Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

A little after three o'clock in the afternoon, the quiet courtyard suddenly became lively. It turned out that the second aunt brought Liu Haizhong back from the hospital. Yan Jiekuang heard the noise and walked out of his room. Hearing the neighbors' discussions, Yan Jiekuang's mouth curled up unconsciously, and he thought to himself: "This seems too easy for Liu Haizhong. I have to find a way to add fuel to the fire of Liu Haizhong's family."

Yan Jiekuang followed the crowd to the backyard. After a while, when Yan Jiekuang was about to leave, the door of Xu Damao's house opened. Yan Jiekuang saw Xu Damao and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Damao, you are at home!"

"Yeah! Take a break today." Xu Damao replied, then asked, "What's going on next door?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "What else could it be? I heard that Liu Haizhong went to the black market last night and encountered a gang of robbers on his way back."

Xu Damao was amused and said, "It seems that the old guy Liu Haizhong has come up with a lot of things this time! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been targeted."

Yan Jiekuang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother Damao, do you mean that this old guy didn't spit out all the things he fished out a few years ago?!"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "If he had vomited it all out, he wouldn't have fallen to this point." Then he called out, "Jie Kuang, come to my house and sit for a while?!"

"Okay! I'll go back and get some things and come right back." Yan Jiekuang went back to the front yard. Five or six minutes later, Yan Jiekuang walked to the door of Xu Damao's house with a bag of things and knocked on the door.

Xu Damao opened the door and saw Yan Jiekuang, and said, "It's enough for you to come, what else do you need?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I'll bring some snacks from the mountains in the northeast for you and your sister-in-law to try."

“You are thoughtful!” Xu Damao took the things, made a cup of tea for Yan Jiekuang, put it in front of Yan Jiekuang, sat down next to Yan Jiekuang, and asked, “Are you used to the life in the Northeast?!”

Yan Jiekuang replied: "It's fine! It's just too cold in winter."

Xu Damao said, "I know a leader. His children will also go to the countryside this year. He asked me to find out about it. I didn't expect to meet you back here."

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Brother Damao, I'd like to ask, which leader's child who went to the countryside is a boy or a girl?!"

Xu Damao asked: "Boy, girl, what does it matter?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It matters a lot. If it's a girl, it would be more appropriate for her to go to the place where I went to work. If it's a boy, I suggest that he go to a forest farm or a military corps. You can get paid right away. It's more cost-effective than going to our place. If he has a skill, he can make a living."

Xu Damao asked: "What kind of craft?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "For example, your craftsmanship, Damao. Nowadays, the countryside lacks everything except food. If he can show movies, his family has connections, so they can get him a set of projection equipment. Maybe he won't have to work in the fields at all, and he won't lose any work points."

Xu Damao frowned and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll talk to the leader later."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Brother Damao, do you know where I can get a broken projection device in Sijiu City?!"

Xu Damao said, "Then forget it. Projection equipment is a treasure to that factory. Broken ones are basically sent for repair. Even if they can't be repaired, the factory can buy new ones with some money. And projection equipment is not available in every factory. At least it has to be a large factory like a steel mill."

Yan Jiekuang chatted with Xu Damao for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, Yan Jiekuang said goodbye and left.

Back in the front yard, Yan Jiekuang had just walked into the main hall when Yan Bugui and Yan Jiedi came back. Yan Bugui walked in and saw the dishes on the table, and asked with a smile: "Old lady, what day is it today?! Why are the dishes so rich?!"

The third aunt said, "At noon today, my son bought me a roast duck as a gift. I thought Jie Di would be home today, so I didn't eat at noon. At noon, Jie Kuang and I had this can of beef and a bowl of tomato and egg noodles each.

Yan Bugui laughed and said, "I never thought that you two had such a good lunch today!"

Yan Jiedi echoed, "That's right! If mom hadn't thought of me, I probably wouldn't have been able to eat this roast duck today! When I see Sister Zihui later, I will definitely talk to her about it."

Yan Jiekuang reached out and patted Yan Jiedi on the head, saying, "Girl, am I not good enough to you?!"

"Hehe!" Yan Jiedi rubbed the place where Yan Jiekuang had slapped her and said, "Brother, don't be angry. I was just joking with you."

Yan Jiekuang went on to say, "Dad, when I came back, I met my eldest brother. Mom told me everything. If my eldest brother comes to make trouble again next time, you can ask him to give his current house to his brother-in-law and let them move back. If he doesn't want to, tell him not to make trouble again. If it really doesn't work, you can go to his brother-in-law's workplace and make trouble. If you continue like you are now, they will only think you are easy to bully."

Yan Bugui said: "We are all relatives, there is no need to tear each other apart."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, you're embarrassed to have a falling out. They dare to push us too far. It's said that good people are often bullied, and good horses are often ridden. We're not good people, nor are we evil people. We just want to live our own lives well."

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "I know what's going on now!"

The third aunt also spoke up at this time: "Okay! Get ready, let's eat!"

In a blink of an eye, another five days passed. After midnight, Yan Jiekuang quietly left home. After walking for about half an hour, Yan Jiekuang arrived near the black market. Yan Jiekuang observed the situation, entered the space, changed his clothes, disguised himself, and walked directly to the entrance of the black market after coming out of the space.

Two strong men blocked Yan Jiekuang's way and asked, "Buy or sell?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Buy!"

"One cent!" a sturdy man replied.

Yan Jiekuang didn't say anything more. He took out a dime from his pocket and handed it over. The people in the black market took the money and made way. Yan Jiekuang entered the black market, walked around, and walked to the side of the ticket seller. The ticket seller saw Yan Jiekuang and asked, "Friend, what kind of tickets do you want?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Diesel ticket."

The ticket scalper looked at Yan Jiekuang furtively and said, "Are diesel tickets cheap?!"

Yan Jiekuang continued, "If it's not cheap, there must be a price, right?!"

The ticket seller replied, "Sixty cents a liter. Gasoline tickets are fifty cents a liter."

Yan Jiekuang said: "I want all the diesel tickets you have, but I want the ones that are valid nationwide."

The ticket seller thought about it and nodded, "No problem!" Then he took out the diesel ticket and said, "A total of 100 liters."

Yan Jiekuang took the ticket and looked at it. After making sure there was no problem, he put it in his pocket, took out sixty yuan and handed it over, saying, "Brother, I have a question for you!"

The ticket seller asked, "What's going on?!"

Yan Jiekuang then asked: "Do you know who here has a projector?!"

The ticket seller took the money and counted it while saying, "You've asked the right person. Go straight ahead and turn left at the first alley. Knock on the door and tell him that Fatty introduced us. Then tell him what you want."

"Thank you!" Yan Jiekuang thanked him and walked to the location indicated by the ticket seller.