Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

After finishing two classes in the morning, Yan Bugui packed up his things and prepared to go home. This has always been his habit. He never comes late, nor does he stay too long. As long as his classes are finished, he goes straight home.

Just as he packed his things, the principal came over and told him to go to the police station to pay the fine.

Yan Bugui was totally confused. He was in class at school this morning and didn't have time to do anything illegal, let alone go to the police station to pay the fine.

Finally, after the principal explained, everyone in the office understood that the incident was caused by Yan Bugui's eldest son, who stole a cabbage and two radishes from his neighbor.

For a moment, colleagues in the office looked at Yan Bugui with something strange in their eyes.

People like Yan Bugui, who keeps talking about "people's teacher" all day long and shows off his writing skills from time to time, did not expect that he would educate a thief.

If you teach a thief, he will be a thief with a mental problem.

If you steal something, you should steal something valuable, or just steal money or small yellow croakers. This is understandable. There is no one who doesn’t like money.

The result is that you are just stealing a cabbage, two radishes, or something worth a few cents from others.

The layout is too small.

Without even packing up his things, under the strange looks of his colleagues, Yan Bugui hurriedly "ran" to the Hongxing Police Station.

I arrived at the police station, paid the fine, but the person was not released.

Yan Bugui asked, what if there is a letter of understanding?

The people at the police station said that even with the letter of apology he would still be detained for seven days. It was not a big deal. If he paid the money on the spot, he would be detained for one day at most. But Yan Jiecheng said he had no money.

The comrades handling the case believed that Yan Jiecheng was insincere, admitting his mistakes verbally but resisting in his heart. In the end, they gave him the maximum punishment, detaining him for seven days and fining him five yuan.

At the same time, the results of the handling were reported to Yan Jiecheng's unit. As for how the steel rolling mill would deal with him, we would have to wait until Yan Jiecheng's detention ended and he returned to work to find out.

Yan Bugui paid the fine and went straight home without even looking at Yan Jiecheng. He couldn't afford to lose face in front of that man.

After returning to the courtyard, the people in the compound told the story again, intending to find trouble with Yi Zhonghai. However, the neighbors told him that Yi Zhonghai was not at home, and only Tan Guihua was in the house, and she was so angry that her heart disease relapsed.

Feeling unwilling and angry, Yan Bugui did not dare to come to her house at this time. If Tan Guihua's heart disease really relapsed, Yan Bugui could not bear the responsibility.

So Yan Bugui moved a stool and sat under the corridor, staring at the gate of the courtyard. He was waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come back.

"Boss, what's going on?"

Yang Ruihua had just finished his odd jobs and entered the front yard when he saw Yan Bugui staring straight ahead with his eyes wide open. He was shocked and thought that something had happened again.

Yan Bugui did not react. Yang Ruihua stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him, but there was still no reaction.

“Pah…”

Yang Ruihua became ruthless and slapped Yan Bugui in the face.

"Ruihua, why did you hit me?"

Rubbing his face, Yan Bugui looked at Yang Ruihua with dissatisfaction.

"Boss, you scared me to death. I thought you had your eyes open just now..."

As Yang Ruihua was speaking, he couldn't continue and tears started flowing out on the spot.

"You old woman, what are you thinking about all day? I am lost in thought."

"Boss, is there any happy event?"

"Happy news? Let me tell you about it."

When Yan Bugui thought of Yan Jiecheng, his face became filled with dejection.

"what?"

"This...this...makes him confused."

"What should I do from now on? Now is the time to find a matchmaker, this...this...this..."

"Well.."

Yang Ruihua fainted without catching his breath.

Yan Bugui pinched his Ren Zhong point and rubbed his chest. Fortunately, he was just emotionally agitated and after he exhaled, there was no big problem.

"Woooo..."

After Yang Ruihua woke up slowly, he sat on the ground and started crying.

The Yan family already has a bad reputation, and now there's this incident of Yan Jiecheng stealing cabbages. There's no way they'll be able to find a wife in the future, unless they go to a rural area outside Beijing and find one from a poor family.

"Yan Bugui, it's all your fault, it's all your fault."

After crying for a while, Yang Ruihua seemed to have figured something out. She stood up and slapped Yan Bugui in the face.

"Ruihua, you are crazy."

"Crazy? Yan Bugui, I am crazy, okay? Look at what you have done. You have become an adult. You insist on collecting all his money every month. You...you..."

Yang Ruihua covered his chest and fell to the ground again.

"I..."

Yan Bugui felt a little regretful. If he had left two or three dollars of pocket money for Jie Cheng every month, could this incident today have been avoided?

But then again, you paid for the workstation yourself, so what's wrong with getting your money back?

All the calculations you make are for the sake of this family, right?

But why did things turn out like this?

No, I'm not wrong.

It's all Tan Guihua's fault. She shouldn't have called the police at all.

The old man from the Yi family looked kind and benevolent, but it turned out that he was not a good person.

She called the police for something worth just a few cents. Did she know from the beginning that it was stolen?

Or is it that Yi Zhonghai’s story is also involved here?

As luck would have it, after Tan Guihua went to call the police, Yi Zhonghai never came back. It seemed like it was pre-planned.

Is this Lao Yi’s revenge?

Revenge solved?

When did Jie Cheng offend this old bastard?

No, I have to go to the police station again and ask Yan Jiecheng when he offended Yi Zhonghai.

That doesn't make sense. Yi Zhonghai hasn't been to work for a long time, and Xie Cheng has only been back to work at the steel mill for a few months. They have been lying at home most of the time this year. How could Xie Cheng have offended Yi Zhonghai?

"Old Yan, what are you doing? Did you two have a fight?"

As soon as Yi Zhonghai walked into the front yard, he saw Yan Bugui's expression changing back and forth, and Yang Ruihua sitting on the ground crying.

"Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai, why are you so cruel? How has our family offended you?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai, before Yan Bugui stood up, Yang Ruihua jumped up from the ground, rushed to Yi Zhonghai, opened his hands and grabbed Yi Zhonghai's face.

"Yang Ruihua, what are you doing?"

Yi Zhonghai naturally couldn't just stand there and let her scratch him. He would have to go back to work after this month, and if he did, with scratches on his face, wouldn't that make people laugh?

"Old Yan, take your wife back, or don't blame me for being rude."

Yi Zhonghai dodged left and right. Facing Yang Ruihua's attack, he didn't dare to take action. He accidentally touched a place he shouldn't have touched, and he wouldn't be able to explain himself at that time.

"Yi Zhonghai, tell me the truth, how did Jie Cheng offend you?"

Yan Bugui still wanted to save some face after all, so he grabbed Yang Ruihua.

"Old Yan, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"

Judging from Yan Bugui's expression and Yang Ruihua's reaction, Yi Zhonghai understood that it was Yan Jiecheng who stole the cabbage and radishes from his garden. He estimated that Yan Jiecheng had been detained by now.