The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

After Ruyi left, Darong walked towards the community building alone. She didn't know whether her life was right or wrong, good or bad.

Just like Ruyi said, every step we take is a choice of our own, but it also seems like every step is taken against our will.

"She's back. Her uncle didn't go today, right?" After Darong came in, Zhong Yunxing said this while sitting on the sofa.

"How do you know?" Darong asked Zhong Yunxing while blinking at the door before she had time to change her shoes.

"I saw him when I went out to buy groceries in the afternoon. He was playing with his aunt." Zhong Yunxing said with a snort of laughter.

Sibei'er and Xiaoling said that a friend's child was getting married today, so they went to the wedding banquet and did not go to Darong's mother's house to eat dumplings. They will go directly to the restaurant tomorrow on their birthday.

"Didn't the couple go to the banquet? Why are they playing again?" Darong was not surprised at all when she heard him say that. She put down the keys in her hand and started to change her shoes.

"Why else? I drank too much again. It's been more than 30 years and I haven't made any progress."

There was nothing wrong with what Zhong Yunxing said. To be more specific, although the four generations had been doing business to make money all their lives, they had always been tepid at the beginning. Later, they relied on Darong's father to accumulate capital rapidly.

After the investment fraud, it was Xiao Ling who turned the tide with the business of the clothing store and helped him turn things around and pay off his debts during the most difficult years.

As for Sibei himself, the only achievement he could really show off seemed to be the project he worked on with Xiaodong.

"He did it again?" Darong asked without even raising her head.

"Hehe, you can see for yourself tomorrow." Zhong Yunxing looked at Darong and gave her a wicked smile.

Darong put her bag on the sofa, put her hands on her hips and looked at Zhong Yunxing: "You didn't do anything? You just watched?"

"It's not my business. When I saw her, Xiao Ling was already walking home happily with her shoes in her arms, following Sibeier. Her head was like a chicken coop, and I had to worry about Sibeier falling all the time... Look at this daughter-in-law, it's really worth it!"

Zhong Yunxing had just finished speaking with his teeth bared when Darong threw a sofa backrest at him.

On the day of Darong's mother's birthday, the whole family gathered together to celebrate for the old lady. Xiao Ling also came to the restaurant with a bruise on her nose.

"Hey, sister-in-law, how did you do this?"

As soon as Yuxiu entered the room, she saw the scars on Xiao Ling's face and asked subconsciously. After asking, she realized that it was probably a beating by her fourth brother, and she began to regret her words.

However, Xiao Ling didn't care too much about it and just nodded towards the fourth generation.

Sibei sat there fiddling with his cell phone without raising his head or opening his eyes, and he didn't look guilty at all.

The third brother looked at the two people who were over a hundred years old in total, and said with a smile: "I didn't know what new makeup style was popular, a touch of green."

The location of the bruise on Xiao Ling's nose is indeed similar to the queen's 'sunburn makeup'.

"Don't mention it. I went to the hospital for an X-ray yesterday. It hurt so much that I almost died. I thought my nose was broken."

Although being beaten was very unacceptable in the eyes of Darong and the others, Xiao Ling seemed to have really gotten used to it and was now very open in making fun of herself.

"Linlin, are you coming today?"

Darong's mother no longer had the energy to care about the affairs between Xiao Ling and Sibei'er. She was already eighty years old and really couldn't take care of it anymore.

"She went to pick up the children, and after that the children came over together."

After hearing what Xiao Ling said, Darong's mother nodded with relief.

In fact, in Darong's mother's heart, she just wanted Linlin to spend more time with Ruyi, Chengcheng and others. Her thoughts still remained on the bonds of family and kinship.

But in fact, it is difficult to maintain family ties for more than three generations in most families. For children of Ruyi and Linlin's generation, even if they grew up together, the relationship between them in their hearts is just that of relatives.

There is a huge fundamental difference between this and Darong and her brothers who are born from the same mother. It's just that Darong's mother has been deceiving herself.

Although Linlin was dressed exquisitely that day, there was no sign of life on her face. She came in a mighty procession, dragging her three children with her, and left in a mighty procession.

Later, Xiaoying also asked Linlin if she planned to stay with the children and wait for the second generation to come back. Linlin just smiled bitterly and said that she would rather the second generation die in prison and never come back.

Later, I heard that the small contractor called Linlin's mother-in-law and sent her a photo of the two of them together, but her mother-in-law was very generous and unmoved, and still let Linlin stay in the villa to live with him.

These rumors were true and false, and no one knew where they came from or why. In short, since then, Linlin has been taking care of her three children with her living expenses and has never left Yutian again.

"Sister, come to our mom's house tomorrow to eat mutton hotpot. I'll treat you." Darong could clearly feel Xiaoying's excitement through the phone.

"Okay, what good news is this? You look so happy?" Darong asked happily.

"Qingqing's job was approved and she is just waiting to be converted to a regular employee."

Qingqing, a girl from Xiaoying's family, was defined by Xiaoying as a poor student since she was young, but now, she is the only one among Ruyi's generation's children who passed the exam and got a job in the civil service.

Xiaoying was glad that she did not aim too high and instill unrealistic ideas in Qingqing. After knowing that Qingqing's academic performance was not good, she began to calmly accept her child's ordinariness and encouraged her to pursue professional learning.

Later, Qingqing went all the way from nursing school to undergraduate graduation, and successfully participated in various internship positions. Now, she finally passed the unified examination of the National Health Commission and got a regular job, and successfully joined a Grade A hospital.

"That's great. Our Qingqing is here just to make her proud." Darong was also genuinely happy for Qingqing.

In the past, because Qingqing's grades were always not as good as those of other children, Xiaoying also felt a psychological gap between her friends and colleagues.

Fortunately, Xiaoying has had a peaceful nature since childhood and has a clear understanding, so she did not make things difficult for her children because of these external factors.

But she herself did not expect that her tolerance and care would make Qingqing optimistic and easy-going.

When the children of the same age around her grew up and reached the real turning point in her life, Qingqing, who was originally the most ordinary person, fought back and became the best among the people around her, and won great honor for Xiaoying.