The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Chapter 244 Rare Visitor

"As of 12:21 on December 16, a total of 1729 nucleic acid samples have been collected for this epidemic, 682 of which were negative, and other tests are ongoing. A total of 5926 people have been managed for this epidemic, 500 people have been quarantined in centralized areas, and 5426 people have been quarantined at home..."

Zhong Yunxing lay on the bed with a frown on his face, scrolling through the epidemic information on his mobile phone.

When the epidemic first broke out, the entire society quickly fell into panic. Everyone was in danger and was terrified at the mention of this sudden disaster.

People at that time were extremely nervous, as if they would be ruthlessly devoured by the terrible virus if they were even slightly careless.

However, time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye. News about the epidemic is constantly being broadcast, and nucleic acid tests are being carried out round after round. People are beginning to feel physically and mentally exhausted.

The fear and tension I once felt were gradually replaced by a feeling of numbness, and the turmoil in my heart slowly subsided.

"Today is the winter solstice. I'm going to make some dumplings tonight. Please mix the dough for me later."

Darong held half a cabbage in her hand, walked to the bedroom door and said to Zhong Yunxing.

"Okay, I'll go and meet them now." Zhong Yunxing put down his phone, stood up and followed him into the kitchen.

"I just watched the news and several more communities have been sealed off. This epidemic isn't over yet. When will it end?" Zhong Yunxing chatted with Darong about the news while kneading dough.

"Who knows? A lot of people out there can't make ends meet right now. Luckily I have a pension, which I can get every month no matter what."

Darong cut the cabbage and put it into the stuffing machine. It took only a short while for the cabbage stuffing to be ready.

"It's convenient now. Ever since Ruyi bought me this stuffing machine, I like to make cabbage stuffing. It saves so much trouble. Please get me an empty basin from below." Darong squeezed the juice out of the vegetables while directing Zhong Yunxing to help her.

"I don't know how Ruyi and Xiaodu are doing. Every time I ask them, they say they make every penny they want. So many factories are closed out there, how much work can Ruyi and Xiaodu do?"

After thinking about Ruyi's situation, Zhong Yunxing suddenly became worried again.

Xiao Huya has started to work fragmented hours since the epidemic. Although Ruyi always says that his salary is normal, Zhong Yunxing has never quite believed it.

"Ruyi told me last time that she got some opportunity from Uncle Xiaodu. I didn't understand, but she said she could make some money."

Darong looked at Zhong Yunxing's worried expression and thought of what she had mentioned to Ruyi before.

Xiao Huya’s youngest uncle is the leader of the Yutian Education System. When he was young, he was the youngest in the family. At that time, there were many children, and every family had the older children raising the younger ones, so this little uncle was raised by Xiao Huya’s mother.

The uncle who grew up with his sister naturally has the best relationship with Xiao Huya’s mother. Among his nephews, he also loves Xiao Huya the most.

After Ruyi's firm was having trouble doing business, Little Tiger Teeth's mother once mentioned this to her uncle during a chat. At that time, her uncle asked Ruyi to take a box of business cards from his unit, and Ruyi gave it to her uncle without giving it much thought.

Although my uncle is a leader, he works in the education system. Ruyi never thought that she could actually get help from her uncle.

Ever since Ruyi gave her business card to her uncle, she has received many agency inquiries from private education institutions.

Ruyi integrated the information and negotiated with the boss to open a special non-governmental channel to undertake the audit and accounting work of non-governmental organizations.

Although this income is far less than the profit of corporate agents, in the current situation of the epidemic, Ruyi is still very grateful for the help from his uncle.

"Ruyi must be told to thank the elders for their care. She should not think that she deserves it and just ask for it for nothing. Even if it is just a simple visit during the holidays, that is called gratitude." After hearing Darong's words, Zhong Yunxing could not help but nag.

"You can tell her yourself. You always complain that your daughter calls me whenever she wants. You let me talk when you have something to say. It's not that she has no topics to talk to you about." Darong said to Zhong Yunxing happily.

While Darong and Zhong Yunxing were chatting, Zhong Yunxing's deafening cell phone ringtone rang again. As expected, Ruyi's call came to Zhong Yunxing's cell phone at the right time.

"Hey! Here..."

Zhong Yunxing answered the phone, said these two words, rolled his eyes, and handed the phone to Darong with bared teeth.

"Hahaha...Ruyi..." Darong took the phone with a smile.

"What's wrong, mom? What's going on? Why are you so happy?"

Ruyi was completely confused by Darong's laughter, but she still couldn't help but curl her lips on the other end of the phone.

After Darong told Ruyi about the conversation with Zhong Yunxing, the mother and daughter laughed together for a while before Darong asked Ruyi why she called: "What's the matter with you calling?"

"Nothing. I want to send An An to your place to stay for two days. It's almost the end of the year and I haven't been to a client site for a long time. I'll concentrate on running for two days."

"Sure, when will it be delivered? We can go pick it up."

After Darong and Ruyi discussed the care of An An, they hung up the phone and continued to make dumplings with Zhong Yunxing.

"Daxing, please make more dumplings. Erhong just called and said he would come over for dinner in the evening." Mother Zhong walked out from the inner room tremblingly, holding the phone.

"Is he coming alone or is the whole family coming?" Darong was just about to put away the stuffing machine when she heard what Mrs. Zhong said. She stopped what she was doing and asked.

"I forgot to ask. I'll give him a call and ask."

Just as Mrs. Zhong walked to the sofa and sat down, before she had time to make a phone call, there was a knock on the door, and Zhong Yunhong's family of four were already at the door.

Seeing that Wu Meifeng had also come along, Darong and Zhong Yunxing looked at each other calmly, and then started kneading the dough and mincing the stuffing.

In the past, no matter who came over, Wenying or Xiaoping, Darong didn't care. No matter what was cooked, they would eat with her without complaint and help Darong more or less.

But this Wu Meifeng either doesn't come at all, or when she comes she just sits on the sofa and waits to be served without caring about anything, and she is always picky about the food.

Although Darong never indulged her bad habits, it was true that she couldn't help getting annoyed whenever Wu Meifeng came. Even if she didn't cause trouble, Darong would instinctively reject her coming.

This time, the whole family came to Mother Zhong's house in unison. Darong knew without asking that something must have happened.