Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard humming a song, and happened to meet Su Xingchen and Li Qingning who had returned.

"Chenzi, have you just come back from fishing? You caught a lot today?" Yi Zhonghai was in a good mood at the moment because he had solved He Daqing's problem, and he even took the initiative to chat with Su Xingchen.

Although Su Xingchen hated Yi Zhonghai, he couldn't just give him a cold face when he greeted him. As a high-quality young man, Su Xingchen certainly couldn't be such a person. "Yeah, then I'll go back first, Uncle Yi."

As he spoke, Su Xingchen was about to enter the courtyard with the bucket in his hand. Yi Zhonghai saw Li Qingning behind Su Xingchen. He did not know Li Qingning's identity and thought she was just an ordinary staff member of the Women's Federation. Just now, Su Xingchen called him Uncle Yi, and Yi Zhonghai had already forgotten who he was and really thought of himself as an uncle.

"Well, Chenzi, as a member of our compound, you must always pay attention to your influence and don't bring in people who are not from the compound, especially women. This will not be good for both of your reputations." Yi Zhonghai said to Su Xingchen as if he was doing this for your own good.

Su Xingchen almost stepped into the door with one foot, but then pulled back, "Yi Zhonghai, I just gave you face by calling you Uncle Yi, but you didn't want it. Aren't you meddling too much? Not to mention that you are not an uncle now, even if you were an uncle, you have no right to tell me who I bring back, right?"

"Besides, she's my friend, why can't I bring her into the compound? Besides, what's the bad reputation? If you don't know how to speak, I'll teach you how to speak. I advise you to keep your tail between your legs, or you'll get caught by someone!"

"Let's go, ignore him." Su Xingchen said, and walked back to his home with Li Qingning. He really opened a dyeing factory when he was given the color. Su Xingchen should have simply ignored this old guy earlier. He thought too highly of him.

After hearing what Su Xingchen said, Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale. He didn't expect Su Xingchen to speak to him like this. Su Xingchen has been increasingly disrespectful to him recently. It was not like this before. You know, wherever you go, others will give you some face, but Su Xingchen really doesn't give you any face at all. Yi Zhonghai could only go home no matter how angry he was at this time, but his resentment towards Su Xingchen deepened a little.

"Xingchen, has Mr. Yi in your compound always been like this? Why do I feel like he is not easy to get along with?" Li Qingning asked after entering the house.

"He has always been like this. Don't mind him. Don't pay attention to this kind of person. He is used to being the boss in this courtyard. He thinks everyone in the courtyard listens to him and respects him. He wants to be the local emperor in the courtyard, and everyone has to do what he says. However, I won't give him this face. He talks about morality, but he is a petty thief in his heart."

"Ah? I didn't expect him to be such a person. I can't tell at all." Li Qingning asked in surprise. After all, Yi Zhonghai's appearance makes people feel very simple and down-to-earth. Who would know that he would be such a person behind the scenes?

"Can I still lie to you? I'll tell you later, how about we have fish soup and grilled fish for lunch?" Su Xingchen asked Li Qingning while lighting the coal stove in the house.

"Sure, is grilled fish grilled over a fire? I don't think I've ever had it."

"No, you'll know soon. I'll go get something first." After saying that, Su Xingchen turned and walked into his room. He didn't have any seasoning for grilled fish at home, so he had to get it in the space. Fortunately, there were packages of seasonings in the space, which saved him from having to explain himself.

Su Xingchen came out with the cooking bag and said while cleaning the fish: "He and his wife have not had a child in all these years. Do you know what happened?" As he spoke, Su Xingchen shaved off the scales of the fish, cut the fish open from its back and put it aside.

"What's going on?" Li Qingning was also aroused at this moment and asked quickly.

"When he was young, he often had promiscuous relationships with both men and women. Later, he fell ill and became infertile. But he didn't tell his wife. Instead, he said that there was something wrong with his wife. This Aunt Yi is also a poor person. She really thinks that there is something wrong with her, and Yi Zhonghai pretends not to despise her. But in fact? He himself is infertile." Su Xingchen said as he evenly spread the green onion, ginger and fennel on the fish that had just been cut and put it aside.

"Ah? Then this Aunt Yi is really pitiful. Oh, by the way, since you know, how could she not know?"

"That's a fact only a few people in the yard know about. I guess no one in the yard knows about it except me and Yi Zhonghai." The grilled fish still needs to be marinated for half an hour. Su Xingchen then began to prepare another fish for fish soup. He gutted it, rinsed it several times, and finished it in one go.

"Then how did you know that?" Li Qingning couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this.

"The Buddha said, it cannot be said, it cannot be said. These are all secrets." Su Xingchen said in a pretentious manner. He couldn't just say, "I saw it in TV dramas and novels, right?" That would make Li Qingning think he was crazy.

"Hmph, forget it. I don't want to hear it. By the way, judging from your cooking skills, you must have cooked a lot, right?" Li Qingning pouted as he spoke.

"That's right. What about you? Can you be a lady in the living room and cook in the kitchen?" Su Xingchen put the cleaned fish on the chopping board and started to cut it.

"I... I know how to eat..." Li Qingning said a little embarrassedly. Indeed, before his parents left, he had everything he needed. After his parents left, there was a canteen at work and his aunt at home, so he didn't need to cook in the kitchen.

"Hahahaha, that's what I told you." They were chatting animatedly, one cooking and the other watching.

Yi Zhonghai walked into the house with a gloomy face. An aunt was busy picking vegetables and cooking.

"What's wrong, Old Yi? Haven't you got things done? Why do you look like that?" When an old lady saw Yi Zhonghai walking in with a dark face, she quickly put down the food in her hands and walked over.

"It's done. It cost 110. After the New Year, He Daqing will go back to Baocheng with the White Widow." Yi Zhonghai sat down and lit a cigarette.

"Then why are you unhappy? Could it be that she has any other requests?"

"No, I just came back and ran into this kid Su Xingchen, and he talked back to me." Yi Zhonghai explained.

"Well, I thought something was wrong. Why are you arguing with him? He is just a jerk. He was not like this before. How come he is like this during the holidays? It can't be that he is possessed by someone, right?"

"Hey, old woman, are you going to die? What's wrong with you? Just talk about it at home. You better keep your mouth shut when you go out!"