Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 497 Yan Jiecheng, can you use your brain?
The night was dark and there was no light. The waning moon and the stars showed no trace in the night sky. Amidst the faint sound of insects and the gentle blowing of the evening breeze, Yan Jie turned into a meteor with long strides and hurriedly walked from the front yard into the middle yard.

At this time, the third aunt in the front yard heard the sound of her son going out in her room. While holding an enamel basin and kneading noodles on the table in the front room, she said to Yan Bugui:

"Master, our daughter-in-law seems to know that we borrowed money from Xiaoqing."

"How could she know? Yan Bugui stopped reading the newspaper he brought home from school, stretched out his hand to hold his glasses, and stared at the third aunt, "If you don't tell me, or if Xiaoqing doesn't tell, the boss and the boss's wife will have nothing to do with this matter. , would never have guessed it. "

Yan Bugui was very confident. He folded the newspaper, raised his hand to pick up the enamel tea jar in front of him, and sipped it calmly.

The third aunt lowered her voice and said: "Master, I went to the middle courtyard to borrow yeast from Lao Yi's house. I met Xiaoqing repaying Lao Yi's money. By the way, I asked in the courtyard when our money would be repaid. It seemed like... My wife heard me."

"What?"

Yan Bugui was startled, his expression suddenly changed, and he said hurriedly:
"you sure?"

The third aunt nodded timidly.

Yan Bugui immediately lost his leisurely mood and drank tea. He slammed the teapot on the table in front of him. His face was as heavy as water. He stood up and turned his head to look outside the room. When he saw that his son and daughter-in-law were no longer quarreling, his mind was filled with thoughts. Fanza turned back to look at the third aunt and said angrily:
"You are saying, go to the middle court to borrow a starter, you can do this kind of thing, Xiaoqing repays money to Lao Yi and his family, you ask what our family is doing, Lao Yi has no children, why should he give it to Xiao Qing? Don’t you know why you want to borrow money and save it?”

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, the anger in his heart was still not gone. He looked at his old woman with his eyes hidden behind the lenses, rolled his eyes, and said sternly: "I really have you. If nothing happens, it will only cause trouble. I am not in a hurry to let Xiaoqing return her." , you asked in a hurry, now that my daughter-in-law knows about it, our boss will definitely come over and ask later."

The third aunt was still making noodles and did not dare to say a word, but she suddenly remembered that her son had left the front yard and said quickly:
"Master, our boss has just gone to the middle courtyard. If you don't follow me to take a look, I'm worried that he will go to the backyard to find Xiaoqing and ask us about borrowing money."

Yan Bugui was shocked when he heard this: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

The third aunt opened her mouth and when she saw her head, her eyes widened with anger on her face. She lowered her head and made peace silently.

Yan Bugui immediately turned around and walked out of the house. He had no intention of criticizing his old wife anymore. He knew who his eldest son and daughter-in-law were.

As long as you can get money, you will never show mercy.

The 1000 yuan he lent to Xu Qing was the coffin book he had saved. How could he let his son and daughter-in-law take it away from Xu Qing's hands.

However, just as he rushed to Xu Qing's house in the backyard.

Yan Jiecheng was sitting on the edge of the Kang in Xu Qing's room, smoking a cigarette, and said to Xu Qing who was having dinner:

"Qingzi, my dad told my mom that they lent you money before and asked me to come over and see if you can pay it back today."

Xu Qing chewed the steamed buns in his mouth without looking at Yan Jiecheng. He still held the shredded potatoes fried by Aunt Feng with his chopsticks and turned a deaf ear to Yan Jiecheng's words.

Yan Jiecheng came over to ask for money for his father. Xu Qing found this strange.

When Yan Bugui took the initiative to borrow money before, he didn't dare to do so in the courtyard, but in the staff office of Hongxing Primary School.

The reason is naturally that the third uncle is wary of his son and daughter-in-law.

In this case, it naturally makes no sense for Yan Jiecheng to come to ask for money.

Xu Qing ignored Yan Jiecheng and said nothing.

Xu Qing actually vaguely guessed the reason why Yan Jiecheng came so late to mention this matter.

Ten minutes ago, Yu Li listened to the question asked by the third aunt in the middle courtyard, and Yan Jiecheng came right after hearing the question.

Ma Jinghong held the hot tea brewed for Yan Jiecheng, placed the steaming enamel vat on the edge of the kang and said:

"Brother Xie Cheng, you drink some water first. Brother Qing just came back after a busy day. You can talk again after he has finished eating."

At this time, Yan Jiecheng, who was sitting on the edge of the Kang, saw Xu Qing lowering his head to eat. He neither admitted that such a thing happened nor expressed his intention to say no. Smoking on the cigarette, seeing what Ma Jinghong said, he stopped asking anxiously, but doubts arose in his heart, could it be that it wasn't such a big deal?

But when I thought about it secretly, I felt that my daughter-in-law shouldn't talk nonsense. She was more cautious about money than anything else.

You must have heard what your mother said correctly.

So he had to sit in Xu Qing's room and wait patiently for Xu Qing to finish his meal before asking questions.

At this moment, in Xu Qing's room, Aiguo and Aiqian were not there, and neither was Hongfu.

Grandpa and grandma had already gone back to the cabin next door to rest. Aunt Feng also packed up the food in the kitchen and returned to her own house.

Ma Jinghong returned home ahead of Xu Qing and had just finished dinner. After making tea for Yan Jiecheng, she called her son to her side and asked him to bring her schoolbag. She wanted to check his homework.

Yan Jiecheng was thinking about asking Xu Qing to get the money borrowed from his parents later, while Ma Jinghong glanced at Xu Hongzhi's homework book and didn't look at it again.

But at this moment, Yan Bugui, who came in a hurry, walked to the door of Xu Qingmingdeng's house in the dark night. He saw his son Jie Cheng through the open door at a glance. His heart sank and he walked into Xu Qingming. In the room, he said directly:
"Jie Cheng, it's such a late night, if you're not resting at home, why are you here at Xiaoqing's backyard?"

When Xu Qing saw the third uncle, the real master, coming, he stopped his chopsticks, raised his head and said:
"Third uncle, brother Jie Cheng said you asked him to come over and ask me to pay back the money."

"Pay back the money? Pay back what?"

How could Yan Bugui, a shrewd person, admit to lending money to Xu Qing in front of his son Yan Jiecheng? He refused immediately without even turning his eyes.

Then he said: "Hey, if you don't worry about the money for Hongzhi's books for the start of school in the second half of the year, your third aunt didn't even ask me how much it was. She asked you for it tonight in the middle courtyard. Really, I have already criticized you. I passed her, and we only had three yuan in total. We live in the same neighborhood, and your meat factory has just started to improve. I owe it first, and we will wait for it when we have it. If my family runs out of food in a few days, you and Jing Hong, help me get some white flour and stick noodles from your grain depot to my house. Once they arrive, there will be nothing left to say."

When Yan Jiecheng heard his father's words, he was completely confused. He opened his mouth and said:

"Dad, isn't it? Qingzi didn't borrow money from you?"

Yan Bugui asked his son in a riddle: "What kind of money can you borrow? All the money your father, your mother, and I saved have been completely plundered by you and your two brothers. How can I borrow money from others?"

Yan Jiecheng looked at his father and wondered, could it really be Xu Hongzhi's book money?

It's just that he neither heard his mother talking to Xu Qing nor saw his father borrow money from Xu Qing.

After thinking for a long time, he lost interest in staying in Xu Qing's room. Feeling that his trip was in vain, he stood up from the edge of the Kang and said:

"Dad, I have something else to do. I'll go back first. Yu Li and I have to go to her cousin Haitang's house tomorrow morning."

As soon as Yan Jiecheng left, Yan Bugui's anxious heart suddenly relaxed.

He didn't want his son to lose all the money he lent to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing asked Jinghong to close the door, took out a cigarette and handed it to Yan Bugui and said:

"Third uncle, which song did you and your son sing?"

Yan Bugui looked embarrassed, took the cigarette, waved his hand and sighed:
"Xiao Qing, my boss and his wife are from the same hospital. We are not afraid of your and Jinghong's jokes. They want to ask me and your third aunt for money every day. Even the little money I borrowed from you didn't dare. Let them know.”

Xu Qing smiled and said nothing. Yan Bugui took off his glasses with his hands, put them on again and said:
"Xiao Qing, Jing Hong, I understand that if Yu Li and I mention this to you again, just say no. Didn't we write an IOU? If we don't see the IOU, don't give it to any of you."

Xu Qing nodded, this is natural.

Without the IOU, even if the third aunt comes, he will not pay back the money. After all, a written document was established and fingerprints were drawn.

The money must be paid back in full.

Yan Bugui sat in Xu Qing's room for a while, finished his cigarette, and then left.

In the front yard, Yan Jiecheng, who had returned home, had a dull look on his face and told Li Yi what happened in the backyard.

Yu Li glanced sideways and complained:

"You coward, are you a pig? It's late at night. Just after you went to Qingzi's room in the backyard, your dad also came over. Do you think it was Xu Hongzhi's book fee? Your dad said that, why didn't you Ask him what he wants from Xu Qing this late at night?"

Yan Jiecheng took off the socks on his feet, stuffed them into yellow rubber shoes, and said nonchalantly:

"What does my dad have to do with Qingzi? What does it have to do with me? Anyway, my dad said he didn't lend money to Qingzi. You are still plotting against my dad. My dad has been doing this all his life. Plus my mom, we two Can you survive the fight?"

Yu Li sat on the bed under the quilt, wearing a loose sleeveless floral shirt, and hummed:

"Yan Jiecheng, can you use your brain? The money your father and your mother saved through frugality was neither given to us nor to your two brothers. Where did their money go? ?

Also, as soon as you stepped into the backyard tonight, your dad followed you to Qingzi's house. Do you really think that your dad has nothing to do and is wandering around our yard at night? Is he that kind of person? "

Yan Jiecheng turned around to face Li, and suddenly realized that it was right.

"What do you think I should do, wife?"

"How could I know." After Yu Li finished speaking, her heart suddenly moved. She raised her hand and patted Yan Jiecheng's bare chest and said:

"Otherwise, I'll ask Qingzi tomorrow morning. If Qingzi doesn't admit that this is the case, let's finish our work with my cousin. Don't come back directly in the afternoon. Go to your brother and tell the matter. Tell the two families that when the time comes, the three of you brothers can take advantage of your parents not being in the courtyard to ask Qingzi for it, and if you want to share it equally among the three families, our family can still get a share, right?"

After Yan Jiecheng listened to his wife's words, he sat on the bed and thought about it for a while, feeling that this was a good idea.

Turn around early in the morning.

In the front yard, Yu Li, who was about to go out, was waiting for Xu Qing at the gate of the compound.

Yan Jiecheng took his daughter Niuniu to his parents' house, then returned to Yu Li and pushed his bicycle along the road:

"Daughter-in-law, hasn't Qingzi come from the backyard yet?"

Yu Li shook her head, Yan Jiecheng held a cigarette in his mouth, touched his wife with his arm, raised his head and gestured towards his parents' door, and whispered:
"I'll wait for you in the front yard. Before my parents get up, go to the backyard and ask Qingzi."

Yu Li breathed out, looked at Yan Jiecheng who was useless, and thought: "Then I'll go to the backyard, you wait for me."

Yu Li walked towards the backyard. At this time, there was silence in the backyard.

Those who work on weekends don’t have to get up early, and those who go to school don’t have to go to school.

Everyone is still sleeping in their respective rooms.

The door of Liu Haizhong's house was closed, as were the doors of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu's houses.

Aiguo and Aiqian woke up, but they were still lying on the bed in the room.

Only Aunt Feng was the nanny. She opened the door of the room where she lived early, carried a urinal, and walked out.

Xu Qing and Jing Hong had just climbed up from the kang and were getting dressed.

Yu Li nodded to Aunt Feng, stood at the door of Xu Qing's house, stretched out her hand and knocked gently on the door:
"Jinghong, have you and Qingzi gotten up?"

Ma Jinghong heard Yu Li's voice and responded:
"Sister Yu Li, wait a moment, I'll be out right away."

Yu Li said through the door: "Jinghong, I have something to do with Qingzi, please let him come out first."

Xu Qing put the vest aside and waved to his wife Jinghong, signaling to tell Yu Li that he was not awake yet and was too lazy to respond.

Yan Jiecheng came last night, and Yu Li came early this morning.

How could Xu Qing not guess what Yu Li was talking about when she came to see him early in the morning.

Seeing this, Ma Jinghong said in the room: "Sister Yu Li, my brother Qing is still asleep and hasn't woken up. What do you want from him? I'll tell him for you."

Yu Li, who was standing outside the house, heard this and said hurriedly:

"Jinghong, won't Qingzi go to your meat factory early today? It's the weekend and there are many people buying meat."

Ma Jinghong slipped off the kang neatly, opened the door and walked out. She reached out to tuck her hair, which was a little messy after sleeping all night, and said to Yu Li:

"Sister Yu Li, my meat factory will only supply meat to your third and fifth factories now. We have no plans for other places. Your factory is on holiday on weekends, so our meat factory will not be busy."

Yu Li knitted herself, her eyes passed over Jinghong and wanted to look into the room through the crack in the door. Ma Jinghong raised her hand and closed the door, saying:
"Sister Yu Li, my brother Qing is still asleep and has no clothes on."

Yu Li quickly looked away and said, "Jinghong, did my father-in-law and mother-in-law lend money to your family a few days ago?"

Ma Jinghong shook her head: "I don't know about this."

"Qingzi never mentioned it to you?"

"Sister Yu Li, how can you tell us everything about men, don't you think so?"

Ma Jinghong blocked Li with words, and then said:
"If you want to know, you have to wait until Brother Qing wakes up and ask him face to face."

Yu Li was a little unwilling to give up. When she heard Jing Hong say this, her eyes rolled around twice, and she shouted through the door and window at the top of her lungs: "Qingzi, aren't you awake yet?"

Ma Jinghong's face darkened slightly, "Sister Yu Li, what do you mean? Brother Qing, my son and my daughter are all still asleep!

If you want to know, just go back to your front yard and ask my third uncle and my third aunt why they came to our backyard to disturb the people so early in the morning. "

When Yu Li saw the slight anger on Jinghong's face, she didn't dare to shout anymore and yelled:

"Then Jinghong, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"No delivery."

After Ma Jinghong said coldly, she opened the door and returned to the house.

Yu Lize didn't ask anything, nor did she see Xu Qingren. As soon as she returned to the front yard, she whispered to Yan Jiecheng:
"Qingzi didn't get up, and Jinghong said she didn't know. I guess your parents definitely lent the money. Otherwise, how could your dad chase you to the backyard last night, and you would go find your two brothers in the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)