Siheyuan: I just want to live

A few days later, a piece of news reached Chen Feng's ears: Xu Damao had been sentenced! Perhaps it was because of the large amount of money that Xu Damao escaped and was not taken to the execution ground for execution.

However, even so, his life will not be easy. The final verdict was issued, and Xu Damao was sentenced to 18 years in prison and will undergo labor reform. This really fulfilled the saying "After 18 years, he is a good man again."

At the same time, Jin Ling followed Chen Feng's instructions in the past few days and successfully moved Jin Ming's household registration out of Chen Feng's household registration book.

After all the formalities were completed, on this day, Chen Feng, holding a tool, knocked on the door lock of Xu Damao's house. Now, this house belongs to his family. Although the key to the door is still in the hands of Xu's father, this little trouble does not affect the overall situation.

After all, he had waited for many days but never saw Xu's father come to retrieve Xu Damao's belongings. It seemed that Xu's father probably had no interest in the things in the house.

This makes sense. You know, Xu Damao's house had just been robbed not long ago, and all the valuable and important items in the house were stolen, leaving only a few.

Perhaps Mr. Xu felt that the remaining shabby items were really insignificant and simply gave them up, so that he wouldn't be sad again when he saw the items in the courtyard.

The moment Chen Feng stepped into Xu Damao's house, he was surprised to find that the main room was still empty. There was not even a decent dining table. There was only a simple long table placed on the edge of the back wall.

Chen Feng paced slowly in Xu Damao's room, looking around carefully.

After some observation, he realized that the house was almost the same as it was before the theft, but there were some minor changes - a new stove and a simple set of kitchen utensils and tableware were added to the house.

Walking into the bedroom, Chen Feng saw that Xu Damao had not had time to buy too many things. The only obvious change was the two extra quilts on the bed.

Xu Damao's clothes were in disarray and spread out randomly on the bed. It was obvious that he did not buy a dedicated wardrobe to store them.

After Chen Feng looked around the room, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. He thought to himself, "Xu Damao has had a really hard time in the last month!"

However, in fact, Chen Feng did not seem to have thought deeply about why Xu Damao was in such a predicament. Wasn't this the result of his own actions?

After all, if it weren’t for what Chen Feng had done before, perhaps Xu Damao would not have lived such a poor life.

But at this moment, Chen Feng seemed to have completely forgotten the role he played and was only sighing at what he saw before him.

After slowly walking around Xu Damao's slightly messy house which exuded a slight odor, Chen Feng did not stay there for too long.

He frowned slightly, as if he was not satisfied with the environment in the house, but he did not say anything. He just turned around quietly and walked back to his home with steady steps.

As soon as he entered the house, Chen Feng went straight upstairs and took out a brand new and shiny door lock from the drawer.

He carefully examined the lock in his hand, with a barely perceptible smile on his face. Then, without hesitation, he took the new lock and came to the door of Xu Damao's house again.

Then, with deft and quick movements, he hung it up and twisted the key hard to test whether the lock was working properly.

After doing these things, Chen Feng checked and locked his own door and Xu Damao's door in turn. Only then did he feel at ease and slowly walked out of the courtyard pushing the old but well-maintained bicycle.

The sun was shining brightly at this time, and the breeze brought a slight coolness. Chen Feng rode his bicycle leisurely and stopped at the entrance of the alley.

He looked around and soon found two "Wobo" (coolies in old Beijing who specialized in carrying heavy objects) squatting in the corner, waiting for business to come.

After some brief bargaining, the two sides reached an agreement, and then Chen Feng led them back to the courtyard and officially began to move Jin Ming's belongings to Xu Damao's house.

In fact, there are indeed some idle strong laborers in this courtyard, such as the second son of the Liu family, who is strong and healthy.

There are also several families in the front yard who were arranged by the street office to live in the front back house after Jin Ling got married here.

However, for Chen Feng, he really didn't want to have anything to do with these people, especially the families in the front yard.

Not long after they moved in, they, like the old residents in the yard, gradually embarked on the path of no return to becoming "beasts".

It is no wonder that Meng Mu moved three times in ancient times! After all, a person's life and living environment have a huge impact on his life.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." If people are in a bad environment for a long time, they will easily be eroded by negative factors, thus changing their original character and behavior.

A good environment can give people positive energy and motivate them to constantly pursue progress and growth.

Therefore, choosing a suitable living environment is crucial. It is not only related to a person's physical and mental health, but may also determine the future development direction and size of achievements.

Chen Feng secretly planned in his heart that when Chen Xi and Chen Xing grew up a little and were able to go to school, he would definitely find an opportunity to buy a small courtyard with its own entrance and exit.

In this way, they can live here most of the time in the future. He prayed secretly that the lovely Xixi and the well-behaved Xingxing would not be influenced by the bad habits of others in the courtyard and go astray!

Otherwise, Chen Feng would probably be so sad that he would cry without tears!

After Chen Feng and Wobo returned to the courtyard together, Chen Feng opened the door of Xu Damao's house first, then turned around and said to Wobo:

"Masters, please move all the items in the house to the courtyard for the time being, and then clean the house carefully. After the cleaning work is completed, we will deal with other matters!"

At this time, one of the men quickly responded to Chen Feng, "Hey, boss! You can't call us master! You can just call me Lao Li. This one is my son Xiao Li!"

Then, Lao Li asked, "I would like to ask the owner, do we need to move all the items in the house out?"

After listening to what he said, Chen Feng nodded slightly, expressing his agreement: "That's right, Lao Li! All the items in the house must be moved out!"

Although there were still a few pieces of furniture in Xu Damao's house that could still be used, Chen Feng always felt that it was a bit unlucky and thought it would be better to clear them all out.

After hearing what Chen Feng said, Old Li nodded and said, "Okay! I understand, Boss! I'll get started right away!"

After saying that, Old Li led his son to start moving various items out of Xu Damao's house.

Chen Feng stood aside and watched for a while. Seeing that the two of them were working very hard, he felt very satisfied. So he stopped paying any more attention to them and turned around and walked back to his house.

When he got home, Chen Feng first reached out to unscrew the lid of the thermos bottle, put his hand on the bottle mouth, and felt the water temperature, which he felt was acceptable.

So Chen Feng added some white sugar into it. After adding the sugar, he gently shook the bottle a few times to allow the sugar to fully dissolve in the water.

Then, Chen Feng walked briskly into the kitchen and carefully took out two porcelain bowls. He picked up the thermos in one hand and held the two porcelain bowls tightly in the other.

Then he walked out of the house again, and his figure gradually walked away.

Coming to the steps to the north of his house, close to Xu Damao's house, Chen Feng gently put down the thermos.

He stood up, looked into the house, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Master Li, I put some water here for you. If you are thirsty, you can come and drink it anytime!"

The sound was loud and clear, as if it could penetrate the entire yard.

At this time, Lao Li poked his head out of Xu Damao's room. His eyes first fell on Chen Feng, and then quickly moved to the thermos bottle at Chen Feng's feet.

With a look of gratitude on his face, he quickly said to Chen Feng: "Oh my, the boss is so kind! I would like to thank you on behalf of both of us!"

Lao Li's tone was extremely sincere, and Chen Feng felt very comfortable listening to his words. If it was the neighbors in the yard who were helping to move things, Chen Feng would not be able to hear such comfortable words.

Chen Feng smiled and waved his hand, indicating that Lao Li didn't need to be so polite. He said loudly: "Okay, okay, Lao Li, please don't be so polite to me! I still have a lot of things waiting to be dealt with, so you guys should hurry up and continue working!"

After saying that, he turned around and went back into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Chen Feng went straight to Jin Ming's room. He opened the wardrobe and drawers swiftly, and began to pack up Jin Ming's belongings in an orderly manner, and put them into cartons or packages one by one.

In this way, it will be much easier for Mr. Li and his son to carry the things later, saving a lot of time and effort.

When Chen Feng packed up his things, he walked out of the room and saw that Old Li and his son had already moved out all of Xu's things.

At this time, they were sitting on the steps of their house, smoking and resting.

Seeing this, Chen Feng walked up to them, handed them another cigarette, and then asked, "Master Li, is everything ready in the room over there?"

Seeing Chen Feng asking, Lao Li said, "Everything has been cleaned up, and the floor has been swept again! Boss, is there anything else to do?"

Chen Feng heard his words and saw that they were sweating profusely. He thought that although the weather had started to get warmer, they were still sweating so much, so they must have not been lazy.

So Chen Feng said, "We have to move the things in this room over here later, but let's have a cigarette and take a break now."

"It's still early today, let's take our time, there's no need to rush!"

When Lao Li heard Chen Feng say this, he immediately clasped his fists and said to Chen Feng, "Thank you for your understanding, boss! We will start working right after we finish smoking this cigarette!"