Siheyuan: I just want to live

After listening to Qin Huairu's words, Chen Feng still had no expression on his face. His eyes were cold and calm, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

He spoke slowly, his tone so calm that one could hardly feel any emotion: "Are you done?"

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Qin Huairu looked at him blankly. She tried to capture even the slightest emotional fluctuation from Chen Feng's face and tone, but gained nothing.

This made her very confused, and she had no idea what Chen Feng was thinking at the moment.

Therefore, Qin Huairu could only nod mechanically, and then asked in an expectant tone: "Then Chen Feng, do you agree?"

However, Chen Feng did not give her a positive answer, but continued to say expressionlessly: "I don't agree!"

When Qin Huairu heard Chen Feng's answer, her face instantly became anxious, and her voice was a little anxious: "Chen Feng, why don't you agree?"

Chen Feng stared at Qin Huairu, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "No reason, I just don't want to lend the house to your family!"

Chen Feng's tone was firm and resolute, and his words left no room for doubt.

When Qin Huairu heard Chen Feng's words, the smile on her face stopped abruptly. She widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief, as if she didn't believe what she heard.

After a while, her emotions suddenly exploded and she yelled hysterically: "Chen Feng, how could you do this to me? We are neighbors!"

As she spoke, her tears rolled down like pearls from a broken string, and she looked extremely pitiful.

Chen Feng looked at Qin Huairu like this, but his heart was calm. He looked at the widow quietly, with a hint of indifference and disdain in his eyes.

Qin Huairu sobbed and said in a trembling voice: "Chen Feng, you are so heartless! You have already moved out of the courtyard house, and you would rather leave the house empty than pity me, a widow with a child, and lend me the house to live in! Can you bear to watch our family, young and old, squeeze into a shabby house?"

Chen Feng listened to Qin Huairu's sobbing words, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a mocking smile. He responded coldly: "It's not me who made you a widow! I don't have any feelings for you, so why should I pity you?"

Then, his tone became more sharp: "Besides, why should I lend you my house? What qualifications do you think you have to ask me to do this?"

Qin Huairu was choked by Chen Feng's words and was speechless. She stood there blankly, her eyes blurred by tears and her heart filled with despair and helplessness.

At this moment, Qin Huairu's face, which looked pretty good now, slid to the ground, and coupled with her aggrieved expression, it really made the man want to protect her.

However, Qin Huairu was just flirting with a blind man today, but Chen Feng didn't feel any emotion at all.

Moreover, Chen Feng continued, "Qin Huairu, I can't possibly lend my house to your family! If you have the guts, you can go back to the courtyard, break the lock of my house, and then move in!"

There was a hint of indifference and determination in his voice, as if telling Qin Huairu that he had made up his mind and would not be shaken by her pleas.

Qin Huairu heard this and a look of despair appeared on her face. She knew she couldn't change Chen Feng's decision, but she couldn't help but want to make one last attempt.

"However, you have to think carefully about whether you can afford the consequences of doing this!"

These words were like a sharp sword, piercing Qin Huairu's heart. Her face turned pale, her lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say a word.

She knew what consequences Chen Feng was talking about. A few days ago, Sha Zhu led people to break into Chen Feng's house and was sentenced to more than 20 years. If she broke the lock of Chen Feng's house and moved in, she didn't know how many years she would be sentenced to.

After saying this, Chen Feng no longer paid attention to Qin Huairu who was crying harder and harder, turned around and walked quickly towards the farm gate.

Qin Huairu was flustered when she saw Chen Feng leaving. She tried to reach out and grab the corner of Chen Feng's clothes to stop him from leaving. But Chen Feng's steps were very fast, and he entered the farm gate in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Chen Feng was not caught, Qin Huairu was about to chase after him, but the security guard standing by immediately stopped her.

While the guard stopped Qin Huairu, he also said, "Comrade, you can't go in!"

Qin Huairu was stopped by the security guard, and after hearing what the security guard said, she immediately said anxiously, "Comrade, I'm here to find Chen Feng. He's right there. Please let me in!"

As she spoke, Qin Huairu raised her hand and pointed at Chen Feng who was already carrying the basin of water.

The guard had just witnessed the entire conversation between her and Chen Feng, and knew that Chen Feng didn't want to pay attention to her, so it was impossible for him to let her in now.

So the guard said, "Comrade, our farm has a rule that outsiders who want to enter the farm must be accompanied by someone! And they also have to register!"

Qin Huairu heard the guard's words, and a trace of despair flashed in her eyes. She looked at the guard in front of her and realized that she could not enter the farm to look for Chen Feng.

Tears slid down her cheeks, and she cried even harder. She stood there, silently looking at Chen Feng who had already gone away, crying helplessly.

Thinking that her children were getting older and older, and her family only had one room, and Chen Feng would not lend her the house, what should she do in the future?

Qin Huairu stood quietly in front of the farm gate, as if time had stopped. She stared into the distance silently, her eyes full of helplessness and disappointment.

Finally, she sighed deeply, as if to let out all her sorrows. Then, her steps became heavy, and she slowly left as if she had lost her soul.

Although Qin Huairu failed to borrow the house as she wished, she only took half a day off today. At this moment, she had to rush back to the steel mill to continue working.

Today she is no longer as free as before. In the past, Yi Zhonghai helped take care of her, and she could be protected even if she did not go to work.

However, the situation is different now. If she dares to be absent from work, the workshop director will not show any mercy and will definitely deduct her salary.

Now, Qin Huairu has lost Sha Zhu's support, and the whole family can only rely on her meager salary to make ends meet.

Every penny is so important to her because it is related to the livelihood of her family. If her salary is deducted even a little bit, she and her children will face the threat of hunger.

Chen Feng returned to the office from the farm gate, sat on a chair in the office, took out a book from the space, and flipped through it boredly, waiting for Wang Dali to take him to lunch.

Soon it was noon. Wang Dali came to Chen Feng's office as promised, and then took Chen Feng to the farm cafeteria.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, Wang Dali took Chen Feng to line up. When they reached the food window, after Wang Dali got his meal, he said to the big sister who was serving the food.

"Sister Jie! This is our new farm manager Chen Feng! Manager Chen came to work one day without bringing a lunch box. Please help Manager Chen get a bowl from the kitchen and put the food into the bowl."

Wang Dali pointed at Chen Feng and said, "Hello, Director Chen!"

When Chen Feng heard her words, he nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Sister Jie, hello to you too!"

Seeing that Chen Feng not only responded to her words but also nodded and smiled at her, Sister Jie immediately said cheerfully, "Or else the leader is naive! You are so polite to a temporary worker like me who serves lunch!"

As she spoke, Sister Jie's Henan dialect came out.

When Wang Dali heard what Jie said, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's good to know Jie. Hurry up and get a bowl for the leader to eat! The leader is hungry!"

When Sister Xie heard Wang Dali say this, she immediately responded, "Okay! I'll get it right away! You wait a moment!"

Having said that, Sister Jie immediately put down the spoon in her hand and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

Not long after, Chen Feng saw Sister Jie come out with a big bowl and chopsticks. Then Chen Feng saw Sister Jie grab a spoon, put some of each dish in the dish bowl, and gave Chen Feng a full bowl of dishes.

Then he took out two steamed buns made of half-grain flour, held the bun in one hand, and handed the bowl and chopsticks to Chen Feng in the other.

As he handed it over, he said, "Leader, the food on our farm tastes pretty good. Eat more!"

Seeing this, Chen Feng quickly took the steamed buns and the bowl and chopsticks, then said, "Thank you, Sister Jie! I will try it!"

Because there were other employees queuing up for food behind Chen Feng, he said a few words to Sister Jie, then found an empty seat with Wang Dali, sat down and started eating.

During this period, Sister Jie forgot to ask Chen Feng for meal tickets, and Chen Feng thought that meal tickets were not required at the farm, so he did not ask for them.

After dinner, Chen Feng washed the dishes at the sink and returned them to Sister Li.

Then he left the cafeteria with Wang Dali.

On the way back to the office, Chen Feng asked Wang Dali, "Captain Wang, do we have work clothes on the farm?"

After hearing what Chen Feng said, Wang Dali was a little confused, but he immediately said, "Yes! We don't have it?"

Chen Feng heard him say that, so he asked again, "Where can I get it?"

When Wang Dali heard what Chen Feng said, he realized that Chen Feng might not have received his work clothes and some labor protection supplies yet.

Wang Dali slapped his forehead and said regretfully, "Ouch! Director Chen! Look, it was me who did this!"

"I thought you had received it when you reported. I didn't expect you haven't received it yet?"

After saying this, Wang Dali said to Chen Feng, "Director Chen, it's lunch break now, and the people distributing clothes and labor protection supplies have already gone home. How about I take you there after work in the afternoon?"

Chen Feng heard what Wang Dali said and felt that he was right. So Chen Feng nodded and said, "Okay, then you can take me to get my work clothes after work this afternoon."