Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 96 Water Conflict
Yan Jiekuang had a history of literature class today, so he had to eat lunch in the cafeteria. After returning to the dormitory, he saw Zhang Puyu holding a steamed bread in one hand and a book in the other. Yan Jiekuang didn't care and said, "I'm leaving!" when he left.

Zhang Puyu seemed to be frightened and hid the steamed bread behind his back, leaving Yan Jiekuang confused.

The next day, the eldest brother Zhang Weiqing found him and said that everyone was trying to find a way to help the seventh brother. The seventh brother gave all his food coupons to his family and survived by smelling a steamed bun. Yan Jiekuang said, "Boss, what do you think we should do? I want to help him, but how?"

Yan Jiekuang didn't have a good solution either. Zhang Puyu had to realize it himself and arrange his meals properly.

The eldest brother thought for a moment and said, "We can't change his mind, let's try to persuade him together."

Yan Jiekuang said, "This is the first time that Lao Qi has been issued with subsidized food coupons. He thought of his relatives in the countryside. It is understandable. Let's see how he has been doing for the past month. If things don't work out, we can give him a hand. Now he hasn't said anything, so how can we help him?"

A month passed, and Zhang Puyu was still living a happy life. No one had heard of anyone giving him any financial support or inviting him to dinner.

The boss Zhang Weiqing was stunned. How could this unpolished gem survive? Yan Jiekuang privately said to the boss: "So, cats have their own ways, and dogs have their own ways. Everyone has the instinct to survive. What you think is impossible to survive is just what you think. If he needs us, he will naturally speak up."

Yan Jiekuang rarely stays in the dormitory recently. He always goes back to Yuer Hutong. He has to go back because the big cat won't let him. The big cat only eats the food Yan Jiekuang feeds him.

The big cat has been very clingy recently. Only Yan Jiekuang can get close to it, no one else can. Yan Jiekuang once suspected that it was pregnant again, but after confirming again and again, he was sure that it was not pregnant.

Yan Jiekuang was very confused until he saw a yellow puppy lying in the big cat's den. Then he realized that the cat was not pregnant, but had gone out to steal a dog. This was her maternal instinct kicking in, and she didn't know where she had brought the puppy from, but had been hiding it.

The big cat pulled the puppy in front of Yan Jiekuang, and then he became the dog's nanny again.

Yan Jiekuang returned to the courtyard and saw that his house in the front yard was being renovated in full swing. His mother was also busy inside and outside. They temporarily moved to the back house.

Yan Jie Di saw her brother coming back and hurried over. Yan Jie Kuang said, "What's wrong? Are you not used to the new place? Do you want to come to my place?"

Yan Jie Di nodded frantically, and Yang Ruiping said, "She has been thinking about going to your place for several days, and you don't come back. Take your sister away quickly. She has been making trouble all day." Yan Jie Di turned around and went to pack her schoolbag and clothes.

Yang Ruiping pulled Yan Jiekuang aside and said, "Do we have to go to the street office to connect the water pipe? We wanted to connect it, but Liu Haizhong wouldn't let us, saying that if we connected it, the water supply in the compound would be insufficient."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. We can just go to the street office directly. Old man Zhang knows how to apply. No, we can just connect to the outside and set up a separate water meter to avoid hassles later." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yang Ruiping said, "Yes, I will listen to you. I will go find Carpenter Zhang. Your father is a hopeless case now. He always thinks about his position as a manager. He dares not do this or that."

When Yan Jiekuang heard that Yan Bugui cared a lot about his position as manager, he was a little surprised. What was going on?

Before he even saw Comrade Yan Bugui, he asked Yang Ruiping, "Mom, where's my dad?"

"I went fishing." Yang Ruiping replied while busy with his work.

Yan Jiekuang took Xiao Si's schoolbag and said, "Okay, I'll take Yan Jiedi to live with me. I'll come back tomorrow and go to the street with you."

Before he even left the house, he ran into Yi Jun, greeted him and said, "Brother Yi, you just got back. I haven't seen you for a while."

When Yi Jun saw that it was Yan Jiekuang, he said, "I'm busy. I just passed the fourth level and I study with my master every day. I don't have time to go home."

Yan Jiekuang was quite surprised. "Congratulations, Brother Yi. Are you going to live with Master's family directly?"

"How do you know? Oh, no, we were just having dinner together." Yi Jun said.

"Okay, I'm leaving. Let's talk again." Yan Jiekuang and his sister went out directly. His sister told Yan Jiekuang that Yi Jun had a girlfriend, his master's daughter, otherwise why was he always away from home.

"How do you know everything? I'll give you a surprise later!" Yan Jiekuang teased his sister.

"What surprise?" Yan Jiedi asked excitedly.

Yan Jiekuang touched her head and said, "You'll know when you get there. Why are you in such a hurry?" After a while, they arrived at Yuer Hutong. Yan Jiekuang opened the door and Yan Jiedi rushed in, looking left and right, looking for a surprise.

"You can live with me in the backyard. I won't feel comfortable if you live in the front yard." Yan Jiekuang walked in with his luggage.

"Brother, where is the surprise?" Yan Jiedi looked around in the front yard.

"Go find the big cat. Where's the central hall? There's a surprise with it." Yan Jiekuang had already passed the central hall, and the big cat called out as a greeting.

Not long after, there was a scream from Zhongtang and the cry of a big cat. It was probably that Yan Jiedi found the puppy.

She was already very familiar with Da Mao, so Yan Jiekuang was not worried at all. He put his sister's luggage in the west room of the main house in the backyard, and he lived in the east room.

Yan Jiedi came over holding the puppy and hopped over, "Brother, where did this come from?"

"The big cat brought it back. I don't know where it came from. You can give it a name." Yan Jiekuang said, and then ran to the kitchen.

My sister followed behind and thought for a long time before saying, "The big cat brought it. How about calling him Little Yellow?"

Yan Jiekuang was amused and said, "You really saved a lot of trouble. After thinking for a long time, you finally came up with a little yellow. God has sent it to our house, so let's call it Tiantian. Doesn't it sound nice?"

Yan Jiedi was happy and said, "Just call him Tiantian. It sounds so nice. Tiantian, Tiantian." Yan Jiedi held the puppy and kept calling it.

"By the way, brother, where are our Dabai and the others?" Yan Jiedi then remembered the three.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Look up." Yan Jiedi looked up and saw the three of them were looking at her from the roof of the east wing.

Yan Jie Di laughed so hard that Yan Jie Kuang said, "After the puppy came, the big cat wouldn't let these three go to the main hall."

Yan Jiekuang was almost done with his work here. He took out a bottle, poured hot milk into it, handed it to Yan Jiedi, and told her to let it dry for a while and leave the rest in the basin.

We had noodles with soybean paste in the evening. The sauce was ready, but the noodles had to be heated up. Yan Jiedi said, "Okay, we must have something delicious tomorrow."

Front yard of the Siheyuan

Yan Bugui carried a bucket and a fishing rod and entered the back room. He saw Yang Ruiping cooking in the kitchen. He put his things down and went to fix the stove. He put the kettle on the stove and prepared to make tea. He shouted to Yang Ruiping, "Where's Jie Di? Why can't I see her?"

"I went to San'er's place. He said we will live there for the time being. We will come back after the house here is ready." Yang Ruiping brought the food to the eight-immortal table and asked Yan Bugui to wash his hands and eat.

Yan Bugui washed his hands and went to the table to eat. Yang Ruiping picked up a steamed bread and said, "Don't worry about the water. San'er and Carpenter Zhang will go to the street office tomorrow."

Yan Bugui was eating, and after hearing this he said, "This is a matter in the courtyard, why do we need to go to the street? I am still in charge, how can I not let you pick it up?"

Yang Ruiping said: "Liu Haizhong stopped him again today, and Yi Zhonghai was standing right next to him. How do you think we should handle it?"

Yan Bugui got angry and said, "It's a big deal to just connect a water pipe. I'll go find them later."

Yang Ruiping looked at Yan Bugui and said, "San'er's idea is to connect the water pipe from outside and set up a separate water meter to avoid disputes in the future."

Yan Bugui thought about it carefully and agreed, letting Saner do it, and he would not look for anyone in the backyard.

At this time, the door opened and someone pushed the door open. Yan Bugui frowned. Don’t they even say hello when they come in?

Turning around, I saw Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai.

(End of this chapter)