Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Yan Bugui's face changed and he said, "Yan Jiecheng, do you think that I, as your father, am too easy to talk to? That room. If you want to get married, separate the house. If you don't want that house, you can figure it out yourself. If you want to be a son-in-law, I have no objection." After that, Yan Bugui walked to the table, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and slowly turned on the radio.

Yan Jiecheng was dumbfounded. He had never expected that this was so different from what he had expected. After a while, Yan Jiecheng came to his senses, walked to Yan Bugui and asked, "Dad! Are you really unwilling to give up the house?!"

Yan Bugui looked up at Yan Jiecheng and said, "I've already said it. Do whatever you want. Don't you think about it? You've been working for quite a while. How much have you contributed to your family?!"

Yan Jiecheng was stumped by the question and didn't know how to answer. After thinking for a long time, Yan Jiecheng finally said, "I pay money to my family every month."

"Pfft!" Yan Bugui couldn't help laughing and said, "You did pay. That's the money you owe me and your mother!"

Yan Jiecheng wanted to mutter a few more words, but when he realized that the atmosphere was a little strange, he immediately shut up, turned around and left the room without saying any more.

After Yan Jiecheng left, the third aunt came out from the inner room and sat down next to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui said, "Old lady, I never thought Jiecheng would become so selfish now."

The third aunt said, "He became like this because of our good teaching! Fortunately, there is still Jie Kuang in the family who was not taught the wrong way."

Yan Bugui sighed deeply and said, "This is all my fault!"

The third aunt then asked, "Are you really not going to care about Jie Cheng's marriage?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "How can we really not care? As for how much we care, it depends on Yan Jiecheng himself. Besides, the higher authorities are calling for everything to be kept simple. We don't need to hold a banquet, which will save a lot of expenses. Besides, Jiecheng should have saved a lot of money since he started working. The money he has is more than enough for the wedding. What we can save is the house. This is the condition of our family. If he wants to live here, he can live here. If he doesn't want to, we should just leave him alone."

Yan Jiecheng couldn't get through with Yan Bugui, so he set his sights on Yan Jiefang. He planned to trick Yan Jiefang into moving to Yan Jiekuang's place and give him the house here. However, Yan Jiecheng didn't expect that Yan Jiefang, who had been silent all this time, was more calculating than him.

"Brother, I understand what you mean. You just want me to vacate the house for you?! Since you want to get married, as a brother, I have to help you. You can let me vacate the house. I'll give you two choices. For example, the rent for our house is about two dollars and eighty cents now. I own half of this house. How about this! I won't ask for much from you. You give me one dollar and fifty cents every month, and I'll rent it to you. You pay the rent for ten years in one lump sum. As long as you give me the money, I'll move out immediately. The other option is that you partition the house." After saying that, Yan Jiefang changed to a comfortable position and leaned on the bed, looking at Yan Jiecheng with a smile, waiting for Yan Jiecheng to give an answer.

Yan Jiecheng gnashed his teeth and said, "You are such a ruthless kid!"

Yan Jiefang said, "Brother, have you forgotten our family motto?! If you have forgotten, let me help you recall it?! In our family, only Yan Jiekuang is an outlier. Now our parents have been led astray by him."

Yan Jiecheng frowned, thought for a few minutes, and compromised: "Okay! It's my bad luck. I'll find someone to fix the house in a few days." Then he asked: "Jiefang, can you tinker with a bicycle and a radio?!"

Yan Jiefang replied, "I can fix a bicycle, but I don't have the ability to fix a radio. If you want to fix a radio, go find dad or Jie Kuang. Dad recently took on a job at the street office, so he should have something ready. But it's not easy to get something from dad now! It's getting late, I'm going to bed first! Don't forget to turn off the lights after you wait." After saying that, Yan Jiefang took off his clothes, got into bed, and muttered, "Dad and mom are closer, but bed is still the most comfortable!"

Yan Jiecheng glanced at Yan Jiefang who had already fallen asleep, sighed inexplicably, took out his foot basin, poured some hot water and started soaking his feet.

The next morning, Yan Jiecheng ate breakfast and went out. He did not say where he was going. However, Yan's family members guessed that Yan Jiecheng was most likely going to see Yu Li. Yan Bugui did not take it seriously. After his wife cleaned up the table, Yan Bugui took out his tools and started to tinker with the radio.

Yan Bugui had just finished repairing a radio and was about to take a break for a cup of tea when the deaf old lady's roar rang out at the door: "Yan Bugui! Come out!"

Yan Bugui put down his teacup and muttered, "What is the deaf old woman doing here?!" Then Yan Bugui walked out and asked with a smile, "Old lady, what do you want from me?!"

The deaf old lady asked, "Yan Bugui! Did you bully Yi Zhonghai yesterday?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "He asked for trouble. I didn't bully him."

"You still say you didn't bully him?!" The deaf old lady roared, and then said: "If you didn't bully him, why would he be sick today?!"

Just as Yan Bugui was about to speak, Yan Jiekuang walked up to him, pulled him, and said, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are old, old deaf lady. Who do you think you are?! Empress Dowager Cixi?! She died long ago. Are you trying to restore the monarchy?! Let the old Buddha of our courtyard be destroyed?!"

"Ouch?! I never realized that the third kid from the Yan family is so good at talking!!"

"Yeah! Who can bear such a big hat?!"...

When the deaf old lady heard the neighbors' discussion, her face suddenly turned ugly. Seeing that the deaf old lady did not react, Yan Jiekuang saw He Yuzhu and his wife bringing their children and He Yushui out of the middle courtyard, and then said: "Deaf old lady, the old saying is right! If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. You are so partial to Yi Zhonghai, isn't it for your own retirement. But old lady, I advise you not to do immoral things anymore. If you continue to do so, no one will be able to provide for your retirement!"

“You little bastard! What nonsense are you talking about?!” The deaf old lady yelled at Yan Jiekuang as if he had stabbed her in the lungs.

"You said I was talking nonsense?! Then I really want to have a good breakup with you!" After that, Yan Jiekuang coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about He Yuzhu's father. The deaf old lady saw Yi Zhonghai taking care of him in his old age, and was worried that no one would take care of him in the future, so she conspired with Yi Zhonghai and found the White Widow. Let the White Widow hook up with He Daqing. It is said that thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger. He Daqing, who is in his tiger and wolf years, usually plays the role of both father and mother, and usually lacks someone who knows his feelings. How can he withstand the hooking of the White Widow?! Under the calculation of the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai, He Daqing abandoned his children and followed the White Widow to Baocheng. Others only know that the White Widow's cousin works in the steel rolling mill. Yi Zhonghai introduced the White Widow to He Daqing through the White Widow's cousin. In fact, the White Widow is your niece. Should I call you Old Lady Bai or Guaerjia?!"

The deaf old lady's face turned pale in an instant, and she asked in a pretentious manner: "What did you say?! You want to apologize to Yi Zhonghai?!" Then, as if answering her own question, she said: "That's good! It's a great thing to admit your mistakes and improve! Go!"