Siheyuan: I just want to live

When Chen Feng led them into the middle courtyard, there were already crowds of people in front of Sha Zhu's house. Some were chatting about family matters in groups of three or four, while others were whispering to each other.

As soon as they saw Chen Feng and Sun Xiaojuan's family, the commotion in the crowd suddenly intensified, and whispers rose one after another.

"Hey, look, why did Chen Feng bring a few strangers here? What are these people doing?" Extra A asked Extra B beside him with curiosity.

Extra B scratched his head, also bewildered: "I just got off work a while ago, how can I know what's going on!"

At this time, Extra C suddenly came forward and said in a low voice: "Do you think that woman could be Chen Feng's new wife?" As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Xiaojuan out of the corner of his eye, his eyes revealing a bit of curiosity and speculation.

Dragon Armor said in surprise, "That's impossible! If it's Chen Feng's wife, then what's going on with that old man and the kid?"

At this time, Extra B suddenly said, "Who cares? We'll know after the meeting. Let's stop discussing it."

The other two extras nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes! The old man will definitely ask Chen Feng about this in the meeting later!"

Chen Feng turned a deaf ear to the neighbors' comments and just stood there quietly, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. However, Sun Xiaojuan, who was standing next to him, could not be as calm as him.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and the shy blush was particularly eye-catching under the dim light in the yard. Unfortunately, due to the light, this subtle change was not noticed by others.

Chen Feng did not notice the change in her facial expression because of the body of Sun Xiaojuan's father-in-law blocking his view.

Chen Feng reached into his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. He then took out a cigarette and handed it to Sun Xiaojuan's father-in-law, asking, "Would you like a cigarette?"

Sun Xiaojuan's father-in-law waved his hand hastily to refuse, saying, "Thank you! I don't smoke."

He did not reach out to take the cigarette. At this moment, Xu Damao suddenly appeared from nowhere, took the cigarette from Chen Feng's hand at a very fast speed, and said, "Chen Feng, if he doesn't smoke, I will. Don't waste it."

Then, he quickly put the cigarette in his mouth, took out a match and lit it, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the smoke, and exclaimed: "Chen Feng, this Peony cigarette is really good stuff, much better than my 20-cent-a-pack of 'Battle' cigarettes."

"Look at how poor you look! When you become rich in the future, you can buy yourself some good cigarettes, right?" Chen Feng said as he lit a cigarette.

Xu Damao took over Chen Feng's words: "I only make 18 yuan a month now, and my father has to go to collect my salary. He only gives me 3 yuan pocket money every month. When can I become rich?"

Seeing Xu Damao's helpless look, Chen Feng couldn't help but ask, "What about when you get married? By then, will your father still collect your salary? How will you two live?"

Xu Damao's face flashed with excitement after hearing Chen Feng's question, but then it was replaced by loneliness. He sighed and muttered to himself: "There is no other way after getting married! After marriage, I have to support my wife and children. Where can I find spare money to buy good cigarettes?"

Chen Feng stopped talking when he heard what Xu Damao said. Should he tell him, "You will marry a very rich wife in the future, but she will be infertile, and you will eventually divorce her and give her to Sha Zhu?"

If he really said that, I'm afraid Xu Damao would immediately rush to find Sha Zhu and fight him! After all, with Xu Damao's fighting ability, there is a high probability that he will be pressed to the ground and rubbed hard by Sha Zhu, and he might even be scolded by Sha Zhu as "Shamao".

When thinking about the possible outcome, Chen Feng decided not to tell Xu Damao the truth. So, Chen Feng and Xu Damao fell into silence, began to smoke silently, and waited for the three uncles to arrive.

Not long after, the second uncle Liu Haizhong arrived early. He walked in with a swagger, sat on the main seat without hesitation, crossed his legs, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then waited silently for the other two uncles to arrive.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai and Yan Fugui arrived almost at the same time. As soon as Yan Fugui entered the room, he glanced at Liu Haizhong who was sitting on the main seat, but he didn't say anything, just calmly returned to his seat and sat down.

But Yi Zhonghai was different. When he saw Liu Haizhong sitting on the main seat, he first glared at him fiercely, his eyes full of anger and dissatisfaction, as if he wanted to kill Liu Haizhong with his eyes. However, despite being very unhappy, Yi Zhonghai finally sat down helplessly.

Liu Haizhong saw that the other two gentlemen had already sat down and that almost everyone was there. So he took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and stood up and said, "Well, everyone, be quiet and listen to me! Everyone, listen to me!"

The crowd was considerate enough to listen to the buzzing discussion, then turned to look at him, waiting for him to speak.

Liu Haizhong was very satisfied to see that the audience had quieted down. He then said, "We have another meeting of the whole institute tonight, and I will say a few words. First of all......"

Liu Haizhong was talking a lot, but he didn't mention why the meeting was held today. Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting next to him, couldn't stand it anymore, so he said

"Lao Liu! Just tell me what you want to say! It's getting late now, and it just snowed, so the weather is quite cold. Let's finish the meeting early so that everyone can go back and rest."

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Liu Haizhong was stunned. Originally, he was going to continue speaking according to the lines he had prepared in advance, but after being interrupted by Yi Zhonghai, he forgot all the words he had tried so hard to remember before dinner!

Looking at the people huddled together in the audience because of the cold, he couldn't help but clear his throat, trying to ease his embarrassment, and then he said, "Ahem... this meeting was actually requested by Third Uncle. Next, let Third Uncle tell you why this meeting was held."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished his speech, the audience started to stir, as if a pot had exploded. When Liu Haizhong was speaking on the stage, everyone thought he was conveying the spirit of an important official meeting! Who would have thought that this was just a personal speech! Everyone had just stood there in the cold for so long, it was really meaningless!

Chen Feng shook his head as he listened from the audience, secretly sighing in his heart: "I've known for a long time that Liu Haizhong has a strong desire for power, but I never expected it to be so serious! He can even bring out so much nonsense when holding a whole-office meeting!"

Yi Zhonghai looked at the people around him who were chattering and talking, and he couldn't help feeling a little irritated, but he quickly picked up the teacup on the table, gently tapped the table with his hand, and then shouted, "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet! Stop arguing, let the third uncle tell us what's going on and why we have to hold this whole hospital meeting. After he finishes, we can adjourn the meeting early and go home to rest."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, the originally noisy courtyard gradually quieted down. Everyone stopped talking to each other and turned their eyes to Yan Fugui, who was sitting beside him, waiting for him to explain the reason for convening this meeting of the whole courtyard. Yan Fugui felt the gaze of everyone, cleared his throat, and prepared to speak.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Yan Fugui said, "Everyone knows that it snowed heavily yesterday! Many houses in the city were crushed! Many employees at the scrap yard of Chen Feng's unit also had their homes crushed."

"The waste station has limited space and cannot accommodate so many families, so we can only arrange for one of them to live in Chen Feng's home. The main purpose of calling everyone here today is to introduce everyone to this new neighbor who has temporarily moved here."

"Chen Feng's colleagues! Please move to the front, stand here, and introduce yourselves to everyone so that everyone can get to know each other."

The third uncle pointed to the empty space in front of the eight-immortals table and spoke to Sun Xiaojuan's family. Sun Xiaojuan's family obediently walked forward and stood on the empty space. After standing, Sun Xiaojuan's father-in-law spoke on behalf of their family.

I only heard Sun Xiaojuan's father-in-law say, "Hello everyone, my last name is Zheng, and my name is Zheng Guoan. This is my daughter-in-law Sun Xiaojuan, Chen Feng's colleague. The child next to him is my grandson Zheng Jianguo, and my wife is lying on the bed, but I didn't call her out today."

"I am very happy to meet you all today. First of all, I want to thank Comrade Chen Feng. I am very grateful that Comrade Chen Feng helped my family in times of crisis. Secondly, I hope that everyone can tolerate our family in the future. I would like to thank everyone here first."

After Zheng Guoan finished speaking, he gestured for them to leave, and the crowd began to stir again.

Chen Feng didn't pay attention to what the crowd was talking about. He was very surprised. He originally thought that Grandma Sun Xiaojuan was a victim of the snow disaster, but it turned out that she fell ill!

Seeing the crowd getting agitated again, Yi Zhonghai patted his teacup and said, "Okay, everyone, stop discussing. I'll say a few words. This snowstorm is very serious, and everyone has seen it. Everyone should learn from Chen Feng and help those who can. Okay! Nothing else, everyone go back!"

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai left first like last time, and Yan Fugui stood up and left his seat. When he turned around, he glanced at Liu Haizhong again, then shook his head and went home. That look seemed to say: I gave you a chance, why are you so useless?

Liu Haizhong finally left angrily. It can be imagined that the two Liu brothers will be beaten again today.

Seeing that the three uncles had left, Chen Feng also called Sun Xiaojuan and her family to go back.

Not long after, screams of the two brothers were heard from the Liu family. Chen Feng did not go out to see, but fell asleep amid the screams.