Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 693: Making New Friends
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the school bell rang and the day's study was over. Wang Zhan only knew three classmates. In addition to He Yushui, there were two male classmates sitting in the front row of him. One was named Xiao Zhenwu, everyone called him Xiaowu, and the other was named Wang Mingyang, everyone called him Xiaosi.

Wang Zhan understood why Xiao Wu was called Xiao Wu, but he didn't understand why Wang Ming was called Xiao Si. Later, when Xiao Wu explained, Wang Zhan realized that they were childhood friends and had been inseparable since childhood, doing everything together. When their classmates saw them, they were simply brothers, so they directly gave Wang Ming the nickname Xiao Si, which means Xiao Wu's brother.

Wang Zhan packed his schoolbag and helped his sister pack it. Just as he was about to stand up, Xiao Wu turned around and asked, "Wang Zhan, do you want to go ice skating? It's at Shichahai?"

Wang Zhan said, "Not today, maybe next time. I'll go with you two brothers next time."

The two brothers nodded, carried their schoolbags and ran away. He Yushui came over and said, "Let's go home together?"

Wang Zhan and Wang Li stood up and walked out of the classroom with He Yushui and went home. He Yushui and Wang Li were chatting and skipping in front, while Wang Zhan followed behind with his schoolbag on his back.

They first arrived at the entrance of Maoer Hutong, and Wang Zhan asked, "Will your brother come back? If not, you can go to my house to do your homework, and then come back after dinner."

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "I'll go home first. If my brother isn't back, I'll go to your house."

Wang Zhan nodded and took his sister home. As they walked, he asked, "Are you tired today?"

"Not tired, I like going to school." Wang Li said a little excitedly.

Wang Zhan smiled, returned home and opened the door, and the two of them went to the study to put down their schoolbags. Wang Zhan asked Wang Li to play by herself first, and he went to make a fire. Although it was March, the weather was still a little cold.

Wang Zhan had just lit the fire when he heard a knock on the door. Wang Zhan knew that it must be He Yushui.

She opened the door and took He Yushui to the study. The two of them sat down and started doing their homework. Wang Li played by herself on the side and didn't disturb them.

After finishing his homework, Wang Zhan let Wang Li and He Yushui play for a while and went to the kitchen to cook. Wang Zhan heated up some braised pork and fried two dishes, one was stir-fried pork with water dumplings and the other was stewed pork ribs with potatoes. He also mixed some radish skin. The staple food was rice.

When Wang Zhan called He Yushui to serve the dishes, He Yushui took Wang Li to the kitchen. When they saw the pork ribs stewed with potatoes, their eyes lit up.

The three of them were eating in the restaurant, and Wang Li said, "Pork ribs are still delicious. Do you have any more pork ribs at home?"

"There are plenty. You forgot that I bought half a pig." Wang Zhan replied.

He Yushui was a little embarrassed to pick up the ribs. Wang Zhan was not happy about it and tried to pick up some vegetables for him. He Yushui finally had no choice but to say, "I'll do it myself."

After the three of them finished eating, He Yushui rushed to wash the dishes, and Wang Zhan did not stop her. After she finished washing the dishes, the three of them returned to the study in the backyard. Wang Zhan poured a glass of water for all three of them. Wang Zhan said, "Yushui, since we brothers and sisters asked you to come to my house for dinner, don't be polite to us. I am very rich. If you are always cautious, how can we get along in the future?"

When He Yushui heard this, he thought for a while and said, "After all, I'm not your family member. I feel embarrassed to disturb you all the time." "Who said you're not a family member? You are my sister, Wang Li's sister. Just treat this place as your own home. My sister and I are also orphans, so I understand you very well. We are still young, and it's good for us to take care of each other as we grow up." Wang Zhan said.

"Yes, you are my sister. You have a brother, and now you have a sister too." Wang Li said happily.

He Yushui immediately opened the shackles in her heart, and said happily with tears in her eyes: "Okay, I am Lili's sister."

Wang Zhan also smiled and said, "Isn't that right? Okay, you two go play while I prepare tomorrow's lunch. Oh, by the way, starting tomorrow, you don't have to go to the cafeteria to eat. Eat with us and I'll take your portion."

After saying that, Wang Zhan turned and went out. Two silver bell-like laughs came from the house, echoing in the yard.

Wang Zhan's school is not far from his home, only about ten minutes' walk. Now He Yushui waits for him at the entrance of Maoer Hutong East Hutong early every day, and then the three of them go to school together.

Over the course of a few days, Wang Zhan saw many familiar people at school, most of whom were pointed out to him by He Yushui. He saw Yan Jiecheng, Liu Guangqi and his brother Liu Guangtian, and Yan Bugui, but Yan Bugui was now teaching first grade, so he had little interaction with these people.

Yan Bugui is very low-key at school, so low-key that even Wang Zhan finds it difficult to see him and he is almost invisible at school.

After school on Saturday, Wang Zhan and his sister and He Yushui followed Xiaowu and Xiaosi to Shichahai. They had an appointment to go ice skating that day. When they got there, they were dumbfounded. Xiaowu and Xiaosi had taken the ice sleds they had prepared from their neighbor's children, but they didn't have them.

Xiao Wu took one look and said, "It's okay, I'll let He Yushui and my sister play with mine, we'll play one."

Wang Zhan said, "You and Xiao Si go play first. I'll take care of my sister. Thank you, brothers."

"We're just following each other. Okay, let's go." Xiao Si shouted, and started skating quickly with Xiao Wu. It was obvious that they were veterans.

It was also He Yushui's first time to ride on an ice sled, and it was Wang Li's first time to see it, so Wang Zhan had no choice but to let the two of them sit on it and then push it from behind. He Yushui was trying hard to learn how to slide the ice pick from the others. After a while, He Yushui was able to slide with Wang Li, so Wang Zhan let go and stood aside and watched.

The entire ice surface was filled with children's laughter. Further away was the real ice rink, which was full of teenagers wearing skates, and there were cheers from time to time.

The sensitive Wang Zhan discovered something wrong at this time. There was a river beach along the Qianhai Nanhe River. It was early spring and the place was bare. No one went there at all. But at this time, there were more than ten people standing there. They were obviously adults, and more and more people were gathering there.

Following their gaze, Wang Zhan keenly discovered that they were observing a group of people in military uniforms skating on the ice rink. There were about 10 to 20 people in the group, most of whom looked to be in their teens. They were holding hands and forming a big circle, having fun and laughing from time to time.

Wang Zhan did not move. He approached his sister and He Yushui and whispered a few words to He Yushui. He Yushui was startled at first, then looked towards Nanheyan, then got off the ice car and ran towards Majialou with Wang Li, because across Majialou is Gulou Street, and across the street is Maoer Hutong.

(End of this chapter)