Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

After four days of traveling, Li Kangri finally arrived at the long-missed city of Sijiu.

At first glance, the station is still the same as in the previous life, but it has just been built. The only thing that is similar to the later life is the people. The square is densely packed with people coming and going.

After leaving the train station, Li Kangri came to the street and immediately felt the flavor of history. At that time, the old city did not have the tall buildings and bustling streets of later generations, but it had a unique flavor and charm.

Because it was getting dark, Li Kangri did not stay for too long. There would be plenty of time in the future, so it was more important to hurry on his way.

After looking at the address on the envelope, Li Kangri got on the trolleybus. After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at an exquisite villa.

When he arrived at the door, he saw two guards guarding the door. Without hesitation, Li Kangri walked up to the guard who looked young, "Hello, comrade. Excuse me, does Li Renyi live here?"

"Who are you?" the young guard asked vigilantly, while tightening his gun in his hand.

"Don't be nervous, I came from Li Renyi's hometown. Look, this is the letter he wrote to us!" Li Kangri handed over the letter in his hand.

"Yes, our leader lives here. Who are you? I'll go and ask for you!" said the little guard.

"Tell him that I'm from Lijia Village, and I came to ask him if he still remembers Wang Shuixiang who lived in the remote mountains back then?" Li Kangri said.

Hearing Li Kangri's words, the young guard looked at him puzzledly and walked to the guard next to him. The two communicated for a while, and the young guard walked straight into the house.

After a while, the young soldier came out, followed by a middle-aged man in green clothes. He had a square face, dignified looks, righteousness, sharp and firm eyes, as if he could see through everything. He was tall and straight, with steady and powerful steps, and every step he took carried an unstoppable momentum.

Just as Li Kangri was looking at him, two people quickly came in front of him, and the middle-aged man asked excitedly, "Are you Kangri?"

One glance, just one glance, and he was sure that this was his son, so he asked.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Li Kangri did not give a direct answer, but asked, "Are you Li Renyi? How do you know my name is Kangri?"

"Great, I finally meet you. Your grandfather wrote back to me and told me that you changed your name. I am your father. Come on, come in with me." Li Renyi said excitedly.

"No, you are not my father. I am Wang Shuixiang's son." After saying that, Li Kangri looked at the young guard and asked, "Didn't you tell him what I asked for my mother?"

"I said it!" the little guard said subconsciously.

"That's good to say, Li Renyi, right? Tell me, do you still remember Wang Shuixiang from the remote mountain area back then?" Li Kangri looked straight at Li Renyi and asked.

Hearing Li Kangri's words, Li Renyi was stunned. He didn't expect his son to be so resentful of him. There was nothing he could do. Who told him to be the unfaithful person first? But he felt that he was right. It was a new society! Marriage should be free. He and Wang Shuixiang were arranged marriages. Breaking up was a revolution, a revolution against feudal dregs.

"Anti-Japanese, what are you talking about! That's a matter between your mother and me, kids shouldn't interfere. Come with me in, we'll talk in the room." Li Renyi said with a grim expression.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the two guards nearby immediately started to imagine what had happened. They had already imagined most of what had happened on their own, and they just stood there with strange expressions and turned their heads away.

"What you said makes a lot of sense. Let's go in and talk." Li Kangri said. He was only asking this on behalf of his predecessor, but it was also mixed with his personal emotions.

When he entered the house, Li Kangri saw that it was big, extremely big, a two-story Western-style building with a living room in the middle and a circle of rooms on the sides. Looking down the stairs, the top was also hollow, with the same layout as the bottom, also a circle of rooms.

"Anti-Japanese, sit down, sit down and talk!" Li Renyi said with a smile.

Hearing Li Renyi's words, Li Kangri unceremoniously threw a small bag of sorghum rice on the coffee table, and then sat down with a swagger.

"Are you thirsty? I'll go get you some water!" Li Renyi asked.

"Not thirsty!"

"Oh, are you hungry? Your mom is cooking and it will be ready soon. You have two younger brothers and a younger sister. I'll call them down to meet you!"

"No, I have a mother. Your little bourgeois is not my mother. She is not much older than me, right? I am only eight years older at most!" Li Kangri said playfully.

"Haha, kid, I've told you not to interfere in adult matters. Your mother and I had an arranged marriage. It's a new era now. We all have to have the courage to pursue our own happiness. Your mother can also remarry!" Li Renyi said with a red face.

"Haha, Chen Shimei, yes, everyone in Lijia Village calls you that. Look at your blushing face. Do you believe it? What were you doing when you slept with my mother? Now that the revolution is victorious, you think you are a big shot. But you deny it when your pants are pulled up. Are you still a human being? Is this how you treat marriage?" In an instant, Li Kangri's true identity came to light and he started cursing without caring about anything.

"I, ah! Because of the Anti-Japanese War, your mother and I really have no feelings for each other anymore!" Li Renyi explained.

"Haha, let's not talk about my mother, then let's talk about filial piety. Do you think we should get rid of filial piety in the new era?" Li Kangri asked.

"No, and he won't!" Li Renyi said. He knew his son was full of resentment, and there was no way to continue the conversation if he didn't vent it, so he could only go along with what Li Kangri said.

"Who has taken care of your parents for you during all these years you were away? Why don't you go back to see them?" Li Kangri asked.

"I,..." Li Renyi stammered.

"It's hard to say, right? She's your feudal bastard. My mother took care of you. She's busy and can't go back, right?"

“It’s really busy!”

"Haha, let me answer for you! You are afraid and you are too ashamed to see my mother, my grandfather, my grandmother, and you are even too ashamed to see everyone in the entire Lijia Village, right?" Li Kangri asked.

"I,……"

"Haha, don't find those messy excuses. If you don't return to your hometown after you have achieved success, you are just shameless. It's good to be shameless. It proves that you still have some conscience, a little better than Chen Shimei." Li Kangri sneered.

"Oh! I was wrong to resist the Japanese, but things have become like this and I can't do anything about it!" Li Renyi said with a guilty look on his face.

Indeed, he missed home, but he was too ashamed to go back. He didn't know how to face his ex-wife, his parents, and his fellow villagers.