Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Yan Bugui thought about it and shook his head, saying, "Not appropriate!"

Yan Jiecheng hurriedly asked: "Why is it inappropriate?!"

Yan Bugui smiled and replied, "We can't take advantage of you two. Look! You eat breakfast and dinner at home now, and you eat lunch at work. Your current situation is only temporary. When things get better, you'll start traveling long distances, and you'll seldom eat a meal at home in a week. Your wife works in a textile factory. They work in three shifts, and except for rest time, she eats at the factory the rest of the time. If you want to eat with us, not only will you have to pay, you'll also have to give your mother the grain purchase certificate. You know the math better than I do. Do I need to say more?!"

Yan Jiecheng came over and said that the reason for joining the couple was actually to deal with the current situation. When the situation gets better, they can break up. But he didn't expect his father to directly reject his proposal. Yan Jiecheng's face turned ugly in an instant, and he said sourly: "You only favor the second and third sons!"

The third aunt couldn't sit still anymore and said, "What do you mean we favor the second and third children?! Think about it carefully. Your father and I have raised you for so many years. How much have you contributed to the family?! Let's not talk about Jie Kuang, let's talk about Jiefang. He knows to go fishing on his days off to earn money to support the family. What about you?! What have you done?!"

Yan Jiecheng muttered, "Didn't I have any difficulty buying food for my family that time?!"

Yan Bugui glared and said, "How dare you say that?! You did work hard, but didn't you eat the most that time?!"

Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad! Let's talk it out. Why do I eat the most?! Isn't it you who always shares with us?!"

Yan Bugui said, "You haven't eaten the most? Who snatched the steamed bread from your younger brothers and sisters?!"

Yan Jiecheng was silent immediately. That's right, Yan Jiecheng used to take advantage of his status as the eldest brother and often snatched food from his three younger brothers and sisters.

Yan Bugui continued, "It's good for us to live separately now. If you really can't get used to it, apply for a house from your company and move out as soon as possible."

"Want to drive me away? No way!" After saying that, Yan Jiecheng ran out angrily.

The third aunt looked at Yan Jiecheng's back and said, "Old Yan, if Jiecheng continues like this, how will he get along with Jiefang and the other two in the future?!"

Yan Bugui smiled bitterly and said, "Don't you see? It's not a big deal to liberate the three of them. But they can't show it too obviously because of our face." Then Yan Bugui sighed deeply and said, "I, Yan Bugui, have been teaching and educating people for so many years. After all this time, I can't even educate my own children! What a failure!"

Although Yan Jiecheng is not a good son, he is a decent husband. After returning home, Yan Jiecheng fell directly on the bed and fell asleep. At about 10:30 in the evening, Yan Jiecheng got up from the bed, simply wiped his face, and then went out. Yu Li worked the middle shift today and got off work at 12 o'clock in the evening. If she had not gotten married, Yu Li could live in the dormitory, but now that Yu Li is married, she can no longer live in the dormitory. Yan Jiecheng walked to the door of Yu Li's unit, and there were already many people waiting there. You don't need to ask to know that they are all here to pick up their family members.

Just after midnight, Yu Li and her colleagues on the mid-shift came out of the factory. Yan Jiecheng came over, took the things from Yu Li, and said, "Let's go home."

"Yeah!" Yu Li responded and followed Yan Jiecheng towards the courtyard.

As they were walking, Yu Li suddenly asked, "Jie Cheng, there are so many bicycles at home. Why don't you ride one when you come to pick me up?!"

Yan Jiecheng smiled bitterly in his heart and said, "It's not that I don't want to ride my bike to pick you up. It's just that Jie Kuang said that bicycles and wives are not available for loan."

"Pfft!" Yu Li couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect a little brat like Yan Jiekuang to say something like that." Then she asked, "Other families are lucky to have one bicycle. You have three. Where did you get all these bicycles?!"

Yan Jiecheng replied, "They assembled it themselves." Then Yan Jiecheng told Yu Li all about Yan Jiekuang's work in assembling bicycles, repairing radios, and repairing watches. After listening to Yan Jiecheng's story, Yu Li pondered for a few seconds and asked, "If we pay for your brother to make bicycles, radios, and watches for us, do you think he would be willing?"

Yan Jiecheng answered without thinking: "You don't need to ask! Even if you give them money, they won't help us. Before we got married, I wanted Jiefang to get a bicycle. Jiefang said it would cost at least thirty. I said I would give him thirty, but he just wouldn't agree."

Yu Li's sense of smell is quite sharp, otherwise the TV series would have opened a restaurant. Yu Li noticed the loophole in Yan Jiecheng's words and asked, "Is the thirty yuan for the parts, or is it also included in the labor costs?!"

Yan Jiecheng replied: "We are all family members, why should we charge labor fees? The thirty yuan is for the spare parts." Then he asked: "What's the matter? Is there anything wrong?!"

Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng as if he were a fool and said, "Everyone in our hospital says that Shazhu is stupid. I think you are even more stupid than Shazhu. Don't call you Yan Jiecheng anymore. Just call me Shacheng! You always say 'brothers should be clear about accounts'. How can you not be clear about accounts when doing things?! I don't know where they get the parts. But I know that bicycle parts are not cheap. Thirty yuan, maybe they have to pay for it themselves. Besides, they worked hard to fix the bicycle, and you just said 'thank you!' and didn't say anything else. Who would be willing to help you?!"

Yan Jiecheng muttered, "We are all family, why bother with each other?"

Yu Li glared at Yan Jiecheng unhappily and said, "I'm convinced by you. Don't worry about the bicycle. I'll go find Jie Kuang later."

Yan Jiecheng reminded him, "It's no use looking for him. It's more reliable for you to look for Jiefang."

It was almost one in the morning when Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li returned home. Because Yan Jiecheng had to go to work when it was daybreak, the two of them simply washed up and went to bed. After daybreak, when Yan Jiecheng got up from the bed, he saw Yu Li still sleeping soundly. Yan Jiecheng didn't feel comfortable waking Yu Li up to cook for him. Yan Jiecheng could only go to work on an empty stomach.

No one cared, and no one disturbed her. Yu Li slept until ten o'clock in the morning. After getting up, Yu Li simply washed up and started to make lunch. At the same time, in the sand casting workshop of the steel rolling mill, Xie Laoliu finished his work, walked to Jia Dongxu, handed him a cigarette, and asked, "Dongxu, what are your plans for the lunch break?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "Brother Xie, what else do you have to plan besides finding a place to sleep?!" Then he asked: "Brother Xie, do you have other ideas?!"

Xie Laoliu said, "I see you're short of money lately, how about I take you to a place where you can make some quick money?!"

When Jia Dongxu heard that there was money to be made, he immediately perked up and asked, "Brother Xie, where?!"

Xie Laoliu said, "Don't worry about where it is. After lunch, wait for me under the locust tree at the entrance of the cafeteria. I'll take you there then."

"Okay!" Jia Dongxu was now overwhelmed by the word "making money" and agreed without thinking.