Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

He Yuzhu took the wine glass and bowls and chopsticks and walked to Xu Wude's side and sat down. He poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Dad, you have wanted to come back for a long time. The last time I went to see you, I asked you about this. Why didn't you say you wanted to come back?!"

He Daqing said: "Don't you want to save face?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Which is more important, having children and grandchildren around you, or saving face?!"

He Daqing was suddenly speechless.

He Yuzhu continued, "It's just right that you're back. Your grandson is learning cooking from me now. Now that you're back, let him learn from you. Don't take your cooking skills with you to your grave. You'll be too embarrassed to go down and see my grandparents then."

"Hey?! You idiot, you actually assigned work to your father, me?!" After saying that, He Daqing picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in it in one gulp.

He Yuzhu smiled and picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass of wine into He Daqing's glass, then said: "You know what has happened in recent years. Although I can cook Tan's dishes, my skills are far inferior to yours."

"Stop talking! Can't I teach you?!" He Daqing then changed the subject and continued, "Tan's dishes require shark fin, ginseng, abalone and belly. These things are not easy to prepare now!"

Yan Jiekuang came over with a sly look on his face and said, "Uncle He, I can get you all these things like shark fin, sea cucumber, abalone and belly. How about you show us your skills during the New Year and let us have a taste of Tan's cuisine?"

Yan Bugui rolled his eyes at Yan Jiekuang and said, "This is my third child. When you left, he was just born. It's normal that you haven't seen him."

He Daqing said, "Boy, this thing is not easy to get now. Do you have this method?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "This thing is not easy to get for others. But it is an easy task for me. Wait! I will get it for you!" After that, Yan Jiekuang ran out of the central courtyard in a hurry.

After about five or six minutes, Yan Jiekuang came back with a cloth bag. He walked to He Daqing and said, "Look at these things. Are you satisfied?!"

He Daqing casually picked up a bag of dried abalone, opened it and looked at it carefully, then smelled it and said, "This stuff is good! It was not possible to get such good stuff before liberation." Then He Daqing wrapped the abalone, put it back into the bag, and took out another bag. This bag contained dried sea cucumbers.

He Daqing pinched the sea cucumber, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Okay! In view of these things, I promise to cook you a meal. These things need to be soaked. Calculating the date, this meal will be at noon on the fifth day of the New Year." After that, He Daqing put the things back into the cloth bag.

Yan Jiekuang generously handed the cloth bag to He Yuzhu and said, "Brother Zhuzi, put it away!"

He Daqing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Boy, these things are not cheap. Are you willing to spend them?" Then he looked at Yan Bugui. Seeing that Yan Bugui did not respond, He Daqing muttered, "This is not right! Why is Yan Lao not stingy now?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "That was an old story from more than ten years ago."

Xu Wood echoed: "Not only is Old Yan no longer stingy, he has also become generous."

Yan Bugui said: "This is all thanks to my Jie Kuang. Otherwise, I would not have woken up. If you can't eat well, you can't eat poor. If you don't plan well, you will be poor. No matter how much you plan, it will all be in vain in the end."

After dinner, people dispersed. Because Xu Damao provided movie tickets, many people went to watch a movie. Even if they didn't go to the movie, they went out to play. Liu Lan, Liu Aidi, Gu Jinlian and the three aunts were busy packing up and washing dishes. He Daqing and his wife, supported by He Yuzhu and He Yushui, walked into the east wing.

After entering the house, He Daqing asked He Yuzhu and He Yushui to sit down and said, "When we came back this time, we sold the house in Baocheng. I discussed it with your mother and I will give you 200 each as a gift for the four children."

As soon as He Daqing finished speaking, Li Xiufang took out two stacks of money and placed them in front of He Yushui and He Yuzhu respectively. Li Xiufang said, "Zhuzi, Yushui! You should have heard your father about my situation. I will never have my own children in this life. It is said that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Since I am marrying your father, I will treat you two as my own sons and daughters. Your father and I have pensions. So you don't have to worry about us in terms of money."

He Yuzhu said: "You can keep your pension for yourselves. I am not yet at the point where I need to use your pension. Anyway, I will have something to eat in the future, and I will never let you starve."

He Yushui said: "I will come back often in the future. When the time comes, you can't find me annoying."

At the same time, in the front yard, Yan Jiekuang's house.

Yan Jiedi and Su Zihui sat on the sofa, eating melon seeds and chatting. As they chatted, Yan Jiedi talked about Su Zihao. At this time, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zilong also walked in from outside. Yan Jiedi shouted, "Brother!"

"Yeah!" Yan Jiekuang and Su Zilong walked over to sit opposite them. Yan Jiekuang said, "I just heard you mention Su Zihao. What's wrong with him?!"

Su Zilong said: "My father and his men wanted to transfer him back to Sijiu City. But my brother disagreed. Then my sister-in-law followed the army."

Yan Jie Di said, "Luckily my sister-in-law went there in time. You don't know that a woman from the telephone company in his army was pursuing him. If it wasn't for his future, my sister-in-law would have made a scene a long time ago."

Su Zihui frowned slightly and said, "Why is Big Brother becoming more and more confused?!"

Su Zilong said, "He's not confused. He just likes this. He likes to see women fighting for him. But this time he almost got into trouble." Then he changed the subject and asked, "Jie Kuang, I heard that you bought a courtyard house?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "You are wrong! It is not one set, but four sets."

Yan Jie Di asked in surprise: "Brother, why did you buy so many courtyard houses?! Can you live in them?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "What kind of place is our Sijiu City?! Don't think that houses are worthless now. You never know in the future. I advise you, if you have money, to buy some houses now while they are cheap. Even if not for you, you should consider your children."

Yan Jiedi and Su Zilong looked at each other. Yan Jiedi asked, "Brother, where do you think we should buy a house?"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "The closer to the Forbidden City, the better. And it's best to have a complete courtyard house. I advise you not to buy a single room or something like that."

Yan Jiedi asked: "Brother, buying a house costs a lot of money. Where do you get so much money?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Of course I earned it myself."

Su Zihui added, "Jie Di, your brother is very capable! When he was in the Northeast, he bought a bunch of scrap parts from the scrap warehouse by the pound. He tinkered with them and put them together to make a tractor. He then sold it to the brigade and made a fortune. In addition, when he came back from visiting his relatives, he bought a projector from Sijiucheng. He made several thousand dollars from this projector alone. What's more, when he was in the Northeast, your brother often went hunting in the mountains. He also dug up a lot of old ginseng. Anyway, he is very capable of making money!"

Su Zilong suddenly said, "If I had known that it was so easy to make money in the Northeast, why would I have joined the army?!"