Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

After eight o'clock in the evening, the whole courtyard seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Every household had their doors closed, and there was no light in the house. In the blink of an eye, it was eleven o'clock in the evening. Qin Huairu, who was sleeping on the bed, suddenly heard the sound of a door opening across the street. Qin Huairu instinctively opened her eyes. Qin Huairu turned her head to look at Jia Dongxu, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and carefully moved Jia Dongxu's hand on her to the side, then sat up, put on her clothes, and got out of bed lightly. When she reached the door, Qin Huairu stopped, looked behind her, then carefully opened the door and walked out.

Five or six minutes later, Qin Huairu found Yi Zhonghai at a corner of an alley not far from the public toilet. Yi Zhonghai saw Qin Huairu and asked hurriedly, "Is there anything that can't be said in the factory during the day? What if our affair is discovered?!"

Qin Huairu asked coldly, "When you asked me to marry Jia Dongxu, why didn't you think that someone would find out in the future?!" Then Qin Huairu showed an aggrieved expression on her face and continued, "Do you know?! During dinner today, Jia Zhang discussed the sale of the pawnshop with Jia Dongxu?!"

"What?!" Yi Zhonghai was shocked and asked, "Why would they want to sell the child out of the blue?!"

Qin Huairu said, "The Jia family has always favored boys over girls. If they didn't need me to serve them, they would probably have sent me away. Now Jia Dongxu has a broken leg and is resting at home. You know what their family situation is. Jia Zhang originally approached Liu Haizhong and planned to have him organize a fundraising event in the courtyard. Unexpectedly, Liu Haizhong directly refused."

Yi Zhonghai said angrily: "How could Liu Haizhong do this?!"

Qin Huairu said, "Don't blame Liu Haizhong! You should think of a way to help the Jia family get through this period! You can't just watch them sell Xiaodang, right?!"

After listening to Qin Huairu's words, Yi Zhonghai showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. After a while, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed through Yi Zhonghai's mind. Yi Zhonghai smiled and said: "Since the Jia family wants to sell Xiao Piao, let them sell it!" Afraid that Qin Huairu didn't understand, Yi Zhonghai continued to explain: "Now selling people is illegal. As long as they dare to sell Xiao Piao. You can do it for the sake of justice and send Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi directly. Then you divorce Jia Dongxu. At that time, I will help you to get Jia Dongxu's job. Although it will be harder for you to take care of the children and go to work in the future. But we all live in the middle courtyard. I will take care of you three."

Qin Huairu thought about it and agreed, "This is the only way now. I'll go back first. I'm afraid Jia Dongxu will find out if it's too late." After that, Qin Huairu walked away from Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu's back, licked his dry lips unconsciously, and muttered: "If it weren't for my son, I wouldn't care about you!" Then Yi Zhonghai looked around and returned to the courtyard.

After Yi Zhonghai left, Yan Jiekuang came out from the dark. It turned out that when Yan Jiekuang was about to go back after taking a dump, he saw Yi Zhonghai sneakily turning into the alley in front. Just when Yan Jiekuang was about to go over to see what was going on, Qin Huairu appeared. Not long after, Qin Huairu also turned into the alley.

Driven by curiosity, Yan Jiekuang walked behind the electric pole at the entrance of the alley. Although he could not see what was happening in the alley from this position, it was very hidden and not easy to be discovered. Yan Jiekuang listened to every word of the conversation between Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.

Yan Jiekuang looked towards the courtyard and muttered to himself, "I never thought that Banggeng is really Yi Zhonghai's offspring. They say that out of spontaneity comes out, and Yi Zhonghai was not a good guy to begin with, and with the education he received from the Jia family, it would be strange if Banggeng wasn't a bad guy."

But strangely enough, ever since Yan Jiekuang saw Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu having a tryst near the public toilet, the Jia family suddenly quieted down. Qin Huairu still went to work on time every day, and Jia Dongxu still did nothing every day, either sleeping or eating. Anyway, Jia Dongxu and Banggeng had gained weight visibly.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-December, and the two and a half rooms in the back of the Yan family had been repaired. Third Aunt had also moved the cooking utensils into the kitchen converted from the gatehouse. Looking at the spacious kitchen, Third Aunt was very happy. She no longer had to worry about cooking on windy and rainy days.

The third aunt prepared the first meal after the new kitchen was repaired. After bringing the food into the main room, Yan Bugui and his children walked to the table and sat down without waiting for the third aunt to greet them. Yan Bugui glanced at the people present and said jokingly with a smile: "Today is the most complete gathering of our family in the past half month."

The third aunt said, "Old Yan, it's rare for Jie Cheng to come back today, so you should say less."

"Okay! I'll say less and let's eat!" Yan Bugui picked up the chopsticks and took the bowl handed to him by his wife. He took a sip of the cornmeal porridge in the bowl, picked up a piece of pickled vegetable, put it in his mouth, took a careful bite, closed his eyes, and savored the taste. He felt so comfortable.

The Yan family's dinner was just as simple as usual. In less than ten minutes, the Yan family had finished their dinner. When the third aunt was about to clean up the dishes, Yan Jiecheng's voice rang out: "Dad, we don't need a house now. I'm so old now, isn't it time to prepare a house for me to get married?! I think the two back houses are well built. Can you give me the back house with the bathroom?!"

Yan Bugui was delighted when he heard what Yan Jiecheng said. Yan Bugui said, "When I first applied to the subdistrict office, I asked you. You said you didn't want it. Why?! You changed your mind now?!"

Yan Jiecheng argued: "I didn't say no at the time. I just said the house was a mess and it was uninhabitable."

Yan Bugui smiled and nodded, saying, "I understand. It's not that you don't want the house, but you don't want to pay for it. But I can't decide on the house behind it. Because this house is not mine. It belongs to Jie Kuang. If you don't believe me, you can ask Jiefang."

Actually, Yan Jiefang had his own plans. Originally, three brothers lived in their room. If the younger brother moved out and squeezed out the older brother, the house would be his. Before Yan Bugui finished speaking, Yan Jiefang's voice rang out: "The house at the back is indeed Jie Kuang's. It's just that he is not old enough, so it is temporarily under Dad's name. When he is old enough, we will transfer it to him." Then he asked: "Brother, didn't you apply for a dormitory at work?! Since you already have a place to live, you come back to compete with us. Aren't you too unkind?!"

Yan Jiecheng was stunned. He didn't expect Yan Jiefang to stab him here. Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt a sense of strangeness towards Yan Jiefang. It seemed that he didn't know Yan Jiefang. After a while, Yan Jiecheng came back to his senses and looked at Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Brother, it cost me 250 yuan to renovate the house. The back room with the bathroom cost a little more. If you want it, my brother will help you. I'll ask you for 260 yuan, which doesn't sound good, so just give me yuan. Just give me the money and I'll give you the key right away."