Siheyuan: I just want to live

Chen Feng carefully carried two large buckets of wine and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative's door.

The heavy load of wine made him feel a little tired, but he still gritted his teeth and pushed the bicycle forward slowly step by step.

However, after pushing the cart only a short distance, Chen Feng felt that the journey was extremely difficult.

Every step he took seemed to require tremendous effort, and sweat kept dripping down his forehead, soaking his clothes.

Not only that, but you also have to be careful not to drop your drinks and break them.

Finally, Chen Feng couldn't help but stop, turned around and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

I saw a few pedestrians walking sparsely not far away, but they were very far away from me and didn't seem to pay attention to what was happening here.

After confirming that no one was paying attention, Chen Feng had an idea and quickly put the wine in his hand into the space.

The moment the wine and drinks were stored in the space, Chen Feng felt that the bicycle became much lighter.

Chen Feng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a smug smile. Then he got on the bicycle without hesitation, pushed hard with his feet, and the wheels turned rapidly. He rushed towards home like a flash of lightning.

When Chen Feng rode his bike to the door of his house, he parked his bike and noticed at a glance that the door lock that was originally firmly locked on his front door was missing.

He immediately understood that the children at home who were in school must have gone home after school.

At this moment, they are probably sitting comfortably in the living room, staring at the TV screen intently.

Speaking of this TV, Chen Feng bought it just two years ago.

Although it is just an old-fashioned 14-inch TV with a black and white screen, it is far inferior to those large color TVs with bright colors and clear pictures.

But for the children at home, it is like a rare treasure and they can’t let it go. They turn on the TV and watch it non-stop as soon as they get home from school every day.

In fact, television is not the only rare item.

Over the past few years, Chen Feng has bought a lot of practical household appliances from commissioned stores.

For example, the washing machine that can easily wash clothes and the refrigerator with huge capacity have greatly facilitated the family's daily life.

Even things like floor fans were not only provided in Chen Feng's bedroom, but also in each of the children's rooms.

However, if there is one electrical appliance among all these that Chen Feng has concerns about, it would probably be the ceiling fan.

Although ceiling fans on the market are of various styles and affordable, Chen Feng always feels that hanging them on the roof poses a considerable safety hazard.

Every time he looked up and saw the whirring blades of the ceiling fan above his head, he couldn't help but wonder, "Oh no! I feel like this thing is going to fall down and hit me in the next second, what should I do?"

Because of this, no matter how much others recommended it, Chen Feng always insisted on not buying a ceiling fan.

After Chen Feng took great pains to unload the heavy sack of meat from the bicycle and placed it at the door, he took out the wine and drinks that he had just put into the space and placed them next to the sack.

After doing all this, Chen Feng walked towards the gate of the courtyard, ready to push it open and enter.

However, something he could not have imagined happened - no matter how hard he pushed the gate, it did not move at all.

Seeing this, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile helplessly. He knew without thinking that it must be the mischievous children at home who had locked the gate from the inside.

Thinking back to when I was a kid, I did similar things for the same reasons.

At that time, in order to enjoy watching TV to his heart's content, he came up with various ways to avoid the supervision of adults.

Now, looking at the closed gate in front of him, Chen Feng felt filled with emotion.

As for why the children do this, the reason is actually very simple.

Although Chen Feng did not interfere too much with the children's TV watching time, there was still a strict "housekeeper" Jin Ling at home!

Whenever Jin Ling found her children secretly watching TV when she was not at home, she would criticize and educate them mercilessly.

Over time, the smart children learned to lock the gate when watching TV, so that they could always hear Jin Ling coming home.

They will react quickly, turn off the TV in time, and then pretend nothing happened and go to open the door.

This would prevent Jin Ling from suddenly breaking into the main room and catching them red-handed.

Chen Feng saw that he couldn't push the door open from the outside, so he had no choice but to open his voice and shout towards the yard: "Xixi, come out quickly and open the door, Dad is back!"

At this time, Chen Xi, who was sitting in the main room with his brothers watching TV with relish, heard Chen Feng's call.

He immediately jumped up from his seat like a nimble little rabbit and ran hurriedly towards the door.

She ran and shouted back, "Hey! Coming! Dad, please wait a moment. I'll open the door for you right away!"

Not long after, Chen Xi's petite figure appeared at the gate. She stretched out her little hand to hold the bolt and gently pulled it. With a creaking sound, the gate slowly opened.

After Chen Feng and Chen Xi opened the gate, they saw two bottles of wine and a bulging sack placed at the door, and they couldn't help feeling very curious.

She looked at Chen Feng with a puzzled look and asked, "Dad Bao, you don't usually like to drink, why did you suddenly buy so much wine today?"

Hearing his daughter's question, Chen Feng smiled slightly, reached out and touched her little head, and at the same time pushed the bicycle into the yard and parked it.

Then he explained, "Your uncle and aunt are coming to our house tonight, and these drinks are specially used to entertain them."

After listening to Chen Feng's explanation, Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on her face. She nodded slightly, indicating that she understood the reason.

After Chen Feng simply explained that sentence, he stopped talking, as if he didn't want to say anything more.

He turned and walked to the door, bent down, grasped the heavy sack tightly with both hands, and then slowly exerted force to lift it up.

He walked towards the yard step by step. Each step seemed a little difficult, but he never stopped.

Chen Xi, who was standing by, saw his father carrying heavy objects and was also very sensible and well-behaved.

She quickly ran to where the soda was placed, squatted down, stretched out her arms and hugged the bundles of soda tightly.

Although the soda was not light for her at such a young age, she still gritted her teeth and held on, taking small steps and moving towards the yard with difficulty.

After a while, Chen Feng finally succeeded in moving the sack to the side of the screen wall and gently put it down.

He straightened up, patted his aching back with his hands, took a few breaths, and immediately turned around.

At this time, there was still a bundle of beer outside the gate. He walked over quickly, reached out and picked up the beer box, as easily as if he was carrying a light toy.

After entering the courtyard, he opened the gate with his hand and with a "bang", the gate closed tightly.

After Chen Feng closed the door, he chased in the direction of Chen Xi.

In the blink of an eye, he was beside Chen Xi and steadily took the heavy bottle of soda from her arms.

Chen Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his father coming over to help get the soda.

After all, this bundle of soda was still quite heavy for the little girl. Since her father took the initiative to extend his hand, she no longer insisted on holding it herself. She obediently let go of her hands and let Chen Feng take the soda away.

So, Chen Feng walked in front with drinks in hand, his steps steady and powerful; while Chen Xi followed obediently behind him, step by step.

The father and daughter walked slowly towards the main hall, one in front and one behind.

After a while, they walked into the main room. As soon as he entered, Chen Feng did not pay much attention to the children who were concentrating on watching TV, but went straight to the kitchen.

After entering the kitchen, Chen Feng opened the refrigerator door and quickly stuffed the bottles of wine in his hand into it one by one.

After all the drinks were properly placed, he closed the refrigerator door contentedly, turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

At this time, the children in the living room were still staring at the TV screen, completely immersed in the wonderful program.

Seeing this, Chen Feng cleared his throat and raised his voice to shout at the children.

"It's almost time, you should turn off the TV quickly, otherwise your mother will nag you again when she comes back!"

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Chen Xing, who was originally very excited, instantly became like a deflated ball. He lowered his head listlessly and muttered in response.

"Okay Dad, we got it! We'll turn off the TV right away!"

Chen Xing stood up slowly while muttering to himself, walked straight to the TV, reached out and pressed the power button. With a light "click" sound, the TV screen went dark in an instant.

Chen Xi, who had been sitting quietly nearby, did not show much emotion, as if this kind of scene had become commonplace.

She just raised her eyes slightly and glanced at the dark TV screen, then went back to her room to do her homework.

But unlike Chen Xi's calmness, the two little guys on the side showed obvious displeasure on their faces.

They stared at the turned-off TV with their eyes wide open, their little mouths pouted so high that it seemed as if they could hang an oil bottle weighing several kilograms on them.

Obviously, they were full of resentment and dissatisfaction about turning off the TV at this time.

However, no matter how unwilling and unhappy they were, these two little brats had no choice! They had no choice, because they were still so young.

They have little influence! In front of adults, they don't have much say at all.

In desperation, the two little guys had to sit down on the ground with sad faces, like deflated balls, looking so listless that it was heartbreaking.

Chen Feng didn't care at all about the pitiful appearance of the two little guys.

He didn't even bother to take a look, and walked out of the main room on his own, striding towards the back room.

After a while, Chen Feng moved out a lot of things from the back room: a huge barbecue grill, several bags of black charcoal, and many thin barbecue skewers carefully made from bicycle banners.

After moving all these things to the middle of the yard, Chen Feng rolled up his sleeves, ready to show his skills.

He first skillfully placed the grill, then opened the bag of charcoal, took out some charcoal blocks and neatly stacked them at the bottom of the grill.

Then he picked up an old newspaper, rolled it into a tube, lit it with a match, and carefully put it under the grill to ignite the charcoal.

As the flames gradually rose, wisps of green smoke also rose and slowly dissipated in the air...