Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 43 Catch them all in one fell swoop

The Little Year of 1956

The Yan family has not had contact with the people in the compound for a long time, and the Yan family has become accustomed to it. Even Sun Xiaolong and Zhou Nianping no longer look for Yan Jiefang.

Yan Jiekuang knew that this was the result of someone fanning the flames behind the scenes.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, the Yan family put up red lanterns, lighting up the front yard. Yan Jiekuang and his sister sat at the gate of the yard. Yan Jiekuang made small fireworks for her. Yan Jiekuang lit them and his sister watched. They were all very small fireworks, but Yan Jiedi watched them with great interest.

There were a lot of people coming in and out of the yard. Yan Bugui was no longer the third uncle, so he was no longer in charge of things. There was no one guarding the door. Uncle Yang would occasionally check on him, but later he stopped caring about it.

Yan Jiekuang has been busy with the small courtyard house recently. Yan Bugui originally wanted to find Zhang the carpenter, but Yan Jiekuang refused and told his parents that he could not tell anyone about the courtyard house and the people around it.

Yan Bugui understood that this person was a talkative person and could easily cause trouble, so he should just leave him alone for now and deal with it after the New Year.

Yan Jiekuang still had one thing to do, which was to dispel the impression of Gu Wu in the compound. People in the compound didn't know Gu Wu, but beating Zhang Erzhu was always a hidden danger.

Just when Yan Jiekuang was thinking, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu came over, looked at it first, and then looked at it for a while.

Liu Guangtian came over and said to Yan Jiekuang confidently: "Give half of your fireworks to us two brothers. You have so many."

Yan Jiekuang was very surprised. How could Liu Guangtian dare to come to see him? Then he remembered that the two brothers were not there that day.

Yan Jiekuang glanced and saw Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu standing at the Chuihua Gate. Widow Wang and the couple Wen Jun in the front yard also turned their eyes here.

Yan Jiekuang felt that the opportunity had come, so he stood up and motioned for his younger sister to go to the west wing. When he saw his younger sister jumping away, he asked, "Why?"

Liu Guangfu came up and said, "If you don't give it to me, I'll beat you up."

"How dare you!" Yan Jiekuang shouted loudly.

Then Liu Guangtian came up and knocked Yan Jiekuang to the ground with one punch. The two brothers pinned Yan Jiekuang to the ground and beat him. Yan Jiekuang, who was lying on the ground, shouted loudly and saw the surprised looks of the neighbors, especially Yi Zhonghai.

The two brothers fought for a while, snatched the fireworks and ran straight out of the gate of the compound.

At this time, Yan Bugui and his wife came out and started shouting and making a commotion again. Yan Jiekuang whispered in his mother's ear, "I'm fine."

Yan Bugui turned around and was about to leave the door. Yi Zhonghai shouted, "Teacher Yan, where are you going?"

Yan Bugui said angrily, "Call the police!" without stopping.

Yi Zhonghai stepped forward, grabbed Yan Bugui and said, "It's normal for these kids to fight and make noises. Why call the police?"

"Then wait until the two brothers come back, and I'll let my second uncle take them to your house to apologize." Yi Zhonghai advised.

Although Yan Bugui was angry, he was still rational. He agreed and walked back. At this time, He Yuzhu spoke: "Teacher Yan, please forgive others when you can."

Yan Jiekuang frowned and pulled his father back to the house. His family and the He family had no connection at all. For what happened to Sha Zhu today, the first place he should thank should be the Yan family, but today he felt Sha Zhu's malice.

Did the deaf old lady say anything? This fool has reached a certain height, is he still so stubborn that he has no judgment at all?

Yi Zhonghai excitedly pulled He Yuzhu inside.

That night, Liu Haizhong came in a very arrogant manner, and he showed no intention of apologizing at all.

The two brothers were sincere, but they neither paid for the fireworks nor the medical expenses.

Yan Bugui was not going to do it anymore. Although he was a coward, he still had some temper. Yan Bugui made it clear directly that he accepted the apology and would call the police if he didn't pay compensation.

Yi Zhonghai said that they were all neighbors and they should all make concessions. In the end, Liu Haizhong paid five dollars and several people left.

Yan Jiekuang was fine. He was just thinking about what happened during the day and whether there were any mistakes.

The next day, Xiaohu deliberately bumped into Yan Jiekuang when he went out. Xiaohu used all his strength and Yan Jiekuang fell heavily to the ground and fell into coma.

Dongcheng District Hospital on New Year's Eve 1956

Yan Jiekuang had woken up a long time ago, with three broken ribs. Yan Bugui was beside him, looking at Xiao San and shedding tears.

Yan Bugui told Yan Jiekuang that Xiaohu was taken away by the army, saying that he was put in solitary confinement, and then he disappeared, and no one cared about him. Yan Jiekuang said, "It's okay, Dad, don't you know me? Don't worry, I will avenge myself."

"Let my mother take them back to grandma's house, and come back when school starts in March. You can go too." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yan Bugui knew that his son was capable, and he was also tired and wanted to stay away from this place of trouble, so he agreed.

At this time, a man came in to check Yan Jiekuang's body. After taking a closer look, he said, "Doctor An!" Yan Jiekuang recognized him.

Doctor An examined it and said, "You are still young. They are too bullying in some cases."

Before leaving, he turned back and said, "Take good care of yourself and don't think too much."

After Dr. An left, Yan Jiekuang turned over and flew out of the window.

Yan Jiekuang arrived first and checked the back of the room carefully. He felt that the old lady must have a secret, and if he wanted to take revenge, he had to start with the old lady.

He actually found a secret room, which was not in the old lady's room, but in the middle back room. Yan Jiekuang flew to the roof and entered the house from the roof.

After entering the secret room, nothing was moved. After careful inspection, a Japanese backpack was found.

After opening it, Yan Jiekuang was shocked. He thought for a moment and threw the bag into the space. He restored the house to its original state, erased his own traces, flew up to the roof, and restored the tiles.

After returning to the ward, he opened the document and looked at it carefully. It turned out that the old lady was a descendant of the royal family, pro-Japanese, and had a Japanese name, Sakai Keika.

During the war, he played an ignominious role as a triple agent. Later, when the Qing Dynasty fell, he took advantage of the chaos of Fu Beile's final evacuation and lived in Beile's mansion under an assumed name until now.

There was also a document in the briefcase. It said that half of the eleven people rescued were from the Japanese and puppet special forces. The rescue was just a show to confuse people and conceal the truth.

After learning about the deaf old lady, Yan Jiekuang felt that he was just kidding. What should he do? Or write an anonymous letter, this time to a more prestigious place.

Actually, Yan Jiekuang did not have much hatred towards the people in the Siheyuan, but after being beaten, Yan Jiekuang could not bow his head. No matter who you are, if you don't let me celebrate the New Year, I will make sure that none of you can celebrate the New Year.

Yan Jiekuang simply packed up the deaf old lady's information and threw it into the courtyard of the Ministry of Public Security. Then he walked away and returned to the ward to lie down.

During the Spring Festival of 1956, Yan Jiekuang was bored and picked up a miscellaneous book to read. The name of the book was "Han Long Jing".

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 1956, Yan Jiekuang was discharged from the hospital. He did not return to the courtyard, but his uncle took him directly to his grandmother's home in the countryside.

A few days later, a few strangers came to my grandmother's house. When Yan Bugui heard that they were from the old city, he greeted them warmly and led them into the main hall.

A few strangers just wanted to know something about No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

Yan Bugui poured tea for the guests, offered cigarettes, lit a cigarette himself, and then told the story, from Yi Zhonghai and Director Wang's joint occupation of the house, to the isolation of the Yan family in the courtyard, to the cessation of relations, to the mistress being beaten for no reason, with nowhere to appeal, and having to hide in the countryside. Several people were moved to tears when they heard this, they didn't expect such a thing to happen in the courtyard.

After understanding the situation, several people talked to Yan Bugui alone again. Soon they left and the matter came to an end.

The front yard of the Siheyuan in March 1956
Yan Bugui's family came back with a lot of bags and packages, and grandma brought them a lot of things.

Several people walked to the gate of the courtyard. Why was the gate half open and half closed?

The family was confused, so Yan Bugui walked forward and pushed open the half-open door. When he looked up, he saw Grandpa Yang. Grandpa Yang had also been hiding from his family before, so Yan Bugui didn't care. The family entered the compound and went straight to the west wing.

Yan opened the door, saw that nothing had changed, put down the package and started packing.

Except for Yan Jie Di, everyone else was busy. Yan Jie Kuang also went to his yard, cleaned it, and started changing the water in the fish pond and cleaning up the silt and garbage.

After walking around the cellar and restocking, he opened the door to the house and the back window, and a letter floated down.

Yan Jiekuang sat on the bed and opened the letter. It was from Lou Xiaoe. She said that she came to visit after the Chinese New Year and that no one was home, so she left. But she also said, "Why are there all kinds of people in your courtyard? Traitors, traitors, feudal remnants, warlords, people who have the final say, and collusion between officials and bandits. It's so chaotic. If Yan Jiekuang were to look for her in the future, she wouldn't come."

Yan Jiekuang laughed, and laughed happily.

　I feel sorry for my fellow readers and want to quickly close the childhood section. I see a lot of comments about four years old, four years old, and I feel sorry for it myself. I will post a few more chapters and close this section.

　　
　
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