Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 299 Return to the courtyard
The next day, Xu Deyong woke up early as usual. Xu Huizhen held his arm and lay on her side in his arms. His palm habitually grasped the "troublemaker".

He himself is "taking the lead in refusing to give in", so now he is in high spirits.

After waking up early, Xu Deyong was full of yang energy. Holding his wife in his arms, he couldn't help but feel his appetite move and soon woke Xu Huizhen up.

Xu Huizhen grabbed his mischievous hand in confusion and muttered, "Stop it, it's only a few hours now, I want to sleep a little longer...!"

Well, since he couldn’t mess with a pregnant woman, Xu Deyong had no choice but to stop and get up to exercise to burn off his energy.

The familiar stone lock is turned on, it’s still better to be at home!

Xu Deyong worked up a layer of sweat after the exercise and felt refreshed. After washing up, he casually opened today's "blind box".

"Boom!"

A sack of soybeans fell into the blind box space.

Xu Deyong couldn't help grinning. The food was delicious and there was no such thing as too much. It was said that the next three years would be difficult, but it would take five years to restore the current living standard.

He is now a "hoarder" and cannot bear to see his wife and children go hungry in the future.

Facing the tide of the times, he can only carefully guard his own small home.

Since I cannot serve my country and bring honor to my family, I will just live my life in peace...

Well, in another thirty years, he will be only in his fifties, which is the age for a second spring. By then, he will have opportunities to capture Xiao Su in the north and Meiliruan in the west...

Just as he was daydreaming, Xu Deyong heard a child crying from inside the house, and he hurried into the house to take care of the child.

Little Chen Kui was woken up by the urge to pee. When he woke up and found himself in an unfamiliar environment, he started crying.

Xu Deyong quickly coaxed him, carried him out and let him defecate, then put him back on the bed, where he hummed for a while and fell asleep again.

Xu Deyong looked at his wife and two daughters again. They were all sleeping soundly. Well, his daughters were less of a worry to him.

Afterwards, he went out to the kitchen to light a fire, put firewood on the fire, and cooked the porridge first. As for rice, he bought some from the canteen at the door.

Around seven o'clock, the children and daughter-in-law woke up one after another.

Xu Deyong helped the three children wash and dress, and the three kids were chattering and crying.

This also made Xu Deyong realize that three children were enough, no more.

I can’t imagine the scene of Zhao Yali’s family with eight children.

However, in those days and for the next few decades, the children were raised in a free-range manner, and they were not as precious as the children of later generations!

Moreover, there are still many cases of children drowning in remote areas, especially baby girls.

After Xu Deyong came back, Xu Huizhen was liberated. She washed her face and brushed her teeth slowly with her slightly bulging belly covered.

Li'er and Xiao Chenkui were very obedient when eating, like greedy little piglets, and were even competing to see who could eat faster. But after Xu Huizhen said a few words to them, Xiao Chenkui immediately behaved himself.

Xiao Lier also winked secretly.

Ping'er was still little. She sat on Xu Deyong's lap and was fed. Her little legs were shaking with joy. She took a bite from time to time and shook her head happily. Her white and tender hair made people who saw her love her so much.

Sure enough, human cubs are the cutest!
After dinner, Xu Deyong began to pack up, with a few little followers following him. Wherever he went, the three little guys followed him curiously, laughing.

Xu Huizhen, on the other hand, just sat there lazily. Although she wasn't stupid for three years after pregnancy, she was too lazy to think and was a bit sleepy.

Finally, Xu Deyong packed up and the family got on a three-wheeled cart. Xu Deyong rode it and took them to Nanluoguxiang. On the way, they also bought some meat and some cakes such as caozi cake that grandma Xu Nanshi could chew.

However, most of it ends up in the children's mouths.

Half an hour later, Xu Deyong arrived at the gate of the courtyard with one child, one adult and three children.

Walking through the familiar alleys, he would occasionally meet a few familiar people and say hello. At the beginning, Xu Deyong didn't say that people hated him, but no one was willing to take the initiative to talk to him.

Now everyone around here knows that he has made some progress.

Of course, it’s just a little bit. What Beijing has no shortage of is promising people.

Moreover, in the eyes of outsiders, he also benefited from women, and everyone knew that he found a rich "widow".

As soon as the car stopped, Xiao Lier couldn't wait to say, "Dad, carry me down first."

Ping'er, who had been held between Xu Huizhen's legs, also stretched out her arms to join in the fun, and said in a babyish voice, "Down..."

When little Chen Kui arrived at a strange place, he looked around and appeared to be honest and shy.

Xu Deyong picked up Xiao Li'er and Xiao Chenkui, one in each hand, first.

Xiao Lier took Xiao Chenkui's hand and said, "I'll take you in."

When Ping'er saw that her brothers and sisters had all gone downstairs, she became so anxious that she kept humming.

Xu Deyong held her in his arms, helped Xu Huizhen out of the car, and then pushed the car into the yard.

Just then, Yan Bugui and the two brothers Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang were seen rummaging through the mess in the back room.

The two young boys, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang, worked reluctantly and lazily, their minds already set on playing outside.

When Xu Deyong and his family came in, the two men who were working absent-mindedly immediately noticed them and immediately put down their work and came up to greet them, "Brother Deyong, you're back!"

"Brother Deyong, weren't you sent to work in the countryside? You can't come back, right?"

"Brother Deyong, did you know that Jia Dongxu from the hospital has died..."

……

The two of them talked at once, and it was the time for young boys to admire others. Obviously, Xu Deyong was able to subdue Sha Zhu in martial arts, and he was also proficient in various skills, so he was the object of their admiration.

Xu Deyong smiled and "took out" two cheap candy balls from his pocket, saying, "Who said I can't come back?"

The younger one, the ten-year-old Yan Jiefang, saw the sugar ball and his eyes lit up. He opened his mouth and said, "I'll listen to me..."

"cough……."

Yan Bugui suddenly coughed and interrupted him, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? Come and clean up quickly."

Then he squinted his eyes and smiled: "Oh, Deyong is back."

Xu Deyong threw the candy ball to Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang to send them off, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are busy, what are you doing?"

Yan Bugui straightened up and said, "Aren't we going to store cabbages for the winter? I'll make some space for them. Our family of six depends on cabbages for the winter."

Xu Deyong said, "Hey, I just got back. If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about it. I'll go home and ask the old lady to get it ready first."

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Of course not, otherwise you are filial. It would be even better if the third uncle could benefit from your cart in the future!"

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "If I happen to come across it, I will definitely give it to the Third Master. You can go ahead and do your work."

After Xu Huizhen also said hello, the family entered the central courtyard. Xiao Li'er had already run in with little Chen Kui.

After entering the central courtyard, Xu Deyong discovered that the funeral hall was still hanging in Jia Dongxu's home. He counted with his fingers and found that today seemed to be the seventh day after Jia Dongxu's death...

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(End of this chapter)