Siheyuan: I just want to live

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when Chen Feng returned to the courtyard. He got off the bike and moved it over the threshold. Pushing the bike in the courtyard, he took a good look at this ancient courtyard and recalled the location of the residents in the original courtyard.

The upside-down house is now a warehouse of the street office and no one lives there.

The two rooms in the east wing of the front yard near the main gate are occupied by the family of six of the "brilliant master" Yan Fugui. Yan Jie, 16, has just been admitted to high school and is considered a highly educated person in the courtyard. He has begun to look down on others. Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang are in high school, and Yan Jie is only in elementary school. The room next to the third uncle is occupied by a single man named Zhang in his s who makes a living by doing odd jobs every day.

The two families in the west wing are all workers in the steel mill. A family of four has two rooms, and a family of three has one room. I don't know their names, but I'm familiar with them.

There are renovated houses on both sides of the second entrance. On the east side, there is a family of five. The father and son are both carpenters in the furniture factory, and the daughter-in-law is at home with a pair of children.

The husband's family in the west was named Jiang. Like Chen Feng, he was also a martyr's relative. The man went to North Korea and never came back. He left behind an elderly mother. His wife suffered from postpartum hemorrhage after giving birth to twins. The man was saved, but he was weak and had to take medicine frequently. The four of them survived by relying on state subsidies and odd jobs distributed by the street. The orphan and widow were very pitiful.

There are two main rooms in the middle courtyard, and the east wing room is occupied by He Yushui, a sober person. The west wing room and the other main room are occupied by a family of workers from a food factory.

There are two rooms in the east wing of the central courtyard, namely, the room of Lord Daode Tianzun and Yi Zhonghai, and one of them is also occupied by workers of the steel rolling mill.

In the south of the west wing, the White Lotus Mother Qin Huairu's family of five squeezed into one room. According to the time, Qin Huairu should be pregnant with Sophora japonica soon, right? There will be one more person in their family!

Jia Dongxu is still alive and well, and the necromancer Jia Zhangshi and the White Lotus Saint Qin Huairu have not yet evolved to their ultimate forms. I wonder if the white-eyed thief Jia Bang has attacked everywhere in the courtyard?

The Han family lives in the other two rooms in the west wing. Both father and son are welders in the steel rolling mill. Their salary is enough to support a family of six.

In the east wing of the backyard, the father is kind and the son is filial. Liu Haizhong's family lives in two rooms. Liu Guangtian ran away before getting married, but Guangqi and Guangfu were beaten just the same. ╮（﹀＿﹀）╭

The room on the north side is their factory's foundry workshop, where one worker can support a family of three and get by just fine.

The middle room at the back is occupied by a fair and selfless deaf old lady, and the two rooms to the east are occupied by a pair of brothers who had just moved in from the steel rolling mill.

In the west, there is Xu Damao's family with many children and grandchildren. Xu Da is not married yet and still lives with his parents.

The west wing is Chen Feng’s own home.

After recalling and familiarizing himself with the residents in the courtyard, he found that a large part of the residents in the courtyard were workers from the steel rolling mill. No wonder Yi Zhonghai was able to almost have the final say in the courtyard.

The people in the steel rolling mill were afraid of being bullied in the factory, and the workers from other factories were afraid of being excluded in the yard by him and the workers in the steel rolling mill.

Moreover, he is very good at moral blackmail. When you do not accept his moral blackmail, Wu Youshazhu beats you up and makes your face swollen and painful. Wen Jia Zhang is making trouble and twisting right and wrong. Finally, he brings up the deaf old lady and accuses you of bullying the elderly, leaving you speechless and unable to defend yourself.

After this set of procedures, others either succumbed to his tyranny or moved out of the courtyard. What should I do if I encounter this?

Chen Feng shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Anyway, there will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, so just let it go!

He pushed the cart and continued walking home. The yard was still quiet. It was not yet time to get off work, and the women had gone out to buy groceries.

I walked all the way to the backyard door, opened it, and pushed the bicycle into the house.

Just bring it with you and prepare to cook, eat early and go to bed early, and then go to the black market in the evening to see if there is anything you want to buy.

First, knead the dough and steam the dough into pancakes. While the pancakes are steaming on the stove, wash and cut the cabbage into sections, peel and shred the potatoes and soak them in water for later use, and cut a few chili peppers and set them aside.

After all the preparations are done, the pancakes are cooked. Put the pot aside and put it on the ground. Then put on a big spoon and heat the oil in the pot. After five minutes, the hot and sour potato shreds and vinegar cabbage are ready.

The dishes were served on the table, and the pancakes were taken out of the pot and placed on a plate. I sat down and took a bite of a piece. "It's not tasty, and it makes me choke."

“Chili peppers are so hot these days!”

He took a bite of the potato shreds and tasted it. A burning sensation rushed straight to the top of his head! He quickly took a bite of the pancake to suppress the feeling in his mouth. In this way, Chen Feng ate the vegetables and the pancake one by one.

After eating, he drank some warm water to get rid of the last bit of residue in his mouth. He stood up and wiped his face with a towel. This meal made Chen Feng sweat profusely.

After putting the remaining pancakes and vegetables into the cupboard, clearing the table and washing the pot, Chen Feng bolted the door, went back to his bedroom, set the alarm for midnight and went to bed.

But...

Chen Feng had just fallen asleep for more than half an hour when the yard began to get busy.

The sounds of the elderly people chatting while washing vegetables by the sink, the sound of the spatula hitting the iron pan while the young wife is cooking in the kitchen, and the voices of children calling for their mothers after school.

A few minutes later, people from various factories returned to the yard. They greeted each other and talked about what they would do on the next day. After a while of noise, people went home to eat and the yard became quiet, leaving only the whispers in the rooms.

This has nothing to do with Chen Feng, he has fallen into a sweet dream.

Jia family

Jia Zhang told Jia Xudong about Qin Huairu's plan to exchange rooms with Chen Feng today.

"Mom! Chen Feng is not stupid! Will he agree to change rooms?" Jia Xudong didn't think this plan would succeed at all.

"Go and discuss it with your master. As long as Lao Yi agrees, it'll be fine. He's the only one in his family anyway. If that little bastard disagrees, kick him out of the courtyard. That way, we can have an extra room in our house, and you'll have room for your next son."

Jia Zhang said this with a gloomy face, and the pair of three-cornered eyes on her fat head exuded a fierce look.

"Okay! I'll go find my master right away!

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Jia Dongxu quickly stood up and walked out the door, heading towards Yi Zhonghai's house in the east wing.

Jia Dongxu arrived at Yi Zhonghai's house and pushed the door open and walked in without feeling like an outsider at all.

Yi Zhonghai had just finished his meal and was leisurely drinking tea from his enamel cup with the words "Serve the People" printed on it. He looked at his apprentice who pushed the door open with a look of confusion on his face.

"Dongxu, what's wrong? Why are you here to see me at this time? Is it because your family is out of food again at the end of the month? I still have ten kilograms of corn flour. I'll ask your mistress to pack it up for you to take home for emergency use."

From this we can see that Yi Zhonghai is still very good to Jia Dongxu. After all, he is the one he trained to take care of in his old age.

"No, there's still some food at home, enough to last until the end of the month."

Jia Dongxu quickly said that he was not here to borrow food, and then said, "Master, I want you to help me with something."

"Hmm? What's the matter? Tell me about it." Yi Zhonghai was also confused when he heard Jia Dongxu say this and wanted to know what it was.

When Jia Dongxu saw his master asking questions, he immediately began to explain.

"Here's what happened. When I got home from get off work today, my mom told me that the old man from the Chen family in the backyard had passed away. The kid from the Chen family was alone and couldn't live in three rooms. My mom wanted to see if she could ask him to change houses. After all, he was alone and could live in one room."

Jia Dongxu had an embarrassed look on his face and continued, "Because our house is small, we haven't had a child in the past two years. When we move to a new house, Huairu and I will have more sons, and then we can give one to you for adoption. When you are old, you will have someone to take care of your filial piety, so that you will not be without a descendant in the future."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his hand holding the teacup shook unconsciously. He slowly put down the teacup and said expressionlessly, "Really? Are you really willing to adopt a child for me?"

"Really! I do!" Jia Dongxu's face was full of sincerity when he answered.

"Hmm~~ I just thought about it." Yi Zhonghai touched his chin with his left hand and tapped the table with his right hand. After a while, he said, "Go and get the second uncle and the third uncle."

"Hey! I'll go right away!" Jia Dongxu responded and ran to call the two uncles in a hurry.

Yi Zhonghai sat in his original position and fell into deep thought. Auntie stood at the kitchen door and looked at him silently without saying a word.

Soon, the thin Yan Fugui and the chubby Liu Haizhong arrived one after another. Jia Dongxu stood at the door and did not come in. He knew this was not the time for him to go in.

The aunt brought two cups of tea from the kitchen and placed them on the table, then turned and went into the inner bedroom.

After the three of them sat down, Liu Haizhong asked first, "Old Yi! What's the matter that you want to call us here so late?" Yan Fugui didn't say anything and waited calmly for Yi Zhonghai's answer.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two of them and said, "Dongxu just came over and told me that he wanted to switch rooms with Chen Feng."

"Did Chen Feng agree?" Liu Haizhong asked.

"I haven't told him yet. Let's discuss it first. We'll have a meeting of the whole institute later and ask him for his consent then."

"I don't agree." Yan Fugui retorted. Liu Haizhong also said, "Yes, I don't agree either. This whole hospital meeting cannot be held. Forcing a lonely person to do this will affect his reputation."

This is because they are afraid of their reputation being affected. A violent man who beats children all day long, a stingy old man who tastes the saltiness of manure carts passing by. What good reputation do you think you have? Pah! You just want the benefits and don't want to say it openly, Yi Zhonghai thought to himself.

But he said, "After the matter is settled, I will help Guangtian, Guangqi, Jiecheng and Jiefang to work in the steel mill when they are old enough."

Yan Fugui calculated silently in his mind: two job quotas would cost at least 1,000 yuan, and even if Chen Feng's house was sold, he could only get one. A house could be sold for more than 500 yuan at most, so the job quota was still more cost-effective, after all, there would be salary for future work.

"I will not speak at the general meeting of the whole institute. Whether you can succeed depends on yourselves." Yan Fugui said immediately. Liu Haizhong followed up and said, "Yes, yes, I will not speak at the general meeting of the whole institute. But you must not change your promise just now!"

"Well, that's good. Don't worry, I won't change what I said."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the clock on the table and it was almost eight o'clock. He turned and shouted to Jia Dongxu outside the door, "Xudong! Go and inform everyone that the whole hospital meeting will be held at eight o'clock!"

"Hey! I'll go find everyone right away." Then he ran off to notify people.