Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 533: Jia Family Chaos
As soon as He Yuzhu entered the room, he asked, "Have you seen Xu Delin?"

"See, how come you two are together?" Yan Jiekuang said as he was packing the chickens.

"We happened to meet at the entrance of the alley. Xu Delin came to see Uncle Yi, but he didn't even bring anything with him. He just came empty-handed. Don't you think he is ignorant?" He Yuzhu also washed his hands and started to work.

Yan Jiekuang said: "Maybe he thinks he is the gift. By the way, is there any rice wine here?"

He Yuzhu said, "Yes, I brought back a bucket last time I cooked fish. Let me look for it."

He Yuzhu went to look through the cupboards nearby, and asked as he did so: "Do you think Xu Delin is really here to admit his mistake, or does he have some other purpose?"

Yan Jiekuang sneered and said, "A dog will always eat shit. Haven't you noticed that Xu Damao has started to show off again in their area? Xu Damao is a lesson for Xu Delin."

He Yuzhu held a bucket of rice wine in his hand and placed it next to the stove. He said, "I don't know. I haven't seen him since Aunt Jia's funeral. By the way, didn't he see his parents?"

"He came once, left two thousand yuan, and never came again. Uncle Xu got angry and cursed him when he drank." Yan Jiekuang said.

He Yuzhu started to clean the fish, scraping the scales while saying, "What is he busy with? I really have no idea. My wife has a mission for me to go and instruct my disciples, so I'm a bit busy."

Yan Jiekuang said: "It's still the old intermediary business. I heard that they have added more projects and are also responsible for introducing jobs and nannies. Anyway, there are quite a lot of projects. They recruited a lot of college students, and the salary they offered was so low that I guess those college students can't even pay the rent."

He Yuzhu cursed: "This grandson, isn't this exploiting the working people? This is something he is really capable of doing. I will go and lick his ass some other day."

Two people were cooking, two chefs, and soon the food was ready and brought to the restaurant. Yan Jiekuang went to the west wing to call the two children, and He Yuzhu went to the backyard to call the old people.

Soon, a large round table was full of people. He Yuzhu was busy and said, "Dad, it's cold, would you like to have a drink?"

He Daqing said: "It's necessary, hurry up, is there any need to ask?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Don't you want to wait for Old Yan?"

Yang Ruiping said, "No need to wait. He said when he left that he would be back after finishing his work. If he is not back by dinner time, you don't have to wait for him."

He Yuzhu looked at Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiekuang looked at He Yuzhu. They both knew that these old men were joining forces to do something big, but after inquiring for a long time, there was no news. Yan Jiekuang shook his head and took care of Fangfang and Liangzi, while Nannan was next to Yang Ruiping, where there was her exclusive high stool.

He Yuzhu pointed to a clay pot on the table and said, "This is a new dish made by the third brother. You guys should try it. It's called Taiwanese Three Cups Chicken. It has one cup of soy sauce, one cup of rice wine, and one cup of black sesame oil. It's very fragrant."

Li Cuilan said: "The third brother made it, so I must try it."

He Yuzhu poured the wine in a circle, and when the cup was full, he sat down next to Yan Jiekuang, poured himself a glass, and said, "Uncle Yi, I'm sorry for the trouble today. You should pick one up."

Yi Zhonghai laughed and said, "Okay, come on, let's get together in winter to warm our hearts and stomachs. Let's have a toast."

Everyone laughed and started eating after taking a sip. As an old man, eating was the main thing. While they were eating, the door curtain was lifted, the door opened, and Yan Bugui came in wrapped in a coat. He looked around first, then took off his coat and said, "See, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. I'm back just in time."

Yan Bugui rubbed his hands and sat down next to Yi Zhonghai. That was the seat reserved for him. The old people tacitly did not ask him how his business was going or where he had been. He Yuzhu's curiosity reached its peak. He wanted to know more and more what secrets these old people were up to, but he was tactful enough not to mention it and just drank with Yan Jiekuang.

Everyone was eating and talking about anecdotes from the neighborhood. It seemed that these old ladies often strolled outside, which made He Yuzhu and Yan Jiekuang stunned. When they heard that there were a few young street guys taking pictures of old women in Doujiao Hutong, Yan Jiekuang became interested. His daughter-in-law was currently attending school there, so he listened attentively.

It turned out that those young men thought the girls from the drama academy were pretty, so they went there to block the girls for no reason. Somehow they clashed with the hooligans from Maoer Hutong, and the two sides wanted to have a fight in Doujiao Hutong, but before the fight started, they were surrounded by the police. Later, they found out that the drama academy had installed the first batch of joint defense surveillance, and when they appeared, the police from the nearby police station saw them, and they came in very quickly and pinned them down.

Yan Jiekuang finally put his heart at ease and listened with He Yuzhu while drinking wine. Later, the old men chatted and somehow ended up talking about Jia Xiaobao. Yan Jiekuang then learned that Aunt Jia had left behind three passbooks. One was kept by Jia Dongxu, and the other two were originally for Xiaodang and Huaihua, but for some reason they could not be found no matter how hard they looked.

Everyone suspected that it was Jia Xiaobao, who was the last to keep vigil, who took them away. For this reason, there was a huge quarrel in Jia Dongxu's family. Finally, Xiaodang said that she didn't need that little money, and that the passbook was a memory left to her by her grandmother. She could take out the money in exchange for the passbook. But no one admitted to taking the two passbooks. In the end, Huaihua was so angry that she cried, and she took her husband and children back to Shanghai, and said she would never come back.

He Yuzhu opened his mouth wide, his face full of disbelief, and said, "No, at the funeral that day, the Jia family seemed very united and very sad. Did they turn against each other just because of two passbooks?"

He Daqing said: "I believe what Xiaodang and Huaihua said. They have already auctioned off the money. I guess the person who took it is too embarrassed to take it out, so it became like this."

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "There is something you don't know. Do you remember that Jia Zhang once had a gold ring, and later when Xiao Dang made some money, he bought her a gold necklace, gold earrings, and a gold bracelet."

Liu Haizhong said, "How could I not remember? I was having dinner at home, and Jia's wife, who never came to visit me, suddenly pushed the door open and came in. She was all glittering. She showed off to my husband and me for quite a while before she went back."

Yan Bugui nodded in agreement and said, "I was feeling unwell that day and was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, so she blocked my door and refused to let me out. I praised her for ten minutes before she let me out."

Everyone laughed. Yi Zhonghai said, "They also came to my place. I was talking about Dongxu and his wife who came to complain to me a few days ago. Especially Qin Huairu, she was about to cry. She said that her mother-in-law's gold jewelry could not be found no matter what. She also asked me if there were too many people in the yard that day and someone took it away."

When Yang Ruiping heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he said, "Is she suspicious of us old neighbors?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Hearing her words, it seems a bit like that, but I guess those things were also taken away by Jia Xiaobao."

Yan Bugui asked: "Then didn't you give Dongxu some advice?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "I have reminded him. It's up to him whether to believe it or not. I guess Dongxu didn't come these few days because he was keeping an eye on Jia Xiaobao."

Xu Wood had not said much, but at this moment he said inexplicably, "That child has been spoiled and has acquired many new problems. I have seen him treat people to a meal outside, and he always orders the best and most expensive things. I don't know how rich he is."

He Yuzhu said: "Could this child have been deceived?"

Xu Wood said: "It shouldn't be. He just wants to show off his wealth and spend it recklessly. I saw him order a bottle of foreign wine that day, which cost more than a thousand yuan."

Yang Yue'e also nodded and said, "It was in a western restaurant. I estimate that the meal would cost at least four or five thousand yuan."

Everyone at the table was shocked. How rich must he be? Nowadays, a person's salary is only 300 to 500 yuan, and this meal cost 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. How much money is this for him to cause trouble?

Now everyone is beginning to believe that these things might really have been taken by Jia Xiaobao, and that this kid has gone astray.

After everyone finished eating and chatting, the old guys were still leisurely drinking wine, so Yan Jiekuang said hello to everyone and took the three children and Xiao Jin home. When he left, he found that He Yuzhu had no intention of leaving at all, and was still drinking with his father.

(End of this chapter)