Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 31: Consecutive Pregnancy

Nanluoguxiang Purchasing Station in May 1954
Ever since Yan Jiekuang came to the purchasing station, he has become the treasure of the station.

Everyone likes this little adult. He doesn't cry or make a fuss all day. He plays chess with Yang Qianjin and helps with housework and organizes papers and books when he has nothing to do.

When Yan Jiekuang arrived at the purchasing station, it was as if he had arrived at a huge treasure house.

There are many books of various kinds.

Before he knew it, three months had passed and his collection of books had grown to a considerable size. Of course, he replaced them with waste newspapers.

Some of the waste newspapers were sponsored by Yan Bugui, and some were collected by him from everywhere, that is, picking up garbage, but he did not need to turn them over, he could easily catch them within ten meters. Wherever he went, they were like locusts passing through.

Uncle Yang at the purchasing station knew that he could read, so Yang Qianjin was learning cultural knowledge from Yan Jiekuang.

Once, Yan Jiekuang strolled to the backyard and found a house in a remote area with the door always closed. He had never paid attention to it before, so he went to check it out out of boredom. There were mostly kitchen utensils in it, all kinds of things.

Later, I found out that the house of this purchasing station was originally owned by Yu Chu, the chief chef of the Zongli Yamen in the late Qing Dynasty. He knew Yu Chu, a legendary figure. It is said that Yu Chu's dishes have no fixed pattern. He can cook all the famous dishes from various provinces at a glance, such as Yangzhou lion head and Guangzhou roasted purple abalone. His knife skills and cooking time are so realistic.

Yan Jiekuang thought about it and decided to go in and take a look.

He explored carefully and actually found it. There was a secret room at the back of the house. It wasn't really a secret room, it was just a wider wall with bookshelves on both sides, and they were filled with books, covering the entire two walls to the top.

Yan Jiekuang flipped through a few books, all of which were recipes and famous chefs' notes. The one at the edge was Chef Yu's notes. Yan Jiekuang suddenly had a direction. It didn't matter anyway, it would be good to learn cooking. The books and bookshelves disappeared in an instant. He turned around the wall and went back to the house to look at the kitchen utensils. After all, if he was learning to cook, he had to prepare all the tools, so he put them away.

Yan Jiekuang came out and heard Yang Qianjin's voice as soon as he came out, "Xiao San, Xiao San."

"Here they come!" Yan Jiekuang ran to the front yard.

"My grandfather caught a pheasant and is cleaning it in the kitchen," said Yang Qianjin.

Yan Jiekuang also became interested and pulled Yang Qianjin towards the kitchen.

The two little guys squatted aside while Grandpa Yang was plucking the feathers. “Grandpa Yang, keep the feathers on the tail so we can make shuttlecocks.”

Grandpa Yang handed it to Yan Jiekuang, and the two little guys ran out.

They ran to the west wing and found some big coins and a candle. After fiddling for a while, they made two shuttlecocks. Everyone at the purchasing station praised the two little guys for being smart.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang did not go back and just had a free meal.

When it was time to eat, Yang Ruiping came to pick him up, and everyone asked her to eat with them. Yang Ruiping said she had already eaten, so Yan Jiekuang quickly finished his meal and left with Yang Ruiping.

Yan Jiekuang returned to his room, sorted out his gains of the recent period, thought for a while, and then went to find Yang Ruiping.

"Mom, I want to live at my grandma's house for a while." Yan Jiekuang said seriously.

Yang Ruiping was very surprised and asked him why. Yan Jiekuang said he missed his grandparents.

Yang Ruiping said to wait until your father comes back.

In the evening, Yan Bugui arrived home. There were some homemade side dishes, including a pickled cucumber and shredded potatoes with green peppers. The staple food was corn paste and steamed bread.

The three of them started eating. Yang Ruiping took a bite of shredded potatoes and vomited it out, followed by a period of dry heaving.

The father and son were stunned. Yan Jiekuang asked, "What's wrong with mom? Should we go to the hospital?"

Yan Bugui patted his wife's back and whispered, "Are you pregnant again?"

Yang Ruiping gave Yan Bugui a slightly resentful look and replied, "What do you think?"

"Okay, eat the corn porridge and we'll go to the hospital for a check-up." Yan Bugui made a prompt decision.

Yan Jiekuang suddenly remembered that he had a younger sister, so he came over.

After dinner, Yan Bugui and his wife went out.

Yan Jiekuang was conflicted. Should he stay at home to take care of his mother, or save his mother some trouble and go to his grandmother's house?

Soon he didn't have to make the decision anymore. Yan Bugui decided to let Yan Jiekuang go to his grandmother's house in the countryside. He was not busy now and could concentrate on taking care of his wife.

Two days later, his uncle came and took him away. Yan Jiekuang did not come back until the Spring Festival of 1955. On the day of his departure, Yang Qianjin cried bitterly, but he did not know that he would also leave two days later. Uncle Yang's son and daughter-in-law lived in Yangcheng and asked Yang Qianjin to go to school there. Uncle Yang did not agree at first, but later the child's parents insisted, after all, their grandson's education was more important.

June of 1954, Siheyuan (I am just a dividing line, I show up whenever I have time)
In 1959, the new currency was issued. Every household heard the news and exchanged it for new currency. There was nothing special about it. The only special thing was that Grandmother Jia found a large pile of gold yuan notes, but the bank refused to exchange them because the gold yuan notes had been invalidated long ago.

This incident made Jia Dongxu very angry. His family did not have enough money to buy food every month. Who knew that his family had hidden gold yuan coupons and exchanged them two years ago? Was it another sum of money?

In 1959, thanks to the help from his master Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu is now furious.

But before he could post it, Qin Huairu became pregnant again. He was at a loss whether to be happy or sad.

Yi Zhonghai also knew about it, but said nothing and went to Jia's house carrying 20 kilograms of corn flour.

When I came back, I saw the lights in He Daqing's house were on.

Yi Zhonghai hesitated for a moment, but still went forward and knocked on the door.

Xiaohu opened the door for him. He looked as if he had seen him before. He turned around and called out, "Godfather!"

He Daqing came out and saw the person coming. He immediately said, "Master, come quickly and sit inside."

"I knew you were back when I saw you turned on the light." Yi Zhonghai walked in and sat down at the table.

Xiaohu went to get some water. Yi Zhonghai said, "He came back by himself. Where are the pillars and the rain water?"

"Zhu Zi has gone to a new unit in the north. You know there are confidentiality regulations in the military camp, so I can't say anything. Yu Shui is pestering his brother and won't come back no matter what you say." He Daqing replied.

Yi Zhonghai took the water Xiaohu handed over, took a sip, and said, "Then why did you come back? Why didn't you spend more time with them?"

"I have no choice. Director Lou asked someone to tell me that the task here is heavy and I am needed. He has already contacted me twice. It would be unreasonable if I don't come back." He Daqing said helplessly.

Yi Zhonghai thought of the changes in the factory and said, "Yes, many middle-level cadres have been sent down from above, and now everyone is very cautious in what they do and say."

He Daqing didn't say anything, and Yi Zhonghai said they should find time to get together.

After chatting for a while, Yi Zhonghai left. He didn't want to stay there anymore, but the deaf old lady refused to give up.

Xiao Hu asked He Daqing, "Why are the neighbors in this courtyard so welcoming?"

He Daqing said, "You may appear enthusiastic, but who knows what you are thinking? You have never experienced the affairs of the market, so you don't understand."

Xiaohu said disdainfully, "All reactionaries are paper tigers. When you are weak, they are strong, and when you are strong, they are weak. That's what Brother Zhuzi said."

He Daqing chuckled and replied, "Brother Zhuzi doesn't have that level of skill. He is learning on the spot."

"You can go back tomorrow. I'm fine now. I'll go to work as usual. He Yushui will start school in September. You should send her back." He Daqing said.

Xiaohu said he understood and turned around to go out and clean up the ear room.

East Wing of the Central Courtyard of Siheyuan
Jia Dongxu was still angry while smoking.

Grandmother Jia didn't say anything either, she just coaxed Banggeng. Banggeng was very pretty and cute, and now was the time for fun.

Qin Huairu was tidying up the inner room.

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "I am currently making 41.5 yuan. If I go up one level, it will be 48 yuan."

Grandmother Jia said, "Can your master help you? He has promised."

"Relying solely on the master's help is useless." Jia Dongxu replied.

Grandmother Jia thought for a moment and said, "Everyone knows about our situation. Can we ask the eldest master to organize it and ask everyone to help us?"

Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up, he thought it should work.

Jia Dongxu didn't say much, found a bottle of wine in the cupboard, opened the door and ran to his master's house.

　Thanks to Longbao Bookworm, I feel that you are reading this. My book has many flaws, I hope you will actively choose it. I will revise it, but I really can't revise it, so I will just read it as it is.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)