Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 531: Some Impact
According to etiquette, the body is kept for three days, a mourning hall is set up, people wear mourning clothes, and receive relatives.

The next day, the whole Yan family went to the mourning hall to pay tribute to Jia Zhang, but Yang Ruiping did not come. She was too sad. Yan Jiekuang asked Ji Lian and Shi Li to take care of her, so the Yan family was missing these three people.

When Yan Jiekuang saw the remains of Jia Zhang, he couldn't believe his eyes. When he went to pick up his mother yesterday, he didn't even come into the yard. But when he saw her today, she didn't look like Jia Zhang at all. She was just a thin old woman. Tears suddenly came to his eyes. Although this old woman always liked to take advantage of him, she was really a person who had a clear distinction between love and hate. When did she become so thin?

On that day, the coffin lid was closed and no one was allowed to see it. In fact, everyone had seen Jia Zhang a few days ago. They felt that there was something wrong with Jia Zhang at the time, but they couldn't put their finger on it. Only then did they realize that the Jia Zhang they saw at that time was very kind and amiable, without a single swear word, and spoke in a soft voice like a kind old man.

On the morning of the fourth day, it was particularly cold, as if the first cold wave of the year had hit. At daybreak, everyone arrived one after another, led by Jia Dongxu, who was dressed in mourning and holding a brazier, accompanied by a shout of "filial son smashing the brazier!"

Jia Dongxu threw the basin heavily to the ground, and it broke into pieces instantly. Then the body was taken away. The only one left was Jia Xiaobao, who guarded the spirit tablet, while everyone else went to the crematorium.

After all the procedures were completed and they had their meal, the Yan family said goodbye and went back. Yan Jiekuang did not go home, but went directly to the west wing. At this time, Yang Ruiping was half lying in the bedroom in the backyard. He had not gone out for several days. When Yan Jiekuang came, Shi Li whispered to him that his mother only drank a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge a day, and did not eat anything else. Yan Bugui also heard it, and took Yan Jiekuang with his hands behind his back and went directly into the house.

When Yang Ruiping saw the father and son coming in, he reluctantly got up, half leaned against the head of the bed, and asked, "Is everything done?"

Yan Bugui nodded and said, "Well, Dongxu burned nearly 5,000 yuan worth of paper money, which scared the people at the funeral home so much that they almost called the police."

Yan Jiekuang knew that his father was teasing his mother on purpose, so he also laughed and agreed, saying, "That's right, all the stoves in the eight trigrams directions were used, and it lasted for an hour and a half."

Yang Ruiping forced a smile. Both father and son didn't know how to comfort Yang Ruiping. They looked at each other and sat down. Finally, Yan Jiekuang spoke up and said, "Mom, I know you feel sorry for Aunt Jia, but didn't Aunt Jia pass away peacefully? You don't have to worry about it anymore. You have to take care of your health. In the next two days, I will arrange for you and my dad to go to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up. We will go to the military hospital. You can't object to this."

Yan Jiekuang was a little scared. Jia Zhang's experience left him with lingering fears. Jia Dongxu would feel extremely guilty for the rest of his life. What Jia Zhang had done reduced a lot of burden on the children of the Jia family, but everyone couldn't get over it afterwards. Didn't you see that Xiaodang and Huaihua cried to death in the funeral home? What a huge psychological blow it was.

Hearing Yan Jiekuang's words, Yan Bugui was stunned, but didn't say anything and drank his tea silently. Yang Ruiping didn't say anything either, but Yan Jiekuang was anxious and said, "Mom and Dad, I know what you are thinking. Let's not talk about whether Aunt Jia is right or wrong, but do you know how much psychological harm she has done to Dongxu and the children below? You saw what happened today, Dad. Only Aunt Jia could do such a thing. She has suffered all her life and has been afraid of spending money all her life, so she has her own ideas, but this idea is wrong. You know, who are we? We are a family. No matter what difficulties we face, we must face them together, not abandon others and go by ourselves."

To be honest, Yan Jiekuang was a little excited. He was really scared. If any of the old people could learn from Jia Zhang, it might really be his parents. This was due to his parents' personalities.

Yan Bugui could already sense his son's anger. Ma Shan said, "Don't worry, third brother. I'll do whatever you ask me to do. I don't want to die so early. I just feel that my health is still good, so I'm thinking about whether I should go for a checkup so early."

Yang Ruiping took one look and said, "Why are you so anxious? I feel sorry for my elder sister. She has no children to surround her in her last days. I am stupid. I can't be like her. I want to see the fifth generation of our family being born."

Yan Jiekuang heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, took a sip of tea and said, "My Aunt Jia is not at a disadvantage. She has never suffered any disadvantage in her life, which is already very good. Her children are very obedient, but she doesn't want to cause trouble. She really has a bit of Aunt Jia's flavor. This is what she did, so that the children will never forget her for the rest of their lives."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui and his wife were also stunned. After thinking about it carefully, they realized that it was indeed the case.

Yan Jiekuang had to give up the wrong idea of ​​not causing trouble for his children. He also told his parents that this was disrespectful to their children and that such an idea was unacceptable.

After listening to Yan Jiekuang's indignant sermon for a while, Yan Bugui and his wife said calmly, "Your wife has already returned to Shanghai, and your son and daughter are crying for food at home. Do you still have time to educate us old couple here?" Only then did Yan Jiekuang remember that there were three children at home who had not eaten yet, so he turned around and ran out without even saying hello.

Yang Ruiping sat on the bed and chuckled, saying with a smile: "What can I say about this third brother? Does he really think we are children?"

Yan Bugui also said dissatisfiedly: "Alas, they say that children are pitiful and have a lot of love. Haven't you seen that the eldest son has to come here early in the morning every day regardless of the weather these days? This is because he was scared by Jia Zhang's death. What was he doing in the morning? By the way, we don't have to make breakfast tomorrow morning. The eldest son will definitely buy it for us."

Yang Ruiping sighed and said, "It's not a good idea to keep doing this. How about you go and talk to them?"

Yan Bugui said: "Forget it. Our children want to express their filial piety. Let's not say anything and just follow their will. Saying too much will hurt their feelings." Yang Ruiping nodded helplessly after listening.

Yan Jiekuang hurried back to his home in Yu'er Hutong, opened the door, and entered the yard. Finding that there was no movement, he called out, "Liangzi, Fangfang?"

Liangzi's voice of agreement came from the west bedroom in the backyard. Yan Jiekuang let out a long sigh and walked over quickly. He saw Fangfang and Nannan sleeping. Liangzi had just gotten out of bed and put on his cotton jacket. Yan Jiekuang asked in a low voice, "Have you had lunch?"

"I ate it. Grandpa asked Brother Yongqing to deliver it. Brother Yongqing left only after I ate it." Liangzi replied.

Yan Jiekuang was stunned. He thought he was fooled by his father. He had already delivered the meal, but he still scared him. Then he changed his mind and burst out laughing. This old man didn't want to listen to his long speech.

Liangzi asked curiously, "Dad, what are you laughing at?"

Yan Jiekuang touched Liangzi's head and said, "Nothing, where is the cunning old man?"

"Who is it?" Liangzi asked.

Yan Jiekuang didn't answer, and said, "Okay, you look after your sisters. I'll go check on Xiao Jin. Why hasn't he made any noise since I came back?"

Yan Jiekuang left the main house and went to the back garden. When he got there, he saw that Xiao Jin was very smart. He had blocked the door of his nest with a board, probably because he was afraid of the wind coming in.

Yan Jiekuang called out to Xiao Jin, and there were some noises in the nest, so Xiao Jin finally crawled out. Yan Jiekuang walked over, picked up Xiao Jin's blanket and food bowl, and said, "Silly boy, it's so cold, why don't you go to the main house? Come on, sleep in the main house from now on."

Yan Jiekuang walked in front holding his blanket, and Xiao Jin followed behind, wagging his tail. When they reached the main hall, he found a basket on the side of the door, spread the blanket on it, put the food bowl next to it, and said, "Sleep here from now on, don't go to the back garden anymore."

Xiao Jin called out twice, meaning that he understood. Only then did Yan Jiekuang walk out of the main house and go to his study.

(End of this chapter)