Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 326 Jie Di Divorce
The room was very messy and didn't look like a newlywed's home at all. It had two bedrooms and a bathroom. There was very little furniture in the room, just a big bed, a tall and short cabinet, and a desk near the window. You could tell at a glance that it had been used for many years.

When Zhao Lijun saw that it was Yan Jiekuang who came in, he was also stunned. It took him a long time to react and said, "Third brother, why are you here? Come and sit down. My place is a bit messy. Jie Di and I are at work every day and have no time to clean it up."

Zhao Lijun pulled out a chair and placed it next to a round folding dining table. He then looked around for a cup. It took him a long time to find one. When he went to look for tea leaves, he remembered that there was no tea leaves at home. He looked at Yan Jiekuang apologetically and said, "Third brother, please sit down. I'll go out and get some water."

Yan Jiekuang stopped him and said, "Don't bother, I'm just here to take a look, and I'll leave after a few words. You can sit down too."

Zhao Lijun then found another chair, put it aside and sat down. Yan Jiekuang looked at him and could clearly see that Zhao Lijun was very nervous.

Yan Jiekuang asked, "How long has it been since Yan Jiedi came back?"

Zhao Lijun was so shocked that he blurted out, "How did you know?"

Yan Jiekuang glanced around the room and said, "How could I not understand my sister? She is a bit of a germaphobe. If she lived here, she would never leave the house like this."

Zhao Lijun was a little panicked and said, "To tell you the truth, Third Brother, after we registered, I went back to my hometown. At home, my sister and my parents were unhappy, so she ran back to the city and never came back. I looked for her several times, but she ignored me and said she wanted to divorce me, but I didn't agree."

Yan Jiekuang stared at Zhao Lijun and asked, "There must be a reason for the quarrel, so what is it?"

Zhao Lijun hesitated and said vaguely: "It's just about money, it's actually not a big deal?"

Yan Jiekuang took out a cigarette, handed one to Zhao Lijun, took another for himself, then took out a lighter, lit one for Zhao Lijun, lit one for himself, took a puff and asked, "Tell me more about it. This is my sister. I need to know the reason. There are two old people at home who are worried about her."

Zhao Lijun sighed and said, "It's not Yan Jie Di's fault. It's mainly my parents. When I brought Yan Jie Di home, the first day was fine. We had a happy meal together. But then my parents asked me to hand over all my salary to the family, and Jie Di had to hand over half of it. They said that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. There are younger brothers and sisters here who don't have jobs and are not married. We have to think about them. Yan Jie Di refused to listen to it and started arguing with my parents. I tried to mediate, but she got even angrier and left."

Yan Jiekuang understood that Yan Jiedi could not accept the excessive demands of Zhao Lijun's family. After all, Yan Jiedi was a college student, not a rural woman like Qin Huairu, who had the idea of ​​marrying a chicken, following the chicken; marrying a dog, following the dog.

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Where is she now? Didn't she hand over her old dormitory?"

Zhao Lijun said, "She lives with her colleagues, at the second door on the third floor of Building No. 1. She and I are both on vacation today, so she should be there. Third brother, can you help me talk to her and ask her to come back?"

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and asked, "Can you change your parents' minds?"

When Zhao Lijun heard this, he felt very embarrassed and stopped talking. Yan Jiekuang stood up, left the wine with Zhao Lijun, and left with the gift.

I arrived at Building No. 1, found the room, and knocked on the door. Yan Jiedi's voice came from inside, asking, "Who is it?"

Yan Jiekuang did not answer. The door opened. When Yan Jiedi saw that it was her third brother, she was stunned. Yan Jiekuang looked at Yan Jiedi's haggard face and said nothing. He put the things in the door, took Yan Jiedi's hand and said, "Let's go home with our third brother."

Yan Jiedi burst into tears and hugged Yan Jiekuang tightly, and Yan Jiekuang kept comforting her, saying, "It's not a big deal. We still have our third brother and our parents. Let's go, pack up and go back to my house first."

Yan Jie Di nodded, went back to the house, quickly packed up her things, and followed Yan Jie Kuang. Yan Jie Kuang was afraid that if he went directly back to Yard No. 95, his parents would worry. It was not uncommon for strange things to happen in any yard, not to mention that if Yan Jie Di went back, there would be chaos again.

Yan Jie Di sat quietly in the car, looking outside. Yan Jie Kuang said gently: "Come and stay with me for a few days first. I have a small yard near your unit. I'll ask someone to clean it up and you can move there, okay?" The yard Yan Jie Kuang was talking about was the yard in Qianmen where Jia Dang and Huaihua once lived. It was only more than 20 minutes by bike from there to Yan Jie Di's unit.

Yan Jie Di nodded, looked at her third brother, and said, "Am I too willful? Third brother, I'm sorry. I'm also sorry to my parents. Why was I so blinded by greed at the time and couldn't listen to what they said?"

"It's okay. This is also your life experience. Once you've experienced it, it's over. There are many good things waiting for you ahead." Yan Jiekuang said comfortingly.

Yan Jie Di looked out the window again. There were many couples walking together outside, and many couples playing and joking.

After a while, Yan Jiekuang returned to Yuer Hutong and arranged Yan Jiedi to stay in the west wing. When the two little ones heard their father's voice, they staggered towards Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang hugged them one by one and pointed at Yan Jiedi and said, "This is your aunt. You should call her aunt."

Xixi called out "Auntie". It was the first time that Yan Jiedi saw the youngest twins of her third brother. When she looked at the two little people, she instantly forgot about the unpleasant things and picked up Xixi. Xixi giggled and Xiaohai also called out "Auntie" in a baby voice. Yan Jiedi squatted on the ground and hugged one and then the other.

Yan Jiekuang was relieved and asked, "It's been a while since you've eaten Third Brother's cooking. What do you want to eat? You've lost weight."

Yan Jiedi said: "I want to eat braised pork, squirrel fish, and everything."

"Okay, just look after your nephew and niece, I'll go cook for you." Yan Jiekuang turned and ran to the kitchen. Tian Guixiang was busy in the kitchen. Only then did she realize that the woman was Yan Jiekuang's sister. It was also the first time she saw her.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang prepared six dishes at once, including braised pork, squirrel fish, soft-fried pork tenderloin, cherry meat, braised eggplant and seaweed egg drop soup. He also made fried noodles with soybean sauce as the main dish. He prepared lean meat and egg porridge, and soft-boiled eggs for the two children.

Yan Jiedi's eyes turned red again when she saw her third brother cooking all her favorite dishes. Yan Jiekuang quickly said, "Stop it, eat first, and then be sad after the meal."

Yan Jiedi burst out laughing and served herself a big bowl of noodles.

The children were also happy with the meal. Yan Jiekuang specially cut two pieces of fish meat and put them in the two children's bowls. The two little darlings squinted their eyes while eating.

After dinner, Tian Guixiang cleaned up and brought a pot of tea to the brother and sister. Sun Daming went to the backyard.

Yan Jiekuang looked at Yan Jiedi and asked, "Little sister, what are you and Lijun going to do?"

Yan Jie Di thought for a while and said, "I have considered this for a while. I really can't accept his family's attitude. Everyone thinks I am just there to work and they ask me to do all kinds of work. I endured it at the time. Zhao Lijun didn't say a word. Later, when his mother asked us to hand in our wages, everyone said it was our duty, but Zhao Lijun still didn't say anything. I really couldn't bear it anymore."

Yan Jiekuang said, "You know, I have hoped that you would be happy since you were a child, but after you went to college, you had your own ideas, and I did not interfere too much. If you really can't accept it, it is better to suffer a short pain than a long one."

Yan Jie Di nodded firmly and said, "I can't change Zhao Lijun's attitude towards his family, so let's just part ways amicably. This will be good for everyone."

Yan Jiekuang said, "I will go back to Courtyard No. 95 this afternoon. I will talk to my parents first, then call Zhao Lijun and we can sit down and talk. Is that ok?"

Yan Jiedi nodded in agreement. Yan Jiekuang asked Yan Jiedi to live there peacefully. He cleaned up the yard in front of the front door and directly transferred it to Yan Jiedi. Yan Jiedi said shyly, "I don't want it. I will apply for it again." Yan Jiekuang shook his head and said, "That yard was originally a wedding gift for you, but you will not be back after the Chinese New Year, so I urgently needed it for a while."

Yan Jiekuang called Sun Daming to the backyard, and Sun Daming ran over to ask what was going on. Yan Jiekuang said, "Drive to find Wang Xuan and ask him to renovate the one at the front door. Make it more exquisite, and do it quickly."

Sun Daming agreed and left. Yan Jiekuang turned to Yan Jiedi and said, "Do you know that my parents are renovating their house and have reserved two rooms in the backyard? No one else can live there. They are reserved for you. When this matter is over, go back and stay for a few more days."

When Yan Jie Di heard this, she lay on the stone table and started crying again. Yan Jie Kuang sighed and said, "I'm going back there first. Wait for my news."

Yan Jiekuang stopped driving and walked towards his parents' house by himself.

When they got home, Yang Ruiping looked behind him and said, "Where are the children? Why didn't you bring the two little ones with you?"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "I am just reporting my work, how can I take care of the children?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Your father is cleaning the glass house in the west wing. Don't say you have a wrong idea. Now I have something to do." Yang Ruiping said.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Mom, go call my dad. I'll tell you about Yan Jiedi."

Yang Ruiping felt a chill in his heart and sensed a change in Yan Jiekuang's attitude. Something seemed to be wrong with this little girl. Yang Ruiping turned around and went to call Yan Bugui.

After the old couple came back, Yang Ruiping and Yan Bugui sat down, and Yan Jiekuang handed a cigarette to his father and lit it for him.

Yan Bugui took a puff and said, "It seems like it's a big deal."

Yan Jiekuang sighed and said, "My dad really guessed everything right about this matter."

When Yang Ruiping heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Yan Jiekuang did not keep them in suspense and told the old couple everything he had seen and heard today, as well as the whole story.

After listening to this, Yan Bugui remained silent and kept smoking.

After Yang Ruiping heard this, tears fell from his eyes and he said, "My poor child, she won't listen to me no matter what I say. Look at what this has caused."

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "Let's ask them to come over this weekend. Tomorrow you can take me to find Zhao Lijun."

Yan Jiekuang said, "I understand. I'll pick you up tomorrow."

The next day, Yan Jiekuang came to pick up Yan Bugui in the morning and sent him to the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau. Yan Jiekuang originally planned to accompany him upstairs, but Yan Bugui refused.

It was almost noon when Yan Bugui came down. He did not tell Yan Jiekuang what they talked about or how they talked. Yan Jiekuang knew that some things could only be said by their parents, and it would be inappropriate for him, as an elder brother, to say them.

On April 20th, Yan Jiekuang booked a banquet at Chunfeng Tower. Originally, Yan Jiekuang was going to have dinner with Zhao Lijun with his parents and sister, but after Yan Jiekuang heard about this, he insisted on going no matter what. Moreover, he went there wearing his police uniform. Yan Jiekuang usually did not wear it at work, but he wore it today for his sister.

Zhao Lijun arrived at the restaurant's private room early and waited. With him came his leader. He was also afraid that the Yan family would turn against him. From this point of view, Zhao Lijun was extremely timid.

When the Yan family arrived, they greeted each other politely. Only Yan Jiefang sat alone at the door, smoking.

Yan Bugui told Yan Jiekuang, "Serve the food first, Lao San. We'll talk after we finish eating."

Yan Jiekuang turned around and nodded to the waiter, who left. After a while, all the dishes were served. Wei Xiaobao knocked on the door and came in with a plate of five-spice pigeon. He put the dish on the table and said to Yan Jiekuang, "Master, I know you made this five-spice pigeon specially for me. Please taste it."

Yan Jiekuang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I'm busy right now, so I don't have the time to let you taste the food. Let's talk after you finish eating." Only then did Wei Xiaobao see Yan Bugui and his wife.

Wei Xiaobao shouted in panic, "Master and Madam, I didn't know something happened here. You guys eat first and call me if you have anything." After that, he turned around and ran outside.

Yan Bugui was also at a loss for words and said, "This is the only one of your disciples who is very spiritual, but don't keep him in the kitchen all the time."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Everything has been arranged, don't worry."

Yan Bugui smiled and said to the leader: "Let's not be polite. I guess you don't know me, but you definitely know Jie Di. Come on, everyone, pick up your chopsticks and eat quickly."

With Yan Bugui's arrangements, everyone started chatting and eating.

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, Yan Jiekuang became distracted. He tasted Wei Xiaobao's dishes and found that he had improved greatly. He felt like he had finally gotten the hang of it and kept nodding his head while eating.

Yan Bugui drank a cup with the leader, then put the cup down and said, "Lijun and Jie Di are here today, and we all know about your affairs. Although I have many children, I only have one daughter. I was also worried about your marriage at the beginning, but my daughter insisted on her own opinion, so I didn't say much. It has come to this today, and neither side wants to see it."

Yan Bugui raised his glass, looked at Zhao Lijun, and said, "Lijun, you are still young. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. I have talked to you before. Your future cannot be delayed by this wrong marriage like it is now. Come, I toast you a glass, and we can part ways in peace."

After a fierce struggle, Zhao Lijun sighed and drank the wine.

Yan Bugui poured another glass of wine, looked at Yan Jie Di, and said, "Jie Di, your parents and brothers have loved and spoiled you since you were a child. Since you went to college, you have become a different person. You don't listen to advice and are stubborn. This marriage started and ended briefly, but everyone has a fork in the road. So go back and start over. Come, I'll toast you a glass too. Don't have any resentment after this. Let go of those things, and you can start anew."

Yan Bugui drank it in one gulp, and Yan Jiedi also drank it in one gulp with tears in her eyes.

Yan Jiekuang couldn't help but give his father a thumbs up. This was just a farewell dinner, just a farewell dinner for Yan Jiedi and his wife, and everyone else was just spectators.

After a meal, the dust settled and Yan Jiedi moved back to her own home, directly to the west wing.

(End of this chapter)