Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

The time we returned to Beijing was worse than when we came here.

Chen Xu would rather walk on the snow than move forward in the sparse snow. He returned to Sijiu City with one deep step and one shallow step. He felt that he had lost all feeling in the soles of his feet.

Xu Damao came back earlier than him. This kid is now completely despised by his father. The fact that his father didn't beat him is because Old Xu has been tolerating him for the sake of the New Year.

Xu Damao was very smart and ran away after spending the first year of the New Year with his parents, so that his father wouldn't be able to bear it anymore and beat him up.

When Chen Xu returned to the courtyard, he happened to see Xu Damao squatting at the door holding an enamel pot, watching several children in the yard making a snowman, led by the silly girl Yu Shui.

"You are finally back..."

The moment Xu Damao saw Chen Xu, he almost shed tears. He stood up and wanted to find Chen Xu to complain. It was so difficult. God knows how he spent this year.

"Don't panic, I'll go change my shoes first."

Chen Xu didn't even stop and went straight to the backyard. He felt cold all over and had no time to pay attention to Xu Damao.

Tears were still welling up in Xu Damao's eyes, but Chen Xu walked right past him, leaving him with his back.

Is it that cold? Why doesn't he feel it?

Chen Xu went home and changed his pants and shoes, and then he felt a lot warmer. If there hadn't been someone passing by on the road, he would have run to the space to ask them to help dry his wet pants and shoes.

He threw some coal balls and coal stoves into the space and asked Black Stone to light them and then took them out. He also let the space purify the pants and shoes he had taken off.

The room is almost the same as outside now, as cold as an ice cellar. Without a coal stove, I probably won't be able to sleep at night and will just shiver all night.

Half an hour had passed by the time he finished all this.

I came to the central courtyard again and saw Xu Damao, who still looked the same.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"never mind..."

Xu Damao was speechless. When he saw Chen Xu just now, he really wanted to seek comfort. Now half an hour has passed, and the sadness he just felt has subsided. Now, apart from feeling a little depressed, there is nothing else.

Following Xu Damao's gaze, Chen Xu turned to look at the silly girl who was making a snowman with a group of kids.

"What, do you like her?"

"Bullshit, I'm not interested in a firewood girl."

Xu Damao had a look of disgust on his face, which was exactly the same as the expression Chen Xu had when he looked at the rain.

Xu Damao's voice was a little loud. Yu Shui still remembered that Chen Xu had reminded her not to go out at night, so she had been paying attention to this side. She was considering whether she should come over to say thank you, and ended up hearing the conversation between the two.

"You...you guys are going too far, wuwuwu."

The two of them looked at Yu Shui awkwardly as she ran into her own hut crying.

Chen Xu decisively passed the buck.

"Look, you're the only one who likes to talk nonsense, look how badly you've bullied that little girl..."

Xu Damao was not to be outdone.

"Can you please be reasonable? It was you who started it first..."

They were both speechless. It seemed like they both had to take the blame.

"How long do you think it will take for Shazhu to show up?"

Xu Damao was bored and was making small talk.

"I'd guess less than half an hour."

"Then I guess whoever loses in half an hour will treat everyone to dinner."

"Row."

Xu Damao was rarely in the mood to make a bet, so Chen Xu naturally agreed. The two of them squatted at the door waiting for some fool to come.

In a few minutes, Sha Zhu rushed over from the backyard in a menacing manner.

Chen Xu was smiling.

"It's your turn tonight."

Xu Damao didn't understand.

"How did you guess that?"

"I saw Bangteng go to the backyard just now."

Xu Damao: ...

"Are you two looking for trouble? Two grown men bullying my sister?"

Sha Zhu questioned the two of them angrily.

Xu Damao was stuck. He felt that there was really nothing to argue about this matter.

Chen Xu also thought that he needed to admit his mistake.

"Well, we were wrong about this. Please treat me to dinner tonight."

"Are you so kind?"

Sha Zhu's face turned from angry to confused. He didn't think these two guys were so easy to talk to.

"It's just a meal, we can afford it."

"Really? Can I ask someone else to come along?"

Chen Xu looked at him like a fool.

"What does it have to do with you? We are just inviting Yu Shui to dinner to make amends."

Shazhu's face turned black.

"You two are inviting my sister to dinner alone?"

"Why not?"

"I..."

Sha Zhu shivered for a long time and couldn't think of anything to say. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Chen Xu said, but he just felt something was wrong.

Chen Xu had already turned to look at Xu Damao.

"You lost the bet just now, so remember to treat you tonight, and prepare something sumptuous."

Xu Damao looked at Chen Xu speechlessly, thinking that in the end the apology was still my fault.

"No, what's the point of my sister having dinner with two men like you?"

Sha Zhu finally remembered what was wrong and refused directly.

"You really don't want to eat?"

"Absolutely not."

Sha Zhu said it with absolute certainty.

“Oh, that’s all we can do. We can just eat it ourselves and then worship in the direction of the rain.”

"you..."

You are fooling ghosts! You are even worshipping here. People who don’t know would think you are visiting a grave.

Sha Zhu didn't think of any good ideas for a long time. You said that the two of them were not sincere, and they both said that they were willing to treat each other to apology. You said that if they were sincere, they would treat Yu Shui alone. Although it seemed that there was nothing wrong with treating the person concerned, how could a little girl like Yu Shui go to eat with two men?

"No, I can't eat at your place anyway."

Shazhu stuck his neck out and refused to do it.

"That's easy, we'll take the food to the rainwater room..."

"That's even worse. How can you two men go to my sister's room..."

"If you want your sister to eat in the middle courtyard with the breeze blowing, I have no objection."

"I...I'll go ask my sister."

Seeing Sha Zhu walking towards Yu Shui's room, Chen Xu and Xu Damao both had strange looks in their eyes. This idiot is actually going there!

Shazhu knocked on the door.

"rainwater..."

"I don't listen, I don't listen, I don't listen..."

"I'm your brother..."

"I don't have a brother, you are all bad people, woooo!"

Chen Xu and Xu Damao almost died of laughter. Both of them understood women and could naturally guess how a woman would react when she was angry. Sha Zhu was just walking into the muzzle of a gun like a fool. It would be strange if he could make sense.

Sha Zhu turned his head and looked at the two of them with a resentful look on his face. No matter how stupid he was, he understood that he was being used as a gun.

Just now, Chen Xu and Xu Damao hesitated for a long time, and no one was willing to go to appease the rain. Naturally, they knew that whoever went at this time would be in trouble. It just so happened that Sha Zhu rushed over, so such a good target naturally had to be used.

There were already quite a few people watching the fun, but it was cold outside, so they all squatted at their doorsteps and watched.

Yi Zhonghai showed up rarely, looked at Sha Zhu who was being fooled, sighed and went back to continue warming himself by the fire. He didn't want to cause any trouble at the moment. After the New Year, it would be his time to turn things around, so you guys can do whatever you want now.

Anyway, he is not the manager now, so he has no control over the affairs of the hospital.