The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

The next morning, Qi Feifei taught his two apprentices Tai Chi. As soon as they finished, Qi Laoqi hurriedly jumped off the carriage and entered the yard.

Qi Feifei was quite surprised. Why did he come? He had empty hands on New Year's Day. This didn't look like he was here to pay New Year's greetings.

Qi Laoqi walked a few steps closer and bowed, "Happy New Year, I wish you a happy new year."

Qi Feifei also smiled and returned the greeting, "Happy New Year, Happy New Year."

Qi Laoqi looked into the room and asked, "Is there anyone else here?"

Qi Feifei, "Pan Xiaowen is the only one in the collective household. Do you have something to do with them?"

Qi Laoqi, "Come into the house and ask for a glass of water, okay?"

Qi Feifei saw that he had something to do, so he said to his two disciples, "Let's stop here today. Go back and take a rest. You can consolidate your practice when you have nothing to do."

Then he said to Qi Laoqi, "Pan Xiaowen will be back soon. Go into the house and wait for him. I'll get you a glass of water first."

The two of them entered the house one after the other and went to the room of the male educated youth.

Qi Laoqi got straight to the point, "Have you offended anyone recently?"

Qi Feifei looked at him seriously, but didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "What did you hear?"

Qi Laoqi slapped his dog fur hat on the kang and said, "Don't mention it. Yesterday, Principal Guan from the town came to my grandfather's house in the middle of the night to look for me. He was so cold that he couldn't move. I carried him into the house out of kindness and massaged him and cooked for him. Who knew he would talk nonsense in the middle of the night and scold you and want to kill you?"

He stared into Qi Feifei's eyes, "What's going on? Why did you offend him so badly?"

Qi Feifei turned around to pour some water, "He went to ask you for help, right?"

Qi Laoqi, "Yes, he wanted me to help him get a badger. His son was severely frostbitten..." At this point, an idea flashed in his mind and he stopped, "Could it be that you caused his son's injury?"

Qi Feifei, "Don't worry about our business. You should beat the badger for him. Beat the badger. It's okay."

Qi Laoqi, "That won't do! You are my savior, if I help an outsider, what will happen? How can I, Qi Laoqi, survive in this world? I might as well just pee and die."

He added, "Before I left, my grandfather told me that we should not be blinded by money. If you really have a grudge against him, he asked me to return the money to him. We don't want to earn this money. He also told you to be careful. He talked in his sleep in the middle of the night and said he wanted to fight you to death. We have to be on guard."

Qi Feifei, "Thank you for your concern, old man. I know what's going on. You should not get involved in this mess. Just pretend that nothing happened. If you need to beat the badger, beat the badger. It's a waste if you don't make money. If it's inconvenient for you to go alone, take Pan Xiaowen with you and he will help you."

Qi Laoqi looked at her in confusion, a little confused. Shouldn't an enemy be particularly jealous? Why was she still speaking for him?

"I don't understand."

In his previous understanding, those brothers were in the same group, especially since Qi Feifei and he had a life-and-death friendship. Then Qi Feifei’s enemy was his enemy. Shouldn’t they team up to kill each other?

If I wanted to help fight the badger, Qi Feifei should be angry and stop me, right?

Qi Feifei, "He can't do anything to me, otherwise he wouldn't have to hold back and talk nonsense in the middle of the night, right? Don't worry, if I can't handle it myself one day, I will definitely ask you for help.

If you don't earn his money, someone else will, so it's better for you to earn it, right? Badger oil isn't that hard to get, at most it'll be a little later, he'll get it sooner or later."

Qi Laoqi, "What you said does make sense. But if you cure him, wouldn't you have hurt him in vain?"

Qi Feifei smiled, "It's not difficult to give him frostbite." If he wanted to freeze him that day, he could freeze him again. He didn't think too much about it that day. He just drank a little too much and "went with the flow" for a while.

Qi Laoqi thought so too. No ordinary person could beat Qi Feifei! Unless they used dirty tricks.

"Then you should be careful too, what if he does something bad?"

Qi Feifei, "Don't worry. I will be more careful."

Thinking that Qi Laoqi had given him many things, he would try his best to help him when he needed help. "Wait a moment."

Qi Feifei went back to her room and took out a piece of red cloth with pink flowers. "You gave birth to a daughter and didn't get enough milk. Take this back and make some clothes for the child."

Although five feet of floral cloth only cost a few dollars, it is a token of my thoughtfulness. To help with milk production, everyone also gives a few feet of cloth and dozens of eggs.

Qi Laoqi chuckled, "You know? She gave birth to a girl who looks like her mother, fair-skinned."

Qi Feifei saw his sly smile and deliberately said, "She's pretty, not as thick and stupid as you, which is good."

Qi Laoqi laughed out loud and didn't mind Qi Feifei's teasing him. If he had a son who looked like him, I wonder how many girls he would charm! He's not ugly.

Qi Feifei didn't think he favored boys over girls. "Train her well. She will be a female college student in the future and bring honor to your family."

Qi Laoqi liked what he heard, but he said, "What's glorious or not glorious? As long as she has a future and can live a good life, that's all. As long as she studies, I will support her. If she doesn't study, then I can't do anything."

……

The two were chatting when Pan Xiaowen came back and started arguing as soon as he entered the room.

"I heard from Shitou that someone came to the house. Who is it?"

Qi Laoqi stood up and said, "Pan Xiaowen, it's me. Happy New Year!"

Pan Xiaowen, "Oh! Brother Qi, Happy New Year! Happy New Year! What a rare guest!"

……

Seeing the two people exchanging greetings, Qi Feifei knew she had nothing else to do, so she went out and took Doubao to the pig farm again. She wanted to see if Lao Qin, who was drunk yesterday, was feeling better today, and to ask him more about things happening abroad.

Qi Laoqi and Pan Xiaowen chatted for a while and then mentioned going to hunt badgers. Pan Xiaowen was very interested when he heard it. The two of them pulled the carriage into the yard, asked Xiaojie's wife next door to help watch it, locked the door, and went up the mountain together.

Pan Xiaowen became more thoughtful. He wanted to talk to Qi Laoqi to see if he could help him get something decent as a wedding gift for Qi Feifei.

"Brother Qi, do you know what to give as a wedding gift?"

Qi Laoqi walked in front and didn't care. He said casually, "Usually, it's a thermos, a wash basin, a big mirror, a quilt, a bed sheet... these are all fine."

Pan Xiaowen, "I need to take it to the city. It needs to be easy to carry."

Qi Laoqi, "Bed sheets, quilt covers, anything is fine!"

Pan Xiaowen, "I want to give you something good, but there's nothing like that in this mountain. Can you get me something good?"

Qi Laoqi, "You are from the city, why don't you think of a solution in the city?" Why are you asking about me?

Pan Xiaowen, "Isn't this unexpected? Who knew my sister would get married so soon? She will be returning to Beijing in a few days."

Qi Laoqi stopped and said, "Wait a minute, your sister, Qi Feifei?"

Pan Xiaowen, "That's right, she found a boyfriend in Beijing. I just found out yesterday and I'm not prepared! I'm so worried. Brother Qi, can you help?"