Siheyuan: I just want to live

Yi Zhonghai returned to the workshop with a gloomy face. After picking up his lunch box, he turned back to the cafeteria. He planned to have a good talk with Sha Zhu again.

However, when Yi Zhonghai was queuing in the cafeteria, he never saw Sha Zhu standing at the food window.

In fact, Sha Zhu had expected this to happen today. Yi Zhonghai would definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble for him again when he was serving food. So, Sha Zhu simply did not come out to serve food today.

After all, it wasn't necessary for Sha Zhu to do this job, and no one could force him to do it if he didn't want to. Even though Sha Zhu's salary had been reduced to that of an apprentice.

But everyone in the cafeteria knew Sha Zhu's cooking skills, and everyone liked the food he cooked, so no one really treated Sha Zhu as an ordinary apprentice.

Yi Zhonghai waited and waited but Sha Zhu didn't come back, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

He ate a few mouthfuls of food, packed up his things and returned to the workshop.

Yi Zhonghai seemed absent-minded throughout the afternoon and almost made a mistake while working.

Seeing this situation, Yi Zhonghai no longer had the heart to continue working, so he said hello to the workshop supervisor and went home early.

Chen Feng knew nothing about this. Even if he knew about this, he probably wouldn't take it to heart, and might even feel happy.

After all, Yi Zhonghai's loneliness had nothing to do with him, and with Chen Feng's personality, he would feel happy to see his enemy unhappy!

At this time, Chen Feng was sitting in the communication room, fanning himself with an old palm-leaf fan. Even so, he still felt the heat was unbearable.

The palm-leaf fan was whirring, but Chen Feng's sweat continued to flow down. He felt as if he was in a steamer, and every breath was hot.

After fanning a few more times, Chen Feng realized that this was not a solution. He threw the fan onto the table helplessly, then stood up and prepared to leave the message room.

Under the scorching sun, Chen Feng took a difficult step and walked towards Li Guotao's office. Along the way, the scorching sun made his skin hot, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

At this time in the office, Li Guotao was also annoyed by the hot weather like everyone else. He fanned himself with his hands while correcting the documents on the table. Sweat slid down his forehead and soaked his shirt.

At this time, Chen Feng walked into the office. Li Guotao looked at him puzzledly and asked, "Chen Feng, why did you come to me instead of staying in the communication room? What's the matter?"

Chen Feng walked to Li Guotao's desk with a smile and said, "Stationmaster, we haven't distributed benefits for a long time. I want to go out and buy some things to distribute some benefits to everyone. What do you think?"

After hearing what Chen Feng said, Li Guotao seemed a little bit unconvinced. He repeated, "Chen Feng, what did you just say? You want to go out to purchase supplies?"

Chen Feng still had a grin on his face, but he said in a firm tone, "Yes! Stationmaster! I just want to go out and purchase supplies!"

Li Guotao confirmed with Chen Feng again: "Chen Feng! Have you really decided? In such hot weather, you still want to go out to buy things? Besides, when there are no holidays, the station will not distribute benefits, so you don't have to go out to buy things!"

In fact, Chen Feng didn't care about these so-called benefits. He simply didn't want to stay in the message room and endure the high temperature. It was as uncomfortable as being in a steamer, so he made up an excuse and said he wanted to go out.

Facing Li Guotao's question, Chen Feng waved his hand casually and replied with a smile

"It's okay, Station Master. The weather has been too hot recently and everyone is working very hard. I want to take this opportunity to go out and buy some benefits for everyone. It can be considered a good thing!"

After listening to Chen Feng's words, Li Guotao stared at Chen Feng in a daze for a long time, feeling a little confused and emotional.

Finally, he sighed helplessly, nodded and agreed: "Okay! Since you have made up your mind, then go! But remember to pay attention to safety and don't get heatstroke."

In fact, Li Guotao knew clearly in his mind that Chen Feng was not going to purchase anything, but just wanted to be lazy and not go to work.

But after all, it doesn't matter whether he is in the message room or not. Since he doesn't want to come, just let him go. It will save some trouble.

Chen Feng couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Guotao reminding him to be careful not to get heatstroke. This stationmaster is really easy to fool, but it's better this way, so as to avoid being harassed.

So Chen Feng responded with a smile: "Got it, Stationmaster! Don't worry, I will pay attention! Then I will withdraw first?"

Li Guotao waved his hand helplessly, signaling Chen Feng to leave quickly. Seeing this, Chen Feng turned around and left the office without further ado.

After leaving the office, Chen Feng returned to the message room, put on his schoolbag, pushed his bicycle, and walked out of the scrap station without looking back.

When Chen Feng passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, he bought two bamboo baskets and then rode his bicycle to the yard outside Duzhimen.

He came to the front of the yard, stopped his bicycle, took out the key to unlock the door, pushed the door open and walked in.

After entering the yard, Chen Feng checked the door and made sure that no one would suddenly break in before he put the bicycle away safely. Then, he walked to the door of the main room, took off his watch, and after confirming the time was correct, he entered the house.

After entering the space, Chen Feng was not busy dealing with various affairs as usual.

Instead, he went straight to the bathroom and took a quick cold shower. The coolness of the water made him feel a little comfortable, but at the same time, it also made him aware of his physical fatigue and discomfort.

After taking a shower, Chen Feng came to the room, turned on the air conditioner, and adjusted the temperature to the lowest - sixteen degrees.

Then, he sat on the bed, holding his dizzy head with his hands, trying to wake himself up. Finally, he slowly lay down and closed his eyes, hoping to fall asleep as soon as possible.

After an unknown amount of time, a chill came over him and Chen Feng woke up from his sleep.

He shuddered, opened his eyes, and found that he had been woken up by the cold while sleeping because the air conditioner temperature was too low.

Chen Feng quickly sat up, reached out to pick up the remote control, and turned up the temperature of the air conditioner. Then, he lay back on the bed, feeling the warmth gradually returning to him.

Not long after, Chen Feng fell asleep again. When he woke up again, he stretched and felt much more refreshed.

After getting up, Chen Feng simply washed up and began to prepare food.

He finished eating and walked out of the space.

As he walked out of the space, Chen Feng immediately felt a strong heat wave coming towards him. He picked up the watch on the bedside and saw that it was just past five o'clock.

After Chen Feng put down his watch, he decided to return to the space again. He couldn't help but think that he was staying outside the city today.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Since he has to sleep in the space anyway, it would be more convenient to just live here.

In addition, due to what happened in the Jia family yesterday, Chen Feng speculated that Yi Zhonghai would definitely convene a meeting of the entire institute in the next few days.

This meeting was most likely to get everyone to donate to the Jia family. Thinking of this, Chen Feng felt tired.

He really didn't want to argue endlessly with Yi Zhonghai and others, so he thought it would be better to avoid them temporarily and stay here for two days in peace.

This would avoid unnecessary trouble and disputes, so Chen Feng decided to stay outside the city and enjoy the peace and freedom.

Chen Feng had nothing to do in the space except feeding pigs, picking eggs, and feeding rabbits. The sweet potatoes in the farmland were not yet ripe, and it would take some time before they could be dug.

Chen Feng has nothing to do now. He can only stay in the room, enjoy the air conditioning and read books to pass the time.

At this time, the employees of the steel rolling mill returned to the courtyard one after another.

Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Dongxu to invite Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong to his home. He had already informed Auntie in advance to prepare a sumptuous dinner tonight because he planned to entertain the guests.

Not long after, Liu Haizhong, Yan Fugui and Jia Dongxu all came to Yi Zhonghai's house.

As soon as Yan Fugui and his friends entered the Yi family's house, they saw that Yi Zhonghai had already set the table, waiting for them to sit down.

Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong looked at each other, both showing puzzled expressions.

Then, Yan Fugui asked, "Old Yi! What happened to you today? Why did you think of inviting me and Old Liu to dinner? Is there anything you need our help with?"

Liu Haizhong also echoed beside him: "Old Yan is right! You've made such a big scene today, this must be a big deal, right?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai felt a little unhappy, but he still smiled and said, "You two, I invited you here because I really have some small things to discuss with you. Come, let's sit down first and talk while we eat!"

However, Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong did not take their seats as Yi Zhonghai said. They stood there, looking at Yi Zhonghai with a look of vigilance and suspicion in their eyes.

Yan Fugui frowned and asked again: "Old Yi, don't keep me in suspense. What's the matter? Tell me now!"

Liu Haizhong also said: "Yes, Lao Yi, you are making us feel very uneasy."

Yan Fugui looked at the sumptuous meal on the table and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, but he still resisted the urge to sit down and said, "Old Yi! You should tell us what's going on first! Otherwise, we won't dare to sit down!"

Liu Haizhong, who was standing next to him, did not talk to Yan Fugui this time, but just kept nodding his head to show his agreement.

Seeing that the two of them still refused to sit down, Yi Zhonghai stood up, walked to Liu Haizhong, grabbed his arm and forcibly pulled him to the dining table.

While pulling Liu Haizhong towards the dining table, Yi Zhonghai did not forget to secretly wink at Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu understood and immediately stepped forward to support Yan Fugui and walked towards the dining table together.

After Yi Zhonghai pressed Liu Haizhong onto the chair, he spoke: "Old Liu, Old Yan! I called you here today just for a small matter, don't be nervous!"

He patted Liu Haizhong's shoulder with a smile on his face. Then, Yi Zhonghai turned to look at Yan Bugui and continued, "It doesn't matter if you don't agree! Let's just treat this meal today as a time for the three of us to get together and cultivate some feelings!"

His tone was relaxed, and he didn't seem to care about the attitudes of the two. However, Yi Zhonghai knew in his heart that this matter must have their support in order to proceed smoothly.

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he said to Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu! Don't be stunned, hurry up and pour some wine for your second and third uncles! This is for you today!"

After hearing this, Jia Dongxu nodded and said, "Oh! Oh! I'll pour the wine right away!"

He reacted quickly, hurried to the table, and opened the bottle of liquor on the table. Then, he picked up the bottle and carefully poured a full glass of wine for each of the three elders.

During this process, Jia Dongxu always maintained a respectful attitude and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

Yi Zhonghai looked at this place before he sat down in his seat.

Because his master didn't let him sit down, Jia Dongxu didn't dare to sit down and could only serve on the side.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, Jia Dongxu also wanted to eat. But Yi Zhonghai just said that he had to do something for him today, so Jia Dongxu suppressed his desire.

After Yi sat down, he was the first to raise his glass and said to Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui, "Come on, Old Liu and Old Yan, we are all busy with work and it is not easy to get time to get together! Come on, let's drink one first! I'll drink first to show my respect!"

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Then he held up the glass and looked at Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui felt very uncomfortable at this moment! If they didn't drink, they would look down on Yi Zhonghai. If they drank, Yi Zhonghai hadn't told them what he wanted to talk to them about yet!

The two of them looked at each other, Yan Fugui sighed softly, then picked up the wine on the table and drank it all. Liu Haizhong saw that Yan Fugui had drunk it, so he also picked up the wine and drank it.

Yi Zhonghai watched them finish their wine, put down his glass, picked up his chopsticks and said, "The wine is a bit spicy! Let's eat some food first to calm it down!"

Yan Fugui had already let go of the burden in his heart at this time. Since the wine had been drunk and the mouth had been opened, he might as well let go and eat a meal first before thinking about other things.

If things are difficult to handle, don't blame yourself for not helping.

After figuring it out, Yan Fugui picked up the chopsticks on the table and picked up a piece of fat from the fried celery and pork. Then he put it in his mouth and enjoyed it with a satisfied look.

Seeing that Yan Fugui was like this, Liu Haizhong stopped holding the food and picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of chicken.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two people who were still eating with chopsticks, and then he completely relaxed. Then he gave Jia Dongxu another look, and then joined the ranks of those who were enjoying the food.

When Jia Dongxu received the look from his master, he immediately understood what he meant and started pouring wine for the three gentlemen.

Jia Dongxu was serving drinks to the three old men, but the table full of delicious food kept stimulating his sense of taste and smell.

He really wanted to eat, but none of the three uncles let Jia Dongxu sit down to eat.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the three gentlemen were almost full and only empty plates were left on the table.