Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

On the other hand, when He Yuzhu's family reunited in Baocheng, Yi Zhonghai dragged his tired body back to the courtyard. Yan Bugui looked at Yi Zhonghai's back, smiled bitterly, shook his head and muttered: "Compared with Yi Zhonghai, I am just a small witch. I am calculating some petty gains, but he is calculating others' whole lives!"

Yi Zhonghai seemed to sense that Yan Bugui was talking about him, and suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Yan Bugui, and continued to walk towards the middle courtyard. After returning home, Yi Zhonghai threw himself directly on the bed. After about ten minutes, Liu Guiying came back. Seeing Yi Zhonghai lying on the bed, Liu Guiying hurried over and asked: "Zhonghai, what's wrong with you?! Are you feeling uncomfortable?!"

Yi Zhonghai sat up and said, "I'm not feeling uncomfortable, I'm just unhappy." Then he asked, "How is the deaf old lady now?!"

Liu Guiying replied: "What else can I do?! This time it's all Liu Haizhong's fault. Why go to the street office for no reason?! Isn't this harming people?!"

Yi Zhonghai said, "We all know who Liu Haizhong is. He is willing to use any means to become an official." Then he changed the subject and said, "Although Liu Haizhong is hateful, the culprit is Yan Jiekuang. If it weren't for this kid's nonsense, there wouldn't be such a big trouble."

Liu Guiying muttered, "These things happened so long ago, how did he know?!"

"What did you just say?!" Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Guiying and asked.

Liu Guiying replied: "I was wondering, how did he know those things at such a young age?!"

"That's right!" Yi Zhonghai reacted and said, "Not many people know about what happened back then. Even if they knew, they couldn't tell anyone. How did he know?! And he knew it so clearly?! He even knew that the White Widow was the niece of the deaf old lady. Could it be that someone has been watching us?!"

Liu Guiying said: "No matter if anyone is watching us or not, the fact that we are in this situation now is closely related to the Jia family. Without the evil Jia family, we would not be in this situation now!"

"Old Yan!" When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Guiying were analyzing who was plotting against them, Liu Haizhong appeared in front of Yan Bugui with his hands behind his back and walked in an official manner. Yan Bugui asked, "Old Liu, what's the matter?!"

Liu Haizhong said: "Several families in our courtyard are running out of food. We can't even buy food at the grain store now. The New Year is coming soon. We can't just watch them starve to death, can we?!"

Yan Bugui asked: "Old Liu, have you reported this to the Street Office?!"

Liu Haizhong replied, "We have responded! The subdistrict office is also trying to find a solution. It's not just our yard that is short of food. I think it's better to find a solution ourselves than to wait for the notice from the subdistrict office."

Yan Bugui asked, "Find a way yourself?! What can you do?!" Then Yan Bugui reacted, looked around, and continued to ask, "You mean to go to Pigeon City?!"

Liu Haizhong pulled Yan Bugui aside and said, "Don't worry if you laugh at me. I went to the pigeon market last night. There was not a single grain of food in the pigeon market. The price of eggs has also risen to fifty cents each. I mean, why don't we go to the black market and have a look."

Yan Bugui asked hurriedly: "Old Liu, are you crazy?! Going to the black market?! Aren't you afraid that they will rob you?!"

Liu Haizhong replied: "I am afraid too! That's why I came to discuss it with you."

Yan Bugui hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I think we should just forget it!"

Liu Haizhong said, "Old Yan, I know what you are worried about. Let's send more people and divide them into two groups. One group will go in to purchase, and the other group will be outside to support. As long as we act quickly and don't disperse, there shouldn't be any problem."

Yan Bugui thought: "We don't lack food at home, so why take this risk?!" So Yan Bugui refused straightforwardly: "Old Liu, I think it's better to forget it! It's good if nothing happens. If something does happen, it's almost the New Year, wouldn't it be annoying?!"

Liu Haizhong asked again: "Old Yan, you really don't care about this matter?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "I really can't do anything about this. If you want to, go ahead! I will just pretend that you never told me." After that, Yan Bugui turned around and went home.

"You don't know how to appreciate a favor!" Liu Haizhong cursed inwardly as he looked at Yan Bugui's back and went home angrily.

The third aunt looked at Yan Bugui who came back with a stern face and asked, "Old Yan, you were fine when you went out, why do you look so fierce when you come back? Who has offended you?!"

Yan Bugui sat down, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, and said, "Who else could it be except that bastard Liu Haizhong?!"

The third aunt asked: "How did he offend you again?!"

Yan Bugui said: "Look, he saw that some families in the courtyard were beginning to run out of food. He wanted to ask me to bring people to the black market to buy food."

The third aunt said hurriedly: "The black market is not a good place. What if something goes wrong?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "He is crazy about becoming an official now. He only cares about himself now and doesn't care about other people! I am not kidding, if something really happens, he will definitely clear himself of all responsibility." Then Yan Bugui muttered, "This Liu Haizhong is such a piece of shit! He asked me to go with him, and after all this time he wanted me to be his scapegoat for something that happened?! This bastard, instead of learning how to swing a sledgehammer, he learned the art of war. I really underestimated him."

The third aunt asked: "What should we do now?!"

Yan Bugui didn't think twice and said directly: "Our family is not short of food, I replied him directly."

The third aunt agreed, "That's true. We don't lack food at home, so there's no need to take this risk. If it really doesn't work, we can go to Zuojiazhuang to exchange for food."

"Really?!" Yan Bugui couldn't help but slap his thigh and said, "People who are short of food can go to Zuojiazhuang to exchange food. I will go and talk to those who are short of food!" After that, Yan Bugui ran out.

The third aunt looked at Yan Bugui's back and muttered, "This old man is becoming more and more like a child!"

"Mom! Who looks like a child?!" Yan Jiekuang walked in from outside. The third aunt said, "Who else? Your dad!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "My father is not under as much pressure as before, so he let go." Then Yan Jiekuang took out a bag of brown sugar from his pocket and handed it to Auntie San, saying, "Mom! I heard from Xiangzi's father next door that Shazhu's family went to the train station early in the morning. I think they are very likely to go to look for He Daqing."

The third aunt took the brown sugar and asked, "If they go this way, can they see He Daqing?! Will they not be driven out by the White Widow again?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "I think they can see it. Last time Sha Zhu took Yu Shui to defend the city, someone in the courtyard tipped off Bai Guafu. This time, no one tipped off, and no one in the courtyard knew that Sha Zhu and his family were going to defend the city."

The third aunt then remembered what He Yuzhu said when he left, and said, "That silly boy, Shazhu, actually got wise after getting married."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Mom, why did my dad go out in such a hurry just now?!"

The third aunt replied, "Some families in our courtyard are beginning to run out of food. Liu Haizhong said your father took people to the black market. Your father felt it was unsafe and returned. So he remembered the food exchange in Zuojiazhuang. I guess your father went to tell the people in the courtyard about this news."