Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Xu Damao patted his chest and assured solemnly: "Jie Kuang, don't worry! I will never use this as a favor. Thank you!" After that, Xu Damao held the review materials as if they were holding a big ingot and ran back home.

Yan Bugui asked: "Jie Kuang, you gave the review materials to Xu Damao. What are you going to do?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Dad, I have a lot of review materials here! I got them all from the recycling station." Then he asked, "Dad, do you want to make some money?!"

Yan Bugui asked, "You want me to sell review materials?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and asked, "How about it? Do you want to make this money?!"

Yan Bugui pinched his chin and pondered for a few seconds, then asked, "How many review materials do you have?!"

"Dad, wait for me!" Yan Jiekuang went to the room where Yan Jiefang used to live, and took out five large sacks one after another, saying, "Dad, the review materials are all here."

Yan Bugui looked at the sack in front of him and asked in disbelief, "What are these?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "All of them! But Dad, you have to find time to sort it out yourself."

Yan Bugui then asked: "What about the money earned?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "We will split the money 70% to 30%. You get 70% and I get 30%. Are you satisfied now?!"

Yan Bugui smiled even more brightly this time and said, "Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll help you with reluctance." After that, Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiekuang to move the sacks back to Yan Jiefang's original house.

Days passed by, and soon it was the day of the college entrance examination. Early in the morning, Yan Bugui got up early and went out to buy breakfast. Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui washed up and just entered the main room, they saw breakfast on the table. Yan Jiekuang asked: "Dad, what's going on today?!"

Yan Bugui said, "Aren't you two going to take the college entrance examination today?! I wish you all the best in advance. I'll give each of you a fried dough stick and two fried dough rings. It's just a little token of my appreciation as an old man."

Su Zihui smiled and said, "Dad, thank you!"

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Dad, is there any tomorrow?!"

Yan Bugui hurriedly shook his head and said, "Today is the first day. The situation is special. If you want to eat tomorrow, go buy it yourself." Then Yan Bugui urged, "Don't just stand there, eat quickly!"

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui responded in unison.

Yan Bugui also picked up a doughnut, took a bite, and said, "Your child is under my and your mother's care, don't worry! Jie Kuang, send your wife to the exam place later, and then you go to your exam place."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, don't bother. Zihui and I are at the same examination center."

After breakfast, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui went back to their room to check the things they would need for the exam. After making sure there were no problems, they took their things and pushed their bicycles out.

The exam lasted for three days. When the last day was over, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui walked out of the exam room. Su Zihui looked at Yan Jiekuang and asked, "How did you do on the exam?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "No problem."

Su Zihui agreed, "I think so too!" Then he changed the subject and asked, "Where did you get the last set of review papers?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, “I found my former high school teacher and paid him some money to help me with it.” Then he asked knowingly, “How did you see it?!”

Su Zihui said, "The teacher you found is really capable! He predicted the questions very accurately. I was a little worried that I might not pass the exam. Now I am not worried anymore." Then he asked, "What are your plans next?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "What else can I plan?! Of course I have to wait for the test results. The other thing is to go to work."

"That's true!" Su Zihui echoed, saying, "Let's go! Otherwise, Dad and the others will be waiting anxiously."

More than half an hour later, when Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui were about to reach the alley where the courtyard was located, Qin Huairu came towards them with Xiaodang and Huaihua. Qin Huairu had good eyesight and saw Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui from a distance. Qin Huairu greeted them first: "Hey?! Are you Yan Jiekuang?! Is the one next to you your wife?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Qin Huairu replied: "It's nothing! I just saw you and said hello. My Xiaodang and Huaihua are both taking the college entrance examination this year."

Yan Jiekuang asked: "What does this have to do with me?!"

Qin Huairu's face changed and she said, "No matter what, we were neighbors before. Is it necessary for you to speak so harshly?!"

Yan Jiekuang rolled his eyes at Qin Huairu, and without saying anything more to her, he took Su Zihui and was about to go around the side. Xiaodang was probably jealous because Su Zihui was prettier than her, so he blocked Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui's way and said, "My mother is talking to you?! Why don't you answer?!"

"Psycho?!" Yan Jiekuang said to Xiaodang, pushed Xiaodang away and turned into the alley with his wife. Looking at the backs of Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui, Xiaodang stomped his feet with gritted teeth and said, "Why is Yan Jiekuang like this now?!"

Qin Huairu sighed and said, "They are doing well now and don't look down on us. There is no need for us to put our warm faces on their cold butts."

Xiao Dang said: "It's all Bang Geng's fault. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be so unpopular."

Qin Huairu couldn't stop crying after hearing what Xiaodang said. Huaihua saw Qin Huairu crying and yelled, "Sister! Stop talking! Who are you going to find to make you unhappy?! Why are you rubbing salt into our mother's wounds?!"

Xiao Dang was also a little panicked at this time, and hurriedly explained: "I just didn't pay attention for a moment! Okay! Mom, don't cry. Let's go quickly!"

Walking into the alley, Su Zihui asked, "That woman just now was Qin Huairu?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "That's her! Don't be fooled by her harmless appearance. In fact, this woman is rotten to the core. If you meet these three people in the future, don't talk too much to them, and don't treat them well. These three people are the kind of people who like to take advantage of others."

When they got home, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui heard Yan Bugui and the third aunt talking about the house. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Dad, who in our courtyard is moving out again?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "No one in our courtyard wants to move out. Courtyard No. 17 used to be owned by a family named Wen. The Wen family was rehabilitated a while ago. The house was returned to them. Unfortunately, only the uncle and nephew are left in the Wen family. The others didn't make it. They want to sell the house and go their separate ways."

Yan Jiekuang asked: "How big is their house?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "It is a quadrangle with two entrances." Then he asked, "Why are you asking this?!"

Yan Jiekuang asked back, "Dad, is housing in Beijing tight right now?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "Nervous."

Yan Jiekuang continued, "You also know that housing is in short supply. Although we don't have to worry about housing at home, that's because the children are still young. In two years, when the children grow up, do you think the current house will still be livable? Even if it is livable, the children will need the house when they get married, right? So, we have to plan ahead. Even if not for ourselves, we have to think about the children."