1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

After everything was ready, the village chief took the lead and distributed pounds of wild boar meat to every household in an orderly manner.

All the villagers took the wild boar meat from the village chief and expressed their gratitude to the Li family.

Just then, Li Dajiang inadvertently glanced and saw his second uncle Li Quanzhen in the bustling crowd.

He couldn't help but feel surprised, because since returning last night, his second uncle had not appeared in front of him. He was completely different from the second uncle who always took the initiative to come to him in everything.

He couldn't help but wonder what happened to his second uncle? He was still standing in the crowd waiting for his share of pork.

Instead of coming over and saying a few words in front of the villagers as an elder in exchange for their gratitude.

Although the doubts in his heart were growing like weeds in his mind, he really had no time to go and find out the truth at this moment.

Finally, when everyone had taken the wild boar meat, the village chief checked carefully and found that there was still one piece left. It turned out that no one from Li Dahu's family came to claim it.

At this moment, Li Dajiang could no longer hold back and finally asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"Dahe, what happened to Second Uncle? Why didn't he claim the meat for the Dahu family?"

Li Dahe looked around, then pulled Li Dajiang to a secluded place aside and told him everything that had happened in the past few days without reservation.

It starts from how the second uncle took advantage of Li Dahu's illness, took advantage of their family, and cried poor to his father and demanded money and food, and then it all the way to the story of Li Weilan, a child of Li Dahu's family, crying sadly at the door of the second uncle's house.

Then his second uncle came to him shamelessly to ask for his work targets and all his actions, and he told him everything.

After hearing this, Li Dajiang stood there in silence for a long time as if he had been struck by lightning.

He could never have imagined that his second uncle, whom his father had always helped wholeheartedly, would have such a terrible face.

His face suddenly became as gloomy as the sky covered with dark clouds, his brows were tightly twisted into a knot, and the sorrow on his face seemed to have condensed into a layer of unmeltable frost, which made people afraid to look at him.

"How could this happen..." Li Dajiang muttered to himself, his voice full of disappointment and disbelief.

After a long while, Li Dajiang took a deep breath, as if he had made a major decision.

He said with a firm gaze: "From now on, we just need to show basic courtesy to our Second Uncle.

If he can reform himself, we can get close to him again; if he is still so ignorant and keeps asking for things, then we don't have to indulge him anymore.

We can no longer let him make our family suffer more, and we can’t let his greed chill our parents’ hearts.”

After listening to this, Li Dahe nodded heavily, his eyes full of determination for the future.

Finally, Grandma Li asked Li Weiguo to carry five kilograms of mixed grain flour, two kilograms of wild meat, half a block of lard and a few potatoes to Li Dahu's house.

Li Weiguo walked along the winding path in his memory, his steps slightly heavy.

He was holding something in his hand and walking slowly towards Li Dahu's house.

Even though he was still quite some distance away from the house, he could clearly hear Li Dahu's heart-wrenching cough coming from inside the house, one after another, echoing in the silent air.

Deep in Li Weiguo's memory, this cousin seemed to always be tortured by coughing.

He had seen Li Dahu's face turn red due to coughing countless times, and heard the sound that seemed to be coughing out his heart and lungs.

Those images and sounds were deeply imprinted in his mind.

Li Weiguo still remembers that his cousin had always been in poor health. Years of illness had made him increasingly thin, and his face was always sickly pale.

Over the years, the hardships of life have left him penniless, with poor food and clothes, and his health is deteriorating.

However, even so, this cousin has an admirable stubbornness in his bones.

Even though life was tight and he faced numerous difficulties, he never gave up easily and never took the initiative to ask others for help. He always silently endured everything alone and supported this family with his thin but strong body.

Thinking of these past events, Li Weiguo's mood became increasingly heavy and complicated.

He stood in front of the shabby and crumbling door, hesitated for a long time, and finally took a deep breath, raised his hand, and gently knocked on the door that seemed to carry countless sufferings.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Uncle Dahu, I'm Weiguo, my grandma asked me to bring some things over..."

As soon as Li Weiguo finished speaking, excited responses came from inside the house.

"Weiguo, it's Weiguo coming. Weilan, go open the door for your brother Weiguo!"

Then, Li Weiguo heard a burst of hurried footsteps running towards him.

"Brother Weiguo, you're here! Come in and sit down..."

Li Weilan ran over and opened the door for him with a smile, her voice filled with joy.

"Okay, Uncle Dahu, how are you these past two days?"

Li Weiguo walked into the house and greeted Li Dahu who was inside.

"I'm fine! Ahem... Ahem, I'm fine! Weiguo heard that you went back to the city. When did you come back?"

The room was dim, and against the light Li Weiguo could see Uncle Dahu's current appearance clearly.

He was still as pale and frail as ever.

"I came back last night, Uncle Dahu. Today, my second uncle and I went up the mountain and hunted two wild boars. My grandma asked me to bring you some meat and food!"

Li Weiguo sat on the stool opposite Li Dahu and calmly explained his purpose.

After saying that, he handed the basket in his hand to Li Weilan.

After hearing this, Li Weilan did not reach out to take it, but turned to look at Li Dahu.

"Weiguo, didn't your second uncle just send some food over a while ago? Why did he send it again today?"

Li Dahu frowned. He was not as happy as most people would be when seeing wild boar meat. Instead, he became worried.

How could Li Weiguo not know what he was thinking? He was worried that he would not be able to repay Li Weiguo's kindness!

"Uncle Dahu, these things are for your health, so just accept them without worry. Your health should be the most important thing in everything!"

After saying that, he stood up and put the things on the table, then prepared to leave with the empty basket.

"Weiguo, Uncle Dahu..."

There was a hint of sob in Li Dahu's voice, but he didn't say the words that came to his lips.

"Uncle Dahu, I understand. Take good care of yourself. I'll come see you again in two days!"

Li Weiguo didn't want to stay any longer, as he knew that if he did, Uncle Dahu's family would become very restrained.

He walked out with the basket, and Li Weilan followed him out.

"Brother Weiguo, thank you grandpa and grandma for helping my family. We will always remember their kindness!"

"Sister Wei Lan, please stop saying these polite words. We are all family. Take good care of your father, and things will get better in the future!"

"Well! Brother Weiguo, take care..."

After leaving Li Dahu's house, Li Weiguo has been thinking about how to help Uncle Dahu's family out of trouble.