Early 1960s, Yanjing.
In the courtyard house No. 75 near Nanluogu Alley.
In the middle of the courtyard, a few middle-aged women were pulling their wives 'tongues under the shade of a tree.
"Have you heard? Zhou Weidong was not going to school anymore. He wanted to work at the rolling mill!”
"Yeah, I saw him looking for Grandpa One this morning. I wonder if Grandpa One agreed to help?”
"Sigh, I'm so young that I'm going to die. Weidong has to take care of his three younger brothers alone.”
"Weidong may be young, but he has a backbone! She would rather starve herself than give her younger brother to Grandpa One for adoption.”
"What backbone? Can it be used to pay for food? It was better to agree to Grandpa One earlier. When the time came, Grandpa One would definitely help their family. They wouldn't have to be like now, where they didn't even have anything to eat. The few of them were so hungry that they were skin and bones!”
……
In a slightly dilapidated room in the backyard.
"Big brother, what's wrong? Don't scare us!"
"Sob, sob, sob, gods and buddhas in the sky, hurry up and let my big brother recover!”
" Woo, Brother, don't abandon us!"
At this moment, an older boy and two younger boys were crying at the head of the bed.
Looking at the thin and weak young man who had fallen into a coma on the bed, the children's faces were filled with sadness and confusion.
If something happened to their big brother, Zhou Weidong, they really didn't know how to live in the future.
Zhou Weidong suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the sobbing.
"Where am I?"
After struggling to sit up on the bed, Zhou Weidong saw a very historical scene.
The walls were dark and mottled, and the furniture was worn out. The bed was covered in patched blankets, and the portrait of a great man was pasted on the wall.
The three boys beside him, who were crying with snot all over their faces, made him even more enlightened.
Everything in front of him showed that this was no longer his original world.
Then, a familiar yet strange memory surged into his mind.
It didn't take long for Zhou Weidong to figure out what happened.
He had transmigrated!
The melodramatic thing was that the world he had transmigrated to was actually the world of a TV series he had seen in his previous life, Love in the Courtyard.
Thinking of this, Zhou Weidong was speechless.
It would be fine if he hadn't watched television dramas.
However, Zhou Weidong, who understood the plot, knew very well that it was more appropriate to call this place a courtyard house.
Through the memories of his original body, he understood that he had not wronged these people at all.
In his previous life, Zhou Weidong was an electrical and mechanical engineer who had drifted to the north. He had not settled down even when he was nearly thirty years old.
However, in this world, Zhou Weidong was seventeen years old and was about to graduate from junior high school. His family had three rooms in the backyard.
The three little slugs beside him were his younger brothers.
Zhou Weinan, Zhou Weihua, and Zhou Weijun were fourteen, twelve, and seven years old respectively.
As for his parents, the information was a little bumpy.
His father, Zhou Dahua, had sacrificed himself in a mission six years ago and became a martyr.
After that, the brothers relied on their widowed mother to do odd jobs to raise them up.
Although life was hard, there was still hope.
As long as Zhou Weidong graduated from junior high school, he would be able to work and improve the lives of his family.
The weather was unpredictable!
Mother Zhou suddenly fell ill a few years ago. Even after spending all the family's savings, she still couldn't be saved.
This made the already poor family even worse.
After Mother Zhou passed away, the beasts in the courtyard house bullied the brothers even more.
Yi Zhonghai was the one who had gone overboard!
After his father, Zhou Dahua, died, Yi Zhonghai wanted to adopt Zhou Weidong's fourth brother, but he was rejected by the original mother.
In fact, Mother Zhou did not want to refuse at first.
After all, it was indeed difficult for a woman to take care of four children. He had considered giving the newborn Xiao Si up for adoption.
However, Yi Zhonghai had conditions for adopting Little Four.
Not only did he want Little Four to change his surname to Yi, but he also wanted Mother Zhou to remarry with the other three children and leave the courtyard house. From then on, the two families would no longer have any contact.
Faced with such conditions, Mother Zhou rejected them on the spot.
Just like that, their family had offended Yi Zhonghai.
From then on, Yi Zhonghai began to work with the Deaf Old Lady and the Jia family to frame Zhou Weidong's family.
At the same time, Yi Zhonghai had also secretly instructed his 'godson' He Yuzhu and his good disciple Jia Dongxu to bully the original owner's family. He had also roped in the Second Master Liu Haizhong and the Third Master Yan Bugui to ostracize them.
When the other beasts in the courtyard saw the actions of First Uncle, the Deaf Old Lady, and the others, they all followed suit and isolated the Zhou family.
Even if some people sympathized with the Zhou family, no one dared to disobey Yi Zhonghai.
After all, Yi Zhonghai was not only the boss of the institute, but he was also a Grade 8 fitter in the rolling mill.
Most of the animals in the yard were employees of the rolling mill. They were not willing to offend Yi Zhonghai for the Zhou family.
Moreover, this was the year of the natural disaster. Even if he wanted to help, he didn't have the ability.
Facing such a difficult life, Mother Zhou never complained when she was alive.
He had relied on part-time jobs and state aid to raise his brothers.
After Mother Zhou passed away, only the four of them were left. Their days became more and more difficult.
As the saying goes, a young man eats his father to death.
Although there was a national food subsidy, a quota of ten catties per person was not enough for them.
Moreover, the beasts in the courtyard, especially the Jia family, took advantage of the fact that their brothers were not at home to come to the house and cause trouble.
Although the brothers were angry, without the help of adults, they could only swallow their anger.
In order to let his brothers eat, Zhou Weidong had no choice but to deduct his own rations.
That was why Zhou Weidong had become so weak.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have died of anger after Yi Zhonghai returned home.
According to Zhou Weidong's original plan, he went to Yi Zhonghai today because he felt that he was going to graduate soon and wanted him to introduce him to work at the rolling mill.
After all, not only did the rolling mill have high wages, but it was also close to home.
If he could work in the rolling mill, he would definitely be able to support his younger brothers.
Moreover, after his mother left, Yi Zhonghai would occasionally tell his original body that it was difficult to find her.
In the end, when he went to Yi Zhonghai for help, the old man turned his face away.
No matter how much the Host begged, she refused to help.
He even mocked the Host and asked him to take good care of his younger brothers and not let them starve to death.
"This f * cking Yi Zhonghai is really a f * cking bastard!”
"Just you wait. Watch how I deal with you in the future!”
"And these beasts in the courtyard, just you wait!”
Thinking of the Host's experience, Zhou Weidong empathized with her and secretly swore in his heart.
The original body didn't understand the reason for the Zhou family's misfortune all these years.
However, Zhou Weidong, who had experienced the ups and downs of human emotions, was quite familiar with them.
Moreover, the original mother did not instruct him before she died, so he did not know what Yi Zhonghai had been up to all these years.
The original owner had always thought that Yi Zhonghai was very righteous.
However, Zhou Weidong could not hide anything from him.
He swore in his heart that if he had the chance in the future, he would never let Yi Zhonghai go.
Looking at his younger brothers beside him who were crying with snot on their faces, the kinship that originated from the bloodline became even stronger.
"Don't cry. Brother is fine!”
"As long as brother is here, we won't let the people in the courtyard bully us anymore!”
Zhou Weidong hugged his brothers and comforted them solemnly.
"Brother, you know, you weren't breathing just now. You scared me to death.”Zhou Weinan said as he wiped his snot.
"Brother, I'll listen to you in the future and never make you angry again.”Zhou Weihua, the third brother, said carefully as well. He just wanted Zhou Weidong to be less worried.
After hearing his two brothers 'words, the fourth brother, Zhou Weijun, thought about it and mustered up his courage."Brother, why don't you give me away?”
"Otherwise, you'll always be hungry. Something will happen to you sooner or later.”
"Haha, Xiao Si, don't spout nonsense. We can't lose a single one.”
"As long as big brother is here, no one can bully us in the future!”
Zhou Weidong looked at his younger brothers and laughed heartily.
Although life was difficult now, with his abilities in his previous life, he really did not believe that he could not support his younger brothers.
At this moment, a robotic voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Weidong's mind.
" Ding! Host's request detected. The check-in system is loading…1%…10%…50%…"
The data was in place, and the keyboard was broken.
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