The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

As soon as Cheng Laoxiao entered the door, he was busy moving a chair and hanging a coat for Darong, and he didn't even look at his mother.

But Darong was sensitive and smart. Just from one look from Cheng Laoxiao's mother, she knew that her mother didn't like her.

"What kind of job does Darong do now?"

After Darong sat down, Cheng Laoxiao's mother deliberately mentioned the matter of work. She knew that Darong had lost her job, but she still wanted to embarrass her on purpose.

"I don't have a job now, aunt. The factory laid off temporary workers yesterday, so I only had time to come here today. Didn't Dinghua tell you?"

Darong still had that gentle smile, neither humble nor arrogant, but the relationship that she had originally liked had begun to undergo subtle changes.

While they were talking, Cheng Laoxiao had already brought in a bowl of hot pear juice.

"Darong, drink it while it's hot." Old Cheng happily brought the pear juice to Darong.

"Didn't you tell your aunt that I came down from the factory?"

Darong took the pear juice handed to her by Cheng Laoxiao and spoke in a gentle voice, which made Cheng Laoxiao feel soft in his heart.

"I told you yesterday."

Old Cheng had no idea of ​​the little thoughts of the two women, one old and one young, and looked at his mother in some confusion.

"Oh, look at my brain. It's really old. I can't remember things in a blink of an eye. Haha..."

Cheng Laoxiao's mother happily interrupted and talked about something else.

Darong lowered her eyebrows and gently blew on the pear juice in her hand. She was still gentle and generous, without any sign of affectation.

The days are short in winter, and when I left Cheng Laoxiao's house, it was already completely dark.

Cheng Laoxiao didn't ride a bike, and Darong said she wanted to take a walk, so he accompanied Darong all the way towards the Nanjian dormitory.

"My mom's fish is good, isn't it? I've loved eating the fish my mom cooked since I was a kid."

After all, Cheng Laoxiao was still young, so he just laughed foolishly that whole night and didn't notice at all that his mother was picky about Darong.

"Well, it's good, but I don't like eating fish." Darong's mind was not here at all, she just answered casually.

"Then I won't let my mom cook fish anymore. Let my mom make whatever you like."

Cheng Laoxiao's mind was not here. Ever since he left the compound, his eyes had been fixed on Darong's soft little hands. They had been together for such a long time, but he had never dared to hold Darong's hand.

Every time he approached a secluded turn, Cheng Laoxiao's heart began to beat fast. He was tormented by the conflicted feeling of wanting to pull but being afraid at the same time.

"Humph, not going home at night is shameful and conspicuous. You are just a pair of hooligans."

Just when Cheng Laoxiao finally mustered up the courage to grab Darong's hand, a shrill female voice suddenly rang out, scaring the guilty Cheng Laoxiao so much that he shuddered immediately.

Darong looked in the direction of the sound, pursed her lips and said nothing, but quickened her pace and tried to get around it.

"Who is this?" Cheng Laoxiao, who had come to his senses, asked Darong in a low voice.

"My former classmate is jealous and self-abased. She would scold any girl who is prettier than her and who doesn't bother her. She must be a little mentally ill."

The person who was speaking was called Li Meili. Darong knew this person too well. She had scolded all the girls in the class before because they were too ugly. Her excessive inferiority complex had turned into morbid jealousy.

Hearing Darong say this, Cheng Laoxiao suddenly got angry. It was bad enough that she bullied Darong, but she also disturbed his good thing in such a disgusting way.

"You are so good. Look at your moustache (note: in Yutian's words, moustache means very ugly or very hard to look at). You look 30% like a human but not a human, and 70% like a ghost. You want to find a partner, but who wants you?"

When Cheng Laoxiao said this, Li Meili was so angry that her eyes widened and she almost fainted from holding her breath.

If another girl had said that to her, Li Meili would never have let it go, but she had a problem with her brain. When a boy said that to her, she immediately shut up and didn't dare to say a word back.

But Cheng Laoxiao himself did not expect that his words would come true. Not long after, he married this "living ghost".

Cheng Laoxiao's mother has been acting crazy at home since they left. All she can think about is how attentive Laoxiao was to Darong.

From the moment Darong entered the house, Cheng Laoxiao's mother knew why her silly son was bewitched.

I had only seen Darong on the street before, and only saw her skin as white as snow. But today when I came to her home, I realized that this girl is not a simple girl.

Although Darong is not very old, she is very smart and has a noble temperament. No wonder the boys in the nearby dormitories are all thinking about her to some extent.

Darong has no job and her good looks are not enough to make a living. If she were to date her own son, that would be considered marrying above her station. But her silly son doesn't think so and is completely controlled by Darong.

"No, I have to beat these two people up." Cheng Laoxiao's mother threw the rag and said angrily to the third girl.

"How can that silly boy listen to you?" The third girl of the Cheng family asked disdainfully as she picked up the rag thrown beside the sink.

In fact, the third girl likes Da Rong very much. She likes her neither humble nor arrogant attitude.

Her mother started finding fault with Darong ever since she came home, but the girl remained calm and didn't let her take advantage of her at all.

It was this kind of calmness and wisdom that no other girl in the Cheng family could match. No wonder his silly brother would fall deeper and deeper into trouble.

Before the mother and daughter had finished cleaning up, the door of the house was kicked open with a bang.

"Mom, what did you say to Darong?" Cheng Laoxiao started shouting at the top of his voice as soon as he entered the room.

"What did you say? You've been at home the whole time, didn't you hear everything I said?" Cheng Laoxiao's mother was stunned by the boy's kick on the door.

"As soon as I sent Darong home, she told me that we were not suitable for each other and that she wanted to break up with me." Cheng Laoxiao's eyes were as big as cowbells. He took off his scarf and threw it hard on the table.

Seeing this, the third girl knew that her mother had stirred up a hornet's nest. She pouted, put on her cotton coat, and went to visit the neighbor next door.

Cheng Laoxiao is actually a very good kid, but his mother has always spoiled him since he was young, and he has never been afraid of his mother.

"It's better if they disperse. This little girl is not a good person and you can't control her at all." When Cheng Laoxiao's mother heard this, she felt relieved. This saved her a lot of trouble.

Cheng Laoxiao sat on a stool, breathing heavily and glaring at his mother with anger in his eyes.

"You heartless little bastard, why are you glaring at me? She broke up with you, and I didn't ask her to do it. How can you treat your mother like this?"

Looking at Cheng Laoxiao's appearance, his mother was also very angry. This useless thing was really a child raised by others.