Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

An old man was listening to an old woman telling him about what happened in the yard these days, when he suddenly sneezed a few times. The old woman handed him a towel and asked, "Why are you sneezing all of a sudden? Are you okay?"

"It's nothing, my nose just suddenly feels a little itchy." The old man wiped his face, handed the towel to the old lady, and asked, "Are you saying that Liu Yuhua's mother has been coming to bring Liu Yuhua food every night recently? When did it start?"

"Yes, they deliver meat dishes every day, and they are never the same." The aunt thought for a moment and said, "Old Xiang's wife met her five days ago, so it was almost five days ago."

The old man was counting the days in his mind and slapped his thigh. "I said something weird, thinking that they would never do it, so I deliberately said it to offend him. Why did he take it seriously? Oh my, this is bad. If Old Yan finds out about this, will I still have the face I want?"

The mumbling of the uncle made the aunt confused. She was talking about the Yan family, why were they constantly offending the old man?

The next day, Yi Zhonghai found Liu Cheng and asked, "Did you really ask your wife to bring food to the girl?"

"Yes, wasn't it you who came up with the idea? It's really good and effective. My daughter told me that her parents-in-law have been complaining about it these past two days. I guess it will be done soon." Liu Cheng saw Yi Zhonghai's nervousness and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that it was your idea. Since you are helping me so much, I will definitely not betray you."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't say that he just said it casually at the time, so he could only be vague and said, "Then you must not tell anyone, especially Yan Jiecheng."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Liu Cheng stretched out three fingers and sweared.

Seeing him like this, Yi Zhonghai left worriedly.

That night, the third uncle called Yan Jiecheng out. The father and son sat under the street light at the gate of the courtyard, smoking and waiting for the other to speak first.

Finally, the third uncle spoke first and asked, "Boss, do you really want to go to the Liu family?"

"Dad, I didn't say that." Yan Jiecheng immediately denied it.

"I know you didn't say it." The third uncle pointed at the other person's heart, "but you said it in your heart. You have been indulging Liu Yuhua and Liu Yuhua's mother these days. If you could stop their behavior, things would not have developed to the point now."

"Dad, I didn't. I just didn't think about it that much."

"Yes, you didn't think about it. Of course you don't have to think about it, because someone else has thought about it for you. When you go to the Liu family, you will be provided with delicious food and drinks. You don't have to fight with your brothers and sisters for food and drinks, and you don't have to give me and your mother pension money."

"Dad, I didn't."

"Okay, as long as you are willing to give me pension money."

"Dad, I..."

"What? You don't want to give us money for retirement. Your mother and I worked so hard to raise you. It would be fine if you didn't want to provide for us in our old age and wanted to be a live-in son-in-law, but you don't even want to give us money for retirement. I raised you for nothing."

"Dad, I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you."

"Okay, how much do you plan to give?"

Yan Jiecheng held up five fingers, "Five dollars?"

"Your mother and I are two people. Do you think five dollars is enough?"

"Dad, you always have a salary, and my current salary is not that high. Why don't you wait until I get promoted to a second-level worker next year, and then I'll give you and my mom more."

"Stop, stop, stop making promises for me. I'm familiar with this. My leaders make promises to me every day at school. Now I don't need you to make promises for me. I'll ask you again, how much do you want? If it's less, I'd rather see my in-laws every day than let you move out. You still have to continue to pay me 22 yuan for living expenses."

Hearing the third uncle mention the 22 yuan living expenses, Yan Jiecheng quickly calculated in his mind, his face became firm, and he said: "Dad, I will give you and my mother 8 yuan every month. When I get promoted to level 2, I will increase it by another 10 yuan, making it yuan."

The third uncle thought that he could still collect 8 yuan without worrying about the eldest son's food and drink, so it was okay. Then he said, "I don't object to you and Liu Yuhua living in the Liu family, but we have to make it clear that you are not a live-in son-in-law, and the child born in the future cannot have the surname Liu, but must have the surname Yan. There can be no negligence on this point."

Yan Jiecheng nodded happily and said, "Don't worry, Dad. I'm not a live-in son-in-law, and the child will definitely have the surname Yan. I'm just living in her house for a while, and when the house I applied for is approved, we'll move out and live on our own. If we move in now, our home will be more spacious, and my brothers and sisters won't have to squeeze into the main room."

The third uncle looked at Yan Jiecheng who was looking happy, and said with a wry smile: "Son, you are happy now, but don't regret it after you move into the Liu family. Although you said that you are not a live-in son-in-law, you will be upset if a grown man lives in the woman's house. Just look at Tang Shuliang from the Cao family in the backyard and you will know."

"Dad, I'm not that different from that Tang Shuliang."

The third uncle didn't say anything, but answered Yan Jiecheng silently in his heart: "Maybe you are not as good as Tang Shuliang. At least he is an orphan who became a live-in son-in-law."

Yan Jiecheng happily told Liu Yuhua the result of his negotiation with the third uncle. The two decided that Zhou Tian would have meals at Yan's house for a few days before moving to Liu's house. This would, on the one hand, eliminate the neighbors' negative comments about the Yan family, and on the other hand, prevent the third uncle and aunt from feeling so disappointed.

The next day when Liu Yuhua went to work, he told his father Liu Cheng the good news and asked her mother not to come to the courtyard to deliver food in the next few days to restore the reputation of the Yan family. The successful Liu Cheng naturally agreed.

When Zhou Tianliu's mother warmly welcomed her daughter and son-in-law to move in with her, the third aunt heard the second aunt's merciless ridicule: "The day before yesterday, you were still saying how good it was to have your son and daughter-in-law by your side every day, but you didn't expect that today you became a live-in son-in-law and ran off to the girl's house. Tsk tsk tsk, you're so fickle."

The third aunt angrily scolded: "Who are you talking about? My son just accompanied his wife to his mother-in-law's house for a few days and will be back in a few days."

"Who would believe that? These days people are saying that your family is abusing your daughter-in-law. I think your daughter-in-law ran back to her parents' home." The second aunt laughed.

"I, I, I will tear your mouth apart." The third aunt knew that the second aunt was telling the truth, so she was at a loss for words. However, the other party had bullied her and she could not lower her morale. If she couldn't win the argument, she decided to use force.

So the third aunt reached out and grabbed the second aunt's hair and pulled it down. The second aunt was also merciless and scratched the third aunt's face and hair despite the pain. For a while, the two of them went from standing to bending over, then squatting, and finally lying on the ground. It was really a fight to a draw.

When the first and third uncles heard the noise, they hurried over to separate the two. Seeing that both of them were covered in dirt, the third uncle quickly helped his wife go home, and the first uncle asked the first aunt to help the second aunt go back to the backyard.

Auntie One was wondering why Auntie Two, who usually doesn't like to stir up trouble, took the initiative to provoke Auntie Three today. Auntie One asked, "Auntie Two, what's wrong with you today? Why did you start a fight with Yang Aihua?"