Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 224 Liu Guangqi cuts ties with Liu Haizhong in the newspaper

Zheng Jian said, "Liu Haizhong, we went to your hometown for your matter. Although you hid well, when we showed your photos to your parents, they recognized you at a glance. Liu Haizhong, you treat your son like this now, maybe you got the true teachings from your father?!"

Liu Haizhong knew he couldn't hide it any longer, so he sighed and said, "Since the family split, I left my hometown and came to Sijiu City to make a living. I thought I could get rid of the connection with my original family by changing my name. I didn't expect that you would find out in the end."

Zheng Jian asked: "Where are your father and your brother now?!"

Liu Haizhong replied, "I don't know!" Then he added, "I really don't know. After the family split, my brother and I were kicked out of the house by my father."

Zheng Jian looked at his two companions. The three of them looked at each other. They nodded at the same time. Zheng Jian then asked, "Liu Haizhong, why did you hide your background when you registered?!"

Liu Haizhong said: "My father and my brother are landlords and capitalists. I am not. I earn my living by my own strength. Is that wrong?!"

"Liu Haizhong! Even if you rely on your own strength to eat, you should tell us clearly about your past. Do you think hiding it is useful?!" After saying that, Zheng Jian stared at Liu Haizhong without blinking.

Liu Haizhong was frightened by Zheng Jian's look. After a while, Liu Haizhong said, "Even if I concealed it, what would happen?! I didn't do anything bad. I just beat my son. Haven't you ever beaten your own children?!"

"You are really unrepentant!" After saying that, Zheng Jian asked Liu Haizhong to sign the transcript and left with his men.

Half a month later, Liu Haizhong was released. Liu Haizhong returned home and before he could catch his breath, Wang Xia and the people from the street office came. Liu Haizhong heard a knock on the door, opened the door and saw Wang Xia standing at the door. He immediately smiled and asked, "Director Wang, why are you here?!"

Wang Xia said, "Liu Haizhong, I am here to announce the punishment for you. Since you concealed your past, after discussion and research, you will be punished as follows! First, your landlord status will be restored; second, starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for cleaning the entire Nanluoguxiang."

Liu Haizhong was slightly stunned, looked at Wang Xia in disbelief, and asked, "Director Wang, you want me to sweep the streets?!"

Wang Xia asked back, “Why not?!” Then she reminded him, “This is a chance we give you to reform. If you don’t want this opportunity, we can only send you to a farm for labor reform.”

Liu Haizhong said hurriedly: "I do! I do! I will sweep it tomorrow!"

Wang Xia said, "Tomorrow morning at five o'clock, you will report to the cleaning team of the street office."

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I will be there on time tomorrow!" After saying that, Liu Haizhong watched Wang Xia and the people from the street office leave, angrily closed the door, and muttered: "It's true that a tiger in plain land is bullied by a dog, and a phoenix with feathers plucked is no better than a chicken!"

At five o'clock in the afternoon, brothers Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangfu came back one after the other. When they saw Liu Haizhong, they were both surprised. Liu Guangqi was the first to come to his senses and shouted, "Dad, you're back?!"

"Yeah!" Liu Haizhong responded, and said, "Guangqi, your father will never be an official in this lifetime. Whether our family can turn things around depends entirely on you."

Liu Guangqi looked at his father blankly, not knowing what to say. After a while, Liu Guangqi came to his senses and asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you?!" Then Liu Guangqi thought of the neighbors pointing and talking about him when he just came back. Liu Guangqi immediately realized that something must have happened at home that he didn't know about.

Liu Haizhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Nothing." Then he asked, "Guangqi, have you decided on an internship unit?!"

Liu Guangqi replied: "It's settled. The Technical Department of the Machine Repair Factory."

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Liu Haizhong said "Okay" three times in a row, and then said, "When your mother comes back, ask her to fry an extra egg so that you can have a good rest."

After a while, Xu Zhaodi came back. Seeing Liu Haizhong at home, Xu Zhaodi asked excitedly: "Lao Liu, when did you come back?!"

Liu Haizhong replied, "I came back this morning." Then he asked, "Are you used to your work now?!"

"Not bad!" Xu Zhaodi replied, "I'll go cook now."

Liu Haizhong said: "Fry an extra egg for Guangqi to replenish his energy!"

"Hey!" Xu Zhaodi responded and ran into the kitchen.

At about 8:30 in the evening, Liu Haizhong and his wife lay down on the bed. Xu Zhaodi took the initiative to say: "Lao Liu, now that you are out, I will give your job back to you!"

Liu Haizhong sighed and said, "There are some problems with my background. I can't do my original job anymore. Now the street office has arranged for me to sweep the streets."

"What?!" Xu Zhaodi was shocked and said, "How could there be something wrong with your ingredients?!"

Liu Haizhong said: "It was Liu Guangtian who did it. If he hadn't reported me to the police station, they wouldn't have gone to my hometown to check my past. They wouldn't have found out that my father was a big landlord in my hometown."

"What?!" Liu Guangqi, who was eavesdropping at the door, was secretly surprised. He had never thought of it. His father would have such a history? ! Liu Guangqi was not thinking about how to conceal this matter, but how to draw a clear line with Liu Haizhong. After hesitating for a while, Liu Guangqi decided to confront Liu Haizhong tomorrow morning. If Liu Haizhong was willing to break up with him, it would be great. If Liu Haizhong was unwilling, Liu Guangqi had to publish a statement in the newspaper to break up with Liu Haizhong for his own future.

Back in his room, Liu Guangqi lay on the bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep. It was not until dawn that he fell into a drowsy sleep.

"Guangqi! Guangqi! Get up quickly! Otherwise you'll be late for school!" Liu Guangqi heard his mother's call, and reluctantly got up from the bed, put on his clothes, walked out of the room, and asked, "Mom, where's my dad?!"

"Your father!" Xu Zhaodi hesitated for a moment and said, "He went to sweep the streets."

Liu Guangqi frowned unconsciously and asked, "Why are you sweeping the streets for no reason?!"

Xu Zhaodi said, "This is a temporary worker your father found. He doesn't have a job right now, so he can't just sit there doing nothing, right?!"

"That's true!" Liu Guangqi murmured in a pretentious manner, took his toiletries, walked to the faucet in the backyard, washed up briefly, went back home to eat, said hello to his mother, and went out. However, Liu Guangqi did not go far after leaving the courtyard today. After his mother went to work, he returned to the courtyard. Without Liu Guangqi saying anything, he knew from the neighbors' discussions that what he overheard last night was true. After Liu Guangqi made up his mind, he went back home, packed up his things, and left home with his things.

Three days later, Liu Haizhong came back from sweeping the streets in the afternoon. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he was stopped by Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui said, "Old Liu, something happened in your family, and you are still so calm?!"

Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, what are you talking about?!"

Yan Bugui handed the newspaper in his hand to Liu Haizhong, pointed at the center of the newspaper, and said, "Look! Here is the statement from your Liu Guangqi that he is severing ties with you!"

"What?!" Liu Haizhong was startled, took the newspaper and looked at the place where Yan Bugui pointed. Then Liu Haizhong felt that his eyes went dark. Yan Bugui quickly supported Liu Haizhong and asked, "Old Liu, are you okay?!"