Chapter 1186 Everyone in the small courtyard is gathered, and Hu Youyu is depressed
Zhou Chen came to the kitchen downstairs and prepared some noodles.
In a daze, Xu Hongdou heard someone knocking on her door, and then she heard Zhou Chen's voice.
"Xu Hongdou, it's time for dinner. I cooked noodles. Do you want to come down and eat together?"
"Is it night?"
Xu Hongdou looked at the darkness in the room with sleepy eyes, and then realized that he had slept for several hours.
Because I walked too much in the afternoon and slept for so long, I was really hungry.
"Thank you, you can eat first, I have to clean up."
"It doesn't matter, I haven't started yet. You can come down after cleaning up for a while. I also need to have dinner anyway, so it won't be a problem for one more person."
"Okay then, just wait for me for a while."
She was indeed a little hungry, and her wariness towards Zhou Chen had been reduced a lot after spending an afternoon together, so she did not reject Zhou Chen's invitation.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the kitchen downstairs."
Although Zhou Chen rarely cooks by himself, he can still make some simple meals, not to mention cooking noodles, which has a lower technical content.
Xu Hongdou sat up from the bed, looked at the photo in her arms, and said with gentle eyes: "Chen Nanxing, I have to get up to eat."
Ma Qiushan was no longer meditating, but was sitting in the tea room making tea. He was very surprised when he saw Zhou Chen coming down from the new tenant's room, and waved to Zhou Chen.
"Zhou Chen, this new tenant has just arrived, and you already know her?"
When Xu Hongdou came this morning, he was meditating. Although he didn't say hello, he knew it was a female tenant.
Zhou Chen smiled and replied: "We have known each other for a long time. Mr. Ma, I want to cook noodles now. Do you want to cook some noodles for you?"
Ma Qiushan waved his hand: "No, you know that I won't eat after lunch."
"Yes, but I saw you in the kitchen a few times at night, Mr. Ma, and I didn't know what you were doing."
"Cough cough, cough cough."
Ma Qiushan choked on Zhou Chen's words and coughed repeatedly. He was about to retort and save his image, but saw Zhou Chen go to the kitchen without looking back.
Looking at the tea cup in his hand again, his stomach growled for no reason, so he put down the tea cup and walked out of the tea room.
When he came to the kitchen, he saw Zhou Chen boiling water.
"Because you took the initiative to invite me, I will give you this face, just give me less."
Zhou Chen chuckled and said, "No problem, it's just simple vegetable and egg noodles."
"It's good to be plain, it's good to be plain."
With that said, he walked to the restaurant inside the house and sat down. He had lived here for a long time and usually cooked and ate by himself.
In this small courtyard, before Zhou Chen came, the four tenants could hardly get together to eat together.
Needless to say, Nana has to go out to work during the day and rarely does anything in the courtyard; Damai is a night owl, sleeping during the day and only coming out to look for food at night and early in the morning.
Another one, Hu Youyu, is also a night owl. He works in a bar and basically stays in his room during the day. He only goes out to work in the bar in the afternoon.
So during the day, Ma Qiushan basically cooks and eats by himself.
After Zhou Chen arrived, although he spent most of his time eating out at restaurants, he could also cook by himself, so it was Zhou Chen who spent the most time in contact with Ma Qiu Shan.
Xu Hongdou tidied up his appearance and came downstairs. At this time, Zhou Chen had already cooked the noodles.
"Come down. Let's go sit down in the restaurant first. The noodles are ready."
"Thank you, Zhou Chen, I'm really troubling you."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "What does this mean? We are considered friends and we should help each other."
Xu Hongdou smiled sweetly. She was actually not used to men being enthusiastic about her, but for some reason, Zhou Chen gave her different senses.
When she arrived at the restaurant, she saw Ma Qiushan already sitting at the dining table, and she immediately took the initiative to introduce herself.
"Hello, I am the new tenant, Xu Hongdou."
Ma Qiushan nodded, smoothed his hair with his hands, and then shook it back, very coquettishly.
"Hello, I'm Ma Qiushan from Room 2."
Zhou Chen came over with a bowl in hand: "Xu Hongdou, just call him Ma Ye. We usually call him that."
Xu Hongdou smiled slightly and called out openly: "Master Ma."
Ma Qiushan smiled, and then asked curiously: "I heard from Zhou Chen that you and he are old acquaintances? Did you make an appointment to come here together?"
"No, Mr. Ma, you have misunderstood. I have known him before, but we are not familiar with each other. We did not make an appointment to come here. It can only be said to be a coincidence, a coincidence." Xu Hongdou explained.
Mr. Ma blinked twice: "I understand, I understand, it's a coincidence."
Xu Hongdou looked helpless, but she didn't explain any more. She didn't care what others thought.
Zhou Chen brought the pot over, filled Xu Hongdou and Ma Qiushan with noodles, and then filled another bowl for himself.
"It's just the simplest fried egg noodles with vegetables. I asked Aunt Agui to bring the vegetables in the morning. They are all fresh."
"Thank you, Zhou Chen."
Xu Hongdou picked up the chopsticks and was about to start.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, and then a young and beautiful girl walked in gracefully.
"Zhou Chen, Master Ma, are eating. You, hey, are these the new tenants of our courtyard?"
Nana was very surprised when she saw Xu Hongdou. She and Xie Xiaochun worked together, so she naturally knew that room No. 6 had been rented, so when she saw the unfamiliar Xu Hongdou, she immediately guessed Xu Hongdou's identity.
Xu Hongdou put down his chopsticks and said proactively: "Hello, my name is Xu Hongdou. Nice to meet you."
Nana also showed a bright smile, walked towards Xu Hongdou, and shook hands with Xu Hongdou.
"Hello, I'm Nana."
"So you are the Nana who Xie Xiaochun told me about, living in Room 1. Nana, you are so good-looking."
"No way, you are so beautiful."
The two women were obviously very harmonious when they first met, and they had already begun to compliment each other.
Zhou Chen asked: "Nana, I cooked noodles, do you want some too?"
Nana looked at Zhou Chen and the others who were preparing to eat, so she nodded and said, "Okay."
With that said, she went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks, filled herself with noodles, and sat down in the empty seat next to Ma Qiu Shan.
"Master Ma, didn't you eat after lunch? Why did you eat today?"
Ma Qiushan said without changing his expression: "This is a new tenant. Let's celebrate."
"To celebrate, we just eat noodles. Isn't it made by you?"
Nana just made a few jokes.
Ma Qiushan changed the subject and said, "Nana, you still don't know that Zhou Chen and Xu Hongdou have known each other before."
"Ah? Is there still such a thing?"
Nana was very surprised. Looking at Zhou Chen, a woman's intuition suddenly came out. She couldn't help but think of what Zhou Chen said that night.
Zhou Chen said that he came here to wait for someone, a destined person.
Could it be?
She couldn't help but look at Xu Hongdou again, couldn't it be like this?
Xu Hongdou saw the look in Nana's eyes and didn't think much about it. She thought Nana was also curious, so she explained.
"Zhou Chen and I met once before in the capital. At that time, he was drawing in the park, and then he drew a picture for me and my friend, but we only met that once. When I met him here, I also
Very surprised."
Zhou Chen also said: "Xu Hongdou is right, we just met each other on one side, and we are really destined to meet here."
Nana saw that they didn't seem to be lying, so she suddenly said: "So that's it, then you are really destined to be special, but Zhou Chen, aren't you from Modu? How did you meet Hongdou in the capital?"
Xu Hongdou was also surprised when he heard this: "Zhou Chen, you don't work in the capital?"
Zhou Chen said: "No, I'm from Shanghai. I went to the capital on a business trip last year."
"Oh, I thought you were from the capital."
Now Nana and Ma Qiushan understood that Xu Hongdou and Zhou Chen were indeed not familiar with each other, otherwise it would be impossible for them not to know that Zhou Chen was from Modu.
"Eat noodles, eat noodles."
The four of them finished the whole pot of noodles very quickly. Of course, Zhou Chen and Ma Qiushan were the main ones, while Xu Hongdou and Nana each ate a bowl.
"Yo, yo, what's going on? Are you having a meeting?"
Hu Youyu suddenly walked in with a guitar on his back.
Nana asked in confusion: "Teacher Hu, why did you come back so early today?"
Hu Youyu said depressedly: "Something happened in the bar today. It closed early. I'm coming back right now. What are you doing? Oops, who is this beauty I don't know? She's new here.
tenant?"
With that said, without waiting for anyone else to introduce him, he rushed to Xu Hongdou and stretched out his hand.
"Hello, beauty, my name is Hu Youyu and I am a musician."
Nana coughed several times: "Teacher Hu, can you stop being so self-proclaimed and a musician?"
Hu Youyu shouted dissatisfied: "What's wrong, why am I not a musician anymore? I write and sing my own songs, and I am also a resident singer, so why can't I be considered a musician?"
"Okay, okay, Teacher Hu, I was wrong, you are a musician, okay."
"That's pretty much it."
After saying that, Hu Youyu looked at Xu Hongdou again.
Xu Hongdou showed a polite smile, but did not shake hands with him. He just said: "Teacher Hu, hello, my name is Xu Hongdou."
"Xu Hongdou, what a good name."
Hu Youyu was about to say a few more words, but Xu Hongdou had already turned his head away from him, which made him unable to say the next words.
"have to."
Hu Youyu asked for trouble and put the two barbecues and beer he was holding on the table.
"I just baked it when I came back, and everyone in our courtyard happened to be here. I'll call the barley down and let's have two drinks together."
Nana said: "Stop shouting. We were all full just now and we can't eat anymore. Besides, Damai is still writing a manuscript, so don't disturb her."
"No, the six people in our small courtyard finally got together, so we should have a proper celebration. I sold all the barbecue and beer, and I can't eat even one person."
Hu Youyu was very depressed. He was a lively person and wanted to find some sense of existence.
Zhou Chen said at this time: "Stop yelling, Damai, and don't disturb her writing. I can have some barbecue and drink some beer with you. Xu Hongdou, Nana and Ma Ye can do whatever they want."
Hu Youyu immediately patted Zhou Chen gratefully: "Zhou Chen, you are indeed a good brother."
"Stop talking nonsense and sit down."
Hu Youyu moved a bench over and sat down. As soon as he sat down, Xu Hongdou stood up.
"I'm sorry, I haven't packed up the things upstairs yet. I'll go up and pack them first. Tomorrow, we'll have a drink tomorrow when we have free time."
"Oh, Hongdou..."
Hu Youyu stood up anxiously, but Xu Hongdou just smiled apologetically at him, leaving him speechless.
Nana also stood up and said to Xu Hongdou: "Hongdou, you go to bed early and come to me if you need anything. I will stay in Room 1."
"Okay, thank you, Nana."
"Need not."
Hu Youyu said unwillingly: "Hongdou, we will be neighbors from now on, let's increase our prestige first."
Xu Hongdou apologized: "I'm sorry, Teacher Hu, my phone was broken today."
"ah?"
"Teacher Hu, I can prove that her phone was indeed broken," Zhou Chen added.
Xu Hongdou said good night and left the restaurant, leaving Hu Youyu with a disappointed look on his face.
Nana also stood up at this time: "I'm going back to rest too. You guys eat and drink slowly."
"Hey, Nana, why are you leaving? Don't leave."
Hu Youyu was anxious, but Nana ignored her and went straight back to the house.
Hu Youyu sighed depressedly: "Master Ma, Zhou Chen, you talk about these women, you don't give them any face, ugh."
Zhou Chen retorted angrily: "Okay, it's not enough for us to accompany you. Stop talking nonsense and have a drink."
"Come on, Zhou Chen, let's meet one."
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When Xu Hongdou returned to the room, there was no one there because she had just woken up and was not sleepy at all.
So she printed out the photos taken by the camera today, looked at them one by one, and then pasted them on the photo frame she made.
When she saw one of the photos, she was stunned for a moment, because the person in the photo was Zhou Chen, and she secretly took it while Zhou Chen wasn't paying attention.
"Chen Nanxing, you do have good taste. This Zhou Chen is good-looking and a nice person."
One day of getting along with him gave her a very good impression of Zhou Chen.
She was busy for a while and was about to go to bed when someone knocked on her door.
"Who?"
"It's me. I forgot to tell you something. There are a lot of mosquitoes here. I thought you might not have bought mosquito repellent, so I brought you some."
Xu Hongdou came over and opened the door, only to see Zhou Chen standing at the door with something in his hand.
Zhou Chen handed the thing to her: "This is a mosquito repellent incense. It is very effective and doesn't have a strong smell. This is a mosquito repellent incense sachet I made myself. It contains some harmless plant medicinal materials that can repel mosquitoes. You
You can put it on the bed when you sleep.”
Looking at what Zhou Chen handed over, Xu Hongdou took it with gratitude on her face.
"Thank you, I'm really sorry to trouble you. I really didn't think of this."
Zhou Chen said: "It doesn't matter, then you can go to bed early. I'll go back first. If you want to use the car tomorrow, just come to me. I won't go out tomorrow."
"Okay, Zhou Chen, thank you."
"You didn't say these two words, but you thanked me twice. You said we were neighbors and there was no need to be so polite, so you left."
Xu Hongdou watched Zhou Chen's leaving figure. She didn't know if it was her imagination. She felt that Zhou Chen seemed to care too much about her.
"Could it be?"
Thinking of a possibility, she shook her head hastily, feeling that she was overthinking it. Today was the second time she met Zhou Chen. If Zhou Chen really had a good impression of her, after adding prestige, it would not have been possible for nearly a year.
No contact.
She patted her face and said, "Xu Hongdou, stop being narcissistic. He is handsome and rich, how can he like you?"
Looking down at the very beautiful sachet, there is still a burst of fragrance.
"It smells really good."
Zhou Chen returned to his room and did not fall asleep. Instead, he was thinking about Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou was really very similar to his former wife Zhao Pan'er, but his temperament was a little different. But it was undeniable that when he saw Xu Hongdou, he felt happy in his heart.
There will be unstoppable waves.
"I know you are not her, you are Xu Hongdou, but even if you are Xu Hongdou, I will chase you, you can only belong to me."
A sleepless night.
Early the next morning, Zhou Chen got up early, then came to the platform and started meditating. Not long after he started meditating, Ma Qiu Shan followed.
Since Zhou Chen started meditating, he would get up early every day to meditate with Zhou Chen.
Everyone else in the courtyard was already used to it.
Xu Hongdou really slept until she woke up naturally. As soon as she woke up, she smelled the fragrance emanating from the sachet she placed on her pillow last night. She picked up the sachet and put it on the tip of her nose and smelled it. The fragrance made her
She soon woke up.
"It smells really good. I don't know how Zhou Chen made it, but I can prepare a few for my parents and sister."
After lingering on the bed for a long time, she reluctantly got up.