Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 384 International Trouble
Yan Jiekuang and Ji Lian were both driving. The children were in Yan Jiekuang's car, and the old couple and Shi Xiaoya were in Ji Lian's car. They drove straight to Sanyuan Village. Yan Jiekuang also bought paper money and incense, and brought some tribute fruits.

Yan Jiecheng and his wife were very busy, so they didn't plan to come, and the same went for the second brother's family. But Shi Xiaoya came, and Yongchang and Yongxin were also going to take the college entrance examination, so they were not allowed to come.

The family went to the grandfather's yard first. The two uncles stood waiting at the door from a distance. They were relieved when they saw Yan Jiekuang's car appear. When they arrived at the gate of the yard, the family got out of the car. Shi Xiaoya and Ji Lian walked into the yard with the children. Yan Bugui and his wife followed the uncles and talked as they walked.

After resting for a while at home, the three families took their things and went up the back mountain. Yan Jiekuang stood there looking at the graves of his grandma and grandpa, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably. Yang Ruiping also cried very sadly. The uncles persuaded them to repair the graves, burn incense, offer wine, food and fruits, burn paper to worship, kowtow and set off firecrackers. After offering sacrifices all the way, everyone cleaned up the place and went down the mountain.

At noon, my uncle didn't let Yan Jiekuang cook. My aunts and daughters-in-law cooked the dishes. Everyone had a meal and recalled every little thing about my grandparents during the meal.

As he was talking, Yan Jiekuang lowered his head to eat and stopped talking. He really missed his grandparents.

After a day of worship, the Yan family said goodbye to their uncle’s two families and returned to the old city.

Back at the west wing, Yan Bugui and Yan Jiekuang were enjoying the cool and chatting in the back garden, while Yang Ruiping was whispering to his two daughters-in-law, and the children were also playing in the back garden.

Yan Bugui said, "Xu Delin has been gone for more than ten days. He wouldn't run away with the money, right?"

"How could that be possible? I saw him when he was purchasing the goods, and I even went to the station to see him off. That place is quite far away, so I guess I'll have to wait for a while." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yan Bugui said, "If you succeed this time, can I also invest in it?"

"Dad, you have quite a bit of savings and you also own this house. What do you need so much money for?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

"I'm just bored and idle. Who cares about how much money they have?" Yan Bugui said.

Yan Jiekuang looked at his father, who was already seventy years old, and said, "Look, Dad, your birthday is in August this year, so let's celebrate your seventieth birthday. Then I plan to clean up the gatehouse in the front yard and open a newsstand for you. Do you think it's okay? Let's not get involved in this business."

Yan Bugui thought for a moment and said, "You know what, it's really good. I can watch it to relieve my boredom, and I can also chat and play chess with my neighbors. Okay, it's settled."

"My mother has started growing vegetables again. Vegetables outside are already very cheap. You should persuade her more and tell her not to grow vegetables other than fruits. It would be too tiring." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "I've told you before, I've told you that your farm has all kinds of vegetables, if you want to eat them just have someone send some over. But your mother insisted that the ones she grew herself were the best, I've advised her many times, but it was no use."

Yan Jiekuang had no other choice but to say, "Wait until Shi Lei and the others finish their exams, and then I'll take care of your business. By the way, I'm planning to go on a trip during the Chinese New Year, do you want to go?"

Yan Bugui said, "I will definitely go. Your mother and I have never left the city except to escape famine."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Okay, take my second sister-in-law and Yongchang, Yongxin, and Yongfang with you, and I'll find two more cars."

Yan Bugui said: "You see, there have been huge changes in the past few years. Thinking back to the days when we couldn't even eat, life is so good now. We all go out to travel, haha."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Things will get better and better in the future. Good days are yet to come."

In the evening, Yan Jiekuang didn't cook any big dishes, just home-cooked meals. After Shi Xiaoya finished her meal, she packed up a portion and left in a hurry, as she had two children at home.

Yan Jiekuang helped Yang Ruiping to clean up, then took Ji Lian and the children home. When they got home, Shi Lei was wandering around the courtyard, saying that he wanted to change his brain. Ji Lian said with concern, "Don't be too tired. If you can't do it, review it tomorrow and get more rest."

Shi Lei smiled and said, "I'm fine. I'm in great shape." He punched twice and made Ji Lian laugh.

The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Delin came back. He made eight times the profit from this trip of goods. When he arrived in Sijiu City, he took the money directly to Yan Jiekuang's Yuer Hutong and poured the money on the table, a total of 75,000 US dollars.

Yan Jiekuang and Xu Delin calculated it very clearly. Excluding the capital contributed by Yan Jiekuang, they earned a total of 1 US dollars, which was 5.32 US dollars for each of them. Yan Jiekuang asked Xu Delin whether he wanted to keep the US dollars or exchange them for RMB. The exchange rate at that time was :.

Xu Delin thought about it and said, "Third brother, I will have to pay for the next purchase. Why don't you exchange it for RMB so that I can buy the goods. You don't know that they are easy to sell as soon as they land there."

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll have someone deliver it." Yan Jiekuang took his money and went to the basement, then came out to call Ji Lian.

Wang Qiang did not come this time. The people who sent money last time came instead. They sent a total of 172,000 yuan. Yan Jiekuang directly made up 173,000 yuan and gave it to Xu Delin, saying, "Okay, go find someone to buy a house for you first. You have to have a home after all."

Xu Delin's eyes were red. This time, he turned things around, and he earned more this time than he had in all those years combined.

Xu Delin was very grateful to Yan Jiekuang and said, "Thank you, Lao San. If it weren't for you, I, I..."

"No need, that's what you earned yourself, I was just giving you some advice. Okay, go quickly, we can celebrate another day." Yan Jiekuang said with a smile.

Xu Delin left with the bag. Yan Jiekuang looked at his back and felt very relieved. Everyone has their own strengths. It depends on whether you can discover them. During the Dragon Boat Festival, Yan Jiekuang took his family back to his parents' home. When he got home, Yang Ruiping was wrapping zongzi with Shi Xiaoya. Yan Jiekuang put the ingredients he brought in the kitchen and soaked them and stewed them.

After finishing the work, I went to the back garden and picked some onions, coriander and vegetables in the glass house.

Yan Bugui was arranging his flowers. Yan Jiekuang asked his father, "Will the eldest and second brothers come back today?"

"Come back, cook more dishes, and come back today." Yan Bugui replied without looking up.

It was almost noon when Xu Delin came with four bottles of good wine and some cakes.

Yan Bugui heard Xu Delin's voice and hurried to the front yard, asking in surprise, "When did you come back? How was your trip?"

Xu Delin said, "Thanks to you, everything went smoothly. I came back yesterday, but I bought a courtyard house in the afternoon. It's in Xiaojuer Hutong. You can come over and have a visit when you have time."

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Of course, of course, come to the central courtyard and sit down."

Yan Jiekuang and Yan Bugui sat with Xu Delin in the main hall, chatting and drinking tea.

Yan Bugui always asked intentionally or unintentionally how much the trip earned. When Xu Delin heard this, he turned to look at Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang sighed and said, "Not much, only about 70,000 or 80,000 yuan."

Although Yan Jiekuang had already said less, Yan Bugui still exclaimed, "Wow, this is how much money you make."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, that's enough. Let's have a drink with Xu Delin at noon. I'll go prepare some food."

Yan Bugui waved his hands at Yan Jiekuang, meaning "Go quickly, I still need to get some information from you." Yan Jiekuang shook his head, left the house and went to the kitchen.

During lunch, Yan Bugui kept looking at Yan Jiekuang with a weird smile, which made Yan Jiekuang feel creepy.

The three of them were drinking, and Yan Jiekuang asked Xu Delin how he came up with the idea of ​​investing in stocks. Xu Delin mentioned a name "Li Huaide", which instantly perked up Yan Jiekuang.

Xu Delin moved to the Siheyuan and was transferred to the steel rolling mill. He knew Li Huaide. He originally ran a processing business in Shenzhen and also opened a small factory. Although he was not rich, his income was not bad.

On that day, he met Li Huaide. Xu Delin was very happy to meet an old friend in a foreign place, so he invited Li Huaide to drink, and they had a very pleasant chat. As a result, the two of them often interacted with each other.

Not long after, Li Huaide started telling Xu Delin how much money he had earned and that he had inside information about the stock market and that making money was a matter of minutes. At first Xu Delin didn't take it seriously, but the more Li Huaide talked about it, the more he became interested.

Xu Delin entrusted Li Huaide to operate the stocks, and later he learned how to do it himself. Unexpectedly, he made a lot of money in the first half of the year. Later, Li Huaide told him about several stocks, saying that there was inside information and they would rise sharply. Li Huaide even laughed at him for his small investment. Xu Delin gritted his teeth, mortgaged the factory, and invested all his money.

Yan Bugui was very interested in getting rich, so he asked, "And then?"

Xu Delin took a sip of wine and said, "Then Li Huaide disappeared, and several stocks plummeted, hitting the limit down in one day. All my money was trapped in it, and I lost it all in the end."

Yan Jiekuang listened carefully, thinking about Li Huaide, and said, "No, this is definitely not right. Why is it so weird?"

Yan Bugui also said: "I also feel that something is wrong, but I can't put it into words."

Yan Jiekuang said: "What Li Huaide did was a thankless task. He went to such great lengths just to trick Xu Delin and make him lose everything. But he didn't get anything. This is definitely not right."

Xu Delin also reacted at this time, yes, this trap is of no benefit to Li Huaide, what is he trying to gain?

Yan Bugui took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "San'er, when you heard Li Huaide's name, what was the first thing you thought of?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at his father suspiciously, thought for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "Xu Damao."

Yan Bugui raised his glass and clinked it with his son's. He said, "Oh, you forgot that Xu Damao was also in the south during this period. What do you think, Xiao Xu?"

Xu Delin's eyes were red at this time, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If it's really Xu Damao, I'm not done with him. I've already left, but he still cheated me."

Yan Bugui said firmly: "If Xu Damao had no involvement in this matter, my eyes would have been trampled on as bubbles." Yan Jiekuang also nodded.

(End of this chapter)