Siheyuan: Forced to exchange rooms with Qin Huairu at the beginning

"Brother Zhiqiang, listen, what's that sound?"

Ran Qiuye asked curiously when he heard the scream.

"It's probably Liu Haizhong beating his son. He's always like this. When he's unhappy, he grabs his son and beats him up. When he's happy, he beats him up again."

Zhang Zhiqiang listened for a while and made a judgment.

"Ah? There is such a person. Could it be that he is the one who reported us?"

Ran Qiuye said unhappily. Although she had not reacted yet, Liu Haizhong had been too active just now.

"It's him. Aunt Zhou told me everything."

Zhang Zhiqiang said affirmatively.

"Why is this man like this? He is still the second uncle."

Ran Qiuye pouted and said that she didn't think there was anything wrong with reporting the matter.

But their family didn't do anything wrong, so why did Liu Haizhong report it?

"Okay, wife, don't be unhappy, take a rest and prepare for dinner."

Zhang Zhiqiang pushed Ran Qiuye onto the sofa and prepared to cook.

As soon as I went out, I saw Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu running out of Liu's house, and the voice of Liu Haizhong was heard behind them.

"How dare you run away, you bastard? If you run away, don't come back."

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu stopped where they were when they heard Liu Haizhong's voice. They didn't dare to run out, but they didn't dare to go back either. They were a little at a loss.

"Guangtian, Guangfu, come here!"

Zhang Zhiqiang shouted to Liu Haizhong’s two sons.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other and slowly moved towards Zhang Zhiqiang.

The two brothers did not dare to refuse Zhang Zhiqiang's request. After all, he was a tough guy who could beat Sha Zhu.

"Brother Qiang, what can I do for you?"

Liu Guangtian is the elder brother, and asked tremblingly.

"Nothing's wrong. What happened to you two? Did you get beaten up by the second uncle again?"

Zhang Zhiqiang asked even though he knew the answer.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other and nodded silently.

"Why did the second uncle only beat you two? When Liu Guangqi was at home, he was not beaten."

Zhang Zhiqiang asked curiously, Liu Guangqi is their eldest brother, and now he is married and moved to another place.

"Who knows? My dad only beat the two of us. Look at how he beat me, brother Qiang. I'm bleeding."

The younger Liu Guangfu lost his temper and spoke directly, showing Zhang Zhiqiang his wound.

I saw that there was indeed a spot of blood on Liu Guangfu's arm, and it seemed that he was hit in the same place by the belt twice.

"Then why don't you run away?"

Zhang Zhiqiang patiently and persuadingly said.

"He is our father after all. If we beat him up and then ran away, wouldn't people say we are unfilial?"

Liu Guangtian said with a wry smile.

"That's not what I said. Do you two believe me?"

Zhang Zhiqiang asked.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other again and nodded at the same time.

They both knew that Zhang Zhiqiang was both civil and military, able to beat up the courtyard war god Sha Zhu, and had become a seventh-level fitter in a short period of time.

"If you believe me, then I'll simply explain it to you. In my opinion, your father is sure that you two will not leave, so he treats you like this."

"Besides, Liu Guangqi is the eldest son. You should rely on Liu Guangqi for your old age. He won't care about you at all."

Zhang Zhiqiang speculated.

"That's right, I've never seen him hit my eldest brother."

Liu Guangfu clapped his hands and said in agreement.

"Alas, there's nothing we can do about it. We are the second and third children."

Liu Guangtian sighed and said.

Zhang Zhiqiang said after listening: "You can't think like that, Guangtian. Have you ever heard the saying, 'If you are hit by a small stick, you will take it, but if you are hit by a big stick, you will walk away'?"

"No, what does this mean?"

Liu Guangtian was not a good student in school. Maybe he inherited the stupid character Liu Haizhong and had no idea what these two sentences meant.

"What I mean is that parents are not always right. If your father had not hit you lightly, then it would have been fine if he had hit you twice. But you were beaten with a belt like today, so you should have run away in advance."

Zhang Zhiqiang gave a brief explanation and added a little of his own understanding.

"That's not going to work, Brother Qiang. Didn't you hear what my dad said? If we leave, don't come back. If we get caught, we'll definitely get beaten even worse."

Liu Guangtian was still a little scared. How could the two of them have the ability to survive now? If they couldn't go home, they really had nowhere to go.

"Impossible. Do you believe that if you don't go back, the Second Master will come looking for you? Besides, he is old now, after all. Can't you two control him? Just go up and grab his arm and see how he can beat you."

Zhang Zhiqiang came up with an idea.

"Brother Qiang is right, brother, how about we run away?"

Liu Guangfu was tempted. This way he wouldn't be afraid of Liu Haizhong beating them.

"Where are we going? Do we have money? Where will we stay and what will we eat?"

Liu Guangtian scolded, and just as he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Zhiqiang handing him something. Upon closer inspection, it was five dollars.

"Here, it should be enough for you to eat for two or three days. If you want to stay, find a classmate's house first. These are all small problems."

Zhang Zhiqiang said generously.

"Brother Qiang, this is not good, this is all your money."

Although Liu Guangtian was very tempted, he was too embarrassed to take it.

"What's the big deal? My monthly salary is the same as your father's. Is there anything wrong with that? The main thing is that I don't want to see you two being beaten by your uncle again. You are both children. What will we do if something bad happens to you?"

Zhang Zhiqiang said this with great righteousness, as if he really cared about the two brothers.

"Thank you, Brother Qiang. From now on, you will be the eldest brother of our two brothers."

Liu Guangtian took the five yuan tremblingly. He had never seen so much money before. In an instant, his admiration for Zhang Zhiqiang was like an endless torrent of water.

"It's okay. This is what the eldest brother should do. Second brother, third brother, you can leave quickly."

"Remember! Don't mention me to anyone."

When Zhang Zhiqiang said this, it sounded like Patriarch Bodhi was teaching a monkey.

"Okay, then we two brothers will go first. Guangfu, let's go!"

The two brothers walked very firmly, as if they had made some kind of determination, and soon they disappeared from sight.

Zhang Zhiqiang chuckled and went to the kitchen to cook.

If Liu Haizhong dares to report me, he must be prepared to bear the consequences. Why not use five dollars to cause some trouble for Liu Haizhong?

Liu Haizhong beat up his two sons and instantly felt refreshed. He ate three steamed buns in one breath. As for his two sons, Liu Haizhong was not worried at all. If they dared to leave the courtyard, he would look up to them.

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After Zhang Zhiqiang and Ran Qiuye finished their meal, Liu Haizhong realized something was wrong. It was almost dark, why hadn't his two sons come back yet?

Liu Haizhong went out and looked in the backyard, but didn't find them. He then ran to the middle yard and the front yard, but couldn't find any sign of his two sons.

At this time, Liu Haizhong became a little anxious and called out the names of his two sons loudly. Zhang Zhiqiang at home heard it clearly.

"Second uncle, your son is not in the yard. I just saw them go out."

A neighbor, perhaps thinking Liu Haizhong was noisy, said to Liu Haizhong.

"Impossible? How dare these two bastards run away?"

Liu Hai felt a chill in his head and had a bad feeling, so he hurried to find Yi Zhonghai.