Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

For Yan Jiecheng, it is not cheap to eat at Quanjude and Donglaishun. Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt that he was being bullied by Yan Jiekuang and was in a dilemma. Yan Jiecheng wanted to plot against Yan Jiekuang, but he did not expect Yan Jiekuang to kill one thousand enemies but lose eight hundred of his own.

Yan Jiecheng hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I don't have that much money. Let's go to another place!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "When you treat people to a meal, you have to be sincere, right?! Besides, as a student, I am already doing a good job of treating my family to a meal. Why?! Can't I choose the place?! Do you like to eat the shit you pooped out?!"

"What do you mean?!" Yan Jiecheng acted like a boss and stood up suddenly, wanting to beat Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang narrowed his eyes, looked at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Dad and Mom are still alive, it's not your turn to make decisions at home."

"You!" Yan Jiecheng pointed at Yan Jiekuang and was speechless. Yan Jiekuang ate the last bite of the steamed bread and said, "Dad, Mom! I'm done! I'm going back to my room to rest. Yan Jiecheng, if you want to invite me tomorrow at noon or in the evening, please let me know."

After Yan Jiekuang left, Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiecheng with a strange look in his eyes. Yan Bugui asked, "Jiecheng, what do you think?!"

Yan Jiecheng and his colleagues had just gone to Quanjude and Donglaishun a while ago. Although everyone contributed one dollar, the whole table cost about ten dollars. If only one or two dollars were contributed, Yan Jiecheng could still afford it, but he was asked to pay ten dollars at once. Yan Jiecheng felt distressed. However, in order to prevent Yan Jiekuang from looking down on him, Yan Jiecheng weighed the pros and cons and said, "I will treat my whole family to Quanjude at noon tomorrow."

"I'll go tell Jie Kuang right away!" Yan Jiefang ran out and saw Yan Jie Kuang sitting at the door of his kitchen. Yan Jiefang asked, "Why didn't you go back to the house?!"

Yan Jiekuang shook his head and asked, "What did Yan Jiecheng say?!"

Yan Jiefang smiled and said, "He is inviting his whole family to Quanjude at noon tomorrow."

"Okay! I'll treat the whole family to Donglaishun tomorrow night." After saying that, Yan Jiekuang stood up and walked slowly into the main hall. He took out two Da Tuanjie and two jins of Sijiucheng local food coupons from his pocket, handed them to Yan Bugui, and said, "Dad, since Yan Jiecheng invited the whole family to Quanjude for lunch at noon, I'll treat the whole family to Donglaishun in the evening. I'm young, so I'll give you the money and coupons first, and then we can make up for each other. Do you think it's okay?!"

Yan Bugui took the money and tickets with a smile and said, "Okay! No problem. Let's have our New Year's Eve dinner in advance tomorrow."

After dinner, the third aunt cleared the table and walked out of the main room with her bowls and chopsticks. She saw Xu Damao coming out of the middle courtyard pushing his bicycle. The third aunt asked, "Damo, where are you going so late?!"

Xu Damao replied, "Third Aunt, I'm going to visit my parents. I won't be back tonight. Please tell Third Uncle not to hold the door open for me at night."

"Okay! Be careful on the road!" The third aunt reminded Xu Damao and went into the kitchen with the things.

A little after eight o'clock in the evening, Yan Bugui had just walked to the gate and was about to close it when he heard He Yuzhu's voice: "Uncle, wait a minute to close the door!" Not long after, He Yuzhu appeared in front of Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui asked: "Zhu Zi, you came back really late today?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "There's nothing we can do! Who told us cooks to serve others?!"

"That's true!" Yan Bugui echoed. Seeing Liu Lan coming over, he urged, "It's so cold, don't stay outside. You two should go back home!"

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, and walked towards the middle courtyard with Liu Lan. When the two of them passed by, Yan Bugui saw, with the dim light from the gate, that He Yuzhu and his wife were both carrying lunch boxes. And they were heavy! Yan Bugui sighed lightly, closed the door, locked it, and then went back to the house.

He Yuzhu and Liu Lan returned home, and He Yuzhu muttered to himself: "What's going on?! When did the third uncle change his personality?!"

Liu Lan asked: "Silly Zhu, what do you mean by this?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Didn't I tell you last time? Uncle San is a famous door god in our courtyard. Even if a dung cart passes by him, he will taste the saltiness of the food inside. Today we brought back so many lunch boxes, but he didn't even ask me for any. Isn't that weird?"

Liu Lan replied thoughtfully: "Don't mention it, it's really a bit strange." Then he asked: "Why?! Do you suspect that the third uncle has been impersonated?!"

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "How is that possible?! Even if they want to change him, they won't change him. Go call Yushui, I'll go heat up the food."

"Hey!" Liu Lan responded and walked out.

About twenty minutes later, Liu Lan came in with He Yushui. He Yuzhu brought the freshly heated food to the table. He Yushui looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table and couldn't help asking, "Brother, why are there so many dishes?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Today, we can't pack up anything except the fish. As for the other dishes, I'll serve them out as soon as they come out of the pot and put them on the side. Don't worry, these dishes haven't been touched." Then he urged, "You two, stop looking! Eat quickly! Otherwise, they won't taste good when they get cold!"

At this time, the Jia family, who lived next door to He Yuzhu's house, was suffering. Although He Yuzhu only heated up the dishes, the aroma was bound to spread outside, and the people of the Jia family had a very good nose. Jia Zhang, who was lying on the kang, could no longer lie down when she smelled the faint smell of meat floating in the air. She sat up and cursed, "Who the hell is this?! You cook meat like this. Isn't that a bad thing?! Don't you know that my family is in trouble?! Bring some here to honor me?!"

Jia Dongxu, who was about to make love with Qin Huairu, heard Jia Zhang's voice and said, "Mom! Don't be angry. Even if you get sick from being angry, no one will send us meat. You should go to bed early!"

Jia Zhang was sitting on the kang and became more and more angry the more she thought about it. She quickly climbed down from the kang, put on her shoes, put on her clothes, and walked out of the inner room, saying, "I want to see which wicked person is cooking meat tonight!" After saying that, Jia Zhang was about to open the door.

Jia Dongxu hurriedly shouted, "Mom! Stop making trouble. Do you really want our family to go back home?!"

"Go back home" is now Jia Zhang's curse. Jia Zhang retracted her hand that was about to open the door, sighed deeply, turned around and looked at Jia Dongxu lying on the bed, and asked: "Dongxu, can we not go back home?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "I don't know either. Now we can only take it one step at a time."

Jia Zhang sighed again and turned back to the inner room. Jia Dongxu lost interest after being disturbed by Jia Zhang. He pulled the quilt up, glanced at Qin Huairu, and said, "Go to sleep!"

Qin Huairu sighed, said nothing more, turned over, and fell asleep soon. Jia Dongxu listened to Qin Huairu's snoring, but couldn't fall asleep. After a while, Jia Dongxu sat up from the bed, took out cigarettes and matches from the clothes covering the quilt, lit a cigarette and smoked silently, thinking about where to get the money.