Siheyuan: Classic Siheyuan

The east wing is only one and a half rooms in size, and it must have been a servant's house in the past.

Most of the courtyards here were properties of officials before liberation.

The door is on the north side. There is a stove when you enter the room. There are two floor cabinets on the side of the door. On the east wall is a fire wall with a curtain hanging on it. There is enough space for one person to lie down. Judging from the pattern of the curtain, it should belong to my younger sister Chen Li.

On one side of the floor cabinet is a kang that can sleep three people, and on top of it the luggage is rolled up like a small mountain.

Chen Xingliang smiled and put his bag on the floor cabinet. He pointed to the heated kang and said, "Brother, we will live here. Chen Li will sleep here."

Chu Rongguang threw the luggage roll into the heated kang and sat on it, but his brows were slightly furrowed: "Not burned?"

“Haha…I forgot.”

Seeing Chen Xingliang touching the back of his head and grinning foolishly, Chu Rongguang knew that he was a silly boy who slept on a cold kang, all relying on his strong sexual energy.

Chu Rongguang opened the luggage roll and spread it on the kang, and also took care of Chen Xingliang's things.

"Brother, go to sleep. I still need to review..."

Chen Xingliang is in his third year of high school and is about to take the college entrance examination, which is a critical time.

"Row."

Chu Rongguang said as he walked to the stove. Chen Li walked in at this time, glanced at him who was looking at the stove, and walked straight to the curtain without saying a word.

She lowered the curtain and peeked at him.

Chu Rongguang lifted the lid of the stove and glanced at the half cup of water on the floor cabinet. He picked it up and poured the water into the stove to extinguish the ashes. Then he picked up the stove hook on the ground and hooked out the grate under the ashes.

Chen Li watched all this but said nothing.

Chen Xingliang took a book from his bag and asked, "Fourth brother, I can't believe you are quite skilled?"

"Well, my aunt was in poor health and my uncle passed away early, so I started working to support the family when I was a teenager."

Chu Rongguang was talking about the memories of his previous life, and the reason why he could do these jobs was actually more related to the memories of his previous life.

Chen Xingliang, who was sitting on the edge of the kang and reviewing on the cabinet, nodded and asked Chu Rongguang curiously: "Fourth brother, you have suffered a lot in the past, right?"

These words actually brought back Chu Rongguang's past, of course, the memories of his own previous life.

Before Chu Rongguang traveled through time, he was also from the countryside and worked hard in the big city. He has done almost everything and seen almost all kinds of contempt.

Chu Rongguang, who was chatting and heating the kang, soon made the east wing warm. Chu Rongguang could see that his two younger siblings were the future "college students" of the Chen family.

These things should have been done by my mother Wang Lanxiang, but no one did it tonight. What this means is self-evident.

Chu Rongguang took the dustpan filled with ash out of the door and was about to pour it into the corner when he saw the curtains in the main room moved.

It was so dark that if Chu Rongguang didn't have good eyesight, he wouldn't have noticed it.

After standing at the door and thinking for a while, Chu Rongguang smiled and turned back to the house.

After a while, the kettle on the stove began to hum. Chu Rongguang asked, "Wash your feet."

Chen Xingliang was stunned for a moment. He looked at Chu Rongguang who was holding the kettle and said, "Fourth brother, what about you?"

"Boil some water to wash your feet and relieve your fatigue. Studying is hard work for you two. Come on!"

Chu Rongguang said as he took out a basin from under the cabinet: "Which one is yours?"

"This this!"

Chen Xingliang quickly pointed to the one on the left and poured the water. Chu Rongguang personally brought it to Chen Xingliang.

Then he brought another basin to Chen Li.

Sitting on the edge of the kang, reading a book, she had actually been watching Chu Rongguang's actions for a long time.

When the steaming hot water for washing feet was placed in front of her, Chen Li also put down her book: "Thank...thank you...fourth brother."

"Hey!"

Chu Rongguang smiled and nodded at Chen Li.

Watching Chu Rongguang turn around to pack his bag, Chen Li looked at him with even more surprise and, of course, a little more warmth.

Just like this roaring stove, the usually "cold" room suddenly becomes warm.

Chen Xingliang glanced at Chen Li, and Chen Li also glanced at him.

After packing up his things, Chu Rongguang helped his brother and sister-in-law pour the water for washing their feet. He simply washed himself and lay down.

With his eyes closed, Chu Rongguang thought about how he had so many relatives in this world so quickly.

Although he felt in his heart that these family members seemed to have problems of one kind or another.

But at least he is no longer alone.

The next morning, the sound of a rooster crowing came from the front yard. Chu Rongguang opened his eyes as usual, and behind him he heard the sound of Chen Xingliang putting on his shoes: "Fourth brother, I'm leaving first!"

He had morning self-study. Chu Rongguang said "hmm" and Chen Xingliang had already run out of the house.

Without waiting for him to get off the kang, the curtain was opened and Chen Li also came down from the fire wall. After seeing Chu Rongguang, she subconsciously lowered her head and pulled the corner of her clothes with her hand: "Fourth brother, good morning!"

This silent and somewhat cold sister took the initiative to say hello, which made Chu Rongguang feel that his "work" last night was not in vain.

As a newcomer, Chu Rongguang certainly understood how to open up the situation.

Of course, his concern for his younger siblings was not always for a purpose.

"Ah."

Chu Rongguang nodded and walked straight out of the main room. The smell of food was already wafting out.

Lifting the door curtain, Chu Rongguang saw Wang Lanxiang busying herself in front of the stove.

There are cabbage, potatoes and two carrots in the pot.

The aroma is a bit bland, probably because no animal oil was added.

There is a bamboo steaming sieve on the big pot of food. My sister-in-law Zhao Yanmin is kneading noodles. As she moves up and down, a strand of hair from her temples falls down.

Seeing Chu Rongguang come in, she nodded slightly.

"Yanmin, are you okay?"

After pouring water into the big pot and putting the bamboo grate in place, Wang Lanxiang straightened up and saw that it was Chu Rongguang. She smiled and said, "You're awake."

"what!"

Chu Rongguang nodded, then smiled at Zhao Yanmin. Chen Li came in at some point.

"Fourth brother, can you take me there later?"

At this time, Chen Xingguo pushed open the door of the west room and looked at Chen Li curiously. The eldest brother Chen Xingguo said, "Your fourth brother just came to the city..."

Chen Li still looked at Chu Rongguang. For some reason, Chu Rongguang saw a hint of pleading in this sister's eyes.

"Row!"

Chu Rongguang agreed for some unknown reason.

Seeing that he agreed, Chen Li pursed her lips and nodded at him with a smile.

"Xingguo, don't just stand there, come and help me do it!"

Chen Xingguo said "Oh", but then he looked at Chen Li, and then said to Chu Rongguang: "Rongguang, can you do it?"

Zhao Yanmin said, "Rong Guangyou is not a child. If you can't find it, you can't ask, right? Right, Rong Guang?"

The sister-in-law then used the back of her hand to lift the loose hair that was blocking her face.

But at this moment Chu Rongguang was thinking about the look in his sister Chen Li's eyes.

Why would she ask this fourth brother who just came in for help?