Living in a Siheyuan

Chapter 186 4 Courtyard Matters

After finishing his story, Li Pingan comforted Yu Haitang and asked, "Have there been any changes in the neighbors in the courtyard in recent years?"

Yu Haitang thought for a moment and said, "Although the environment has not been very stable in recent years, relatively speaking, everyone's life is pretty good."

"Teacher Yan from the front yard has retired, but his children, except for the eldest, Yan Jiecheng, have all moved out. I haven't seen them come back to visit the old couple for a long time."

Li Pingan knew without thinking that Yan Lao was a stingy person. When those children grew up, they would basically be ungrateful people. How could they care about the life and death of the old couple?

Yu Haitang added: "The one who has changed the most is Qin Huairu. You don't know, not long after you left last time, she was taken away by Gong An. It seems to be related to Li Huaide."

"Finally, the investigation revealed that she had illicit relationships with several people, and she was only released after three years in prison. Her daughter Xiaodang was also sent away, and she never got her daughter back after she was released. Now she is alone at home, and occasionally she gets crazy. No one dares to mess with her."

Li Pingan really didn't expect Qin Huairu to end up like this. It was indeed a bit pitiful when she thought about it.

Thinking back to the first time he came back, Qin Huairu came to his house and something unspeakable almost happened, Li Pingan asked the question in his mind.

"Then how does she live by herself?"

Yu Haitang glanced at him and said, "Why do you care so much about her? Does it have anything to do with you?"

Li Pingan slapped her in anger and said, "What does it have to do with me? She was just an ordinary neighbor. I was just asking out of curiosity."

This time, Yu Haitang did not doubt anything. She said calmly, "She has some things subsidized by the street office, and Uncle He often sends her food and other things. Basically, she can make do with it."

Think about it, Qin Huairu is about 45 years old now, so she has basically no problem taking care of herself.

First she lost her boyfriend, and now she is back from jail, and her daughter is gone too. This woman’s fate may have changed the most since she came into this world.

If it weren't for this little butterfly, Qin Huairu would have been the biggest winner in this courtyard. But now she has become the most pitiful person.

Seeing that Li Ping'an did not ask about Qin Huairu anymore, Yu Haitang continued, "The Shazhu family in the middle courtyard is probably the best family in this courtyard."

"His father, He Daqing, has retired and is at home taking care of his grandchildren. Sha Zhu is still working at the steel mill. He also got his wife into the kitchen at the steel mill. The couple go to get off work and come home together. I wonder how many people envy them."

"As for He Yushui and the younger sister that Sha Zhu's wife brought with her, they are both married now. Now they come back to visit occasionally. They are now the happiest family in the courtyard."

"But when I was free, I chatted with Shazhu's wife and the others. They all remembered your kindness. They also said that if they could see you again, they would thank you very much."

Li Ping'an knew that this was their thanks for curing Sha Zhu's wife's illness and allowing them to have a child.

In fact, he was just helping out. He just didn't want to see Sha Zhu have that kind of miserable life in the future.

So he followed Yu Haitang's words and said, "It's okay, it's just a small matter. I didn't expect they still remember it."

When Yu Haitang heard Li Ping'an's nonchalant tone, she knew that he really didn't take the matter to heart.

"As for Auntie Yi's family, Yi Xingwang is now married and has children. Auntie Yi is at home taking care of the children. Yi Xingwang and his wife are also very good to Auntie Yi. She can be said to be enjoying the blessing of having children and grandchildren."

Speaking of an old lady, Li Pingan thought of Yi Zhonghai.

If this old guy had not been so partial to his apprentice and opposed himself, he might be able to live the life he longed for with children and grandchildren.

It can only be said that everyone has his own ideas. If Yi Zhonghai were still alive, he would not let a mother adopt Yi Xingwang. Then he would not have the current life.

After talking about the people in the middle courtyard, Yu Haitang said, "Liu Haizhong from the backyard is now retired and at home. The two children in his family have also moved out. Just like Teacher Yan's family, they basically never come back."

"Brother Ping An, why do you think these children don't come back to see their parents?"

Thinking that Yu Haitang moved in later, Li Pingan said, "The children of Yan Laokou's family didn't come back because Yan Laokou schemed against them since they were young and took away all the family affection. Just look at the life of Yan Jiecheng and his wife now. He deserves it."

"As for Liu Haizhong, he deserved it. In the past, he treated his eldest son like a treasure. He was completely partial to him. He beat and scolded his two younger sons every few days."

"As a result, the eldest son ran away after getting married and never came back. It would be strange if the two younger sons could take care of them when they grew up."

Yu Haitang nodded and said, "I also heard that Liu Haizhong used to beat his two younger sons. It turns out he beat them so hard."

After thinking for a while, Yu Haitang finally said: "As for Xu Damao, this guy is a bastard. He is just hanging around now. He is not at home most of the time."

Li Pingan asked curiously, "What happened to Xu Damao? Is he not going to work?"

"Didn't I tell you? It wasn't long after you left. At that time, he was still a deputy director. So he forced his wife to divorce him."

"Then he continued to pursue me. At that time, I also found out that I was pregnant. I thought I should just get married to him and have the baby first."

"In the end, everything was settled. One of his girlfriends from the countryside came and said she was pregnant with Xu Damao's child and wanted to marry him. Otherwise, she would sue him."

"Xu Damao had no choice but to marry that woman for his own future. Later, we had a quarrel. I spent money to find someone else to fake marriage with me."

"And he didn't stay proud for long. He was reported by others and removed from his position as deputy director. He was also fired directly from the steel mill."

"Later, he probably found some connections and went back to work at the cinema. But his lover said she fell and had a miscarriage. They no longer have a child."

"Now they often quarrel at home. Xu Damao finally came home less often. I heard that he has a lover outside. His current wife is also having a miserable life at home alone."

"Fortunately, I didn't marry him, otherwise I would have never gotten rid of this bastard. Most people in this courtyard call Xu Damao a bad guy."