Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

The next morning, Zhang Renkang yawned and struggled to get up from the bed. He carefully covered Yu Haitang and Qin Jingru with a quilt, and then went to the toilet in the wing to wash up.

As soon as I arrived at the kitchen, I saw Yu Li already holding her baby on the sofa feeding her, and Zhang Yushui had also gotten up early and was washing up in the bathroom.

Yu Li gave Zhang Renkang a glare and said

"Master, are you up?"

"Would you like to eat?"

Zhang Renkang yawned, walked over, wrapped up Hongqi and teased him for a few times. Zhang Hongqi, who was not full, did not give Zhang Renkang any face.

He cried loudly with a "wah", and Yu Li was so angry that she took Zhang Hongqi away from him and coaxed him until she brought him the bowl of rice.

Zhang Renkang said jokingly

"This is a classic example of how nothing is bigger than food."

Then he looked at the rain water that washed him out and said

"Yushui, follow your sister Jingru to the textile factory today and tell the secretary that you are my sister. They will make arrangements for you when the time comes. I have other things to do in the factory, so I won't see you off."

Zhang Yushui nodded and said

"Um"

Then he went to the kitchen to light a fire and cook porridge.

After Zhang Renkang finished washing up, he saw Qin Jingru coming out of the kitchen with sleepy eyes and said listlessly

"Haitang said that we don't need to worry about her, she wants to sleep, and let us eat by ourselves"

Zhang Renkang nodded and said to Li

"Boil a few eggs this morning and eat them with some soy sauce. It's better not to make the outside smell too strong so early in the morning. It will have a bad effect at this time."

Yu Li nodded and handed the well-fed Zhang Hongqi to Zhang Renkang, and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast with Zhang Yushui.

After breakfast, Yu Li went to call Yu Haitang to look after Zhang Hongqi, and then they went to the warehouse converted from the back room to push the bicycles out and prepare to go to work. Liu Haizhong, who had just come out from the opposite side, smiled and greeted Zhang Renkang.

"Director Zhang, I'm going to work."

Liu Haizhong has now found his position. He only obeys Zhang Renkang. He wants to get promoted and make money, which puts pressure on Yi Zhonghai. Now he feels closer to Zhang Renkang than to his own father.

Zhang Renkang smiled and nodded.

"Good morning, uncle, go to work"

As they were talking, they pushed their bicycles and walked towards the gate in a mighty manner. In the front yard, they met Yan Bugui, who was picking flowers. Yan Bugui had nothing to do now, and after the school was suspended, he took the opportunity to go home and rest. Thanks to Zhang Renkang's relationship, the school did not make things difficult for him, but the family was left with only Yan Jiecheng's salary. From what Song Jie said, the father and son were arguing about how much of Yan Jiecheng's salary should be handed over to the family recently.

Yan Bugui was even more affectionate when he saw Zhang Renkang. As soon as he saw the shadow coming from the Chuihua Gate, he said with a smile:

"Renkang is going to work. Why didn't your driver come to pick you up?"

During this period, Tang Qi drove a jeep to pick up Zhang Renkang in the morning and evening because he had to go to the vehicle manufacturing plant in Beicheng. Yan Bugui could tell whether Zhang Renkang had returned by listening to the sound of the engine.

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"I'm going to the factory today, not to North City, so I don't need Xiao Tang to pick me up."

"Second uncle, we all use the public bus. You can't take advantage of the public if you don't have any job requirements, right?"

Yan Bugui smiled awkwardly, he knew Zhang Renkang was referring to him taking the school desks and chairs home. The school was in chaos a while ago, and Yan Bugui took a lot of things home. Some notebooks and pens were OK, but he actually managed to pull a desk and chair back from school with his bicycle, showing his nature of taking advantage to the fullest.

Yan Bugui nodded without saying anything. Zhang Renkang was too lazy to say anything to him. He just reminded Yan Bugui not to go too far. Otherwise, he might find the courtyard and disturb the peace. He had put in a lot of effort to make the courtyard so peaceful. He couldn't let Yan Bugui mess it up.

After Zhang Renkang smiled and pushed the cart with Qin Jingru and others out of the courtyard, Yan Bugui's wife whispered

"Old man, do you think Ren Kang is calling you?"

"Why don't you return it to the school?"

Yan Bugui was nervous for a moment, then he thought about it and shook his head.

"That's not the case. There are so many missing desks and chairs in the school. Can you tell from this picture?"

"I guess he wants me to be quiet. It's a mess outside recently. Don't bring trouble into the yard."

Yan Bugui's wife nodded, sighed, and grumbled

"Alas, in this world, the second and third sons in our family are not home every day. Don't you think this is unreasonable?"

"If the boss didn't have some salary, the family would have run out of food."

After saying this, he looked at Yan Jiecheng who just came out of the house and shut up. Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiecheng and turned his head and snorted without paying any attention. The two of them had another breakdown in their talks last night. Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiecheng to take out two-thirds of his salary for family expenses so that he wouldn't have to use his own savings.

How could Yan Jiecheng be willing to do that? He had just paid back the money Yan Bugui gave him to buy a job, and he was planning to save some money to get married. He had recently fallen in love with a young girl who had just joined the factory. If he didn't have money, he would be nothing.

In addition, Yan Bugui's years of teaching by example, Yan Jiecheng's ability to calculate is not inferior to Yan Bugui, and a man with money is courageous, so Yan Jiecheng is no longer afraid of Yan Bugui. At most, he will give Yan Bugui ten yuan for food and accommodation. It's up to him to take it or not. If not, Yan Jiecheng would rather move out by himself than give his family a penny.

After all, Yan Jiecheng knew that he had just paid back Yan Bugui's 500 yuan for his job, so his family was not so poor that they had no money.

Seeing Yan Bugui's attitude, Yan Jiecheng was not annoyed. He had made a lot of progress in this job. At least his brain was more or less online. Now was the time for Yan Bugui to use him. Sooner or later, he would compromise with him. What was there to be afraid of? He whispered to his mother beside him.

"Mom, I won't eat at home. I'll go to the factory to eat later."

"By the way, you don't have to save any food for me tonight. I have an appointment to eat out."

Yan Bugui's wife nodded and asked

"Who did you meet? How expensive is a meal out?"

Yan Jiecheng said

“My colleagues in the factory were not invited by me.”

Yan Bugui's wife nodded and said

"Jie Cheng, it's not easy to make some money at this time. Your family can barely make ends meet. Don't be so generous outside."

Yan Jiecheng looked at Yan Bugui with amusement and said

"Mom, don't bother me with words. I have no problem paying for the family's food expenses. Don't forget that I just paid my dad back last month."

"It's not like you two don't have money to spend. Besides, at my age, I have to save some money to get married. What's the point of you two always calculating what's in my pocket?"

Yan Bugui groaned and said

"What do you mean your mother and I plotted against you? You found a job, but where are your two brothers? Where is your sister? Is she refusing to eat or drink?"

"You are the only one in the family who is paid now. If you don't work hard, who will? According to what you said, the money I spent on raising you four is not money?"

"Without me supporting you, would you have grown up like this? Without me paying for you, would you have a job?"

Yan Bugui's direct words about moral kidnapping of Falun Gong left Yan Jiecheng speechless. After a while, looking at Yan Bugui's angry face, Yan Jiecheng said

"Dad, what are you saying? Who doesn't raise their son?"

"You have to consider me. I paid you back so much money, and it took all my extra income to pay it off. My pockets are cleaner now than my face."

"You can't let me work for a month and get nothing, right? It doesn't cost me anything to date someone."