Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

"Little bastard! What are you talking about?!" At this moment, Jia Dongxu's roar rang in Banggeng's ears. The moment Banggeng saw Jia Dongxu, his face changed instantly, without any of his previous arrogant look, and his feet unconsciously moved behind Jia Zhangshi.

Seeing this, Jia Zhang hurriedly protected Banggeng behind her and said, "Dongxu, Banggeng is still young. He doesn't understand many things. We can teach him slowly in the future."

Jia Dongxu glared at Bang Geng, then looked at Qin Huairu and asked, "Is the meal ready?!"

Qin Huairu quickly replied, "It's ready! I'll bring it over right away."

After Qin Huairu left, Jia Dongxu walked to Jia Zhangshi and asked, "Mom, when I just came back, I heard that Xu Damao got married?!"

When Jia Zhang heard her son mention Xu Damao, she immediately smiled brightly and said, "Yes! He brought his wife back today. You know what, his wife is pretty good-looking. But it's a pity, I heard that his wife is from the country."

Jia Dongxu muttered, "I didn't expect that Xu Damao, who has always been so arrogant, would end up marrying a country girl like me?!"

Jia Zhang said, "Dongxu, you, Shazhu, and Xu Damao all married rural girls. Among the three of you, only Shazhu found a job for his wife. Shouldn't you also think of a way to find a job for your wife?!"

Jia Dongxu said, "Mom! Do you think it's that easy to get a job?! If Yi Zhonghai hadn't swallowed up the living expenses his father gave to his brother and sister, would Shazhu have been able to get a job for his wife if the factory director had come forward to protect Yi Zhonghai?!"

Jia Zhang was slightly stunned, then sighed and said, "If I had known this would happen, I should have asked Yi Zhonghai to help when he was still in power."

Jia Dongxu sneered: "Do you think Yi Zhonghai is easy to fool?! He will agree to whatever we say?!"

Jia Zhang said: "No matter what, it's always a good idea to give it a try."

"All this is in the past, so don't talk about it." Jia Dongxu replied, walked to the table and sat down, saying: "I heard that Yi Zhonghai was looking for ways to adopt a child a while ago. If Yi Zhonghai really adopts a child, I guess he really won't care about our family anymore in the future."

"What?!" Jia Zhang jumped up and said, "Before your father died, Yi Zhonghai promised him to take care of us. What?! He really doesn't care about anything now?!"

Jia Dongxu said, "Mom! Yi Zhonghai is now a third-level worker. He needs at least four years to retake the exam. Even if he is very fast, it will take him at least a year and a half to recover to a sixth-level worker. Although a fifth-level worker can take in apprentices, given Yi Zhonghai's character, he will definitely not take in apprentices when he is a fifth-level worker. Besides, many things are uncertain in four years."

Jia Zhang asked worriedly, "Dongxu, what should you do?! Or, why don't you go talk to Liu Haizhong and ask him to be your master?!"

"You want me to learn how to swing a sledgehammer from Liu Haizhong?!" Jia Dongxu jumped up and couldn't help but yelled. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Mom! With my body, do you think I can swing a hammer?!"

Jia Zhang imagined the scene of Jia Dongxu swinging the sledgehammer, and couldn't help but shudder, saying: "Dongxu, you can't sweep the floor forever, right?!"

Jia Dongxu smiled and replied: "What's wrong with sweeping the floor? Although cleaners get paid less, it's easy!"

Jia Zhang said, "I know it's easy, but Banggeng is growing up day by day, and he will soon have to get married. You should at least prepare some money for him to get married, right?!"

Jia Dongxu's face changed and he said, "Why would you want to spend money on a wedding?! Now everyone is advocating keeping things simple. Do you still want to go against the higher-ups?!"

Jia Zhang said hurriedly, "I'm not trying to contradict the higher-ups. What I mean is, we have to change houses, right?! We can't just let Banggeng marry his wife and we all live together, right?!"

Jia Dongxu thought for a moment and said, "I want to live in a big house, too. But now you have to be a level three worker or above to apply for a house from the factory. I don't meet the standard now. And the house requires that the per capita area is less than three square meters. There are only five people in my family, including Xiaodang. Our house is more than 20 square meters, which has long exceeded the per capita area requirement of three square meters. Unless we apply to the street office to build our own house like the Yan family did."

It would cost a lot of money to repair the house by yourself. When Jia Zhang thought about spending this much money on the house, she felt pain in her heart. Jia Zhang asked: "Is there no other way?!"

Jia Dongxu shook his head and said, "If there were other ways, I would have thought of it a long time ago." Then Jia Dongxu picked up a steamed bread and shouted, "Mom! It's time to eat!"

"Here I come!" Jia Zhang sighed, stood up, and walked towards the dining table with the stick.

A little after six in the evening, Xu Damao took a bag of fruit hard candies and took Liu Aidi to distribute candies door to door. Liu Aidi also showed her face in front of the residents of the courtyard.

As time went by, another Spring Festival was approaching. This year was different from previous years. The supplies were much less, and because of the food shortage, the school was closed early. Yan Bugui couldn't stay at home, so he either went fishing or went to the scrap recycling station to look for things.

"Old Yan! What good stuff have you found again?!" Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but ask when he saw Yan Bugui unloading the truck.

Yan Bugui replied: "Nothing much, just some junk."

Yi Zhonghai saw a corner of the radio sticking out of the sack, his eyes turned, and he said with a smile: "Old Yan, I heard that you can tinker with the radio. Make one for the deaf old lady when you have time. She is old and feels bored at home alone. Having a radio can also help her relieve her boredom. After all, she is the ancestor of our courtyard, don't you think?!"

Without waiting for Yan Bugui to speak, Yan Jiekuang walked out of his room and said, "Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady is your ancestor, not our ancestor. Director Wang made it clear when he came last time. Do you, Yi Zhonghai, want to reverse history?!"

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Yan Jiekuang to jump out and say something about him. His face changed instantly and he gritted his teeth and said, "Old Yan, your Yan Jiekuang is too unreasonable. Shouldn't you take care of him?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "Old Yi, I think my Jie Kuang is pretty good. Besides, although what he just said was unpleasant to hear, it makes sense. If you want to honor the deaf old lady, I have no objection. The supply and marketing cooperative and department stores both sell radios. Can't you just buy her one?!"

"This Yan Bugui has really changed! Don't ask me for help from now on. Otherwise, today's humiliation will be returned a hundredfold!" Yi Zhonghai muttered to himself, then smiled and said, "Old Yan, your Jiecheng and Jiefang are both pretty good. Jiekuang is just a little bit worse."

Yan Jiekuang sneered twice and said, "Yi Zhonghai, do you live by the sea? You are nosy! Am I eating your rice or drinking your blood? Do you think life is easy now and you have forgotten your own weight? Besides, what does how our Yan family educates our children have to do with you? No matter what, my father is an experienced person. He has more experience than you. If you want to point fingers at other people's families, go and have a few children first. Wait until you have taught them and accumulated experience before you speak!"

"You!" Yi Zhonghai pointed at Yan Jiekuang and was speechless, as if he had been hit in the chest dozens of times. He almost fainted.