Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

After leaving the train station, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui took Lou Xiaoe to the bicycle parking area. After the two pushed the bicycles out of the parking shed, Yan Jiekuang tied Lou Xiaoe's suitcase to the back seat of his bicycle and said to Lou Xiaoe, "You and Xiaohui share one."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and joked: "Jie Kuang, why don't you get yourself a car?!"

Yan Jiekuang patted the bicycle and said, "Isn't this a bike?!"

Lou Xiaoe said, "Are you pretending to be stupid? I'm not talking about bicycles."

Yan Jiekuang looked around and said hurriedly, "Keep a low profile! Keep a low profile all the time?! Now we are not afraid of people stealing, but we are afraid of people thinking about it. Although the wind has just blown, everyone's thinking has not changed. Let's wait a year or two before we talk about it!"

Lou Xiao'e didn't say much, got on Su Zihui's bicycle, and said, "Take me to Sijiucheng Hotel!"

Su Zihui said hurriedly: "Why go to Sijiucheng Hotel?! When you come, stay at home. The room has been cleaned for you."

Yan Jiekuang agreed, "Yes! Lou Xiaoe, you should stay at my house! My house is close to where I work. It will be convenient for you to go out."

Lou Xiao'e thought about it and readily agreed: "Okay! I'll listen to you! I'll live in your house."

"That's right!" Yan Jiekuang agreed with a smile and rode on his bicycle. Su Zihui also got on the bicycle and took Lou Xiao'e to catch up with Yan Jiekuang.

More than an hour later, the three of them arrived at the gate of the courtyard in Shajing Hutong. Yan Jiekuang got out of the car, walked to the gate, and rang the doorbell. Not long after, the gate opened. Yan Xuehong stuck her head out and saw Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui, and smiled and called out: "Uncle San, Aunt San, you are back?!"

"I'm back!" Yan Jiekuang replied, "Daya, say hello to your Aunt Lou."

"Oh!" Yan Xuehong responded and called out, "Aunt Lou!"

"Hey!" Lou Xiao'e responded, took out a red envelope and handed it over. Yan Xuehong instinctively took a step back and quietly looked at Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Your Aunt Lou gave it to you, so just keep it. Why don't you thank Aunt Lou quickly?"

"Thank you, Auntie Lou!" Yan Xuehong took the red envelope and ran to the backyard. Yan Jiekuang smiled, helped Su Zihui carry the bicycle into the door, and quickly closed the door.

Su Zihui accompanied Lou Xiao'e to greet Yan Bugui and his wife, and then took Lou Xiao'e into the west wing. It turned out that the west wing was prepared for Yan Xuehong. But Yan Bugui and his wife loved their granddaughter, so Yan Xuehong now lived in the west wing next to the main room, and the west wing was left empty.

Su Zihui said: "Let's take a look! Are you satisfied?!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at it carefully and said, "I was almost deceived by the appearance of your yard. Who did the decoration of your house? When I get my house back, I will ask him to do it too."

Su Zihui said: "The man who helped us repair the house is named Lei. I heard he is a branch of the Yangshi Lei family. But he has good skills and is a very honest person. Let Jie Kuang take you to find him later."

Lou Xiao'e then asked, "I heard that you bought a lot of courtyard houses?!"

Su Zihui smiled and walked over to Lou Xiaoe and sat down, saying, "That's right. Jie Kuang said that the Siheyuan is a good thing, and it's cheap to buy it now and keep it for appreciation in the future. If it doesn't work out, he can turn the Siheyuan into a hotel. Anyway, the money is earned by him, so he can do whatever he wants. At worst, he can lose it all and start over again."

Lou Xiaoe said, "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful!" Then she asked, "Where are your three children?!"

Su Zihui said: "They should be playing in the house at this time! I'll take you over to see them."

"Okay!" Lou Xiao'e put her things away and followed Su Zihui to the east wing.

Entering the east wing, Lou Xiao'e saw Yan Jiekuang's three children lying on the ground playing. When she got closer, she realized that the floor was not covered with a carpet, but a whole bear skin. Lou Xiao'e asked in surprise: "Xiaohui, how rich is your family?!"

Su Zihui said nonchalantly, "We were sent to the Northeast. There is no work for one year or half a year. Jie Kuang likes to go hunting in the mountains when he has nothing to do. He is lucky. He can get something every time he goes up the mountain."

"I never knew Yan Jiekuang had such a talent!" After saying that, Lou Xiao'e looked at Yan Xueyi who was rolling on the ground, and couldn't help but said, "Xiaohui, let me make a deal with you. I want to adopt Xueyi as my godson. Do you agree?!"

Su Zihui tilted her head to look at Lou Xiaoe, pretended to be reluctant, and said, "Okay! I agree."

"Really?! That's great!" Lou Xiao'e ran over like a gust of wind, picked up Yan Xueyi, and said, "Xueyi, I am your godmother. You must remember this!" As she spoke, Lou Xiao'e took out a gold lock from her pocket and put it around Yan Xueyi's neck.

Yan Jiekuang told Yan Bugui and his wife yesterday about Lou Xiaoe's visit to their home. So the third aunt went to the market early this morning to buy a lot of vegetables. After lunch, Yan Jiekuang accompanied Lou Xiaoe out. Because the higher-ups had already given notice, Lou Xiaoe went to the district to get the certificate, and then went directly to the district housing management office to complete the remaining procedures.

After walking out of the door of the Housing Management Office, Lou Xiaoe breathed a sigh of relief. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Where are we going now?!"

Lou Xiao'e said, "I want to go and see my old little Western-style building first."

"Okay! Let's go now. I'll take you to find someone to repair your house. It's only a few days before the Chinese New Year. I guess your dad is getting impatient." Yan Jiekuang got on his bicycle. Lou Xiaoe sighed and said, "My dad originally wanted to come back for the Chinese New Year. I think this plan is going to fail."

"That's not necessarily true. We'll know if we go over and take a look!" After saying that, Yan Jiekuang rode his bicycle and followed Lou Xiao'e.

Half an hour later, Yan Jiekuang and Lou Xiao'e arrived at the gate of the small western-style building. Lou Xiao'e took out the key given to her by the housing office and unlocked the door. She pushed open the door and walked in. Although the appearance of the small western-style building had not changed, the inside had changed. After the Lou family left, the small western-style building was taken away. It was originally allocated for cadres to live in. But for some reason, it became the district tax office. The rooms were converted into offices.

Lou Xiao'e looked at the empty little western-style building and suddenly felt like crying but couldn't. Yan Jiekuang walked around the little western-style building and said, "Sister Xiao'e, I just took a look. We just need to replace some floors, poke the fireplace, and buy some furniture, and we can live here. Otherwise, I will take you to find someone to clean up the house. We can give them more money and ask them to work overtime. What do you think?!"

Lou Xiao'e sighed and agreed, "This is the only way now!"

After leaving the small western-style building, Yan Jiekuang and Lou Xiao'e went straight to Lei Dajun's house. Coincidentally, Yan Jiekuang and Lou Xiao'e just arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Lei Dajun lived, and they happened to meet Lei Dajun coming from another direction. Yan Jiekuang hurriedly called out: "Brother Lei!"

"Hey! Jie Kuang!" Lei Dajun quickly walked up to Yan Jie Kuang and asked, "Do you have something to talk to me about?!"