Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 28: Countryside Trip
Sanyuan Village, Sijiu Suburbs

Yan Jiekuang woke up from his dream. He played a little late last night. Xiaohu took him to catch crickets. It turned out that Xiaohu was really good at making cricket cages.

When they came back, Xiaohu was beaten, which made Yan Jiekuang feel embarrassed. He quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, saying that he was the one who asked Xiaohu to take him out, and only then did the matter be resolved.

In the morning, grandma made some rice porridge for Yan Jiekuang. It was the first time that Yan Jiekuang had eaten it. Grandma put sugar in it, so Xiaohu was not eating the food, he was pouring rice into his mouth. Yan Jiekuang looked at him with admiration.

The pickles made by my grandma are also very delicious. The reason why Yan Jiekuang can eat cornbread tastes like steamed buns is because of my grandma’s pickles.

Last night, Yang Ruiping had already told his parents, brother, and sisters-in-law about the changes in the city, as well as Yan Bugui's analysis. The implication of his words was that it was time for the family to stock up on food.

My grandfather was a wise man. He thought about the causes and consequences and made a decision promptly.

The final decision was to build several cellars at home and store more food in the coming years to be prepared.

After Xiaohu finished his meal, he put down his bowl and called out, "Xiaosan, Xiaosan, let's go up the mountain."

My uncle quickly scolded me, "How could a little kid like you climb that mountain?" My aunt handed me a cane and said angrily, "Hit him."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle, let's not go there. Let's go to the vegetable garden at the back. That's what Xiaohu is talking about."

The uncle and aunt then took the farming tools and went out.

The four little kids got together again, and Nan Nan told him that it was fun on the mountain and there were many rabbits, but they were hard to catch because there were many holes.

Xiaohu also said that few people in the village could catch it. He said the rabbits on the mountain were like spirits, and the rabbit holes were like a maze.

When Yan Jiekuang heard what they said, he became excited. Who am I? I am well-versed in history and a master carpenter.

"Come on, I'll help you make a cage for catching rabbits. We will definitely be able to catch them." Yan Jiekuang took them to the backyard.

Grandpa also went to work. The mother and daughter were chatting endlessly in the room and didn't pay any attention to the movements of the four little ones. The four little ones were completely liberated.

Yan Jiekuang's idea was to make a rabbit-catching device, which is the rabbit-catching cage of later generations. If you have many holes, I will make more, one for each hole, and then smoke it to see if I can catch the rabbit.

The four kids are all action-oriented. They worked together and made more than a dozen in just one morning.

After lunch, the four little ones hid the truth from everyone, set out quietly, and secretly carried the cage up the mountain.

This was the first time that Yan Jiekuang came here. Hu Zi led the way. Several people followed Hu Zi's instructions and released one cage at this hole and then another at that hole. Soon, all the dozen cages were released.

Xiaohu and Nannan started to carry hay. Yan Jiekuang chose a big hole, and Lele followed behind Yan Jiekuang and made trouble the whole time.

After that, several people lit a fire. Xiaohu brought his grandfather's fan, and several people took turns fanning it vigorously.

After a while, Yan Jiekuang felt something was wrong. No smoke came out of any of the holes. Where did the smoke go? Yan Jiekuang asked Xiaohu and the other two to continue while he went downstairs to check the rabbit cage.

Yan Jiekuang went down to take a look, but found nothing. Yan Jiekuang wondered if the rabbits here were really smart.

Yan Jiekuang refused to believe it, so he gritted his teeth, found a big hole and crawled in.

After climbing about ten meters, there was a fork in the road. Yan Jiekuang chose one. With his smart head, he thought that if he chose the way to go, he would choose the left one, and when coming back, he would choose the right one.

It was a good idea. There were only a few forks in the road and he got lost. Yan Jiekuang wanted to cry. Why was he arguing with a rabbit?

But he couldn't stop, he couldn't find the way back, so he had to climb again. As he climbed, he thought and found that he was always going downwards, and the hole that Xiaohu had fanned was at the top. This was not right. As he climbed, he found that the hole had become larger, he could stand up, and the ground seemed to be a stone slab.

He thought about it, took out a small torch from his space warehouse and lit it. When the light came out, he saw that there was indeed a stone road in front of him. It was very wide and could accommodate cars. He wondered if it was an air-raid shelter, so he continued to move forward.

After more than ten minutes, a huge cave appeared in front of us. There seemed to be goods piled in the cave, and there were several houses built on the left side of the cave.

Yan Jiekuang walked over and found that there were three houses. He walked into one of them, which was the power distribution room. He had seen this in his previous life. Yan Jiekuang saw an old-fashioned black three-pin switch. He moved two boxes outside. He was not tall enough, so he found a wooden stick and used it to push the main switch up. In an instant, the cave was brightly lit, and the three houses were also lit up.

Yan Jiekuang walked into the second room. There were double-door safes against the wall, side by side. He counted 16 in total. There were some documents on the desk in the middle. He didn't understand them, but he didn't touch them. He saw Japanese-style desks and chairs, which were rarely seen outside.

The third room had a bed and a cabinet. Yan Jiekuang took a look and left the room.

Looking at the entire warehouse, the most common thing in the warehouse is food, including rice and flour. There are boxes of military canned food of two kinds, pork and beef. Further back there is a cold storage, a total of five rooms. Yan Jiekuang was a little worried because he had just delivered the electricity.

But the cold storage did not disappoint him. It had a separate power supply, and no one knew where it was connected to. There were tons of pork, beef, chickens, ducks, and geese inside, all packed up. There was even donkey meat, and the carcasses of countless wild animals such as tigers, bears, and wolves.

Yan Jiekuang was strolling in the cave when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Xiaohu and the others must be very anxious. He also became anxious. He turned around and took a closer look. There were so many cave entrances. Where should he go?

Just when he was worrying, suddenly, a rabbit ran towards a hole. Yan Jiekuang didn't want to think about it anymore, and with his transformed body at full power, he followed it in.

He followed the rabbit, and the rabbit also became anxious and ran quickly. There was a small cave in front of him. When Yan Jiekuang rushed in, he reached the rabbit's nest. The rabbits fled everywhere. He spotted the biggest one and followed behind it.

After an incense stick of time, Yan Jiekuang came out and the rabbit ran away, because when Yan Jiekuang came out, he saw Xiaohu and the other three, calling him.

After Xiaohu and the others were busy for a while, Lele asked, "Why hasn't Xiaosan come back yet? Is he lost?"

Xiaohu then remembered, and the three of them hurried downstairs. They searched all the rabbit cages but couldn't find Xiaosan. The three of them became anxious and shouted everywhere.

After searching for a while, Nan Nan said, "Let's go up and have a look. If there's nothing, let's go find grandpa."

So the three of them came up again and searched for a long time. Just as they were about to run home, they saw a big rabbit jumping out from the fire hole, followed by the third child.

The four people were ecstatic and jumped up and down while hugging each other.

Yan Jiekuang said he had climbed up a rabbit hole and was chasing rabbits. Let's go down and take a look.

A few people went down to the middle of the mountain and found all the goods in more than a dozen cages. The four children were worried about how to carry them down.

Forget it, whether you have anything to do or not, go find an adult. Let Nan Nan go to find grandpa.

After a while, grandpa, uncle, aunt, second uncle, second aunt, and Yang Ruiping all came.

Seeing these dozen cages, the whole family was shocked. They started to collect rabbits.

By the time we got home, the sun was almost setting.

The whole family braised rabbit meat today. Everyone enjoyed the meal happily and praised Yan Jiekuang's rabbit cage.

However, Yan Jiekuang couldn't be happy. There were so many foods in the warehouse, but the villagers were still hungry. Grandpa and grandma noticed Yan Jiekuang's abnormality and asked him what was wrong. Yan Jiekuang told them everything about his experience of falling into a warehouse. Grandpa and grandma were shocked and turned around to find the village chief.

Hearing that there was a Japanese warehouse on his mountain, the village chief was undecided and finally reported it. On that day, people from the city and the army came. The warehouse was not difficult to find, but no one paid attention to it. After a while, there were cheers on the mountain. They probably found the warehouse. Yan Jiekuang didn't know what happened afterwards.

After the family finished their meal, my uncle and his family went to work in the cellar. The four little ones were playing with the rabbits in the front yard. There were four little rabbits and two big rabbits. These were the rabbits that my second aunt suggested raising. After all, catching rabbits involves an element of luck, but raising rabbits is different. There will only be more and more rabbits.

Yan Jiekuang also admired his second aunt's vision, so the two uncles kept these few.

Grandpa collected eight rabbits and asked my uncle to send them to the village chief's house. My family couldn't eat all of them alone.

The village chief was also surprised when he saw the rabbit. My uncle quickly said that it was his little one who happened to poke the rabbit's nest. The village chief was half-believing and half-doubting.

The next day, the village chief came with the village party secretary and took away ten rabbit cages.

Reunion is always short, and the four little ones said goodbye to each other with tears in their eyes.

Yan Jiekuang’s rural journey ended.

　I changed this chapter. I think adventure is fine, but you can't say that the things that belonged to ordinary people were plundered and collected for various reasons. I think you can't live with it as your personal property, so I changed it. In addition to rescuing some ancient items, there is no gold finger.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)