Chapter 71

"Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, you two little bastards, come home with me!" Liu Haizhong said viciously.

"Mediator Liu, please mind your language. You are a mediator appointed by the Street Office. Every move you make represents the Street Office; you mustn't smear its reputation," Liu Guangtian said with a straight face, deliberately turning sideways to show off the red armband on his arm.

Liu Haizhong was so angry that his teeth chattered audibly.

"Mediator Liu, do you still want to advance? Do you want the factory to give you more responsibilities? If so, straighten out your attitude and serve everyone well; everyone will remember your kindness," Liu Guangfu also said with a feigned serious expression, taking the opportunity to show off the red armband on his arm.

To Liu Haizhong, this red armband was practically an imperial sword, specifically sent to deal with him.

"You... you two little bastards, very well!" Liu Haizhong stomped his feet in hatred and stormed back to the rear courtyard in a rage.

"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!" Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, these two brothers, couldn't help but look up and laugh loudly. They laughed arrogantly, they laughed hysterically... they even laughed until tears streamed down their faces.

He Yuzhu was willing to call them the Two Laughing Heroes of the Siheyuan.

"Enough! Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, don't go too far. No matter what, Old Liu is your biological father. You must be filial. There are no wrong parents in the world, only children who are not thoughtful enough..." Yi Zhonghai began his old clichés again.

"Silly Hai, save that talk for Director Wang, or for those who have children at home. As long as they agree with you, we brothers will beat their children. If Brother Zhuzi can beat them, we can too."

"Everyone, don't blame us brothers. This is what Silly Hai said: there are no wrong parents in the world, you can't hit your elders, and elders are always right no matter what. We brothers might not be as old as Silly Hai, but we are older than your children. Being older makes us elders, and there is nothing wrong with elders beating their juniors," Liu Guangtian said triumphantly.

"Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, we certainly won't agree with what Yi Zhonghai said," voices came from the crowd.

Following these voices, Yi Zhonghai's theory could no longer stand in the Siheyuan, and Yi Zhonghai was on the verge of vomiting blood.

"Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, what did you call me?" Yi Zhonghai roared, preparing to make an example of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu to establish his authority.

"Calling you Silly Hai. You can call Brother Zhuzi 'Silly Zhu', why can't we call you 'Silly Hai'? You've called Brother Zhuzi 'Silly Zhu' for so many years, we have to help Brother Zhuzi call it back. Right, Brother Zhuzi?" Liu Guangtian said.

"Right! Very well said! If Silly Hai can call me that, you can call it back. You're doing it for me. Come here, I'll give you some money. Go buy some glass tomorrow and install it for the Jia family."

"Make sure to install it when there are many people around, so the Jia family doesn't try to extort you," He Yuzhu said, giving Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu twenty yuan.

"Brother Zhuzi, we don't need this much money," Liu Guangtian said.

"There's also the money for the silk banner. Keep the rest and keep a close eye on your father at all times," He Yuzhu said.

Liu Guangtian instantly understood He Yuzhu's meaning and patted his chest, promising, "Don't worry, Guangfu and I will definitely keep a close eye on my father at all times."

Seeing that Liu Guangtian understood his meaning, He Yuzhu waved his hand to let Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu leave. Just as He Yuzhu was about to go home, he was stopped by Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was already furious. Only after Director Wang left did Yi Zhonghai have the heart to pay attention to his own family's affairs. When Yi Zhonghai saw that not only was his family's glass smashed, but his home had also been smashed to pieces, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but fly into a rage.

Once upon a time, when had Yi Zhonghai ever suffered such a great humiliation!

In Yi Zhonghai's view, this was a great humiliation! It was fine when he had the Deaf Old Lady smash other people's windows, but when others smashed his, Yi Zhonghai felt offended.

"Silly Zhu! Did you smash my house?" Yi Zhonghai roared in a fury.

"Yes," He Yuzhu replied calmly. "Why did you smash my glass?" Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't show the slightest bit of guilt or fear, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but roar in even greater anger.

"Because your backside has already leaned into Jia Zhangshi's crotch. You and Jia Zhangshi are in the same boat. I can smash Jia Zhangshi's glass, why can't I smash yours?"

"I did smash your glass, but it also bruised my hand."

"Besides, it's such a small matter, why are you so selfish? Why do you only care about yourself? You need to have a bigger picture. Isn't it just a small thing? Respecting the old and loving the young is our traditional virtue. You can't stop respecting our traditional virtue just because of this little thing, right?"

"Wherever the leaves dance, the fire will burn. The shadow of the fire illuminates the world and allows new leaves to sprout..."

"Don't be too selfish as a person. Think more about everyone else. You should be like a flame, burning yourself to illuminate others..."

"Alright, no matter what, you must care for the younger generation. I'll make the decision on this matter. You, Silly Hai, as an elder, apologize to me, a junior, and this matter will be turned over. I won't even ask you for compensation," He Yuzhu said, waving his hand dismissively.

Yi Zhonghai was so angered by these few words from He Yuzhu that he almost ascended on the spot.

"You smashed my glass to pieces, smashed my house to pieces, and you still want me to apologize to you?" Yi Zhonghai roared in uncontrollable rage.

"That's right! I already said, don't be too selfish as a person, think more about everyone else. You, on the other hand, only think about yourself and not about everyone else. You are trying to detach yourself from the collective."

"Besides, in the past, whenever you encountered such things, didn't you, as the First Grand Uncle, handle them this way? Why is it not okay when it falls on your head?"

"As the saying goes, it takes two hands to clap. Don't just pick on others' faults whenever something happens. Look for the reasons within yourself for everything. Setting aside the facts, don't you have even a single fault?"

"Alright, that's it. Everyone disperse," He Yuzhu said with a cold laugh, then turned and left, leaving only Yi Zhonghai there in impotent rage.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry he wanted to vomit blood, and couldn't help but roar in grief and indignation: "Silly Zhu, how can you be so shameless!"

"Silly Hai, I learned all this from you and Jia Zhangshi! The Old Ancestor once said, if the enemy can go, I can go too. What, do you want to oppose the Old Ancestor?" He Yuzhu retorted, pinning a huge black pot on Yi Zhonghai.

"You... you..." Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he couldn't say a word.

"Old Yi, don't lower yourself to the level of that fool. Let's go, let's go back to the hospital first," Yi Dama said, stroking Yi Zhonghai's chest and patting his back, seeing that he was almost angered to death.

After Yi Dama finished speaking, she gave Yan Jiecheng fifty cents and asked him to pull Yi Zhonghai back to the hospital on a flatbed cart.

At this moment, Bang Geng brought Xiao Dang over and said, "Grandma Yi, take us to find my mother. We haven't eaten yet."

Yi Dama and Yi Zhonghai only then realized that too many things had happened today, to the point that they had forgotten about Bang Geng and Xiao Dang.

"What exactly is wrong with you all? I've said countless times that our Siheyuan is a large collective and we must be united, loving, and mutually helpful. Bang Geng and Xiao Dang have been hungry for a whole night, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"Silly Zhu, how did you become like this? How did I teach you before? To respect the old and love the young. Now you not only don't respect the old, you don't even love the young?" Yi Zhonghai shouted angrily at Silly Zhu.

(End of chapter)