Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

"Okay, Dad, don't worry about this. Your son hasn't reached the point where he would disregard his own life. I'll just watch and see if he goes out. I won't follow him." Su Xingchen said.

"That's fine. I've put breakfast on the table. You and your mother should remember to eat it later." After hearing what Su Xingchen said, Su Weiguo felt much more relieved. After giving Su Xingchen some instructions, he put on his hat and walked out of the house.

Su Xingchen went to the middle courtyard to wash up while observing Xiang Xiaobei's room, then called his mother to eat breakfast. After he finished eating, he went straight to the courtyard to chop firewood. In fact, there was more than enough firewood at home, but wasn't it to better observe Xiang Xiaobei? Otherwise, he might as well lie in the house and comfortably.

While Su Xingchen was chopping wood, Niu Dahua, who was about to go out for a walk, came to the front yard. Seeing Su Xingchen chopping wood, she walked over and started talking to him, "Little comrade, who are you chopping wood for?"

Su Xingchen naturally knew about this new arrival, Niu Dahua, but he didn't want to have too much contact with her. This old woman looked a bit like Jia Zhangshi, and both seemed like people who weren't easy to mess with. "Of course, you're chopping firewood for my family." Su Xingchen glanced at her and didn't say much. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. He said anything else was superfluous. He was chopping firewood at his own doorstep, so who else could he give it to? It was really baffling.

"Is that so, young comrade? You see, we all live in the same courtyard. I just arrived here. There's nothing to keep warm in this house, except a wood-burning stove. Could you chop some firewood for me later? This is comrades helping each other. If you have any problems in the future, I will definitely help you." Niu Dahua was not angry when she saw Su Xingchen's attitude. Instead, she continued to talk to him with a smile.

When Su Xingchen heard what Niu Dahua said, he immediately stopped what he was doing. He hadn't heard anyone say such shamelessly for a long time since the death of Jia Zhang and the deaf old lady.

He even looked at Niu Dahua with some disbelief, but when Niu Dahua saw Su Xingchen looking at her, she continued to look at him with a smile, "I say, I don't know you well, and just because we live in the same courtyard doesn't mean I have to help you, right? If you think there are people in the courtyard who are easy to talk to, you can go find them. Anyway, I can't help you." After Su Xingchen finished speaking, he didn't care what Niu Dahua was going to do, and continued to chop wood.

However, Niu Dahua was not very happy to hear this. She was not like this in the village. Usually, people would be happy to help when they heard this. After all, we were all comrades, right? Why did this change completely in the city?

"Hey, young comrade, I'm just wondering if there's something wrong with your thinking. We are all comrades, isn't it normal for us to help each other? Look, there are so many firewoods at your doorstep, you can't use them all anyway. What's wrong with giving me a little bit? I can help you when you need me later! It's not like I'm taking your things for free." Niu Dahua said with a frown.