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The Li family's reception area is in the main hall.
Relying on her memory of passing by the main hall over the past few days, Gu Xinglan followed the winding paths and finally found the place.
"Please sit down, I'll pour you some tea."
Just like when he first arrived, these people were extremely reserved in the face of the dazzling array of luxury goods, not even daring to sit down.
Seeing this, he smiled and felt that the people in the teaching staff had changed a lot.
"Sit down, we're all family here."
Looking at Gu Xinglan, the only familiar face, the teachers felt quite safe.
After the tea was poured to fill a circle, Li Yuan walked in.
"You'll only have two days to adapt to the Li family's rules. If you're not used to it, you can leave today." After saying that, two burly men walked into the main hall, carrying several whiteboards.
"Space is limited, and your accommodations are in different areas. You can decide who will stay where. You have half an hour."
The courtyards of the collateral branches are almost full, and most of the courtyards of the main branch are uninhabitable. The only place that is habitable is Li Jianbai's territory.
There are many empty rooms there, but they are too far away.
Gu Xinglan's eyes widened when she saw a circled spot on the whiteboard.
"Uncle Yuan, stay!"
He ran out and quickly stopped the old man.
"How come my yard is also fenced off?"
His little wooden bed was so small that it was difficult to even turn over. Li Hetai was a child, so of course he could sleep there. But if an adult were to share the bed with him, no one would be able to sleep well.
“You live alone in the courtyard. You think you can just stay in the Li family and freeload? Let me tell you, that's impossible.”
"So you really want to kick me out..." Gu Xinglan's head drooped, looking utterly listless.
"Alright, you can go live in the outer courtyard. You young people can't stand it. The outer courtyard is more suitable for you."
The only job available to the students in the foreign language department right now is cleaning.
After the courtyard was taken back, Gu Xinglan's plan to decorate it was also delayed.
Le Hoa Thai, it's not that he couldn't defend that land, it's just that he had the will but not the strength.
It was a cloudy day with occasional flashes of lightning, but the thunder was very faint.
Leaving now feels like adding insult to injury.
Sure enough, when we arrived at the dormitory of the Foreign Languages Department, it was a large dormitory with shared sleeping areas.
Gu Xinglan walked around twice but couldn't find any empty spots; there wasn't a single place for him to sleep.
The dormitory all had mattresses; he couldn't possibly just take over someone else's bed.
"Hey, hey, hey, where did you come from!"
Someone outside the dormitory struck the floor twice with a large bamboo whip.
He immediately stood at attention, "I transferred from the inner courtyard to work in the outer courtyard!"
"Working?"
"Are you here to replace Li Zhuang?"
Li Zhuang went to Li Jianbai's place, and a spot in the outer courtyard became available. He nodded quickly.
“That won’t work. Li Zhuang’s job is complicated, and you’re new here, so you can’t do it.”
The people outside put away their bamboo whips and gave him a broom.
"Go and sweep the pigsty."
Pigs, pigsty?
The pigs in the Li family's house were not raised for food, but specifically for use as sacrificial offerings.
Gu Xinglan held a broom, wearing work clothes, her expression somewhat stiff.
The big and little pigs grunted and squealed in the pen. Upon seeing a stranger, they jumped over the low fence and knocked Gu Xinglan into a haystack.
He almost brushed his face against some unidentified object.
No, he can't take it anymore... Gu Xinglan took off his gloves, covered his mouth and ran out of the pigpen, where he vomited in the sink.
Several men who were using the restroom burst into laughter upon seeing this.
"Kid, you're not suited to work here. You can't even handle pigs, so what about the sheep? What will happen to them?"
sheep?
The gloomy sky finally gave way and started to rain.
After cleaning the pigsty, Gu Xinglan sat on the steps, pulled open her collar, and dusted herself off several times; the clothes were steaming hot.
He smells like a pig now.
"Xinglan, the sheepfold isn't even finished yet, why are you sitting down to rest? Come here!"
There are also sheep.
By the time the sheepfold was cleaned up, his waist was almost gone.
Gu Xinglan, with droopy eyelids, slowly dragged her tools back to the dormitory.
"There are people sleeping here, why don't you make do on the floor?"
The person who was brushing their teeth walked over.
"Also, there isn't an extra mattress. Would you like to put on a straw mat?"
"Tonight's dinner is a boxed lunch with two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes."
Gu Xinglan held the lunchbox, her hands trembling slightly.
There aren't two meat dishes in the lunchbox. Does adding some minced meat make it a meat dish?
"I'll give you mine."
The lunchbox was moved in front of Gu Xinglan.
This is two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, four meatballs and two pieces of lean and fatty meat.
He didn't take it, but looked at the person who came.
He was a young man, seemingly younger than him, and his voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Anyone would be defeated if they were looked at like that.
The young man holding the lunchbox scratched his head. "Hey buddy, you're really good-looking."
"..." Gu Xinglan regained her senses and waved her hand, "You can eat by yourself, no need for a meal."
He's going to freeload a meal and maybe even use the bathroom while he's there.
Without hesitation, Gu Xinglan followed the road to Liu Feizhou's residence.
Liu Feizhou lives in the courtyard where he used to live. It is filled with books, various daily necessities, and even the refrigerator is stocked with all kinds of drinks and fruits.
When did he start receiving this treatment?
"Long time no see, Mr. Gu." Liu Feizhou, wearing large glasses, seemed to have guessed that he would come.
As soon as Gu Xinglan approached, he frowned slightly.
"You think it smells bad? Let me take a shower first."
He spent half a day with pigs and sheep, and his clothes had completely gone bad.
"No, that's not what I meant."
Liu Feizhou quietly raised his eyes.
After not seeing him for a long time, he felt that Gu Xinglan had changed again.
Even now, though covered by mud, it cannot conceal her beauty in the slightest.
If he hadn't come here, he would have almost forgotten that there was such a passerby in his life.
After taking a shower, Gu Xinglan squeezed onto Liu Feizhou's bed.
He was the only one in the room.
Sleeping on a straw mat in the communal dormitory is not as good as sleeping here.
At least there weren't dozens of feet pointing at him, and he had a soft blanket to cushion his sleep on the floor.
My life of going back and forth between two points begins today. I go to work at the Foreign Languages Institute in the morning and come back in the evening. I can also borrow Liu Feizhou's books to read and the two of us can have a drink and watch TV together.
One day after finishing work.
Gu Xinglan was halfway there when she remembered that she had left her phone in the sheepfold.
These past few days, he's been doing the same repetitive tasks, and his brain is starting to rust.
He has now learned how to herd the pigs and sheep back into their pens; the only thing missing is the ability to talk to them directly.
It's been drizzling for the past few days; it must be because the seasons are changing.
Gu Xinglan straightened her clothes and walked back to the sheepfold through the raindrops. On the way, she saw the old man guarding the sheepfold leading the lead sheep out.
They even locked the sheepfold door before leaving.
Don't we usually lock the door at night?
The old man walked very fast. He called out twice, but the other person didn't stop and started leading the sheep up the mountain path.
Without a cell phone, how could he play single-player games with Liu Feizhou at night? Gu Xinglan called out, but the old man walked faster and faster, so he quickly took off to catch up.
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