Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Cheng Yuan followed his gaze to the bald broom and nodded.

"No need to borrow it, you can have it."

"But don't fight with anyone inside the factory. Once you're outside the factory gates, you can do whatever you want."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao immediately understood what it meant. He quickly signed his name and ran out of the interrogation room.

Behind him followed closely an old man with a broom, who chased after him while cursing and shouting that he would beat him to death.

Cao Xu stood by the window of his office upstairs, watching the father and son chasing each other happily as they walked away below, and laughed.

"Father and son sabotaging each other, that's interesting. These two are a perfect pair, definitely father and son."

Chapter 218 Favoring the Second Uncle, What's the Deaf Old Lady's House Like? [Please Subscribe]

The backyard of the courtyard house, Liu Haizhong's home.

Dinner was already on the table. The family sat around the table, staring at the food, waiting for Liu Haizhong to sit down.

Liu Haizhong has always acted like a patriarch; you can only start eating after he sits down.

If anyone dares to start eating before he sits down, as long as he's home, they're sure to get a few bites on the head.

Today, the Liu family gathered together, a rare occasion, and even the eldest son, Liu Guangqi, who rarely comes home, was there.

Liu Haizhong sat down in his assigned seat, straightened his posture, cleared his throat, and spoke in an official tone.

"The food is ready, let's eat."

Having received Liu Haizhong's promise, Liu Guangfu was the first to reach out with his chopsticks and pick up the nearest dish.

Aunt Erda placed the last dish of scrambled eggs with scallions on the table, then took off her apron and sat down.

"Mom, is the second son working the night shift today?"

The second aunt picked up a piece of egg and put it into her granddaughter's bowl. She looked at Liu Guangqi beside her and said...

"He's been switched to the day shift, so he's probably out fooling around with his cronies again."

"Ignore him, let's eat."

Just then, a slurping sound reached Liu Guangqi's ears. He looked towards the source of the sound and frowned slightly.

"Guangfu, keep your voice down. Why are you slurping your soup?"

"I went to the countryside and didn't learn how to endure hardship, but I did learn how to talk a good game."

Liu Guangfu was only a teenager, still a child, and was somewhat afraid of his older brother who was more than ten years older than him.

Seeing that Liu Guangfu had restrained himself, Liu Guangqi looked at Liu Haizhong, his father, who was sitting in the main seat.

"Dad, you need to keep an eye on Guangtian. You should stop him from going out and fooling around lately."

"Now that the authorities are cracking down on those street thugs who tease cats and dogs, we still need to make him be careful, lest he be caught and used as an example later."

Liu Haizhong didn't speak. He did love his eldest son, but as someone who wanted to become an official, he always felt that his eldest son's words were somewhat lecturing.

In his view, he was the father, and even if Liu Guangqi became a cadre, he was still his son, so it was not appropriate for him to lecture Liu Guangqi.

The second aunt, who knew her husband's temperament well, took the initiative to pick up where her eldest son left off.

"Don't worry, I'll deal with him when he gets back!"

At the doorway, Liu Guangtian pushed open the door and walked in, casually replying to what his second aunt had said.

"Mom, who are you going to punish?"

"Did Guangfu upset you again? If so, I'll teach him a lesson for you."

Liu Guangfu rolled his eyes at his second brother.

"Second brother, stop talking to me. Mom was talking about disciplining you. What does that have to do with me?"

Aunt Er put down her chopsticks and looked at Liu Guangtian, who had taken off his coat.

"Where have you been gallivanting off to again? Coming back so late, don't you know your older brother and sister-in-law are home yet?"

Liu Guangtian didn't have a good impression of Liu Guangqi. Unlike Liu Guangfu, who was young and didn't care about anything after he had eaten and drunk his fill.

He's getting married, and the pressure he faces is immense, all stemming from his good older brother, Liu Guangqi.

Liu Guangqi's wedding nearly emptied his family's coffers, and it took them a long time to recover. Even now, his parents still help their good older brother out of financial difficulty.

In his view, Liu Guangqi's existence was the culprit who squeezed his quality of life and the cause of the beatings he suffered since childhood.

Other parents compare their children to other children, but his parents used his older brother as a benchmark to demand more from them from a young age.

If anything is done poorly or doesn't meet their expectations, they'll slap you or kick you.

Even more remarkably, he had tasted whips dipped in cold water more than once, and the sensation was simply "exhilarating".

Therefore, in Liu Guangtian's eyes, Liu Guangqi was not a brother, but more often an opponent, an enemy, and a relative whom he hated with a passion.

After giving a perfunctory greeting, he sat down in his seat.

"Don't even mention it. The workshop produced defective products, and we were all kept in the workshop for a meeting and criticized."

"If it weren't for our director speaking up for us, we would all have to stay and work overtime until dawn tonight."

As he spoke, Liu Guangtian reached out with his chopsticks to pick up the scrambled eggs with scallions, but before the chopsticks could even touch the eggs, they were knocked away by Liu Haizhong's chopsticks.

Liu Guangtian looked at his father, who was so possessive of his food, and said speechlessly.

"Dad, I've had a long day, what's wrong with taking a bite?"

Liu Haizhong glanced at him, gave him a knowing look, and continued eating.

Liu Guangtian instantly understood the meaning behind that look, and he muttered as he picked up a piece of cabbage and vermicelli.

"Just follow Uncle San's example, and you'll become a stingy old man in no time."

The second aunt handed him a steamed bun made from two kinds of dough.

"Alright, alright, stop making such a fuss."

"There were only four fried eggs, and neither your brother nor I ate any."

"Have some more radishes to calm your temper."

Liu Guangtian knew that the eggs were for his grandfather, elder brother, sister-in-law, and niece.

His sister-in-law is pregnant, and he has no objection to his niece eating with him because they are both young, but he is very unhappy about his brother eating with him.

"It can't be eliminated. They're both sons, so why can my older brother eat while Guangfu and I can only watch? That's so unfair."

Liu Haizhong snorted.

"unfair?"

What's unfair about using a period (.)?

"If you can become a cadre in the neighborhood, I'll have your mom fry eggs for you."

"But if you don't have the ability, then stop making trouble and just eat your food!"

Liu Guangtian glanced at his older brother with disdain before turning his gaze back to Liu Haizhong.

"Dad, Yanzi is coming to our house tomorrow. Have you thought about my wedding room yet?"

"I'm not asking you to buy houses outside like my older brother, but at least give us a place to live."

"We can't keep crammed into the inner room after we get married."

Liu Haizhong put down his chopsticks and said.

"What can't you do? Aren't all other families with two generations living together?"

"If others can stay here, why can't you?"

"Once you get married, Guangfu will move out. You two can live in the house, and Guangfu can stay at the boarding school during the week and just hang out with the outsiders when he comes back on weekends."

Liu Guangtian immediately exploded upon hearing this.

"No way, I won't do it!"

"Dad, you guys are so biased!"

“Look at Uncle San, when Yan Jiecheng got married, he even set up a rear room for his son as his bridal chamber.”

"You're an old man, yet you let your son and daughter-in-law squeeze into the inner room. It's so inconvenient for them to come and go."

Liu Haizhong said.

"The Yan family was lucky to have found that back-facing room."

"If you can find a suitable room with a reverse-facing roof, I'll get one for you too!"

Liu Guangtian wanted to refute, but an idea suddenly flashed into his mind. He turned his eyes to Liu Haizhong and asked.

"Dad, you know what, I actually have someone suitable. Do you dare to get him?"

Liu Haizhong looked at his second son and sneered.

"Second brother, you're not talking about the deaf old lady's house, are you?"