Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 509 Wenshan Tomb Sweeping
After washing up and playing with the children for a while, the children realized that their father was fine. Yan Jiekuang found Ji Lian and asked her to help book a flight to Kunming. Ji Lian calculated carefully and directly booked a round-trip ticket for him. Yan Jiekuang had no objection.

Yan Jiekuang was going to Wenshan in Yunnan. Grandpa Zhang had already told Yan Jiekuang the address of the cemetery, and also told him that Li Chenggang's tomb was also there. Their tombs were next to each other. This was what Zhang Wenchang had requested when he left.

When Yan Jiekuang thought of Li Chenggang's home, he considered for a while and decided to wait until he came back from the tomb-sweeping trip. Yan Jiekuang simply packed his luggage, taking a set of clothes, some money, and documents, and nothing else. He planned to go just to sweep the tombs and come back quickly.

Early the next morning, Yan Jiekuang said goodbye to Ji Lian, went straight to the airport and boarded a flight to Kunming. When he arrived in Wenshan County, it was already past five in the afternoon. Yan Jiekuang could only stay in the Wenshan County Guesthouse for one night.

The mosquitoes never stopped buzzing that whole night. Fortunately, the guesthouse provided mosquito nets and mosquito coils, otherwise it would have been really painful.

Early the next morning, Yan Jiekuang took a bus directly to Malipo, carrying the wine, cigarettes and fruits he bought from a store near Kunming Bus Station.

In Malipo, they found a shop and bought two bouquets of flowers. Then they walked towards the Martyrs' Cemetery step by step. According to what Grandpa Zhang said, they soon found Zhang Wenchang's tombstone. On the tombstone was the photo of him when he joined the army before he left. He still looked so young. Next to it was Li Chenggang's tomb. Yan Jiekuang could no longer control his tears. He stood there looking at the two tombstones, crying and bowing deeply three times.

Yan Jiekuang stood for a long time before he placed all the things he brought in front of the two tombstones, talking to himself as he placed them: "Wenchang, Gangzi, don't fight or grab them. I gave you and Gangzi the same things. I bought Moutai, which is the best wine. Wenchang, you drank your father's wine secretly and showed off at school. Look, I brought it to you this time. I also brought you Zhonghua cigarettes, which are also good cigarettes. You and Gangzi can smoke as you like. By the way, don't drink too fast. I brought roast chicken. The only regret is that I didn't bring you fish from Shichahai. I really bought some, but you were not allowed to bring it on the plane and it was confiscated. Next time, my brother will drive here by himself and bring it to you. I will accompany you to drink and eat together."

Yan Jiekuang sat between the two tombstones, talking incessantly and taking a sip from time to time, but his tears never stopped. Before he knew it, Yan Jiekuang had drunk himself unconscious.

When he woke up again, he found himself lying on a camp bed with a quilt covering him. He rubbed his temples and sat up. At this time, the door opened and a white-haired old man walked in with a lunch box in one hand. Seeing Yan Jiekuang, he said, "You're awake. Alas, you drank so much wine. This is in the mountains, and it's cold at night. Come and have something to eat. This place is not like your big cities. It's just corn paste and flatbreads."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have frozen to death. You saved my life."

The old man waved his hand and said, "That's not the case. I'm the gravekeeper here. This place is under my jurisdiction. But from your accent, you are from the Forbidden City, right?"

Seeing that the old man was also a talkative person, Yan Jiekuang said, "Yes, I came to visit my childhood friends. Both of them are here."

"Well, you can eat. There are a lot of people coming here from your place. Quite a few people come here every year. By the way, the primary school in our village was also built for free by people from your place. You are really good people." said the old man.

Yan Jiekuang drank his porridge while asking, "What's your name, old man? Oh, what kind of primary school is that? Hope Primary School?"

The old man said, "You can just call me Old Sun. I used to be in the army, but now I am too old to be useful. By the way, that primary school is Keda Hope Primary School."

Yan Jiekuang was choked up, stared, and repeated his question: "Grandpa Sun, what elementary school?"

"Koda Hope Primary School, what's wrong?" replied Old Sun.

Yan Jiekuang then remembered the brother and sister, An Ran and An Rui. He had completely forgotten about these two people. He had never asked about the charitable education fund he had established, and Ji Lian never mentioned it when she came back. He didn't expect that these two siblings had been doing this all along.

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Is the person who built the elementary school still here? Are they a brother and sister?"

Grandpa Sun nodded and said, "Yes, the leaders are a pair of siblings, but there are many others, probably more than a dozen. How do you know them?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "Yes, are they still here?"

Old man Sun shook his head and said, "They left after the construction was completed. They even said they were going to Guizhou. I was next to the village head at the time. The villagers saw them off for a long way. They left in two big Liberation cars."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, thinking that he would have to ask his father about this matter when he returned to Sijiu City.

After Yan Jiekuang finished his meal, he wanted to give money to Grandpa Sun as accommodation fee, but Grandpa Sun said he didn't want any money. Finally, he got angry and pushed Yan Jiekuang out. Yan Jiekuang sighed, bowed to Grandpa Sun, and said, "I should come here every year. I will bring you good wine. Thank you, Grandpa Sun, and see you later."

Grandpa Sun said, "You can take this with you. Haha, let's go, kid. When you come next year, you can stay here with me. You don't have to live in the county."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, turned around and left. He hailed a bus on the road and headed straight for Kunming. On the third day, he had already boarded a plane back to Kunming.

It was already evening when he returned to Yuer Hutong. Yan Jiekuang dragged his tired body and was about to knock on the door when it opened by itself. Xiao Jin came out first, followed by Xixi and Fangfang. Yan Jiekuang smiled and asked, "How did you know I was back?"

"It was Xiao Jin. He was playing happily, but suddenly he stood up and ran straight to the door. Fangfang said it must be his daddy who came back." Xixi said.

Yan Jiekuang entered the yard, closed the gate, and asked, "Is your mother back?"

Xixi replied, "My mother hasn't gone anywhere these days. She's at home. Come, give me the bag." Then she took the bag from Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang walked to the backyard, and Ji Lian had already come out of the house. Yan Jiekuang walked over, hugged her, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'm fine now. Don't worry, I've checked on them, and they are very quiet."

Seeing the children around, Ji Lian was still a little shy, but from Yan Jiekuang's current attitude and actions, she felt that her husband had let go of his sadness. She was also very happy and said, "That's good. You haven't eaten yet, I'll go make you some noodles."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, and Ji Lian went to the front yard. He washed his hands first, and then went into the house to see Nannan. Nannan was sleeping soundly at this time, so Yan Jiekuang did not touch her. Then he walked out of the house. Xiaopang had already come over with a teacup and put it on the table under the grape vines. Yan Jiekuang sat down, lit a cigarette, and took another sip of tea. Yan Jiekuang knew that these were his family, and he could not let his family worry about him anymore.

"Where are Xiaohai and Liangzi?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

Xiao Pang sat down next to them. He seemed to want to smoke, but he looked at the front yard and didn't dare to move. He said, "They are doing their homework. I left it for them. They just play around all day. Dad, you don't even know where I caught them today."

Yan Jiekuang took a sip of tea and asked, "From where?"

Xiaopang said, "I was passing by the lake in Shichahai after get off work and saw the children swimming in it. I looked at the two boys and they looked more and more familiar. When I walked over, I saw that Xiaohai was teaching Liangzi how to swim. Liangzi was also swimming with his bottom naked."

When Yan Jiekuang heard this, he spat out a mouthful of tea and burst into laughter.

At this time, Ji Lian brought over a bowl of noodles and also put a small bowl of pickled garlic in it.

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "Your mother still understands me. Thank you, dear."

Xiao Pang rolled his eyes in disdain. Ji Lian poked him and said, "Why? Do you have any objections?"

Xiaopang said quickly: "How dare I? You are my parents, what can you say?"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and chatted with Ji Lian while eating noodles. Ji Lian said, "By the way, the day after you left, a middle-aged man came to see you and said his surname was Guan. I told him that you went to Yunnan to visit the graves, and he turned around and left without saying anything."

The figure of the middle-aged man had already appeared in Yan Jiekuang's mind, and he said, "It's okay. It may be a financial matter. It has nothing to do with me. Don't worry about it."

Ji Lian nodded, and the two of them started talking about the children again. They were mainly worried about Shi Lei and his group. There was no news at all, and they didn't even call back. When they called them, their calls were not connected. For some reason, the two of them became a little worried after talking about it.

(End of this chapter)