Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

After Yan Bugui left the kitchen, Yan Jiekuang walked into the kitchen with five Cantonese sausages. Auntie San heard the footsteps and asked, "Why did you come in?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Just now I heard you tell dad that you would invite He Yushui to our house for dinner tonight. I guess we don't have much food at home. I made some sausages a while ago, you can steam them later. The oil from the steaming can also be used for cooking."

The third aunt took the sausage and looked at it. She couldn't help but said, "This is a good thing!" Then she asked, "Where did it come from?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Where did it come from, Mom? Don't worry about it. Anyway, there is no problem with the origin."

The third aunt said, "You can't eat that much at one time. I'll steam three and make the rest for you and Jie Di in a few days."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and agreed, "Listen to my mother! I'll eat whatever you cook. I'm not picky about food."

The third aunt glared at Yan Jiekuang in anger and said, "You are not picky about food, are you?! Now Jie Di has been led astray by you. When there is nothing to eat in the future, what will you do?!"

Yan Jiekuang thought to himself, "It's possible that others don't have anything to eat. How could it be possible that I don't have anything to eat?! Mom, you underestimate me too much." Yan Jiekuang said, "Mom! Don't worry about food. I will prepare it for the family when the time comes."

The third aunt knew that her youngest son was capable, but the situation was too chaotic. She was also afraid that something might happen to her youngest son, so she reminded him, "Jie Kuang, you are young, so don't go to some places."

Yan Jiekuang understood what his mother was talking about, and smiled and comforted her: "Mom, don't worry! I won't go there! I have a special place for my things. Don't worry!"

"Go play with Jie Di! Don't stay here." After sending Yan Jie Kuang away, the third aunt washed three Chinese sausages and put them in a bowl, then put them in the steamer and steamed them together with the steamed bread and the two-grain steamed buns that He Yuzhu gave her. The third aunt wrapped the remaining Chinese sausages in newspaper and put them in the cupboard.

When the three aunts finished cooking, He Yushui came back with her schoolbag.

"Yushui!" Yan Bugui stopped He Yushui who was about to go back and said, "Yushui, your brother is staying with your sister-in-law in the hospital tonight. You can have dinner at my house."

He Yushui said: "Uncle, please don't bother me, right?!"

Yan Bugui said in an unquestionable tone, "Your third aunt has already prepared everything. Come in quickly!"

"Oh!" He Yushui didn't expect that the usually smiling third uncle would have such a side. She responded obediently and followed Yan Bugui into the main hall.

The third aunt said, "Yushui, don't just stand there! Sit down!"

"Hey!" He Yushui responded and sat down next to Yan Jiedi.

The third aunt picked up a steamed bun made of 200g flour and put it into He Yushui's bowl, urging him, "Yushui, don't just stand there like an idiot. Eat it!"

Yan Jiefang took a steamed bun made of 200g flour and asked, "Mom, what day is it today? How do you make a steamed bun made of 200g flour?!"

The third aunt replied: "Eating can't stop you from talking! You're so nagging! If you think the steamed buns made from two-grain flour are not good, then don't eat them!"

Yan Jiefang was instantly silenced by his mother's rebuke. The third aunt picked up the chopsticks, picked up almost half a sausage and put it into He Yushui's bowl, saying, "Don't just eat the buns, eat some vegetables!"

He Yushui was confused by the series of actions of the third aunt. He Yushui suddenly felt like he was dreaming: "Why is it different from the Yan family I know?!"

Yan Bugui then asked, "Jie Kuang, where did you and Jie Di have lunch today?!"

Before Yan Jiekuang could speak, Yan Jiedi said, "Third brother took me to a state-owned restaurant to eat braised pork."

When Yan Jiefang heard the words "red-braised pork", his face changed instantly and he said, "Jie Kuang, you are so mean. You took Jie Di with you, but why didn't you take me with you?! No matter what, I am your second brother after all."

Yan Jiekuang said: "The younger one eats the older one, that's justified. If anyone wants to treat, it should be you. Why do you want me to treat you?! Second brother, this is wrong!"

Yan Jiefang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yan Bugui, and finally at the cute Yan Jiedi. He sighed helplessly and muttered, "Why did mom give birth to me so early?! Couldn't she have given birth to me a few years later?!"

After dinner, He Yushui went back home. Yan Bugui asked, "Jie Kuang, how many food coupons and meat coupons do you have now?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Not much." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

Yan Bugui said: "I was thinking, if you have extra food, we can buy some and store it now while the food store has not yet limited the purchase of food. Judging from the current situation, the food production is expected to decrease this year. We should prepare in advance!"

Yan Jiekuang stretched out his hand and rubbed his fingers towards Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui asked, "What do you mean?!"

Yan Jiekuang said directly: "Give me money! I have connections. I only need money, no tickets. The price is the same as the grain store. But our family only has a quota of 50 kilograms a month."

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is the fifty kilograms coarse grain or fine grain?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "I don't know about that. The items are random. I take whatever they give me. Anyway, I don't keep it to myself."

The third aunt said, "Fifty kilograms a month, six hundred kilograms a year. Given our family's situation, we can only free up a little for the three of them. Counting their own rations, we can save at least twenty kilograms of food a month." Then she looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, we are going to get rich!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Mom! Don't do any reselling. If they find out, our share will be cancelled. If our share is cancelled, the things will be added to other people's heads. Mom! You don't want us to starve in the future, do you?!"

The third aunt replied: "Why would I want you to be hungry?!"

Yan Bugui reminded: "The matter of grain must not be known to outsiders. Whoever causes trouble in the future will have to find a way to solve it himself."

"Got it!" Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang responded in unison. Yan Jiefang then said, "Dad! Mom! I'm going back to read!"

"Yeah!" Yan Bugui nodded, and after watching Yan Jiefang leave, he looked at Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang pretended not to see it, turned his head and teased Yan Jiedi. Yan Jiedi looked cute now, and Yan Jiekuang muttered in his heart: "Why don't I look like her?! The Yan Jiedi in the TV series is so sarcastic and mean. She has learned at least 70% of the Yan family's calculations. No wonder it is said that parents are the best teachers for their children. If Yan Bugui and the third aunt don't teach their children how to calculate, they won't rely on Qin Huairu for retirement when they are old?! While Yan Jiedi is still young, find a way to turn her back. As for Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, forget it! Let them go all the way on the road of calculation! At worst, I, as their younger brother, will help them collect their bodies in the future. It can also be regarded as fulfilling the brotherhood of all these years."

Seeing that Yan Jiekuang didn't look at him, Yan Bugui couldn't help but asked, "Jiekuang, when can we get the food?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Before the second Thursday of every month, they will put the food in the designated place. Dad, you don't have to worry about it."