Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 494 It’s summer vacation
When Yan Jiekuang came back from shopping, Yan Bugui and Uncle Qi were drinking tea in the front yard. Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle Qi, let's eat at home at noon. We'll also have mutton hotpot at noon. I also bought pig throat and tripe. Let's drink some together at noon."

Uncle Qi rolled his eyes and said, "What do you mean, Third Brother, give it back to me?"

Yan Jiekuang waved his hands and said, "How can that be? I just want to eat. You can chat with my dad and it will be ready in a while."

Not long after, Yan Jiekuang brought the copper pot into the dining room. The mutton had been cut, and there were some side dishes and seasonings left. Chen Liang ran into the kitchen and asked Yan Jiekuang if he needed help. Yan Jiekuang asked him to bring the dishes to the table.

Yan Jiekuang also specially cooked a pot of beef porridge for his daughter, and put it aside to cool.

When Yan Jiekuang was about to call everyone to eat, there was a knock on the door. Yan Jiekuang opened the door and saw that it was his second brother and his wife who came. The second sister-in-law was carrying a roast chicken. Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. It just so happens that we are having hotpot at noon today. Would you like to have some?" Yan Jiekuang asked his second brother.

Yan Jiefang shook his head and said, "No, I have a meeting this afternoon. Okay, let's eat first."

Yan Jiekuang asked Chen Liang to call people, and he took his second brother and sister-in-law to the restaurant. His second sister-in-law went to the kitchen to get a plate, put the roast chicken on it, and then helped everyone prepare the dipping sauce.

After eating, Yan Jiekuang told his second brother what happened in the morning. Yan Jiefang nodded and said, "We have received several reports of people defrauding the old man. Just wait, we will catch them sooner or later."

Everyone ate and talked together. Yan Jiefang didn't drink and ate very quickly. When he had almost finished eating, he told everyone what had happened that day.

It turned out that the man who was bidding in the park was in cahoots with these three guys. They would wander around the park when they had nothing to do, looking for old men or old ladies wearing gold and silver jewelry, and then steal from them. It was just a coincidence that day, when they saw their father's good things, they wanted to steal them. As a result, they were caught by Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Bugui was also scared and said that he would never show off at that occasion again. Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, I guess a lot of people are eyeing you. You better be careful."

Uncle Qi also said, "That's right. Many people are talking about your father in private, saying that your father must have some goods in private. So they told those old people in private to take out all your father's things for us to see. It's hard to read people's hearts. It's better to be careful."

Yan Bugui kept nodding his head. This incident, combined with what happened to Uncle Qi, really scared him. In fact, Yan Bugui betrayed Yan Jiekuang for his own selfish motives. If what the three men showed was true, he was still thinking about whether he could give Old Man Qi a share. This time, it was all thanks to Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiefang also finished his meal and said what happened, then stood up and left. Shi Xiaoya stayed and fed her daughter beef porridge. Yan Jiekuang drank wine with the two old men and talked about antiques. They spent two hours eating the hot pot lunch.

Yang Ruiping took the children to take a nap, Shi Xiaoya helped to clean the table and the kitchen, and Yan Jiekuang took a teacup to the backyard to smoke and read the newspaper.

In the afternoon, Yan Jiekuang wanted to go see Nannan, but was stopped by Yang Ruiping, who told him that he reeked of alcohol and told him not to get close to the child. The three children would stay here today, and he should just go and do what he needed to do with his dog.

Yan Jiekuang reluctantly took Xiao Jin out. After he went out, he walked west for some unknown reason. He didn't want to go home now, so he walked blindly towards Shichahai.

As soon as he arrived at Shichahai, he found that there were so many people here today, and most of them were children. He thought about it carefully and realized that something was wrong. He had completely forgotten that the children had a holiday today. It seemed that Xixi said yesterday that she would go to school and come back.

Yan Jiekuang was not in the mood to go shopping, so he took Xiao Jin and headed for Yuer Hutong. When they arrived at their home, they saw that the door was open and there were some noisy noises coming from inside.

As soon as Yan Jiekuang entered the room, he saw Xixi staring at him with resentful eyes. He quickly walked over and said, "Don't blame me. Your grandfather wanted to see me today. By the way, did you have lunch?"

Xiaopang said, "Dad, if we don't eat, won't we starve to death? But you have to reimburse me, it's my money that's used to buy the food."

Yan Jiekuang said unhappily, "What expense are you talking about? I haven't even calculated the revenue of the cafe with you."

When Xiao Pang heard what Yan Jiekuang said, he quickly turned around and said, "Dapang, let's take off the quilt quickly, it's going to go bad."

It turned out that Shi Li had told them not to bring the bedding to the backyard, so they had to wash it in the front yard. Shi Li looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "You smell like alcohol, you must have drunk a lot, right?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at Shi Li with a guilty conscience, and laughed it off, saying, "Okay, to celebrate your holiday, I'll cook you a big meal today. By the way, is your eldest brother back?"

Shi Li said, "He went to send Jingyi off. By the way, Dad, when are you and your in-laws going to meet for dinner?" Yan Jiekuang was stunned and said, "I'm waiting for your eldest brother to arrange it. I don't know the time there."

Shi Li nodded and went to direct Dapang and Xiaopang again. Xiaohai was nowhere to be seen. Only Xixi was taking Xiaojin to the backyard.

Yan Jiekuang thought that he had to go buy groceries again since he had already agreed to cook a big meal. But then he thought of Xiaobao and called him. Xiaobao said that he was at Chunfeng Tower, so Yan Jiekuang asked him to wait there and he would be there soon.

Yan Jiekuang thought of cooking directly at Chunfeng Tower and then asking Xiaobao to send someone to deliver the food home. This would be more convenient and he wouldn't have to go buy groceries.

At this time, Xiao Jin suddenly found that Yan Jiekuang was missing, so he wandered around the yard. Xixi followed behind him, wondering what the little guy was wandering around for. When Xiao Jin was about to run out of the yard, Xixi pulled him back, tapped his nose and said, "Are you looking for my dad? You stay at home and wait for me. Dad will be back soon."

Shi Li beside her chuckled. Xixi looked at Shi Li in confusion and asked, "What's wrong, sister?"

"Look, we already have nine children in our family. I was wondering when my dad would bring back another one to make it perfect. But I didn't expect that the tenth one is here, and the last one is our dad's son of a bitch." Shi Li said.

Xixi laughed when she heard this and said, "Sister, you are really imaginative, but it's almost the same."

Ji Lian came back early today because she knew that today was the summer vacation for the children. She wanted to have a family reunion dinner. When she walked to the door, she ran into Shi Lei who was frowning. Ji Lian called him and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you frowning even though you are on vacation?"

Shi Lei looked at his mother and asked, "Jingyi has returned to her hometown in Suzhou. I haven't seen her for a long time. I haven't discussed with her how to bring her parents over."

When Ji Lian heard this, she smiled and said, "It's just a small matter. Why don't you just go? It's convenient to take trains now."

Shi Lei said, "Mom, if I want to borrow my dad's RV, can he lend it to me?"

Ji Lian was stunned. It turned out that her eldest son was worried about this matter, so she said, "He doesn't need it either. It should be possible. Then, aren't you on duty during the holidays?"

"I have already told the principal not to assign me to be on duty. He knows that I am getting married on November 11." Shi Lei replied.

Ji Lian said: "Then you can just ask your dad directly. Although he has never lent it to anyone else, you are not an outsider. You can ask him later, but it won't work if you go alone."

Shi Lei thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask those two guys if they want to go out and play. I'll invite them."

In the evening, Yan Jiekuang came back with a table full of dishes, which he served directly on the table. It was indeed a big meal, with abalone, shark fin, as well as chicken, duck, fish and other main dishes.

Yan Jiekuang shouted "Dinner is ready!" Several children and Ji Lian also came to the restaurant one after another. Everyone started eating right away. When they were almost done eating, Shi Lei found an opportunity to ask for permission to borrow a car.

Yan Jiekuang looked at Shi Lei and said, "I have no objection to you driving to Suzhou by yourself, but I am really worried about you going alone."

Shi Lei turned around and asked his other brothers and sisters if any of them wanted to go out for a trip. He would treat them all. Unexpectedly, only Da Pang was interested. Shi Li also wanted to go, but wanted to go with her classmates. Finally, after much discussion, Shi Li and her best friend decided to go with Da Pang and Shi Lei, and they would take the train back.

Yan Jiekuang kept staring at Xiaopang. According to Xiaopang's personality, he should have jumped up, but this time he didn't respond at all. Xiaopang felt a little scared being stared at by his father, so he quickly finished eating, turned around and left.

At this time, Shi Li said, "Dad, stop staring at Xiaopang. He wants to spend time alone with his wife."

Yan Jiekuang and his wife were both stunned for a moment. It seemed that something was wrong with this little fat boy.

(End of this chapter)