Siheyuan, don't mess with me

He Daqing turned to leave, but was stopped by Chen Wanyi. "It's raining too hard. Don't go alone. It's not safe. I'm worried. Let it leak!"

"It's okay! This little rain is nothing!" He Daqing turned around and smiled at Chen Wanyi. Although the smile was ugly, it warmed her heart!

So, Chen Wanyi watched He Daqing carry the heavy wooden ladder by himself. Normally, it takes two people to move the ladder, and it looks even heavier after being soaked in rain. He Daqing put it up by himself with great difficulty. Chen Wanyi wanted to go out to help, but was stopped by He Daqing! She was already weak, and she would definitely get sick if she was stimulated by the rain!

Chapter 140 Whatever you think in your heart, whatever you want in your mind!

She could only watch He Daqing busying himself in the heavy rain! After moving the ladder, He Daqing went to the cellar to move the tarpaulin. The bundle of tarpaulin was heavier, and He Daqing almost bent his waist when he carried it on his shoulders! He moved to the ladder step by step with difficulty. He Daqing gathered a lot of strength to let himself step onto the first step of the ladder!

The wooden ladder was very slippery after being wetted by rain. He Daqing didn't step firmly and his knee hit the ladder heavily. The intense pain made He Daqing snort coldly. Fortunately, he grabbed the ladder with one hand, otherwise he would have slipped off the ladder! Enduring the pain, He Daqing threw off his shoes and stood more steadily barefoot!

The scene just now was seen clearly by Chen Wanyi, who was already looking at him nervously. She covered her mouth tightly, fearing that her screams would disturb He Daqing. Two lines of hot tears slid down her cheeks as she sobbed silently!

He Daqing finally climbed onto the roof. It was as if God had opened his eyes. The rain was still heavy, but the wind had subsided!

He Daqing moved carefully on the slippery tiles on the roof, unfolding the tarpaulin bit by bit. The wet and heavy tarpaulin was very heavy and could not be dragged at all. He Daqing was exhausted under the attack of the heavy rain. Looking at the tarpaulin that was barely covered, he had no way to adjust it!

The water flow in the room began to stop, and the connected water drops turned into a ticking sound, ticking, and it became slower and slower!

Chen Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was still hanging because He Daqing had not come down yet. It was not until she saw a figure whose face could not be seen clearly climbing down the wooden ladder!

With an ugly smile on his pale face, he said, "It's paved. I'll repair the house for you when the rain stops!" He Daqing said and walked towards home. He felt very tired and wanted to go home and lie down. He didn't have the strength to move the wooden ladder back, so he would wait until the pillars came back!

Chen Wanyi looked at the hunched back and limping steps in the heavy rain. She wanted to invite him into the house, but she had become a water curtain cave. How could she let him rest?

Seeing He Daqing moving back to his room, Chen Wanyi's tears never stopped. Only at this time did she dare to make a sound and cried bitterly!

He Daqing was exhausted. He returned home, took off his wet clothes with difficulty, wiped himself hastily with a towel, changed into dry clothes, fell on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep!

He Daqing seemed to have had a very long dream. In the dream, he dreamed of his ex-wife. He dreamed that when Zhuzi was just born, he was holding him and smiling foolishly. He also dreamed that his daughter He Yushui was laughing around him!

He even dreamed that he and Chen Wanyi were living together in harmony. Just when he and Chen Wanyi were looking at each other tenderly, he suddenly saw Yi Zhonghai rushing towards them with a knife, "I will chop you two dogs to death!"

And she seemed unable to move at all, and watched Yi Zhonghai with bloodshot eyes stabbing Chen Wanyi with a knife!

Anxiously, he shouted, "Chen Wanyi, run! Lao Yi, don't kill her, come and kill me!"

"Old He! Old He! Wake up!" His body was shaken, He Daqing suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chen Wanyi who was sitting on the bed in front of him, "Wanyi, are you okay? That's great!" He Daqing said while holding Chen Wanyi's hand.

"Daqing, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?"

He Daqing finally realized that he was lying on his own bed, and he was also sore all over and weak. "What's wrong with me?"

"You've been unconscious for almost a day and a night! We were so scared!" Chen Wanyi said with lingering fear. He Daqing helped Chen Wanyi cover the tarpaulin on the roof, and he started to have a fever when he got home. He Yuzhu was scared, and he went to ask a doctor to come to his house in the rain. The doctor prescribed some medicine and gave him an injection. He stayed with He Daqing for a whole night. He didn't wake up in the morning, but when he tested his forehead, he found that he was not having such a fever anymore. He felt relieved then!

They all had to go to work. He Yuzhu, who was trying to ask Jia Dongxu to help him take a leave when he was at work, was stopped by Chen Wanyi who had been waiting and watching. This was the bad thing about Siheyuan. If someone had any problems at home, the whole courtyard would know about it. "Zhuzi, don't take a leave! Your father got sick to help me. You go to work, and I'll take care of him!"

He Yuzhu did not think much about it. They were old neighbors, and it was normal for them to lend a hand when encountering such things. Whether it was He Daqing helping Chen Wanyi build the roof during the heavy rain, or Chen Wanyi helping to look after He Daqing, it was all mutual help between neighbors. This was the advantage of the Siheyuan courtyard. When they get along well, they are just like a family!

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Aunt Chen," He Yuzhu said sincerely.

"What are you talking about, kid? Daqing got sick because of me, isn't it my duty to help? Go to work quickly, you're going to be late!" Chen Wanyi patted He Yuzhu's head. This silly boy has become polite now. It's different after getting married!

He Yuzhu and Yu Li went to work, and Chen Wanyi also walked into He Daqing's ear room. The room was not big, but He Daqing kept it clean. Chefs are different. They love cleanliness and can't stand dirt! Of course, He Yuzhu was an exception. No one taught him since he was a child!

The dirty clothes that He Daqing took off last night had been washed by Yu Li this morning and were hanging in the yard. Apart from an ashtray, a pack of wet cigarettes, a rotten firecracker box, and a handful of wet change on the bedside table, it looked a bit messy. It seemed that He Daqing took them out when he changed clothes and fell ill before he had time to tidy them up!

Chen Wanyi poured a bowl of water and placed it aside, so that she could mix it with warm water and give it to He Daqing to drink when he woke up. She also tidied up the bedside table. The cigarettes and matches were all rotten, so Chen Wanyi threw them all into the trash can and would buy him a pack of cigarettes when she had time!

In this way, Chen Wanyi has been taking care of He Daqing. He Daqing has been in a coma, even though he has no fever. Chen Wanyi didn't eat and had no mood to do anything. Except for occasionally going home to see how the floor was drying, she stayed in He Daqing's room all the time!

The courtyard is very quiet now. There is no one chatting. Everyone is hungry, so who has the time to care about other things? Just stay still if you can!

Jia Zhang saw Chen Wanyi coming in and out of He Daqing's room, curled her lips, and didn't say anything. Now it's different from before. Without Yi Zhonghai's support, Jia Zhang consciously became much more honest! Besides, as the manager of the courtyard, He Daqing was doing a good thing to help his neighbors in the rain, and Chen Wanyi's help to take care of it was understandable. She didn't dare to say anything. Even if she did, who would dare to listen to her? Li Ruihua's example was there, who would dare to talk nonsense now?

In the afternoon, the sun shone on the earth. The earth that was soaked by a night of heavy rain was illuminated by the hot sun, and mist rose up. The wet and muddy land became dry again!

Chen Wanyi sat in front of the bed and looked at He Daqing. He was obviously dreaming at this moment, muttering something, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning. Just when He Daqing called her name, Chen Wanyi realized that she was also in his dream!

"Daqing, drink some water to calm down!" Chen Wanyi mixed a bowl of warm water for He Daqing and handed it to him who was half sitting up. She saw his hand reaching for the bedside table, "You haven't recovered yet, and you want to smoke!"

"Hehe! I'm addicted to it!" He Daqing smiled embarrassedly.

Chen Wanyi remembered that there were some cigarettes that Yi Zhonghai had left at her home. "Your cigarettes are all soaked. Wait for me to go home and get them for you!" After saying that, she turned around and went back to her home. All of Yi Zhonghai's things had been gathered together by her. Chen Wanyi remembered that they were placed in a drawer. There were also four packs of loose cigarettes and several cartons of cigarettes!

"Here!" Chen Wanyi handed four packs of cigarettes and matches to He Daqing, "Oh, nice cigarettes!" Chen Wanyi gave He Daqing two packs of Huazi and two packs of Mudan, which were given to Yi Zhonghai by his superiors when he was in the factory or went out to help. He himself was reluctant to smoke them, and now He Daqing got them for free!

Looking at He Daqing who was puffing away at the cigarette, "I really don't know what's so good about this cigarette. He doesn't even eat, he's just thinking about smoking!" Chen Wanyi didn't realize that the tone of her speech to He Daqing had changed at all. It was obviously more intimate, and her words clearly had the intention of disciplining him!

By the time Chen Wanyi understood, the words had already been spoken, and she turned away in shame! "You smoke first, I'll go make you a bowl of noodles!"

Naturally, there would be no white flour in Chen Wanyi's home. This was what He Yuzhu had agreed with Chen Wanyi before he went to work. There were white flour, eggs, and meat in the He family's kitchen, and Chen Wanyi was asked to take care of the preparations!

Entering the kitchen, Chen Wanyi was surprised to see three grain jars, cornmeal, white flour, cornmeal, a bag of rice in the cupboard, and two dried hares and pheasants hanging from the eaves! Of course, there was no shortage of condiments in the chef's kitchen, even sesame oil, Chen Wanyi saw two bottles, not to mention the snow-white lard, which was filled in a large jar!

Chen Wanyi has lived a frugal life with Yi Zhonghai for so many years, otherwise she would not have been able to save so much money!

Yi Zhonghai is actually an extremely stingy person, but there is a difference between his stinginess and Yan Bugui's!

Yan Bugui didn't have that much salary, and there were many people in his family, which forced him to develop the habit of being stingy!

But Yi Zhonghai has a high salary and is not short of money at all. Apart from spending money on having children, Yi Zhonghai has no major expenses in other areas!

In order to save money for retirement, Yi Zhonghai is extremely simple and frugal in his life! Rice and flour are not seen in Yi Zhonghai's family, except for buying some white bread dumplings during the New Year and other festivals! The same goes for meat. Fresh meat is generally not bought. If you are really greedy, just buy some braised meat to satisfy yourself! According to Yi Zhonghai's idea, with just this little bit of meat, when the aroma of cooking spreads, if Jia Zhang and the deaf old lady come over, and the children come around, will you give it to them? His own personality does not allow him to be stingy, so throughout the year, except for a few festivals when dumplings are needed, Yi Zhonghai's family only eats cornmeal steamed buns and some vegetarian dishes!

The same is true for his own alcohol and cigarettes. They are all the cheapest. He only takes the good alcohol and cigarettes given to him by others when he needs them when he goes out to do things. You will never see Yi Zhonghai touch them at home! Now, who will get the discounts from Yi Zhonghai's inventory?

Chen Wanyi cut two tomatoes and fried them with lard, which was particularly fragrant. She put the hand-rolled noodles into the pot with clear water and then poured the marinade on them. It was sour and sweet!

Chapter 141 In fact, the Siheyuan is still very united!

He Daqing gulped down a bowl of hand-rolled noodles. "Slow down, slow down, no one is going to snatch it from you!" Chen Wanyi watched He Daqing wolfing down the noodles and tried to stop him.

"Hehe! It smells so good! This noodle is amazing, I really want to have another bowl!" He Daqing smiled innocently and wiped the sweat from his forehead. After sweating, his body felt much more relaxed!

"Virtue! How can my cooking skills be better than yours? You talk nonsense all day long! You only know how to make people happy!" Chen Wanyi blushed and spat lightly!

"It's really delicious! It tastes like home!" He Daqing said seriously, looking at Chen Wanyi.

At this time, Chen Wanyi was a little panicked and didn't dare to face He Daqing. The scene suddenly became quiet! People in their forties or fifties, but they inexplicably felt their heartbeats. Isn't this a feeling that only occurs when you are eighteen or nineteen? Chen Wanyi was a little at a loss. She twisted the corners of her clothes with both hands and muttered something to say!

"I'll go wash the dishes, you take a rest!" After a moment of silence, Chen Wanyi came to her senses, took the bowl from He Daqing's hand, turned around and left the room in a panic, her face red!

He Daqing smiled softly. She was so old, but still so shy. Old Yi couldn't do that! Other people's women, like this old, couldn't make any jokes. When a few aunts got together, the scale of their conversations made even He Daqing, who was standing next to them, blush! He didn't expect Chen Wanyi to be like this. He Daqing couldn't help but feel a little happy!

"Great!" A cigarette after dinner is better than a living god! He Daqing smoked the cigarette that Yi Zhonghai was reluctant to smoke, and smiled proudly!

After Chen Wanyi cleaned up the kitchen of the He family, she did not return to He Daqing's room, but turned back to her own home. Only then did she feel that her mood could be a little more stable! Sitting on a chair, thinking about things silently, occasionally a smile would emerge. Such a day might be very comfortable!

Jia Zhang put down the curtain in her hand and cursed, "Shame on you, it's only been a short while and you're already flirting!"

"Mom! Who are you talking about?" Qin Huairu's belly was already very big. In order to hold her grandson, Jia Zhang, who didn't want to work, started doing housework again!

After her nap, Qin Huairu heard Jia Zhang cursing and asked curiously,

"Who else could it be? Old Yi has just been arrested and he can't hold on any longer. He starts running to the man's room. How shameless!" Jia Zhang was indignant. If she had been a little more shameless, would Chen Wanyi have been spared? Wasn't all the money found in Yi's house hers?

She never thought that if that thing could be done, would Yi Zhonghai still have so much money? If she had money, would she be able to save money if she spent lavishly? Would Yi Zhonghai abandon his first wife for her?

Of course, Jia Zhang would not think about these factors. She intuitively believed that the money should belong to her, not to the old woman who didn't lay eggs! So the more Jia Zhang thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and the more she hated Chen Wanyi!

"I have been a widow for so many years, taking care of the teenage Dongxu, and I have scolded away so many bad men with bad intentions! Now, as soon as my man was arrested, she has evil thoughts and wants a divorce. Now she has even started to sneak into his room. Don't you think it's shameful?"

This Jia Zhang is a bit boastful, totally hypocritical. Do you think she has never considered remarrying? Will the man she likes like her? And the men who come to her house are either disabled or have no money. Why would Jia Zhang suffer so much?

If she hadn't had the convenience of being Yi Zhonghai's next-door neighbor, if she hadn't had a precedent of giving birth to a son like Jia Dongxu, do you think Yi Zhonghai would choose her to do business with? Every date was in a dark cellar. No matter what the reason, you would understand without explanation!

"Mom! Didn't Aunt Yi go to take care of Uncle He? Uncle He got sick because he helped Aunt Yi repair the roof in the rain. We are neighbors, so it's only right for us to take care of him." Qin Huairu really didn't understand what Jia Zhang was so angry about.

"What do you know?" If Qin Huairu wasn't pregnant with her eldest grandson, Jia Zhang would have slapped her for daring to refute her. Now she could only scold her with her mouth!

"These two people have been in the room for a whole day. When the shameless woman came out, her face was as red as a monkey's butt! He Da is single and the old woman is divorced. They are a single man and a single woman, so they must have done something bad!" Jia Zhang naturally would not say that she was jealous of Chen Wanyi for taking everything of Old Yi. She thought that everyone was the same as her and that they would all do things the way she did!

"Aunt Yi is not that kind of person. Besides, Uncle He is sick, how can he still have the strength? No way!" Qin Huairu was a little more relaxed when she was at home, without anyone else. She was pregnant, who wouldn't understand this? I just don't know why my mother-in-law is so angry! Is my mother-in-law jealous? Is it really as rumored, my mother-in-law and Uncle Yi... ? Qin Huairu didn't dare to think about it, and quickly drove away this thought!

Of course Jia Zhang knew that He Daqing was sick and had no strength. She glared at Qin Huairu and said, "You little brat, how dare you talk back at me? If it weren't for the fact that you're pregnant with my grandson, I'd show you how I'd deal with you!"

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After a day's rest, He Daqing was almost recovered. On Sunday, as the manager, he called the young people in the courtyard to come and repair the roof for Chen Wanyi!

He Yuzhu, Jia Dongxu, Yan Jiecheng, Chen Zhiguo, Xu Damao, Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangtian, all gathered in the middle courtyard! For a time, the middle courtyard became the world of young people. Under the command of He Daqing, these young men did not dare to complain. They were all neighbors, and helping each other was a must, and it was also the tradition of the courtyard! If you don't come out to help in such a matter, you will be criticized, and it will not be good for your reputation!

Besides, young people are easy to please. After He Daqing said a few nice words to them, they became more aggressive!

Chen Wanyi opened a big front door and gave a pack of cigarettes to everyone who came to help. This generosity directly boosted the morale. The rest of the matters were left to He Daqing to command!

He Yuzhu and Chen Zhiguo went up to remove the tiles, while Xu Damao and others started to pick up soil and mud below. Chen Zhiguo knew that this was just revenge against Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai was enjoying a higher level of enjoyment, but this enjoyment was too childish and he was not worthy of it!

They were all young men with quick hands and feet, and He Daqing also promised to treat them to drinks and dinner after the work was done. Now these young men were like chickens with blood injected, and they worked desperately!

He Daqing's repair method is very simple. He just needs to scrape off the yellow mud under the tiles and replace it with new mud. He Daqing checked the beams below and found no problems at all!

Jia Zhang's house was also secretly poked with several holes by Chen Zhiguo at that time. That was because Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu were too lazy. There had been leaks before, but they had been making do with it and putting it off. Over a long period of time, the beams began to rot, which led to the accumulated snow causing the roof to collapse!

However, there is no such situation in Chen Wanyi's house. The beams are well maintained, so repairs are very simple!

Although it seems like a simple job, it is not easy to do. First of all, if you are on the roof, you have to learn how to stand properly. It will be troublesome if you step on empty space. Secondly, mixing mud is a very physically demanding job, especially after mixing hemp, the sticky loess is very laborious to stir evenly. Throwing it on the roof requires even stronger support!

The few people below, Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng, and Jia Dongxu were not good at physical work, and Liu Guangtian was still young. They barely managed to mix the yellow soil evenly, and they were already staggering with exhaustion. None of them could even throw the yellow mud onto the roof!

He Daqing could do it if he wasn't sick, and so could Liu Haizhong. He plays with a hammer every day, so this amount of strength is easy for him. But this thing was organized by He Daqing, so he didn't want to get involved and went out early in the morning!

He Yuzhu wanted to come down, but was stopped by Chen Zhiguo. He Yuzhu was physically capable, but it was his first time doing such a job and he had no experience. Not only was it very physically demanding, but it was also easy to sprain his waist. Chen Zhiguo had done this job before when his family was building a house and had experience, so he went down and let Jia Dongxu and Yan Jiecheng go up to lay the tiles!

Xu Damao saw Chen Zhiguo easily throw a shovel of mud onto the roof, and the position was just right, where the mud was needed! Then he thought about himself, a shovel of mud, almost failed to shovel up, what a shame!

"Zhiguo, how did you train? You're so strong!" There was no need for him to do anything. Xu Damao, a cigarette in his mouth, stood by and watched Chen Zhiguo's light movements easily!

"Brother Damao, I haven't practiced! I've been strong since I was a child, it's natural!" He wasn't just bragging, Xu Damao didn't know how to continue!

"I know, I know. Li Yuanba in the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties was born with supernatural powers and could use a pair of 800-jin hammers!" The youngest Liu Guangtian said.

"I'm not that mysterious, I'm just a little stronger than the average person!" Chen Zhiguo said modestly.

"Zhiguo, after graduation, where do you want to be assigned?"

"I have my own ideas. Of course I will follow the country's arrangements. I will go wherever the country tells me to go!"

"It's better to be a college student. You can become a cadre as soon as you graduate from school!" Xu Damao's face was full of envy, and Liu Guangqi next to him also had a face full of desire!

"Brother Damao, please stop criticizing me. Your job as a projectionist is something that many people envy. It's one of the top eight positions! What a great position!"

"That's right! Every time I go to the countryside, they treat me with good food and wine. If they don't make me happy, they can't watch their movies!" Xu Damao boasted that every time he went to the countryside, it was a happy day for him, although it was not easy to drag the projection equipment back and forth! But when he arrived in the village, he felt comfortable. Not only did he have good food and drink, but when he left, the village would also give him some local specialties. Sometimes, he would stay overnight in the village and help some people in need at night. It was a wonderful feeling! For him, going out to show movies was a good job!