Siheyuan: I just want to live

When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong arrived at Yan Fugui's door, the Yan family was having dinner. Yan Fugui's behavior of spreading gossip at the door brought him a lot of benefits, but it also delayed the family's meal time. As a result, most of the families in the yard had already had dinner, while the Yan family had just started dinner.

Although the Yan family had dinner late today, their dinner was unusually sumptuous. The reason was that Yan Fugui successfully intercepted two lunch boxes from Sha Zhu, which were filled with delicious meat dishes.

One of the lunch boxes was half-full of braised pork in brown sauce, enough to be served on a plate by itself, while the other was a full box of stir-fried pork and cabbage, with very little cabbage in it, replaced by plenty of pork shreds, exuding an enticing aroma.

Auntie specially reserved the fragrant stir-fried pork and cabbage. She thought to herself, "We can't eat up such good food in one meal!"

After all, the weather is cold now, so food can be preserved longer. The three aunts plan to eat these delicious shredded pork in half a month.

The braised pork was not eaten all at once today. Yan Fugui told the third aunt to give each family member a piece. Yan Fugui turned around and said to the children at home.

"I took the lunch box back from Shazhu, so I have to eat two today!"

The children did not protest or complain, because for them, being able to taste the braised pork was a great happiness.

Even on holidays, they might not be able to taste this delicacy! Now that they have meat to eat, why would they care about anything else?

The third aunt was reluctant to even waste the broth from the braised pork. She cleverly washed Shazhu's lunch box with boiling water and then stewed it with cabbage into a small pot of delicious soup.

In the end, everyone in the Yan family was given half a bowl of steaming cabbage soup and enjoyed this unexpected delicacy.

When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong arrived at the door of Yan Fugui's house, the Yan family members had finished eating the braised pork in their bowls.

The whole family is savoring it! The delicious braised pork makes everyone in the Yan family smile with satisfaction.

"Old Yan, Old Yan! Are you there? I'm Old Yi! Please open the door! I have something urgent to talk to you about!"

You know, Yi Zhonghai usually wouldn't speak so politely. However, today was a special situation, and Yan Fugui was worried that someone would come and disturb their family from enjoying the delicious meal, so he bolted the door.

Yi Zhonghai came to the door and pushed it tentatively, but found that the door did not move. He was annoyed and had to stand at the door and shout loudly, hoping that Yan Fugui inside could hear him and come to open the door for him.

At this moment, Yan Fugui was immersed in the satisfaction brought by the food, and his mind was still savoring the wonderful taste.

Suddenly, Yi Zhonghai's shout broke the silence and forcibly pulled him back to reality from the world of food.

Although he was full of dissatisfaction and complaints, Yan Fugui still stood up from the bench reluctantly.

Yan Fugui walked slowly to the door, opened it gently, and saw Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong standing outside the door.

His voice was calm and cold, as if he was very unhappy with the arrival of the two uninvited guests: "Uncle One, Uncle Two, why are you still looking for me so late? Is there something important?"

Yan Fugui did not show any enthusiasm or hospitality, and did not even say a polite invitation. After all, the amount of food in his house was limited, just enough for each person. He did not want to let himself or his family go hungry because of two more mouths.

Although Yan Fugui's tone seemed very calm, Yi Zhonghai keenly sensed a subtle resentment hidden in it.

He looked into the house along the gap left by Yan Fugui's figure, and happened to see the Yan family sitting around the dining table enjoying dinner.

In an instant, Yi Zhonghai realized that the time they chose for their visit might not be appropriate, disturbing Yan Fugui's family's meal, which caused him to feel a little dissatisfied.

Yi Zhonghai quickly said, "Old Yan, I'm so sorry to bother you so late, and to have delayed your dinner. I'm really sorry!"

He spoke sincerely, with a hint of apology in his tone. Then, Yi Zhonghai continued, "However, we did come here to discuss something very important with you. Come on, let's go over there and talk."

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the aisle at the entrance, indicating that he wanted to talk somewhere else.

When Yan Fugui saw Liu Haizhong coming together, he thought to himself that maybe it was really as Yi Zhonghai said, there was something important that required the three of them to discuss together.

Thinking of this, Yan Fugui turned around and told the third aunt in the room: "Mother, I'm going to go out for a while. Remember to save the food for me. I will be back to eat later."

When the third aunt heard this, she quickly responded, "I know, dad, don't worry, I will definitely keep the food for you!"

After instructing the three aunts, Yan Fugui walked out of the house slowly and closed the door. Then, he and Yi Zhonghai and the other three came to the aisle at the gate.

When they reached the aisle, Yan Fugui was the first to break the silence: "Lao Yi, Lao Liu, you two came to see me so late, what's the important matter?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong looked at each other, and then Yi Zhonghai said, "Old Yan! You should know that Chen Feng brought the gun back today, right?"

Yan Fugui was somewhat surprised by Yi Zhonghai's question, and responded with a suspicious look on his face: "Of course I know! When Chen Feng brought the gun back, I was the first person to know about it! It was me who told you, Old Yi, the news! Why are you asking me now if I really didn't know about it?"

Seeing Yan Fugui asking this, Yi Zhonghai continued to explain: "The situation is like this, Old Yan, you should also understand that guns are extremely dangerous things. Chen Feng leaving a gun at home is inappropriate in any way. If one day he loses control of his emotions and acts impulsively, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Yan Fugui felt that Yi Zhonghai was just worrying too much, so he comforted him, "Old Yi! You think too much. Chen Feng will never do such an irrational thing, you can rest assured."

Seeing Yan Fugui was so indifferent, Yi Zhonghai became more and more anxious, so he said to Yan Fugui in a slightly threatening tone: "Old Yan! You must not take it lightly! Even if Chen Feng is rational enough and will not act impulsively, if his gun is accidentally lost one day and falls into the hands of others, and accidentally injures someone in our yard, then Director Wang will track it down, and the three of us will be blamed!"

"Old Liu, don't you think this makes sense? Doesn't what I said make sense?" Yi Zhonghai turned his head and asked Liu Haizhong beside him.

Liu Haizhong immediately nodded and said, "Old Yan! Old Yi is right! Director Wang will definitely hold us accountable when the time comes, and we will be in trouble then."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong said, Yan Fugui became a little anxious.

Yi Zhonghai was right. The courtyard was definitely not as safe as the management office of the unit. Chen Feng's gun could be stolen if he wasn't careful. Besides, there were people like Jia Zhang in the courtyard, which made it even more unsafe.

So Yan Fugui looked at Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Old Yi! What do you think we should do?"

Yi Zhonghai felt relieved when he saw Yan Fugui loosen up. But he still said in a heavy tone, "This is what I think. Let's go to the backyard together and persuade Chen Feng to return the gun to the unit for safekeeping. Wouldn't our courtyard be safe this way?"

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Liu Haizhong, who was standing next to him, immediately said, "Old Yi is right! Let's go to the backyard together later. Chen Feng should agree by then!"

Yan Fugui listened to what the two said and shook his head slowly, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Even if the three of us go together, I'm afraid Chen Feng may not give us face. It's really difficult to get him to nod and agree!"

Before the action even started, Yan Fugui was already backing out. He cautiously asked tentatively, "Why don't you two go to the backyard? I won't go, okay?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard what Yan Fugui said, he immediately retorted: "Old Yan, the three of us must go together on this matter! No one can be missing!"

Liu Haizhong also agreed at the right time: "Yes, the three of us have to go together. You are an educated person, and you will have to rely on your eloquence to convince Chen Feng later! It won't work without you!"

Yan Fugui really didn't want to go to the backyard. Even if he didn't go, Yan Fugui knew that it was unlikely to convince Chen Feng. If Chen Feng was someone who could be easily persuaded, then every meeting would not embarrass Yi Zhonghai.

Moreover, when Chen Feng brought the gun back, he had already made it very clear that the reason he brought the gun back was to prevent anyone from suddenly breaking into his house again. He had no choice but to do so!

At this point, everyone knows clearly in their minds, who is the person in the yard who likes to break into other people's homes without saying hello?

Apart from those led by Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, plus the Jia family, who else could it be? Sometimes Liu Haizhong would do this too.

So, Chen Feng brought the gun back to guard against people like you! You actually have the nerve to persuade Chen Feng to put the gun back to the unit. Do you really want to wait until Chen Feng puts the gun back so that you can become more unscrupulous?

Yan Fugui pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "If Chen Feng doesn't agree to return the gun to the unit, what are you going to do?"

Yi Zhonghai, however, looked nonchalant and said casually: "Let's give it a try first. If Chen Feng really disagrees, then we can think of other ways!"

Yan Fugui sighed, then said indifferently, "Okay, I'll go with you!"

Then Yan Fugui followed Yi Zhonghai to the backyard.