Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 116 The Yan Family Moves
After that storm, the courtyard suddenly became quiet. Yan Jiekuang's attention was all on the big cat. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he had a mother at home who liked to pry into things. After finding out something, she would whisper in Yan Jiekuang's ear.

The north room of the west wing has become a forbidden area. First of all, there is a guard there every day, and secondly, Yan Jie Di is also guarding there.

Yan Bugui talked to her every day and asked her to read books, but Yan Jiedi still did her own thing. Yan Jiedi was full of expectations for Da Mao's child.

Yan Jiekuang added a coal stove in his room to ensure the temperature in the room. It was only October now and the weather was not that cold, but the temperature at night still made Yan Jiekuang very worried.

Just when Yan Jiekuang was considering whether to seal the windows again, the big cat gave birth to five little kittens. All of them were little yellow cats, except for one whose tail was two-colored. Yan Jiekuang named him Nunchaku right away.

The Yan family knew that the big cat was giving birth but did not disturb her. Yang Ruiping asked around where he could buy fresh milk, and Yan Bugui also went to the school to ask.

For now, the kitten has enough food, and the big cat is very good, mainly because Yan Jiekuang feeds the big cat well.

Just when the whole family was revolving around the big cat, someone who shouldn't have come showed up.

In the middle of the west wing, Yan Bugui looked at He Yuzhu at a loss and said, "Zhuzi, I haven't been to work for almost a year. I don't even know who the principal of the school is now. You should find someone else."

"Teacher Yan, I have offended many people before. This time I want you to introduce someone to me. Please go back to school." He Yuzhu said.

"Isn't this making things difficult for me? I haven't worked for more than a year. Why should I go to work just for a woman?" Yan Bugui asked?

He Yuzhu didn't know what to say, so he said, "There is a female teacher in your school who was sent down to the countryside. Her name is Ran Qiuye. We have met before. I would like to trouble you to introduce her to me."

Yan Bugui asked He Yuzhu sternly, "Zhuzi, do you know what's going on outside? I can't even hide in time. What are you doing? Who asked you to come?"

He Yuzhu said: "Zhang Erzhu, he said it would be easier to go through you."

Yan Bugui said, "I don't know Ran Qiuye, I can't introduce her, and I won't go to school. The school has suspended my position. Do you understand, Zhuzi?"

He Yuzhu was stunned. He didn't expect Yan Bugui to refuse so firmly. Come to think of it, he wasn't working anymore, so who would he know to go?

He Yuzhu said to Yan Bugui: "Excuse me, I didn't know you were suspended."

He Yuzhu left, and Yan Bugui sat there sulking. He could always be found for everything.

Yan Jiekuang walked in at this time and asked, "Why did He Yuzhu look for you?"

"What? You want me to introduce a girl to him? Who can he introduce a girl to at his age? And you even want me to go to school? I don't even have time to hide. There are so many troubles in this hospital." Yan Bugui said angrily.

Yan Jiekuang said as he put tea leaves into the teacup, "If you want some quiet time, why not go to Yu'er Hutong? It's empty there."

Yan Bugui calmed down instantly, "Sure, that's a good idea. Then your mother and I will stay there for a few days. Is it okay now?"

"Okay, there's nothing wrong with that. Just try not to go out at night. It's quite chaotic now." Yan Jiekuang said while making water.

Yan Bugui said, "Okay, I'll talk to your mom and ask Xiao Si to go over too, so he doesn't have to run around everywhere. It's not safe right now."

"Well, the big cat should go back too. It's been wronged here. The conditions over there are better." Yan Jiekuang said.

The next day, the family discussed and started moving. Yan Jiekuang went there first and took down all the wooden boards. He wanted to throw them away directly, but suddenly he remembered the earthquake many years later, so he stacked the wooden boards neatly in the northwest corner of the backyard and covered them with tarpaulin paper.

The big cat returned to Yuer Hutong and went nowhere else but straight to its original place in the middle hall. The five little ones were also there.

It doesn't go to the backyard every day. It has been a bit clingy lately. Wherever Yan Jiekuang goes, it goes there. There is no way it can live directly with Yan Jiekuang in the front yard, so it has to stay in the left bedroom in the middle house.

Yan Jie Di and her parents went to the backyard. Yan Jie Di asked to live in the small room next to the study, saying that she was studying hard, but in fact she was just hiding from her parents.

Actually, there were not many things in this move, so there was not much noise, but it was still seen by someone, his eldest brother Yan Jiecheng. When Yan Jiecheng saw that the three rooms were empty, he set his sights on this house. Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui came back to live there within two days, and two days after that, Yan Jiekuang came back to live there. Yan Jiecheng couldn't figure out whether they were moving or not.

Yan Jiecheng went to find Yan Bugui when he was still alive. Yan Bugui knew what his eldest son was up to and said directly, "You can come back and live in the house anytime. Don't worry about it."

Yan Jiecheng walked away dejected.

The morning in the courtyard always starts with noise. Yan Jiekuang lived in the courtyard yesterday, and his parents almost never come back.

Xu Huizhen and Cai Quanwu would visit Yuer Hutong every now and then. Her shop wasn't doing well now, so she didn't go there often.

I don't know what Yan Bugui got wrong a few days ago, but he told Xu Huizhen that his mistress had two huanghuali official hat chairs in the courtyard, and Xu Huizhen insisted on coming over to take a look.

Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to bring them to see it yesterday. After seeing Xu Huizhen, she hugged her and wouldn't let go.

Yan Bugui dodged and Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to give him one and leave. After Xu Huizhen left, Yan Jiekuang realized that Xu Huizhen had first set her eyes on the armchair that his father often sat on. In order to protect himself, Yan Bugui betrayed Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang was furious and asked his father, "Don't you know which one is more valuable? One official hat chair of mine is worth ten of your armchairs."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui remained silent and regretted it deeply.

After washing up in the morning, I was thinking about going to Uncle Tong's house to eat buns. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Yan Jiekuang said, "Come in."

Xiao Dang came in, and Yan Jiekuang asked casually, "Have you eaten?"

"No, you invited me?"

"Let's go to Uncle Tong's place to eat buns." Yan Jiekuang said.

The two of them left the courtyard and headed straight to the end of the alley. When Uncle Tong saw that it was Yan Jiekuang and Xiaodang, he didn't even say a word to Yan Jiekuang. He ordered five buns, a bowl of fried liver, and a bowl of soy milk. Xiaodang didn't like fried liver. The two of them sat down and started eating. While eating, Yan Jiekuang asked Xiaodang why he was looking for him.
Xiao Dang hesitated and finally said, "Uncle San, do you think I have to go to the countryside?"

Yan Jiekuang was stunned and said, "Why do you say that? Didn't your family find a solution for you?"

"My brother doesn't care, and my dad said he can't do anything. Many of our classmates are asking their families to help them find jobs. What do you think I should do?" Xiao Dang said.

Yan Jiekuang smiled at Xiao Dang and said, "Don't worry about it. You still have your uncle, and I can watch you go to the countryside. Don't worry."

Xiao Dang was still quite convinced of Yan Jiekuang. After hearing what Yan Jiekuang said, he felt relieved and had dinner with Yan Jiekuang happily.

After dinner, Yan Jiekuang walked towards the research institute. Although there was no work to do there, he had to go, even if it was just to meet with his leader before coming back.

Yan Jiekuang thought about Xiaodang's matter. One option was to report it to Director Wang, but that would somewhat alarm the people in the hospital. The other option was to report it to his own unit and ask the leader for help to find a solution.

Director Qu was demoted. The new director was newly transferred. He was said to be a senior professor transferred from Nanjing. His surname was Hu. Professor Hu had only been there for a few months and he didn't recognize everyone. A considerable number of people in the institute were scattered all over the country, so there was nothing Professor Hu could do.

Yan Jiekuang had bad luck today. As soon as he entered the door, he ran into Professor Hu. Professor Hu was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such a young person in the unit, so he asked him which department he was from.

Yan Jiekuang said respectfully, "Hello, Director Hu. I am a mid-level woodworker in the restoration team, Yan Jiekuang, from the History Department of Peking University."

Director Hu smiled and said, "Okay, that shows that you have very good skills. I'll go to see you when I have the chance."

"Welcome Director Hu to our group for guidance." Yan Jiekuang said.

In this way, Yan Jiekuang met Director Hu and gradually became familiar with him.

(End of this chapter)