Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Gao Junsong replied: "The day after tomorrow I will find a way to have someone tie them down and prevent them from entering the mountain."

The sudden appearance of a stranger like Su Zihao in the village aroused the curiosity of many people, but when the villagers learned that Su Zihao was Su Zihui's brother and came to visit his sister, the villagers were no longer surprised.

In the winter in the Northeast, it gets dark early. It was a little after five in the evening when it was completely dark. Yan Jiekuang packed the prepared dishes into a lunch box, wrapped it in a small quilt, put it in the backpack, and then stuffed two bottles of white wine and two small bottles of champagne into it. Then he handed the backpack to Su Zihao. Su Zihao also put two packs of cigarettes in it, and then took Su Zihui out.

After walking for about ten minutes, Su Zihui led Su Zihao to the outside of the cowshed. Su Zihui habitually found a small stone and threw it into the room near the fence. Not long after, Ding Huawei came out of the room and asked with a smile: "Xiaohui, why are you here so early today?!"

Su Zihui smiled and made way, saying, "Grandpa, look who's coming?!"

“Zihao?!” Ding Huawei was a little surprised to see Su Zihao yelling excitedly, and hurriedly said, “Come in quickly!”

Su Zihui said with some resentment: "Grandpa, you are still favoring boys over girls as always. I will ignore you from now on!"

Ding Huawei hurriedly comforted her, "Xiaohui, don't you know how your grandpa treats you?! Your brother rarely comes over. Of course I have to be polite to him." Then he asked, "Where's your partner?!"

Su Zihui said: "He said that today is our reunion dinner and it is not appropriate for him to come. He prepared the dishes and wine."

After entering the house, Ding Huawei called out, "Old lady, look who's here?!"

Gu Ruoxue came out of the next door room that she had just opened, and when she saw Su Zihao, she said excitedly, "Is Xiaohao here?!"

Su Zihui smiled and took out the things in the backpack one by one. Su Zihao picked up three packs of cigarettes and handed them to Ding Huawei, saying, "Grandpa, these three packs of cigarettes are for you."

"You are a man of conscience!" Ding Huawei took the cigarette and said, "Old lady, you two kids can talk. I will go and call Lao Luo and the others to come over for dinner."

"Hey!" Gu Ruoxue responded, helped Su Zihui take out the dishes, and then asked: "Xiao Hao, how are you doing in the army?! How many days can you stay here this time?!"

Su Zihao replied, "I am doing well in the army now. My eldest uncle was asked by his father-in-law to join the navy, and he is now the commander on the island. My aunt followed the army. My eldest cousin and second cousin are in the same division as me, but in different regiments...."

Gu Ruoxue listened to Su Zihao's description of the family situation and felt relieved to know that her children were all safe.

"Hey?! It's quite lively here today?!" Just then Luo Dajun's voice rang out, and then people came in one after another. Su Zihao stood up hurriedly and greeted Luo Dajun and others.

Luo Dajun and the others responded one by one, walked to the table, and after sitting down, Han Hu said, "Xiaohui, today's dishes were all prepared by your partner, right?!"

Su Zihui asked proudly, "Grandpa Han, how did you know that?!"

Han Hu said, "You don't have the ability. Your brother can only cook well. The rest is up to your boyfriend. Besides, it's not like we haven't eaten his cooking before." Han Hu picked up the bottle, looked at it, and shouted, "Moutai?!" Then he handed the bottle to Jiang Bi Da and said, "Old Jiang, this is your favorite."

Jiang Bi Da took the bottle and said with a smile, "This little Yan is not honest. I'll have a good talk with him next time I see him. Why didn't you bring out such good wine earlier?"

Ding Huawei said: "How dare you say that?! My Xiaohui brought so much wine, didn't it all end up in your stomach?!"

Su Zihui said, "There are people in the village who can make wine. Tomorrow, Brother Jie Kuang and I will send some grain to them and ask them to help us make some wine. By then, it will be enough for you to drink."

Su Zihao asked: "Xiao Hui, do you have enough food?!"

Su Zihui replied: "Brother, don't worry! I won't starve here."

Ding Huawei said, "Xiao Hao, you don't have to worry about Xiao Hui. Although we can't protect him here, his girlfriend is not easy to get along with. And don't look at her boyfriend's young age. He is very good at dealing with people. Most of the villagers have been bribed by him. Xiao Hui is more comfortable here than in the Forbidden City."

Su Zihui said, "Brother, Qingshan Brigade is different from other brigades. Even if the second-rate people here want to cause trouble, they won't harm people in their own village, even the educated youth. The educated youth in other brigades are not so lucky. Anyway, I would be happy to stay here for the rest of my life."

Ding Huawei said: "Okay! There will be plenty of time to talk later, let's eat! The food will not taste good if it gets cold!" After that, Ding Huawei picked up another bottle of wine, unscrewed the cap, poured himself a glass of wine, and then handed the bottle to Su Zihao.

Su Zihui opened the bottle of champagne and poured a glass each for herself, her grandmother, Yang Ling and Rong Xijuan.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Su Zihui and Su Zihao came back. Yan Jiekuang greeted them and went back to his room to sleep.

The next morning, Yan Jiekuang got up at about the same time as usual. After washing up, Yan Jiekuang walked into the kitchen. A few minutes later, Su Zihao also appeared in the kitchen. Su Zihao asked, "You get up so early every day?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I'm used to it. Wait a little longer, breakfast will be ready soon."

Su Zihao then asked: "What are your plans for today?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "There is no plan, just go into the mountains to collect some firewood and pick up some mountain products. If I'm lucky, I might even get a pheasant or a rabbit."

"Brother, are you up?!" Just then Su Zihui walked in.

Su Zihao said: "Can I go into the mountains with you guys later?!"

Su Zihui agreed without thinking: "Of course!"

Yan Jiekuang reminded: "We can't go too far into the mountains today. We still have to go to the captain's house for lunch."

"Oh!" Su Zihui responded and asked, "Brother Jie Kuang, do we need to bring anything with us when we go to dinner?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Just take two bottles of wine and a few cans. If you are lucky today and find something in the traps on the mountain, don't take the cans."

Su Zihao asked: "You can also set traps?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I learned it from the hunters in the village, and then I improved it myself. The effect is pretty good. At least I haven't used it up yet." After that, Yan Jiekuang took out milk powder from the cupboard and made three bowls of milk powder. Then he took out three boiled eggs and five or six steamed buns from the pot and put them on the table. Then he took out some pickles and said, "It's time for breakfast!"

Su Zihao looked at the things on the table and asked curiously, "Do you eat like this every day?!"

Su Zihui nodded honestly and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Su Zihao replied in a somewhat autistic tone: "Nothing?! Let's eat!"