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Chapter 159: Father Yan's Past

Three days later, Yan Jiekuang borrowed a tricycle, laid a quilt on it, and took Ji Lian, the child, and his mother out of the hospital back to Yuer Hutong. As soon as he entered the hospital, Xu Huizhen and Cai Quanwu showed up.

The two of them went to see the child first. After seeing the child, Xu Huizhen went into the house to visit Ji Lian and talked to her, mainly telling her some things to pay attention to during the confinement period.

Cai Quanwu said to Yan Jiekuang, "That's amazing, San'er, you have two sons at once. Your family doesn't have the gene for twins, I remember the second child was also a twin."

Yan Jiekuang also suspected that his family had a history of twin genes, but he did not ask Yan Bugui and said, "I don't know either, but thank you for your hard work, Ji Lian."

Cai Quanwu nodded, handed over a bag, and said, "I got you these old hens. They are free-range in the countryside. I managed to get two for you."

Yan Jiekuang took the bag and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law. You are the only one who still thinks of me."

Cai Quanwu said, "You are talking more and more nonsense. Come on, hurry up and cook. I am here for two reasons. One is to see the kids, and the other is to remember your noodles with soybean paste."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll fry some more sauce and pack it up for you to take away."

Cai Quanwu shook his head and said, "Don't lie to me. Besides the sauce, your hand-rolled noodles are also a specialty."

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "When it comes to food, you are the most picky. Wait, I will make it right away."

Yan Jiekuang went into the kitchen, and Cai Quanwu was drinking tea and waiting in the middle hall of the front yard. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. Cai Quanwu looked in the direction of the kitchen, and seeing that Yan Jiekuang had not come out, he went to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned and said, "Mr. Pian, how did you find this place? Do you know Yan Jiekuang too?"

The visitor was also stunned. He looked around to confirm that it was the place he had found, and said, "You must have recognized the wrong person. By the way, isn't this Yan Jiekuang's home? I am his father, and my name is Yan Bugui."

Cai Quanwu was stunned for a moment. At this time, Yan Jiekuang came out and said, "Dad, you are here. This is a friend of mine, Cai Quanwu."

Yan Bugui looked at Cai Quanwu and said, "Wait, what's your name?"

Cai Quanwu said: "My name is Cai Quanwu."

Yan Bugui muttered, "You look a bit like He Daqing?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Yes, they look a bit alike, but they really have nothing to do with each other. Let's go inside and talk."

The three of them entered the hall. After two of them sat down, Yan Bugui asked, "Then how are you going to call me Pian Ye?"

Cai Quanwu said, "Oh, you don't know, I have a pub in Qianmen, there is a man called Pian Ye, he is a shadow puppeteer, you look exactly like him, really, except that he doesn't wear glasses and he's dressed differently, you look exactly the same."

Yan Jiekuang had never seen Pian Ye, but he knew Niu Ye and had done something with him before. He also looked at Cai Quanwu with confusion.

When Cai Quanwu saw that the father and son did not believe it, he said, "Then you call your sister over and let her see it. Then she will know whether what I said is true or not."

Yan Jiekuang went to the backyard half-believingly. Xu Huizhen was also very surprised when she heard it. She followed Yan Jiekuang to the central hall. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Yan Bugui. Xu Huizhen stared at Yan Bugui carefully and said, "They look alike, really alike. They are just like they were carved from the same mold."

Hearing what Xu Huizhen said, Yan Jiekuang believed it. He really wanted to see this Pian Ye now, so he asked, "Where is this Pian Ye now?"

Cai Quanwu said: "He left a year ago, saying he was going to the Northeast to do business. Now he is selling the yard to our family."

Xu Huizhen also said: "The courtyard house you went to a while ago was the former Pian Ye's, a large yard with three entrances, and he sold the whole thing to me." At this time, Yan Bugui fell silent and stopped talking, as if he had forgotten why he came here. During the meal, Yang Ruiping also heard about this, but looking at the silent Yan Bugui, he did not ask.

Yan Bugui left in a hurry after dinner. Yan Jiekuang and Yang Ruiping, as family members, could see that Yan Bugui was worried, but they tacitly did not ask. Yang Ruiping still lived in Yuer Hutong and planned to stay there until Lianer was out of confinement.

In the evening, the mother and son discussed Yan Bugui's affairs. Yan Jiekuang didn't know anything about his father's family, but Yang Ruiping knew a little. Yang Ruiping said, "When I first met your father, he was a person without a father or a mother. It is said that he grew up eating at other people's homes. Later, he lived with a scholar who was a teacher. The scholar raised him as his son, but the scholar didn't live long. Your father died of an illness before he came of age. Your father lived with the village chief. Alas, your father had a hard life."

Yan Jiekuang listened to his mother's words and felt very distressed for his father. Yan Bugui had never talked about his childhood, but his family knew that his father studied hard and finally became a private school teacher through his own efforts. Later, he went to teach in elementary school.

Yan Jiekuang thought about talking to his father when he had time, and also asking Xu Huizhen for more information about Pian Ye.

The next day, Yan Bugui came again. Naming the child has always been his job, but he forgot about it when he went home yesterday. Yan Jiekuang pulled his father into the study. Yan Bugui knew at a glance that his son wanted to know about his past.

Yan Jiekuang made tea for his father and prepared cigarettes, which made Yan Bugui laugh. He said, "You want to hear a story. It's a pity that I have to disappoint you."

Yan Jiekuang said, "I always feel that Pian Ye, who looks a lot like you, should know something, but I've never heard you talk about your family affairs, that is, your grandparents. Can you tell me about it?"

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "I want to say that, but I really don't know. My adoptive father told me that he found me in Xiaoqing River. When he found me, I was still a baby. I had nothing but a blanket. So I took my adoptive father's surname, Yan."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Have you asked around to see if there are any lost children around here?"

Yan Bugui took a sip of tea and said, "You have never met my adoptive father, and I rarely mention him. He was a very good man. I heard him ask around everywhere, but there was no news at all. Your grandfather raised me alone until I grew up. He was really a very good man, but it's a pity that good people don't live long. He was taken away by an illness."

Yan Jiekuang was full of admiration for the scholar who was his nominal grandfather, and he thought his father had met a good person.

Yan Jiekuang said to his father, "Can I go and ask about that Pian Ye's situation?"

Yan Bugui looked at his son and knew that his son was afraid that he would have regrets, so he said, "Go ahead. I'm so old now, there's nothing I can't accept. Say hello. I also want to meet this person and see how we look alike."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, and Yan Bugui continued, "You should take good care of your wife and your children now. Just find out about my affairs in some ways. I'm not here anyway."

Yan Jiekuang said he understood, and then asked, "Have you chosen a name for my son?"

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "I think you, as a college student, should have your own opinions. You should decide for yourself."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "The eldest is Yan Yongqing, and the second is Yan Yonghe. Is that okay, Dad?"

When Yan Bugui heard that his son had just come up with this name to commemorate the place where he met his adoptive father, he nodded gratefully and said, "That's good, that's good."

The two of them went to the main room together and told Yang Ruiping and Ji Lian the name of the child. Yang Ruiping and Ji Lian also agreed. Yang Ruiping said, "Then let's give it a nickname, too?"

Ji Lian looked at Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiekuang said, "It's still useful. Call the big one Dapang and the small one Xiaopang. Raise them to be plump and white in the future."

Ji Lian laughed, and Yang Ruiping also laughed and said, "Okay, let's call them Big Fatty and Little Fatty."

The two children seemed to understand and started crying together. Yan Jiekuang looked at them and said, "Crying is useless, isn't it, Big Fatty and Little Fatty?"

The family laughed.

(End of this chapter)