Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 513 Angel Investment
It was already past three in the afternoon when Yan Bugui left. Yan Jiekuang was a little worried. Originally, he had said that Nannan would sleep at her grandmother's house that day, but Yan Jiekuang still took Liangzi, Fangfang and Xiaojin to send Yan Bugui back to the west wing.

When he returned to the west wing, Yan Jiekuang found that the private restaurant was closed. He was very puzzled. Normally, the restaurant's business was busiest in the evening, so why was it closed today?

Yan Jiekuang sent his father to the west wing. Yang Ruiping had already returned. The girl had fallen asleep, so Yang Ruiping was picking vegetables in the front yard. Seeing his wife staggering, he said, "Old Third, you are really amazing. You had a drink at noon, but why did you make your father drunk like this? Let him go back to the house and get some sleep. It seems he won't sleep tonight."

Yan Jiekuang sent his father to the bedroom. Yang Ruiping poured a large jar of boiled water and placed it on the table beside the bed. Then the mother and son left the room. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Mom, why don't you turn on the air conditioner for my dad?"

Yang Ruiping said: "Just open the window. No one is around to watch him. What if he catches a cold?"

Yan Jiekuang and Yang Ruiping went to the front yard, Liangzi and Fangfang ran to the back garden. Yan Jiekuang pulled a stool and picked vegetables with his mother.

Yang Ruiping said: "Look at you, he just hides from you, why did you drink with your dad?"

Yan Jiekuang quickly pushed the matter onto his father, saying, "It was hot at noon, so I thought about drinking some cold beer. I didn't expect that I would drink more because we were so happy chatting."

Yan Jiekuang immediately changed the subject and asked, "Mom, you went to see Aunt Jia. How is her health?"

Yang Ruiping chuckled and said, "This old lady is getting stronger and stronger as she gets older. You don't even know that she drinks rice wine and listens to pop songs so early in the morning. I don't know if she has come to her senses or not."

Yan Jiekuang was also happy and said, "You should know Aunt Jia. She must have come to her senses. She is very smart. She is over 80 years old. It's strange that Brother Dongxu didn't hold an 80th birthday party or anything."

Yang Ruiping said, "What can we do? Qin Huairu owes the bank a lot of money. It will probably take a few years to pay it back."

"Let's take out a loan to build the hotel. There will be no problem with the money. Business is booming right now. Besides, this is where we are. This city is full of tourists, and there is no shortage of tourists here either. Tell Aunt Jia one day and she doesn't have to worry." Yan Jiekuang said.

At this time Fangfang ran over and shouted, "Dad, there are more strawberries ripe in the glass house."

Yang Ruiping pinched her nose and said, "Oh, Fangfang's eyes are quite sharp. Make some freshly ripe ones. Third brother, go and pick some for the child to eat."

Yan Jiekuang patted the dirt off his hands, went to the kitchen to get a small basket, handed it to Fangfang, and took her to the glass house. Liangzi was squatting and counting the red strawberries. Yan Jiekuang said, "Don't count them. Hurry up and pick all the red ones with your sister."

Liangzi happily took Fangfang to pick strawberries. Yan Jiekuang looked at the fruit trees and vegetables in the glass house and immediately fell in love with the tomatoes planted by his father. They were so juicy that there were dewdrops on them. Yan Jiekuang didn't hesitate and started picking them right away.

At dinner time in the evening, Yan Jiekuang first packed a portion in a lunch box, which was for Xiaohai and the others, and put it directly on the pot on the stove to warm it up. He accompanied his mother and children to eat dinner, but his father did not get up after all.

Tomatoes mixed with sugar on the table became the most popular food, as well as the Chinese cabbage fried by my mother. My mother also learned to stir-fry the Chinese cabbage with dried shrimps. It was so delicious. Liangzi kept eating the Chinese cabbage and kept saying it was delicious, which made Yang Ruiping smile a lot, and he kept picking up food for Liangzi and Fangfang.

During the meal, Yang Ruiping mentioned Jia Zhang's complaints, saying that he didn't know why Jia Dongxu participated in some angel investment again, and he spent less time visiting him and had not shown up for almost two weeks.

Yan Jiekuang was stunned at first. This was the second time he heard about this angel investment. His elder brother wanted to join but had no money. He said that Xu Damao and He Yuzhu had already participated. Together with Jia Dongxu, there were already three old neighbors who had participated. It was unknown who would be among those who didn’t know.

Yan Jiekuang didn't know what kind of temptation this angel investment had that attracted so many people, but he knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch. There was always something weird about this matter. He thought again and decided that he didn't want to get involved anyway, so he didn't take it seriously.

But he said to his mother Yang Ruiping: "Mom, the market is very chaotic now. There are all kinds of businesses, but also all kinds of scams. Anyway, I believe there is no free lunch. You have to warn the people at home to stay away from this angel investment. I always feel that something bad is going to happen." Yang Ruiping has always respected and trusted Yan Jiekuang's judgment, so she nodded and said: "Okay, the only two people in our family who can pay attention to this matter are the two people in the old family, either Yan Jiecheng or Yan Yongqing. I will tell them."

Yan Jiekuang had a meal at his parents' home, and then took the lunch boxes and took the children home. Yang Ruiping still kept Nannan. Yan Jiekuang knew that, firstly, his mother liked to do things, and having a child would not keep her idle. Second, she really loved Nannan. Nannan was not like other children. Although she was one and a half years old, she didn't cry or make a fuss. She would eat whatever you gave her and would make people happy. So Yang Ruiping liked Nannan from the bottom of her heart.

When he got home, Xiaohai and Xixi were not back yet. Maybe it was because the school was about to start these days, and the two children went out to play with their classmates and came back very late every day. Yan Jiekuang thought that they had been doing homework at home every day for some time and it was very tiring. Since they had finished their homework, they could go and play, so he didn't pay any attention to them. In fact, Xiaohai and Xixi were quite self-conscious and would never come home later than 8 o'clock in the evening.

Yan Jiekuang put the lunch box in the kitchen and went back to the backyard. There was a cool breeze at this time. Yan Jiekuang was in the backyard. He put a square table and made tea. There was an ashtray, a box of cigarettes and a lighter on the table. He was sitting there reading a newspaper. On the left was Liangzi. He took a pencil and a notebook, as well as Xiaohai's elementary school book, and was writing there stroke by stroke. Fangfang was reading a picture book, and there were two bottles of soda next to her.

At this time, the doorbell rang. Everyone in the family had the key to the front door. Who was this? It was almost dark and he came to visit. Yan Jiekuang stood up and went to the front yard to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Yan Jiekuang shouted, "Old Third, Old Third, are you a bad person? What kind of person am I? I finally found a way to make money, but you blocked it. What did you say to my mother?"

As he spoke, Yan Jiecheng walked straight into the yard. Yan Jiekuang shook his head helplessly, closed the door, and took Yan Jiecheng to the backyard.

Yan Jiekuang asked Liangzi to take Fangfang to the study to study, and also told him to turn on the air conditioner.

Yan Jiecheng sat down where Liangzi had just sat, and unceremoniously picked up the cigarettes on the table and lit one. Yan Jiekuang poured him a cup of tea and asked, "Brother, why are you so angry?"

Yan Jiecheng looked unhappy and asked, "What did you say to my mother? I finally convinced my wife to invest money, but you stabbed me in the back. My wife disagreed again and said that my mother called and told her family not to touch angel investment."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and asked, "Then how do you know what I said to my mother?"

"Nonsense, I went to the west wing, but my dad wouldn't let me in. I asked Zhou Nianping who came to their house today, and he said you were the one who took the child there." Yan Jiecheng said.

Yan Jiekuang was a little surprised. His elder brother had become smarter, so he did not deny it and said, "Brother, is there such a thing as pie falling from the sky? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Although I don't understand how to invest, I always feel that it is unreliable. Brother, it's more reliable to hold the money in your own hands."

Yan Jiecheng was really impatient at this time and said, "Go away, what do you know? Xu Damao's principal of 10,000 yuan has earned nearly 4,000 yuan in the past two months. They are a big company, how can they cheat ordinary people like us? Didn't you see that Xu Damao invested another 100,000 yuan?"

Yan Jiekuang thought this was even more unreliable. Even the stock market and futures didn't bring such huge returns. So he asked, "Have you ever been to that company? Do you know them? Do you know who the boss is?"

Yan Jiecheng stared at Yan Jiekuang and said, "How could I not know? Their company is right over there in Dongsi. Do you know Longxing Building? It's now called Angel Building. The whole building belongs to them. Do you think it's a small company? Besides, they are a Southeast Asian enterprise, not owned by any one person. They are an investment company."

Yan Jiekuang knew about the Longxing Building, but he didn't expect that this company would buy it. No, that was a real state-owned asset and they could only rent it to a Southeast Asian enterprise. What a lie! Southeast Asia was in dire straits. At this time, Yan Jiekuang was already very sure that this angel investment was a scam.

Yan Jiekuang looked at his angry elder brother, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Brother, let's wait until the end of the year. If nothing goes wrong with the company by the end of the year, I will pay you whatever amount you want. Just listen to me. This is definitely a scam, and a big one. Do you know what the situation is in Southeast Asia now? You should ask around."

Yan Jiecheng was stunned. He didn't listen to the second half of the sentence. He only heard that the third brother would lend him money at the end of the year, as much as he wanted. It was already the end of August, just three months away, so he said, "Let's make it a deal. No regrets, right?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded helplessly again, and Yan Jiecheng let Yan Jiekuang go.

(End of this chapter)