Siheyuan: I just want to live

When Chen Feng was still thinking about whether to raise a cat or a dog, Xu Damao came out of the house. He walked to Chen Feng, pushed Chen Feng and said, "Hey, Chen Feng, what are you thinking about?"

Chen Feng turned around and saw that it was Xu Damao, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he suddenly asked a question as if his mind couldn't keep up with his mouth.

"Hey! Xu Damao, do you think it's better to have a cat or a dog?"

When Xu Damao heard Chen Feng's question without thinking, he answered without hesitation, "Why do you want to ask whether to raise a cat or a dog? People can hardly be supported now, so what about them? If you have a lot of money, you can give me some so that I can support them."

When Chen Feng heard Xu Damao's answer, he rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, and then said nonchalantly, "I live alone at home, and I'm a little bored. I want to raise an animal as a companion."

Xu Damao nodded as if he suddenly understood something, and then he said jokingly, "If you feel bored, I can move to your house and live with you. I can give you whatever you eat every day. I am not picky about food!"

In fact, Xu Damao also envied Chen Feng very much, because he had three houses to live in and ate good food every day. Unlike him, he still lived with his sister and had no independent space.

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at Xu Damao when he heard his irrelevant words. Chen Feng didn't want to talk nonsense with him on this topic, so he asked, "Why did you come out when you have nothing to do? Have you eaten the New Year's Eve dinner?"

When Xu Damao heard Chen Feng's question, he said in a nonchalant tone, "I've finished my meal. I just saw you delivering rainwater, so I came to see you."

Then Xu Damao asked in confusion, "It seems that Yu Shui had the New Year's Eve dinner at your house? Didn't Sha Zhu cook for her? That shouldn't be the case! I think Sha Zhu really loves Yu Shui. Why would he let her starve?"

Seeing Xu Damao asking this question, Chen Feng also explained speechlessly, "Shazhu was fooled by Yi Zhonghai to celebrate the New Year together. Yi Zhonghai also invited the deaf old lady and the Jia family. He also wanted to invite me, but I refused."

"If you think about it, you will know that when Sha Zhu comes to Yi Zhonghai's house, he will definitely contribute both things and effort. And with the Jia family around, he will definitely fight for food like pigs during mealtimes! Can Yu Shui beat them?"

"Not only did she not have enough to eat, Yi Zhonghai also arranged for her to take the deaf old lady home."

"When I was eating, I found that Yu Shui was peeking at my house through the door frame, so I called Yu Shui, who was growling with hunger, to eat with me."

After hearing Chen Feng's explanation, Xu Damao understood the reason. He said with some emotion, "Shazhu is worthy of being called Shazhu, he is just stupid!"

Then Xu Damao asked curiously, "Chen Feng, did the Jia family exchange anything for the New Year's Eve dinner organized by the Great Master today? I guess they definitely didn't!"

Chen Feng said indifferently, "Who knows? It's none of my business anyway, and I'm too lazy to know!"

After Chen Feng answered, he said to Xu Damao, "I still have a few dumplings in my bowl. I'll go back and eat them first. Do you want to come in and have a drink? The dishes I prepared today are quite rich, and Yu Shui and I didn't eat much just now."

Xu Damao shook his head and said, "I won't go. My mother made a lot of delicious food today and I'm full."

Chen Feng did not invite Xu Damao again after hearing this, but said to him, "Okay then! I'll go back first, you should go back and stay up till the New Year too!"

After saying that, Chen Feng went into the main hall. After Xu Damao saw Chen Feng leave, he also turned around and left. Back home, he began to stay up late with Xu's father in the living room out of boredom.

Chen Feng walked into the main room and sat down at the table, but instead of sitting down, he stood and wolfed down the few cold dumplings left in the bowl.

After eating a few dumplings, Chen Feng felt full. He looked at the remaining half of the dishes on the table and put them in the cupboard.

In fact, Chen Feng and Yu Shui didn't even eat half of it. If tonight wasn't New Year's Day, Chen Feng wouldn't have cooked so many dishes. Usually, just one or two dishes would be enough to keep Chen Feng fed for a whole day.

After cleaning up the dishes, Chen Feng put the table and benches in order. Then, he took out a novel, sat down in the main room, and prepared to read.

In this era, staying up all night is really boring. Unlike Chen Feng's previous life, he could not watch the Spring Festival Gala. Although the Spring Festival Gala was becoming more and more boring, at least there was still something to listen to.

The original owner had no brothers or sisters, nor any cousins ​​in the courtyard. Chen Feng couldn't find anyone to play cards or chat with, so he had to read a novel alone, bored.

Time passed by minute by minute, and when Chen Feng felt extremely sleepy, it was finally twelve o'clock.

Chen Feng slowly stood up and took out the long string of firecrackers with a total of one thousand bangs from home. He walked briskly to the door and carefully lit the fuse of the firecrackers. In an instant, the crackling sound resounded throughout the yard, as if announcing the beginning of the new year to the world.

Chen Feng didn't care whether his neighbors were still immersed in sweet dreams at this moment. He just regarded the deafening sound of firecrackers as a special "alarm clock" prepared for everyone so that they could wake up from their sleep quickly and welcome the new year.

After firing the opening cannon, Chen Feng walked into the main hall with great joy, lit a stick of incense respectfully, and prayed to the gods to bless his family with peace and happiness.

Then, he turned and went into the kitchen, and skillfully cooked dumplings. Soon, two bowls of steaming dumplings came out of the pot. Chen Feng ate one bowl himself, and he carefully placed the other bowl on the table, praying that the family would have a new baby this year.

Although Chen Feng knew that it would be difficult to realize this wish at his current age, he still insisted on doing so, because it was not only a traditional custom, but also represented a beautiful expectation for future life.

After the dumplings were served on the table in the main hall, Chen Feng went outside again and lit another string of firecrackers. By now, the neighbors must have been woken up, right? Chen Feng thought to himself.

He believed that the neighbors would be grateful from the bottom of their hearts for waking them up in this unique way and letting them feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Thinking of this, Chen Feng couldn't help but feel proud of himself and felt that he was such a kind person!

Chen Feng returned to the main room and hurriedly finished his dumplings. Then he quickly closed the door and went to sleep, lying on the bed and covering himself with the quilt. He ignored the noise coming from the yard outside and soon fell asleep peacefully.

Middle Court, Jia Family

Today, Jia Zhang, who had eaten and drunk her fill, was sleeping soundly on the kang when suddenly there was a burst of firecrackers. Maybe Jia Zhang was sleeping too deeply, so she just turned over and continued to sleep after the first firecracker, but it was the second firecracker that woke her up completely.

After Jia Zhang woke up, she sat up from the kang in a daze and shook her dazed head. Then she looked up at the dormer window above the kang and saw that it was still pitch black outside.

Jia Zhang's anger suddenly erupted, and she immediately started to curse, "That damned heartless beast, setting off firecrackers in the middle of the night! He has no sense of merit and disturbed my sleep. I am afraid that I will have no descendants in the future! When he dies, no one will bury him, and he will be torn to pieces by wolves and dogs!"

Jia Zhang's endless scolding did not affect Chen Feng in the backyard at all. However, Bang Geng and other people in the Jia family who were sleeping on the side were awakened by her sudden scolding.

After Banggeng and Xiaodang woke up, they immediately burst into tears. For a while, their crying was so loud that it drowned out Jia Zhang's scolding.

Qin Huairu, who was sleeping in the innermost room, heard the child crying and immediately turned on the light. Then she sat up, put on her cotton coat, picked up Xiaodang with one hand, patted the stem of the stick with the other hand, and kept coaxing him.

At this time, Jia Dongxu also sat up from the bed, then frowned and said to Jia Zhang who was still cursing, "Mom, please stop scolding. You've woken up the children! We can talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to say!"

After Jia Dongxu finished speaking, he turned around, picked up Bang Geng and started to coax him. Jia Zhang looked at her family members who were in a mess and did not continue to scold them.

He turned and lay down in the bed, turned his body sideways, and hugged his arms. Xiaoshuo muttered, "Tomorrow I will definitely find Lao Yi and ask him to hold a meeting of the whole hospital. Find out who set off the firecrackers and make him pay me money to make it up to me."

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were not paying attention to Jia Zhang who was mumbling in bed, but were busy comforting the two children. After a long time, they finally coaxed the two children to sleep again, and then they turned off the lights and went to sleep again.

The other people in the courtyard who had not been woken up by Chen Feng's two firecrackers were also woken up by Jia Zhang's scolding and the crying of the child. Suddenly, every house in the courtyard turned on the lights. When they heard the noise from the Jia family, they did not go out to argue with them. Instead, they waited until the noise calmed down and turned off the lights to go to sleep.

Everything that happened afterwards had nothing to do with Chen Feng. Anyway, Chen Feng was sleeping soundly.

It was not until the next morning that Chen Feng was awakened by a knock on the door. He looked at the alarm clock and it was already past seven o'clock. Chen Feng got up in a daze, dressed, and opened the door with messy hair.

When Chen Feng's mind was still not fully awake, a neat voice came, "Brother Chen Feng, Happy New Year!"

Chen Feng looked down and found that it was Yu Shui and Xu Damao's sister Xu Xiaoling.

Chen Feng smiled and touched the two people's heads with his left hand, then reached into his pocket with his right hand, took out two one-yuan bills from the space, and handed one to each of them.

Then he said with a smile, "Happy New Year to you too. This is your lucky money. Okay, let's go out and have fun!"

The two little girls took the money and politely said to Chen Feng, "Thank you, Brother Chen Feng!" Then the two of them skipped to the central courtyard.

After the two little girls left, Chen Feng fetched some warm water and went to the middle courtyard to wash up with the basin.

Standing by the pool, Chen Feng saw that the door of the Jia family's house was still closed. Chen Feng was a little confused. It shouldn't be like this? Today is the Spring Festival. Shouldn't the Jia family get up early and go door to door to ask for red envelopes?

Although Chen Feng was a little confused, he didn't care too much. Instead, he took the time to wash up, as he had other things to do today!