Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 27 What a pity

"Ningzi, why are you back so early?"

Because he was in a hurry to find a house for his family, the next day, Sunday, Yang Ning said goodbye to his parents and returned to the dormitory arranged by the factory.

Cheng Dezhi and Sun Liguo almost treated the dormitory as their home, so they were both there when Yang Ning arrived.

"I need your help with something, so I came a little early." Yang Ning propped up the bicycle and took his shoulder bag off the front of the bike.

"Oh? Tell me what's the matter. Let's discuss it together, three brothers." Cheng Dezhi also went back home yesterday. It seems that his lifelong event has been settled. He was lying on the kang in a daze just now, with a lewd smile on his face.

After hearing Yang Ning's words, he sat up and stared at Yang Ning curiously.

"That's right, I will definitely help if I can." Sun Liguo was not on duty today. His hometown is in Zhongyuan Province, and he had nowhere to go, so he stayed in the dormitory to keep Cheng Dezhi company.

Yang Ning didn't say anything at first, took out a bag of red plums from his bag and threw it to Sun Liguo.

Sun Liguo took it swiftly, opened it, put one in his mouth, threw one to Cheng Dezhi, and put the rest into his pocket.

"No..." Cheng Dezhi was about to stop Sun Liguo when he saw that he could still do this, but Yang Ning took out another bag and threw it to him.

Cheng Dezhi hurriedly caught it, looked at the full bag of Hongmei in his hand, and smiled: "Now I can also pretend in front of my father-in-law."

Cheng Dezhi happily put away the cigarette and looked at Yang Ning and asked, "Ningzi, what's the matter?"

Yang Ning sighed and told the two of them what happened in the yard last night. Then he looked at Cheng Dezhi and said, "Brother Cheng, you are a local resident and have many connections. Do you know if there are any smaller yards for sale nearby? The kind with a license?"

"Hey! What's going on? Ningzi, your family is also unlucky. A few pieces of candy were involved in such a case." After listening to this, Cheng Dezhi took a puff of cigarette and looked at Yang Ning with sympathy.

He knew that in the past few years, ordinary people would feel uneasy if they didn't have a few pieces of opium. In the eyes of most old people in Beijing now, smoking opium and smoking cigarettes are almost the same thing, both of which are a waste of money.

Yang Ning's family was simply caught in the crossfire.

"From what you just said, your family really can't live there anymore. It's better to move out."

Sun Liguo didn't know what he was thinking about. He looked solemn when he spoke, and even the scar on his face was trembling slightly behind the smoke.

"Although private properties are now allowed to be bought and sold, the formal procedures are quite complicated. However, if it is inherited, it should still be quick."

Cheng Dezhi is a purchaser, and his thinking is flexible. He thought for a while and said, "I heard my father-in-law mention that there is a family in their area who responded to the call to support the Northeast. Why don't we go over and ask them now?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go." When Yang Ning heard that there was a chance, he thought he had found the right person. He didn't expect that there would be hope so soon.

"Then let's go." Cheng Dezhi put out the eye in his hand, put on his clothes and walked out.

"Dezhi, is it far? If it's not far, I'll go with you. More people means more strength, and it can also help Ningzi."

Sun Liguo's mouth curled up, and the scar on his face looked even more hideous, and he looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with.

"It's not far, just two or three miles. We can get there quickly on foot." Cheng Dezhi replied, then glanced at Yang Ning.

After all, this is his family's business. Whether Sun Liguo will be used depends on whether Yang Yuanning is willing to accept this favor.

"Brother Sun, are you not on duty today?" Yang Ning asked Sun Liguo.

"Today's late shift."

"Then let's go together. I'll feel more at ease with Brother Sun by my side."

At that time, the Yuwangfen area was not yet the Guomao business district of later generations, and it could not even compare to Tongluoguxiang.

Yang Ning looked at the people who were out for a walk on Sunday. Most of them were wearing gray, blue and black. Although they looked simple, because they had just won the battle to establish the country, people looked very confident and walked with their heads held high.

In addition, with God's blessing in the past two years and Big Brother's confirmation of a large-scale aid plan, people are full of confidence in the country's future.

"Dezhi, why are you here?"

Following Cheng Dezhi to a large courtyard, a young man who was doing carpentry saw Cheng Dezhi and Yang Ning and Sun Liguo behind him and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

But when he asked the questions, his eyes were always fixed on Sun Liguo and the axe in his hand never left his hand.

"Could this kid have gotten into trouble outside and brought someone to their house?"

"Brother, these two are my colleagues. This is Yang Ning from our technical department, and this is Sun Liguo from our security department. They came here today to ask our dad something."

When Cheng Dezhi saw his brother-in-law's attitude, he knew he had been misunderstood and quickly explained.

This large compound had two entrances and was home to about ten households. After seeing Yang Ning and the other two, they all came out and stared at them.

Yang Ning could see that the residents in this courtyard were much more united than those in their own courtyard.

It seems that they thought that Yang Ning and the other two were here to cause trouble, so they came to support Cheng Dezhi's father-in-law's family.

After listening to Cheng Dezhi's explanation, his brother-in-law's expression relaxed, but he still held the axe in his hand because Sun Liguo gave people too much oppressive feeling.

"Okay, Xiao Cheng said it's okay, let's all go." At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties stood up and shouted to the neighbors around him.

"Uncle Lian, we are just here to see your new son-in-law. We don't have any plans for him!" An old lady said teasingly after seeing the middle-aged man.

"That's right. We just want to see which kid picked our chrysanthemums."

"Okay, now that we've seen it, let's go. I'm getting so irritated by you that I'm almost scared away."

Uncle Lian yelled something in annoyance, and then he was too lazy to pay attention to these neighbors. Let them watch if they want to. What's the point of chasing them away?
"Xiao Cheng, are you looking for me?" Uncle Lian walked over at this time and glared at his son as he passed by him.

After seeing his father's eyes, Cheng Dezhi's brother-in-law quickly threw away the axe in his hand.

"Dad, this is Yang Ning, and this is Sun Liguo from the security department. They are both my colleagues."

"Ningzi, Brother Sun, this is my father-in-law, and this is my eldest brother-in-law Lian Sichang."

Seeing his father-in-law, Cheng Dezhi quickly introduced both parties.

Uncle Lian ignored Cheng Dezhi and Yang Ning. Instead, he stared at Sun Liguo for a while and asked, "Did you come back from the north?"

"Yeah!" Sun Liguo always speaks very little in front of unfamiliar people. He says this is the only way to scare bad guys.

"Good boy." Hearing Sun Liguo's affirmation, Uncle Lian showed a sincere smile on his face: "You fought well. How did you get the scar on your face?"

"Yeah!" Sun Liguo's answer was as concise as ever.

"Are you married?"

"Not yet." This time his answer had two more words.

Upon hearing that Sun Liguo was not married yet, Uncle Lian glanced at Cheng Dezhi and said, "What a pity!"

Hearing these three words, Cheng Dezhi was completely paralyzed: No, my partner was almost snatched away by someone?
　I beg for support, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)