Siheyuan: The road to counterattack for the little transparent

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it’s less than a week until New Year’s Eve.

The children in the courtyard have been on vacation for a while. Although the weather is cold, the courtyard is still very popular.

The place was filled with the sounds of children laughing and playing, especially when it was almost time for dinner, when families would call their children home to eat.

The sound of children quarreling over food at the dinner table often filled every household with children in the yard, making people passing by laugh.

Especially the Yan family who lived in the front yard. Everyone had to pass through the front yard to go home, and there were often sounds of brothers and sisters quarreling over a peanut or something.

This made the second uncle Liu Haizhong look down on Yan Bugui from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he was too stingy and that peanuts were just something not rare.

Even if each child is given a few more pills, so what? It is better than letting the brothers and sisters quarrel over such trivial matters all day long and be laughed at by others.

But this was just his idea. He had never spoken about this in front of Yan Bugui. Blindly offending people was not something that Lao Liu would do.

During this period, Yi Zhonghai did not know whether it was because his hand injury had not healed, but he did not respond to the major or minor events in the hospital in a timely manner.

This created an opportunity for Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in the courtyard. Whenever there was any trivial matter in the courtyard, he would always be the first to take charge of it.

He arranged this and that with great fanfare, even Yan Bugui had to be arranged. He looked like a proud rooster, so majestic.

Yan Bugui really couldn't stand Liu Haizhong's arrogant look, but he was only the third uncle in the courtyard, so he had to follow the orders of the second uncle.

After a few times, all the things I did according to Liu Haizhong's instructions were thankless and annoying.

This made Yan Bugui very angry, and he often went home to complain to his wife, Aunt San, and his children.

Yan Jiecheng heard the same thing several times at the dinner table, and he was fed up with it: "Dad, after all, you are the third uncle of our hospital, why should you listen to him?"

When several younger brothers and sisters saw their eldest brother speak, they quickly agreed: "Brother is right, I don't think we should listen to him." "That's right, we won't listen to him."

When Yan Bugui was encouraged by the children, the frustration in his heart suddenly surged up and his head became hot.

He put down his bowl and chopsticks, cleared his throat and said, "You are right. I am the third uncle in this courtyard after all. Why should I always listen to Liu Haizhong? From today on, I have to put forward my own opinions."

At this time, Yu Li pulled Yan Jiecheng aside and whispered, "Don't come up with this crooked idea. If anything goes wrong, Dad will definitely blame you."

After all, she has been married into this courtyard for quite some time, and Yu Li has basically figured out the personalities of the Yan family and everyone in this courtyard.

In this family, if the person who gives advice encounters a good result, everything will be fine, but there will be no praise.

If the result is bad, it will be a big trouble. At the very least, the old couple will blame and complain about me, and at worst, I will be asked to pay compensation for the losses.

Under such circumstances, Yan Jiecheng still dared to stir up trouble. Was he dissatisfied with his salary as a temporary worker being too high or something?

Yu Li didn't expect that her words were heard by Yan Bugui. He looked at Yu Li and said, "No, Dad is not the kind of person who can do such a thing."

She shrank her head in fear and lowered her head to eat the corn porridge in the bowl. She didn't dare to say a word during the meal.

During this period, the young couple lived on the meager salary earned by Yan Jiecheng every month. After paying the household expenses to Yan Bugui every month, they had very little money left.

She has been married for such a long time, but she still can't eat well and has never had new clothes to wear. Her life is almost the same as that in her parents' home.

When Yu Li thought of this, she couldn't help feeling worried. She looked at the thin corn porridge in the bowl and thought about the future. She felt confused.

She has been waiting for the street office to arrange a job for her, but these days there are too many people and too few jobs, and she doesn't know when she will be able to get a job.

I want to find some manual work to do, but my needlework is not as good as others, so it is difficult to get work to supplement the family income.

When Yan Jiecheng saw that Yu Li not only couldn't find a job but also couldn't earn much money after getting married, his attitude gradually changed.

From the joy at the beginning of the marriage, he gradually became impatient, and finally a few days ago he couldn't help but complain to her:

"Can't you think of a way to make some money? You just sit at home and eat free meals all day long."

Yu Li felt very wronged when she heard this. Tears welled up in her eyes and she choked up as she responded:

"I want to make money, but what can I do? I don't know when I can get a job in the neighborhood office, and I'm not good at manual labor."

Yan Jiecheng sighed, and then the two of them fell into silence. A depressing atmosphere filled the air.

In fact, Yan Jiecheng was anxious. Seeing Yu Li's sad look, he felt bad too. He also wanted to earn more money so that she could live a good life.

However, in this age of material scarcity, opportunities are very few and far between.

Besides, he was not a brave man and did not dare to go up the mountain to hunt like Lin Donglai. He could only go fishing in his free time.

At the beginning, he did rely on the fishing skills he learned from Lin Donglai and caught fish several times to supplement his family income, but as the weather gradually turned colder, the lake froze.

He thought Shichahai was too cold and the ice was too hard in winter, so he hadn't gone fishing for a long time.

After Yu Li said a few words to him, he became very unhappy and started arguing with her: "After we got married, you ate my food and drank my drinks, and now you are meddling in my affairs."

"I just want to ask you, what gives you the right?"

Just this one sentence choked Yu Li so much that she couldn't recover for a long time. From then on, she never dared to ask him to go fishing again.

With the Chinese New Year just a few days away and the family seemingly having prepared nothing, Yu Li was extremely anxious.

She has to go back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Her father-in-law is the head of the family, but he hasn't prepared anything. Is he going to let her go back empty-handed?

Lying in bed that night, Yu Li mustered up the courage to tell Yan Jiecheng about this matter.

Yan Jiecheng frowned and said impatiently, "What's the rush? There are still a few days until the Chinese New Year. Besides, my father must have his own plans."

After hearing this, Yu Li became even more anxious. She said softly:

"But I have to go back to my parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year to pay New Year's greetings. I can't go back empty-handed. What if my father doesn't prepare anything?"

Yan Jiecheng turned over impatiently when he heard this, and said with his back to Yu Li: "Then what do you want to do? We don't have the money to prepare anything good."

Yu Li bit her lip, hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't we find a way to prepare some gifts ourselves, even if they are simple."

Unexpectedly, Yan Jiecheng was silent for a while, then snorted and said, "It's easy to say, but where did you get the money to buy the gifts?"