Siheyuan: I just want to live

Chen Feng slowly walked out of the gate of the courtyard. He decided to visit this city full of historical heritage. Several days have passed since he came to this era, but he has been busy trying to make a living in this era and has no time to wander around. Now he finally has the opportunity to appreciate the city's style.

After leaving Nanluoguxiang, Chen Feng rode his bicycle leisurely and turned into Di'anmennei Street. He rode south along the outer wall on the east side of Jingshan Park and soon arrived at the foot of the north wall of the Forbidden City.

Afterwards, he continued to ride south along the east bank of Tongzi River, entered Chang'an Avenue and headed west. When he arrived in front of the Tiananmen Gate Tower, Chen Feng stopped his bicycle. He gazed at the ancient tower that had just been renovated, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. It had witnessed countless historical changes.

Chen Feng turned around and looked to the south. In the center of the wide square, the Monument to the People's Heroes towered into the sky. The straight body of the monument was as tall as the backbone of the country, which was awe-inspiring.

There is a huge construction site on each side of the square. The site on the east side is building the new building of the National Museum, while the site on the west side is building the Great Hall of the People. Chen Feng watched these busy construction scenes, and a sense of heroism surged in his heart. He seemed to have traveled back in time and saw the prosperous future of the country.

Chen Feng did not enter the square directly, but bypassed the square and walked towards the south. Not long after, he arrived at Dashilan. At this moment, Chen Feng was riding his bicycle leisurely through the streets of Dashilan, his eyes constantly scanning the shops on both sides of the road.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a shop on the street with a plaque hanging above it, on which were written three large characters "Tong Ren Tang". Chen Feng immediately stopped his bicycle, parked it in front of the shop, and looked at the shop carefully. Then, he walked into the shop.

As soon as he entered the store, he saw a huge medicine cabinet, and two young apprentices stood in front of the counter. Sitting in the hall was an old doctor. Chen Feng walked straight to the old doctor, sat down in front of him, stretched out his arm, and said to him: "Old doctor, please help me take a look."

In fact, Chen Feng came here purely for the purpose of getting treatment if he was sick and a physical examination if he was healthy. The old doctor looked up at Chen Feng, then gently placed his hand on Chen Feng's wrist, carefully touching it for a long time, but did not seem to notice anything unusual.

Then he raised his head, looked me up and down carefully, frowned, and said in a puzzled tone: "Except that you are a little weak, there is nothing wrong with you! Are you deliberately making fun of me?"

You know, these days, how many people are completely healthy and have no problems at all? Most people are weak because they have been malnourished for a long time due to not having enough food. In this case, it is useless to come to him, it will not work at all! It is better to go home early and make some delicious food to nourish your body. There is no need to come to him for treatment.

Seeing this, Chen Feng quickly explained, "I didn't say I was sick! I just happened to pass by here today, and I wanted to come in to check my physical condition to see if there are any hidden problems that have not yet been discovered. If not, that would be the best; but if there is really a problem, it is better to get treatment as soon as possible."

"I see you are bored! Why do you come to my place to have fun? If you have nothing to do, leave now and don't delay me from treating other patients!" The old doctor drove Chen Feng away with a gloomy look on his face. Seeing this, Chen Feng hurriedly said with a smile, "Then please write me a prescription."

The old doctor was very surprised and frowned and asked, "What medicine are you taking if you are not sick?"

Chen Feng realized that he had misunderstood his meaning, so he hurriedly explained, "I'm not asking you to prescribe medicine for me. I want you to prescribe a recipe for tiger bone wine! I'm going to take it back and make wine!"

The old doctor was speechless after hearing this. He widened his eyes and said, "You are deliberately making fun of me! If I prescribe this prescription for you, how can Tong Ren Tang survive in the world?"

As he spoke, he shook his head repeatedly, his face full of helplessness. Obviously, the old doctor felt that Chen Feng's request was very absurd and unreasonable. After all, Tong Ren Tang also sold tiger bone wine. If the prescription was given to Chen Feng, how would Tong Ren Tang sell it in the future?

"If you have tiger bones, you can bring them to us. We will soak them for you and only charge a small processing fee. The price is very affordable! And the quality is absolutely guaranteed! What do you think?"

The old doctor then said that he thought Chen Feng had found a tiger bone somewhere and wanted to make wine with it, so he came to him for a prescription.

When Chen Feng heard what the old doctor said, he immediately agreed and said, "Okay! Please wait a moment! I will go back and get the tiger bones now, please help me soak them!"

After saying that, Chen Feng quickly walked out of the Tong Ren Tang shop, got on his bike and headed towards a nearby alley. When he got to the alley, he stopped his bike, carefully put the tiger bones into a sack, and tied it firmly to the back seat of his bike. Then, he started the bike again and headed towards the Tong Ren Tang shop.

Chen Feng drove to the front of Tong Ren Tang again, and after parking the car steadily, he jumped off the back of the car swiftly, picked up the sack, and strode into the store. When he came to the side of the respected old doctor, he gently put down the sack, and then asked the old doctor expectantly: "Old doctor, take a look, how much wine can these things make?"

Hearing this, the old doctor slowly bent down, carefully opened the sack on the ground, and carefully examined it. Then, he looked up at Chen Feng with a hint of surprise in his tone: "Are you going to use all of this to make wine?"

Chen Feng nodded without hesitation and answered as a matter of course: "Of course, otherwise what would I do with them? How much wine do you think these can make?"

"If all of them were used to make wine, I'm afraid we could make as much as 5,000 kilograms! However, this is a huge expense! Do you really have so much money? Otherwise, why don't you sell these tiger bones to us? We also have ready-made tiger bone wine for sale. You can just buy some and drink it. There's no need to spend so much money to make wine!"

The old doctor was persuading Chen Feng earnestly, he really felt that there was no need for Chen Feng to brew such a large amount of wine. However, he had no idea that the reason why Chen Feng brewed so much wine was not just for his own drinking, but to store it and save it for later as a gift to others.

"They are all used to soak in wine. I won't sell them. How much do you want?" Chen Feng said in a firm tone.

Seeing this, the old doctor knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he turned around and began to weigh the sack carefully. He picked up a handful of wolfberries, feeling their texture and weight, while silently calculating the various expenses in his mind.

After a while, the old doctor looked up, looked at Chen Feng and said, "If you use top-grade sorghum wine to soak these wolfberries, plus some precious Chinese medicinal materials and my labor costs, the total cost will be six thousand yuan. Of course, if you choose to use other wines of slightly lower quality, the price will be relatively cheaper, but it will also cost at least five thousand yuan. So, are you really determined to use all the wolfberries to make wine? This is not a small amount of money." There was a hint of worry in his eyes, as if he was worried whether Chen Feng really had so much money to pay for it.

Chen Feng calculated that he still had more than 4,700 yuan in his space. If he sold the supplies in the space, it should be enough for making wine.

Then Chen Feng's eyes were firm, and he answered without any hesitation: "Then use sorghum wine, money is not a problem! How soon can I come to get the wine?"

Seeing Chen Feng was so persistent, the old doctor stopped trying to persuade him: "Come back in a week to pick it up! You pay a deposit first, and I will issue you a receipt."

Without hesitation, Chen Feng followed the old doctor to pay a deposit of 2,000 yuan, kept the issued receipts properly, and then left the Tongrentang store.

Walking to the street, Chen Feng looked at the time and found that it was already late, so he decided to ride his bike to Quanjude, which was not far from here, to have lunch there.

After entering Quanjude, Chen Feng ordered a roast duck and a soup made from duck bones. After waiting for a while, the delicious roast duck and the delicious duck bone soup were served. Accompanied by sweet noodle sauce, scallion strips, cucumber strips and radish strips, and rolled into lotus leaf pancakes, Chen Feng ate with relish, and the intoxicating aroma filled his lips and teeth.

After Chen Feng had eaten and drunk his fill, he left Quanjude. This meal cost nine yuan, which was quite expensive for the consumption level at that time! Such a price was even enough for an adult man to maintain his livelihood in the city for a month.

After having a good meal, Chen Feng rode his bike around the neighborhood for a while, but he soon got bored and decided to go home. When he passed a collapsed and abandoned courtyard, he stopped his bike, collected some bricks and put them into the space. Then he continued riding home.

After arriving home, Chen Feng opened the door, picked up a new piece of honeycomb coal, and went to Xu Damao's house next door to exchange it for a burning honeycomb coal. After completing the exchange, he returned home, tidied up the room, and then entered the space.