Siheyuan: I just want to live

After Chen Feng had finished cleaning the fish, he walked out of the yard. He came to the fish pond and gently pressed a button to start the oxygen machine, which continuously supplied fresh oxygen to the fish pond. Looking at the little fish swimming happily in the water, his eyes flashed with longing and expectation for a good harvest in the future.

He raised his head and looked upward. The 100,000 cubic meters of water was like a huge, deep blue crystal, emitting a dazzling and brilliant light. This magnificent scene made Chen Feng feel heroic.

Chen Feng quickly refilled the empty magazine with bullets, and then left the space without hesitation.

After coming out, he carefully examined the surrounding environment of the pool, and after thinking for a moment, he selected several pieces of basalt of appropriate size, suitable for making stone millstones and stone rollers, and put them into the space for use.

After confirming that there was nothing else available around, Chen Feng nodded with satisfaction. He had found what he needed, so he turned around and left, returning along the mountain road he had come from.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, he found some dry firewood, caught a rabbit, ate a little, and continued on his way back. He was in a good mood and walked briskly, as if he had seen a bright future beckoning to him.

Suddenly, Chen Feng heard a wolf howl coming from a distance, which sounded not far away from him. He immediately became alert, reached out to take out the Thompson submachine gun hidden on his body, and carefully groped forward in the direction of the wolf howl.

After walking about a mile, Chen Feng quietly hid behind a boulder and looked forward. About fifty meters ahead, he saw five Eurasian wolves surrounding two dead goats and eating them. It seemed that these goats were prey they had just captured.

Chen Feng carefully observed the surroundings and confirmed that there were no other wolves around. He decisively raised the Thompson submachine gun in his hand, aimed at the wolves, and quickly pulled the trigger, firing all the bullets in a magazine in one breath. Because the speed was too fast, he didn't even have time to check the results of the shooting. He quickly replaced the magazine and continued shooting until all the bullets in the magazine were used up again. Then, he stopped and re-observed the battlefield situation.

At this time, he found that only one wolf was still able to move, and it was dragging its injured hind leg and trying to escape the scene. Chen Feng raised his gun without hesitation and fired another burst of bullets at the wolf.

After replacing the new magazine, Chen Feng saw that there was no movement over there, so he carefully held the gun and slowly walked forward.

After approaching, Chen Feng gave each wolf a short burst of shots on the head, replaced the magazine, and then started to check with confidence.

There were five wolves, each weighing about 70 kilograms, and two goats, whose internal organs had been eaten by the wolves. One of the goats' hind legs had also been gnawed off, and it looked like it still weighed about kilograms.

After putting them into the space, Chen Feng did not dare to delay for a moment. He quickly evacuated this dangerous place and continued to move quickly towards the outside of the mountain.

When he returned to Liujiagou Brigade, it was almost four o'clock. Chen Feng hurriedly took out his bicycle parked there, got on the saddle, and rushed to Sijiucheng with all his strength.

After a long ride, we finally arrived at Nanluoguxiang. It was about 7:30.

Chen Feng found a corner where no one was paying attention, carefully took out a hare from the space, tied it up with a rope, and hung it on the handlebars.

After completing these preparations, he pushed his bicycle towards the courtyard with confidence.

When Chen Feng arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the third uncle Yan Fugui, who had just moved his bicycle over the threshold and was watering the flowers at the gate, quickly put down the kettle in his hand, trotted over to meet him, and asked anxiously: "Chen Feng! Which side of the mountain did you go to today? How was the harvest?"

Chen Feng smiled and replied: "I went to Mentougou, but unfortunately my luck was not very good. I didn't get much. I only caught a rabbit." As he said that, he pointed to the hare hanging on the handlebars.

"This rabbit is really fat!" Yan Fugui said as he looked at the 5-pound rabbit on the handlebars.

"I happen to have a bottle of good wine. How about it? If you give me this rabbit, I'll ask your third aunt to stew it and add a few dishes to it. Then we can have a nice drink together. How about that?"

Who doesn't know Yan Fugui's half bottle of Lianhua Bai? He would bring it with him every time he went to a house in the courtyard for dinner, but the amount of wine in the bottle never decreased, and he kept adding water to it.

"Forget it. I'm afraid I'll have diarrhea at night after drinking your bottle of wine with water added." Chen Feng quickly refused.

"Hey! You kid! How can you say that about your uncle? What do you mean by adding wine to water?" Seeing that Chen Feng was reluctant to hand the rabbit to him, Yan Fugui said, "How about this? You hand the rabbit to me, and then I'll ask your aunt to clean it up and send it back to you. You can just leave the internal organs to me. What do you think?"

Chen Feng thought about it and felt that it was okay: "Well, okay, I'll give you the rabbit, but remember to clean it up and send it to my house for me. Oh, and don't chop it up. Leave the rabbit skin to me. I can't give it to you!"

"Hey! What do you mean by that? You talk as if I would covet your rabbit meat! Don't worry, the rabbit skin will definitely be saved for you." Yan Fugui responded with a gloomy face.

After Chen Feng handed the rabbit to Yan Fugui, he pushed his bicycle towards the backyard.

When Yan Fugui returned to the house with the rabbit, Auntie No. 3 saw the rabbit at once. She asked with surprise, "Hey, Dad, where did you get this rabbit?"

The third uncle replied, "Oh, this is Chen Feng's rabbit in the backyard. Go and clean it up quickly, and then send the skin and rabbit meat to him. As for the internal organs and intestines, we can keep them. We can fry some delicious rabbit offal tomorrow."

Chen Feng came to the backyard, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help shivering. He stretched out his hand to push open the door, and the cold air hit him, making him shiver. He frowned and muttered to himself: Why is this room so cold?

He walked to the stove and checked it carefully, only to find that the stove had long gone out, without a trace of warmth. Chen Feng shook his head helplessly and began to clean up the ashes and debris in the furnace. He carefully picked out a new piece of honeycomb coal with a pair of tongs, ready to relight the fire.

At this time, he looked up and saw that the lights in Xu Damao's house were still on. With an idea in his mind, he walked up to knock on the door and shouted, "Uncle Xu, are you home?"

After a while, a voice came from inside the house: "At home! Who is it?" It turned out to be Xu's father who responded.

"It's me, Chen Feng." Chen Feng answered standing outside the door.

Father Xu opened the door, leaned out, looked at Chen Feng and asked doubtfully: "It's so late, what do you want to talk to me about, Xiao Chen?"

Chen Feng rubbed his hands and explained with a smile: "It's nothing serious. I just went into the mountains today and found that the stove in the house was out when I came back. I wanted to come over and exchange the coal briquettes with you. I wonder if it's convenient?"

After hearing this, Mr. Xu smiled heartily and said, "Okay! Come in and get it. Light the stove quickly. It's really cold today." As he said that, he stepped aside to make way for the door and motioned Chen Feng to come in.

Chen Feng nodded gratefully and walked into the house. Father Xu enthusiastically showed him the location of the coal briquettes and asked him about his experience in the mountains. Chen Feng said a few simple words, then picked up the coal briquettes, thanked him and left.

Back at home, Chen Feng quickly put the coal into the furnace, lit a match, and carefully started the fire. Watching the flames gradually rise, he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling the room gradually warming up, and a sense of satisfaction surged in his heart.

When the fire was burning, Chen Feng completely immersed his thoughts in the mysterious and deep space. There, he began to carefully examine the fruitful results obtained from entering the forest today.

The first thing that caught his eye was three huge wild boars, weighing more than 1,300 kilograms in total! These wild boars were huge and muscular, and each one exuded a strong vitality. Then, he saw a mountain of fish of all sizes, which added up to more than 4,000 kilograms! In addition, there were more than 500 kilograms of wild wolves, 80 kilograms of goats, and more than a dozen rabbits of all sizes. This trip into the mountains was a great success, with a total harvest of nearly 5,000 kilograms of meat!

The water problem has been solved, and sufficient stones have been found. Tomorrow, I just need to make a simple and practical stone mill, and I can grind flour myself, and say goodbye to those hard-to-swallow mixed flour cakes.

Just as Chen Feng finished counting the supplies, the third aunt had already delivered the skinned rabbits and rabbit skins to the door. Chen Feng chatted with her enthusiastically for a few words about family matters, and then politely said goodbye to the third aunt.

After seeing off the three aunts, Chen Feng began to prepare dinner. He first kneaded the dough skillfully and steamed the mixed flour cakes in the steamer. Then, he put the fresh rabbit meat on the chopping board, chopped it into small pieces carefully, rinsed the blood with clean water, and put it in a basin for later use. Afterwards, Chen Feng cut the ginger and green onions and placed them neatly on the plate.

Chen Feng turned on the stove, took out the wok, and poured in a proper amount of cooking oil. When the oil was hot, he quickly put the ginger and scallions into the wok and stir-fried them, emitting an alluring aroma. Then, he poured the rabbit meat into the wok and kept stir-frying it until it was about 70% cooked. Then, he added cooking wine, soy sauce and a little sugar for seasoning, poured in some water, and simmered it slowly over low heat, allowing the rabbit meat to fully absorb the rich soup.

About ten minutes later, the rabbit meat and the mixed flour cake were cooked through, and Chen Feng was happily ready to enjoy this sumptuous dinner.

The mixed flour cakes were picked out and piled on a plate. Five pounds of rabbit meat was fried and placed in a basin, filling the entire basin.

The aroma burst out the moment the rabbit meat came out of the pot, spreading to the entire courtyard. Many residents of the courtyard secretly cursed the guy who poisoned the rabbit so late at night.

As Chen Feng was preparing to start eating, Jia Jiabanggeng from the middle courtyard started crying out of greed as he smelled the aroma of rabbit meat coming out of the pot.