Siheyuan: I just want to live

On the first day of the New Year, Chen Feng got up early before dawn, and couldn't wait to wake up Jin Ling and the children.

The air in the morning was particularly fresh. Chen Feng and Jin Ling took the children to the Revolutionary Cemetery to sweep the graves of their parents.

Last year, the children were still young and could not go together, but this year is different, they should let the children meet their grandparents and great-grandfather.

After arriving at the Revolutionary Cemetery, the family completed the worship ceremony devoutly. At this time, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Chen Feng was worried that the children would catch a cold, so he hurriedly took them on the journey home.

Halfway through the journey, the snow gradually became lighter, and by the time we entered the city, the snow had stopped completely.

When Chen Feng brought Jin Ling and the children into the middle courtyard, he was surprised to find that a general meeting of the entire courtyard was being held in the main courtyard.

I saw Sha Zhu sitting on a small bench, saying something to Xu Damao with an arrogant look on his face.

As soon as Chen Feng walked into the middle courtyard, Lou Xiao'e saw Chen Feng and his friends. A happy smile appeared on her face, and she immediately went to greet them.

"Brother Chen Feng, Sister Jin Ling, you are back!" Lou Xiao'e's tone was somewhat excited.

Then, Lou Xiao'e hurried to Chen Feng, hugged the two children, and said with joy: "Brother Chen Feng, Sister Jin Ling, lend Xixi and Xingxing to me!"

After saying that, Lou Xiao'e picked up the child, turned around and left briskly, not even giving Chen Feng any chance to react.

Watching Lou Xiao'e's departing back, Chen Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If he didn't know Lou Xiao'e's character, based on the way she held the child just now, Chen Feng would definitely mistake her for a human trafficker, and would pull out his gun without hesitation and shoot her twice.

After all, this behavior was too sudden. But Chen Feng knew that Lou Xiao'e could not be a human trafficker, so he did not make any radical moves. He just watched Lou Xiao'e leave and smiled helplessly.

But Lou Xiao'e walked up to Sha Zhu with the child in her arms, and then she said to Xixi and Xingxing with a smile on her face: "Xixi, Xingxing, can you do Auntie a small favor?"

The children looked at Lou Xiao'e, the kind aunt who often played with them, and showed well-behaved and lovely expressions, and nodded repeatedly to show that they were willing to help.

Lou Xiao'e was very happy to see that the children were so obedient and sensible, and she continued.

"Xixi, Xingxing, you guys should pay New Year's greetings to this uncle later. As long as you do that, Auntie will take you to eat meat, okay?"

When they heard that there was meat to eat, the two children's eyes lit up and they were extremely excited. They immediately drooled and nodded without hesitation, saying, "Okay!"

The voice was clear and loud, as if it couldn't wait to start taking action.

While Lou Xiao'e was coaxing the child, Jin Ling also found out what was going on from the people watching.

It turned out that it was Shazhu who brought the three children of the Jia family to the yard and knocked on the door of Xu Damao's house this morning, and asked Banggeng to bring his sisters in.

Then, while Xu Damao was still asleep, they woke him up and wished him a happy new year. Moreover, if you didn't give them money, they would start singing Lianhualuo. If you gave less, it wouldn't work!

Xu Damao had no choice but to give them one dollar each and then send Banggeng and the others away.

Now Xu Damao comes to Sha Zhu to ask for money, saying that Sha Zhu brought Bang Geng and others to his house for New Year's greetings just to cheat him of his money, and he wants Sha Zhu to pay him three times the compensation.

But how could Shazhu agree to this? He argued that Banggeng had kowtowed to Xu Damao to wish him a happy new year, so he could ask for the money back, but Xu Damao or his children had to kowtow back to him, otherwise there would be no deal.

Just at this time Chen Feng came back. After seeing the bright stars, Lou Xiao'e suddenly had an idea and thought of a solution.

Jin Ling told Chen Feng what she had found out and asked him what he thought about it. Chen Feng listened to Lou Xiao'e's words and combined with the scene in front of him, he understood a little.

The behavior of Sha Zhu in the play is indeed hateful, so he decided to observe first. So he said to Jin Ling: "Don't worry about it for now, we just need to watch."

At this time, Sha Zhu, who was sitting on the bench, saw Lou Xiao'e walking up to him with Chen Feng's two children in her arms, and immediately nervously shouted to stop her.

"Hey hey hey! Lou Xiaoe! Other people's children don't count! It has to be your own child!"

When Lou Xiao'e heard what Sha Zhu said, her eyebrows raised, her eyes widened, and she said to Sha Zhu with a little anger: "Who said these are not my children? These are my adopted daughter and son! How can they not be considered my children?"

After that, she looked at the two little guys again and said gently, "Come on, wish your uncle a happy new year!"

Then, she turned to look at Sha Zhu and said proudly, "Didn't you just say that? As long as my children wish you a happy new year, each head will be worth nine yuan. Sha Zhu, you better sit tight, my daughter and son are going to wish you a happy new year!"

At this time, the two little guys were ready to kowtow. Seeing this, Sha Zhu became even more anxious. He waved his hands and said anxiously to Lou Xiaoe.

"Lou Xiao'e, who gives out New Year's money based on the number of kowtows they make? We only give money for the first kowtow, and the rest doesn't count!"

Seeing Sha Zhu say this, Lou Xiao'e immediately retorted: "That's how my family calculates! Why are you scared? If you are scared, then why did you act so arrogant just now?"

Lou Xiao'e's voice was full of provocation and ridicule, which made Sha Zhu's face look very ugly. He gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to refute, but he couldn't find the right words.

"How about this, Silly Zhu? You kowtow to me and wish me a happy new year. I'm not as stingy as you. I'll charge you ten yuan for each kowtow."

Lou Xiao'e continued, a smug smile on her face.

Sha Zhu's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he heard. His face was full of anger and helplessness, his hands clenched into fists, his body trembling slightly.

"Just kowtow without worry, idiot! Even if you kowtow until dark, I won't be afraid! I promise I won't let you lose a penny!"

Lou Xiao'e smiled triumphantly, with a smug gleam in her eyes.

Chen Feng couldn't help shaking his head after listening to Lou Xiao'e's words. He didn't know how to say anything to Lou Xiao'e.

Sha Zhu is a man who cares about his reputation. If Sha Zhu really shamelessly kowtowed to Lou Xiaoe, he would probably earn hundreds of thousands of yuan based on 12 hours a day. Even if he only worked half a day, he could still earn tens or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

However, Chen Feng knew Sha Zhu's character very well, and he knew that Sha Zhu would definitely not be so shameless as to do such a thing.

In contrast, if it were those people from the Yan family, they might accept such conditions without hesitation.

But Sha Zhu is different. He is a very chauvinistic man, but deep down he looks down on women. How could he kowtow to Lou Xiao'e and wish her a happy new year!

Sure enough, after hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, Sha Zhu's face instantly turned red as liver.

The crowd watching nearby also began to shout at Sha Zhu, "Sha Zhu, just knock! You won't suffer any loss!"

When Sha Zhu heard what the crowd said, he immediately shouted at them, "What are you yelling about! Why don't you kowtow if you don't want to suffer any loss?"

At this time, Yan Jiecheng said, "It's not that we don't want to kowtow, but Lou Xiao'e said that you should kowtow! If we kowtow, Lou Xiao'e may not give us money!"

Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Sha Zhu glared at him and said, "Get out of the way, you are the one who caused all this!"

Yan Jiecheng shrank his neck when he was stared at by Sha Zhu, and retreated into the crowd without daring to make a sound.

Seeing that Sha Zhu was just arguing with the crowd, Lou Xiao'e reminded him, "Sha Zhu, stop wasting time. Do you want my son to wish you a happy new year, or are you going to kowtow to me?"

When Sha Zhu heard what Lou Xiao'e said, he looked straight at her. Lou Xiao'e raised her eyebrows provocatively at Sha Zhu's gaze.

Sha Zhu looked at Lou Xiao'e and said, "Lou Xiao'e, you are so cruel! I admit defeat today!"

Then Sha Zhu took out nine yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lou Xiaoe, saying, "Here, this is nine yuan!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at the money Sha Zhu handed over and did not take it. Instead, she said, "Sha Zhu, I have two children. Which child is this money for?"

When Sha Zhu heard what Lou Xiao'e said, he looked at the two children standing in front of her, gritted his teeth, took out another nine yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lou Xiao'e.

But Lou Xiao'e still didn't take the money, so Sha Zhu looked at her and asked, "Is nine yuan per person okay?"

Lou Xiao'e said quietly, "You have given my son and daughter enough, but Chen Feng's child is also standing in front of me. If you don't treat them equally, I can't accept the money."

Sha Zhu lowered his head to look at the two children in front of Lou Xiao'e, and then said to Lou Xiao'e, "Aren't these just two children?"

When Lou Xiao'e heard Sha Zhu say this, she said, "Sha Zhu, let's talk about how to wish each other a happy new year!"

When Sha Zhu heard this again, his face turned red again. Then, with a grim expression, he counted out another eighteen yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lou Xiao'e together with the previous eighteen yuan.

Lou Xiao'e finally accepted the money. After counting it, she said quietly, "Silly Zhu, are you really not going to consider kowtowing to me and wishing me a happy new year?"

When Sha Zhu heard Lou Xiao'e mention this, he turned pale and said, "I'm thinking about your grandmother's legs!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran back home.

After Sha Zhu left, Xu Damao gave Lou Xiao'e a thumbs up and said, "Wife, you are awesome!"

Lou Xiao'e ignored Xu Damao and instead squatted down and stuffed the money she had just gotten from Sha Zhu into Xixi and Xingxing's small pockets.

Then he took out two ten-dollar bills from his pocket and stuffed another one into one of the kids' pockets.

Seeing Lou Xiao'e stuffing more money into her pocket, Chen Feng quickly stepped forward and said, "Xiao'e, why are you giving so much money to the child? Take it back now!"

When Lou Xiao'e heard Chen Feng's words, she waved her hand and said domineeringly: "I give money to my son and daughter, what does it have to do with you!"

Hey, what are you talking about! If Jin Ling hadn't been standing next to him, Chen Feng would have thought she was the mother of his two children.

But before Chen Feng could say anything else, Lou Xiao'e picked up the two children and said, "Let's go, darlings. Godmother will take you to eat meat!"

Then she picked up the child and walked outside, completely ignoring Chen Feng.

Seeing this, Jin Ling said something to Chen Feng and quickly pushed her bicycle to chase after him.

Chen Feng looked at Lou Xiao'e's back and was speechless. What happened to Lou Xiao'e today? When taking care of someone else's child, shouldn't she ask the father of her own child?