Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

It was probably a reunion of old friends, or perhaps for some other reason. The leader got drunk at noon. After lunch, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihao escorted the leader to the car. After the car left, Yan Jiekuang took out a cigarette box from his pocket, took out two cigarettes and handed one to Su Zihao.

Su Zihao took the cigarette and asked, "Are you really not going to be the director of the Red Star Steel Mill?!"

Yan Jiekuang lit up a cigarette and replied, "I am only suitable to be a hands-off manager. I cannot be a factory director."

Su Zihao said: "If you can't be a leader, you can learn. Not everyone is born to be a leader."

Yan Jiekuang smiled, threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, stomped it out with his toes, and walked straight into the door. Su Zihao looked at Yan Jiekuang's back, frowned tightly, and thought to himself: "He doesn't even want to be an official. He really wasted such a good opportunity?! I really don't know why Xiaohui likes this guy?!" Then he sighed and muttered: "It's really impossible to put dog meat on the banquet. He has no ambition."

After staying for a while, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui took their three children back to Shajing Hutong.

"Hey?! Jiekuang, you guys came back early today!!" Yan Jiekuang and his wife had just walked in with their children when they saw Su Zilong playing with his son and Yan Xuehong. Just as Yan Jiekuang was about to speak, Su Zilong's voice reached their ears first.

Yan Jiekuang said: "Some people don't like me. What's the point of me staying here?!"

Su Zilong reacted instantly and said, "Why don't you just treat him as a dead person?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "The dead won't hang around in front of you."

Su Zilong continued, "You think my elder brother has Alzheimer's disease in advance."

"Puff!" Yan Jiekuang didn't laugh, but Su Zihui couldn't help but laugh out loud first and said, "Second brother, how can you say that about eldest brother?!"

Su Zilong said: "That's an understatement. Fortunately, he is my elder brother. If it were someone else, I would have dealt with him long ago."

Su Zihui heard the hidden meaning in Su Zilong's words, walked to Su Zilong's side with a smile, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what's going on?! You and eldest brother used to be good friends. Why do you act like enemies now?!"

Su Zilong said: "Let's not talk about the past."

Yan Jiekuang seemed to have guessed something. He gently pulled Su Zihui and whispered in Su Zihui's ear: "I guess your second brother has been demobilized and the things inside must be related to your eldest brother. You'd better not ask."

"Oh!" Su Zihui responded, stuck out her tongue, and returned to the house with the three children who were already dozing off. After Su Zihui left, Yan Jiekuang took out a cigarette box, took out two cigarettes and handed one to Su Zilong. Su Zilong looked at the cigarettes and said, "Just one?! Aren't you too stingy?!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled, took out a new pack of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into Su Zilong's hand. Su Zilong weighed the cigarette in his hand and joked, "This is good enough." Then he asked, "Is the house lively today?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It's lively! How can it not be lively?" Then Yan Jiekuang told Su Zilong about the big boss coming to see him. After listening to He Yuzhu's narration, Su Zilong said in surprise, "You are so good! You don't even want to be the factory director. Do you want to go to heaven?!"

Yan Jiekuang said angrily: "Do you have any brains?! Is it so easy to be a factory director?! Don't let others sell you out and you still help them count money."

Su Zilong muttered, "Don't I feel sorry for you?!"

Yan Jiekuang pretended not to hear and left the front yard. Su Zilong looked at Yan Jiekuang's back, sighed deeply, and muttered: "This kid is still the Yan Jiekuang I know. So lazy!"

The sun sets and the moon rises, the moon sets and the sun rises. Soon it was the fifth day of the New Year. Early in the morning, just after Lou Xiao'e had breakfast, she received a report from housekeeper Fu that someone was looking for her. Lou Xiao'e guessed that it must be the big boss who sent someone to pick her up. Lou Xiao'e changed her clothes, took her handbag and some local specialties from the port city, said hello to her parents and went out.

Secretary Chen saw Lou Xiao'e and asked, "Are you Miss Lou?!"

"It's me!" Lou Xiao'e replied, and asked, "Did the big boss ask you to pick me up?!"

"Yes! Please get in the car!" Secretary Chen opened the car door.

Lou Xiao'e got into the car, Secretary Chen closed the door, opened the passenger door and got in. More than an hour later, the car drove into the compound. Not long after, the car stopped in front of a two-story Western-style building. Lou Xiao'e followed Secretary Chen out of the car and walked into the small Western-style building.

Lou Xiao'e walked up to the leader and said, "Leader, I am very happy to be your guest. These are some local specialties from Hong Kong. They are just a token of my appreciation. Please accept them!"

The big boss saw that they were all food, so he didn't refuse. He smiled and said, "Just come. No need to bring anything." Then he said, "Please take a seat!"

Lou Xiao'e walked over to the leader and sat down. The leader said straight to the point, "Ms. Lou, I asked you to come here today to discuss the steel mill."

Lou Xiaoe said: "Big boss, before I came here, I asked for my father's opinion. My father thinks that since it has been paid, there is no need to ask for it back. As for the dividends, forget it!"

"Since Mr. Lou has said so, I won't force it!" The senior leader replied, and then said, "Lou Xiao'e, someone recommended Yan Jiekuang to be the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. What do you think of this proposal?"

"Not so good!" Lou Xiao'e responded instinctively, and said, "You may not know Yan Jiekuang very well. He is a man who would rather lie down than sit, and sit than stand. If he liked to manage the company, he would not hand over the recycling company to me. He is the boss who does not care about anything. But having said that, he has a good vision. He is suitable to be a dog-headed military strategist who gives advice and suggestions."

The big boss asked, "You think highly of Yan Jiekuang?!"

Lou Xiao'e nodded and said, "He gives me a very mysterious feeling. It's like he is playing a big chess game. There are many things I don't understand. But the results are always unexpected." Then she asked, "You want Yan Jiekuang to be the director of the steel mill?!"

The big boss said, "Someone recommended him to me. I met him on the second day of the Chinese New Year. I had already given up the idea of ​​letting him be the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. But after listening to what you said just now, I suddenly feel that he is quite suitable for this position."

Lou Xiao'e was immediately surprised, and she suddenly realized that she had betrayed Yan Jiekuang. However, Lou Xiao'e knew Yan Jiekuang too well. Lou Xiao'e quickly calmed down and said, "Boss, you may be disappointed. I think he ran away with his wife and children as soon as you gave him the job. The current steel mill is like a quagmire to Yan Jiekuang. He is unlikely to get himself into it."

The big boss then asked, "I heard that you bought a lot of courtyard houses in Sijiu City during this period?!"

Lou Xiao'e said: "We have a clear division of labor in our family. My eldest brother is responsible for transportation, my second brother is responsible for industry, and I am responsible for supporting the team. I just make some pocket money. I think the houses here are cheap now. I will buy them first. If I can buy a large courtyard house, I will turn it into a hotel when I have the chance. If that doesn't work, I can renovate the house and rent it out, which will also be an income."