The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Recently, the town has been organizing dog-catching teams from time to time to catch stray dogs. Every time Xizi sent Darong home, she would carefully remind him to avoid the crowd and go home.

"Is this dog yours?" Pei Bin didn't know if he was waking up today, but this was the first time he arrived at the breakfast department so early.

Upon hearing the voice, Darong looked up, smiled, nodded, and prepared to go in to work.

Seeing that she didn't say anything else, Pei Bin lifted the curtain and prepared to go in.

"Sorry, our breakfast department isn't open yet. We won't start selling until after 5 o'clock."

"You don't know me?" Pei Bin widened his eyes in surprise.

After hearing Pei Bin say this, she really raised her eyes and looked at Pei Bin carefully, and then she recognized the leather hat Pei Bin was wearing.

Except for the first day they met, when Darong looked up at Pei Bin, who was wearing a hat and a scarf, she never looked at him formally again after that.

Firstly, Pei Bin was about the same age as her, and boys and girls at that time were relatively closed-minded. Darong was arrogant and hardly talked to boys of the same age.

Secondly, on the first day when she followed Pei Bin to fry fruits, he asked her to switch seats with Xiao Cui in a cold tone, which made her feel a little unhappy.

Given Darong's personality, it was even more impossible for her to even look at him again.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Master Pei, I didn't recognize you just now."

In fact, Pei Bin had already sensed it. Every time Darong spoke to him, she never looked up at him. After work, she hurried home and did not chat with the chefs like other girls.

Therefore, Pei Bin always paid attention to this fair-skinned girl who was not talkative but extremely eye-catching, intentionally or unintentionally.

Although Darong's appearance is not stunning, her temperament and snow-white and translucent skin can make people's eyes shine.

"Did you recognize me, or did you recognize my fur hat?" Pei Bin joked with a wry smile when he saw Darong's eyes finally fell on his hat.

Darong smiled slightly and did not answer. Instead, she turned around and set up a pot to heat oil and prepare something.

Pei Bin shook his head and grinned foolishly while changing his clothes.

"What laughing?"

Xiao Cui, who had just come in from behind, slapped Pei Bin.

"That Da Rong has been counting fruits for a week, but she doesn't even know who I am." Pei Bin said to Xiao Cui with a wry smile while putting on his chef's hat.

"Hahaha...you've come to this day too." Xiao Cui laughed unabashedly.

Pei Bin is a famous handsome guy in the breakfast department. He is 183cm tall, with broad shoulders and a handsome appearance. Many girls of marriageable age would secretly give him things and pass him notes.

It’s just that Pei Bin has always had high standards and still doesn’t have a formal partner.

"You really didn't recognize Pei Bin?"

Xiao Cui, who had changed her clothes, came up to Darong with a smile on her face.

"The light was too dim and I couldn't see it clearly." Darong was still feeling a little embarrassed, so she made an excuse for herself and answered softly.

While Xiao Cui was helping Darong to pack her things, she glanced at Pei Bin who was walking over.

In fact, Xiao Cui doesn't have a boyfriend yet, but she has a good personality. Although she works with Pei Bin every day, she knows in her heart that they are not the same kind of people. Even though she thinks Pei Bin is quite handsome, she doesn't have too many thoughts about him.

The three of them started stretching, frying and counting the fruits, each of them doing their own thing. No one spoke to anyone else for the whole morning.

"Sister, what delicious food should I make for lunch?"

Darong was cooking at home when Sibei came into the yard with three or four of her classmates. These boys greeted Darong one by one.

"Let's make dumplings." Darong was chopping cabbage in the kitchen. She looked up, nodded and exchanged a few words with them.

"Sister, they are eating at our house today, so make more." Sibei said happily to Darong while leaning on the kitchen door.

"Okay, help me chop that half cabbage, I'll go and mix some more flour." Darong tapped Sibei'er's forehead lightly, turned around and got two small bowls of noodles from the flour bag.

At that time, there were not many vegetables to eat in winter, so people in the north liked to stockpile some cabbage and radishes for the winter. If they got tired of stir-frying cabbage, they would stir-fry radishes. If they got tired of stir-frying radishes, they would stew the cabbage... In short, cabbage and radishes were almost indispensable for every meal.

"Let me do it. I'll help Big Sister chop the stuffing."

Before Sibei took the kitchen knife from Darong, Sihouzi rushed into the kitchen.

This Fourth Monkey was the boy who spoke for the four generations in the classroom that day. His surname was Hou and he was the fourth child in the family, so his classmates called him Fourth Monkey.

Darong’s speed in making dumplings is impeccable. In just a short while, the dumplings on the cover are ready for the pot.

"Eat quickly, and take a break after eating, so you don't get late for the afternoon exam." Darong said to Sibei and his classmates while serving dumplings.

Winter vacation will start after the exams. These guys are not studious at ordinary times, and the exams are just for the sake of form. If they are happy, they will just answer two multiple-choice questions, and if they are unhappy, they will just hand in a blank paper.

Because this guy who handed in a blank paper has been in school for two years, he should have graduated long ago but has yet to receive his diploma.

At that time, if you didn't get a diploma, you couldn't be assigned a job, and he was beaten for two years because of this.

This year his father gave him a death order, saying that if he still couldn't graduate, he would break his legs.

"Sister, stop talking about irrelevant things. Don't tell us about the exam." Sibei pinched a dumpling and put it in her mouth, sucking it up because it was so hot.

"Eat slowly and get the chopsticks." Darong slapped Sibei'er's hand in annoyance.

It was originally just a casual meal among classmates, but who would have thought that from that day on, the four monkeys would follow the four generations home every day to eat for free.

At first, Darong’s father and mother didn’t think much about it. After all, they lived in a dormitory in a slum at that time, and their child just followed the brothers and ate at whichever house they could get to.

Later, Darong's mother gradually discovered that sometimes when Sibei'er was not at home, Sihouzi would come to the house to help her pick wool, and she also figured out the clue.

This is not playing nice with the fourth generation, it is clearly aimed at Darong.

Although the fourth monkey is in the same class as the fourth brother, he is actually one year older than Darong because he failed two grades.

Ever since Darong supported Sibei last time, he has been fascinated by this powerful sister.

Darong was such an intelligent person that she had already noticed that the Fourth Monkey was always stealing glances at her long before Darong's mother noticed it, so whenever the Fourth Monkey came again, she would always deliberately avoid him.

It’s not enough that Sihouzi has an ordinary appearance, the key point is that he is less than 175cm tall, which is equivalent to short in Darong’s dictionary. She can accept ordinary looks, but she is very disgusted with short stature.

In addition, this fourth monkey was originally supposed to be a grade higher than her, but now he has become her brother's classmate, so she looks down on him even more from the bottom of her heart.

"Is the fourth generation home?"

Darong was resting that day, and the four monkeys entered Darong's yard on time again.

"He's not at home. Go find him at Chen Gang's house." Darong said without raising her head while picking wool.