Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1321: People Believe in Fate (Edited)
In the early morning, when the first rays of morning light gently pass over the gray tiles and red walls of the courtyard, the entire courtyard seems to be covered by a layer of soft golden gauze, with a bit of vitality in the tranquility.

Zhang Yu was on the edge of sleep, enjoying this rare tranquility.

However, this tranquility was short-lived.

Gradually, all kinds of sounds began to fill the courtyard.

First, a few crisp bicycle bells were heard in the distant alley. They were the sounds of people getting up early and going to work.

Their figures are looming in the morning light, adding a busy atmosphere to the ancient city.

Next came the cheerful singing of birds in the old locust tree in the yard. Their chirping, some high, some low, some long, some short, was like nature's alarm clock, announcing the beginning of a new day.

Afterwards, subtle noises were heard from various rooms in the courtyard; these were the sounds of people getting up.

In some rooms, the elderly were making their beds carefully, for fear of waking up their sleeping family members; in others, children were jumping out of bed excitedly, eager to start a new day's adventure.

But after a while, the yard became lively.

The sound of pots and pans colliding could be heard everywhere, and enticing aromas began to waft from the pots in each household. It was the smell of breakfast, the smell of home.

All of these are intertwined together to form a warm melody of life.

Zhang Yu was surrounded by these sounds and gradually woke up from his dream.

When I opened my eyes, it was bright outside the window.

The sunlight shines through the window and falls on his face, bringing a touch of warmth.

"System, start today's sign-in."

"Ding, congratulations to the host, you have successfully signed in today and received a back-to-school suit x1."

"Back-to-school suit?" Zhang Yu was a little confused when he heard the name.

He turned his head and looked at the system space, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

I saw a bunch of things appearing in the system space, ranging from small items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, pens, notebooks, ink, towels, soap... to large items like washbasins, thermoses, and even six-piece bedding sets. It can be said that all the things that will be used after school starts are integrated together.

Moreover, the six-piece bedding set is not what everyone generally calls sheets, quilt covers, pillowcases, etc.

Instead, there were two quilts, a very thick mattress, a pillow, and two sheets that were obviously of very good quality.

Not only that, both quilts were covered with quilt covers.

The most important thing is that no one knows where the system got these items from, but at first glance, these items are particularly consistent with the characteristics of the 60s.

As long as you are willing, these things can basically be acquired in the 60s.

Okay, that saves us some trouble this time.

However, it seems that the things prepared before are no longer useful.

But it doesn’t matter, those are good things and you can keep them at home.

After sighing for the system's progress today, he took out those things in the back-to-school kit that he could use immediately from the space and put them into two large sacks.

Because he has to report tomorrow, Zhang Yu doesn't plan to do anything today and just wants to wander around.

"Xiao Yu, are you up? If you are, come out for dinner." Before Zhang Yu could decide where to go today, there was a knock on the door and his aunt called out through the window.

"It's up, it's up! Aunt, I'll be right out."

Zhang Yu rolled over and stood up from the bed.

Summer clothes are light and thin. He put them on in no time. Then he casually smoothed his hair which was a little frizzy after a night's sleep, and hurried to open the door.

"Sister."

Seeing Zhang Yu coming out, Zhang Guifang smiled and urged him, "Go wash your face quickly so you can eat later."

When Zhang Yu went to wash his face, he heard his aunt yelling upstairs: "Big brother, second brother, third brother, Xiaoping, come down to eat."

After one sound, the sounds of people getting up could be heard one after another upstairs.

The three brothers who needed to go to work came down first.

After a while, Zhao Xiaoping, with a dazed look on her face, also walked down from upstairs in a daze.

She yawned, looked at Zhang Guifang who was carrying the bowl into the house, and said dazedly, "Mom, you guys eat first. I don't have to go to work today. I want to sleep a little longer. I'll eat later."

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and go back upstairs to continue sleeping.

Zhang Guifang put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, grabbed her little girl, and said disapprovingly: "No, go back to sleep after dinner."

"Mom, I'm not hungry yet." Zhao Xiaoping rubbed her eyes and said helplessly.

"That won't work either. You absolutely can't skip breakfast. If you don't want to eat steamed bread, at least have a bowl of porridge. It will fill your stomach and make you sleep more comfortably."

Zhang Guifang has lived a hard life. She was very hungry as a child and developed a chronic illness. She knows what it feels like to have stomachache.

Therefore, she has always paid special attention to the health of her children.

Although life has not been easy in recent years, Zhang Guifang always tries her best to bring food home so that her children can have more to eat.

In fact, the Zhao family's situation was quite good. Several children in the family all had jobs, Zhang Guifang and Zhao Wenzhuo were also capable, and Zhang Yu would find excuses from time to time to bring food home, so the Zhao family was not short of food overall.

Moreover, as the disaster year was coming to an end, Zhang Guifang gradually became less frugal than before.

Apart from anything else, some time ago there was only thin food in the morning, but now there is even steamed corn bread in the morning.

Zhang Guifang’s cooking skills are pretty good, and with the food Zhang Yu brought back.

Even though it is just a cornmeal steamed bread, many families cannot afford to eat such steamed bread.

Since making full use of the functions of the automatic wine brewing machine, Zhang Yu can process food by himself in the space.

Although it is an automatic wine-making machine, its function is to make wine, not to grind flour.

But it can be said that it is worthy of being a product of the system. Each program has its use, and it is no worse than the flour grinders outside for grinding flour.

The grains that are threshed are much finer than those bought outside.

So even though the steamed bread at home is made of cornmeal, it doesn’t cause choking in the throat.

In order to make the taste more fragrant, Zhang Yu also mixed some bean flour into the corn flour.

Not to mention, in order to make it taste better, Zhang Guifang also added two scoops of wheat flour into it.

This can be seen from the fact that Zhao Feng had already stuffed two or three steamed buns into his stomach while Zhang Yu was only washing his face.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll drink it, isn't it okay?" Looking at her mother's determined face, Zhao Xiaoping shook her head helplessly.

"Go wash your face quickly and be refreshed." Zhang Guifang urged her little girl in a gentle voice.

Turning around and looking at the dawdling man, she couldn't help but get angry again: "Why don't you hurry up? You're always so dawdling. I've already prepared the meal, but you haven't shaved clean yet. Really, every day..."

Listening to Zhang Guifang's nagging, Zhao Wenzhuo was not angry. He touched his freshly shaved beard and smiled: "Here I come! My wife has worked hard."

After hearing what he said, Zhang Guifang was no longer angry.

His tone was much softer: "Okay, why don't you come over and get your bowl to eat."

"Come here!"

……

There was not much time in the morning and everyone had to rush to work, so no one was talking at the table. Everyone just kept eating.

After they had almost finished eating, everyone slowed down their eating pace.

Zhang Guifang picked up a small pickle for her husband: "Don't just eat the rice, eat some pickles."

"Okay, you eat too, wife." Zhao Wenzhuo ate the pickled vegetables that his wife picked up, then turned around and picked up a piece of pickled cucumber for his wife. Looking at the extra pickled cucumber in the bowl, Zhang Guifang's mouth curled up.

"Don't worry about me, you're tired from work, eat more."

……

Looking at the parents (aunt and uncle) who are an old couple but still look so sweet, everyone felt a little annoyed for some reason.

Feeling the gazes of her children, Zhang Guifang felt a little embarrassed.

Bai glared at the kids and said unhappily, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and eat. Aren't you going to work soon?"

Seeing that their mother was about to get angry and embarrassed, the children wisely lowered their heads and started to eat.

Can't be bothered, can't be bothered!
After the blush, Zhang Guifang quickly returned to normal.

After finishing the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, she put down her chopsticks.

Turning around to look at the children who were eating with relish, a gratified smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something.

He casually said, "Boss, can you get off work early tonight? I'll take you to see someone."

Zhao Feng was drinking porridge when he heard these words. He raised his head subconsciously with some confusion in his eyes.

"Mom, who are you taking me to see?"

"Why do you care so much? Just come with me." I don't know what Zhang Guifang was thinking about, her tone was not very good.

Turning around, he reminded her, "By the way, you better tidy up for me. Shave my beard and wash my neck. I made you a pair of new pants a while ago. Just wear those..."

Listening to Zhang Guifang's instructions, even though Zhao Feng was stunned, he knew that she was going to find a partner for him.

He pursed his lips, looking somewhat unhappy: "Mom, I don't want to see you recently."

He had just been cheated by Shu Xin, and he really didn't want to have any contact with girls recently.

Zhang Guifang glared at him and said, "You have to go whether you want to or not. I'm not here to ask for your opinion. I'm just here to inform you."

After that, he warned: "Listen to me, straighten yourself out, get over here quickly, and don't cause any more trouble for me.

The girl I arranged for you this time is a secondary school student, her parents are my old friends, and her parents are quiet and gentle, much more reliable than those you see outside."

As she spoke, Zhang Guifang sighed, "I finally understand. Your marriage still has to be arranged by your family."

Zhao Feng was still a little unhappy: "Mom, nowadays people are talking about freedom in love."

"Freedom of love, have I ever given you freedom? But look at the people you've found, which one is reliable? The country advocates freedom of love, but it doesn't allow you to have freedom in everything.

Look at your objects. They are not objects at all. They are just monsters. There are not so many kinds of monsters..."

When talking about her son's past boyfriends, Zhang Guifang gets furious.

I don’t know if this brat is blind or what, he’s like this when he finds one partner, and he’s like this when he finds another.

Other people can get married after dating one partner, but this guy has dated several. There is nothing else to worry about except that he has been cheated.

Every time you do it, you get unlucky.

This was the first time someone used me as a spare tire. It was Xiaoyu who used the term "spare tire".

Zhang Guifang feels that this word is particularly accurate.

Isn't it just a spare tire?

Not only is he a spare tire, but the woman also wants to plant this bastard on her own son.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guifang, who considers herself a civilized person, couldn't help but swear.

Not only that, it almost implicated my little girl.

If anything really happened to the little girl, Zhang Guifang would beat her own silly boy to death.

It's blinding for him to date such a troublemaker.

The second time he started dating, he almost lost his life. The key point was that the other person still treated him as a backup.

Not to mention the third time, this time he couldn't even be a spare tire. She just fell in love with the money in his hand and pretended to be pitiful to cheat him out of his money.

The key point is that this silly boy is stubborn and believes whatever others say.

Listening to his mother's complaints, Zhao Feng felt a little heartbroken.

"I...I..." He wanted to defend himself, but the facts were there and he was speechless for a moment.

Looking at his elder brother who was blushing with suffocation, and thinking of his physical condition, Zhang Yu kindly advised: "Yes, elder brother, I think you should give up the idea of ​​free love and honestly accept the arrangement of your family."

Zhang Yu was really afraid of his elder brother's scum-attracting personality.

This is no longer just sucking up scum.

The others also began to advise.

They were really afraid of the people their eldest brother was dating.

Zhao Xiaoping couldn't help but joke, "Brother, if you continue to have a free love relationship, you will probably increase our father's performance."

"Haha, hahahaha!"

The others couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhao Feng wanted to lose his temper, but when he thought about the situations of his previous girlfriends and this liar who he had not yet been with, he suddenly fell silent again.

Although what I said may not sound nice, if things continue to develop in this way, I'm afraid my father will have to intervene.

"No, no, no!" Zhao Feng shook his head violently, trying to get rid of this terrible thought.

What happened to him before...what happened before was just a coincidence. He will definitely find a good partner.

I wouldn't do anything to increase my dad's performance like my younger sister said.

That's all nonsense, nonsense!

But although Zhao Feng appeared resolute on the surface, he actually felt a little bit fearful inside.

What if...what if what my little sister said is true?
He...he really...

Oh my God!

Give him a good partner!
No, he doesn't want a perfect partner.

He knew very well who he was, and he was not worthy of even the most perfect partner.

He just wants an ordinary person, an ordinary object.

It doesn't matter how beautiful she is, or how gentle and considerate she is, as long as she is a normal person.

Yes, the key is normal people!
Stop those monsters!

Although no one could hear what Zhao Feng was thinking, they could guess what he was thinking just by looking at his expression.

"Puchi, hahahaha!" Zhang Yu really couldn't help laughing out loud.

Facing the resentful gaze of his elder brother, Zhang Yu laughed so hard that his whole body trembled.

"Xiaoyu!"

"Okay, I won't laugh anymore, I won't laugh anymore! But brother, let's be serious. Sometimes people have to believe in fate. You may not be born with the fate of free love. If you force it, you will only suffer the consequences. Otherwise, you should meet the person that my aunt introduced to you. What if... what if you like him or her?"