Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 275: Father Yan's Prying
When Yan Bugui appeared in front of Yang Ruiping, Yang Ruiping was very surprised. Yan Bugui said, "Don't be surprised. We just happened to meet in Shijia Village. I thought, I might as well come here to see the old couple."

Yang Ruiping smiled and said, "You come to see my parents empty-handed?"

"No, I brought a sheep here specially for the old man." Yan Bugui said a little embarrassedly.

At this time, Huzi came back with the children. When the six children saw Yan Bugui, they were stunned. Yan Bugui said, "What's wrong? Didn't expect grandpa to come?"

The six children immediately went up to greet him, shouting, "Grandpa! Grandpa!" Hu Zi was stunned, he didn't know what to call him, Yang Ruiping said, "Hu Zi, you have to call him uncle, this is Xiao Hu's child, call him Hu Zi."

Yan Bugui picked up Hu Zi in one go, and Hu Zi called out "Uncle!" Yan Bugui took out a handful of candies from his pocket, stuffed them into Hu Zi's pocket, and said, "You are so strong, uncle, please have some candy."

At this time, Xiaopang tugged at Yan Bugui's pants and said, "Grandpa, where are ours?"

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "We have them all, we have them all. They're in the car, the fat car. Go get them." After that, he put Hu Zi down, and several children rushed to the van. Wang Qing quickly opened the door and handed a bag of snacks to Yongchang. Yongchang took the snacks and rushed out of the yard with the children to share them with their good friends in the village.

The group ignored the children. Yan Jiekuang and Nan Nan carried the sheep and followed the others into the main hall. Yang Yiqing and his wife were also surprised when they saw Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui smiled and explained that he knew the mother and son were coming, so he came here specially to see the old couple.

Yan Jiekuang pouted in the back while the family was talking in the main room. When it was almost evening, Nan Nan reminded Yan Jiekuang that he should go check on each household.

Yan Bugui heard it, looked at Yan Jiekuang in confusion, and asked, "Why are you disturbing others?"

Yan Jiekuang was just about to find an excuse to deal with it, but Nan Nan spoke too quickly and replied, "Every family has antiques, right? I'll take the third brother for a look."

When Yan Bugui heard this, his eyes lit up all of a sudden. He looked at Yan Jiekuang, who still wanted to deal with it, so he said, "It may not be necessary. I'm just taking a look."

Yan Bugui said, "Then I'll go and take a look with you."

Yan Jiekuang sighed, then walked out of the yard with Nan Nan. Yan Bugui said hello to Yang Yiqing and followed them.

The three of them first came to the neighbor of the Yang family. Nan Nan explained the purpose of their visit. The neighbor had a good relationship with the Yang family. Yan Jiekuang often came to their home to play when he was a child. So he happily took out a pair of vases. The neighbor said, "At that time, most of the gold and silver treasures of the landlord Liu were handed over to the state. My family got a pair of vases and a few pieces of furniture."

As he spoke, the neighbor pointed at a few pieces of furniture. Yan Jiekuang took a quick look at them and then focused on the pair of vases. After looking at them for a while, he put them on the table and turned to look at the furniture. Yan Bugui stared at the pair of vases and never put them down because he saw the inscription on the bottom, which clearly read "Made in the Kangxi Period".

Yan Jiekuang took a quick look and said, "Look, these furniture and this pair of vases. How about I give you a hundred dollars?"

When the neighbor was hesitating, Yan Bugui said, "Old Third, this is a bit too much. What's your name, brother?"

The neighbor said, "My last name is Yang too. I am a distant relative of Yang Yiqing, who came from Wufu. What do you think?"

Yan Bugui said, "Well, I'm Yang Yiqing's son-in-law, but I seldom come here. How about I give you 200 yuan for these things?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at his father in surprise. He really didn't expect that his father came here to pry open the house.

Brother Yang said, "Okay, two hundred, you can take it."

Yan Jiekuang shook his head angrily and went out. Nan Nan was also very surprised. Yan Jiekuang said in a low voice angrily: "I won't watch it anymore. What's the point of watching it? My dad is too unreliable."

The two men ignored Yan Bugui and turned back to his grandfather's house. Yan Bugui was busy asking Brother Yang to move the things to Yang Yiqing's yard. Seeing Yan Bugui's overjoyed look, Yan Jiekuang became even angrier.

Yang Ruiping looked at the angry Yan Jiekuang and asked him what was wrong. Yan Jiekuang told him what had just happened, which made Yang Ruiping very angry. He walked out of the yard and cursed Yan Bugui.

Grandpa and grandma came out, and Yang Ruian and Yang Ruijun were beside them to persuade them. When these people knew what had happened, no one paid any attention to Yan Bugui. Yang Ruiping's sister-in-law pulled her into her room and said that it was her body and she shouldn't get angry.

Yang Yiqing said to Mrs. Huo, "See, you look the same when you are young as when you are old." Mrs. Huo sighed.

When Yan Bugui saw this, he knew he couldn't stay there anymore, so he immediately went to find Wang Qing, put the collected things on the van, gritted his teeth and said a few words to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, then ran away in shame.

Originally, Yang Ruiping was thinking about going back to the courtyard after dinner, but now, he was too angry to go back. Old Mrs. Huo took Yang Ruiping's hand and said, "Come on, girl, sleep with me tonight. I will hug my girl to sleep again." Yang Ruiping laughed.

When Yan Jiekuang saw that his father had run away, he went around each store with Nan Nan. Generally speaking, there were very few fine products, most of which were from the Republic of China and the late Qing Dynasty. The furniture was not made of precious wood, but mostly old mahogany furniture, mixed with a few pieces of rosewood furniture.

These things are of little value now, but it would be a pity not to have them, so Yan Jiekuang picked out some of the ones in good condition and collected them. Except for the bronze ware that he first saw at his grandmother's house, there were no other good things.

Yan Jiekuang left all these things at his grandfather's house, saying that he would come back to pick them up when he had time, and put the bronze artifact alone in the trunk. After breakfast, Yang Ruiping and his mother said goodbye to everyone with their children. Yan Jiekuang told Nannan that if the greenhouse had any difficulties, she should go to Sijiucheng to find him. The group drove away from Sanyuan Village, but what Yan Jiekuang didn't expect was that as soon as they left, Yan Bugui hired a tricycle and quietly came to Sanyuan Village and began to collect things from every household.

Yan Jiekuang asked Yang Ruiping whether to go back to No. 95 Courtyard or his place. Yang Ruiping said, "I will take Yongchang and Yongxin back to No. 95 Courtyard. Shi Xiaoya misses her child too, very much."

Yan Jiekuang drove directly to the courtyard. Since he couldn't enter the alley, he parked at the entrance of the alley. Yang Ruiping took Yongchang and Yongxin out of the car, and Yan Jiekuang took the others and drove directly back to Yuer Hutong.

As soon as Yang Ruiping got off the car with her child, they were seen by Xu Damao and Xu Delin, who had just returned from playing cards outside. They were very curious about where this Aunt Yang came from and why she was sent back by the Crown. Fortunately, they didn't see who the driver was.

Yang Ruiping didn't know there were two more people behind him, so he led one of them back home. Shi Xiaoya happened to be at home today, and she was very happy to see Yongchang and Yongxin come back. The two children rushed to their mother as soon as they saw her. Shi Xiaoya asked, "Who sent you back? Didn't you go to your great-grandmother's house?"

Yang Ruiping said, "The third brother sent him back. He went straight back when he got to the alley entrance. Come on, go home quickly. I'm going to settle accounts with that damn old man."

Shi Xiaoya was completely confused. Yongchang pulled her mother into the house and told her what happened in general. Yongxin supplemented what she heard. After Shi Xiaoya heard what happened, she had a strange expression on her face. This unreliable father-in-law could do such a thing. She also disagreed with Yan Bugui's approach.

Yang Ruiping went to the store angrily. When he entered the door, he didn't see Yan Bugui, so he asked the clerk where Yan Bugui was. The clerk told Yang Ruiping that the boss had gone to the countryside to collect things. After hearing this, Yang Ruiping turned around and went home.

On the other side, Xu Delin and Xu Damao looked at each other. They were both very surprised. Xu Delin didn't even have a bicycle now, while Yan Jiekuang could drive a car, a Crown.

The two of them sneaked back from the front yard to the back yard, and Xu Damao said, "Drink something?"

Xu Delin was now very jealous of Yan Jiekuang and felt depressed. He said, "Have a drink. I'll go home and get some food."

The two depressed people started drinking together at Xu Damao's house.

Xu Delin said, "Brother Damao, did you say that car belongs to Yan Laosan?"

Xu Damao took a sip of wine and said, "It's possible. This Yan Lao San has been able to make a lot of money since he was a child. I heard that his restaurant makes a lot of money every day. Besides, he went to Hong Kong Island a few days ago. Based on his relationship with the Lou family, a car is not a small matter."

Xu Delin took a sip of wine, sighed, and said, "Why is the gap so big? Yan Lao San is younger than me, but he drives a car, while I still take bus No. 11 to work."

Xu Damao looked at the frustrated Xu Delin and said, "Don't say that. Take my brother for example. He almost bought a car, but before the New Year, his buddy pushed back a motorcycle."

Xu Delin was very surprised that Xu Damao, who owed others money half a year ago, had turned things around in such a short time. He quickly picked up a glass of wine and said, "Brother Damao, I have to congratulate you. Come, have a drink."

Xu Damao bumped into him and said, "I'm not bragging. Although my small business is not as good as Yan Lao San's, it still makes a hundred or eighty yuan a day. Just imagine how much it makes in a month."

Xu Delin knew that Xu Damao opened a video parlor, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable. He asked, "Then yours is more expensive than a movie."

"Of course. You don't know how hard it is for me to get videotapes. Those films are all from Hong Kong. You have money but nowhere to get them. You think the ticket prices have to be higher? And if you sell peanuts, melon seeds, soda and so on, you can make a lot of money." Xu Damao said proudly.

Xu Delin had not expected that being an individual could make so much money, so he asked Xu Damao: "Brother Damao, can you give me some advice? What can I do?"

Xu Damao looked at Xu Delin, chuckled, and said, "In the final analysis, Yan Laosan and I were forced to do nothing but work as individuals because we have no jobs. You don't want this iron rice bowl anymore. You are a technician, and your salary in your factory is not low."

Xu Delin thought for a moment and said, "Then doesn't He Yuzhu also run a restaurant?"

Xu Damao looked at Xu Delin like he was a fool and said, "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? The small kitchen in your place is still run by He Yuzhu, who still has a stable job. He is on unpaid leave, can you do the same?"

Xu Delin suddenly lost his temper and said, "I can't do that. He is the leader's favorite. I don't have that kind of relationship with him."

Xu Damao looked at the frustrated Xu Delin and said, "Okay, I'll be merciful and give you an idea."

"Brother Damao, you say." Xu Delin said respectfully.

Xu Damao smiled and said, "You can't do it, but the one in your family can. Let her come out, even if it's like Yu Li opening a clothing store. Haven't you seen that the Yan family is like that? Yan Lao Da goes to work, and when he has nothing to do, he goes to the store to help, and Yu Li is the manager."

After listening to this, Xu Delin felt like the world was brightened up. He thought this was a reliable thing.

(End of this chapter)