Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 495: Solution
Yan Jiekuang sent Shi Lei and Dapang to his own garage in Fangshan. There were three cars in the garage, the blue Porsche, the American RV and the old Mitsubishi. Yan Jiekuang basically never drove the Mitsubishi.

Yan Jiekuang spent the whole morning explaining in detail to Shi Lei the performance of the car, its various uses and how to use it, and then let them get started and get used to it. Shi Lei was very good and became very proficient after just one turn. Dapang had only learned to drive for less than two years and still needed some practice.

Yan Jiekuang officially handed over the RV to Shi Lei. Shi Lei was also privately preparing things for the road. He and Dapang had a clear division of labor. He was responsible for daily necessities, and Dapang was responsible for food and water. Yan Jiekuang no longer paid attention to them.

Within two days, these people were ready to set off. Ji Lian kept telling them to drive slowly, stop when they were tired, and not to rush.

Yan Jiekuang simply gave Shi Lei a credit card and told him to buy some gifts before visiting the family, and not to be impolite. Also, he should spend the money he should spend, and not save it. Most importantly, he should bring the two steel pipes that Yan Jiekuang had prepared before, just in case.

The car slowly disappeared from the couple's sight, and they went about their own business. The children had grown up, and they could not always be tied to their side, so when it was time to fly, let them fly. This was what Yan Jiekuang thought.

On this day, Yan Jiekuang went to his parents' house. Since Yan Bugui stopped going to the park to meet friends with antiques, he rarely liked to go out. But the old couple was determined to keep the Chen brothers and sisters in the west wing, and Yan Jiekuang did not object.

Yan Jiekuang brought Xiao Jin in, and right after that, his elder brother came in with two bottles of wine. Yan Jiekuang looked at his elder brother curiously and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Yan Jiecheng stiffened his neck and said, "How can you talk to your eldest brother like that? Third brother, I'm here to see my parents and ask the old man to come out of retirement."

Yan Jiekuang didn't ask any more questions, but just looked at his elder brother in confusion as he carried two bottles of wine and ran excitedly to the study in the backyard. Yan Jiekuang followed him out of pure curiosity.

Yan Bugui was admiring a porcelain vase in his study. Originally, the vase was only from the mid-Qing Dynasty. Yan Jiekuang, a major collector of Ming Dynasty art, did not take the vase seriously at all. But Yan Bugui had a special liking for the vase for some reason. It was just because he found that the scholar on the vase was holding a book and reading it under a tree. There were words on the book. When he looked at it with a magnifying glass, it turned out to be "The Pavilion of the Drunken Old Man".

When Yan Bugui excitedly told Yan Jiekuang about this discovery, Yan Jiekuang realized that this bottle was really extraordinary and wondered how it was made.

Yan Jiecheng walked in with a glass of wine in his hand, smiling, and as soon as he entered the door he shouted, "Dad, I'm here to see you. Do you miss your eldest son?"

Yan Bugui knew Yan Jiecheng very well. He casually said, "I think about it, but I can't remember." Then he continued to look at the bottle.

Yan Jiecheng stood there awkwardly. He put the wine on the square table at the side, then walked to the opposite side of Yan Bugui and said with a smile: "Dad, when was this bottle made? It's really beautiful. It's an antique, right? It must be worth a lot of money, right?"

Yan Bugui instantly became alert, looked at Yan Jiecheng and asked, "You are being too nice to me for no reason. You are either a traitor or a thief. What's the matter? Oh, you spent a lot of money. Where are the two bottles of Jiannanchun?" Only then did Yan Bugui see the wine that the boss brought.

Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad, looking at what you said, isn't it my duty to buy you some good wine? Dad, which dynasty is this from? Is it from an official kiln or a folk kiln?"

Yan Bugui quickly put the bottle into the box, turned around and put it in the cabinet behind him, and locked it.

Yan Jiecheng took one look and said, "Dad, I don't want yours. I just want to learn something new. Why do you keep it locked up?"

Yan Bugui said, "I don't know what you look like. Tell me, what's going on?"

Yan Jiecheng then sat aside, took out a cigarette, and handed one to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui took it and said, "Smoking is not allowed in this study. Let's go. It's quite hot. Let's talk in the pavilion at the back."

After saying that, he took Yan Jiecheng out of the study. At this time, Yan Jiekuang was smoking and reading a newspaper in the pavilion. He saw his father and his eldest brother coming over and sitting opposite the stone table. Yan Jiecheng lit a cigarette for his father and said, "Dad, I missed you, so I came to see you."

Yan Jiekuang burst into laughter when he heard this. Yan Jiecheng glared at him and then said, "Dad, when you've been away for three days, you should look at it with new eyes. I'm also a collector now. I heard that there's a collector in Shichahai. It's said that his surname is Yan. Later I asked around and found out that they were talking about you."

Yan Bugui was choked by the smoke, coughed a few times, and said, "I'm not a collector, so what do you want from me?"

Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad, you don't know, I found a big bargain a few days ago. There is a courtyard house in front of the front gate. The ancestor of the owner there was a prince in Qianqing. He was going abroad, and he couldn't take all those bottles and jars with him, so he wanted to find someone to take over. It happened that the middleman he entrusted was my childhood friend. I didn't use my own private money, and I borrowed some money and packed it all together." Hearing this, Yan Jiekuang already heard something wrong. Yan Bugui also felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he asked directly, "How much did you pay for it?"

Yan Jiecheng said with a smile: "The asking price was 100,000, but I finally accepted it for 60,000. I'm asking you to come to my place and give me a taste. Okay, my father, let's go."

Yan Bugui turned his head and looked at Yan Jiekuang, and said, "Old Third, do you think there is something wrong here? I always feel like something is wrong."

Yan Jiekuang looked at his father, then turned to look at his smiling elder brother, sighed, and said, "Then go ahead and don't let your elder brother down by personally inviting you. Ask your second brother to go with you."

When Yan Bugui heard this, he knew that something was wrong. Perhaps his eldest brother was cheated, and those things were probably fake, otherwise the third brother would not have bothered to go.

But this was his eldest son after all, so he had to go there anyway, so he stood up and said, "Come on, eldest son, let's go find the second son first, and then we'll go to your house together."

Yan Bugui left with the smiling eldest brother. Yang Ruiping came over. His mother had heard what he had just said and asked, "Third brother, tell me the truth. Was the eldest brother deceived?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "It's almost certain. Someone has set a trap for him. I don't even need to look at it. Those things must be fake. I know which courtyard in this area is the remnant of the Qing Dynasty. I have been there many times."

Yang Ruiping was so angry that his teeth were itching. He said, "Look at this boss. He has to stir up trouble every once in a while. He must be bored again."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Mom, don't worry. We have our second brother. He is familiar with this area. He will definitely find the person if he goes."

Yang Ruiping was stunned and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I'm just afraid that his wife will hear about this and divorce him."

Yan Jiekuang's mind flashed with the image of his sister-in-law's strong figure. He sighed and said, "I'll let Ji Lian go and persuade them. We'll talk about it after the quarrel breaks out."

Life is like this, with surprises appearing from time to time, but this time it was obvious that Yan Jiecheng should have been frightened. Yan Jiekuang had originally planned to sit for a while and then go back, but in this situation, something might happen in a while, so he stayed obediently by his mother's side, accompanying the children and his mother.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang made noodles with soybean paste and ate them with the children and mother. After the mother took the children to relax for a while, she went to take a nap. Yan Jiekuang drank tea and read the newspaper out of boredom.

Yan Bugui came back with his hands behind his back and a frown on his face. As soon as he came back, he asked, "Did you cook lunch?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "It's ready. It's fried noodles with soybean paste. Wait a moment, I'll bring it over."

After a while, Yan Jiekuang returned to the pavilion with a tray. Yan Bugui was mixing the noodles and started eating. He did not stop until he had finished two bowls. He wiped his mouth with a towel, lit a cigarette and started smoking.

Yan Jiekuang asked: "How is it, what does my second brother say?"

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "Your eldest brother is in the hospital, Yongqing is there with him. Your second brother said he would give it a try, but he wasn't sure he would find the two men. The yard was rented for only ten days, and they hooked your eldest brother in ten days."

Yan Jiekuang also sighed and said, "It's better to learn from your mistakes. It's like a mountain between two different trades. How come my elder brother still doesn't understand it?"

Yan Bugui said: "Your eldest brother was deceived by others. Someone set up a trap for him to get a big discount, and your eldest brother got jealous and fell into it."

Yan Jiekuang stood up, cleared the dishes and said, "Okay, I'll leave first. I'll go see my brother tomorrow." Yan Bugui nodded.

(End of this chapter)