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

A meal at Donglaishun cost Li Bowen more than 30 yuan for six people, but the taste was really good. The mutton was real, without any technology or hard work, and there was not even two-thirds of ice.

After eating and drinking, the few people separated at the entrance of Donglaishun. Lin Dong and Zheng Xiangqian lived nearby, so they left together. Li Bowen, Fox and two girls were left. Fox ate the most, so of course he was the one who did the tricycle riding.

When we returned to Yard 95, my uncle and aunt had not yet gone to bed and were chatting with Yu Li in the main room.

Seeing Yu Li, Yu Haitang ran over excitedly and hugged her arms: "Sister! We are back!"

Yu Li frowned: "Why are you still drinking?"

"Hehe, I was happy, so I drank a bottle of beer, burp~!" The burp hit Yu Li directly in the face.

"Oh, it stinks. Go brush your teeth and wash your face. You're still acting like a child even though you're already at work!" Yu Li pushed Yu Haitang aside with a look of disgust on her face.

"Then where should I sleep tonight? No, I'll sleep with you!" Yu Haitang looked around in a familiar manner and said to Yu Li.

Li Bowen naturally couldn't do as she wished: "Where am I going to sleep if you take up my place? You and Li Mei sleep in the same room tonight!"

Li Mei came over and took Yu Haitang's hand: "Yes, you can stay with me tonight. My room is very big."

Yu Haitang pinched Li Mei's chin with a sly smile on his face: "Then I'm lucky tonight, I have such a beautiful girl to accompany me!"

"I hate you so much!" Li Mei was really uncomfortable being teased by a girl and quickly dodged away.

Fox was already very familiar with Li Bowen's family. He had also met Yu Li when he came to pay New Year's greetings to his grandparents on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he was not shy when he came to their house. After chatting for a while, he stopped the conversation when he saw that both girls had begun to doze off.

When he stood up, Li Bowen remembered that Fox's room should not be cleaned up yet. He slapped his forehead and said, "Hey, I was so busy talking that I forgot to clean Fox's room. How can I sleep like this?"

"It's no use cleaning up now. There's not even a bed in that room. I went to see it when I got home from get off work. The walls and floors inside need to be repainted before we can live in it. Bowen, you go and tell Fox to live in Zhuzi's place for two days. During these two days, we can clean up the house and buy a bed and furniture. We still have a stove at home that can be used. We just need to buy a few chimneys!" said the uncle.

"Yes, that's fine. Come on, Fox, I'll take you to He Yuzhu in the middle courtyard. We'll start cleaning up your house tomorrow!"

"No need to trouble others. I can just put two benches in the house to make do!" The fox was not familiar with He Yuzhu and did not want to trouble him.

Li Bowen pulled Fox out without saying anything, saying as he walked: "Hey, don't worry, Zhuzi and I are close friends, and you are my childhood friend, so we are not strangers, let's go, let's go."

The two men came to the central courtyard carrying the fox's bedding roll, and saw He Yuzhu walking towards his home from the gate of Jia's house. Qin Huairu was standing at the gate of Jia's house with her belly bulging. After seeing Li Bowen and the others, she first looked at the tall and strong fox in surprise, then smiled at them, nodded, went back into the house and closed the door.

"Zhuzi, come here and get the things!" Li Bowen called out to He Yuzhui.

He Yuzhu was probably so focused on Qin Huairu that he didn't even notice Li Bowen and the others approaching. He only stopped and turned around when Li Bowen called him: "Who is this, Bowen?"

"This is my childhood friend Fox. I wanted to introduce him to you at noon, but I saw you were busy so I didn't call you. Fox, this is He Yuzhu!" Li Bowen introduced the two to each other.

"Wow, this brother is really strong, he must be about 1.9 meters tall!" He Yuzhu looked up at the fox.

"A little over 1.9 meters tall! Hello, Brother Zhuzi!" The fox responded with a smile.

"Hello, hello, don't just stand there, come inside!" He Yuzhu invited the two people to come into the house.

When they got into the house, looking at the peanuts and wine bottles on the table, Li Bowen went over and grabbed a handful: "You're drinking again!"

"It's okay anyway. After Yu Shui moved away, I don't have to worry about making dinner for her. I can just make do with one meal myself in the evening. And since you're here, let's have a drink together." He Yuzhu took out two more cups from the cabinet and placed them on the table.

The three of them clinked their glasses and took a sip before Li Bowen said that Fox would also live in this courtyard in the future and would have to stay with him for a few days first.

He Yuzhu agreed very readily: "Stay here, Brother Fox, you can stay as long as you want. I'm the only one at home anyway. You can stay in the west room, and we can have a drink and talk together in the evening."

The fox picked up the cup and said, "Thank you, sorry to bother you, Pillar!"

"We are all brothers, you're welcome."

Li Bowen drank one with him, then asked, "Zhu Zi, what's going on in the west? Did they buy things from you again?"

He Yuzhu scratched his head embarrassedly: "Nothing, school is about to start, and Banggeng's tuition and textbook fees are still not settled, so Qin Huairu wants to borrow some from me!"

"Did you borrow it?"

"It's just a matter of three or five dollars, how can I not lend it?"

Li Bowen shook his head: "You are amazing. Doesn't Lao Yi give her family 10 yuan every month? How could she not have money to pay for the tuition?"

"Qin Huairu told me that she spent too much on shopping during the New Year and she has no money on hand, so she asked me to borrow it for the time being and she will give it to me next month!" He Yuzhu explained.

I have never seen a dog being beaten with a meat bun, and the dog being able to bring the bun back. It would be strange if Qin Huairu could pay back the money. But I am not He Yuzhu's family, and I have no way to deal with it since he lent it out.

I could only nod and remind her: "You have to be more careful in the future. With the way Jia Zhang is, you still expect her to pay you back the money she has? Don't be a sucker and help others raise children, and then you won't get anything good."

"Okay, I get it, don't worry!"

After sitting for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Li Bowen stood up and said, "Okay, I'm going to go back now. You two should go to bed early. Zhuzi, don't sleep in tomorrow morning. Help Fox clean up his house!"

When he got home, Yu Li had already finished cleaning up and was lying on the bed, reading a book. Li Bowen leaned over and kissed Yu Li on the cheek, but Yu Li pushed him away in disgust: "Why did you drink again? You smell like alcohol. Go brush your teeth."

After washing up, the couple got intimate for a while before falling asleep in each other's arms.

In the middle of the night, they heard a loud noise in the courtyard, as if someone was shouting in the middle courtyard. Yu Li woke up first, listened carefully, and quickly pushed Li Bowen to wake him up: "Bowen, wake up quickly, it seems that something happened in the middle courtyard!"

"What does it have to do with him?" Li Bowen turned over.

Just then, there was a hurried knock on their door.