Siheyuan: Don’t say I can’t do it

If you queue up here now, you will have to wait for more than ten hours.

So most people came with stools, and Chen Luo was the same.

He had originally planned to read a book to get through the night, but the lights at the entrance of the grain store were off, and the street lights were a bit far away and not bright enough. Reading in this situation would damage the eyes, so Chen Luo did not read. Instead, he sat there and fell asleep with his knees on.

Because my sleeping position was not very comfortable, I woke up several times.

After finally making it to around 7:40, his parents arrived with bags of flour, oil drums, and his breakfast.

Also coming were the second aunt, the third aunt, and people from the Cao and Xu families.

The residents who bought food yesterday will naturally not come back today.

By the time he had finished his steamed bread and pickles, the grain store had opened.

There were people from the grain store who were responsible for maintaining order at the door and could only let in a certain number of people at a time.

Chen Luo and his parents were the first group to enter.

Father Chen was responsible for coarse grains, Mother Chen was responsible for fine grains, and Chen Luo went to buy oil.

When the people who came in saw that there was still enough food in the store, they were not in a hurry and lined up in an orderly manner.

This time, the amount of food purchased was quite large and the distance from home was quite far, so Chen Luo called a tricycle and his parents did not say anything to him.

After arriving home, Chen Luo saw that the food stored in the kitchen was enough for a few days, so he put all the newly bought food into the storage space.

There was no other way for him to do this.

Because Mr. Chen’s name was not wrong, he was a generous man even though he was poor.

It's not just being generous to your own family, but also to your relatives, friends, and neighbors.

Chen Luo's two elder brothers moved out and lived on their own as soon as they got married, and his two elder sisters were unwilling to come back after they got married, all because Chen's father and mother were too vain and could not keep the family wealth, leaving the family penniless.

So Chen Luo planned to intervene appropriately.

"Xiaowu! Where's the food?"

"I hid."

"What are you hiding? Take it out quickly! I need to get a few pounds of flour to send to the old lady!" Chen Dafang frowned.

"Mom! I'm not your biological child, am I?"

"Kid, what weird things are you saying?" Chen's mother said angrily.

"I've been malnourished for a long time and my body is almost failing. I haven't seen you care about me, but you gave all the delicious food to outsiders! Why do my brother and sister want to leave home? Isn't it because we don't look like our biological children?"

"Go on, let me hear what you think!" Chen Luo suddenly said this, and Chen's father was very surprised.

"You two are so proud of your reputation. I feel so suffocated if I stay with you two. So I want to separate and live alone."

"This kid! You don't even have a stable job, how are you going to support yourself?" Mother Chen didn't expect that all five children would dislike them.

"Don't worry about that. I'd rather die of hunger outside than die of suffocation at home."

"You've grown too powerful. If you want to separate, then do it. I'll help you do it!"

Chen Dafang's attitude towards his own children has always been so blunt and he has no patience.

Chen Luo originally wanted to put pressure on the palace and let his parents sort out the relationship between them, but he didn't expect that Chen Dafang had no intention of keeping him.

Chen Luo thought, this is a good thing, it will give him peace of mind.

Chen's father, mother and Chen Luo went to the street office together to handle the separation procedures, and there was no one to persuade them.

Because the eldest brother had divided it once, the second brother had divided it once, and it was Chen Luo's third turn.

After returning to his residence, Chen Luo put all his household registration booklet, a series of tickets, and the title deed of the back house where he lived into the storage space.

Not long after, Chen's mother came back.

"We only have a total of 260 yuan in our family right now. You can use these 200 yuan first, and I will give you the remaining 400 yuan when I save up enough."

"Forget it. I have no problem supporting myself." If he wasn't worried that all the money would go to other families, he would really be embarrassed to ask for money from his parents.

But now, I'd better take it if I can. It's better to keep it for myself than to give it to those neighbors who never get enough of taking advantage.

"That won't do! When your eldest brother and second brother divided their property, we gave them 800 yuan each. Your house is worth 200 yuan, and we'll give you 600 yuan, so we can make it fair..."

"Mom! Do you think my dad is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Why does he let so many people take advantage of our family?" Chen Luo couldn't help but complain.

However, Chen's mother smiled disapprovingly: "What do you know? As the saying goes, a man lives by his face and a tree lives by its bark. If you live without dignity, you might as well die! You are too narrow-minded. Learn from me!" As she spoke, she patted Chen Luo's shoulder gently.

Chen Luo sighed helplessly, still somewhat confused about his parents' actions.

However, he didn't know that Chen's mother was in an exceptionally relaxed and happy mood at this moment.

When she returned to Chen's father, the old couple burst into laughter.

"We are finally free! Now let's go get a letter of introduction and go to the south!" Chen Dafang said excitedly, and even hugged Chen's mother and gave her a big kiss.

Mother Chen pushed her husband coquettishly and said, "You old pervert! Just pack up and leave. Don't tell anyone! So that no one will be interested in our two shabby houses!"

Chen nodded generously, but suddenly remembered something: "By the way, you gave Xiaowu 200 yuan, does he have any objections?"

Chen's mother replied nonchalantly: "No problem, he doesn't care about the remaining 400 yuan at all!"

Hearing this, Chen Dafang's eyes flashed with cunning: "Then don't give it to us, keep it for ourselves..."

After Chen's father and mother tidied the house, locked the door, and left Yard 95.

More than two hours later, the couple arrived at the train station and boarded a train to the south.

Probably because they heard that Old Chen's family bought more than 100 kilograms of grain today, seven people came to borrow grain this morning.

The people in this courtyard are the women from Qin Huairu and Sun Erqiang's families, as well as the women from Li Quezi's family.

The other four came from other courtyards.

They couldn't find Chen's father and mother, so they found Chen Luo.

Although Chen Luo was still polite to them, he didn't want to be sucked dry by these people.

Not only did he not want to be sucked dry by them, he also planned to go there one by one and suck their blood.

At noon, an old man came over specially to ask about where Chen's father was. Finally, he asked Chen Luo to speak for Chen's father and asked him to send some good noodles to the deaf old lady.

Chen Luo thought to himself, this old man has such a big nerve.

After seeing the old man off, Chen Luo felt strange, so he went to check on Chen's parents, and found that all the windows were covered with curtains and the doors were locked with big padlocks.

The kitchen was naturally locked as well, but it was agreed that the kitchen was shared, and he had the key to the lock.

He opened the kitchen door and looked inside, and found a note on the stove, saying that the two of them had a mission and would not be back in a short time, and asked him to eat the food in the kitchen to prevent it from going bad.

Chen Luo thought about it and simply ran to the vegetable market to take a look. Unexpectedly, there were some vegetables and tofu there, so he bought some.

After coming back, he boiled a large pot of water in a ground pot and stirred all the remaining corn flour in the noodle jar into it.

Add the vegetables, tofu and salt, and a big pot of thick vegetable porridge was ready in no time.

Because there was too much corn flour, the porridge was so thick that it was almost difficult to stir.

Chen Luo tasted it and it didn't taste very good, but it wasn't too bad either.

Next, he poured the big pot of vegetable porridge into the bucket, but the bucket was still full.

The rest was poured into the basin and put into the storage space along with the bowls and chopsticks.

He can't cook, so he can only make do with it like this for now.