Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 5 Father and Son, Confession
In the blink of an eye, more than three hours passed.

During this period, Li Guoqiang practiced the True Five Animals Technique ten times, and successfully increased his gains by one decimal point, gaining 0.1 points of strength and 0.1 points of physique. He even gained 0.01 points of spirit after the tenth practice, which made him feel a little surprised.

This True Five Animals Exercise is worthy of being created by the great doctor Hua Tuo, a method specifically for health preservation. Its effects on the human body are all-round and without blind spots.

If he can successfully practice the True Five Animals Technique to the highest level of a master in the industry in the future, then he will surely live to be 100 years old, which would coincide with the centenary of the founding of the country.

Thinking of this, he instantly had a new life goal in his mind, which was to celebrate his 100th birthday with the great motherland.

In order to achieve this ambitious goal, he must first be down-to-earth and do the things at hand well.

Afterwards, he did not continue to practice the True Five Animals Diagram. It was not that he did not want to, but his body really could not take it anymore.

Although the practice was not very strenuous, his physical condition was too poor. He had to grit his teeth to get through the tenth practice.

At this time, his underwear had been soaked by the sweat from his body. The most urgent thing was to go home and change clothes as soon as possible, so as not to catch a cold by accident.

As soon as he returned to the gate of the yard, he saw from afar a very familiar figure carrying a 28-inch bicycle and walking into the yard, and a very complicated emotion surged in his heart.

He knew that this was the memory left over from his previous life, just like when he first saw Luo Huijuan, he had an inexplicable feeling of liking her.

So he hurriedly forced himself to dispel this emotion, then quickened his pace and walked into the yard.

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity when Li Dawei pushed the bicycle into the shed, he quickly slipped into his own room, wanting to change his wet clothes quickly to avoid letting Li Dawei see him and get angry and worried.

However, when he got into bed and quickly took off his clothes, he suddenly remembered that the underwear he had taken off yesterday had been washed by Su Huijuan, and now he had no dry underwear to change into.

In desperation, he could only choose not to wear underwear temporarily and put on the cotton coat and pants he had just taken off.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the house, and then a middle-aged man, about 1.78 meters tall, thin, with a few wrinkles on his forehead and rough and yellow skin, pushed open the door and walked in.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly turned over from the bed, stood up straight, and then shouted softly.

"dad!"

Since he had done some psychological preparation in advance, Li Dawei did not notice anything unusual when he was shouted at this time.

Li Dawei first looked Li Guoqiang from head to toe. Seeing that Li Guoqiang was in good spirits, a relieved smile instantly appeared on his face.

"Well, my application for sick leave has been approved today. Tomorrow morning, I will take you to the post office to handle the handover procedures. Then you don't have to worry about being sent to the countryside to join the production team."

"Dad, I want to tell you something!"

Li Guoqiang hesitated for a moment after hearing this, then thought that if he stuck his head out, he would be in danger as well, so he immediately said it with a stiff upper lip.

"What is it?"

Li Dawei was slightly stunned, then asked with some curiosity.

In his impression, since Li Guoqiang was rather timid and dull in character, whenever there was any problem, Li Guoqiang would talk to Luo Huijuan first, and then Luo Huijuan would talk to him.

Why did he suddenly change his personality?

Li Guoqiang glanced at Li Dawei, then turned around, walked to the desk, opened the drawer, rummaged around in it, and quickly took out a letter of introduction for an educated youth who had been sent to the countryside to work, and a train ticket made out of a small piece of paper.

In those days, everyone called train tickets cardboard tickets. It was not until the late 1990s that these cardboard tickets were replaced by soft paper tickets printed with barcodes. Li Dawei looked at the letter of introduction and train ticket handed over by Li Guoqiang, and instantly couldn't help but widen his eyes, followed by a series of shocked and angry scolding.

"Are you crazy?"

"Do you know what it means to join the production team in the countryside?"

"You don't want to die?"

"Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

"Dad, don't get excited yet, let me explain it to you slowly!"

Seeing Li Dawei's furious look, Li Guoqiang shrank his neck slightly, then hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

"Explanation? Okay, I'll listen carefully to what explanation you can give me."

Li Dawei's eyes narrowed, then he suppressed the anger in his heart and sat down on the chair.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang did not explain immediately, but reached out for the thermos and poured a glass of boiled water for Li Dawei.

Afterwards, he sat opposite Li Dawei, organized his words in his mind, and then slowly said, "Dad, I know you are doing this for my own good. You don't want me to suffer in the countryside, and you don't want me to never come back."

"In order to allow me to stay in the city, you even thought of applying for early sick leave so that I could take over and stay in the city."

"But, you know what?"

"The more you do this, the worse it makes me feel!"

"You have always told me that my biological mother is a remarkable woman. Even though she became a low-class actress, she never lost her integrity as a human being."

"And if I, as her son, always hide behind you and live a cowardly life, do you think I can repay her kindness for giving birth to me at the risk of her life?"

"Also, you know that this time I'm going to the countryside to work as a farmer, and I don't know when I'll be able to come back."

"Rather than letting a sickly person like me stay in this city and continue to be a burden to others, it is better to let Xiaofu stay and fulfill his filial duty to you on my behalf."

"This way, even if I die in the future due to bad luck, I can die with peace of mind."

"My stepmother has been married to you for so many years, and has worked hard in our family for so many years. Can you bear to watch her lose her own biological son from now on?"

"If you still recognize me as your son, please let me make my own decision!"

After saying this, a determined look appeared on Li Guoqiang's face, as if he wanted to show his determination.

After listening to what Li Guoqiang said, Li Dawei felt both relieved and worried, but the anger he had before was gone.

What made him feel gratified was that Li Guoqiang had finally grown up and became a real man who could stand on his own feet.

What worries him is that given Li Guoqiang’s physical condition, this departure might very well be a farewell forever!

(End of this chapter)