Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

New Year’s Day, 1963.

The sun shines through the thin clouds onto the earth, bringing a touch of warmth to the cold winter day.

Xu Changping and the Yang sisters sat around the dinner table and had their first meal of the New Year accompanied by the sound of firecrackers coming from outside the door.

At the dinner table, Xu Changping swallowed the last bite of dumplings and asked with a gentle look:

"Today is the first day of the new year. Do you have any relatives you want to visit?"

"No, they are all dead."

Yang Xiaoyue slowly picked up a piece of food, and after speaking, she put it into her mouth with a calm face.

"Is that so? Then do you want to go to my master's house with me later?"

Xu Changping thought for a moment and extended an invitation to the two sisters.

When Xiao Mi heard that she could go out to play, her eyes lit up immediately and she said excitedly, "I want to go play."

"Master?" Yang Xiaoyue glared at the cheering Xiao Mi, and looked at Xu Changping with a puzzled look.

If she remembered correctly, Xu Changping graduated from school, so how could a master suddenly appear?

"Well, it's a master who taught me some other things, not a doctor."

Xu Changping saw the confusion in Yang Xiaoyue's eyes and explained with a smile.

Seeing Xu Changping's vague answer, Yang Xiaoyue tactfully stopped asking and instead asked with some concern:

"Oh, then is it appropriate for us to come here without saying hello?"

"What's inappropriate about this? There are only two elderly people in their family. You can go with them and make things more lively for them."

Xu Changping said with a smile on his face and a relaxed tone.

"Okay, we'll go with you later."

Yang Xiaoyue thought about it for a while, looked at Xiao Mi who was eager to do something, and finally smiled and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, she is going to marry Xu Changping soon, so it might be a good idea to visit her during the New Year.

After breakfast, Xu Changping stood in the yard and waited for a while, and Yang Xiaoyue came out of the room with Xiao Mi, who was dressed in new clothes.

Xu Changping reached out and straightened the hat on Yang Xiaoyue's head, then bent down and carried Xiao Mi to the seat on the crossbar of his bicycle.

This was the detachable chair he had paid a master craftsman in the factory to make for him when he picked up Xiao Mi before.

In this way, Xu Changping and Yang Xiaoyue each pushed a cart out of the East Courtyard.

Unexpectedly, just as they were about to leave the door, they ran into three aunties who came in with buckets:

"Hey, Xu boy, what are you doing taking Sister Yang away so early in the morning?"

"Third Aunt, let's go visit some relatives."

Xu Changping smiled and said something perfunctorily to the three aunts, then continued to push the cart towards the gate.

"You're not an orphan? Where do your relatives come from?" The third aunt spoke faster than her brain and said what was in her heart.

As soon as the words came out, the third aunt felt something was wrong, and immediately slapped herself lightly on the mouth with her hand and said:

"Oh, look at my brain, you must be a relative of Xiao Xu's family. It's getting late, you should go quickly."

"Ah."

Xu Changping nodded without refutation, and pushed the cart with Yang Xiaoyue out of the courtyard gate.

The smell of gunpowder lingered at the tip of her nose. Yang Xiaoyue looked at the peaceful scene around her and couldn't help but sigh at the beauty of this world.

While riding a bicycle, although the cold wind blew on his face from time to time, it did not dampen Xu Changping's good mood.

Whenever there were children running and playing on the streets with firecrackers and fireworks in their hands, the little one in his arms would involuntarily turn his head to watch.

Finally, Xu Changping brought the Yang sisters to the Wumen courtyard.

He stopped his bicycle, picked up Xiao Mi first, then straightened his clothes, and then walked into the yard with them.

After knocking gently twice on the door of the main room, Xu Changping pushed open the half-open door and walked in.

Seeing Guan Ke and Miao Sanjie sitting in the main hall, he clasped his hands together, bowed, and shouted with a smile on his face:

"Master, old lady, happy new year! I am here to wish you two a long and happy life, good mood, sharp hearing and eyesight, and good health. May you have this day every year."

Guan Ke and Miao Sanjie accepted Xu Changping's blessing with a smile.

"Okay, hello to you too, these two are..."

Then, Guan Ke's eyes fell on the two figures, one big and one small, following behind him.

Hearing Guan Ke's question, Xu Changping turned around solemnly and introduced the two old men:

"Master, old lady, this is my fiancée Yang Xiaoyue and her sister Xiaomi. It's Chinese New Year, so I brought them here to visit you two."

Yang Xiaoyue blushed slightly, glanced at Xu Changping shyly, then took a step forward, looked at Guan Ke and Miao Sanjie with a smile, and said softly: "Master, happy New Year to the old lady."

Her voice is as sweet as a yellow oriole singing in a valley, which makes people feel good about her.

Sister Miao glanced at Guan Ke, who didn't know what to say and was grinning all the time, and waved to Yang Xiaoyue and Xiao Mi with a smile:

"Is that so? Good boy, come here quickly."

Yang Xiaoyue secretly glanced at Xu Changping, and seeing the smile flashing in his eyes, she walked to the side of Sister Miao Sanjie somewhat embarrassedly.

Xiao Mi was a shy person. Sensing that the two strange old people had a very high degree of favorability towards them, she stood in front of Yang Xiaoyue without any shyness and shouted with a smile.

"Happy New Year, grandma. Happy New Year, grandpa."

Sister Miao San looked at the well-behaved and cute Xiao Mi and felt happy from the bottom of her heart.

She smiled and took out two red envelopes from her bosom, handed one to Yang Xiaoyue and the other to Xiaomi beside her:

"Okay, here are the red envelopes we prepared for you."

The incident happened suddenly, and Guan Ke did not expect Xu Changping to suddenly bring his fiancée and her sister to his house.

Fortunately, Third Sister Miao reacted quickly. She took out the red envelopes they had prepared for Xu Changping and gave them to the Yang sisters.

"This..." Yang Xiaoyue did not reach out to take it directly, but instead turned her gaze to Xu Changping who was standing aside watching the fun.

"Hurry up and take it, this is the blessing from my master and the old lady."

Xu Changping was very smart. As soon as he saw the two red envelopes, he knew that they were prepared for him, and he quickly spoke up.

"Thank you, old lady, and thank you, Master." Yang Xiaoyue took the red envelope from Sister Miao San with a red face.

"Thank you, grandma and grandpa." Xiao Mi imitated Yang Xiaoyue and thanked the two elderly people.

"Be good!" Sister Miao touched Xiao Mi's head, the tenderness in her eyes almost overflowing.

At noon, Xu Changping personally cooked several dishes, which were enjoyed by both the host and the guests.

In the afternoon, while Xiao Mi was playing with the two old people, Xu Changping and Yang Xiaoyue were not idle either.

The two of them worked together tacitly to wrap many delicious dumplings and put them outside to freeze so that the two elderly people could eat them when they didn't want to cook.

After doing all these things, Xu Changping took the Yang sisters and said goodbye to them.