Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

When Xu Damao heard the word "wife", his eyes lit up and he asked, "Dad, is there any clue about my partner?!"

Xu Wude glanced at Xu Damao and said, "There is a good candidate. But the timing is not right yet. Let's talk about it after a while."

Xu Damao said, "Dad, isn't it uncomfortable for you to only tell me half of the story?! Or tell me, which girl is this?!"

Xu Wood took a sip of wine, looked at Xu Damao, and asked, "Do you really want to know?!"

Xu Damao nodded heavily and answered readily: "Yes!"

Xu Wood shook his head and said, "Even if you want to, I can't tell you now."

"The noodles are here!" Gu Jinlian came out of the kitchen carrying the noodles, put the bowl in front of Xu Damao, and said, "Da Mao, eat it while it's hot. Otherwise, the noodles will clump together and won't taste good!"

"Hey!" Xu Damao responded, picked up the chopsticks and started eating voraciously.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, Yan Bugui finished his breakfast and took a walk in the front yard. Liu Haizhong came out from the middle yard. Liu Haizhong asked, "Old Yan, what are you doing?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "Take a walk after dinner, and you will live to be ninety-nine. Look, I just finished breakfast and did some exercise."

Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui and said sourly: "Old Yan, your family is living a good life now!"

"It's fine!" Yan Bugui replied, and asked, "Old Liu, what can I do for you?!"

Liu Haizhong rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Old Yan, I have something to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?!" Yan Bugui asked.

Liu Haizhong said, "Old Yan, I heard that you can build bicycles. How about you build one for me?!" Without waiting for Yan Bugui to answer, Liu Haizhong continued to talk to himself, "Old Yan, don't worry! If you help me build a bicycle, I will definitely not treat you unfairly!"

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment and said, "Old Liu, it's no problem to assemble a bicycle. But I don't have the parts!"

Liu Haizhong asked as if it was a matter of course, "You can help me collect the money from where you got your bicycle."

"This Fatty Liu, is he better at calculating than me?!" Yan Bugui muttered in his heart, and said, "Old Liu, I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. My bicycle is assembled with parts that my Jie Kuang found at the scrap recycling station. Otherwise, you can ask your three boys to go to the scrap recycling station to find some parts? Don't worry! Since we have been neighbors for many years, I will charge you five yuan for your hard work. What do you think?!"

Liu Haizhong originally planned to get a bicycle for free from Yan Bugui, but Liu Haizhong didn't expect that Yan Bugui was so smart and didn't respond to his request. Liu Haizhong's face changed instantly. Yan Bugui noticed the strangeness of Liu Haizhong and thought to himself: "You are a idiot, and you still want to fight me? You are far from it!"

Liu Haizhong laughed awkwardly twice and said, "Old Yan, you often go to the recycling station. You don't have to bother two people for one thing. That's just something you do by chance."

Yan Bugui replied: "Old Liu, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that I can't do it! I've already helped you, you can't let me pay for it myself?!"

Liu Haizhong said: "Old Yan, we are from the same hospital. We should help each other, isn't that what we should do?!"

Yan Bugui echoed, "It is indeed right to help each other. But it depends on the matter. We can't just help everyone without distinguishing right from wrong, right?! Then I would be a fool! "

When the third aunt in the main hall heard the word "Shagui", she was immediately amused: "This old man is so funny! This Liu Haizhong is really stupid, he can't hear such obvious sarcasm?! What a fool!" Then the third aunt walked out of the main hall and asked: "Old Yan, do you want to bring your lunch box?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "Of course you should bring it! If you can't finish it, you can bring it back and eat it tomorrow. Remember to bring lunch boxes at night, and bring a few extra."

"Dad!" At this moment, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi walked in front of Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiedi who was still yawning and asked, "Where are you two going?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Jie Di wants to eat fried dough cakes. I'll take her to buy some. I'll be back soon."

"Wait!" Auntie called Yan Jiekuang, walked into the kitchen, took out an aluminum pot, and said, "Buy a pot of soy milk."

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded, took the pot and walked outside with Yan Jiedi.

Yan Bugui asked, "Old lady, why did you ask Jie Kuang to buy soy milk?!"

The third aunt said, "Chinese New Year is coming soon. A few days ago, I asked the tofu maker for some brine. When Jie Kuang buys the soy milk, I will make some tofu myself. It will be an extra dish for Chinese New Year."

Yan Bugui grinned and said, "Old lady, you are smart!" Then he asked pretentiously, "Old Liu, do you have anything else to say?"

"That's all!" Liu Haizhong replied and left angrily.

The third aunt looked at Liu Haizhong's back and asked, "Old Yan, we won't offend Liu Haizhong, right?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "He is just a fool. He has no ability at all. Don't be afraid of him."

"Old Yan!" As soon as Yan Bugui finished speaking, Wang Xia's voice rang out.

Yan Bugui heard the call and hurried over to ask, "Director Wang, how come you have time to come here?!"

Wang Xia said, "Old Yan, our street office has recently received a batch of old bicycles. I would like to ask you to help collect a few bicycles."

Yan Bugui asked in surprise, "Director Wang, I put together quite a few bicycles last time."

Wang Xia said, "Originally, there's no need to bother you. A few days ago, the district inspectors came to inspect us. When they saw the bicycles parked in the courtyard of our subdistrict office, they asked curiously. That's when things got out of hand. Old Yan, this is the last time I'm bothering you!"

Yan Bugui hesitated for a moment and agreed: "Okay! But I'm not free today, let's do it tomorrow!"

"Okay! You must come tomorrow!" After saying that, Wang Xia turned and left.

After watching Wang Xia walk out of the courtyard gate, the third aunt sighed and asked, "Old Yan, there was no way we could do anything about the last incident. Why did you agree to her this time?!"

Yan Bugui smiled and asked, "Old woman, you don't understand this. Do you know who the people in our courtyard are most afraid of?!"

The third aunt looked at Yan Bugui with a puzzled look and asked, "Who is it?!"

Yan Bugui said: "Of course it's the Street Office. I have a good relationship with the Street Office, so those evildoers in the courtyard will have to think twice before they plot against us."

The third aunt reacted instantly, gave a thumbs up and said, "Old Yan, you are really awesome!" Then she said, "Let Jiefang go with you tomorrow."

Soon it was ten o'clock in the morning. The six members of the Yan family dressed neatly and went out with two bicycles. Besides Yan Bugui, his wife and daughter rode on the bicycle. Yan Jiekuang's bicycle belonged to Yan Jiecheng today. Yan Jiekuang sat on the front crossbar and Yan Jiefang sat on the back seat. The two bicycles quickly left the alley.

As soon as the Yan family left, Jia Zhang came out of the courtyard. Jia Zhang didn't notice that the Yan family was gone at first. When she came back from going to the toilet, she heard the neighbors talking about the Yan family. Only then did Jia Zhang know that the Yan family had gone out. Jia Zhang's eyes turned and she thought this was a good opportunity. So she didn't dare to delay for a moment and immediately entered the gate of the courtyard.