Siheyuan: I just want to live

After Chen Feng finished his dinner, he entered the space, fed the animals he raised in the space, and took a bath in the space.

He left the space and went back to bed to sleep. The next day, Chen Feng went to work as usual, and did not disrupt his life rhythm because of Jia Zhang's return.

After arriving at the scrap yard, Chen Feng still stayed in the message room and didn't go anywhere. After all, the weather was too hot.

Although it is the beginning of autumn, the autumn heat is still very strong, and the temperature only drops slightly at night.

Especially since it rained these past two days, the weather is really hot and humid, and Chen Feng really doesn't want to go out. But staying in the message room is also sticky and uncomfortable.

When there was no one around after get off work at noon, Chen Feng found a corner in the scrap yard where the security guards were not paying attention and entered the space.

After Chen Feng entered the space, he ate something casually. Then he took a shower and finally arrived.

Upstairs, I turned on the air conditioner and had a comfortable nap.

After Chen Feng woke up, he left the space and returned to the scrap station to continue his idle life.

When he got off work in the afternoon, Chen Feng's body was sticky again, which made him feel very uncomfortable again.

So after work, Chen Feng locked the door and hurriedly rode his bike home.

When entering the gate of the courtyard, Yan Fugui, who was watering the flowers, saw Chen Feng carrying the bicycle into the yard and looked up at Chen Feng's bicycle.

He found that there was nothing on Chen Feng's bicycle, so he started to greet him, "Chen Feng, you're back from get off work!"

Chen Feng also casually replied, "Yeah! Teacher Yan, you are watering the flowers today! Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. I have to go home and cook. See you later, Teacher Yan!"

Chen Feng finished speaking and pushed his bicycle out of the gate. Yan Fugui looked at Chen Feng as he left. I muttered, "Why is Chen Feng in such a hurry today? Did something happen?"

Chen Feng ignored the puzzled Yan Fugui and continued to hurried to the backyard.

When he arrived at the central courtyard, Chen Feng saw Jia Zhang sitting at the door of her house, pressing the soles of her shoes. Chen Feng ignored her and just pushed the cart forward.

But when Jia Zhang saw Chen Feng pushing a bicycle, she curled her lips and whispered, "You ride a bicycle every day, what's so great about it!"

"He's just a rag collector. He only gets a small salary every month. Who would want a girl like him? Unlike our Dongxu, who is a fitter in a big factory. He has a bright future ahead of him!"

Jia Zhang said she was whispering, but if you listened carefully, the whole central courtyard could hear her words, and Chen Feng naturally heard it too.

When Chen Feng heard what Jia Zhang said, he paused in pushing his bicycle. He wanted to retort and scold her.

But after thinking about it carefully, he decided to forget it. It was not worth arguing with her about these trivial matters. Chen Feng wanted to see what she would brag about after her son, who she said had a bright future, died in two years.

So Chen Feng pushed his bicycle to the backyard again.

In fact, when Jia Zhang saw Chen Feng stop his bicycle, she felt nervous and regretted her words. She was not afraid that Chen Feng would hit her.

Instead, he was worried that if Chen Feng scolded him just now, and if he retorted, would Chen Feng find another reason to send him to jail?

Seeing that Chen Feng ignored her, Jia Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more. She sat obediently at the door, waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come back from get off work.

Chen Feng returned to the backyard and pushed his bicycle into the house. He locked the door and immediately entered the space. After taking a cold shower, Chen Feng turned on the air conditioner and lay on the bed to enjoy the cool air.

Chen Feng didn't want to do anything now. He just wanted to lie down. Because of the hot and humid weather, Chen Feng didn't even have an appetite to eat.

After a short nap, Chen Feng got out of bed to cook, eat, feed the pigs, add grass to the rabbits, feed the chickens and pick eggs.

There are now more than a hundred chickens in Chen Feng’s chicken coop, but many of them are only one or two months old, and there are also dozens of little roosters.

Chen Feng didn't plan to continue to expand the chicken flock, so he started to pick up eggs. When the roosters grew up, Chen Feng only kept a few and kept the rest to eat slowly.

While Chen Feng was still in the space, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu had already returned to the courtyard together.

As soon as Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming back, she immediately put down the work in her hands and went to greet Yi Zhonghai.

When they got closer, Jia Zhang immediately asked Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi! How is it? Have you told the leader about our Dongxu? Did the leader agree to restore Dongxu's salary?"

Yi Zhonghai saw the impatient Jia Zhang, sighed, and then said, "I went to talk to the factory manager today, and the factory manager promised to restore Dongxu's salary after the new year."

After listening to Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Zhang turned to look at Jia Dongxu.

When Jia Dongxu saw his mother looking at him, he nodded, agreeing with Yi Zhonghai's statement.

When Jia Zhang heard this result, she was immediately disappointed. She thought Yi Zhonghai just needed to talk to the leader and Jia Dongxu's salary would be restored.

In this way, Jia Dongxu could slowly supplement his pension money, but he didn't expect that he would have to wait until after the new year. Doesn't that mean he would have to wait until after the new year to get his pension money?

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang said to Yi Zhonghai again, "Old Yi! Can't you talk to the leaders and let Dongxu restore the salary as soon as possible? Our family is in such a difficult situation now, can't the factory make some concessions?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law! I have already told the factory director what you said. Dongxu was originally going to be fined to receive two years of apprenticeship wages!"

"Now we just need to check until the end of the year, which is already very good. The factory really can't make any more concessions! Sister-in-law, please understand!"

When Jia Zhang heard that there was no compromise, her face, which had been somewhat hopeful, suddenly became full of worry. She collapsed to the ground, and tears and snot immediately flowed out.

He kept howling in pain, "Oh my God! What should I do? Dongxu will only get a salary of a dozen yuan a month. How can we, as a family, survive?"

When Jia Dongxu saw that his mother started crying again, he quickly bent down and tried to help Jia Zhang up. However, Jia Zhang was too fat and Jia Dongxu couldn't help her up.

So Jia Dongxu could only squat down and comfort Jia Zhang, "Mom, don't cry. I will only get the salary of an apprentice for a few months. Let's be patient and tighten our belts and it will pass soon."

"Don't worry, Mom. Huairu and I will definitely not let you go hungry. Let's stop crying. It's time to eat. Let's go home and eat!"

Seeing that persuasion didn't work, Jia Dongxu tried to lure Jia Zhang with food. Jia Zhang, who usually ate like a starving ghost, was not like before today and kept howling.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhang who was slumped on the ground and felt a headache for a moment. He didn't know how to comfort Jia Zhang.

Qin Huairu, who had just finished cooking in the house, heard Jia Zhang's howling. She thought Jia Zhang had had another conflict with someone, so she quickly took the pot off the stove and ran out in a hurry.

When she got outside, she saw only Jia Zhang, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu in the middle of the yard. It seemed that she didn't want anyone to bully Jia Zhang, so she slowed down her pace.

Qin Huairu came to Jia Zhang's side and tried to pull Jia Zhang up from the other side, but failed. Then she asked Jia Dongxu softly:

"Dongxu, what happened to mom? She was fine just now. Why did she start crying in a moment?"

Seeing Qin Huairu asking this, Jia Dongxu said, "When my mother heard that I still had to receive an apprentice salary for several months, she felt sorry for our family's situation, so she cried."

Qin Huairu felt sad when she heard that Jia Dongxu still had to receive several more months of apprenticeship salary.

If it weren't for Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongxu's salary of a dozen yuan could barely support his mother and his family. But now that Jia Dongxu is back, this salary is definitely not enough.

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu couldn't help but shed tears.

She cried and said to Jia Zhang, "Mom! Don't cry, don't worry! I will eat less in the future and I will make sure you and Dongxu are full!"

When Jia Zhang heard what Qin Huairu said, she turned to look at Qin Huairu, and then said to her, "Huairu...Mom...!"

Before Jia Zhang could finish her words, she hugged Qin Huairu and started crying.

Just like that, the two women of the Jia family began to cry together, hugging each other.

Seeing this scene, Jia Dongxu didn't know how to persuade them. He could only stand aside with a bitter face, not knowing what to do.

Yi Zhonghai stood aside and looked at the Jia family. He didn't know whether to leave or not.

At this moment, more and more people heard the crying of Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu, and everyone started to come out to check.

Jia Dongxu looked at this scene, and he looked at Yi Zhonghai with a bitter face. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Master, what do you think we should do now? My mother and Huairu have been crying non-stop, this is not a solution!"

Yi Zhonghai also looked at the increasing number of people, and he had no choice but to speak to Jia Zhang and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, don't cry!"

"I will find a way to solve your family's difficulties! I will pack ten kilograms of corn flour from my home and send it to you later! I also have five dollars here, I will lend it to you to help you out in an emergency! Don't cry, go home and eat first, I'll take care of everything!"

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he took out a five-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it to Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu took the money and bowed repeatedly to Yi Zhonghai to express his gratitude.

When Jia Zhang heard Yi Zhonghai's promise and looked up to see Yi Zhonghai giving money to Jia Dongxu, she stopped crying and spoke to Yi Zhonghai in a choked voice.

"Thank you, Lao Yi! I'll go home first! You have to hurry up and find a solution! These five dollars won't last for a few days!"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "I'll go back and think of a solution. You guys go back and eat first. I'll tell you when I think of a solution!"

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai turned around and left, heading home.

Jia Zhang watched Yi Zhonghai leave, she stopped crying and went home. Seeing this, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu also hurried back home.

When everyone saw that the leading actors had left the stage, they also dispersed.