I Have a Lake as I Walk Through the Courtyard

After the rain stopped, Lin Feng went back to his casual mode in the kitchen. The dishes on the stove were all prepared. In order to entertain guests, Lin Feng had prepared five or six dishes. Now that there was only one person left, Lin Feng had no interest in cooking.

Looking at his watch, it was only a little past 10 a.m. Lin Feng simply sat in the kitchen and flipped through a booklet, studying the recipes and cooking methods!

A noisy commotion came from outside. Upon listening, he immediately recognized Sha Zhu's signature loud voice. Lin Feng was too lazy to join in the fun and stayed in the room to seriously study cooking techniques.

"What's wrong with you two siblings during the New Year?" Yi Zhonghai hurriedly stopped Sha Zhu, who was about to leave.

"Sigh, it's all my fault!" Sha Zhu recounted what had happened, and Yi Zhonghai patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry! Yushui is a grown woman now, nothing will happen to her. She's just angry for a moment, she'll figure it out on her own eventually. It's almost lunchtime, she'll come back when she's hungry!"

"Hey, what's going on here?" Stopped abruptly, the rain had already vanished without a trace by the sudden stop, and he could only return to the kitchen dejectedly to prepare lunch.

Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Sha Zhu return. "Is Grandma really alright? I was worried about Lin Feng!"

"What could possibly happen? We got it from Sha Zhu. If anything goes wrong, that idiot will take the blame."

Qin Huairu looked at the nearly empty plate of Beijing's eight delicacies and could only sigh helplessly. It was too late to say anything now!

There were so many miscellaneous things in the space that they would interrupt Lin Feng's cooking lessons from time to time. In this era without cell phones and televisions, Lin Feng actually found joy in learning!

Knowledge corroborates itself in the process of being applied, and Lin Feng's progress is rapid. He is so engrossed in his books that he can hardly put them down! Just when he finally put down his pig-raising business and was preparing to continue practicing his cooking skills, there was another knock on the door.

Lin Feng scratched his head. "Is this never going to end?! It's the first day of the Lunar New Year, can't you even let me have a moment's peace!" Frustrated, Lin Feng left the space. A chill swept over him, and he quickly put on his cotton-padded coat before rushing to open the door.

"Yu Haitang, what brings you here? What are you doing running around during the New Year?"

Yu Haitang rolled her eyes at him. "Hey, stop talking nonsense and come with me. If you keep arguing, it'll be dark!"

Seeing Yu Haitang's serious expression, Lin Feng stopped joking and pushed his bicycle out of the house. After leaving the courtyard, Yu Haitang naturally sat on the back of the bicycle, looking at Lin Feng, unsure of what to do with her hands. In the end, she pinched Lin Feng's cotton-padded jacket with two fingers, her whole face flushed, and she seemed lost in thought.

"Haitang, tell me where we're going?"

"Okay, off to school!"

Under Yu Haitang's guidance, Lin Feng rode for more than half an hour before arriving at the vocational school. The old man guarding the gate glanced at Lin Feng and then smiled at Yu Haitang next to him.

Lin Feng tactfully offered him a cigarette. "Happy New Year, sir!"

The old man took the cigarette. "You young people, you can't even have a moment's peace during the New Year! Go on, go on!"

There was almost no one in the school dormitory at this time. As soon as they got downstairs, the two of them saw Yushui sitting on the playground with a completely lifeless expression on his face.

"I can't persuade him anymore, you go! He's been like this all day."

Lin Feng looked at the girl in surprise, "How did you know she came to school?"

"She's my best friend, of course she'd come to me when she's upset! I came with her, and I tried everything to comfort her, but nothing worked. What happened?"

Lin Feng thought carefully for a moment. "Besides her own brother, who else could have hurt her like this?"

"Then go and try to comfort her!"

"If you can't even soothe him, how am I supposed to?"

"Go ahead! You're already here!"

"Alright, alright, I give up!"

After discussing it, the two quietly sat down on a bench next to the rain. Lin Feng remained silent for a long time, and Yu Haitao's eyes were almost tired from staring. Finally, Lin Feng managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"It's getting dark, let's go back for dinner!"

Yu Shui trembled slightly, but still didn't speak. Yu Haitang rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and winked at Lin Feng, as if to say, "That's it?"

"Oh, the rain! The canteen is closed today for the New Year, and there's nowhere to eat outside. You can't go against your own stomach. We made five or six dishes at home, but we can't finish them all. Why don't you go back and help me out?"

Pfft! Yu Haitang couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand and turn her head to look at the distant sky! It was so embarrassing, was she trying to coax a girl or a child?!

Rain didn't move, but her expression changed. Yu Haitang's movements beside her made Rain's face flush. Seeing Lin Feng's awkwardness, she felt a pang of pity. "I don't want to go back to that courtyard! I feel suffocated at home!"

"So what are you going to do these next few days? Go hungry. School won't start until at least the seventh day of the Lunar New Year! Can you handle that?"

Yu Haitang couldn't take it anymore. "Why can't you talk about anything besides food? Is food all you think about?"

"Yes! We have boiled sliced ​​pork, braised pork ribs, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried lotus root slices, sweet fermented rice fish balls, and even 'Farewell My Concubine'! If that's not enough, you can add hot and sour shredded potatoes!"

Lin Feng was speaking seriously when suddenly a gurgling sound came from the side. Yu Shui blushed as red as a monkey's bottom. Having not eaten all day, how could she hear such things?

Yu Haitang opened her mouth in surprise. "You're bragging, right? Where would you find so many good things? And 'Farewell My Concubine'? By the way, what's 'Farewell My Concubine'?"

"It's just turtle stew with chicken!"

"Hahaha! You're so annoying! You're hilarious..."

"Just tell me, is it flavorful enough? If I had the skills, I could have added a net bag to hold the eel; I don't know how to make those!"

The gurgling sounds beside them grew louder and louder, and Yu Shui playfully punched Lin Feng. "That's enough! You know I'm hungry, yet you still make it sound so tempting!"

"I can't take it anymore! This guy has so much good stuff at home, is he bragging? I want to go to his house and eat."

"You go if you want, I'm not going!" Although Yu Shui was hungry, she shook her head like a rattle drum at the thought of that courtyard.

Lin Feng shrugged, looking helpless. Yu Haitang quietly moved next to him, twisted his waist 180 degrees, and flashed her little tiger teeth.

Lin Feng grimaced in pain. He was perfectly fine at home, so what kind of suffering did he have to endure outside? Looking at the stubborn rain, he suddenly had a brilliant idea.

"Actually, you don't need to care too much about your brother. I know about your biological father!"

"Don't mention him!" Rain finally reacted, and reacted strongly, shouting at Lin Feng as tears welled up in her eyes.

As expected, the name wasn't wrong; this girl's boobs are much fuller than the average girl's. "Actually, your biological father has been writing back; I've seen it several times!"

Raindrops jumped up. "Is what you said true? Then why haven't I received a single one? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I was young then and didn't pay much attention, but when I saw it again last month, I started to feel that something was wrong!"

As soon as Lin Feng finished speaking, the rain shot out like an arrow, and Yu Haitang hurriedly grabbed him. "Where are you going?"

"post office!"

"Don't you even look at what time it is?"

The rain paused, stopping in place with a mixture of inexplicable emotions in its eyes.