Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 162 Family First
It has been more than a month since the earthquake. The comrades in the street organized an engineering team to check the houses one by one, and those that needed repairs were repaired.

Yan Jiekuang went to work as usual. Lao Liu would tease Yan Jiekuang whenever he had nothing to do, saying that his mind was no longer on work but on his wife and children at home.

Yan Jiekuang is also busy now, busy exchanging milk powder coupons. Ji Lian still has a hard time feeding two children. The comrades in the class know the situation of Yan Jiekuang's family, so they took the initiative to give him the monthly allocation of milk powder coupons, thus solving his big problem.

Yang Ruiping came to check on the family every now and then. After all, they were two young people with little experience, so she was still quite worried. When Yan Jiekuang was at home, Yang Ruiping would talk about the courtyard house.

Two incidents really happened during this period. One was that Jia Zhang had a quarrel with her son because of the three hundred yuan. The quarrel was so loud that the neighbors outside could hear it. Some of them were good at listening, so they sat at the door and listened to the whole thing from beginning to end.

The reason was that Jia Zhang thought that the money should be paid by her son because Jia Dongxu was the head of the family, but Jia Dongxu insisted that if he were in charge, he would not donate so much money. Jia Zhang then brought up the one thousand yuan that Zhang Erzhu had cheated away, which was Jia Dongxu's sore spot. As she spoke, she became excited and the two started arguing.

Qin Huairu didn't hear anything else but that she was asked to pay. She turned around and went across the street to find Jia Geng, intending to ask Jia Geng to persuade him. Jia Geng stood in his room and said he would not go no matter what. Jia Geng was afraid that she would have to pay. Tang Yanling was also talking to Qin Huairu on the side.

But Jia Dongxu would not let his eldest son go. At this time, Jia Zhang had already reached an agreement with Jia Dongxu. Each family would receive 100 yuan, Jia Zhang herself would receive 100 yuan, Jia Dongxu would receive 100 yuan, and Jia Geng would receive 100 yuan. After reaching an agreement, the two of them joined forces to find Jia Geng.

Jia Geng was stunned. He didn't expect that one day his grandmother and father would join forces to ask him to pay. He shook his head like a rattle and insisted that he would not pay. When Jia Zhang saw the attitude of her eldest grandson, she directed her spearhead at Tang Yanling, because Tang Yanling controlled all of Jia Geng's money. Tang Yanling didn't dare to say anything against her to Jia Zhang. When she was in trouble, she felt nauseous and squatted on the ground and retched.

At first, Jia Zhang thought that Tang Yanling was pretending to hide from the money. Qin Huairu felt something was wrong and went up to Tang Yanling and asked her if she had her period this month.
Tang Yanling shook her head, looking puzzled. Qin Huairu immediately smiled and said, "You might be pregnant. Hurry up, son, let's go to the hospital for a check-up."

When Jia Geng heard this, he quickly helped his wife up and went to the hospital with his mother. Jia Zhang looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, still a little unconvinced, and said that she would go with them to take a look. In this way, the storm came to an abrupt end, and the three of them accompanied Tang Yanling to the hospital.

Not long after, Jia Zhang, Qin Huairu and Jia Geng and his wife all came back in high spirits. Tang Yanling was really pregnant. Jia Zhang had long forgotten about the money and announced the good news to her neighbors. Everyone congratulated the family. The smile on Jia Zhang's face never disappeared. This was the fourth generation of the Jia family, and the day when four generations lived under one roof was coming. Jia Dongxu also went to his master's house in high spirits to announce the good news.

Another thing is that Xu Damao divorced again, mainly because Yu Haitang's time at the steel mill was settled, and Yu Haitang needed to cooperate with his superiors in the investigation of the steel mill. Xu Damao and Yu Haitang were already strangers, and this gave him an excuse to divorce.

Yu Haitang probably knew that the outcome would not be good for her, so she agreed to Xu Damao. The two of them went through the divorce procedures smoothly, and Yu Haitang left the courtyard with her belongings.

Yu Li also knew about her sister's affairs, but she didn't know about the steel mill because Yu Haitang never told her family about her work. She only knew that Yu Haitang was promoted quickly. Yu Li was a little worried about her once jealous sister, so she discussed with Yan Jiecheng about going home to see her parents. Yan Jiecheng agreed.

But since returning home, the couple never mentioned their sister again. When someone asked them about it, they said they didn't know and were not sure.

In this way, Yu Haitang disappeared in the courtyard, but Xu Damao became active again. He looked at He Yuzhu's three children with envy. He thought of Xu Baobao, whom he still missed very much, but since Xu Baobao left, there was no news from the mother and daughter. Xu Damao also wanted to have a family and his own children, so he started looking for a nearby matchmaker to arrange it.

When the matchmaker nearby heard that this person was divorced for the second time and was so old, there was really no one who could match Xu Damao, so she persuaded Xu Damao to find a divorced woman with children, which was not a good idea. Xu Damao was a little unwilling, so the matter was delayed. Yan Bugui now had important things to do. In addition to working, he also took on the task of taking care of the children. Because Shi Xiaoya had to go to work, the street considered Shi Xiaoya's identity as a military wife and arranged a job for her in the street, which was to visit and comfort the families of soldiers.

All of a sudden, the child became the biggest problem. Yan Bugui jumped out and said without hesitation that although the child was still young, he could take good care of him, and Yang Ruiping was still at home. Yang Ruiping nodded in agreement, but she came to Yan Jiekuang's place less often.

Yan Jiekuang also supported it, saying that he and Ji Lian could take good care of their children, so their mother didn't have to worry and could just stay at home and take care of Yongchang and Yongxin.

Yu Li was full of jealousy since she knew that Shi Xiaoya went to the subdistrict office, but she had no choice because Shi Xiaoya was a military wife. But seeing Yan Bugui and his wife taking care of the two children of the second son at home, she wanted to send Yongqing and Yongfang over as well. When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he was very embarrassed and said, "When the old couple wanted to take care of them, you didn't want to. Now that they are taking care of the second son's children, you want to send them over again. Do you think the old couple will be happy?"

Yu Li thought about it and didn't make any more trouble. The main reason was that Yongfang was doing very well staying with her parents, and Yongqing didn't need anyone to look after him. He went to school when he was supposed to, went home after school, and visited his grandfather when he had nothing to do.

Yan Jiekuang was actually very busy at home. He really could not take care of his two children, Ji Lian, so he spent most of his time on his family. People in his unit also knew about his family situation, so no one gossiped about it. Yan Jiekuang started to be late and leave early frequently. Fortunately, everyone in the unit had their own duties, and there was no one specifically responsible for managing this issue. As long as he did his job well, no one would bother him.

Yan Jiekuang's life was a mixture of pain and happiness. It was fine during the day, but at night, the two children would wake up in the middle of the night and have to play for a while. Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to endure this every day. If he didn't go to see the children at night, Ji Lian would be very tired. Poor rest would affect her health, and would also affect the health of the children.

Time passed quickly. When they were three months old, the children's sleep became normal. Yan Jiekuang was finally relieved, but he had formed a conditioned reflex and woke up in the middle of the night. Ji Lian smiled and said, "Do the children follow your will?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at the two little babies and had no choice but to change slowly.

The two babies are very healthy. Xiaopang is more active than Dapang and his eyes are always looking around, while Dapang always looks at his mother as long as she is around and even smiles occasionally.

Yan Jiekuang's life returned to normal, but when he first arrived at the company, Lao Liu quietly pulled him aside and said, "Be careful, the new leader has his eyes on you. He wants to talk to you?"

Yan Jiekuang was stunned and asked, "Is it because I always leave early?"

Old Liu said, "That should be it. The new leader walked around the house right after he took office. You were the only one not there that day, and he didn't say anything, so we didn't pay much attention to it. But when Qi Ye went to handle the retirement procedures, he asked about you and asked if you often left early."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, Lao Liu. It's okay. I don't have to leave early anymore. The children at home have been sorted out."

Old Liu patted him on the shoulder and went to get some water with the kettle. Yan Jiekuang walked to his workbench and sat down, thinking about how to respond.

(End of this chapter)