The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

A year has passed quietly, as if in the blink of an eye, autumn has gone and winter has come, and the years have passed slowly.

"The New Year is coming soon. Go with your brother to the street in a couple of days to buy some New Year's goods, and send some to Meifeng's family as well."

Mother Zhong had taken apart and washed all the quilts in the past two days. She sat on the kang, making the quilts while talking to Zhong Yunhong.

Meifeng’s surname is Wu. She is Zhong Yunhong’s girlfriend, the girl he disliked before because of her ugly appearance.

He kept saying that the other person had a difficult face and was difficult to get along with, but he became her fiancée everywhere he went.

"If I'm not going, why should I give any gifts to her family?" Zhong Yunhong stiffened his neck and said with disdain on his face.

"You little rascal, how can you celebrate Chinese New Year without giving gifts to your mother-in-law? Your brother is getting married, and if you don't go before the New Year, you won't go empty-handed on the second day of the New Year."

Mother Zhong stopped her needlework, looked up and scolded Zhong Yunhong.

In fact, Zhong Yunhong is not very fond of Meifeng. Sometimes the first impression between people is very important.

However, Wu Meifeng likes Zhong Yunhong very much. As the saying goes: When a man pursues a woman, it's like a mountain between them; when a woman pursues a man, it's like a layer of gauze between them.

Although Zhong Yunhong was not very fond of her, he could not resist Meifeng visiting him at his workplace all day long, so he finally admitted their relationship.

Seeing that the two had already reached an agreement, Wu Meifeng's parents immediately struck while the iron was hot and found a matchmaker to arrange the marriage. After all, "college students" were very rare talents at that time.

"Hehe, I know, I know. I was just joking. I will go to see my brother after get off work tomorrow." Seeing that his mother looked a little angry, Zhong Yunhong quickly interrupted her with a laugh.

After work the next day, Zhong Yunhong went directly to Darong's house. Today, Zhong Yunxing got off work early and arrived home in the afternoon.

"Brother, my sister-in-law is not at home?"

When Zhong Yunhong arrived at Darong's house, he was a little disappointed to see that Darong and Xiao Ruyi were not at home. He had originally wanted to play with Xiao Ruyi for a while.

"We went to your sister-in-law's grandmother's home in Zhouzhuang. They said her leg was broken again and she might become paralyzed. So the whole family went there this morning."

Zhong Yunxing was leaning on the bed watching TV. When he saw Zhong Yunhong coming, he got up and prepared to make something to eat.

"Brother, stop doing it. Let's go eat on the street and buy some New Year's goods. Mom asked us to give gifts in two days."

"Okay, let's go to the snack bar to eat something. There's a department store next door, so we can go shopping after we finish eating."

Zhong Yunxing was too lazy to cook, so the two brothers hit it off and pushed the cart out.

"Brother, would you like something to drink?" Zhong Yunhong picked up a bottle of Erguotou from the counter and smiled at Zhong Yunxing.

"You are getting more and more greedy. I didn't realize you like drinking before." Zhong Yunxing joked happily after clinking glasses with Zhong Yunhong.

"Hey, when there is wine in life, we must get drunk!" Zhong Yunhong swallowed the wine with a wry smile on his face.

"Don't talk nonsense. It's nothing. Why are you so pretentious?" When Zhong Yunxing saw this, he naturally understood that Zhong Yunhong was just trying to complain under the influence of alcohol.

"They just had a quarrel. My mother asked me to go give a gift to her family." Zhong Yunhong shook his head and chuckled.

"Why?"

"God knows why, like a psychopath, he was saying one second that he knew our family was not well off, so he kept everything simple, but the next second he turned his face and ignored me."

"So what did you say in that one second?" Zhong Yunxing looked at Zhong Yunhong happily. According to his experience, the problem lies in this 'one second'.

How many words can you say in one second? Zhong Yunhong said the crucial six words: "Like my sister-in-law!"

It is said that men mature late. What does a little boy in his early twenties know?

"You're really great! You really go to school too much!" Zhong Yunxing almost spit out his wine.

Zhong Yunxing looked at Zhong Yunhong in front of him speechlessly. You say he is stupid, but he is still a college student. You say he is smart, but he is still really stupid!

How stingy are women? Even her own mother has to be praised with some caution, not to mention her sister-in-law, her future sister-in-law.

"How many days have you not seen each other?" Zhong Yunxing asked speechlessly.

"Three weeks."

"Okay! Are you trying to disperse?" Zhong Yunxing was so angry that he laughed.

"You should go to her home or workplace to look for her. If you don't go now, she will have arranged to meet you."

The two brothers had a nice drink and felt warm. When they came out of the snack bar, it was already dark.

After shopping in the department store, Zhong Yunxing sent Zhong Yunhong home early, after all, there was still some distance to go back to Erdaohezi.

Zhong Yunxing also rode his bike home.

As soon as he entered the alley, he saw a figure standing at the gate of Darong's mother's yard, looking sneaky.

"Who is it?" Zhong Yunxing got out of the car and shouted to the figure.

Darong and Darong's parents took Xiaoying and others to Zhouzhuang, so the lights in the house were still off and no one was at home.

"Zhong Yunxing?"

After hearing Zhong Yunxing's shout, the person at the door called out his name directly.

When he called out, Zhong Yunxing recognized that the person was none other than Pei Bin.

"Pei Bin? Is there something wrong with you?" Zhong Yunxing's voice was calm, and no emotion could be heard.

"I'm here to look for my fourth brother. Do your uncle and aunt know that he hasn't been to work for more than half a month?" Pei Bin paused for a moment and then said to Zhong Yunxing.

"You haven't been to work for more than half a month?"

Zhong Yunxing was confused for a moment, as if he had met Sibeier going out two days ago, and he said he was going to work.

"Well, so I came to see what happened to him. The factory said that if he doesn't come to work, he will be suspended without pay."

Pei Bin is Sibei's master. He was the one who brought Sibei up in the factory. So when the factory couldn't find Sibei, they looked for Pei Bin first.

"Okay, I got it. I'll ask him when he comes back."

There was a sense of "head of the family" in Zhong Yunxing's tone. He was now the brother-in-law of four generations, and was much closer to him than Pei Bin, the master.

Pei Bin didn't say anything else, not even a polite greeting. He brushed past Zhong Yunxing and left the Nanjian dormitory.

To be honest, Zhong Yunxing did not have any hostility towards Pei Bin, because in his heart, Darong was already his wife, and he was very sure of Darong's feelings for him.

So the mentality of men is really different from that of women. The ex-girlfriend will always be the love rival of the current girlfriend, but the ex-boyfriend is worthless in front of the current boyfriend.

There has always been a tradition in Nanjiao that babies should not be taken out for walks at night. That night, Darong took little Ruyi and Darong's mother to live in Zhouzhuang.

Although they had not originally planned to stay, grandma had fallen badly this time and the two uncles were arguing over the issue of support.

After arguing for a while, it got dark, so they just stayed in Zhouzhuang.