Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

With the deaf old lady suppressing Jia Zhang, today's wedding banquet in the courtyard was unusually peaceful. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and left one by one, Zhao Shanhe also left with Chen Xueru and Hou Kui.

Yan Bugui was well-paid today, spending one yuan as a gift, but Lao Xu gave him five yuan as a reward for welcoming guests and keeping accounts, and the leftovers from the five tables in the front yard belonged to him. Lao Yan was scratching his head anxiously when he saw the two pots of leftovers. He couldn't keep them! The weather was too hot.

Needless to say, the five tables in the central courtyard were the ones who cleaned up the scene in the end. Jia Zhang was also very anxious. There were so many leftovers that they would probably go bad before they were even finished.

None of this had anything to do with Zhao Shanhe. He called a tricycle as soon as he went out. It was not easy for Chen Xueru and Hou Kui to come out, so they couldn't waste their time here.

I didn't walk too far and just took a stroll around the Regent's Palace Garden. It was now deserted and dilapidated, no longer the beautiful scenery it had before liberation. However, in two years it would be renovated again, and a great woman would live here until her death.

I also went to visit the Xu Beihong Memorial Hall, and as soon as I entered the door I could see the plaque "Beihong's Former Residence" written by the Premier himself.

There is really nothing fun to do in Sijiu City at this season. Swimming is not very friendly to women, shopping is too hot, and there are no KTVs, video game arcades or the like. In the end, the three of them went to see the Wansong Old Man Tower and then went home.

After returning to the silk shop, Chen Xueru and Hou Kui went up to the second floor and slumped in their chairs, wiping their sweat with handkerchiefs while talking.

"It's so hot, I won't go out and suffer this next time. Shanhe, aren't you hot? How come you're not sweating at all?"

Zhao Shanhe didn't know why, but he secretly guessed that it must be because of the white horse tooth corn. But it was difficult to say it out loud, so he could only tell a white lie.

"Maybe it's because I exercise regularly? You guys just lack exercise, especially Hou Kui. You look so tired at such a young age. If you have nothing to do in the future, get up in the morning and run. Keep doing it for a year or two and it will be enough."

Hou Kui's face fell at once. He was only seven years old, at the age when children love to play and sleep. Running every morning would be fatal.

Chen Xueru giggled for a while and pointed at Zhao Shanhe and said.

"Aren't you afraid that Hou Kui will ignore you in the future? You came up with such a bad idea."

Zhao Shanhe spread his hands and said to Chen Xueru.

"I'm doing this for his own good. A man should have a good physique."

After saying that, he looked at the watch and saw that it was just past three o'clock in the afternoon, so he continued.

"You guys take a rest, I'm going to go back first. When you came today, I realized that my doghouse really needs to be cleaned up. It's too different from Xu Damao's new house."

Chen Xueru didn't want Zhao Shanhe to go back so early, so she stood up, grabbed his hand and shook it up and down to prevent him from leaving.

"It won't take a day or two to repair the house. Besides, it's so hot outside. You can rest here for a while. I want to have dinner with you tonight. Hou Kui, do you want to have dinner with your uncle Zhao tonight?"

"Uncle Zhao, I want to eat candied haws."

Hou Kui's words almost made Zhao Shanhe laugh. "You little guy, where can I get you candied haws in this season? The sugar won't even stand, okay?"

Seeing the beauty inviting him, Zhao Shanhe didn't want to leave anymore. He stayed in the silk shop until the evening. He ate a bowl of Laosijiucheng noodles with soybean paste before saying goodbye to Chen Xueru.

When we returned to the courtyard, it was just getting dark (the sunset time in Sijiu City in July is around 7:19 p.m.), and we were caught by Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi as soon as we entered the courtyard.

"Shanhe, do you want to go to the Wall Listening Club tonight?"

Zhao Shanhe was speechless after hearing what they said. Eavesdropping? Feeding mosquitoes is more like feeding mosquitoes! Mosquitoes bite fiercely in this season. Aren't these two afraid of having lumps all over their bodies tomorrow morning?

"If you don't go, aren't you afraid of being caught by Xu Damao? It will be difficult for Uncle Xu to talk to you then."

"What are you afraid of? We are not the only two of us. There are a lot of people waiting here."

Zhao Shanhe became interested after hearing these two guys say that a group of people were going to Xu's house to eavesdrop. The main thing was that if there were too many people involved, the truth would definitely be exposed, and then there would be fun to watch in the yard.

"Okay, I'll go back and rest for a while. What time did you guys meet? I'll go over right away when the time comes."

This time it was Liu Guangqi who answered, mainly because his home was right next to Xu's and he knew everything that happened in the Xu family.

"We haven't arranged a time yet, but it will probably be very late. I don't know how much Xu Damao drank today. He has slept for the whole afternoon. He must have gone to the bathroom when he gets up. We can act together after he comes back. This is also my first time eavesdropping."

When Zhao Shanhe saw that Liu Guangqi had even figured out Xu Damao's whereabouts, it seemed that this guy had planned it all along. However, even if the matter was discovered in the end, it would have nothing to do with him. He ran fast, and the ones who would be unlucky would be those who ran slowly.

He nodded in agreement, then went back to the house and entered the small world to read. At about 10 o'clock, he came out of the small world again, pushed open the door, and quickly climbed onto the roof. This was an ability he had only recently discovered. Now he could not only run fast, but also jump high.

Although his eyes were not yet able to see the darkness as clearly as day, he could vaguely see a group of people squatting behind the Xu family's house in the moonlight. He knew without hesitation that they must be Yan Jiecheng, Liu Guangqi and the others. Zhao Shanhe did not dare to jump over the house. He just jumped high, which did not mean he had any martial arts skills. If he kept moving around on the house, he might collapse the roof with one foot.

He tiptoed to the vicinity of Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e's wedding room. With his extraordinary hearing, he could vaguely hear the conversation between Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e, but they were all love words in the room, which could only be read by VIP users.

It was a long while before the sound of fabric being pulled was heard, followed by obscene words that only VIPs could see, and then cries of pain, mixed with some "applause". Zhao Shanhe took out his watch to measure the time, 175 seconds, and then he heard Comrade Xiao Xu let out a long breath, and he hadn't finished breathing yet, and I don't know which idiot in the back of the room laughed.

As soon as Zhao Shanhe heard this, he knew that he was doomed and there was no more fun. He ran back to the house at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. Sure enough, before he entered the house, he heard Xu Damao shouting in the backyard.

"Fuck you, who is so wicked? How old are you and still listening to your grandfather?"

People in the front yard might not be able to hear this voice clearly, but people in the middle yard and the back yard must have heard it clearly.

Zhao Shanhe had only been in the room, taking off his clothes and getting into bed for about ten minutes when someone knocked on the door.

"Who?"

Zhao Shanhe pretended to be woken up and asked in a bad mood.

"Shanhe, I'm a great uncle. Open the door. Something happened in the yard."

"Wait a minute, uncle. I'll put on some clothes."

Zhao Shanhe hesitated for two minutes before he opened the door in his slippers and a large vest.

"What happened in the yard at this late hour?"

Yi Zhonghai saw that Zhao Shanhe looked sleepy, with a cross-body vest on his upper body and shorts on his lower body, and the bedding behind him was in a mess, so he did not suspect him.

"Something happened in the Xu family in the backyard. Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng brought a group of kids to eavesdrop and were caught red-handed. Old Xu came to me and asked me to hold a meeting of the whole courtyard. You can put on your clothes and go to the middle courtyard."