Courtyard House: He Yuzhu started in 1948

Guo Baosen's words deeply hurt Xu Damao.

envy!

This is Guo Baosen's jealousy of himself!

He deserves to be poor!

They can't stand seeing others do well!

Xu Damao fled Banchang Hutong as if he were escaping... After leaving, Xu Damao suddenly felt that the Pailermon suit he was wearing wasn't so glamorous after all.

The next day was the Lantern Festival.

Xu Damao had no idea what Xu Wood had gone through yesterday, but when he saw the Stemcon hair oil on the table, he didn't feel as happy or excited as he had when he first got it.

Guo Baosen's words yesterday were so damaging that Xu Damao is still unable to process them.

Xu Damao left home without even looking at Stankang, leaving him aside.

But where should we go?

Xu Damao didn't want to go back to Qingyun Hutong, but he didn't know where to go either, so he wandered aimlessly around the streets and unknowingly ended up in the square in front of Tiananmen Square.

What did he see?

Besides the garbage, there are only people who collect it.

What's the point of cleaning this shabby place?

Xu Damao scoffed and was about to wander off when he saw the Liu brothers, Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian, cleaning the house.

"Xu Damao?"

Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian were quite surprised. Didn't Xu Damao call himself a noble young master from Qingyun and an upper-class person in Beiping?

How did I end up here?

At that time, Tiananmen Square was not a good place to go; it was not only bare but also littered with garbage.

The brothers Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian came to do voluntary labor, but in reality, they were just trying to earn a living.

After the steel mill shut down, Liu Haizhong stayed home every day and became extremely irritable.

The main problem is that the whole family's income comes from him. Liu Haizhong is indeed not a good person, but without a salary, the family will go hungry. Wu Tiehuan also gave birth to his third child, named Liu Guangfu. If they had a fourth child, Liu Guanglu, then his life would be perfect.

Ahem... I wanted to get a "four-fold" hairstyle in my bangs, but I don't dare to grow any more.

My main concern is making a living.

Liu Haizhong was just a worker and had no land under his name. His wife, Wu Tiehuan, was from the countryside, but she had moved to Beiping with him and had no land.

Unable to farm, and with factories closed and no wages, are we supposed to starve?

Liu Haizhong was troubled by work every day, and then he drowned his sorrows in alcohol... The more he drank, the more troubled he became. In the end, he found that beating his sons was a good way to vent his frustrations. The youngest son, Liu Guangfu, had just been born and couldn't be beaten yet, so he beat Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian instead...

You've been living off my money all your life, so what if I beat you up?

Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian were completely overwhelmed by their father's inexplicable beatings.

Liu Guangtian was beaten badly. Although Liu Haizhong doted on his eldest son, he was still bound to get beaten. As a result, during the Spring Festival, the two brothers, Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian, were beaten every three days with a small meal and every five days with a large meal. No one could stand being beaten like that.

So what if I don't eat home-cooked meals?

We can do some labor and exchange it for some steamed buns and pickled vegetables, that shouldn't be a problem, right?

Cleaning up the garbage is voluntary work, but some food will be provided to fill everyone's stomachs. The food is not good, but compared to having nothing to eat or going hungry, the level of unpalatability is still acceptable.

Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian had to participate in garbage collection work in order to get food.

I never expected Xu Damao to appear here.

This is very strange... Didn't Xu Damao consider himself to be from a different social class and disdain coming to such a smoky and chaotic place?

Liu Guangtian, with his youthful spirit, saw Xu Damao looking somewhat dejected and said with a hint of sarcasm, "What's wrong, Young Master Xu? Can't you eat either? Came here looking for something to eat?"

Liu Guangqi didn't say anything. He always felt that Xu Damao now was different from the Xu Damao he had seen on the street that day.

Xu Damao seems quite dejected right now!

What's wrong?

His father was beaten for not repaying a loan; will this affect him?

Liu Guangqi felt that Xu Damao was the kind of person who only cared about himself and didn't care about the lives of others, not even his own father.

"Tch~"

Xu Damao saw Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian, scoffed disdainfully, and then left.

Lower class!

In Guo Chun's words, talking to such a person would only lower one's own status!

"..."

That single "tsk" conveyed Xu Damao's deep contempt to Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian.

"Holy crap!"

Liu Guangtian cursed and said to Liu Guangqi, "I want to beat him up!"

Liu Guangqi didn't speak, but his thoughts were basically the same as Liu Guangtian's. However, he thought that Xu Damao might know some gangsters. Although those gangsters couldn't even beat He Yuzhu... the two brothers couldn't beat He Yuzhu either.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Guangqi said, "Let's find an opportunity, put a sack over his head, and take him down!"

Liu Guangtian clenched his fist: "Get him!"

Xu Damao absolutely has to get a beating; otherwise, it would be a disservice to his little suit!

……

After wandering around for a while, Xu Damao arrived at Li Sha Mao Hutong... He had heard of the Eight Great Hutongs, but had never been inside.

Shall we go in and take a look?

Xu Damao suddenly became interested!

But he dared not.

While he was hesitating, Xu Damao's eyes suddenly widened.

What the hell!

Jia Gui! ? ?

He sneaked into Li Sha Mao Hutong.

I go!

This is interesting!

Xu Damao suddenly discovered a new continent that interested him.

It's not that I want to go in and catch or peep, but... what would happen if the news of Jia Gui entering the Eight Great Hutongs were spread in Qingyun Hutong?

Thinking of the infamous Jia Zhangshi... if she knew her husband frequented the Eight Great Hutongs, how would she deal with Jia Gui?

Xu Damao was about to turn around and leave to spread the news in Qingyun Hutong, but then he thought... he shouldn't do that.

What if Madam Jia finds out that you were the one who told her?

Considering Jia Zhangshi's personality, she wouldn't be grateful to him at all; she might even scold him for meddling and exposing his family's dirty laundry.

No, we need to think of another way.

As Xu Damao walked along, he was lost in thought when Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian stuffed a sack over his head and gave him a severe beating.

After being punched and kicked, Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian felt better and then ran away.

I have to say, hitting someone feels so good!

Once Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian had run far enough away and felt safe, they looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

Liu Guangtian hadn't forgotten the humiliation He Yuzhu had brought him, and said to Liu Guangqi, "Brother, this sack is perfect. How about we put it on Sha Zhu sometime?"

Liu Guangqi, having tasted success this time, nodded and said, "Alright! But Sha Zhu and Xu Damao are different; we need to plan this carefully."

"Alright!"

"My dear mother..."

Xu Damao's teeth were knocked out, his clothes were covered in shoe prints, one of his leather shoes fell into a muddy puddle, and his hair, which he had smeared with Stamcon, was now a mess.

This guy is no longer a young master, he's clearly a drowning dog!

Xu Damao's tears streamed down his face; he felt incredibly miserable... He felt like he was no longer some young master, and everyone around him was laughing at him.