Siheyuan: Live Well

Li Chu tapped her nose: "Didn't you say you like to eat the big plate of chicken I made? I just bought a chicken and I was cooking it. I also made some noodles. How about we eat the big plate of chicken noodles for lunch?

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Ding Qiunan stuck out his tongue: "I should cook for you. Li Chu, you are so kind to me!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? You are my wife. If I don't treat you well, I won't treat you well." Li Chu patted her butt through the quilt.

Ding Qiunan laughed innocently.

"Okay, you go get dressed. It's almost done. I'll go down and roll out the dough and it's almost ready." After saying that, he put the girl on the bed.

The girl waved her hand: "Go quickly, I'll be down soon."

After the meal was ready, Li Chu first brought a bowl to several families in the front yard. It was actually just a piece of chicken and a few pieces of potatoes, and mainly a large bowl of oil soup, which was delicious when dipped in steamed buns.

Make delicious food in your own home, and the yard is full of fragrance. Those people don’t know what they are mumbling behind your back. Bring a bowl over and block their mouths. You don’t want them to think well of you. Just don’t gossip behind your back.

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The young couple got together, and you fed each other mouthfuls of rice, which was sticky as hell.

Nothing happened in the afternoon, so the two of them went to the library to read books all afternoon.

At five o'clock, when it was getting dark, the two of them came out of the library and prepared to go back.

Before I walked a few steps, I heard someone shouting: "Brother Chu, Brother Chu, Li Chu..."

The two stopped and looked across the road, only to see a young man waving his hands towards them, preparing to come over.

"Hey, why is it this kid?"

"Who?" Ding Qiunan asked curiously.

"Xu Damao lives in the backyard of our courtyard. I told you. There was no one at his house when we went there yesterday. He must have gone to the countryside to watch a movie."

While talking, Xu Damao came over.

"Brother Chu, I just went to your house to look for you. How come I haven't been home for a few days and you have done such a big thing?" Xu Damao kept talking as soon as he came over.

"Da Mao, this is your sister-in-law Ding Qiunan. Qiunan, this is Xu Damao from our backyard." Li Chu introduced the two people.

"Hello sister-in-law, just call me Damao."

"Brother Damao, Brother Chu and I went to your house yesterday, but you were not at home." Ding Qiunan nodded towards Xu Damao.

"This is not just after the busy farming season, they arranged for me to go down to show a movie. My brother Chu knows that I am often not at home. I have to go back today after two days of rest." Xu Damao explained.

"Da Mao, why are you going at this time?" Li Chu looked at him and asked.

"I've been out for half a month, right? Now I'm going to my partner's house to see her." Xu Damao chuckled.

"Have you two decided on a date?" Li Chu was a little curious.

Xu Damao grinned: "It's decided, it's the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."

"That'll be soon. It's getting late now. If you want to see your partner, go quickly. We'll talk when it's okay."

"Brother Chu, I really have something to trouble you with. Hehe!" Xu Damao rubbed his hands and felt a little embarrassed.

Li Chu was a little curious as to what Xu Damao could do with him.

Xu Damao took Li Chu's arm and walked a few steps aside. He turned back to Ding Qiunan and said, "Sister-in-law, let me have a few words with Brother Chu."

Ding Qiunan nodded.

Xu Damao pulled Li Chu about seven or eight meters away. He still wanted to go forward, but Li Chu shook off his hand and said, "Okay, your sister-in-law can't hear you. Tell me what's going on."

Seeing this, Xu Damao lowered his voice and said: "Hey, Brother Chu, I heard from others that you have the kind of medicine that men take. Hey, do you have any more? Can you sell me a few pills?"

"You're so young, why do you want that thing?" Li Chu felt a little strange, "Who did you hear about that I have that kind of medicine?"

"Brother Chu, I can't tell you who I heard it from. I want to buy you a few pills, but I won't take them." Xu Damao explained quickly.

"You really didn't eat it yourself?" Li Chu expressed serious doubts.

"That's not true. I'm not married yet. Why should I eat that stuff?" Xu Damao was a little anxious.

He turned around and looked around: "Brother Chu, let me tell you the truth, I want to buy a few pills to give to my father-in-law. You also know the situation of my partner's family. They don't lack anything, and I don't need it every time I go there.

I know what to take. Well, I heard that you have that medicine, so I wanted to buy a few pills and give them to my father-in-law secretly to cheer him up and save him from always wanting to see me."

"You kid!" Li Chu pointed at him with a smile: "I'll sell you a few pills. I don't care who you give them to, but I want to make it clear. You can only take one pill every three days at most. If you take too much, what will happen to me?"

It’s irresponsible.”

Xu Damao patted his chest and promised: "Brother Chu, I remember everything you said, and I will give you clear instructions."

"I happened to prepare this for someone else. I have it on me. I'll give it to you first." After saying that, Li Chu took out a paper bag filled with medicines that is common in hospitals and handed it to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao took it and opened it. There were ten small pills inside. While folding the bag, he asked: "Brother Chu, how much is this? I'll give you the money."

Li Chu looked at the actions of the two people and always felt that they were making another bad deal.

He shook his head, threw away this strange thought, and said, "Just give me 5 yuan."

Xu Damao gave the money without saying a word.

Li Chu took the money and said: "Okay, go quickly, I have to go back now."

"Hey, Brother Chu, let's talk later." Xu Damao happily greeted Ding Qiunan again and left.

Li Chu walked up to Ding Qiunan and took her hand: "Let's go, wife, come back quickly, I'm already hungry."

Ding Qiunan was a little curious: "Why is Xu Damao looking for you?"

"Buy medicine from me," and then whispered a few words into Ding Qiunan's ear.

After hearing this, Ding Qiunan spat: "They are not good people."

Li Chu joked with Ding Qiunan with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, how about I take one at night?"

"I'm going to kill you!" Ding Qiunan clenched her fist and hit him with a red face.

The two of them talked and laughed all the way home.

When he got home, Li Chu had already mixed the noodles and put them by the stove when he went out at noon. Now that the noodles are ready, he is ready to steam a few steamed buns, cook two bowls of porridge, and cook the remaining large plate of chicken at noon.

Hot, that's it for dinner.

The two of them were busy in the kitchen together. Li Chu looked at the smiling face and was immersed in it.

After dinner, Li Chu went to the sofa to read. After Ding Qiunan finished cleaning up, he took the wooden ruler at home to measure the sofa.

She planned to make a cotton cushion for the sofa, otherwise it would be impossible to sit on it in the winter.

After writing down the dimensions on a piece of paper, I then calculated what else I would need to buy at home until winter.