Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 218 The first clues appear

It was mid-May, a week after the last gathering. Zhang Erzhu disappeared for a few days, and Xu Delin returned to work as usual. He had asked for leave before. The only ones who did not participate in the whole thing were He Yuzhu's family and Yan Bugui's family. Even Zheng Weiguo, a technical engineer at the steel rolling mill, was a little interested in the matter.

The Jia family was a little abnormal, with only Jia Dongxu and his son jumping up and down. However, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu strongly opposed it, while Tang Yanling stood on her husband's side, and Xiaodang and Huaihua who were in school didn't care about it at all.

On this day, as luck would have it, Yan Jiekuang had just gone to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to inquire about whether individual business was allowed and whether he could get a license. When he came back, he went straight back to the courtyard. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a car horn. Yan Jiekuang turned his head and frowned. It was not that there had been no cars coming to Nanluoguxiang before. He Yuzhu had been picked up by cars several times, but each time there had never been such an urgent whistle.

Yan Jiekuang didn't care and turned to go to his parents' room. At this time, he saw Zhang Erzhu walking in with a southerner. Zhang Erzhu was leading the way. The man was about 40 years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a light-colored suit, and a slicked-back hair, a typical Hong Kong image.

Yan Jiekuang noticed it for a moment, but ignored it. Zhang Erzhu led him directly to the central courtyard and went straight to Yi Zhonghai's house.

Zhang Erzhu carried the man from the inner room in his hand and entered Yi Zhonghai's house. After a while, Yi Zhonghai called Jia Dongxu in the middle courtyard and asked Jia Dongxu to buy some vegetables, saying that there was a distinguished guest at home, from Hong Kong Island.

Jia Dongxu looked very happy and ran out happily. In the evening, Yi Zhonghai called a few more people, including Jia Dongxu, Liu Haizhong, Zheng Weiguo, Xu Damao, Xu Delin and an unexpected person, Qian Siwen.

Several people ate and chatted. Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu from the Jia family were worried. They were also skeptical about this business, especially Jia Zhang, who casually said, "If we can do business openly, there will be no ghost market."

Qin Huairu thought about it and realized that it was true. She knew about it, but there were no individual businesses now. Although they were testing the waters, no one was willing to take the risk. She had also worked in a steel mill all year round and didn't believe that no one would take care of this matter. The law was enforced so strictly in the past. Qin Huairu was a little scared.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed countermeasures, and now they have reached an agreement that they cannot get involved in this matter.

Yan Jiekuang was drinking tea in the main room of Yan Bugui's west wing, and Yang Ruiping was watching the children. At this time, Yan Bugui came back. He had a patrol mission at night, so he came back late. Yang Ruiping left him some food. Yan Bugui ate while sighing.

Yan Jiekuang was very confused. Since he entered the room, Yan Jiekuang had not said anything about what happened in the Central Courtyard. So why was his father sighing now?

Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiekuang's puzzled eyes and said, "How would you know? The higher-ups have issued a task to focus on cracking down on small traders during this period. You're right. The higher-ups still don't allow private transactions, saying that it would undermine economic development."

Yan Jiekuang looked at his father and said, "You may not know yet, but a big boss from Hong Kong Island has come to our backyard and is planning a big business."

Yan Buguiteng stood up suddenly. Yan Jiekuang was stunned. He didn't expect his father to react so strongly.

"Why do you want to infiltrate the enemy and find out more?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

Yan Bugui nodded heavily and said, "We are all neighbors. We have suffered all our lives. It's not easy for everyone. I have to go and see them."

Yan Jiekuang was a little surprised by Yan Bugui's attitude. He didn't expect his father to think this way. After all, his father was a kind person, so Yan Jiekuang didn't stop him. After Yan Bugui left, Yang Ruiping said, "This old Yan is really a little bit aware."

Yan Jiekuang also nodded. Since his father wanted to intervene in this matter, he would help if he could. There was nothing else to do here, so Yan Jiekuang said hello to Yang Ruiping and took the child home.

Yan Jiekuang returned home and took care of the two little ones by washing and cleaning. After everything was ready, the two little guys took the initiative to go to bed and wait for their father. Yan Jiekuang knew that they were waiting for him to tell a story. Which story was it? Oh, "The Three Fights with the White Bone Demon."

Yan Jiekuang stayed with the children on the bed, telling them stories. After a while, the two little ones fell asleep. Yan Jiekuang put on his clothes and walked to the yard. He lit a cigarette and thought about the things in the courtyard. He still didn't understand what Zhang Erzhu and the man from Hong Kong were thinking. He would take it one step at a time.

The next day, Yan Jiekuang waited for Aunt Wang to come and went out. He had to go to the front door to check out the shop. If nothing unexpected happened, he wanted to open a restaurant, but it would probably take a long time. Yan Jiekuang went to find Wang Qing first, and Wang Qing accompanied him to the front door. The entire shop was renovated except for the front door. This was Yan Jiekuang's request. Wang Xuan's craftsmanship was still trustworthy.

This was the first time Wang Qing came here after the renovation. He was full of interest and walked around everywhere. After Yan Jiekuang had looked around, he thought that the kitchenware had to be custom-made, so he turned around and asked Wang Qing if he had a good blacksmith shop.

Wang Qing thought for a moment and said, "Well, I really don't know, but I know the best blacksmiths are in the factory."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "Please ask around for me. Can you recommend a few young people who want to learn cooking?"

Wang Qing looked at Yan Jiekuang in surprise and asked, "Third brother, you really want to open a restaurant? It's not allowed yet. How can you open it?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Just because it's not allowed now doesn't mean it won't be allowed in the future. Let's prepare first. I still want you to be the manager of this hotel. You should also prepare yourself, read more books, and learn more from those old brands."

Wang Qing nodded heavily and said, "I will definitely study hard. Now I basically don't go to the ghost market anymore. I spend most of my time at home reading and studying."

Yan Jiekuang looked at him with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Brother will definitely give you a chance to realize your ambitions. Let's go."

Yan Jiekuang went to see the two courtyard houses again. Wang Xuan had already finished the work. He had not said hello to Yan Jiekuang, so he had been waiting for news from Yan Jiekuang on repairing the storefront and the courtyard house exterior. Yan Jiekuang was very satisfied with the courtyard house, so he said to Wang Qing: "Go find Wang Xuan when you have time and tell him to wait until the beginning of next spring to finish the rest. You can settle the bill first."

Wang Qing said he understood, and Yan Jiekuang broke up with Wang Qing. Yan Jiekuang was still thinking about his father, so he strolled towards the courtyard.

When he returned to the courtyard, his father was watering the flowers with a frown on his face. Yan Jiekuang went up to greet him and said, "Dad, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

When Yan Bugui saw that it was Yan Jiekuang, he put down the kettle, pulled Yan Jiekuang home, and whispered, "Let's talk at home. This is not the place to talk."

When the two returned home, Yan Bugui carefully closed the door and pulled Yan Jiekuang into the inner room. Only Yang Ruiping was at home today. Shi Xiaoya took the two children away, saying that they were going to look after a kindergarten.

Yan Bugui said: "You don't know, according to Zhang Erzhu, that Hong Kong Island guy is really a big boss, he has a factory in Hong Kong Island, he came here for one purpose, one is to conduct an investigation, and the other is to do trade business."

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "Who do you think he will do business with? Who can do business with him? We didn't say that we can trade freely."

Yan Bugui was silent and said, "Why did he say that? We are not as developed and wealthy as Hong Kong Island."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know yet. Maybe they are planning something big. Let's wait and see."

Yan Jiekuang was actually a little speechless. What on earth were these people thinking? What were they going to do? There were only a dozen households in the courtyard. How much money could they have together?

But what happened afterwards overturned Yan Jiekuang's cognition. He did not expect that some people's desire for money could reach a crazy level.

(End of this chapter)