Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 42 Two houses
Siheyuan Middle Courtyard

Today is He Daqing's family dinner, but everyone from the Xu family is here, since Xu Damao has become his godfather. Pan Jinyin and He Daqing are busy in front of the stove.

Xu Damao was chatting with Xiaohu while He Yushui was eating some cakes beside them. Those were brought by Xu's father, and Xu Damao opened them on the spot.

Father Xu wanted to interfere with the matters concerning the stove, but was driven out by He Daqing to have tea.

Sha Zhu came back by car. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Wen Jun saw him and greeted him enthusiastically. Sha Zhu was stunned. He didn't recognize anyone. He looked around and finally saw Widow Wang.

"Aunt Wang, I'm Shazhu, look..." Shazhu shouted.

When Widow Wang turned around and saw Sha Zhu who was blocked, she burst out laughing.

"I said the magpie was calling today, and He Yuzhu is back. Come here, let me introduce him to you." Widow Wang greeted him warmly.

The children called him "Brother Zhuzi"

"This is Wen Jun and Li Juan, a couple from Northeast China, working in a steel mill."

"This is your Uncle Yang, who works at the purchasing station."

Widow Wang looked into the distance and saw An Li and An Lingling standing at the door of their home in the northwest corner.

He waved his hand, "Doctor An, let me introduce you to a hero, come here quickly."

Sha Zhu looked in the direction where Widow Wang was waving, and was stunned.

An Li walked over holding An Lingling's hand.

"This is Dr. An Lian from the district hospital, and this is his daughter An Lingling." Widow Wang introduced enthusiastically.

Sha Zhu woke up with a start, saluted, and said, "Hello, hello, my name is He Yuzhu, second lieutenant platoon leader."

"Hello, Anli," said Dr. An.

An Lingling said obediently: "Hello, uncle!"

Widow Wang said, "You haven't been back for a few years. There are new people in the middle courtyard. I'll let the uncle introduce them to you later."

He Yuzhu then turned around and replied, "Okay, Aunt Wang, thank you."

"Thank you all for your enthusiasm. This is the first time I've come back in a few years. I'll go home first. There's still a lot of time, so let's get along slowly." He Yuzhu saluted everyone and led his comrades into the central courtyard.

As soon as he entered the middle courtyard, he saw Yi Zhonghai and shouted, "Uncle, long time no see."

He turned around and said to his comrade, "Go to my house first, Xiaohu is there." Then he pointed to him.

The comrade left with his things, and He Yuzhu said, "Uncle, are you in good health? Where is Aunt Cuilan? I miss her so much."

The relationship between Sha Zhu and Li Cuilan is special. Li Cuilan raised Sha Zhu, just like his biological mother.

Yi Zhonghai even shed tears, "She's fine, she's with the old lady in the backyard."

Sha Zhu didn't even hesitate, "Let's go and see the old lady first."

The two walked to the backyard and shouted at the door of their house, "Xiao Chang, bring those two boxes of cakes over here."

In just a few seconds, He Yushui rushed out of the house with the pastries.

When Sha Zhu saw his sister, he couldn't close his mouth, but he still said, "Let's go back first. I'll go see the old lady and Aunt Cuilan first."

He Yushui obediently walked home.

Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu walked through the Moon Gate.

He Yuzhu hesitated for a moment. He thought about kowtowing to the old lady, but he was wearing a military uniform today.

Yi Zhonghai thought something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong, Zhuzi?"

"It's okay." He Yuzhu and Yi Zhonghai walked to the back room and knocked on the door.

The door opened and Zhuzi called out, "Aunt Cuilan."

When Li Cuilan saw that it was Sha Zhu, tears suddenly flowed out and she went forward to hug Sha Zhu and cried.

The mother-son relationship between Sha Zhu and Li Cuilan is really deep, and Yi Zhonghai burst into tears again.

Someone called out from inside, "Who is it? Is it Zhuzi? My dear grandson, I miss you so much." The voice of the deaf old lady came from inside. The three of them hurried into the house. The old lady burst into tears. Silly Zhu hugged the old lady and said, "Grandma, your grandson is back. This time he is in Sijiu City. Don't worry."

The four people slowly calmed down and told each other about their past.

"Old lady, let's go home for dinner later, uncle, and Aunt Cuilan." He Yuzhu said.

The three people knew that today was a family dinner. When they heard Zhuzi say this, they were very happy, because it meant that they were a family.

Just like that, there were two large tables of He family dinner, and He Daqing said nothing. It was his son's decision, so he had to support it.

The party went smoothly, with everyone chatting about family matters.

The back house in the front yard of the quadrangle

Yan Jiekuang flew back, yes, he flew along the rooftops all the way. If you look down in broad daylight, you can only see a residual shadow.

After returning to the room, he drew the curtains. Ever since Lou Xiao'e came, Yan Jiekuang decided to draw the curtains from now on.

After calming down, he poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp.

When he opened the bundle, he found two house deeds and a land deed inside, ten thousand yuan in cash, and various bills in a large envelope, with a letter at the bottom.

Yan Jiekuang opened it and saw
"Brother Pudding, I am writing to you. The situation forced me to leave my hometown. I have dealt with all the people who have seen you. There is no trace of you. The Guwu clan is weak and alone. We are already strangers. Don't show yourself without reason. Remember, remember, we will never meet again, old ghost."

Yan Jiekuang leaned back in his chair. He knew that he would only be a child in the future. It seemed that he had to keep a low profile and avoid causing trouble.

Yan Jiekuang went to look through the house deeds and saw that one was a second courtyard house in Yuer Hutong, not far from Nanluoguxiang, and the other was a first courtyard house in Qianmen Street, near Dazhalan.

Yan Jiekuang thought about it and decided to find time to go and check. He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already evening and he hadn't returned home yet.

I quickly packed my things and ran to the west wing. When I pushed the door of the courtyard, I remembered that it was locked. I had to climb over the wall to the west wing.

In the west wing, the people of the Yan family sat around the eight-immortal table. Yan Jiedi, who was sitting on a high stool next to Yang Ruiping, wiped her tears and refused to eat. The others looked at each other. The food was on the table, but no one touched it.

Yan Jiecheng said, "Why don't you go out and look for it?"

Yan Bugui thought about it and said, "I have already searched everywhere, where can I look now?"

Before he finished speaking, Yan Jiekuang pushed the door open and came in, saying hurriedly, "I'm sorry for making everyone worried. I'm going to go out and do something."

Yang Ruiping said harshly, "You just came back and you didn't even say hello. I thought you were kidnapped by a little girl."

Yan Jiekuang guessed that his younger sister had told him about Lou Xiaoe, so he quickly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I have something important to do outside, I'll tell you two later."

Yan Jiekuang brought the dish and wanted to heat it up, but Yang Ruiping hit his hand with chopsticks, then picked up the plate and went to heat up the dish.

Yan Jiefang said in a mysterious tone, "Why don't you tell us two brothers about it?"

"Brother, I have prepared a complete set of study materials. Do you want them? They cover all the way up to high school." Yan Jiekuang said in a mean way.

The brothers' faces fell, "You are teasing him, do you have nothing to do?" Yan Jiecheng hit Yan Jiefang on the head with chopsticks.

Yan Bugui was excited, "Where did it come from?" "Inside the university library."

Yan Bugui said, "That must be reliable."

Recently, Yan Bugui has been saying that what is taught in school is too superficial and that it is hard to tell who is better among the students.

Because Yan Bugui had always been holding a grudge that his family was too weak and was always bullied. He hoped that things would change if his sons could become successful.

Yan Jiekuang was teasing his little sister. The little sister was crying and looking for her brother. She had been looking for him for a long time and felt so wronged. Yan Jiekuang coaxed her and talked about many delicious things. Only then did Yan Jiedi wipe her tears and eat.

After dinner, the two boys went back to their room to sleep. Yan Jiekuang brought his parents to the inner room, and of course his younger sister.

Yan Jiekuang took out the house deed and land deeds, which belonged to Yuer Hutong.

Yan Bugui was shocked. This mistress was just giving him a surprise, but now it turned into a shock.

When he opened it, he saw the owner, Yang Ruiping. Yan Bugui immediately understood that he couldn't write about him, he knew it.

Yang Ruiping was also shocked. She didn't expect her son to write her name. She knew how her son made money. A house was nothing. The three of them agreed to go and take a look tomorrow.

　Everything we say is just drunken talk. Cheers, comrades!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)