Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Fan Jinyou stood there, staring at Li Bowen's gradually receding back, feeling an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

He slowly turned around and walked towards Chen Xueru's door, his heart full of doubts. Not long ago, he had knocked on that door, but Chen Xueru refused because she had guests at home.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the guest was actually Li Bowen.

What on earth did the two of them do at home? Fan Jinyou couldn't help but feel worried.

To be honest, Fan Jinyou still has a good impression of Chen Xueru deep in his heart.

However, considering that Chen Xueru had been through two marriages, if he became close to her, his family might oppose him. Therefore, Fan Jinyou was hesitant and could not make a decision.

But when he saw other men appearing next to Chen Xueru, he could no longer suppress the jealousy in his heart.

He knocked on the gate hard, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

Not long after, footsteps were heard in the courtyard, followed by a voice: "Hey, you dare to come back?"

Fan Jinyou's face darkened, and he saw Chen Xueru opening the gate with a drunken and charming look on her face.

He said with a dark face: "It's me!"

Chen Xueru smiled slightly, with a sly look in her eyes: "It's Cadre Fan! Why are you back again? Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, I just stopped by to take a look, I'm leaving now."

Watching Fan Jinyou turn around and walk away, Chen Xueru giggled behind him, covering her mouth, thinking that this man was quite funny when he got jealous. It seemed that her charm was still as strong as before! She tidied her hair proudly and then gently closed the door.

After leaving Chen Xueru's place, Li Bowen suddenly remembered something. He remembered that he had told Liu Lan two days ago that he would go to her neighbor's house to look at the items, but he was delayed because of the enemy spy incident that night.

Later, he was busy with matters such as engagement and marriage registration, and had no time to go. Now that he finally had time, he felt that he had to go and see it. So he decided to go directly back to the steel mill and go to the cafeteria to find Liu Lan.

After seeing Liu Lan, Li Bowen asked, "Do you have time now?"

Liu Lan replied, "Not too busy. What's wrong?"

Li Bowen reminded him, "Didn't we agree to look at something before? Did you forget?"

Liu Lan smiled and said, "How could I forget? I've been waiting for your time! Do you want to go and see it today?"

Li Bowen nodded and said, "Well, I'm free today, let's go today!"

"Okay, then I'll go tell He Yuzhu and get off work early!" Liu Lan turned and walked towards the warehouse at the back.

Not long after, she came out again, took off her apron, took off her sleeves and put them aside, put her bag on her back and said to Li Bowen, "Let's go!"

"So fast!" Li Bowen asked in surprise.

"This is easy. You told me you had something to ask me, and he agreed without asking any questions." Liu Lan explained with a smile.

After the two of them left the cafeteria, Li Bowen rode his bike and carried Liu Lan to her home. When they arrived at Liu Lan's house, they rested for a while, and waited until most of the neighbors who had gotten off work came back before they left her house and entered the door of the neighbor's house.

The people living around Liu Lan's house are all ordinary people, and there are no hidden wealthy families, so the things that can be taken out are relatively ordinary.

After visiting several stores, Li Bowen didn't find anything that he was particularly interested in, but he still bought a few older pieces of furniture and some jewelry that he had hidden in the bottom of his closet.

Although these things are not very valuable, they are old items after all. They can be considered as valuable items to Wu Lei. Anyway, he made a good deal of money by buying them.

Seeing Li Bowen's lack of interest, Liu Lan knew that he hadn't chosen something that satisfied him: "Shall we continue?"

"How many more do you want to see?"

“There are two more.”

"Then go ahead. You've already seen so many, these two won't make a difference."

Liu Lan led Li Bowen for another distance. This was no longer the alley where she lived. They stopped at a house at the entrance of another alley and said, "Let's take a look at this one first."

Li Bowen nodded.

After knocking on the gate, a woman in her sixties opened the door. When she saw Liu Lan, she said, "Lanzi, you're here. I thought you had forgotten about this."

"How could that be possible, aunt? I was busy the past two days, so I came here as soon as I had some free time. This is my younger brother Li Bowen that I told you about, and this is Aunt Ma of Bowen."

Li Bowen quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Hello, Aunt Ma!

"Hello, young man. You look so energetic! Please come in. Our old man just came back." Aunt Ma stepped aside to let the two in.

This is a standard quadrangle courtyard. When you enter the door, you will see a screen wall. On the left and right sides are the back houses. After the screen wall is the courtyard. The ground in the courtyard is paved with blue bricks and there is a large water tank in the middle, which looks simple and elegant.

There is an ear room on each side of the three main rooms, and three east and west wing rooms on the east and west sides. This layout not only makes people feel spacious and bright, but also this traditional architectural style makes Li Bowen like it very much. He couldn't help but look around.

It was not until he reached the main door that he withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Aunt Ma.

Aunt Ma stood at the door, then gently lifted the door curtain and said with a smile: "It's cold outside, come in and warm up."

After entering the room, his eyes were quickly drawn to the eight-immortals table.

I saw a person sitting there with a plate of pickles, a plate of steamed bread, and a small wine cup in front of him.

The man was drinking wine leisurely. After Li Bowen and Aunt Ma came in, the man did not look up at them, but focused on the wine and pickles in front of him.

"Old man, you don't even know how to greet the guests when they come!" Aunt Ma reminded.

The man put down his chopsticks and turned to look at the two of them: "Here they come!"

Li Bowen was confused and looked at Liu Lan.

Liu Lan leaned in and whispered, "Bannerman!"

Oh, so that's how it is, Li Bowen couldn't help laughing in his heart, what bannermen, in the Qing Dynasty, you bannermen did have a certain status, but now it's a new society, you can't even eat pickled vegetables and steamed buns, why are you still putting on airs.

But since he was going to someone else's house to look at something, he had to follow their rules, so he stepped forward, bowed respectfully and said, "Hello, old man."

The old man nodded slightly and said calmly: "Well, get up, are you here to see something?"

Li Bowen quickly replied: "Yes, I came here specially to see your baby!"

The old man waved his hand: "Show it to him!"

Aunt Ma glanced at them apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, my old man has this kind of temper. Please don't mind. Please take a seat first. I'll go get something!"

Not long after, she carried out a small box from the house, placed it carefully in front of Li Bowen, and then gently opened the lid. There were only two items inside.

The first thing that caught his eye was a bottle. When the green color reflected by the bottle under the light caught Li Bowen's eyes, his pupils suddenly shrank.