Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 593 Candied Haws
The spring breeze blows across the city, the temperature is slowly rising, people's moods seem to be infected, and more and more people are going out.

Wang Wenyuan was feeding the fish in the yard, the little girl was running around with Xiaobai, and He Yushui had already gone to school, so the girl was now very attached to her brother.

At this time, a shout came from outside the door, "Tanghulu!"

The little girl stopped immediately, paused for a second, and then rushed out. Wang Wenyuan saw her and decided to follow her out. He walked in front and Xiaobai followed behind.

After going out of the gate, Wang Wenyuan squatted at the door. He saw a group of children surrounding the man selling candied haws. They were chattering at the entrance of the alley. It was very lively. Wang Wenli watched for a while and then ran back, pulling him to the place where the candied haws were being sold.

Wang Wenyuan took out four hundred yuan, handed it to the little girl, and said, "Buy two, and leave one for your sister to send flowers to her mother." Wang Wenyuan knew that He Yushui was about to finish school, and Mother Feng had already gone to the school to pick her up.

The little girl took the money and ran to the man selling candied haws. Wang Wenyuan squatted on the stone platform, took out a cigarette and lit it, then looked to both sides of the alley, watching the people passing by.

Wang Wenyuan suddenly saw a person with a big belly, standing at the door not far from his house. She had two big braids and a pair of big watery eyes. It was the young daughter-in-law of the Jia family.

At this moment, she was also looking at the person selling candied haws. She probably wanted to eat some. Her eyes revealed desire. It seemed that she had been looking for a while. Wang Wenyuan smoked a cigarette and looked at this woman. After a while, the little girl ran to his side, sat on the doorstep, and ate candied haws.

Wang Wenyuan rolled his eyes and whispered something in his sister's ear. The little girl looked at the woman, took the money her brother took out, ran to the vendor selling candied haws, bought another string, and then walked straight to the woman at the gate of No. 95 courtyard.

The little girl held up the candied haws and said in a baby voice, "My brother treated you to this. Take it quickly, I can't hold it anymore." It was indeed the case, because the little girl was holding another string in her other hand.

The woman was stunned and a little embarrassed, but still took it. The little girl ran back to her brother. Wang Wenyuan looked at the woman and smiled.

The woman was stunned for a long time, with a very complicated expression, and no one knew what she was thinking. Finally, the woman lowered her head shyly, turned around and walked quickly into the yard with the candied haws. Wang Wenyuan laughed and took the little girl back to the yard.

Qin Huairu was very confused as to why the young man would buy her candied haws. Although she really wanted to eat them, she didn't know the man. Oh, he should be from the next yard. Looking at the candied haws, she took a bite. It tasted sour and sweet, which was very much to her current appetite. Qin Huairu showed a satisfied expression. When she reached the door of her house, she had already eaten three, and there were five left. She was a little reluctant to eat them.

At this time, the door opened and Jia Zhang came out. When she saw Qin Huairu eating candied haws, her first reaction was that her son had hidden money, and then she asked, "Where did the candied haws come from?"

Qin Huairu was stunned and said, "They are sold at the door."

"I'm asking you where you got the money to buy the candied haws?" Jia Zhang asked with a grim expression.

"Well, I bought it with my own money." Qin Huairu didn't dare to say that it was the man next door who bought it for her.

"Where did you get the money? It must have been given to you by Dongxu. Give it to me." Jia Zhang was very angry. She snatched the candied haws and turned into the house.

Qin Huairu felt very aggrieved. She looked at Jia Zhang's back and felt so angry that her teeth itched. Jia Zhang shouted from inside the house, "Why don't you go wash the clothes? You've been lazy all day."

Qin Huairu shed tears of grievance, silently carried the basin of clothes at the door and walked towards the pool. Several aunties sitting in the yard and chatting outside saw this scene, but they just whispered in private, and no one stepped forward to speak for Qin Huairu.

Wang Wenyuan took the little girl back to the yard. After the little girl finished eating the candied haws, they went to her grandmother's yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw He Yushui holding the candied haws and running towards the yard. When she saw Wang Wenyuan and his sister, she stopped. The little girl ran over and chatted with He Yushui.

When Wang Wenyuan went to the main hall, he saw Mother Feng looking at him with a bad face. Wang Wenyuan was stunned. Mother Feng said, "Why, pregnant women are attractive to you?"

When Wang Wenyuan heard this, he knew something was wrong. The scene just now must have been seen by Feng's mother. Wang Wenyuan said awkwardly: "No, Feng's mother, I just felt sorry for her."

Mother Feng stared at Wang Wenyuan and said, "Do you think I believe it?"

Wang Wenyuan walked towards Granny Jinhua and said, "Really, I really feel sorry for her and don't have any improper thoughts about her."

Granny Jinhua spat at him and said, "You little pervert, you're thinking about everyone. She's someone else's daughter-in-law, and she's pregnant. Why should you pity her?"

Mother Feng pointed at Wang Wenyuan's nose and said, "Just this once. If it happens again, I'll beat you up." After saying that, she patted Wang Wenyuan.

Mother Hua laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter. She said, "Our Yuanzi has realized that he is in love. It seems that he should find a girlfriend. Come and tell mother, what kind of person do you like?"

Wang Wenyuan broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. He stood up and walked out, saying as he walked, "Oh, I forgot to feed the fish. I'll go feed them first."

The little girl just walked in and asked curiously, "Brother, didn't you just feed the fish before eating the candied haws?"

Wang Wenyuan pretended not to hear and quickly walked around the two maids and out of the room. Behind him was the sound of several women laughing.

In the front yard of Yard No. 95, a new tenant moved in. The man was called Qiao Wenju and was a worker in a textile factory. There were four people in his family, including his wife and two sons, one aged eight and the other six.

At this moment, a meeting was being held in the central courtyard of the quadrangle. Neighbors from the entire courtyard welcomed the new resident. Because he lived in the east wing, there was only a wall between him and Wang Wenyuan's study.

Yi Zhonghai introduced this resident at the meeting and expressed his welcome. Qiao Wenju was a talkative person who always had a smile on his face for everyone, and so was his wife. However, his two children were a little dull and didn't like to talk. They always kept their heads down. Everyone just thought that the children might be shy and didn't like to talk, so they didn't take it seriously.

Since this neighbor came, Yan Bugui no longer stood guard at the door, because Qiao Wenju was very generous and always brought some specialties to the neighbors from time to time, sometimes meat, sometimes fruit, and he also gave candies to the children.

Within a few days, the neighbors were all very friendly to his family. Even when Jia Zhang went to ask for money, the hostess of this house welcomed her with a smile and gave her a share of whatever was available. In a short while, this family became the most popular people in the yard. No matter who they were, they all liked to visit Qiao Wen's home.

Wang Wenyuan went to his unit in early April. Although he was only on a temporary assignment, he could not always be absent. Just when he thought that he was just going to collect his salary and would be sent home by the director, Director Fang, the then director of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau, called him into the office and had someone guard the door. In an instant, Wang Wenyuan lost the desire to smile with the director and became serious.

(End of this chapter)