Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Dragging their tired bodies, Chen Changan and Yan Jiefang walked into the courtyard in silence.

Before they parted, Yan Jiefang looked at Chen Changan's back, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Changan, I'm sorry."

Yan Jiefang is no longer a know-nothing. He knows that today's incident was caused by the Yan family who harmed Chen Changan.

Look at how Chen Changan and Wu Haiyan were scolded by Director Wang in the warehouse today.

Chen Changan was lucky that Wu Haiyan cried for an entire afternoon after being scolded. No one sympathized with her except Yan Jiefang.

His benefactor and his master had both met with misfortune. How could he be good?

Chen Changan said sorry palely, but he didn't stay or pay attention to it. He went home and lay on the bed directly. He closed his eyes and thought about the gains and losses of this matter.

I shouldn't be so kind and soft-hearted. The closer someone is to you, the more likely they are to have problems.

Forget it, the worst that can happen is I can go back to the steel mill. I don’t know if I can go back after something like this happened.

At worst, I can go back to fishing. I won't starve to death. Nowadays, even the most powerful officials may have problems after a few years. If it weren't for Mr. Xiao forcing me to do it, I wouldn't have worked so hard to build such a factory.

Soon, the voice of the third uncle Yan Fugui from the Yan family across the street was heard, "What, you got caught stealing?"

The voices gradually became quieter, and Chen Changan did not hear what Yan Fugui said.

Chen Changan was also very angry at Yan Jie for doing this and killing him. Now he couldn't even protect himself and was too lazy to care about the Yan family.

But he didn't expect that the Yan family would come to him instead of him. After the third uncle Yan Fugui knocked on the door, Xiuying opened the door for him. Chen Changan's face didn't look good when he came back. Xiuying thought it was just a trouble at work and didn't care. After all, Chen Changan was like this when he ran for supplies a few days ago.

Xiuying didn't expect that the third uncle would come to her house when it was almost time for dinner. Normally, no one would go to other people's houses at dinner time these days.

Every household has a ration of food, so they can barely get enough to eat. If you go to someone else's house to eat and eat up their ration, they might go hungry that month.

So Xiuying was also puzzled by the fact that the third uncle came home during dinner time.

When the third uncle Yan Fugui saw that the person who opened the door was not Chen Changan, he hurried into the house.

Seeing Chen Changan lying on the bed, he said directly to Chen Changan, "Changan, you have to save Jie Cheng. We can make up for the difference in money. Isn't it okay for us to make up for it?"

Seeing Yan Fugui's anxious face, Chen Changan was really annoyed and said directly, "Uncle, this is the last time I will call you like this. Go ask Yan Jiefang what Yan Jiecheng has done to me? Save him? No one can save me now that things have gotten this far."

When the Third Uncle heard this, he knelt down in front of Chen Changan. He cried and said, "Changan, you are the factory director. Don't you have the final say in the factory? The Third Uncle has lived a confused life and doesn't know anyone. Now only you can help the Third Uncle. The Third Uncle has watched you grow up. If you don't help Jie Cheng, he will be shot. Your brother Jie Cheng has never offended you. For the sake of neighbors, just say a word for him."

Chen Changan looked at Yan Fugui and sat up angrily and said, "Can you blame me for this? When Yan Jiecheng wanted to come to work in the factory, I agreed without saying a word. Isn't that good enough? Now he has stolen things from the factory and implicated me. I can't even protect myself now, so how can I protect him?"

Yan Fugui was stunned when he heard what Chen Changan said. His son stole things and implicated the factory director. If it was normal, Yan Fugui would not ask for help.

But in this situation, he had to ask for help. He could only say again, "Chang'an, I know you are angry. If you don't want to, you can beat up the Third Uncle to vent your anger. You can do whatever you want. But you have to help Jiecheng no matter what. The Third Uncle has worked so hard to raise Jiecheng. It's not easy. We can't let him get shot. Do you want me, an old man, to send off a young man?"

Chen Changan had long been annoyed. Looking at Yan Fugui who was crying bitterly, he said directly, "It's no use for you to tell me these things. I'm not his father or his mother. He stole things on his own and I was implicated by him. Now I am still waiting for the result of this matter. You should leave quickly."

Looking at Chen Changan's firm attitude, Yan Fugui knew that he could not get anything from Chen Changan. Thinking that the processing plant was under the jurisdiction of the Street Office, it would be better to ask Director Wang of the Street Office for help instead of asking Chen Changan here.

After thinking it through, Yan Fugui stood up and left. Chen Changan looked at Yan Fugui leaving and knew what he was planning.

Looking at Yan Fugui's back, Chen Changan muttered to himself, "I've been screwed by your family. If I help them again, I'd be a fool. Do you really think that an honest man can get away with being shot by kneeling on the ground and crying? You're dreaming. It's a mercy of me, Chen Changan, not to add insult to injury and kick Yan Jiecheng."

Xiuying watched the conversation between Yan Fugui and her eldest brother, and probably figured out what was going on.

He looked at his eldest brother worriedly and asked, "Brother, are you okay? Will it affect your work?"

After all, it is not easy to find a formal job in this era. Haven’t you seen that so many people in the processing factory are temporary workers? My eldest brother finally got a job and is now the factory manager. What will he do if he loses his job in the future?

Seeing his sister caring about him, Chen Changan forced a smile and said, "It doesn't matter. If you see a factory manager who was fired because of a worker's mistake, the most he got was a demotion. Your brother has no other skills, but it's no problem for him to let you eat and drink well.

You know how good I am at fishing, don't you? Why don't you go fishing and let Xiuhua and Xiujuan eat fish every day until you get tired of it."

Thinking of her elder brother's fishing skills, Xiuying finally smiled. She didn't know what her elder brother was good at, but he was really good at fishing.

So he said jokingly, "How can you get tired of eating fish? My sisters and I eat fish every day and we never get tired of it."

Hearing Xiuying's words, Chen Changan sneered, thinking that you just didn't eat enough.

In later generations, Chen Changan rarely ate freshwater fish because he ate too much. Every day, he would either release the fish he caught or give them away.

Chen Changan also knew a lot of people. His home refrigerator was full of frozen fish, but he didn’t eat the fish he caught himself.

Of course, those who eat nothing every day or buy nothing when they take home fish will definitely enjoy the food and won’t get tired of it.

After Xiuying finished speaking, she watched Chen Changan's complexion gradually return to normal, then turned around and went to cook.

After a while, I heard Xiuying calling for food. People are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. Life must go on. No matter what the punishment is, you should eat first when you are hungry.