, you can't drive her away!" Wang Shuixiang said with a smile.

"Okay! This is fine. I'll go back and clean up the house and wait for Yue'er to come over." Li Kangri said helplessly.

"Here, take the money!" Li Shuixiang said with a smile.

"Mom, half is enough for me. My monthly salary is more than fifty yuan! I will never be short of money in the future."

"Over fifty?" Wang Shuixiang said in shock. Their family doesn't make more than fifty in a year!

"That's why you don't have to worry about me not having enough money."

"Okay, keep 500 and save the rest for you brothers and sisters!" Wang Shuixiang said happily.

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