Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

Yan Jiecheng said coldly: "Don't tell me these are impossible. I can't possibly pay for this."

Yan Bugui was also angry and shouted: "You must pay this money, otherwise you will get out of this house."

Yan Jiecheng sneered: "Haha, do you think I am willing to live in this shabby house with leaks everywhere? I have had enough of your calculations and exploitation. I will rent a house tomorrow."

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Yan Bugui was so speechless that he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Yang Ruihua pretended to be angry and said, "Xie Cheng, what are you talking about? How can a family live separately? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if the news gets out?"

Yan Jiecheng said sadly, "Why are you afraid of being laughed at? Our family has long been a joke among people because of Yan Bugui. Now people point fingers at me wherever I go."

"The matchmaker sighed when she saw me, and the girl ran away when she heard my name. If I stay in this family any longer, I probably won't be able to find a wife in my lifetime."

"So I decided that I would move out and never have to deal with this shit at home again."

Yan Bugui was furious and said, "You rebellious son, explain yourself clearly. What do you mean that because of me, our family has become a joke among people?"

Yan Jiecheng said sarcastically, "Isn't it? If it weren't for your stinginess, there wouldn't be absurd rumors that the three of us brothers were only going to marry one wife."

"If it weren't for you cheating Sha Zhu of his property and extorting money from students, our family wouldn't be condemned and reviled by thousands of people."

Yan Bugui was furious and said, "Can you blame me for this? I am doing this for our family."

Yan Jiecheng said with disdain: "Don't talk so high-soundingly. You are not doing this for this family, you are doing this all for yourself and for your ridiculous face."

"Is our family really as poor as you say? No one in the hospital has a bicycle, but you are the first one to ride one. If it weren't for what happened later, you would have even bought a radio. I didn't wrong you, did I?"

When Yan Jiefang and his two siblings heard what their eldest brother said, they all nodded in unison. In fact, they were also full of resentment towards Yan Bugui.

If the three of them were not yet capable of surviving on their own, they would probably have fallen out with Yan Bugui.

Yan Jiecheng's words left Yan Bugui with no way to refute because what the other party said was true.

Even if these were all facts, Yan Bugui would not reflect on himself, but would become even more angry, because Yan Jiecheng had touched his sore spot, hurt his face, and trampled his dignity as a father into the dirt.

"Yan Jiecheng, you are such a rebellious son. You can move out, but you must pay me back all the money I have spent on you over the years."

Yan Jiecheng said calmly: "It is impossible for me to pay back this money, because raising the child is your obligation."

"Of course, children also have the obligation to support their parents. When you are over 60, I will pay you a certain amount of support."

Yan Bugui was at a loss for words again and started cursing:

"You bastard, don't you want to run away from home? Get out of here now."

"Go ahead, I'll stay at my classmate's house tonight and come back tomorrow to move my things."

After saying this, Yan Jiecheng rushed into the rain.

Yang Ruihua hurriedly shouted: "Yan Jiecheng, come back here!"

Yan Bugui said angrily: "Why are you still calling him a rebellious son? Just let him fend for himself!"

Yang Ruihua turned his head and glared at Yan Bugui, shouting hysterically:

"Yan Bugui, you bastard, you're going to break up this family sooner or later. I'm warning you, if you keep going like this, I'm going to live alone with you."

Facing his daughter-in-law's rage, Yan Bugui couldn't help but shrink his neck and said in a slightly flattering tone:

"Wife, don't worry, as long as I am here, this family will not fall apart."

Yan Bugui sneered, "With you here? You can't even make ten yuan a month now, can you rely on me?"

Yan Bugui's face instantly turned purple and he wanted to scold Yang Ruihua, but he didn't dare to because he was afraid that Yang Ruihua would really divorce him.

Yan Bugui suppressed his anger and said in a gentle voice:

"Wife, I promise you that our lives will get better slowly."

"I've heard you say this for so long that my ears are callused, but what's the result?"

"Wife, just wait and see how I perform in the future!"

Yang Ruihua said nothing more and sat in the corner sulking.

Yan Bugui's expression changed several times, and he forced a smile and said in a gentle voice:

"Liberate, Jiekuang, come with me to the kitchen to cook."

Yan Jiefang said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, you can cook by yourself, why do you ask us to do it?"

Yan Jiekuang agreed, "Yes! Mom usually cooks alone. Why do you need two people to help you cook?"

Yan Bugui's eyes widened with anger: "What? I can't stop you two, right?"

"The kitchen is leaking. Doesn't someone have to hold an umbrella for me and light the fire? Do you still want to have dinner?"

Most people in Beijing at that time used coal stoves to cook. Coal stoves were divided into two types: coal ball stoves and honeycomb coal stoves.

The coal briquette stove requires frequent lighting and adding of coal, which is more complicated to operate, but it has strong fire power.

Honeycomb coal stoves are relatively convenient. You just need to add and replace the honeycomb coal. There is no need to light a fire frequently. It is cleaner than a coal ball stove.

In addition to the small fire, the honeycomb coal stove has another disadvantage, which is that honeycomb coal is a little expensive. For a stingy person like Yan Bugui, he would definitely choose to use a coal briquette stove.

Moreover, his coal briquette stove not only burns coal briquettes, but also firewood. After all, buying coal costs money, while firewood can be picked up everywhere and does not require money. The main purpose is to save money.

Yan Jiekuang said weakly: "Dad, our books are all wet, and we need to light a fire to dry them out."

Yan Bugui said angrily: "Can't we do this after dinner?"

Yang Ruihua couldn't bear to see this and said impatiently:

"Okay, don't embarrass the kids. You light the fire and I'll cook."

After saying this, Yang Ruihua took the bamboo hat off the wall, turned around and walked into the kitchen.

Seeing this, Yan Bugui also took off a bamboo hat and walked into the kitchen.

Because the firewood was wet by the rain, Yan Bugui tried for a long time but failed to start a fire.

Yang Ruihua said with disgust: "You can't even light a fire, what use are you? Get out of here, let me do it!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui stood aside with a gloomy face.

Yang Ruihua took out a newspaper, quickly lit a fire, and said coldly:

"You'd better get out! I'm worried that you'll put out the fire again."

Yan Bugui turned and left the kitchen, his heart filled with rage. He was not angry at Yang Ruihua's rude remarks to him, but he was resentful of He Yuzhu.

He stubbornly believed that all his misfortunes were caused by He Yuzhu. If it were not for He Yuzhu, he would not have been expelled from school, let alone ruined his reputation.

If he were still a teacher, he could get a salary of nearly 30 yuan every month, his children would not be alienated from him, and his wife would not be cold to him.

"Shazhu, you bastard, this is all your fault, I won't let you off easy!"