Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 205 Family Crisis
Yan Jiekuang has entrusted Wang Xuan to renovate the house, but after the surveying is completed, Yan Jiekuang wants to draw the decoration drawings himself. Wang Xuan knows Yan Jiekuang's ability, so he organizes people to do the surveying work and produce the floor plans according to Yan Jiekuang's requirements.

Yan Jiekuang not only wanted to renovate this house, but also planned to renovate the small courtyard house in front of the door. Yan Jiekuang did not go out these days and was drawing blueprints at home. While drawing, he thought of Lin Huiyin, because he had Lin Huiyin's manuscripts in his collection. The blueprints of this ancient building were really not something that ordinary people could draw, and he was filled with admiration for Lin Huiyin.

Aunt Wang knew that Yan Jiekuang was busy, so she usually didn't disturb him. She would take the child to the front yard to play when he woke up. She would only go to the backyard to call Yan Jiekuang after cooking at noon. In fact, in addition to drawing blueprints, Yan Jiekuang also re-read the books about ancient buildings and courtyard houses in his collection.

The two children were clinging to their dad in baby voices. Yan Jiekuang had made a lot of toys for the two little guys before, but it seemed that the toys were not as attractive as their dad. So after lunch, Yan Jiekuang would play with the children for a while. At this time, Tiantian and Damao were also wandering around, but they didn't come forward, because Xiaopang had a problem and liked to pull Damao and Tiantian's tails, so these two guys never got close to them.

This went on for several days. Yan Jiekuang hardly ever went out, and Aunt Wang would go out to buy groceries while the two little ones were asleep. These days were very peaceful, but the peace was soon broken. Aunt Wang came back from buying groceries with a worried look on her face. When Yan Jiekuang saw what was going on, he hurried forward to ask. Aunt Wang didn't say anything, but took out a newspaper and handed it to Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang took a look and saw that the headline on the front page was an article, which was a serious statement against Vietnam.

Yan Jiekuang immediately realized that the battle was about to begin. Aunt Wang's child was also in the army. She was worried about her child. Yan Jiekuang didn't know how to comfort Aunt Wang, so he just said, "My second brother is there too. Don't worry, victory belongs to us."

Aunt Wang nodded, but turned around and secretly wiped her tears. Yan Jiekuang knew that a mother would worry about her son even when he was thousands of miles away, especially in the current situation, so Yan Jiekuang said, "Aunt Wang, you should take a rest today. I also have to take the children home. My dad is a newspaper lover, and I don't know how things are going at home now."

When Aunt Wang heard this, she nodded and said, "Then you go back quickly. I'll come again tomorrow." After that, she packed up her things, turned around and left.

Yan Jiekuang took out the stroller. The two little ones were sleeping. Yan Jiekuang didn't want to wake them up, so he quietly put them one by one into the stroller, then pushed the stroller, locked the door, and ran to the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yan Jiekuang knew that the family knew about it, because Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were standing at the door of his house and talking to Yan Bugui.

When Yan Bugui saw Yan Jiekuang coming, he asked, "You know about this too?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "I'll push the child into the house first."

"Your mother is in the maid's room, you take care of her first." Yan Bugui looked a little haggard and said weakly.

Yan Jiekuang didn’t know how those two were going to comfort his father, but he knew that days of anxiety were coming for the family, and unless there was good news about his second brother, things would not be better for the family.

Yan Jiekuang was also worried about how to comfort his family. He walked into his parents' room and carried the two little ones to the bed. These two little guys were really good at sleeping and did not wake up even after all the trouble.

Yan Jiekuang walked to the central hall and poured himself a glass of water. He then started thinking about how to change his family's emotional problems. However, he could not think of any good solution.

Yan Jiekuang hadn't finished drinking a glass of water when he saw Yang Ruiping coming back. Yan Jiekuang quickly asked, "Is my second sister-in-law okay?"

Yang Ruiping sighed and said, "On the surface, everything seems fine. Alas, this child has to take care of everything by himself."

"How are you? Are you okay?" Yan Jiekuang asked a little worriedly.

Yang Ruiping looked at him deeply and said, "I was a little worried at first, but I feel better now. Who made him wear that outfit? This is his mission. Besides, we have three children in our family, and this is also our family's responsibility."

Yan Jiekuang walked up to his mother, hugged her tightly, and said, "Mom, you are such a great mother. I love you."

Yan Jiekuang never expected his mother to be so understanding and righteous. This was something Yan Jiekuang did not understand before. It seemed that he only truly understood his mother today.

Yang Ruiping then joked, "Your father is more righteous than me. He even said that if he had known earlier, he would have sent you there as well."

Yan Jiekuang realized at this time that his worries were unnecessary. Although his parents were ordinary people, they were very clear about major issues. Shi Xiaoya was the same. She was the one who was most worried about her second brother. But from what her mother said, Shi Xiaoya didn't feel worried or sad at all. Yan Jiekuang was relieved and said, "You don't know, our Aunt Wang's eldest son may have also passed away. Aunt Wang was fine in front of me, but I saw her secretly wiping tears behind her back."

Yang Ruiping looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Don't worry, I won't. Don't worry about me."

Yan Jiekuang said, "You take a rest today. The child is in the room. I will go cook."

Yang Ruiping nodded and walked straight into the house, while Yan Jiekuang ran to the kitchen. When he arrived in the kitchen, he saw only vegetables and radishes. Yan Jiekuang greeted his mother and said that he was going to buy vegetables.

It was almost noon when Yan Jiekuang came back. He bought a fish and a piece of mutton, and the rest were tofu and seasonings. He didn't expect that there would be a store specializing in selling mutton. I heard that the sheep were all from Inner Mongolia, slaughtered and sold right away, so they were very fresh.

As soon as I came back, I wanted to rush to the kitchen. As soon as I entered the house, I saw Yan Jiecheng and his wife and Yan Jiedi were all there. Yongqing and Yongfang had gone to school and didn't come. Yan Bugui was complaining, saying why did they come back if it wasn't a festival. He especially mentioned Yan Jiedi, saying that her university studies could not be delayed.

Yan Jie Di didn't say anything. When she saw her third brother coming back, she helped him carry the basket and followed him into the kitchen. Yan Jie Kuang jokingly asked, "What? Are you trying to escape?"

Yan Jiedi pouted and said, "I came back because I was worried about them. As soon as I came back, they started to criticize me. They have been talking about me until now, and I don't dare to talk back."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Okay, but I really admire your ability. How come you can catch up even though I've already prepared something delicious? Do you have a radar in your head?"

Yan Jiedi laughed and said, "This is called telepathy. What are we doing today?"

Yan Jiekuang began to clean up the fish and said, "How about making boiled fish and cumin lamb today, and lamb and winter melon soup?"

Yan Jiedi nodded and said, "Okay, but it's not enough to eat."

"Don't worry, there will definitely be enough to eat. I also bought tofu and pork tenderloin." Yan Jiekuang replied without looking back.

Yan Jiekuang was busy in the kitchen, and Yan Jiedi couldn't help. Yan Jiekuang said, "Go to my mom's place and help me look after the kids. You can't help much here."

Only then did Yan Jiedi leave the kitchen, and Yan Jiekuang concentrated on cooking with full energy.

It didn't take long before Yan Jiekuang's voice came from the kitchen, "Jie Di, come and serve the dishes."

Yu Li and Yan Jiedi walked into the kitchen together. The aroma in the kitchen was so fragrant that it made people's mouths water.

Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng set up a round table. The eight-immortal table couldn't seat so many people. Then the dishes were served one by one. Yan Jiecheng said, "This third brother is good. Every time I see the dishes he cooks, I want to eat them."

In addition to those three dishes, Yan Jiekuang also made first-class tofu, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, stir-fried beans, cold shredded potatoes and minced meat and eggplant.

Yan Bugui looked at the dishes and knew that Yan Jiekuang had taken great pains to prepare them, so he sat down. The family did not drink any alcohol, and the staple food was steamed buns. The children were eager to try them, so Yan Bugui said, "Eat quickly, or the food will get cold."

In this way, the Yan family had lunch together, and after lunch, they went to work and school. Yang Ruiping felt very relieved when he saw the children leaving.

(End of this chapter)