Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

After a day of parade, Yan Bugui was released back home. Today, the Yan family is destined to become a hot topic of discussion among every household in Nanluoguxiang.

What no one expected was that the Yan family was surprisingly harmonious and not as noisy as they had imagined.

Those who wanted to continue watching the fun in Yard 95 could only go home unwillingly to eat and sleep.

"Boss, you've suffered."

Yang Ruihua brought foot washing water to Yan Bugui with concern. Looking at Yan Bugui's tired expression, tears immediately flowed down.

"Ruihua, what are you doing? We are all doing this for the children."

In front of the children, Yan Bugui was too embarrassed to wipe the tears from Yang Ruihua's face.

"Jiefang, Jiekuang, what did Director Fan say about your work today?"

Yan Bugui directly changed the topic to their work.

Yan Jiefang's face was full of excitement: "Dad, you are amazing. Director Fan said before he left that we should report to the factory tomorrow."

"Yes, Dad, Director Fan also said that we will be trained as models."

Yan Jiekuang was of course extremely happy that the work he had been longing for was finally done.

"Wow, that's great. Does this mean our family will have four full-time employees in the future?"

As the youngest, Yan Jiedi was also dancing with joy. With more people earning money in the family, living conditions would naturally improve.

"Girl, you think too much. Your dad is unemployed now. Jiefang and Jie Kuang were interns when they entered the factory. They can only be regular employees after working for three years."

“That’s more than I earned before.”

"Haha, girl, you are right."

Yan Bugui no longer had the decadent look he had when he was being criticized.

"Master, if this happens, our family's reputation will be completely ruined. How are Jiefang and Jiekuang going to get married in the future?"

Although it is true that Yan Bugui had found internships for his two sons, the reputation of the Yan family, especially the two brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang, would make it more difficult for them to get married in the future.

"Ruihua, you still don't understand. If it weren't for what happened today, would someone have introduced them to a matchmaker?"

"But.."

"Don't say buts. It would be great if we could take advantage of this opportunity to get their jobs done. When the storm is over, we can think of a way to restore their reputations. It'll just be a little later in the marriage."

Yan Bugui is very open-minded. Reputation is something that is useful if you care about it, but if you don’t care about it, then that’s it.

Besides, as long as you have a job, isn't it easy to get married? It's not easy to find a city girl who knows you well, and there are too many girls in the surrounding remote rural areas who are willing to marry in the city.

Since Yan Bugui said this, Yang Ruihua had nothing more to say.

After a short rest, Yang Ruihua and Yan Jiedi went to prepare dinner. After a busy whole day, their soles were sore and they were already hungry.

"Dad, let me give you a shoulder massage."

"I, I'll give you a leg massage."

Through this incident, the two of them gained the greatest benefit, so naturally they did not have so many complaints against Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui closed his eyes comfortably: "Jiefang, Jiekuang, your father has also tried his best. If you two are not filial in the future, you will be struck by lightning."

"Dad, don't worry, we two brothers are not the kind of unfilial people."

Yan Jiefang said very solemnly.

"Uh-huh."

Yan Jiekuang also nodded continuously.

"Hopefully."

Having said that, no one could tell what happened afterwards, and Yan Bugui just assumed that what they said was true.

"Dad, just put your mind at ease. By the way, Dad, how did you know that Yi Zhonghai would report you?"

Yan Jiefang didn't want to talk about filial piety for too long, so he changed the subject directly.

"Haha, no matter how cunning Yi Zhonghai is, he still drank my foot washing water."

"Let me tell you, Yi Zhonghai has always been a hypocritical person who cannot stand seeing others doing well. Last night, I brought the things I bought and deliberately dangled them in front of Yi Zhonghai to provoke him and bring out his desire for revenge. Besides, the relationship between our two families has been getting worse over the past few years. What Yi Zhonghai lacks is an opportunity. I personally brought the opportunity to him. It would be strange if he could resist it."

At this point, a proud look emerged on Yan Bugui's face. He indeed deserved to be proud of himself. This time, things went completely according to his script, and he successfully helped the two children find jobs.

Yan Jiekuang also asked: "Dad, how did you come up with this idea?"

"I have to thank Liu Guozheng for this."

"Dad, what does Liu Guozheng have to do with this?"

"I actually ran into Liu Guozheng when I was shopping at the office yesterday. Before I left, he told me to be careful of being reported for speculation. After I came back, an idea suddenly occurred to me. After pondering it over again, I decided to give it a try."

"Dad, luckily things are going according to your plan. If it had failed, wouldn't it have been a big loss?"

When talking about failure, Yan Jiefang's face changed. If he really failed, both his reputation and his job would be ruined, which would be tragic.

"Failure? Failure doesn't exist in your father's dictionary."

Yan Bugui suddenly opened his eyes, his pride evident on his face.

Yan Jiekuang asked his doubts: "Dad, you said you wanted to thank Liu Guozheng, so why did you try to drag Liu Guozheng into the water?"

"I know Liu Guozheng too well. I was afraid he would notice something, so I deliberately diverted his attention."

"Could Liu Guozheng still cause trouble?"

"It's hard to say. You all know that Liu Guozheng has always looked down on people in our hospital. I'm just adding insurance."

"Dad, this is what we call calculation. It feels like you are very shrewd and calculating."

Yan Jiekuang's eyes lit up and he gave Yan Bugui a thumbs up.

"Dad, so, when you asked those neighbors to come out and testify, did you have any plans in mind?"

Yan Jiefang stopped what he was doing, turned around, moved a stool, sat next to Yan Bugui, supported his chin with both hands, and looked at Yan Bugui with admiration.

Seeing Yan Jiefang's admiring eyes, time seemed to go back to the past. When the children were young, every time he told a story, they looked at him with such eyes. At this moment, Yan Bugui felt extremely satisfied.

"Yes, I was worried at the time. What if someone really came out to testify for me?"

"Dad, you must have been very nervous at that time, right?"

"It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous. Fortunately, I didn't misjudge those neighbors. They are selfish people who won't get themselves into trouble for others."

"Dad, you are still the best."

For the first time in so many years, Yan Jiefang truly felt that his father was really amazing.

"Dad, I heard from Director Fan that Yi Zhonghai will be allowed to return to work tomorrow."

"what?"

"What's wrong, Dad?"

Yan Jiefang looked at Yan Bugui nervously.

"Amazing, amazing, I didn't expect this, I really didn't expect this."

Yan Bugui had to admire Yi Zhonghai. In this matter, Yan Bugui felt that he was a shrewd man who had put himself in the game, but he did not expect that Yi Zhonghai had also put himself in the game.

Yan Jiefang was a little worried: "Dad, nothing will happen, right?"

"It's okay. Yi Zhonghai is still a little bit worse than me. By the way, in the future, don't provoke Yi Zhonghai, the hypocrite, in the factory, lest you be schemed by him."

"Understood, Dad."

The two brothers looked at each other, seemed to understand something, and nodded at the same time.

Yan Bugui asked again: "Did Director Fan tell you which department to join?"

"no"

"Maybe just stay on the picket line?"

Hearing the two men say they wanted to stay in the patrol team, Yan Bugui became anxious again. The patrol team looked very powerful, but they were doing jobs that offended people. Who knows, one day they might be retaliated against.

So Yan Bugui warned the two of them seriously: "Listen carefully, if you really stay in the patrol team, when you follow the work, especially when you criticize people, you must be more relaxed and tactful, and don't offend people. Do you understand?"

Seeing Yan Bugui's serious expression, the two nodded as if they understood.

Now the two brothers are quite convinced of Yan Bugui. Since their father said so, it must be for their own good.