Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

Even the gossip basically said that Yu Li and Ran Qiuye were pursuing Li Dongfang. This was agreed by almost everyone. After all, Li Dongfang had the conditions: handsome, rich, powerful and had status.

When the third aunt and several other young girls and wives in the courtyard saw Li Dongfang and Yu Li going over, they all speculated whether Yu Li had defeated Ran Qiuye and was about to succeed in getting promoted.

Just at this moment Xu Damao pushed his bicycle and entered the compound gate somewhat dejectedly. When he heard what the three aunts said, he curled his lips, his heart full of contempt.

How come Li Dongfang is so lucky? Yu Li and Ran Qiuye are both rare and wonderful people. How come they both like him at the same time? Compared with Li Dongfang, I am not much different. Although I am not as tall as him, my face is bigger than his.

But he had been beaten up by Li Dongfang so many times that he didn't dare to say much and pushed his bicycle back to the Intermediate Court.

It was a rare occasion for Xu Damao to come home today. He rushed home when it was almost noon. Seeing that his wife was not at home, he knew that she was still at her parents' home and had not returned yet. So he hurried to his mother-in-law's house to pick her up, taking the dry goods he had collected from the countryside during this period.

As a result, his mother-in-law didn't even let him in. He could only go to his parents' house in shame and complain to them. However, his parents didn't speak to him. Instead, they lectured him and told him to obey Sun Xiu. After all, Sun Xiu was pregnant with their eldest grandson. They also warned Xu Damao that if anything happened to Sun Xiu, they would beat him to death.

When Xu Damao got home, he became angrier and angrier. He fried some peanuts, took out a bottle of Lianhua Bai, and started drinking by himself.

In the middle of winter, after two glasses of wine, Xu Damao immediately felt much better.

But before long, the aroma of meat came from the central courtyard, making him swallow his saliva.

Although the natural disasters this year have passed, the nationwide food shortage problem has not been resolved, food is still in short supply and purchases are restricted.

With the aroma of meat, Yan Bugui's family also started eating. Yan Bugui picked up the bowl, sniffed it twice, and then quickly drank a mouthful of cornmeal porridge. He felt emotional, didn't this save another pickled vegetable? It would be great if Li Dongfang came back to the yard every day. Then he could save a lot of vegetables with this aroma. What's more, he could go to Li Dongfang's place to eat and drink from time to time. If he was lucky, he could bring back some vegetable soup and eat it with noodles the next morning.

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui immediately put down the bowl, looked at the cornmeal porridge that had been drunk, and had a look of heartache on his face. However, when he thought of the delicious food in Li Dongfang's house, he didn't care about that anymore.

He stood up and said, "I'm going to go check on Li Dongfang's house."

The third aunt immediately stopped him and said, "They are having dinner, why are you going there? They didn't invite you."

Yan Bugui smiled mysteriously and said, "You women don't understand this. I went to check on Teacher Ran. Teacher Ran and Yu Li were originally competing fairly, but now Yu Li has sneaked away. Teacher Ran and I are from the same school, so we are considered a family, right? I have to go and help Teacher Ran check on the situation."

After all, the third aunt had lived with Yan Bugui for most of his life, so he understood immediately and said quickly, "You are right, then why don't you go quickly? If you go too late, the meat and vegetables will be gone."

Yan Bugui waved his hand and said, "Ah~~! You're overthinking this. Li Dongfang may not have many vegetarian dishes, but he can never finish all the meat dishes. Have you forgotten that every time I brought you food, there were always a lot of fat."

The third auntie obviously also remembered the big fat meat sizzling with oil. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva and nodded, "Yes, yes, I forgot. Then you go quickly, and don't forget to bring back the plates and bowls for Li Dongfang. I will help him wash them."

Only then did Yan Bugui give the third aunt an appreciative look, indicating that this was the right thing to say, we are helping our neighbors, not for the leftovers.

The conversation between the old couple made the children of the Yan family drool. Yan Jiecheng asked tentatively: "Dad, if there is meat in the leftovers this time, can you let me have some fat meat? The skinny one last time was really not satisfying."

Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang also nodded in agreement. Only Yan Jiedi looked at her brothers pitifully. She didn't even get to eat the lean meat last time because her brothers had snatched it all away.

Yan Bugui replied generously, "Okay, since it's almost Chinese New Year, if there's any fatty meat left over today, I'll let you guys have a taste."

In this way, Yan Bugui embarked on the journey to Li Dongfang's home under the expectant eyes of his family.

Knock, knock, knock~~, "Dongfang, you guys eat." Yan Bugui knocked on the door frame of Li Dongfang's house and poked his head in.

Li Dongfang cursed in his heart, "You've seen it, why are you still pretending?" But he smiled and said, "Uncle, do you have something to talk to me about? Come on, let's talk outside."

Pfft! Yu Li burst out laughing and quickly coughed twice to apologize, "Sorry, I choked."

Yan Bugui was also a little dumbfounded. Just as he raised his feet to sit down at the table, he paused and looked at Li Dongfang awkwardly.

Shouldn't you tell me to sit down and talk? What kind of hospitality is this?

Li Dongfang was originally joking with Yan Bugui. Seeing the embarrassment, loss, heartache and disbelief on his face, Li Dongfang decided not to continue to tease him. He smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm just joking with you. Come on, sit down and talk."

Yan Bugui felt even more embarrassed, his face burning, but he glanced at the table and immediately decided, what is a face? Does it smell like fat meat? What? The character of an intellectual? I have to wait until I finish eating.

"Hey! You kid, you only know how to joke with your uncle." Yan Bugui said as he sat down.

Li Dongfang also smiled and said, "Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh, it's nothing important..." Yan Bugui kept his eyes on the plate.

"It's not an important matter, so there's no need to rush. Let's talk about it after we finish eating." Li Dongfang knew Yan Bugui's ultimate goal and was too lazy to listen to his excuses.

Yan Bugui's eyes narrowed into slits due to his laughter, but he still said, "I'd better talk about the matter first, or I'll forget it when I get drunk."

Li Dongfang curled his lips immediately, suggesting that I wanted to drink. Never mind, since I have already asked you to sit down, I don’t care about a bottle of wine.

Seeing Li Dongfang pull out a bottle of Xifeng from under the table, his smile widened and he said, "I'm here to ask on behalf of Teacher Ran whether you will be in Siheyuan tomorrow. She came here several times but you didn't come back, so she asked me to keep an eye out for you when you come back and asked me to ask you."