Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

In the morning, after Xu Changping got up and opened the door, he saw the yard full of white snow, like a huge woolen blanket covering every inch of his view.

Taking a deep breath, the cool air rushed into his nostrils. Xu Changping felt refreshed, and his head, which had been baked by the heat all night, became clear.

"Creak, creak."

Xu Changping locked the door and pushed his bicycle to go to Director Zhang's house. The sound of snow under his feet could be heard rhythmically.

The quiet atmosphere was suddenly broken after leaving the east wing, as I saw that the snow on the ground in the middle courtyard had been swept aside.

He Yuzhu, who was wearing a hat and holding a big broom while finishing work, saw Xu Changping and greeted him with a smile:

"Oh, it's snowing heavily, Brother Xu still wants to go out!"

"Brother He, you got up so early to sweep the snow!" Xu Changping did not answer him but asked instead.

"Well, your sister-in-law is pregnant. I was afraid she would slip when she goes out, so I swept the floor this morning." He Yuzhu grabbed the hat off his head.

Xu Changping saw a burst of white steam rising above his head.

"Brother He, put on your hat quickly, otherwise you will easily catch a cold due to the sudden change of temperature, and it will be bad if you infect your sister-in-law." Xu Changping kindly reminded.

"Oh, it's my brother Xu who is so meticulous." He Yuzhu said as he put his hat back on.

"Brother He, you are busy. I'll leave first." Xu Changping quickly said goodbye to him.

"Hey, be careful on the road." He Yuzhu said with a smile and waved his hand.

Xu Changping didn't say anything. He just nodded and pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard.

Maybe because of the snow, there were not many people on the road and it didn’t take him long to reach the library.

"Master."

"Hey, it's snowing outside today. It must be cold."

Seeing Xu Changping come in, Director Zhang looked at him and said with a kind smile.

"It's okay. I'll come to see you first. By the way, I'll tell you that I won't be here during the New Year." Xu Changping sat on the chair next to him and said with a smile.

"Okay, you can take a few more things home later." Director Zhang thought that it was already winter, and the snow would get heavier, making it inconvenient for Xu Changping to come and go.

"Well, then I'll go home first." After getting Director Zhang's approval, Xu Changping stood up and said.

"Go ahead, Xiaoxue is waiting for you at home." Director Zhang said with a smile.

Xu Changping left the library and turned into an alley. When he came out, there was a bulging sack on the seat of his bicycle.

"Junior Master, you're here!" Zhang Mengxue was sitting at home reading a book bored. When she heard Xu Changping knocking on the door, she quickly let him in.

"Ok!"

Xu Changping nodded, pushed the bicycle in and said.

"Master Junior, what are you holding?" Zhang Mengxue saw Xu Changping unload a sack from the back seat of the bicycle and put it in the kitchen.

"Put some bacon and sausage somewhere. When it's inconvenient to go out for dinner, cut some and steam it on the rice."

"There are so many of them!" Zhang Mengxue said in surprise after hearing Xu Changping's words and looking at the big sack.

"Well, take your time to eat it. Anyway, this thing is durable." After saying that, Xu Changping looked at Zhang Mengxue with some distrust and asked:

"By the way, you can steam rice, right?"

"Stop looking down on me. How can I not know how to steam rice? I just don't know how to cook." Zhang Mengxue said with a stamp of her feet in embarrassment.

"That's good." Xu Changping didn't care about Zhang Mengxue's little daughter's expression and started walking around in the kitchen.

Looking at the pile of honeycomb coal in the corner, which seemed to be not much, Xu Changping asked:

"Has your family not bought coal yet?"

"I bought it, that's it." Zhang Mengxue held something in her hand and waved it at the honeycomb coal in the corner.

"What can you do with this little bit? How do you and my master keep warm in the winter?" Xu Changping asked, shaking his head.

"A hot water bottle!" Zhang Mengxue said with a strange look on her face.

"Can I go into your bedroom and take a look?" Xu Changping was choked by Zhang Mengxue's words and said after thinking for a while.

"Just look, you can go in by yourself." Zhang Mengxue did not treat Xu Changping as an outsider and said directly.

The basement of the most valuable west wing in their house was not protected from Xu Changping, so what was the problem with him entering the bedroom?

"You... forget it, I'll go and see it myself." Xu Changping originally wanted to ask Zhang Mengxue to go in with him, but when he saw her packing up the things he brought, he swallowed the words back.

This was the first time Xu Changping entered the main house of the Zhang family. Before that, he always came and left in a hurry.

The layout of the Zhang family's main room is not much different from that of everyone's home today. As soon as you enter the door, you will see the living room, which has a round table with four stools and a rocking chair against the wall.

There was a room on each side. Xu Changping opened the door on the left first. After entering, he found that the whole room was extremely simple.

There was a bunk bed against the north wall with the curtains on it not drawn, so Xu Changping couldn't see what was inside. Under the west wall was a dressing table with a few small ornaments and a bottle of cream scattered on it.

It looks like this is Zhang Mengxue's room. No wonder she is not afraid of looking. If you don't lift the curtains, there is really nothing to see in this room.

After a casual glance, Xu Changping left the room, walked through the living room, and opened the door on the right.

The decoration of this room is even more simple, with an ordinary big bed and a desk with some writing tools on it.

The two rooms were clearly visible, so Xu Changping did not stay for long. He left the main room and said to Zhang Mengxue who was still busy in the kitchen:

"You go ahead and do your work. I'll be out for a while and will be back soon."

"Got it." Zhang Mengxue didn't ask what Xu Changping was doing. She was just worried about where to put the things Xu Changping brought so that they would be safe and not be bitten by rats.

After leaving Zhang's house, Xu Changping rode his bike directly to the flea market. He remembered seeing someone selling a stove he had made here before.

Not long after, Xu Changping arrived at the flea market. He pushed the cart around inside but didn't find anyone selling stoves.

When he was walking out with some disappointment, he saw the old man waiting for work at the door, and suddenly he asked, "Brother, do you know where the man who sells the stove lives?

Unexpectedly, the other party really knew the place and took him directly to the door of a nearby house and started knocking on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang."

"Who is it?! Stop knocking."

After a while, a man's voice came from the door.

"Wang Laogen, why are you coming to my house?"

As soon as the man opened the door and saw the man outside, he smiled and said.

"Someone wanted to buy a stove, so I brought it to your house."

Ban Ye seemed to be very familiar with the man and pushed him aside and entered the yard.