Siheyuan: I just want to live

The next morning, Chen Feng handed the key to his house to Sun Xiaojuan and asked her to open the door for him.

He chose to go to the steel mill when it was almost time to go to work. When he arrived at the steel mill, the working hours had already passed.

So he asked the security guard at the door to help make a phone call and ask Hou Debang to come out to meet him.

Not long after, Hou Debang came out in a hurry. When he saw Chen Feng, he immediately held Chen Feng's hand enthusiastically and said with a smile on his face.

"Brother Chen! You haven't come to visit me for a long time! I look forward to your coming every day!"

Chen Feng pulled his hand back from Hou Debang's without changing his expression, and replied with a smile: "Brother Hou, don't we meet every month? How can you say that you haven't been here for a long time?"

Hou Debang was slightly stunned after hearing what Chen Feng said, but soon he smiled even more happily and said quickly: "Yes, yes, yes! You can't say that you haven't been here for a long time! It was my fault, brother!"

Hou Debang then quickly changed the subject and asked with a smile, "Brother Chen, what good news did you bring me this time?"

Seeing that he had already started asking, Chen Feng whispered, "Brother Hou, we can get tens of thousands of eggs this time. Do you want some?"

When Hou Debang heard that there were tens of thousands of eggs, his eyes began to light up. Now the country has lowered the ration, and food is in short supply.

Nowadays, anything that can be eaten is good! Especially when it comes to nutritious food like eggs! How could the steel mill let it go?

There are so many people in the steel rolling mill. If someone faints in the factory due to hypoglycemia, malnutrition or something, a bowl of brown sugar and egg tea will be more effective than any medicine.

So as soon as Chen Feng finished speaking, Hou Debang couldn't wait to say, "Yes! Brother Chen, our steel mill will definitely need eggs! We'll take as many as you can!"

When Chen Feng heard Hou Debang say he wanted them, he said, "Since you said you want them, I'll keep the eggs for you. On Saturday night, you can go to the yard and take them away with the rabbits."

When Hou Debang saw that Chen Feng agreed to go first, he smiled brightly and said happily: "Then I would like to thank Brother Chen for his care!"

When Chen Feng heard Hou Debang say this, he quickly waved his hands and replied with a smile: "No way! Brother Hou, you are too kind! It is my honor to help you."

Next, Chen Feng and Hou Debang praised each other's business.

Finally, Chen Feng looked at his watch and found that it was getting late. He stood up and said to Hou Debang with a smile:

"Brother Hou, it's getting late now. I have to go back to work, so I won't chat with you any more. See you on Saturday night!"

Then the two said goodbye to each other, and then Chen Feng rode his bike back to the scrap yard.

The scrap yard was not far from his home, but he was late because of something in the morning, so he arrived at the scrap yard just now.

When Chen Feng arrived at the scrap yard, he found that everyone had already arrived.

He parked his bike in the yard and walked towards the crowd.

When I got closer, I saw that it was Wang Dajiang who was slaughtering a pig.

A group of people gathered at the door of the tea room, watching Wang Dajiang slaughtering the pig with great interest.

No one cared whether Chen Feng was late today. Even Li Guotao didn't say anything when he saw Chen Feng arriving on a bicycle.

He just glanced at Chen Feng, then turned around and continued to watch Wang Dajiang slaughtering the pig.

Seeing this, Chen Feng didn't care. After all, he knew he was late and was embarrassed to say anything.

So he parked his bike and joined the crowd watching.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was almost noon. After the pork was cut, everyone immediately started the intense meat-cutting process.

When distributing the meat, Chen Feng specially selected a piece of hind leg meat weighing about five kilograms, because it contained more lean meat. In addition, he also received some offal, but did not intend to take it home, but turned around and gave it to Sun Xiaojuan.

In fact, Chen Feng was not interested in the offal, firstly because he thought it was difficult to handle, and secondly because he himself did not like to eat it. Therefore, he decided to give the offal to Sun Xiaojuan.

By the time all the meat was distributed, it was already noon. At this time, Li Guotao generously announced: "No one has to go to work this afternoon. You can go home now and come back to work tomorrow morning!"

This sudden news made everyone feel surprised and excited. Then everyone happily carried the pork home.

Chen Feng put the pork into the space after leaving the scrap yard and rode his empty bicycle back to the courtyard.

After returning home, Chen Feng closed the door and entered the space.

After arriving in the space, Chen Feng chopped the meat and celery into stuffing, mixed the dough, and made many dumplings. After the dumplings were made, Chen Feng cooked a bowl, dipped it in vinegar, and had a delicious meal.

After dinner, Chen Feng did not leave the room. He came to the yard, moved out the woodworking lathe, turned on the power, and then started to make a box with pine wood.

After making only a few nails, Chen Feng found that there were not enough nails. So Chen Feng stopped and then left the space.

Chen Feng left the space, picked up the watch on the table, and looked at it. It was already past three in the afternoon. He put on the watch, opened the door, and pushed his bicycle outside.

After leaving the courtyard, Chen Feng went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few pounds of one-inch long nails, and then went back.

It was already four o'clock when Chen Feng returned to the courtyard. He didn't want to go into the space to work immediately, so he pushed the bicycle into the room, closed the door and started preparing dinner.

Chen Feng picked out a grass carp from the space, made a pot of boiled fish, and then fried some vegetables.

Chen Feng bought these vegetables little by little from the vegetable market in summer and autumn. In order to eat some vegetables in winter, Chen Feng kept them fresh in the space for several months.

Although Chen Feng knew that green vegetables were very expensive in winter in this era, he had never thought of selling them. Because there were not many of them, and if they were sold, it would only make up for the money from a transaction with Hou Debang. It was not sustainable, and it was a one-time deal, so it was better not to sell them.

After Chen Feng finished cooking the dishes, he cooked another plate of dumplings. After all, he hadn't eaten dumplings for a long time. Today, we were sharing the meat, so why not indulge in it?

After Chen Feng had finished cooking, he served the dishes and dumplings to the table. As soon as he sat down, he heard a knock on his door.

Chen Feng was speechless. Who knocked on the door when they were having dinner? Could it be Qin Huairu from the Jia family again?

So Chen Feng didn't even stand up, and shouted to the outside world, "Who is it?"

A man's voice came from the door, "It's me, Damao! Chen Feng, open the door!"

Chen Feng was relieved when he heard that it was Xu Damao. Chen Feng thought it was Qin Huairu! Chen Feng was already preparing to put the things on the table into the space.

After hearing that it was Xu Damao, Chen Feng stood up, walked to the door and opened it.

After opening the door, Chen Feng saw Xu Damao holding a bottle of wine in his left hand and a net bag in his right hand. The net bag contained two tin cans. Xu Damao was standing at the door of Chen Feng's house with a smile on his face.

Seeing Xu Damao carrying something, Chen Feng asked curiously, "It's Damao! What do you want to talk to me about? Why are you standing at my door with something in your hand when you're not going home for dinner?"

Seeing Chen Feng asking this, Xu Damao said with a smile, "Chen Feng, I got two cans of Eagle Country luncheon meat today. Didn't I come to have a drink with you?"

As Xu Damao spoke, he lifted up the thing in his hand so that Chen Feng could see it more clearly.

Chen Feng looked at what Xu Damao was holding and thought, he was pretending to be drinking, he was really here to smell the food from next door and come over to eat.

But Chen Feng finally let Xu Damao in. No matter what, he came to you with wine and meat to drink, you can't turn him away, right?

If that were the case, how would Chen Feng and Xu Damao get along in the future? By then, Chen Feng would have no one to brag and chat with in this courtyard.

After Xu Damao came in, Chen Feng took the things from Xu Damao, put the wine on the table, and took the canned luncheon meat to the kitchen to open and cut it.

When Chen Feng came out of the kitchen, he found Xu Damao studying the boiled fish on Chen Feng's table. Seeing Chen Feng coming out, Xu Damao asked curiously:

"Chen Feng, what's the name of this dish? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Boiled fish fillet was not introduced until the 1980s, so Xu Damao had never seen it before. So Chen Feng casually said, "This is called boiled fish fillet. I figured it out myself."

After hearing this, Xu Damao gave Chen Feng a thumbs up and praised him.

"Chen Feng, you are amazing! Better than Sha Zhu! Sha Zhu, that idiot Zhu, only knows how to cook according to recipes. He is not as smart as you who can think of new dishes."

Chen Feng just smiled slightly when he heard Xu Damao's compliment, and then said, "My cooking skills are far worse than Sha Zhu's, so you don't have to praise me."

Chen Feng then said, "Okay, let's sit down quickly! Otherwise the food will get cold."

After hearing what Chen Feng said, Xu Damao sat down immediately.

After sitting down, Xu Damao couldn't wait to pick up a piece of boiled fish fillet with chopsticks. Although it was a bit spicy, Xu Damao still gave Chen Feng a thumbs up again.

In the end, the two of them finished all the food on the table. Neither Xu Damao nor Chen Feng touched the bottle of wine. They just focused on eating the dishes.

After finishing the meal, Xu Damao did not take the wine back with him. He went home alone, stroking his stomach.

If it was Yan Fugui, even if he opened the bottle of wine and drank half of it, he would still take the remaining half bottle back.

After Xu Damao left, Chen Feng put his hands on the table and washed the dishes.

Chen Feng entered the space again. He still had to make boxes. Forty thousand eggs were too many. Even if it was a box like the one Chen Feng made that could hold a thousand eggs, Chen Feng would have to make twenty of them.

Chen Feng was busy in the space the whole night, and he didn't finish until dawn.