Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

After this trip, Yan Bugui and his wife understood that it was impossible for Yan Jiecheng to live at home. Even if Yan Jiecheng got up before dawn and rushed to the factory, it would take an hour or two to walk or ride a bicycle. If he took the bus, the early bus would not leave in the morning and the late bus would be closed in the evening. No wonder Yan Jiecheng would never live at home. No one could complete the task of commuting hundreds of miles to and from get off work every day.

After a day of trouble, Yan Bugui and his wife were completely discouraged. They realized that it was impossible to force Yan Jiecheng to return home, so they stopped trying and could only wait for Yan Jiecheng to return home and negotiate with him to make him pay more money every month.

But Yan Jiecheng disappeared without a trace after he left. He didn't even come home on Sundays. There was no sign of Yan Jiecheng for more than half a month, which made Yan Bugui panic again.

What made Yan Bugui even more panicked was that half a month after Yan Jiecheng left, Yan Jiefang also suddenly ran away, saying that he had found a temporary job in the north of the city and the job was very stable, and he could not live at home anymore. He did not say goodbye to Yan Bugui before leaving. He suddenly left a letter and slipped away quietly with his bedding roll early in the morning.

This almost made Yan Bugui and his wife angry to death. When they found out that Yan Jiefang had run away in the morning, they asked Yan Jiekuang where his second brother had gone. Yan Jiekuang said in a daze that he didn't know either. His second brother had gone out early in the morning. He thought Yan Jiekuang was going to the toilet. But when he woke up, he found that his second brother's bedding roll was gone and only a piece of paper was found.

When Yan Bugui took a look, he realized that Yan Jiefang had also run away and found a job outside and was going to move out. It was as if the sky had fallen for the Yan family. Aunt Yan immediately sat at home crying and wailing, cursing Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang for being ungrateful and saying that they would fly away when they grew up and had strong wings.

At least Yan Bugui and his wife knew where Yan Jiecheng worked, but when Yan Jiefang ran away, he didn't even tell them where he worked. He just left a message saying that he had found a temporary job in the north of the city. No one knew where exactly, so they didn't know where to look for him even if they wanted to.

This is almost the same as when Liu Haizhong's eldest son Liu Guangqi ran off to the Northwest without a word, except that the brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiecheng are still in Sijiu City, but it is not easy to see them.

The more Yan Bugui thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He was actually very clear how hard it was to find a job nowadays. In order to find jobs for Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, he had actually asked many people to help inquire. However, because of his stingy nature, he only wanted help but didn't want to give even a candy bean or a cigarette, so people who knew him were not willing to help him at all.

However, Yan Bugui still knew that it was very difficult to find a job in the city nowadays, and even if there was a job available occasionally, people would fight for it.

But how did Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang both find jobs? They didn't have much money, nor did they have many friends, let alone connections. How come within half a month, both of them found jobs so far away from home? How is this possible?

So the more Yan Bugui thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy about this matter. After thinking it over, he finally guessed that Lin Geng might be behind it.

Whoever has the greatest ability in this courtyard must be Lin Geng. Many things seem difficult to accomplish in the eyes of others, but for Lin Geng, they can often be done with just one word.

Nowadays, whether it is Zhao Erya, Liu Guangtian, or Liu Shufen's work in the backyard, including Yu Li's work, all are solved by Lin Geng. Regardless of whether money is spent or not, it is undeniable that at least it was Lin Geng who helped find the jobs.

Yan Bugui thought about it and felt that the work of Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang might be inseparable from Lin Geng, and this possibility was very high, so high that it was infinitely close to the fact.

The more Yan Bugui thought about it, the more he felt that Lin Geng was trying to trick him. Logically speaking, it was a good thing that Lin Geng found jobs for Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, and he should have been grateful to Lin Geng. However, what made him angry was that Lin Geng could obviously find them a job nearby, but he chose to find them jobs so far away.

After his two sons found jobs, they immediately slipped away and moved out of his house. This meant that he could no longer get money from his two sons. So Yan Bugui reasonably suspected that Lin Geng did it on purpose, deliberately arranging their jobs so far away to make them leave their Yan family.

After figuring it out, Yan Bugui was almost mad at Lin Geng's brazen actions. Wasn't this equivalent to digging up his family's roots? He had finally raised two children, and now they were gone. He hadn't even gotten his money back, let alone making some interest from them.

No, this is absolutely not possible, so Yan Bugui was furious again, and rushed to Lin Geng's house with his wife, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Lin Geng, Lin Geng, come out! I have something to ask you! Open the door quickly!"

Lin Geng heard Yan Bugui's shouting and the banging on the door at home. He frowned, held down Yu Li, who was about to stand up with an angry look on her face, sneered and pouted at Dahuang and Erhei. Dahuang and Erhei immediately understood and stood up and ran to the door. Lin Geng went over and opened the door.

Without waiting for Yan Bugui to rush in, Dahuang and Erhei started barking wildly at Yan Bugui, baring their teeth and making gestures as if they were going to bite. Yan Bugui and his wife were so scared that they quickly stepped back, staggered and fell to the ground. Looking at the ferocious-looking Dahuang and Erhei, Yan Bugui and his wife were so scared that they sat on the ground and crawled back.

Lin Geng then patted Da Huang and Er Hei on the head, stroked their heads, and scolded them: "I say, you two beasts, why are you yelling? Don't you recognize that this is the steward?"

Da Huang and Er Hei were originally baring their teeth and looking ferocious, but when Lin Geng patted their heads, the two dogs immediately changed to a harmless and docile look, closing their eyes and looking as if they were enjoying themselves, letting Lin Geng touch their heads.

Yan Bugui and his wife crawled up in shock, but when they thought about what Lin Geng had just said, their faces became even darker. It looked like Lin Geng was laughing and scolding two dogs, but if someone didn't know, they would definitely think he was scolding them as beasts!

Yan Bugui was so angry that he almost passed out. He pointed at Lin Geng and kept saying “you you” for a long time but couldn’t utter a complete sentence.

After Lin Geng drove Dahuang and Erhei back into the house, he leaned against the door frame, crossed his arms, and looked at Yan Bugui and his wife with a half-smile, as if he was watching a monkey show, with a mocking look on his face.

After Yan Bugui calmed down for a while, he regained some of his rationality. Although he was still very angry in his heart, he also remembered that he must not offend Lin Geng too much. Once he offended Lin Geng, Lin Geng would definitely retaliate against him. Lin Geng had a dirty bottom and was not popular. Once Lin Geng wanted to deal with him, it would probably be easier than dealing with Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

So Yan Bugui suppressed his anger, got up and brushed off the dirt on his body, and asked Lin Geng with a sullen face: "Lin Geng, I want to ask you something. Did you arrange the work for Jiecheng and Jiefang?"