Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Lin Geng was not going to talk to him at this moment. He snorted coldly and said, "I think it's better to forget it. I'm afraid that you two will plot against me again at any time! It's better to have less contact in the future. Don't mess with me, and I won't mess with you! Please go back. I have to cook!"

Yan Bugui wanted to say a few more words to Lin Geng, but Lin Geng closed the door with a sullen face, turned back to the kitchen and started cooking. Calculating the time, Yu Li should be back from get off work.

Yan Bugui had no choice but to go home, where he slumped down on a stool, looking depressed.

His wife came over and asked Yan Bugui with a worried look on her face: "What did you say when you went to see Xiaolin?"

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "What else can I say? This time I have completely offended Lin Geng! He said that he will not associate with us anymore and we should avoid him if we have nothing to do. This is bad. It will be difficult to take advantage of him again! Oh!"

After hearing this, Yan Bugui's wife was unhappy and grumbled, "Is it that serious? It's just a small matter, is it necessary to fall out with him? We have been so good to him in the past two years, but he is still a heartless person! Humph!

No, this can't be done, I'm going to go talk to him again!" She was about to stand up and go find Lin Geng again.

Yan Bugui slammed the table and said angrily, "Come back! Don't you think it's not messy enough? Do you have to make things worse? What right do you have to go to him to argue? What are you arguing about? Haven't we taken advantage of him enough in the past two years? Don't you count on your fingers? If you go to him to make trouble again, with his temper, do you think he will let you go? Stay still!"

You are such a short-sighted person, don't you think about what happened to those families in the yard who offended him? Do you have to make things so messed up that our family will be destroyed before you are satisfied?"

When Yan Bugui's wife heard this, she immediately became timid. At this moment, she remembered the fate of the Yi family, the Liu family, the Jia family, and the deaf old lady in the backyard. She shuddered and stopped immediately. She patted her chest with a look of fear and said, "Yes, yes, what you said is true. Xiao Lin really cannot be provoked!

"I'll tell you! This time, it's all your fault. You shouldn't have plotted against him in the first place. Now you've offended him. It will be difficult for us to take advantage of him in the future!"

Yan Bugui was so angry that he almost overturned the table. He glared at his wife and said angrily, "You are blaming me! When I said I was going to find Lin Geng, I asked you to fry some eggs and bring them over. But you said that his family doesn't need the eggs. With our relationship with him, can he not just ignore my meal?

Now you have the nerve to blame me! If there is anyone to blame, it’s all your fault, you stinky bitch…”

As a result, the couple quarreled at home because of this matter. Yan Bugui's wife felt wronged and sat on the ground crying, which caused chaos in the Yan family.

Although Lin Geng did not intend to deal with Yan Bugui like he did with Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, he would not be so saintly if he just let the matter go.

It didn't take long for him to get a workstation for Yan Jiecheng at the agricultural machinery factory west of Sijiu City. The agricultural machinery factory was certainly not as good as a large factory like a steel rolling mill, but in this era, it was still a good factory with decent welfare benefits.

Lin Geng also found a work station for Yan Jiecheng through their deputy factory director who was in charge of logistics. The work station was for a retired old worker in the factory. The worker had a son who was admitted to a technical secondary school, which guaranteed job placement, so his work station became vacant and he wanted to transfer it.

Their deputy factory director discussed with him and bought his workstation for 500 yuan. He gave the workstation transfer certificate to Lin Geng. As long as he had this workstation certificate, he could go through the procedures at the factory and start working.

Lin Geng immediately gave the deputy director of the agricultural machinery factory 500 yuan, and promised that he would find a way to get two more pigs for their factory this month. Then he left the factory with the deputy director's numerous thanks.

Yan Bugui never imagined that his home would be robbed. Yan Jiecheng suddenly told them without saying a word, saying that he had found a job in an agricultural machinery factory which was too far from home and it was inconvenient for him to commute back and forth, so he would live in the factory dormitory from now on.

When Yan Bugui heard this, he became anxious and hurriedly asked Yan Jiecheng how he got this job.

Yan Jiecheng did not tell Yan Bugui that it was Lin Geng who found the job for him. Instead, he made up a lie and said that his friend helped him find the job and that he spent 500 yuan to buy the job position that was transferred from someone else. After entering the factory, he became a formal employee.

After hearing this, Yan Bugui asked him where he got the 500 yuan. Yan Jiecheng also said that he got it from his friends. This made Yan Bugui very anxious, and he asked him whether he had to pay interest to others for borrowing so much money.

Yan Jiecheng looked at Yan Bugui with disdain, coughed and said, "Of course I have to give it to him. I have already agreed with my friend that the 500 yuan should be paid off in five years. After I start working, I will pay him 10 yuan a month. It will be enough for five years!"

Yan Bugui quickly calculated the cost. He paid ten yuan a month, which meant twelve hundred yuan a year, and six hundred yuan in five years. The interest rate was not high, so he felt relieved.

However, Yan Bugui refused to agree to Yan Jiecheng's suggestion to move to the factory dormitory, because workers had to pay to live in the factory's single dormitory, so he hurriedly asked how much it would cost to live in the factory dormitory per month.

Yan Jiecheng rolled his eyes and told Yan Bugui that the agricultural machinery factory was on the outskirts of the city and transportation was inconvenient, so in order to facilitate the workers, the factory built many dormitories, which were free for the factory's formal workers. They were all double rooms and were free of charge.

Yan Bugui was relieved now. However, as for the fact that Yan Jiecheng had to live in the factory dormitory and eat in the factory, he still felt a little distressed. If Yan Jiecheng lived in the factory, accommodation would be free, but meals would definitely cost more every month than eating at home. Of course, the more money mentioned here only refers to the cost of food for his family, not the food expenses that Yan Jiecheng paid to his family.

The same amount of money spent on food in the factory and the same amount of money given to him would definitely mean that the food in the factory would be much better. After all, the food in the Yan family has always been of neither quality nor quantity. The main dish all year round is porridge and cornmeal steamed bread, and the dishes are the cheapest seasonal dishes or pickles, so the money is definitely less.

However, Yan Bugui was still very dissatisfied with Yan Jiecheng's move out to live in the factory. He thought that if Yan Jiecheng moved out, he would no longer be able to collect accommodation and food expenses from Yan Jiecheng.

You should know that since Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang dropped out of junior high school, Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang to go out to do odd jobs to earn money, and to pay three yuan for accommodation and five yuan for food every month to the family. That's not all, he also asked them to pay an additional five yuan per month as the cost of raising them by the couple, and not to raise them in vain.

Such a bizarre request is not only unique in this courtyard, but it would probably be difficult to find another one in the entire city.