Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

"Third Aunt, I heard that Shazhu's wife gave birth to a baby in your yard?!" A little after six o'clock in the evening, Third Aunt and He Yushui had just walked to the gate of the courtyard when the neighbors' inquiries rang out one after another.

The third aunt smiled and replied, "Yes! It's a big fat boy."

"They say fools have good fortune. This fool Zhu is really lucky."

The third aunt said, "Don't look at people with old eyes. Sha Zhu has changed since he got married. Sha Zhu now is different from before." After saying that, the third aunt took He Yushui into the courtyard.

"Yu Shui! I heard that your sister-in-law gave birth?!" Liu Guiying's voice rang out just as He Yu Shui walked to the door of her house.

He Yushui replied: "Yes! 6.8 catties, a big fat boy."

Liu Guiying then asked: "Who is accompanying your sister-in-law in the hospital now?!"

He Yushui replied, "My brother today. But my brother has already talked to the third aunt. The third aunt will come to help." After saying that, He Yushui took out the key, unlocked the door and entered.

Liu Guiying sighed deeply and turned back home. Yi Zhonghai asked, "What did He Yushui say?!"

Liu Guiying replied, "She gave birth to a son. But Sha Zhu has already asked Yang Ruihua to help take care of his wife."

Yi Zhonghai frowned immediately and asked, "What does this mean, Shazhu?!"

Liu Guiying replied: "What else can it mean? He just doesn't want to associate with us."

Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to use the matter of taking care of Sha Zhu's wife during her confinement to ease the relationship between the two families. Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu actually went directly to Yang Ruihua. Yi Zhonghai's face suddenly turned ugly.

At the same time, Jia Zhang sat next to Jia Dongxu, muttering to herself: "What a fool, Sha Zhu, how can he give birth to a son?!"

Jia Dongxu said: "Mom! He gave birth to his own child, what does it have to do with us?!"

Jia Zhang said, "You don't understand. Sha Zhu is a straightforward person with a hot temper. He will explode at any point. He is also soft-hearted and likes to be a pushover. Yi Zhonghai originally planned to let Sha Zhu help our family. But he didn't expect Sha Zhu to get married quietly. All the original calculations fell through."

Jia Dongxu complained: "Mom! Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?!"

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at Jia Dongxu and said, "How can you talk nonsense about this? The fewer people who know about it, the better."

Jia Dongxu asked: "What should we do now?!"

Jia Zhang replied: "What else can we do? We can only live one day at a time. Anyway, it's not us who are worried now. It's Yi Zhonghai who is worried."

The next morning, the third aunt arrived at the hospital early with a thermos in her hand. After entering the ward, the third aunt smiled and asked, "Shazhu, are your wife and child okay?!"

He Yuzhu stretched and asked, "Third Aunt, why are you here so early?!"

The third aunt replied, "It's getting late. I brought you breakfast. Go wash your face and come over to eat. Don't forget to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some candy and cigarettes and distribute them to the company. Let everyone share in the good fortune."

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded and ran out of the ward.

The third aunt walked to the bedside, put the thermos on the bedside table, and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?!"

Liu Lan replied: "Not bad!"

The third aunt said, "I've been through this, how could I not know?!" Then she asked, "Has the doctor come to see you?! Can you eat now?!"

Liu Lan replied: "The doctor came to see me last night. He said I could eat something."

"That's good!" The third aunt agreed, and quickly opened the thermos bucket, scooped out a bowl of porridge and handed it to Liu Lan, saying, "Eat something first to fill your stomach."

"Thank you, Auntie!" Liu Lan took the bowl and drank the porridge slowly. Not long after, He Yuzhu came in from outside. Auntie gave He Yuzhu a steamed bread and asked, "Silly Zhu, have you asked the doctor? When can your wife be discharged from the hospital?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I have asked. He will be discharged the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go to the factory purchasing department to borrow a tricycle. The day after tomorrow morning, I will use the tricycle to pick up my wife and children."

"It's enough that you have a plan! Eat quickly! Get out of here after you finish eating!" After saying that, the third aunt walked to the side, picked up He Yuzhu's son, and said, "This kid has a chubby face, and looks like he was carved from the same mold as Sha Zhu."

He Yuzhu said, "Third Aunt, since you want children so much, then let your Yan Jiecheng get married earlier."

The third aunt said, "You can't ask for this kind of thing. I told you earlier that I don't have the time to help him take care of the children."

He Yuzhu stayed in the hospital for a while, said hello to his wife and the three aunts, and left the ward. After leaving the hospital, He Yuzhu first went to the supply and marketing cooperative not far from the hospital. Although this supply and marketing cooperative is not big, it still has a lot of things. Probably because it is close to the hospital, the most common things here are snacks, canned food and some dried fruits. Now there are only two kinds of candies in the supply and marketing cooperative, one is assorted candies, and the other is fruit candies. Assorted candies require candy tickets and cost one yuan and twenty cents per catty. Fruit candies do not require tickets and are cheap, one cent a piece. He Yuzhu directly bought three yuan of fruit candies, and also bought five packs of Pegasus cigarettes and four packs of Daqianmen, and then left the supply and marketing cooperative with satisfaction.

After walking for more than half an hour, He Yuzhu arrived at the factory. The security guard at the gate saw He Yuzhu and asked, "Master He, you came really early today?!"

He Yuzhu said, "I am in high spirits because of good things happening to me. My wife gave birth to a big fat boy yesterday! Come! Smoke! Eat candy!" Then He Yuzhu passed out cigarettes and candy. After receiving a lot of blessings, He Yuzhu left the remaining half pack of cigarettes at the gatehouse, then said hello to the security staff and entered the steel mill.

"Silly Zhu! How's your wife, Kong Lin?!" Kong Defan appeared in the third canteen just after eight o'clock in the morning. He Yuzhu smiled and stuffed a handful of candy and a pack of cigarettes into Kong Defan's pocket and said, "She gave birth yesterday! She gave me a big fat boy. I, He Yuzhu, am a father now!"

Kong Defan said, "Silly Zhu, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders now! Don't make mistakes like you did before!"

"Director, I've remembered what you said. Don't worry! I won't do anything rash in the future!" After He Yuzhu assured Kong Defan, he asked, "Director, my wife will be discharged the day after tomorrow. Can I take two hours off?!"

Kong Defan thought for a moment and said, "Shazhu, you are also an old employee. I won't make it difficult for you. Don't ask for two hours off. If you arrive at the factory before 9:30 tomorrow, I will count it as full attendance. In addition, when you get off work tomorrow, ride the tricycle from the third canteen back."

"Thank you, Director!" He Yuzhu smiled even more when he heard Kong Defan's straightforward response. Kong Defan said, "Okay! I'm leaving now! I'll leave this to you."

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, and watched Kong Defan leave the kitchen. Then he asked everyone to start working.

At 11:30 am, as soon as the bell rang, Jia Dongxu rushed into the third canteen. Jia Dongxu came to the window where He Yuzhu got his food and said jokingly, "Silly Zhu, I heard that your wife gave birth to a stupid son for you?!"