Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 220 The conspiracy emerges
After finishing the work of Yan Jiekuang's apprentice, he started drawing the layout of the kitchen at home. He wanted to get it done in one go. Although the gas tank had to be purchased with a voucher, there would always be a way.

Just when Yan Jiekuang was busy drawing, Yang Ruiping suddenly came one day, bringing Yongchang and Yongxin with him. Now it was Wei Xiaobao who was in charge of opening the door. Yang Ruiping was stunned for a moment when he saw a strange child opening the door for him. Wei Xiaobao was very smart and said, "You are looking for my third brother, he is in the backyard."

At this time, Aunt Wang came out and said to Wei Xiaobao: "This is your third brother's mother. She will be your grandmother in the future."

Wei Xiaobao scratched his head embarrassedly. Yang Ruiping was confused. He nodded at Wei Xiaobao and hurried to the backyard.

Wei Xiaobao asked Aunt Wang quietly if he had done anything wrong. Aunt Wang was also confused, but she still said comfortingly: "It must be an emergency. Your grandmother is a very good person."

Yang Ruiping went to the study room in the backyard and pushed open the door. He saw Yan Jiekuang writing and drawing on the desk. The two little ones also got crayons and paper and started drawing beside him.

Yang Ruiping snatched Yan Jiekuang's pen and said, "Don't draw yet. I have something to ask you."

Yan Jiekuang looked at his anxious mother and was about to speak when Aunt Wang came in, brought a cup of tea, put it on the table next to him, and said, "I'll take them out to find Yongchang and Yongxin."

The two children looked at their grandmother, called out, and then turned to look at their father. Yan Jiekuang said, "Your grandmother and I have something to do. Let's go out and play first."

Aunt Wang took the child away, and Yan Jiekuang said, "Mom, what's the matter? It's urgent. Don't worry, your son is here to help you."

Yang Ruiping realized at this time that he was a little anxious, so he sat down and took a sip of tea, then said: "I am a little anxious, isn't this a mess, I tell you something big is going to happen."

Yan Jiekuang looked at his mother in confusion. Yang Ruiping calmed himself down before slowly telling the story.

It turned out that Zhang Erzhu had lived in the Siheyuan for a few days. He said that he had to go to the airport in a couple of days to pick up his boss, the Hong Kong businessman from Hong Kong Island. Who knew that Xu Damao somehow got to know about this and went straight to the Siheyuan to find Zhang Erzhu. The two of them discussed borrowing a car to pick up the person.

But many neighbors in the Siheyuan also knew about this, especially Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai. The two discussed how not to let Xu Damao pick up the plane alone this time. No matter what, Xu Damao must not eat alone this time. While they were discussing, Yan Bugui came to their house unexpectedly. The two looked at Yan Bugui in surprise. Yan Bugui immediately expressed his thoughts, which coincided with theirs. He also said that if they wanted to let this Hong Kong businessman visit Siheyuan again, they had to get Zhang Erzhu involved.

This was the first time in all these years that the three of them reached a consensus on one thing. Two of them thought that it would be okay to bring Yan Bugui along, as at least there would be someone to give advice. The three of them started to discuss it, and the final result was that Jia Dongxu invited Zhang Erzhu to dinner that night, because in terms of relationship, Jia Dongxu and Zhang Erzhu were better together. Then the three of them came uninvited, and persuaded Zhang Erzhu to abandon Xu Damao and join their team by using both reason and emotion. After all, the three of them had a great influence in the Siheyuan, and if the three of them organized themselves, their financial resources would be greater than Xu Damao's.

After the three people found Jia Dongxu to discuss, Jia Dongxu came forward and things went smoothly. During the meal, Zhang Erzhu, who was half drunk, agreed to the request and told them that he would bring the Hong Kong businessmen to the Siheyuan tomorrow.

Hearing this, Yan Jiekuang was also surprised. He had persuaded Yan Bugui not to get involved in this matter. Why was it that just this time of Xu Damao made Yan Bugui change his mind and take the initiative to find Yi Zhonghai and others? How greedy must this father be to have lost his mind?

Yang Ruiping continued, "You don't know, this Hong Kong businessman came yesterday. He said that he wanted to make everyone rich last time because of Zhang Erzhu's face, but he didn't expect that the neighbors were unwilling to participate, so Xu Damao made a lot of money. But this time, he can't do it in a small way. He needs a container to purchase goods, otherwise it won't be enough to pay for the freight."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Did you tell me how much the goods are? Did my dad and the others agree?"

Yang Ruiping said, "Yes, it was said that there were 100,000 electronic watches and 1,000 recorders, but they were paired with 10,000 cassettes. Anyway, everyone involved in the Siheyuan has gone crazy now, and everyone is looking for people to borrow money."

Yan Jiekuang knew that this was bad, so he stood up and said, "I'll go back with you now and persuade my dad."

Yang Ruiping said, "Your father is taking a group of people to the west wing to deal with his furniture."

Yan Jiekuang became anxious when he heard this, and he pulled Yang Ruiping out, and walked to the front yard and said to Aunt Wang: "You take care of these children first. If I don't come back, you will have to work hard. You will stay here today, Xiaobao! Xiaobao!" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly ran out of his room, and Yan Jiekuang said: "Help Aunt Wang take care of these children. My mother and I have something urgent."

After saying that, he pushed his bicycle out and headed straight to the courtyard with his mother.

When Yan Jiekuang arrived at the courtyard, he did not enter the yard. He parked his bicycle at the gate and went straight to the west wing. He had never been to the west wing since Yan Bugui took over the west wing. He reached out to push the door, but it was locked from the inside. Yan Jiekuang then knocked on the door.

It took a long time for the door to open. Yan Bugui looked and asked, "Why are you here? What are you doing with all that effort?"

Yan Jiekuang said unhappily, "You won't open the door if I don't push harder."

Yan Bugui reluctantly let Yan Jiekuang and Yang Ruiping into the yard. Yan Jiekuang asked directly, "Have all the furniture been sold?"

Yan Bugui stammered, "Not yet, I'm watching."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Don't buy them. These can't be sold. If you really want to sell them, sell them to me."

Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "We have brought the people here, how can we just say we don't want to sell them? They are offering a high price."

Yan Jiekuang was on the verge of losing his temper, and he shouted, "Can money measure that? That's history, and I own half of it, too."

Yan Bugui saw that his son was about to lose his temper, so he glared at him and said, "Why are you shouting? If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. Go in and tell him."

Yang Ruiping also said to his son: "Let's talk it over nicely, go in."

The three people entered the west wing, and Yan Bugui carefully closed the door and took the mother and son to the backyard. Yan Jiekuang persuaded Yan Bugui as they walked, telling him that although these things were worthless now, they were all cultural treasures, and if they waited a few more years, they might be worthless.

Yan Bugui was also walking and thinking. When he reached the backyard, Yan Jiekuang saw three people milling around a dozen pieces of furniture. Yan Bugui made up his mind and walked forward to apologize to them one by one. He said that no one in the family agreed to sell them and he was very sorry. He would treat them to a drink and make amends some other day.

When the three heard this, they looked at each other. They had been bargaining for a long time, but the other party changed his mind. The three of them were easy to talk to, so they said goodbye without any nonsense. Yan Bugui politely saw the guests out of the west wing and then returned to the backyard.

Yan Bugui knew that his third son was very opposed to his involvement in this matter involving Hong Kong businessmen, but Xu Damao had made so much wealth that he became interested again. The three of them sat on the official hat chairs in the backyard and were silent for a while. Yan Jiekuang spoke first.

"What are your plans? What did the Hong Kong businessmen say?" Yan Jiekuang looked at his money-loving father. He had no idea what to do.

Yan Bugui knew that his wife must have told Yan Jiekuang about this, so he said directly: "After dinner that day, when Zhang Erzhu and the Hong Kong businessman left, we discussed that we must get this batch of goods. So, everyone calculated that according to the price of Xu Damao's batch of goods last time, the total price was 1.1 million. The Hong Kong businessman said that only 20% of the advance payment is required, and the rest will be settled after the goods are sold. That is 220,000."

After hearing what Yan Bugui said, Yang Ruiping almost fainted, and Yan Jiekuang quickly supported his mother.

(End of this chapter)