Siheyuan: Starting from Retirement

Chen Xueru looked at him half-doubtfully, put down the skewers and said, "I'll toast with you."

"Okay, cheers."

They drank a cup.

Chen Xueru smiled and said, "Today, Hou Kui told me that he was taught a lesson by Jingli. I just knew what happened. You are so mean."

Long Zhan laughed after hearing this.

"Haha, this kid is rare."

Chen Xueru said proudly after hearing this, "That's right, of course my son is likable."

Long Zhan chatted with her with a smile on his face.

After dinner.

"Let's have some tea. It's just right for you to wait until the snow stops before going back."

"I have nothing to do today, so it's just right for me to accompany you more."

After saying that, she locked the door and pulled Long Zhan and said, "I'll go visit your bedroom."

...........

Chen Xueru smiled and stepped on the snow carefully out of the courtyard.

People didn't care when they saw it. After all, the snow on the ground was so thick, it was normal to walk slowly.

Long Zhan was in a good mood when he heard the system prompt in his mind.

He was right.

This is not easy to deal with, so he has to try another way.

[Ding~ Chen Xueru is completely conquered by the host and is 100% loyal to the host. ]

[Ding~ A film and television character is added to the honor wall, and the host is rewarded with the pupil technique "hypnosis" (the stronger the mental power, the more people can be hypnotized at the same time, and the maximum control is 24 hours). ]

"Receive it!"

Long Zhan closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair to collect the reward this time.

A cool energy enveloped his eyes.

The pupil technique instantly merged into the Eye of Reality.

Then the method of use appeared in his mind.

He looked at his eyes in the mirror and there was no change.

Long Zhan was also very satisfied.

The people in the courtyard all came back from get off work.

Sha Zhu and Liu Guangtian first cleaned up the snow for Long Zhan.

Long Zhan drank a sip of tea and looked at them with a smile on his face.

After they cleaned up, he gave each of them a pack of cigarettes as usual.

"Thank you, Uncle Long!"

"Thank you, Uncle Long!"

Long Zhan smiled kindly, "It's too cold outside, I'm going back to the house."

After saying that, he smiled and went back to the house.

He took out a plate of peanuts, some tavern side dishes and a few pieces of barbecue.

He took out the wine and poured it for himself.

Yan Jiecheng was eating, looking at a plate of Chinese cabbage, and said, "Dad, when can we get some meat?"

"Eat meat, what are you thinking? It's good enough to have these."

The third aunt also said, "That's right, you still eat meat. If you keep going like this, it will be a problem to eat enough."

"Hey, when can I eat well every day like Uncle Long?"

Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Yu Li said unhappily, "Have you seen Uncle Long eat well every day?"

"That's not the case, but his dog often catches prey."

Yan Fugui smiled and said, "If you catch prey every day, I'll ask your mother to get it for you."

"Hey, Dad, you are scolding me in a roundabout way."

"You know? The dog raised by Old Long knows how to repay his kindness, but what about you? I think it will become an ungrateful wolf. You really can't tame it."

Yan Jiecheng's face flushed, and he ate his meal in silence without saying anything.

The third aunt said, "Don't think your father's words are unpleasant. Elder Long has been good to us and has never been bad to you. Even if you don't know how to be grateful, you can't say everything.

If your words are heard by outsiders, it will be like what Elder Long is like. What if people misunderstand you?"

"I know."

Yan Jiecheng was still quite unconvinced.

As for Long Zhan being good to him, he felt that it was his due, and it didn't give him any benefit.

Yan Jiecheng's words were just heard by Yi Zhonghai who had just returned, and then he went back to the backyard with his hands behind his back.

When passing by the middle courtyard, he also looked at Long Zhan's house.

After returning home, he saw Jia Zhang and Bang Geng eating.

Especially when he saw Jia Zhang's eating, he felt even more disgusted.

"Old Yi, when can we get some more meat? Banggeng has become skinny."

"Yes, Grandpa, we eat cabbage every day. I want to eat meat."

Yi Zhonghai was even more angry, but he still smiled and comforted him: "Banggeng, when I get my salary and have meat coupons, I will go buy them. Now I can't buy them without coupons."

Banggeng asked, "Grandpa, can I buy meat buns tomorrow?"

Jia Zhang's eyes turned and said, "Old Yi, Long Lao's dog often catches prey. Why don't you hold a meeting one day and let the people in the yard force him to divide the prey."

"At most, he caught a rabbit. How can so many people share it? And it's not every day."

"You can take turns to share it. If you get it once a month, it's also meat. And I think he deliberately doesn't let the dog catch prey every day. Otherwise, if he can catch it once, why can't he catch it every day?"Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai also began to think.

However, Long Zhan is popular in the courtyard, so it is still difficult to gather everyone to deal with him.

If this situation continues for another year or two, it will be easy to deal with it when everyone is angry.

If the situation is handled well, he can re-establish his prestige.

"No, many people in the courtyard are indebted to him, and they will definitely not agree."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he continued: "Let's eat. This is not possible now. Let's see later."

In addition to them, several families were also talking about Da Huang and his prey.

They all thought it would be great if they could catch prey every day.

Long Zhan listened to the conversations of the people in the courtyard.

He took a sip of the wine glass.

"Hey, when people are hungry, I guess I don't know how many people will jump out except for the few loyal people."

The days after that were very peaceful.

Long Zhan occasionally went out for a walk, and most of the time he was at home reading books and drinking tea.

The courtyard was also very quiet, and nothing bad happened.

Three months later.

Many people began to go to the suburbs or mountains to pick wild vegetables, or try their luck to hunt prey.

The supply is becoming increasingly tight.

Flour has been sold for more than three yuan per pound on the black market, from a few cents per pound before.

The price of anything edible has soared.

Black market transactions are also becoming more and more popular, because at least you can buy something here, which you can't buy anywhere else.

Long Zhan was sitting at home drinking tea when the door was knocked.

"Come in."

The visitor is a resident of the house next door.

The family is also honest and decent.

Long Zhan didn't know what the other party wanted to say, so he smiled kindly and said, "Little Li, come and sit down."

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Long."

"Nothing to bother you, are you in trouble?"

Li Changhe sighed, "Mr. Long, I'm going to take my family back to my hometown. I really can't live like this."

After hearing this, Long Zhan nodded.

"Oh, yes, life is hard now. What are your plans when you go back?"

"Mr. Long, I'm going to sell my job and my house as well."