Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 364 You Have to Grow Up
When several young men sent Yan Bugui to the office building, Yan Jiekuang realized that his father was drunk. Yang Ruiping also heard about it and hurried to the office building. In the lounge on the first floor, the mother and son looked at Yan Bugui helplessly.

Yan Jiekuang said, "I'm done here. You take care of him for a while. I'll go move some strawberries to the car and come back to pick you up."

Li Dong and Yan Jiekuang left the office building. Yan Jiekuang moved four boxes of strawberries to the car, then returned to the office building and carried his father back to the car. Yang Ruiping complained, "This damn old man, why does he drink so much if he wants to drink?"

Yan Jiekuang drove home and went straight to the west wing when he returned to the city. When he arrived at the west wing, Yang Ruiping opened the door. Yan Jiekuang carried Yan Bugui on his back and put him on the bed in the backyard bedroom. He turned back to the car and moved another box of strawberries to the warehouse in the front yard. He said hello to his mother and drove directly back to Yuer Hutong.

When I got home, I gave Tian Guixiang a box of strawberries and put the other two boxes in the warehouse in the front yard. Then I looked at the time and decided to go pick up the two little darlings.

After saying goodbye to Tian Guixiang, he walked towards Yuer Hutong Primary School. Just as he arrived at the school gate, Xiaohai and Xixi came out jumping and skipping, calling "Dad" and running towards Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Have you been good today?"

"We are so good. We even learned a nice song." After Xixi finished speaking, she started singing. After a while, Xiaohai also started singing along.

Yan Jiekuang led the two children and walked slowly towards home. There were many pedestrians on the road, most of them were picking up their children. There were also people selling small toys and candies on the roadside. Xiaohai was attracted by a man selling candy figures. When Yan Jiekuang saw them, Xiaoxiao took the two children over and bought one for each of them. Xiaohai shook the Monkey King figure, while Xixi chose a peacock figure.

When they got home, the two children were still reluctant to eat. Yan Jiekuang didn't care about them. The two children skipped back to their room to put their schoolbags and candy figures away.

Yan Jiekuang went to the kitchen where Tian Guixiang was preparing dinner. When she saw Yan Jiekuang coming in, she said, "Okay, stop it. Take a break. I'll do it today."

Yan Jiekuang nodded and turned to walk out, but when he reached the door, he turned around and asked, "Sister Tian, ​​where is Brother Daming?"

Tian Guixiang said without even turning around: "Our second son is graduating this year, and he went to Nanjing to pick him up."

"Oh, what is your second child studying? Has he been assigned a job?" Yan Jiekuang asked with interest.

Tian Guixiang said: "Study? What was it? Oh, computers or something. He was assigned a job but he didn't go. He wanted to come back to take care of us. I told him no, but he was very stubborn and insisted on coming back."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "Let him come back. I have a cooperative project in our industrial park, which is computer research and development. It's just right for him to be my agent."

Tian Guixiang turned around and said, "Really? That's great. Now everything is solved."

Yan Jiekuang walked out with a smile. As soon as he walked out of the house, he saw Da Pang, Xiao Pang and Shi Li coming back. Shi Li lowered her head. Yan Jiekuang felt that Shi Li was a little unhappy, so he asked, "What's wrong with my eldest daughter? Who offended you?"

Shi Li didn't say anything. The fat guy next to her said, "He was criticized. What else can he do?"

"You say it, I'm being wronged." Shi Li shouted angrily at Xiaopang.

When Xiao Pang saw Shi Li was angry, he stuck out his tongue and ran to the backyard. Yan Jiekuang took Shi Li's hand and asked her to sit on the stone bench in the front yard. He said, "Daughter, tell your dad what's going on."

Shi Li said, "Today in biology class, we had to dissect a frog. I was a little scared, but I held on. Then, someone knocked over the bucket containing the frogs, and the frogs started running around. When the teacher came, the bucket was right under my feet. The teacher insisted that I had kicked it over. I said no, but she didn't believe me and insisted that it was me. She made me stand in the corridor for a whole class."

After listening to this, Yan Jiekuang knew that this biology teacher was very stubborn and had a preconceived opinion. He knew that his own child knew that Shi Li had been afraid of animals like frogs since she was a child, so he said, "Dad believes you. I'm sorry for being wronged. But how many frogs ran away?"

"More than half, not many were caught." Shi Li replied.

"That's good, you are releasing animals, which is a great merit. Forget it, my girl, just bear with it." Yan Jiekuang said.

Shi Li thought about it, nodded, and said, "Yes, I am also at a loss for words. No, you have to make me something delicious to compensate for my hurt heart."

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "Girl, what do you want to eat? Forget it, I'll make you a new dish. You will definitely like it, but I have to go buy some things."

Shi Li's mood improved and she nodded with a smile. Yan Jiekuang turned around and left the yard, went to the market to buy some chicken wings and some Coke.

When Yan Jiekuang came back, Ji Lian had already arrived home. Tian Guixiang and Ji Lian were serving dishes to the restaurant. Yan Jiekuang took the food to the kitchen. Ji Lian asked in confusion, "Sister Tian has already prepared the meal. What are you going to do now?"

"Cook a dish to comfort my daughter's wounded heart." After Yan Jiekuang said this, he got busy. Ji Lian walked to the hallway to ask the children in confusion.

Not long after, Yan Jiekuang came in with a plate of food. He placed the food in front of Shi Li and said, "Girl, try it. These are cola chicken wings."

Ji Lian said in surprise: "What? Coke can be used to cook?"

Yan Jiekuang did not explain and motioned Ji Lian to try it as well. Everyone picked up a chicken wing and started eating. They did not stop eating and soon there was nothing left. Tian Guixiang even complained that they did not make enough.

Everyone started to eat. Shi Li's eyes narrowed into slits. She ate the most chicken wings. They were really delicious. Everyone ate a lot today and didn't want to move after dinner. Yan Jiekuang urged them to go for a walk in the yard, otherwise they would not be able to digest the food. The children went out, Ji Lian and Tian Guixiang cleaned up the dishes. Tian Guixiang also asked Yan Jiekuang to make sure to give him the cola chicken wings. Yan Jiekuang said no problem.

Yan Jiekuang also went out for a walk, but he didn't go to the back garden. He went straight out of the yard and walked towards the street in the middle of Nanluoguxiang. Now the street in the middle of Nanluoguxiang has become a commercial street, selling everything. At this time, there are still many shops open, but few are opened by locals. Most of them are from other places, but they all sell the old BJ brand. Yan Jiekuang walked leisurely, looking around from time to time, and then walked back. He felt that there was nothing interesting and nothing to attract him.

When they returned to the yard, the children had gone to do their homework, and the couple were drinking tea and talking in the backyard. Ji Lian suddenly mentioned that an acquaintance wanted to do trade with the Soviet Union and asked her if she wanted to do it. She was too busy with things here and had no time to go there, so she turned it down.

After hearing this, Yan Jiekuang frowned and asked, "Who told you that?"

"You know Chen Xueru. If nothing unexpected happened, she should have been Lou's manager here. What a pity." Ji Lian said.

If Ji Lian hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about this person, and said, "You are right. We are different from them. We don't do all kinds of business. We have our own plans and goals."

Ji Lian nodded and said, "The management bureau has contacted me about the piece of land you mentioned. I have already arranged to pay the deposit. The rest is up to the auction."

Yan Jiekuang said: "I want to make it a commercial model, just like the one in Shenzhen, with a shopping mall and office buildings. When the time comes, let Liu Tong follow up and come up with a design plan as soon as possible."

Ji Lian then asked, "I heard that you went to the farm today? Did your parents go too?"

"Oh, don't mention it. When we came back, dad was drunk and unconscious. I guess he hasn't woken up yet." Yan Jiekuang said.

Ji Lian laughed and said, "Did our dad encounter something good?"

"I don't know either. I was just drinking with Uncle Liu. Oh, and Uncle Liu's two neighbors too. We were drinking so happily. It made my mother very angry." Yan Jiekuang said.

Ji Lian was even happier and said, "How is Little White Dragon? I miss him a little too."

"It's the bully of the horse farm. It kicks people and horses when it sees them. I guess it doesn't obey anyone except my mom and dad. Fortunately, the breeder is patient." Yan Jiekuang said.

Ji Lian wanted to ride it, but it hasn't been realized yet. Now the only one who can ride on the back of the little white dragon is probably her mother, not her father.

"However, I heard from the breeder that this little white dragon can become a top racehorse after some training." Yan Jiekuang said as he lit a cigarette.

"Come on, let my mother be the rider, do you dare?" Ji Lian said.

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "How dare I? I'm talking about this little white dragon."

At this time, Yan Jiekuang vaguely heard a knock on the door in the front yard. After a while, Tian Guixiang came in with two people. Yan Jiekuang stood up and said hurriedly, "How did you two find me here? Please come in."

The people who came were none other than Minister Liu Zheng and Secretary Zhao. They greeted Yan Jiekuang and his wife with a smile. Yan Jiekuang let the guests into the main hall in the middle courtyard, and Tian Guixiang was busy making tea.

After they sat down, Liu Zheng said, "It's really hard to find your place. This is my first time here."

"How about it? My yard is nice, right?" Yan Jiekuang said with a smile, handing over a cigarette.

Secretary Zhao said, "It's more than good. It's quiet in a bustling city, and has a simple culture. There are very few courtyards like this."

After Tian Guixiang served tea, Liu Zheng said, "I heard you set up an industrial park?"

Yan Jiekuang didn't say anything, so Ji Lian took over and said, "Yes, Lou wanted to set up a few factories, so when they met with Keda Group, they built a science and technology industrial park. Of course, it can also be called an industrial park."

Liu Zheng said: "It is like this. Many of our state-owned enterprises are now in a loss-making state. Although many measures have been taken, many of them still have not improved. Several of our departments have studied it and see if we can cooperate with each other and let some large state-owned enterprises also cooperate with foreign-funded enterprises in the industrial park?"

Yan Jiekuang shook his head and said, "We really can't make the decision on this. You have to negotiate with the investors of those factories. We are just selling the factories."

Secretary Zhao frowned and asked, "Didn't you participate in the investment?"

Yan Jiekuang explained: "We participated in the investment, but the contract clearly stated that we were only shareholders and did not participate in daily operations and production."

After saying that, he turned around, looked at Ji Lian, and said, "Go and get the shareholding contract. Please take a look at it."

Ji Lian turned and went to the study next door, took the contract and handed it to the two of them. They each took a copy and looked at it carefully.

At this time, Ji Lian looked at Yan Jiekuang and seemed to be hesitant to speak. Yan Jiekuang looked at her and shook his head, meaning that she should not say anything.

(End of this chapter)