Siheyuan: With a system in place, you don’t need to worry in times of famine

Siheyuan.

The whole family sat in the house, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans.

Yan Bugui held a kitchen knife in one hand and a watermelon in the other, his shrewd eyes full of calculations:

"One piece each, finish eating first."

As he spoke, he cut the watermelon in front of him.

The watermelon was quite big, but when everyone got it, they only got a small piece.

Especially for an adult like Yan Jiecheng, he swallowed it in one gulp.

Holding the empty watermelon rind in his hand, Yan Jiecheng said dissatisfiedly:

"Dad, you cut it too small. It's not enough to fill the gaps between my teeth."

"That's right, Dad, I want to eat more!"

"Dad, I want to eat too. It's not enough."

Yan Jiezhi finished the watermelon in his hand in two or three bites and then said.

The weather is so hot that they just want to eat more watermelon to cool down.

"Okay, untie the silk and I'll cut you another piece."

As Yan Bugui spoke, he cut another piece for Yan Jiexi, along with Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang.

"Dad, where's mine?"

Seeing that it was his turn, Yan Bugui was reluctant to take action, which made Yan Jiecheng a little anxious.

"That's easy for you. Now that you're working and earning money, if you want to eat, just pay this month's living expenses, six dollars."

“Didn’t we agree on five dollars?

Why did it go up another dollar?!"

Yan Jiecheng was stunned for a moment, then immediately spoke indignantly.

"Five dollars is fine, then you don't have to eat the watermelon when we eat it next time."

Yan Bugui said this straightforwardly. After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng reluctantly took out six dollars and muttered:

"I've never seen you so stingy!"

Seeing that Yan Jiecheng handed over the money, Yan Bugui happily cut another piece of watermelon for Yan Jiecheng.

Half a big watermelon was eaten in the blink of an eye.

The children, still not satisfied, were staring at the remaining watermelons with burning eyes.

It was like a wolf seeing a lamb. If Yan Bugui hadn't been watching closely, it would have pounced on it long ago.

"The watermelon has been eaten, so go do what you need to do.

We can eat the remaining watermelon in the evening!"

Yan Bugui picked up the remaining watermelons and put them away.

He would like to eat it tomorrow, but the weather is so hot that it will go bad if he waits until tomorrow.

Yan Jiezhi and others had no choice but to walk out of the room in embarrassment, but Yan Jiecheng remained where he was.

"Why don't you go out?"

Glancing at Yan Jiecheng who was sitting there motionless like a mountain, Yan Bugui frowned.

"Dad, I want to discuss something with you."

"what's up?"

When Yan Bugui heard that something happened, he simply sat down and fanned himself with a fan.

The weather is so hot, I should buy a fan to cool down.

Unfortunately, it was too expensive, especially since he had to pay the electricity bill, so he was even more reluctant to spend it.

"Yu Li wants us to buy a bicycle..."

Yan Jiecheng struggled in his heart for a long time. As soon as he closed his eyes, he started to type quickly, and he was even mentally prepared to be scolded.

After all, he knew about his family's conditions, especially his father's stingy nature, which he felt deeply about.

He also felt that Yu Li’s request to buy a bicycle was a bit too much.

What are the conditions of their family? They are just an ordinary family, so their requirements are indeed a bit too high.

"Why didn't she ask for three turns and one ring?!"

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Yan Bugui put the fan on the table and said unhappily.

“We have also requested it, and everyone knows the situation in our family.

So she lowered her requirements, saying that she would not embarrass us, and that a bicycle would be enough!"

Yan Jiecheng spoke the truth, and Yan Bugui's expression changed immediately. He sneered and continued:

“Lower your requirements?

And a bicycle?

Bicycle tickets are hard to come by. I also want to buy a bicycle, but where are the tickets?

Where’s the money?!”

"What should I do?"

Yan Jiecheng said this subconsciously. The third aunt sitting beside him had a worried look on her face. She hesitated for a long time before saying:

"How about we not get married?!"

"impossible!"

Yan Jiecheng answered without thinking. He was determined. He finally found a job and made Yu Li feel relieved. It was impossible for him to back down now.

"Anyway, I'm going to marry Yu Li, and no one else but her!"

"If you have the ability, go and marry her yourself."

Yan Bugui was also a little angry. Who would ask for so many things when marrying a wife?

We are all ordinary people, why do we need bicycles?!

"I don't care, you have to buy a bicycle anyway!!!"

After saying this, Yan Jiecheng left in a huff. There was nothing he could do. Seeing that their relationship was about to take a step further, he couldn't just let go at this time.

"Old Yan, what should we do?"

After a long time, the third aunt let out a long sigh. It was not easy to raise the child. Especially when he reached the age of marriage, all she needed to do was find a matchmaker and bring him home.

In the end, Yan Jiecheng insisted on marrying Yu Li, and he still had so many requirements.

They wanted to change the girl, but their son didn't want to.

"Leave it alone for now. Bicycle tickets are so hard to get. Isn't this embarrassing?!"

Yan Bugui said unhappily that there was still more than a hundred yuan, and it would take him a long time to scrape it together even if he had to pinch it from his teeth.

......

After waking up early in the morning, Ye Fei signed in skillfully, got up and walked out.

"Yushui, the weather is hot, don't cook. I'll go buy some breakfast."

"understood."

He Yushui said in a daze. Ye Fei had tormented her until most of the night last night, and she finally fell asleep when it was almost dawn. When she heard Ye Fei's voice, she murmured her answer.

With a low laugh, Ye Fei went out. When he passed the central courtyard, he saw Sha Zhu's tightly closed door. After hesitating for a moment, he knocked on the door.

There was no sound in the room, so Ye Fei simply kicked the door and walked in. When he saw Sha Zhu, who was drunk as a puddle on the bed, he threw water on him without hesitation.

"who?

Who splashed me? ! "

Sha Zhu woke up from his dream, and when he saw that it was Ye Fei, his expression froze for a moment, and his anger subsided in an instant. He even felt a little guilty for some reason:

"Ye Fei, it's so early, is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, I just don't like you.

What's the small matter that's worth you falling for so long?!"

Ye Fei didn't want to care about it at all, but he felt sorry for the rain.

It was such a hot day, but Yu Shui would still cook an extra meal for Sha Zhu, and would personally deliver it to him every time, and would also comfort him with kind words.

He can understand if you feel uncomfortable for a day or two.

But after this week, Sha Zhu is still in such a daze. If he is not woken up, it will probably take even longer.

"But why is she an enemy spy?

why treat me like this?

I was so good to her, and even gave her all my sincerity...”

Sha Zhu said this aggrievedly, still unable to believe this fact.

"That's enough. You should be thankful that you didn't do anything treasonous, otherwise you wouldn't be here now!"

Ye Fei had a look of disgust on his face. This idiot Zhu was hopeless once he got hooked on love.