Living in a Siheyuan

Chapter 169 The Current Quadrangle

Looking at Li Ping'an, Yu Haitang's face turned even redder.

Li Pingan looked at Yu Haitang like this and didn't know what to say, so he had to change the subject.

"Haitang, how is things at home now?"

Yu Haitang sighed and said, "What else can we do? Let's just leave it like that."

"After I graduated, I went to work in a steel mill. Xiaohu stopped going to school after graduating from junior high school. Later, my dad used his connections and spent some money to send him to the food factory over there. He has now settled down."

"But Xiaohu is pretty hardworking. He's doing pretty well in the factory. He's dating the daughter of their workshop director. I heard they're planning to get married by the end of this year."

"Everyone else in the family is fine, but everyone likes me. As soon as I get home, they start to criticize me. I got so angry that I moved in here."

Li Pingan felt relieved after hearing this. He would be able to give Yu Li an explanation when he returned.

"You live here, don't our dad and his friends come to see you?"

Yu Haitang rolled her eyes at Li Pingan and said, "Why didn't you come? They came and threw away my things and insisted that I go home. I was so angry that I cried."

"Finally, seeing that I was absolutely unwilling to go back, they had no choice but to let me stay here first."

"Brother-in-law, you won't have any objection to me living in your house, right?"

"What can I say? I'm so happy that you can live here and take care of the house for me."

"But seriously, just like Yu Shui said, it's not a good idea for you to keep going like this, right? Haven't you thought about what to do in the future?"

"What else can I do? I......"

Yu Haitang suddenly reacted and looked at Li Pingan in surprise.

Li Ping'an looked at Yu Haitang and suddenly understood.

He wanted to slap himself in the face. How could he have let it slip? Isn't this just confessing himself?

So he quickly explained awkwardly: "Haitang, I didn't mean to hear that. ..."

Yu Haitang's face was red as blood, and her eyes were filled with shyness, anger, and shame.

Looking at Li Ping'an who was anxious to explain to her, Yu Haitang said angrily: "Brother-in-law, how could you eavesdrop on us girls? How can I face people in the future?"

After saying that, he laid down on the table and cried quietly.

She didn't know whether she was sad or upset. Maybe she was angry out of shame.

Li Pingan hurriedly comforted her, "Haitang, I really didn't hear much. I didn't hear the first few words, but the last few words. Really!"

After hearing this, Yu Haitang immediately said, "Liar! I will never believe you again. You just said you were asleep and didn't hear it, and now you're lying to me again."

Li Pingan had no choice but to say, "Okay, I admit it. I heard it all. But don't worry, I will never tell anyone. I can swear on this."

After hearing this, Yu Haitang looked up at Li Pingan.

"Really? Brother-in-law, you must swear not to tell anyone. Otherwise, I will never forgive you!"

Li Pingan repeatedly assured: "I will never tell you. I never lie."

Yu Haitang curled her lips and said, "Tsk, you're not lying. You don't even blush when you lie. I almost believed you just now."

Li Pingan said a little embarrassedly: "That was a white lie. Isn't it all for your own good?"

Then he picked up the glass and took a sip of wine to cover up his embarrassment.

Seeing that Yu Haitang was still a little embarrassed, Li Pingan changed the subject and asked, "Haitang, you have lived here for so long. Have the people in the courtyard changed?"

Yu Haitang shook her head and said, "Nothing has changed. If you want to talk about what happened in the past few years, the deaf old lady in the backyard passed away a few years ago."

"I heard that the aunt was so busy taking care of her adopted child that she neglected to take care of the deaf old lady, causing the old lady to become ill and die soon after."

"There weren't many people in the compound to see her off at the time, so the aunt buried her hastily."

"Now the old lady has let Yi Xingwang live in the old lady's house. This is the reward for taking care of her for so many years."

Hearing that the deaf old lady had passed away, Li Ping'an felt that this old thing was really long-lived. She did not starve during the three years of disaster and lived a few more years.

Then Yu Haitang said, "You know Liu Haizhong in the backyard, right? At the beginning, he was trying to curry favor with Director Li Huaide and became a shitty team leader. That guy was so arrogant."

"I don't know what happened later, but Xu Damao reported me, and I was immediately fired. Now I can't show off anymore. I have been very honest in the past two years."

"But his two sons joined the young soldiers at the beginning and were sent to the steel mill by him. Now they have also been expelled. I heard that they have gone to the countryside. I don't know where they were assigned to."

Li Pingan nodded and said, "Liu Haizhong is a man without brains and obsessed with power. It's not surprising that he has to suffer a little."

"What about Shazhu's family? How are they doing now?"

"Shazhu's family is pretty good. Didn't they have a son when you came back last time? Later they had a daughter, so now they have a son and a daughter. Shazhu works in the cafeteria. The family is doing pretty well."

"Yu Shui got married the year after she graduated. She married a police officer. Now she has a child. She is much better off than me."

Seeing Yu Haitang thinking about her own affairs again, Li Pingan said quickly: "What's the situation at Xu Damao's house? I heard you two arguing at the door for a long time."

When Xu Damao was mentioned, Yu Haitang said angrily: "Xu Damao is just a small-minded person who has achieved success."

"He used Liu Haizhong to curry favor with Li Huaide, and eventually pushed Liu Haizhong out. Now he has become a deputy director."

"As a deputy director, he wants to show off everywhere. He has done a lot of shady things. I heard that everyone is very dissatisfied with him now. None of the people under him are convinced by him."

"I don't think he will be so proud for long."

"Since I moved here, he has been harassing me and trying to get close to me. If he didn't have some power in the factory now, I would have reported him long ago."

"Xu Damao always told me that his current wife is a dead chicken. He wants to divorce his wife and stay with me."

"Don't you see what kind of person he is? How could I like him? He's already divorced once, and he still wants to divorce and marry me. I really want to slap him twice!"

When Xu Damao was mentioned, Yu Haitang became furious.

"When I saw him fall into the pit just now, I felt so relieved. It would be great if he drowned. It would be like getting rid of a nuisance."

Li Pingan smiled. This Xu Damao is really a dog that can't change its bad habits. Here he is again.

"Wasn't Xu Damao particularly afraid of his wife? Is he not afraid of her now?"

Li Pingan remembered that the last time he came back, Xu Damao was beaten by his wife at the door. There was not even a single person to help.

Yu Haitang: "What are you afraid of? Xu Damao has been promoted now. Who in the courtyard is not afraid of him? Besides, his wife hasn't given birth to a child for Xu Damao in all these years. The couple has long since turned against each other. Now his wife is afraid of Xu Damao and serves him well at home all day long."

Li Pingan: "Didn't he bring two children with him when he came? After so many years, how can he not acknowledge Xu Damao as his stepfather?"

"Why admit it? In the past few years, Xu Damao's wife was powerful and favored her own children. Xu Damao didn't dare to say anything. Now Xu Damao has become tough and is beating up those two children all day long."

"Look, it would be strange if those two kids would care about Xu Damao when they grow up."

After hearing this, Li Pingan was speechless. Xu Damao really deserved it.

"How many families are there in the middle courtyard?"

Yu Haitang thought for a moment and said, "Besides Sha Zhu's family, the other families in the Central Courtyard are the former Auntie's family and Qin Huairu's family."

"At Auntie's house, Auntie is no longer working. Yi Xingwang, her son, just turned 18 this year and joined the factory to take over Auntie's job."

"Auntie is now at home just cooking for Yi Xingwang, so she basically has nothing to do."

"As for Qin Huairu's family, her mute mother-in-law also passed away last year."

"I heard that her mother-in-law has suffered a lot in recent years. Ever since her grandson went missing, she has often been unconscious. Later, it became more and more serious, and she couldn't even recognize people."

"In the past few years, he just lay in bed and couldn't get out of bed. He ate, drank, defecated and urinated in bed. At the beginning, Qin Huairu took good care of him. Later, I heard that Qin Huairu hooked up with someone else and didn't take care of the family much."

"There is only Xiaodang at home who is taking care of Jia Zhang. How old is Xiaodang? He is only about ten years old. Who can he take care of?"

"So, Jia Zhang's house was so smelly that people couldn't even go in. Sometimes you could smell it even when you were standing in the yard. And they often went hungry."

"He couldn't bear it any longer until last year. He passed away. Qin Huairu didn't even hold a funeral for him. She just buried him simply."

"Now Qin Huairu dresses up beautifully every day and has changed her job to a warehouse manager. I heard from others that she is hooking up with that old bastard Li Huaide. Even Xu Damao doesn't dare to mess with Qin Huairu."

Li Pingan didn't expect that Qin Huairu actually had such a powerful method. She was almost forty years old, but she was still able to seduce Li Huaide, which was quite a skill.

"What's going on with Yan Bugui's family in the front yard?"

Yu Haitang thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with his family. It's just that Yan Jiecheng and his wife have no children, so Yan Bugui separated their family."

"Now Yan Jiecheng and his wife have moved into the house next to ours. His two children have gone to work in the countryside. Now only the old couple and the girl named Jie Di are at home."

"But I heard that although Yan Jiecheng and his wife have separated, his fat wife still often goes to Yan Bugui's house to eat and drink."

"It is said that his wife has a big appetite, and since her own family doesn't have enough food, she goes to the old couple's place to eat and drink. The neighborhood office came to mediate this matter last time. In the end, there was no result, and the wife still went to his house to eat and drink."

Li Pingan was also speechless. These two were really weird.

Knowing the changes in Siheyuan in recent years, Li Pingan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It seems that although he has changed a lot, the fate of some people cannot be changed.