Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 56 Gradually Returning
Qianmen Street
Qianmen is always so lively, with all kinds of business going on. When Yan Jiekuang saw someone selling goldfish at the entrance of the alley, he murmured to himself.

There really is a goldfish seller nowadays, with buckets hanging on both sides of a pole, shouting "One big one, one big two, I'm not selling cucumbers, I'm selling big and small goldfish!"

Seeing that there were more children, the two buckets were put down and the children just watched there.

Yan Jiekuang thought to himself that if this happened sixty years later, he would probably have called the police.

Yan Jiekuang also bought two. He had to prepare his own stuff. Yan Jiekuang picked a bowl from the Republic of China and the goldfish seller scooped the fish into the bowl.

This was bought for Li'er. I haven't been there for a long time. I wonder how Sister Huizhen is doing.

I walked to the tavern and entered through the curtain. There were not many people there. A man came over and said, "Kid, this is not a place for you to play. Get out now."

At this time, Zhao Yali hurried over and said, "This is Manager Xu's brother. Come on, Jie Kuang, your sister is in the backyard."

As he said that, he pulled Yan Jiekuang towards the backyard.

At this time, the man said again, "Hurry up Manager Xu, it's working hours now."

Zhao Yali pretended not to hear and took Yan Jiekuang into the backyard.

"Sister Huizhen, I'm here to see you. Li'er, look what I brought you." Yan Jiekuang's voice arrived before he even showed up.

As soon as he entered the door, "Guoguo, Guoguo, hug me," Li'er opened his arms towards Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang picked up Li'er.

"You said that the generations are in such a mess that it can't be reversed." Xu Huizhen said.

Zhao Yali was whispering something in Xu Huizhen's ear, probably about what happened just now.

"Sister, it's okay. If you can't bear it, just talk to the director. He should be able to give you an explanation." Yan Jiekuang reminded.

Xu Huizhen thought about it and suddenly said, "I haven't told you yet. Why are you walking around by yourself? Don't you know that it's a mess outside?"

"I just miss Li'er. Look at the goldfish I bought for Li'er." Yan Jiekuang was trying to change the subject.

"It's your delicate mind." Xu Huizhen said.

But after a while, when Zhao Yali left, he turned around and asked, "Really?"

"Bring the account with you, it must be done." Yan Jiekuang said.

Front yard of the Siheyuan

When Yan Bugui saw Yan Jiekuang coming in, he immediately said, "Why are you running around at such a young age? What if you get lost?"

"You didn't even know to see Old He off when he left. How busy are you?" Yan Jiekuang replied.

Yan Bugui was stunned and blurted out, "I don't know."

Yan Jiekuang patted his chest and finally had some peace and quiet.

After a while, Yan Bugui hurriedly rode away on his bike.

"Where is your father? He didn't even respond when I greeted him." Yi Zhonghai asked.

Yan Jiekuang said calmly, "Condolences!"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai stopped talking and walked towards the central courtyard.

There was no one in the front yard at this time except Yan Jiekuang. He saw a man in tattered clothes just walking to the door.

Yan Jiekuang was polite enough to ask, "Who are you looking for?"

The man cried and said, "I'm looking for Jia Dongxu."

Only then did Yan Jiekuang realize that this was Jia Zhangshi and why she came back.

He first helped Jia Zhang into the house, found a stool to sit on, poured a glass of water (his father's), and said, "Aunt, why are you like this? Wait, I'll go and call her."

He turned and entered the middle courtyard and knocked on Jia Dongxu's door. Today was a day off. Jia Dongxu opened the door and saw that it was the third son of the Yan family. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Yan Jiekuang say, "Brother Jia, your mother is in the front yard."

Jia Dongxu almost fell down, and asked loudly, "What did you say, Yan Laosan? Who are you talking about?"

"Your mother is back and is sitting in the front yard. Go quickly." Yan Jiekuang said quickly.

Jia Dongxu almost cried. He didn't even take off his shoes and jogged all the way to the front yard, where he saw his mother sitting on a chair drinking water.

"Mom, what happened? She was fine the last time I went back." Jia Dongxu felt really sorry for his mother and burst into tears instantly.

Seeing her son like this, Jia Zhangshi had no choice but to say, "Go home and talk about it."

The mother and son returned home. Before Jia Dongxu entered the middle courtyard, he turned around and shouted, "Thank you, Lao San."
The school was on vacation, and Yan Jiekuang came back with two first places, one in the midterm exam, and the other in the city-wide elementary school handicraft competition.

The prizes were also very rich. In addition to certificates and banners, there were also pens and half a pound of meat tickets given for the handicraft competition because the works were requisitioned.

Yan Jiekuang didn't want to give these things to anyone. He was a sentimental person and wanted to keep them as treasures.

The people of the Yan family followed his wish, but the father and son talked about the matter of the hostage for nearly an hour. Yan Jiekuang finally gave in, handed over the hostage and got rid of Yan Bugui.

Yan Jiekuang suddenly felt that his father would have better prospects if he became a political teacher, but he didn't know when there would be a political teacher.

Just when Yan Jiekuang was still wondering how much that piece of meat could be sold for in the future.

Yan Jiefang walked in and casually said, "The deaf ancestor in the backyard is back." Yan Jiekuang was instantly awakened. What was going on? It wasn't even three years yet.

I asked casually, "Does our dad know? What's going on?"

Yan Jiefang said proudly: "Who is our father? His words are law. Who in the courtyard doesn't give our father face?"

Yan Jiekuang knew that something was wrong. In this society, your word is final.

He looked at Yan Jiefang with disdain and shouted, "Jiefang Jiefang, don't be so arrogant. There are knives behind you."

Yan Jiefang was stunned, thought for a while, and said, "I'll go find my dad." He knew that Yan Jiekuang would not explain it to him.

"Then you have to wait. You have to wait until he comes back after crying himself tired." Yan Jiekuang said absentmindedly.

Looking at the silly second brother, he said, "An old friend of Dad passed away, and I went to pay my respects."

My sister ran over and said, "Brother, do you want a nice box?"

When the second brother heard this, he pretended not to hear it and turned around and left the house. He and Sun Xiaolong had recently been studying how to catch rabbits.

Yan Jiekuang picked up his sister and asked, "What kind of box is a good-looking box?"

"It's the box that mom always hides. Do you want to have one?" the little sister asked, blinking her big eyes.

Yan Jiekuang teased his sister and said, "I don't want to. It will definitely not look good if I keep hiding it."

My sister quickly said, "It's beautiful. I have no place to hide my New Year's money. You make one and I'll put my New Year's money in yours."

"Okay, this lovely sister, I'll make one for you, okay?" Yan Jiekuang had no resistance to the little sister.

"Well, let you go." said the younger sister.

Back room of the courtyard
Li Cuilan cleaned the deaf old lady's house thoroughly.

Early this morning, Yi Zhonghai and He Daqing went to pick up the deaf old lady.

It was only eight or nine o'clock when we returned to Nanluoguxiang.

Li Cuilan made noodles and braised pork, heated them on the stove, and sat on a mat next to the stove in a daze.

At this time the door opened and Yi Zhonghai came in, supporting the old lady. When Li Cuilan saw the old lady, she burst into tears and shouted "godmother".

Li Cuilan rushed over and hugged the deaf old lady, "Godmother, you have suffered."

The deaf old lady also shed tears and said, "Cui Lan, are you okay? I thought I would never see you again."

"See what you said. I made longevity noodles and braised pork for you. Please eat first." Li Cuilan hurriedly helped the deaf old lady to sit down.

Then, go to the stove to get the food.

At this time, she saw He Daqing was about to step into the door with a bag on his back. "Don't bring it in, take it outside and burn it," said the deaf old lady.

He Daqing was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and said, "Okay." He Daqing turned around and left with his bag on his back.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife accompanied the old lady for dinner and didn't say much.

The deaf old lady ate and asked, "Are there any signs of improvement?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "We found a person who arrested He Daqing at that time. He said it was not a big deal, but it alarmed too many people. The higher-ups are still investigating who threw the things."

"That means no one knows who threw it? Yan Bugui?" said the deaf old lady.

Yi Zhonghai took a sip of water and said, "Old lady, why are you so confused? If it was Yan Bugui who threw it, would he still be shouting in the yard? He would have been dragged away long ago."

The deaf old lady drank all the noodle soup and said, "Let the Xu family come back."

(End of this chapter)