Chapter 809: Everyone Gathered in the Courtyard
"Hongdou, get up and have dinner!" Lin Hao's voice came from outside the door.

"Is it morning or evening?" Xu Hongdou opened her eyes, her mind still a little confused.

Looking at the dim sky outside the window, for a moment I couldn’t tell whether it was dawn or dusk.

Xu Hongdou took out her cell phone and checked the time, only then did she realize that she had slept for several hours.

"Thank you, you eat first, I still need to clean up!" After waking up, Xu Hongdou subconsciously refused.

But he regretted it as soon as he finished saying it. Then he remembered that he was in the south of the colorful clouds, not in the capital.

"It's okay. I haven't started yet. It's just right for you to come down and eat after you finish cleaning up." Lin Hao said with a smile.

"Okay then, wait for me for a while!" Xu Hongdou immediately took advantage of the situation when she heard that, as she just happened to be feeling a little hungry.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the kitchen downstairs. By the way, I'll introduce you to other tenants living in this yard!" After saying that, Lin Hao prepared to go downstairs.

Xu Hongdou sat up from the bed and immediately sent a voice message to Nanxing: "Chen Nanxing, I'm going to get up and eat!"

Ma Qiushan was no longer meditating. He was sitting in the tea room making tea. He was very surprised to see Lin Hao walking down from the new guest's room.

So Master Ma waved at Lin Hao and asked in a low voice:
"Lin Hao, do you know this new tenant?"

When Xu Hongdou came this morning, he was not practicing Taoism in the yard, but he also heard that a female tenant had come to Room No. 6.

Lin Hao smiled and replied, "We already know each other, Master Ma, I'll go get two more delicious dishes, would you like me to get some for you as well?"

Ma Qiushan waved his hand and said, "No need. You know me. I don't like that. But the dishes you made are quite good. They are better than those in the hotel."

"Okay, then Master Ma will try my cooking later!" Lin Hao said with a smile, and then went into the kitchen.

Looking at the teacup in his hand, his stomach growled for no apparent reason, so he put the cup down and walked out of the tearoom.

When he came to the kitchen, he saw Lin Hao cutting tofu, so he asked curiously: "You are making Wensi tofu, right?"

Lin Hao kept wielding the kitchen knife and said calmly, "It's the upgraded version of Wensi tofu, chrysanthemum tofu!"

"Oh, it's the chrysanthemum tofu soup!" Ma Ye was obviously also a foodie. He looked at the soup that Lin Hao was hanging and praised: "It's really good~!"

Lin Hao laughed and said, "Not bad. I haven't cooked properly for a long time. I don't know if my cooking skills have deteriorated!"

Looking at the dishes Lin Hao had made, Master Ma said with a smile on his face, "You've never cooked so many dishes since you first came to our courtyard. Could the girl in Room 6 be your girlfriend?"

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Master Ma, some things are better left unsaid!"

"Haha, I see~!" Ma Ye understood. Judging from the situation, either they were not yet lovers, or he was apologizing to his girlfriend.

As he spoke, he walked to the dining room inside the house and sat down. He had lived here for a long time and usually cooked and ate for himself.

Before Lin Hao came to this courtyard, the four tenants could hardly get together for meals.

Needless to say, Nana has to go out to work during the day and is basically not in the yard. Damai is a night owl. He sleeps during the day and only comes out to look for food at night and in the early morning.

Another person, Hu Youyu, is also a night owl. He works in a bar and basically stays in his room during the day, only going out to work in the bar in the afternoon.

That is to say, after Lin Hao came, he often cooked some delicious food and occasionally got together with everyone.

Xu Hongdou tidied herself up and came downstairs. At this time, Lin Hao had already set a table of dishes.

"Come, let me introduce it to you!" Lin Hao greeted everyone:

"This is Miss Xu Hongdou, she just came to Youfeng Courtyard today!"

"This is Nana, the housekeeper of Room 1, this is Master Ma, the immortal cultivator of Room 2, this is Damai, the great writer of Room 3, and this is Xiao Hu, the soul singer!"

"Hello, hello~!" After everyone got familiar with each other, Lin Hao said again:

"Everyone is here, please go to the restaurant and take a seat. We're going to eat now."

"Thank you! Lin Hao!"

"Thank you for your hard work, great painter!"

"Lin Hao, I'm really sorry to trouble you!"

Everyone praised Lin Hao again, and Lin Hao smiled and said:

"That's nothing. We are all friends, and we should help each other!"

After saying that, Lin Hao pulled Xu Hongdou to sit beside him and said, "Come, Hongdou, sit here!"

Xu Hongdou smiled sweetly. She was actually not used to men being enthusiastic towards her, especially since Lin Hao was Nan Xing's girlfriend.

It's not like she didn't know about Nanxing's situation. The most important thing is that she knew that she and Lin Hao actually had a good impression of each other, so she accepted Lin Hao's intimate behavior calmly.

When Xu Hongdou saw Ma Qiushan sitting at the dining table, she immediately took the initiative to introduce herself:
"Hello, I'm the new tenant, Xu Hongdou!"

Ma Qiushan nodded, smoothed his hair with his hand, and then threw it back, saying in a very showy manner:
"Hello, I'm Machushan from room two!"

Lin Hao came over with a bowl in hand: "Hongdou, we usually call him Master Ma. If you're not used to it, just call him Old Ma!"

Xu Hongdou smiled slightly and called out openly, "Master Ma!"

Ma Qiushan smiled and asked curiously, "I heard from Lin Hao that you and he are old acquaintances? Did you make an appointment to come here together?"

Nana and Damai, who had been distracted for a long time, subconsciously looked at Lin Hao and Xu Hongdou. They were particularly curious about the relationship between them.

"No, Master Ma, you misunderstood. He and I knew each other before, but because of some special reasons, we happened to meet here. It can only be said to be a coincidence, a coincidence!" Xu Hongdou explained.

Master Ma blinked twice: "I see, I see, it's just a coincidence!"

Xu Hongdou looked helpless. The matter was a bit complicated, but she did not explain further. She did not care what others thought.

Nana and Da Mai looked at each other subconsciously, as if they could see each other's thoughts, and at the same time, a feeling of powerlessness rose in their hearts.

As expected, that kind of outstanding man had already been reserved, and it was so painful to feel that I was already taken.

After Lin Hao distributed the chopsticks, he raised his red wine glass and said:
"Come on, let's have a toast to our first complete gathering at Fengyuan!"

"Okay, cheers!"

Afterwards, everyone ate and chatted, and then Xu Hongdou asked curiously:

"By the way, I noticed that everyone has a special title in front of their name?"

Lin Hao smiled and said:

Xie Xiaochun is the manager of Youfeng Courtyard. Nana from Room 1 is an employee of the cafe and also manages our courtyard.

"Master Ma from Room 2 meditates in the yard every day, absorbing the morning sun and rain. Isn't he a cultivator?" "Da Mai from Room 3 is an online novel writer, so we call him the Great Writer!"

Before Lin Hao mentioned Room 4, Hu Youyu took the initiative to say:
"I am Hu Youyu from Room 4. I am a resident singer in a bar in town. My ideal is to create a satisfying musical style, so they gave me the nickname of soul singer."

When Hu Youyu introduced himself, his eyes were always on Xu Hongdou, but when he thought that Lin Hao and Xu Hongdou knew each other, some thoughts in his heart dimmed.

Xu Hongdou finally looked at Lin Hao, then said with a smile:

"Because they know you can draw, so your prefix is ​​Great Painter!"

"Yes!" Lin Hao nodded with a smile.

Nana thought of working with Xie Xiaochun, and naturally she had heard her talk about Xu Hongdou, but she really knew very little about Xu Hongdou.

So I asked curiously: "Hongdou, what do you do for a living?"

"As for me, I work in a hotel!" Xu Hongdou was a little depressed, and after looking at Lin Hao, she said:
"I fainted at work a few days ago, and the doctor said I was overtired. My friend suggested that I take a break, so he asked me to come here for vacation."

When everyone saw Xu Hongdou looking at Lin Hao, they thought it was Lin Hao who suggested her to come here. Lin Hao found out that everyone had misunderstood and did not explain much.

"Oh, it's so delicious!" After the big meal, everyone was very satisfied.

"Master Ma, didn't you say that we shouldn't eat after noon? How come you're so full?" Nana joked with a smile.

Ma Ye patted his bulging belly and couldn't help but sigh:

"The main thing is that Xiaolin's cooking skills are really good, so why would I care so much!"

After resting for a while, Nana and Damai took the initiative to clean up the dishes. Seeing this, Xu Hongdou also took the initiative to step forward to help.

Then everyone came to the yard and started chatting around the table. Xu Hongdou soon started laughing and playing with Nana and Damai, and they quickly became sisters.

They all returned to their rooms at night, but Xu Hongdou did not sleep because she had taken a nap in the afternoon and was not sleepy at all.

So she took out the photos taken along the way in her camera and admired them one by one, including the dishes made by Lin Hao and the people in Youfeng Courtyard.

In one of the photos, Lin Hao was looking at her while she was taking a photo of him. Looking at Lin Hao looking at her with eyes full of love, Xu Hongdou was unconsciously intoxicated by it.

The day they spent together was the most relaxing moment for her in recent times, and the only person she was worried about was Nanxing.

After a while, when she was about to go to bed, someone knocked on her door.

"Who!"

"It's me. I forgot to tell you something. There are a lot of mosquitoes here. I guess you didn't buy any mosquito repellent, so I brought some to you!"

Xu Hongdou came over and opened the door, only to see Lin Hao standing at the door with something like a mosquito coil in his hand.

Lin Hao handed the things to Xu Hongdou, and then instructed:
"This is a homemade mosquito repellent incense made in the village. It's quite effective and doesn't smell too bad. This is a calming sachet I made myself. It contains some medicinal herbs that help you sleep. You can put it on your bed when you go to sleep."

Looking at what Lin Hao handed over, Xu Hongdou was filled with joy, then took it and said:
"Thank you. I'm really sorry to bother you. I really hadn't thought of this. Otherwise, I would be done for tomorrow. I would definitely be covered in lumps."

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Okay, then go to bed early. I'll go back first. I'll take you around the village tomorrow."

"Lin Hao, thank you!" Xu Hongdou said gratefully.

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Hongdou, don't be so polite. Being polite will make you seem distant. There's no need to be so polite. Good night!"

Xu Hongdou looked at Lin Hao's departing back and suddenly realized that she was indeed too polite sometimes.

"Is this the reason why I am still single?"

Thinking of this possibility, she slapped her face:
"Xu Hongdou, Nanxing is right. You have to take the initiative. You are already quite old. If you don't take the initiative, how can others be interested in you?"

Looking down at the very beautiful sachet, there was a faint fragrance: "What a pleasant fragrance."

Lin Hao returned to his room, opened Chen Nanxing’s WeChat, and started chatting.

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next day
Xu Hongdou slept until she woke up naturally. As soon as she woke up, she smelled the fragrance of the sachet she had placed next to her pillow last night. She picked up the sachet and put it to her nose to smell it, and couldn't help but praise:

"It smells really good. I didn't expect he had this skill. I don't know how Lin Hao made it. I can prepare a few for my parents and sister."

After lingering in bed for a long time, she reluctantly got up and smelled the fragrance coming from outside.
"Could it be that Lin Hao made breakfast for me?"

Thinking of how Lin Hao prepared delicious food for Chen Nanxing every day when she was in the hospital taking care of her, Xu Hongdou immediately tidied herself up and went downstairs.

Lin Hao really cooked a pot of noodles and also prepared several plates of noodle soup and side dishes.

"You came down just in time. After eating, I'll take you for a walk around the neighborhood!" Lin Hao said with a smile when he saw Xu Hongdou coming down.

"Great!" Looking at the side dishes that Lin Hao brought over, Xu Hongdou said with a smile, "It's so rich!"

Then he whispered, “Brother Lin, do you cook for other tenants every day?”

Lin Hao smiled and shook his head: "No, only once in a while, and they wake up at different times, and it's rare for them to eat together at the same time!"

"I thought everyone who came to live here had to cook for others!"

"Eat without worry. We are here for vacation, not to help in the kitchen. Cooking is just a hobby for us!"

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After breakfast, the two returned to the room and changed their clothes. Lin Hao was still wearing a T-shirt and shorts.

Xu Hongdou changed into a long-sleeved striped T-shirt, wore a light yellow long skirt, and draped a long shawl over it.

Lin Hao and Xu Hongdou had just come downstairs when Nana walked out of the room, so she greeted them:

"Xu Hongdou, are you and Lin Hao going out?"

"Yes!" Lin Hao and Xu Hongdou said in unison.

Nana smiled and said, "When you have time, come to Xiaochun's coffee shop and I'll treat you to coffee!"

"Okay, we'll go check it out later and get to know the place!"

Lin Hao and Xu Hongdou were about to leave when Aunt Gui, who was cleaning the yard, suddenly came over and asked:

"Lin Hao, the one next to you, is she the new tenant?"

"Yes!" Lin Hao introduced with a headache: "Aunt Agui, this is Xu Hongdou, the tenant of room six!"

Xu Hongdou shouted, "Hello, Aunt Agui!"

"Hello, hello, you are very beautiful, you look like my little brook!" After a few compliments, Aunt Gui pulled Xu Hongdou and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Xu Hongdou felt puzzled, so she told the truth: "I'm here for a vacation~."

(End of this chapter)