Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Su Zihui said, "Mom! You don't have to worry about us. We have arrangements. Besides, even if Jie Kuang can't find a job for a while, our family will be fine."

Ding Jinan said: "Although you have a salary, he is a grown man, it would be embarrassing for you to support him, right?!"

Su Zihui sighed and said, "Mom, this is not the place to talk. Let's go inside and talk."

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Miao Huiping quickly echoed, "Go inside and talk! Go inside and talk!"

After entering the small western-style building, Su Zihui followed Ding Jinan to the living room. After Miao Huiping and Gu Ruoxue sat down on the sofa next to them, she asked directly, "Mom, how much savings do you have now?!"

Ding Jinan asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Why are you asking this?!"

Su Zihui said: "After I gave birth to the child, Jie Kuang gave me 10,000 yuan to live on."

"What?!" Ding Jinan was surprised, then a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and he asked, "Where did Jie Kuang get so much money?!"

Su Zihui replied: "Of course he earned it through his own ability." Then Su Zihui told Ding Jinan about Yan Jiekuang's story.

Ding Jinan was dumbfounded after listening to Su Zihui's narration. Gu Ruoxue seemed to have known it for a long time and said, "Xiaonan, now I know why Zihao and Zilong don't want to come back. You should change your old habit of preaching."

"Hey?! My great-grandson is here!" Just then Su Zhongguo came out of the study with Ding Huawei and Su Yanwu. Yan Xueli understood Su Zhongguo's voice, stretched out his hands to Su Zhongguo, and motioned Su Zhongguo to hold him. Su Zhongguo took the child with a smile, teased him, and said: "Xiaohui, don't listen to your mother. You young people can do whatever you want. If it doesn't work, we old guys are here to support you."

Ding Huawei walked to his wife, sat down, and said, "Xiao Nan, after your mother and I were rehabilitated, our superiors compensated us for all those years' wages. The total salary of your mother and I is nearly 50,000 yuan. We divided the money into four parts. We kept one for ourselves, one for you and your eldest brother, and the remaining one for Xiao Hui and her husband."

Su Zihui said, "Grandpa, we don't need money, you don't have to give us any. Besides, I volunteered to go there to take care of you."

Ding Huawei said, "Since you don't want it, then you can take it. It's my gift to the two children." After saying that, Ding Huawei looked at Gu Ruoxue. Gu Ruoxue took out two passbooks from her pocket. One passbook had Ding Jinan's name on it, and the other passbook had Su Zihui's name on it.

Ding Jinan hesitated for a moment and put away her passbook. Seeing that Su Zihui didn't want to take it, Gu Ruoxue didn't hesitate and stuffed it directly into Yan Xuewen's arms.

Seeing this, Su Zihui had no choice but to accept the passbook and asked, "Grandpa, grandma, where do you live now?!"

Ding Huawei smiled and replied, "We still live in the old place. Not only do we live there, but your grandfather Luo and his family also live there. You can take the children to visit them when you have time. They are always thinking about you and the two children."

Su Zihui said: "Next Sunday, Jie Kuang will probably be back. He and I will take our two children to visit you."

Su Zhongguo said: "How is Han Hu now?!"

Without waiting for Ding Huawei to speak, Gu Ruoxue said, "His wife and children came to see him. But he didn't want to see them. What happened back then. They broke Old Han's heart."

Su Zhongguo said: "If Xiaohui hadn't taken the initiative to go to the countryside, my family would have been in trouble. But fortunately, it's all over. We have survived."

Time soon came to Tuesday morning. Early in the morning, just after dawn, the train that Yan Jiekuang was on slowly drove into the Sijiucheng Railway Station. After the train stopped, Yan Jiekuang got off the train carrying large and small bags of things. After leaving the railway station, Yan Jiekuang found a Wobo and put all the things on Wobo's tricycle. After telling Wobo the address, Yan Jiekuang got on the tricycle.

A little after six in the morning, Wobo appeared at the gate of the courtyard on a tricycle. Yan Jiekuang had just gotten off the tricycle when he saw Yan Bugui coming out. Yan Jiekuang shouted, "Dad!"

"Hey?! Jie Kuang, you're back?!" After saying that, Yan Bugui shouted inside: "Old woman, our son is back!" After saying that, Yan Bugui began to help Yan Jie Kuang unload the truck.

After unloading the things from the car, Yan Jiekuang paid Wobo one dollar, sent Wobo away, and asked the third aunt to look after the things. Yan Bugui and Yan Jiekuang, like ants moving house, brought the things in one after another. Just when Yan Jiekuang was about to finish moving the things, Su Zihui came out of the house.

Su Zihui saw Yan Jiekuang excitedly throwing himself into Yan Jiekuang's arms and said, "Why didn't you send a telegram to your family when you came back? So that we can pick you up."

Yan Jiekuang said: "I am back now, am I not?!"

Yan Bugui came out of the main room and asked, "Jie Kuang, what are all these big and small bags of yours?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Dad, some fresh wild boar meat, venison, and roe deer meat. There are also some other things that are inconvenient to carry, so I sent a parcel before I came back. I think the stuff will arrive in a few days."

Su Zihui asked: "Have you finished dealing with things over there?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It's been dealt with. As for the grain, I went to the grain station before I came back and exchanged it for national grain coupons."

The third aunt said, "Jie Kuang, take a break first. We'll go to the street office and the public security office to complete the remaining formalities later."

"I know!" Yan Jiekuang replied, and was about to take Su Zihui to the main room to divide the things they brought back. Yan Jiedi ran out of the room and shouted, "Brother!"

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded, and said, "It's good that you're at home. Cut some meat and send it to your master later."

"Hey!" Yan Jiedi responded readily and followed Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui to the main room.

After entering the main hall, Yan Jiekuang opened a package, and a wild boar with its skin and internal organs removed appeared in front of everyone. Yan Bugui's eyes shone with gold, and he said, "This wild boar is not small!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, this wild boar is our family's New Year meat. Don't have any bad ideas! Besides, the outsiders are tight on catch now, don't lose the big picture for the small one."

Yan Bugui came back to his senses, rolled his eyes at Yan Jiekuang, and said, "Your father is not that stupid."

Yan Jiekuang replied, "That's hard to say." Then Yan Jiekuang opened two more packages, which contained pieces of venison and roe deer meat. Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, call my second brother later and ask him to come back in the evening to bring some meat back. In addition, we have enough meat left over, and Xiaohui and I will go to my father-in-law and mother-in-law's house tomorrow to get the rest."

Su Zihui said, "Jie Kuang, my grandpa and his family are also in Sijiu City. I have already made an appointment with them and will take you and the children to see them on Sunday."

"Okay!" Yan Jiekuang agreed without thinking and said, "It's still a few days until Sunday. The mail packages are about to arrive. I'll bring some cured meat to them then."