Siheyuan: I just want to live

The entrance of the main house in the middle courtyard

Residents who are preparing for the meeting have gathered in groups of three or four.

Only a few families in the backyard have not arrived yet, and Jia Dongxu is in the process of notifying them.

"Hey! What's the matter with the meeting today, Shazhu? Did you hit Xu Damao again?"

Someone in the crowd asked Shazhu with a smile:

"How is that possible! I haven't even met Xu Damao today, why are you in such a hurry? Won't the old man tell me about it in the meeting later?" Sha Zhu replied to the man.

Jia Dongxu ran around the front and back yards and was out of breath.

Finally, I arrived at Chen Feng's door and pushed it when I saw it was closed.

Didn't push it open! Chen Feng bolted the door before going to bed.

Jia Xudong pushed the door hard again, but it remained motionless.

Unwilling to give up, Jia Dongxu began to slam the door with his palms, making a series of slamming sounds. At the same time, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Chen Feng! Chen Feng! Open the door! The whole hospital meeting is about to begin! Come out quickly! Everyone is waiting for you!"

His voice echoed in the corridor, attracting the attention of Xu Damao and his son who had just walked out of the house. However, there was still no movement in the room.

Jia Dongxu did not give up and continued to knock on the door while urging: "Chen Feng, hurry up! If you don't open the door, we will be late!"

As time passed, Jia Dongxu's patience was almost exhausted. He couldn't help but curse in his heart: What on earth is Chen Feng doing? Why is he so slow!

Chen Feng was awakened by a violent knock on the door in the bedroom, and he felt annoyed! He was in a bad mood when he woke up.

I turned on the light and looked at the alarm clock. It showed 8:02.

Chen Feng sat up and put on his clothes while yelling, "What's going on? Why are you filming? Are you here to announce a death?"

"A general meeting of the entire academy is underway! Everyone is waiting in the middle academy! Hurry up and get over there!"

After saying this, Jia Dongxu ran towards the intermediate courtyard. Maybe he was afraid that Chen Feng would come out and beat him up!

Chen Feng put on his clothes, walked out of the room, locked the door and went towards the central courtyard.

He walked into the crowd and stood still. He saw that the eight-immortal table for the meeting in the Central Courtyard had been set up. The three uncles had not arrived yet, but almost every family had come.

After looking around, I didn't see Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu in the crowd. I should go and invite the three gentlemen.

Chen Feng nudged a supporting actor next to him and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you having a meeting so late?"

"I don't know! I just got notified and I just arrived. I'm asking." The extra also replied with a confused look on his face.

At this time, Jia Dongxu led three uncles out of the house and sat down one by one. The second uncle held a teacup in his hand, and he gently placed the teacup on the table, then pounded it hard with his hands, making a "bang bang" sound.

"Okay, everyone, stop talking!" The second uncle said, his voice was deep and powerful, and the originally noisy yard instantly quieted down. He looked around, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"It was Old Yi who initiated the call for everyone to hold this hospital-wide meeting today. Now, let the first uncle tell you the reason for calling this meeting." The second uncle continued, while motioning to the first uncle sitting next to him.

"Well, this is the situation! The reason why I called everyone to this meeting today is mainly because Jia Dongxu came to me to report the difficulties his family encountered. He said that there are so many people in his family that they can't live in the house at all, so he asked me to help think of a solution."

After seeing that everyone below had quieted down, Yi Zhonghai continued speaking right after the second uncle’s words.

"Yes! My house is really full! There are five people in total, young and old, all squeezed on one kang. It's hard to even turn over. Besides, the two children are growing up day by day. Won't it be even more difficult in the future?" Jia Dongxu also quickly echoed and kept telling everyone about his difficulties.

"Let's talk about what to do?" The uncle said and looked at everyone.

The people below looked at each other, and no one answered.

He glanced at the two uncles again. The second uncle was drinking tea leisurely and looking at the people below with interest. The third uncle lowered his head and carefully studied the texture of the wood on the table, as if the table was made of some precious wood.

Seeing that no one responded and the two old men seemed to be indifferent, Yi Zhonghai sighed and said.

"Let me tell you this, Chen Feng! Your house is quite big and you live alone, so it shouldn't be a problem to free up a room. The Jia family can move to where you live now, so that they can live in the backyard. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" An old man made this suggestion.

"Yes, yes, what the uncle said is absolutely right! It is a match made in heaven for our two families to exchange houses." Jia Xudong on the side quickly agreed, expressing his strong approval of this plan.

Chen Feng was completely stunned at this moment. He could never have imagined that he, who was just watching the excitement from the side, would become the protagonist of the incident. This sudden situation made him a little overwhelmed, and a bewildered look appeared on his face.

"I don't agree to change houses. I live well in my own home, why should I change?" Chen Feng stood in the crowd and expressed his thoughts loudly. He really couldn't understand why Yi Zhonghai suddenly asked him to exchange houses with the Jia family.

"Chen Feng, come to the middle." An old man said to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng followed his instructions and squeezed through the crowd, walking to a small open space in front of the Eight Immortals Table.

"Chen Feng! The Jia family is really in trouble now! You should help them!" Yi Zhonghai tried to persuade him again with a sincere look on his face.

"I want to keep this house for myself to get married and have a wife. How can I exchange it with them?" Chen Feng refused without hesitation.

"Hey, Chen Feng, think about it. Banggeng has grown up now. It will be inconvenient for him to continue to live in the same room with his parents. If you two families swap houses, won't Banggeng be able to have his own bed to sleep in?"

Yi Zhonghai then continued, "And this way, everyone will think you are very generous, and your good reputation will spread. Wait a year or two, when you are about the right age, I will let your Aunt Jia and Huairu help you find a good wife."

"I have a cousin from my mother's family. She is very pretty, with a nice figure. When she is old enough in two years, I will bring her to you so that you can meet her."

Qin Huairu also echoed in the crowd.

After listening to what Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu said, Chen Feng couldn't help but think to himself: Regardless of whether doing this will bring a good reputation, the name of "big fool" is probably going to be confirmed.

I am a good-looking young man with a car, a house, savings and a job. Can't I find a wife in this city? Why do I have to look for a country girl?

Even if I really can't find a girl from the city, that's fine. In two years, a large number of refugees will pour into the city. I don't believe that I won't be able to find a beautiful and desirable wife by then.

It’s just that there is no food supply. Anyway, I have space at hand, so how can I not be able to support her!

But if he married Qin Huairu's cousin, after Jia Xudong died, Qin Huairu would definitely cling to him like a leech and suck his blood. By then, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to get rid of her, so he must not have anything to do with her family no matter what!

"This is the house left by my grandfather. I won't exchange it no matter what." Chen Feng shook his head.

"Do you feel a bit of a loss in exchanging a big house for a small one? How about this! I'll let Dongxu compensate you 100 yuan, what do you think?"

Seeing that Chen Feng refused to give in, Yi Zhonghai began to tempt him.

“I won’t change it no matter how much money you give me”

Chen Feng secretly curled his lips and thought: 100 yuan is really generous.

"Can you have some compassion? Can you unite the masses? If you get into trouble like this, who will help you in the yard?"

Seeing that bribery failed, Yi Zhonghai began to use threats.

"No matter what you say, I will not exchange rooms with the Jia family." Chen Feng still looked unmoved.

Unite the masses? Unite with whom? The Jia family? I can’t even get rid of the Jia family! Unite?

Yi Zhonghai, you've forced me to change rooms, and I'm still united with you? Isn't that crazy?

Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything, Jia Zhang opened her broken voice and shouted:

"Can't you have some sympathy for our family? Banggeng has nowhere to sleep, can't you have some pity on her!"

"Bang Geng is not my child, why should I feel sorry for him? Whose child is it, who should feel sorry for him? What does it have to do with me?"

"You little beast! How dare you talk like that! I'm going to tear your mouth apart!" Jia Zhang rushed towards Chen Feng with bared fangs and claws like an angry tiger.

When Jia Zhang approached, Chen Feng dodged to the side and secretly stretched out his foot when no one was paying attention.

Jia Zhang rushed too fast and had no time to brake. She was tripped like a cannonball and fell under the Eight Immortals Table with her butt facing the sky.

"Ouch! It hurts so much! The little bastard hit someone! Chen Feng hit an old man!"

The three old men were so frightened by Jia Zhang's fall that they jumped up from their stools!

"Dongxu, Huairu, move the table quickly and help your mother up!" She turned around and yelled at Chen Feng, "Chen Feng, how could you hit an old man? Do you have any manners? Do you know how to respect the elderly and love the young?"

"How come I have no manners? How come I don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young? I didn't touch her, she fell down by herself."

Chen Feng added, "My elders are all buried underground. There are no elders in the courtyard, and I am not used to randomly identifying elders."

"You, you..." Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he couldn't speak.

He covered his chest with his right hand and pointed with his left hand tremblingly. Chen Feng, you didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Chen Feng was afraid that he would be mad to death, so he said, "I will not change the house. I will go back if nothing else. If the next meeting is still about this, don't call me. I won't agree."

After saying that, he pushed through the crowd and walked towards the backyard.