Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

At daybreak, Yang Ruihua returned to the courtyard. She had to prepare breakfast for the family. No matter whether she felt sad or happy, life had to go on.

In the morning, Yang Ruihua went to the school to ask for leave for Yan Bugui, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and of course Yan Jiedi, who would be the main person to take care of his father and brother in the next few months.

Yang Ruihua didn't dare stay in the hospital all the time to take care of the father and his four sons. She had to go to the neighborhood committee to find odd jobs to earn money to support the family expenses.

The only option was to let Yan Jiedi temporarily drop out of school for half a year and wait and see how the situation develops in the second half of the year.

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

What happened in the Yan family soon spread throughout Nanluoguxiang and its surrounding areas.

Leaders and colleagues of Yan Bugui's school went to the hospital to visit him one after another. When the principal took out the fifty yuan donated by all the teachers in the school, Yang Ruihua's eyes were filled with tears. The money came at the right time and was like timely help.

On the contrary, Yan Jiecheng was very embarrassed. No one from the steel mill came to visit him, and his nominal senior brother and master were nowhere to be seen. It is conceivable how much of a failure this guy is.

"Old Yan, it's already happened, don't think about it anymore, just take care of yourself and tell us if you have any problems. We, the neighbors, won't let you go on like this."

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu, representing the neighbors in the compound, also came to the courtyard to visit Yan Bugui.

"Lao Yi, Lao Liu, Sha Zhu, I...I thank you all."

The three of them did not come empty-handed. They brought two eggs, a package of pastries, and of course, thirty yuan that they had pooled together.

"Old Yan, I won't say anything. Just be more careful next time."

Needless to say, this must have been said by Liu Haizhong. You will never hear nice words from him. Even in the hospital, he will not say nice words.

Sha Zhu didn't say anything, but his eyes revealed disdain.

"Old Yi, you're not allowed to pay back the money, right?"

Well, Yi Zhonghai was almost driven away by this sentence. The emotions that had just been brewing disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Old Yan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but will you never change your calculating habit?"

"I've also heard about what happened this time. It was caused by a mistake in calculation due to being too clever."

"If they kill you, won't your Yan family be completely gone?"

"Old Yan, tell me, the people are gone, what do you need money for?"

Before coming, Yi Zhonghai had already thought about it, visiting an "old friend" would not be considered impolite, but he didn't know that Yan Bugui was scheming all the time.

He paid twenty out of the thirty yuan, Liu Haizhong paid ten yuan, and the two eggs were paid by Sha Zhu.

Originally, Yi Zhonghai wanted to pay no cent, but he couldn't stand Tan Guihua's nagging at home, so he had to pay twenty.

If you ask why Tan Guihua sympathizes with the Yan family so much, in fact, she only sympathizes with Yang Ruihua. She has personally experienced the hardships of taking care of someone with a broken leg. After all, Yi Zhonghai's legs were broken twice.

"Old Yi, you haven't said whether you need to pay it back or not?"

"You... Humph, no need. This is a little token of our appreciation. Okay, take good care of it. We're leaving now."

Yi Zhonghai turned around and left the ward with a cold face. When Sha Zhu saw that even the old man had left, he followed Yi Zhonghai out.

"Old Yan, you are amazing."

The smile on Liu Haizhong's face looked very fake, the kind where his face was smiling but his heart was not.

"See? This is called calculation. You should all learn from this."

Looking at the thirty yuan in his hand and the package of pastries on the bedside, Yan Bugui was in a good mood.

"What? Don't you three want to say something?"

None of Yan Jiecheng's five brothers and sisters spoke a word.

Apart from Yan Jiecheng who brought his own broken leg upon himself, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang were both wronged. They were simply implicated. It would be strange if they were in a good mood now.

"Yes, you have a good plan. You have even broken your son's legs."

"That's great, awesome, really awesome."

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang both spoke with sarcastic tones.

"You, you two little brats, you are really rebellious."

"Dad, please calm down. How about we share this cake? We also need good nutrition to replenish our bodies."

"Yan Jiecheng, you still have the nerve to speak like this? If it weren't for you, would our family have become like this?"

"Dad, you can't blame me for this. You should blame yourself for not planning well enough and causing us to get into trouble."

"Yan Jiecheng, you still want to eat cakes? These were bought for me by Lao Yi and Lao Liu. If you want to eat them, then pay for them. If you don't have money, not only you, but even my own father wouldn't be able to eat them."

After saying that, Yan Bugui pressed the pastries directly onto the head of his bed.

"Girl, take these two eggs home and ask your mother to cook them."

"Dad, can I have one?"

"Since you take care of dad, I'll let you eat an egg yolk. Egg yolk is the most nutritious."

"Thanks dad."

Yan Jiedi took two eggs and ran home.

In the afternoon, Wang Sigen also went to the hospital to visit Yan Bugui. After all, they were old neighbors for many years, so the proper etiquette should still be observed.

When Wang Sigen came, he brought two apples and a package of cakes.

"Si Gen, this is your fault. After all, it was caused by your drinking. Shouldn't you express your opinion?"

"Uncle Yan, what do you mean? I came to see you, didn't I? Besides, I didn't care about you reporting me to the police."

"What do you mean? Shouldn't you give me a hundred bucks to compensate me?"

"Why?"

"Just because you sell expensive wine on the black market, and because you are rich now."

"Haha, Yan Bugui, how can you say such things? I can see clearly that you deserve it. You deserve it."

Wang Sigen was also angry. Before he came, Xu Damao had advised him not to go to the hospital to visit Yan Bugui. Now, he felt that his kindness had been taken for granted.

"Wang Sigen, if it wasn't you, how could my leg be broken? How could the legs of the three brothers be broken? Ultimately, it was you, Wang Sigen, who caused this. You can't shirk this responsibility."

"Okay, okay, it was me, Wang Sigen, who was wrong. I was really wrong."

Having said that, Wang Sigen turned around and left the ward. He didn't want to stay here anymore, nor did he want to argue with Yan Bugui anymore.

Then he thought, no, I came to see you and you blame me. I can't let you eat the things I brought even if I throw them away. Thinking of this, Wang Sigen went back to the ward and took away the things he brought.

Before leaving, Wang Sigen took out another two cents and placed them on the bedside of Yan Bugui, saying, "Yan Bugui, this is the gift money you gave me for my wedding. I'm returning it to you now. From now on, our two families don't need to have any more contact. I can't afford to marry someone like you."

Yan Bugui was dumbfounded. This was different from what he thought?

I originally thought that I could get some money from Wang Sigen, but I didn't expect that Wang Sigen has become a different person, completely different from his former timid look. As a result, the relationship between the two families has completely broken down.

Although the relationship was not very good before, at least it was a normal neighborly relationship.

Now, the relationship is completely severed.