Siheyuan: A Family of Loyal and Brave People

After the two parties got to know each other, the aunt couldn't wait to take Yi Cunxiao from Xiaofeng and looked at him carefully.

"Cunxiao, your mother is back.

I took you to see her a few months ago, remember?"

Yi Zhonghai joined in the conversation.

Yi Cunxiao looked at the woman in front of him blankly with his fingers between his lips. He neither approached her nor resisted.

After a moment, Yi Cunxiao, in the warm embrace of the aunt, seemed to remember something. A smile appeared on his young face and he let out a crisp laugh.

“Remember, he remembered.

I said this kid is smart, he will definitely remember you."

Yi Zhonghai and the old lady laughed together.

As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and handed them to Xiaofeng, saying, "Xiaofeng, thank you for helping to take care of Cunxiao. I'll take him back first."

Xiaofeng usually helps take care of Yi Cunxiao, and Yi Zhonghai will give her some snacks as a reward so that she doesn't work for nothing.

"Thank you, sir."

Xiaofeng took the melon seeds and forced a smile.

She gets along well with Yi Cunxiao.

Now that Yi Cunxiao was suddenly taken away, he couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable when he thought that after his aunt came back, she would no longer be needed to take care of the child.

The aunt noticed Xiaofeng's change of heart, and she hugged her son and said to her: "Xiaofeng, I'm away from home for a while, thanks to your help. Remember to come to my house often when you have time.

Cunxiao will miss you."

"Well, I will definitely do it."

Xiaofeng nodded, feeling a little relieved.

After picking up their son, Yi Zhonghai and his family returned to the house to chat about family matters.

Yi Zhonghai told everything that happened during the time when Auntie was away.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye the sun was setting. Yi Zhonghai left home to prepare for the welcoming banquet in the evening.

……

A small banquet doesn't require so many details.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong pooled their money to give He Yuzhu a red envelope, and the chef was found.

If each family in the courtyard provides some bowls, chopsticks and plates, tableware can be easily obtained.

The next thing to do is to go out and purchase ingredients and prepare the banquet.

But you still need to settle the bill before buying anything.

"Lao Yi, we're the only ones paying, and Yan Bugui won't pay a penny?"

Liu Haizhong glanced towards the front yard and asked with some displeasure.

The welcoming banquet for the three housekeepers should have been borne by all three families, but Yan Bugui had not made any move, which made Liu Haizhong feel a little unbalanced.

"Old Liu, don't you know what's going on with Yan Bugui's family?

We are so poor that we can barely afford to eat, how can we have the money to hold a banquet?

Let's just take care of our own business and ignore him."

Yi Zhonghai waved his hands helplessly.

At noon, Yi Zhonghai had just lent out 20 kilograms of grain, and he knew very well that asking Yan Bugui to pay was simply a fantasy.

"You can't say that, if you don't have money, you can borrow it.

Why should our two families pay and he doesn't pay a penny?

If that's the case, there will be no place for them at the banquet tonight."

Liu Haizhong didn't want to be taken advantage of by Yan Bugui, so he immediately made a strong statement.

"We are all neighbors, this is not good."

Yi Zhonghai was a little hesitant. If he directly excluded Yan Bugui, it would be too obvious that he was targeting him.

"Nothing bad.

Didn’t Yan Bugui not come to the He family’s full moon banquet last time?

I don’t think we need to invite him this time.”

When they mentioned the bad incident last time, both of them looked a little unhappy.

Liu Haizhong kept silent, and Yi Zhonghai didn't ask any further questions either. He just nodded in agreement.

Just like that, the two managers discussed the matter and left the courtyard to go out for purchase.

At the same time, in Yan Bugui's home in the front yard.

Yan Jiecheng and several other children were drooling over the steamed buns in the bamboo basket.

"What are you looking at? Go back and do your homework.

Let me tell you, if anyone dares to cheat, I will punish him."

The third aunt took a feather duster and dispersed the four children who were gathered in the kitchen.

"Mom, I only had one steamed bun for lunch.

That little bit of food isn't enough to fill my stomach, could you please give me something more to eat?"

Yan Jiecheng begged in a low voice.

Yan Jiecheng felt very uncomfortable when there was no food at home, and he also felt uncomfortable when there was food.

The former is hungry, the latter is greedy, and neither can feel at peace.

"Shut up and get back here.

If you don't get out of here, I'll beat you up!"

The third aunt threatened while protecting the basket of steamed corn bread.

In order to save firewood, the three aunts steamed a basket of steamed corn bread at one time.

These are their family's meals for a few days.

The amount for each person and each meal has been calculated, leaving no surplus.

"Mom, don't we still have flour at home?

Why not just make more steamed bread?…"

Before Yan Jiecheng finished complaining, the third auntie scolded him harshly, "Humph, I borrowed that flour with great difficulty, how can I not eat it sparingly? If you have the ability, lend me some food."

Borrowing food is okay occasionally, but it should never be considered a long-term solution.

Today, the Yan family’s predicament has not been resolved and they cannot withstand the consumption.

You have to be thrifty and live frugally.

"Ok."

Yan Jiecheng lowered his head and sighed helplessly.

At noon, the third aunt brought back 20 kilograms of flour. The whole Yan family was excited. Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but feel a little more expectant, thinking that life would gradually get better.

Unexpectedly, life still didn't improve and was still hard.

"By the way, Mom, it looks like the uncles are planning to hold a banquet tonight to celebrate your release from prison.

Then you can find a way to bring back some leftovers."

After failing to beg for food, Yan Jiecheng set his sights on the evening banquet.

Last time when the He family held a full-moon banquet, only the Yan family was excluded and failed to enjoy the fine wine and food.

Now another banquet is approaching, we can’t miss it again.

"Nothing.

Their celebration banquet has nothing to do with our family.

Stay at home at night and don't go anywhere, do you hear me?"

Aunt Three was upset when she heard about the banquet.

The family is in financial difficulty and can barely get enough food to eat, yet these little bastards still want to go to a banquet? They are simply dreaming.

Is the banquet so delicious?

You can’t even afford the share money, yet you still want to attend the banquet?

"what?"

The four children wailed.

"Mom, the three of you were released from prison together, why are the first and second aunts so glorious while you are the only one left at home in the cold?

Go talk to dad, if it doesn't work, borrow some money and make the trip."

Missing the full moon banquet last time was an accident. If the Yan family is absent again this time, they probably won’t be invited to any happy events in the courtyard in the future.

Yan Jiecheng felt uncomfortable when he thought about other children eating with their mouths full of oil while they could only chew on hard steamed bread.

The response to Yan Jiecheng was no longer words, but a cold feather duster.

The third aunt didn't hesitate and slapped her son hard, saying angrily: "Shut up, it's all because of you! Do you think I don't want to be glorious? If you hadn't ruined the family like this, would I be sitting on the bench at home?

Go back and study hard, and find a good job when you grow up, so that you don't have to suffer from hunger, do you understand? "

The three aunts were so disappointed with their four children that they kept yelling at them.

Seeing their mother's outburst, Yan Jiecheng and the other three did not dare to stay and quickly fled, going back to their rooms to do their homework.

As expected, they are the kind of people who bully the weak and fear the strong.

He immediately becomes timid when faced with a tough guy.