Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

In the afternoon, Zhang Renkang was still in the military compound discussing with Zhang Renjia about the preparations for the trip to Miyun tomorrow. A tall and pretty woman came into the courtyard pushing a bicycle. The woman had just entered the gate and was observing when Yan Bugui, who was walking out, suddenly said in surprise

"Teacher Ran? Why are you here?"

The girl looked at Yan Bugui and said in surprise

"It's Teacher Yan. Do you also live in this courtyard?"

Yan Bugui smiled and walked forward and said awkwardly

"Yes, I am the manager of this yard. It's not even time to get off work yet, why are you here?"

The girl's face froze, and she looked at Yan Bugui as if she had realized something, and then said

"Teacher Yan, I came here to ask the principal for instructions. Is Jia Geng from our class also in your courtyard?"

Yan Bugui laughed awkwardly

"Is that so? Yes, Bang Geng lives in this courtyard. Oh, Bang Geng is Jia Geng. We are all used to calling him by his nickname. Teacher Ran Qiuye, are you here to look for his parents? His mother hasn't gotten off work yet, right? You're here too early."

Ran Qiuye smiled bitterly

"This student Jia Geng hasn't been to school for two days, from yesterday to today. I came here to see what's going on at his home and whether Jia Geng can still go to school."

Yan Bugui asked in surprise

"That's impossible. I saw him carrying his schoolbag back from the yard yesterday."

"How is this possible? I saw him on the way to school this morning."

Ran Qiuye shook his head and said

"Jia Geng has indeed not been to class since yesterday morning. I thought it was because of his family problems. It seems that there is another hidden story."

Yan Bugui smiled bitterly

"Teacher Ran, you don't know his family situation. Jia Geng's father died a few years ago, and his mother works at our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. He usually has a grandmother to look after him. But something happened last year, and I guess no one is taking care of him now. He might have gone out to have fun somewhere."

Ran Qiuye asked in confusion

"Has Jia Geng's grandmother passed away?"

Yan Bugui said awkwardly

"That's not the case. It's just that his grandmother has something going on and hasn't been home for the past few months."

Yan Bugui didn't dare to tell anyone that Jia Zhang was addicted to drugs, because that would ruin the reputation of the Siheyuan. He still had three boys to marry, and if the girls knew that the courtyard had a bad reputation and were unwilling to marry in, he would be dumbfounded.

Yan Bugui laughed awkwardly

"Why don't you go to my house and sit for a while. His mother probably won't be back for about two hours."

Ran Qiuye thought for a moment and nodded.

"Teacher Yan, I am sorry to bother you so much."

Yan Bugui took Ran Qiuye to his home. Yan Bugui was not suddenly generous, but wanted to introduce Yan Jiecheng to Ran Qiuye. Although Ran Qiuye might not like Yan Jiecheng, what if it worked out? Wouldn't his family have one more salaried person?

(In the original drama, Yan Bugui actually had no intention of introducing Ran Qiuye to Sha Zhu. Ran Qiuye came from a highly educated family and had studied abroad. She definitely looked down on Sha Zhu and his peers in Siheyuan. This book is just designing the plot. In the end, there was no result with Yan Jiecheng, and there was no result with Zhang Renkang either. Please don't worry about it.)

Ran Qiuye came to Yan's house, and the second aunt asked in confusion

"Old Yan, who is this girl?"

Yan Bugui laughed

"This is a teacher from our school, Teacher Ran Qiuye, Banggeng's homeroom teacher. She's here to talk to Qin Huairu about something. I'll let Teacher Ran wait at home first. Where's the boss?"

Yan Bugui gave Second Aunt a look. If it weren't for the saying that two kinds of people can sleep in the same bed, Second Aunt would have understood what Yan Bugui meant and said with a smile:

"It's Teacher Ran, come on, sit down and I'll get you a glass of water."

The second aunt also spent a lot of money this time. She carefully took out an iron can from the cupboard, which was half filled with sugar. She scooped out a spoonful of sugar with a spoon, but suddenly thought about it and poured the other half spoonful of sugar back into the cup. She poured half a cup of sugar water into the cup and brought it up.

"Teacher Ran, drink some water. I put a big spoonful of sugar in it. Please sit down."

Ran Qiuye was a little embarrassed. She just returned from France last year. Her parents were still teaching in France. She didn't have many friends after she came back. After she was transferred to the Red Star Primary School affiliated with the steel mill, she lived alone in a small courtyard allocated by the school. She really didn't interact with others. She was embarrassed by the enthusiasm of the second aunt and said

"Aunt Yan, you're welcome. I'll just sit down."

The second aunt smiled and said

"How can that be possible? My old Yan is not only your colleague, but also the manager of this compound. How can I not take good care of you now that you are here? This would be a joke."

The three aunts said

"You, just sit down and wait patiently. I'm going to go out and buy some groceries. It'll be over an hour before Banggeng gets off work."

After saying that, she hurried out. She had to go find Yan Jiecheng right away. At this moment, Yan Jiecheng was probably waiting on the road near the street office to see if there was any free work to do.

As expected, the third aunt saw Yan Jiecheng at the street office as soon as she came out of the alley. She hurried over and pulled Yan Jiecheng aside and said,

"Jie Cheng, listen to what mom says"

Yan Jiecheng looked at the hurried Second Aunt and wondered

"Mom, what are you rushing about for?"

The second aunt panted for a few breaths, then said

"It's all for you. A young female teacher from your dad's school is visiting our school. Qin Huairu hasn't come back yet, so your dad invited her to his house. You should dress up and go meet her, just in case you like her."

Yan Jiecheng said indifferently

"Mom, you are kidding. How can an intellectual like me be interested in my diploma?"

The second aunt said unhappily

"Does a diploma buy you food? Didn't you listen to what your father said? You should learn from farmers and not be the ninth-class people. Last year, those students were sent to farms."

"Listen to mom, go back and meet him. If it works out, we'll have two salaried employees now."

Yan Jiecheng nodded and thought so. He had been here for a whole day and hadn't seen any work. He might as well go back.

"Okay, I'll go to the street office and use their tap to wash my face. It's cold out here."

The second aunt said

"I'll go to the market to see if there are any cheap vegetables. If you can get along well with this teacher, we can invite her to dinner tonight. If not, forget it."

As he said this, he hurried to the lotus market on the other side of the road. Yan Jiecheng also walked into the street office and greeted the old man at the door to borrow the water pipe to wash his face. The old man was kind enough to let him go into the house to use some hot water to avoid freezing his face and causing facial paralysis.

Ran Qiuye continued Yan Bugui's words intermittently. The two of them rarely contacted each other at school. Moreover, Ran Qiuye had some estrangement from these traditional intellectuals in China because of her experience studying abroad, so she found it difficult to answer some of the things Yan Bugui said.

Yan Bugui asked

"Teacher Ran, who else is at home? You haven't come home yet."

Ran Qiuye replied politely

"Teacher Yan, my parents are the only ones at home. They are teaching in France and will not be back until the end of the year."

Yan Bugui nodded enviously and said

"You've had some foreign education, Teacher Ran, aren't foreign countries better than ours? There must be more good things than in our country. Can people there buy whatever they want? They eat meat every day."

Ran Qiuye said

"It's hard to say. We rarely see compatriots outside, and our eating habits are different. We still have to adapt slowly."

"Supplies are more plentiful, but not all foreigners can afford them. We eat more meat than in China."

Yan Bugui said enviously

"That's good, at least you can buy things here."

As the two were talking, Yan Jiefang pushed the door open and came in. When he saw Ran Qiuye, his eyes lit up.

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