Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

Yan Bugui didn't know what these kids were thinking. He sat in the upper seat, took a sip of tea, and then began to speak.

"It's so late. I asked you to come to the meeting because of work. Through Liu Haizhong's family affairs, I found a problem. I wonder if you can see it?"

Yan Bugui intended to test his children to see who was smarter so that he could give the job to him with more confidence.

After all, Yan Jiecheng is much older and his social experience is far beyond what Yan Jiefang can compare to.

"Dad, I see."

Seeing that it was his eldest son who spoke, Yan Bugui felt very relieved.

"Then tell me."

"Liu Haizhong's family has two jobs. Even if Liu Haizhong goes to jail, Liu Guangqi can still take on the responsibilities of the family and ensure that his family will not go hungry.

You are the only one in our family who has a job. If something happens to you, we will be left without an income, and the consequences will be disastrous."

After hearing Yan Jiecheng's answer, Yan Bugui was very satisfied, as this was exactly what he was worried about.

"Xie Cheng, you're right. This is the biggest problem in our family. Originally, Liu Haizhong's family was fine, and I didn't notice it, but now he has reminded me that I must make more preparations."

Yan Jiefang: "Dad, there is nothing wrong with what you said, but where will the job come from? I heard that many factories have stopped recruiting workers due to food problems."

Yan Jiecheng: "Yes, Dad, since you mentioned this, there must be a way. Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me now."

Yan Bugui: "Okay, it's getting late now, so I'll make it short. I heard that because of Yi Zhonghai's case, the steel mill compensated Sha Zhu with a workstation.

But He Yushui is still young in their family and doesn't need this workstation at all. Besides, if Shazhu really can't help He Yushui solve the workstation problem, Zhou Jin will not stand idly by.

In this case, Shazhu will definitely not be able to use this workstation, so I plan to buy it from him."

Yan Jiecheng: "Dad, that's totally fine, but this station is really difficult to handle now. We must hurry up, otherwise when other people react, we may spend a lot of money."

Auntie: "Yes, old man, what Jie Cheng said is right. We all know what kind of people those people are. We must hurry up and get this job."

Yan Bugui: "Hey, listen to me first. I have already considered what you said. I plan to talk to Sha Zhu about this tomorrow. I believe that as long as the price is right, he will definitely sell the workstation to me.

Besides, I am the only manager in the courtyard now. Without Yi Zhonghai's protection, he has to give me some face.

The purpose of my meeting now is to discuss who will use this workstation after it is purchased."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiecheng immediately became excited and stood up.

"Dad, what's there to discuss? I'm the eldest in the family, so this workstation should definitely be given to me."

Yan Jiefang was not happy to hear this.

"Brother, what you said is out of character. Who said you are the boss? This job should be given to you. I am now old enough to work, and I need this job too."

Yan Jiecheng: "I am the boss, ..."

Yan Jiefang: "So what..."

Yan Bugui really didn't want to hear them quarreling anymore, so he stepped in to stop them.

"Stop arguing, and listen to what I have to say.

I have raised you to adulthood. Logically, you should find this job by yourselves. However, I have also taken the current actual situation into consideration, so I decided to advance the money for you to buy a job first.

After you get a job, you need to pay me ten dollars every month, plus five dollars for living expenses, until you have paid off the money for the job. Of course, this money is not paid for free, I need to charge you a layer of interest.

The condition is this, you two brothers should think about it carefully and decide whether you want this job or not."

After hearing Yan Bugui's words, the hope that had been burning in Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang's hearts was immediately extinguished.

In fact, they should have thought of it long ago. If Yan Bugui was really willing to spend money to buy a work station for his son, he would not have waited so long, and he would not have been nicknamed a calculating person.

However, it can be seen from here why in the original drama, although the third uncle had the most children, no one was willing to take care of him in his old age.

To put it bluntly, he calculated too much and even destroyed the family affection between them. Now that the family affection is gone, all that is left is interests.

As for the elderly uncle, there is no benefit at all, so naturally no one is willing to support him in his old age.

This is a bit off topic. Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang thought about it for a long time, and Yan Jiefang finally gave up. He is only seventeen years old, and he doesn't want to be burdened with a lot of debt at such a young age.

And no matter who gets this job, once something happens to his father, he must take responsibility for the entire family like Liu Guangqi.

If that was the case, then why bother arguing? So Yan Jiefang decisively gave up.

Yan Jiecheng, on the other hand, really wanted a job so that he could go on blind dates and get married.

Now that Yan Jiefang has withdrawn, Yan Jiecheng has no competitors, so it was natural for him to accept the job. He then began to discuss the interest and monthly repayment amount with Yan Bugui.

Yan Jiecheng silently calculated in his mind that if he did as Yan Bugui said, the monthly salary for him, an apprentice who had just joined the factory, would only be 18 yuan.

In this way, I have to pay back ten dollars every month and five dollars for food expenses. So after working hard for a month, I will only have three dollars left in my pocket!

How can this be possible? Who wants to live like this?

Yan Bugui did not want to give in, as he had calculated carefully.

After Yan Jiecheng started working, he could have breakfast and dinner at home, and lunch at the factory. There were basically no other big expenses. Three yuan a month was enough.

When the others saw Yan Bugui and his son starting to bargain, they all went back to their rooms to rest.

No one knew how long they argued, but when they woke up the next morning, everyone found that Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng both had big dark circles under their eyes.

In the end, Yan Bugui made concessions.

Yan Jiecheng only had to pay Yan Bugui eight yuan a month and give him four yuan as living expenses.

As for the interest, Yan Bugui has been unwilling to give in.

Yan Jiecheng was also worried that he was pushing his father too hard. If his father didn't care about the matter anymore, it would be more trouble than gain.

Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the interest rate of up to 10%.

After both parties reached an agreement, Yan Bugui decided to go to Sha Zhu to discuss this matter after get off work today.

And last night, Zhou Jin also completed the most important plan to deal with the deaf old lady.

After the meeting last night, Zhou Jin took Xinxin home to rest, but Zhou Jin did not fall asleep. He was waiting. After everyone had rested, he could start to take action.

Originally, Zhou Jin planned to act directly at home. After all, the applicable range of the power of space is a radius of 20 meters, but the place where the deaf old lady used to put the box just exceeded 20 meters.

There was no other way, Zhou Jin could only wait until everyone had rested, then tiptoe to the backyard before taking action.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was eleven o'clock. At this time, the whole courtyard was immersed in silence, as if even the air was frozen.

Zhou Jin didn't dare to delay for a moment. He got up quickly, put on a coat and hurried out.

He walked very carefully, afraid of making any sound.

In order to avoid accidents, Zhou Jin carefully used the power of space to detect the surrounding situation along the way to ensure that there was nothing abnormal.

Finally, when he found the most suitable position, he stopped.

The next step was to repeat the previous operation. Zhou Jin used the power of space to skillfully open the underground secret compartment where the deaf old lady had hidden the box before. Then he quietly took out three large yellow croakers and ten small yellow croakers from the space and placed them neatly at the bottom of the secret compartment.

Then he carefully folded the two flags, put them in a small box, and placed it on top of the small yellow croaker.

After everything was ready, Zhou Jin began to carefully prepare the ground.

His technique was skillful and precise, just like the Liu Haizhong family and the Yi Zhonghai family, ensuring that it would not be noticed by the deaf old lady, while also allowing the public security personnel to spot the clues at a glance.

After doing all this, Zhou Jin breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left quietly.

The next day, everyone in the hospital went to work with their own little thoughts, including Zhou Jin. After sending Zhou Xin to school, he had to discuss with Long Er and the others the procedure for dealing with the deaf old lady.

By the way, I will inspect the work of the black market and the training of talents.

Yan Bugui had no classes this morning, so as usual, he planned to have lunch before going to school.

So he continued to guard the gate. At about nine o'clock, a human-powered tricycle stopped at the gate of the courtyard, which made Yan Bugui curious.

Who on earth was this? He was so rich that he actually came back on a rickshaw. So Yan Bugui quickly took two steps and stood outside the gate looking at the rickshaw.

After a while, Yan Bugui saw the deaf old lady getting off the car. She walked towards the courtyard. The driver hurriedly walked to the deaf old lady and blocked her way out.

"Madam, you haven't paid the fare yet. It's ten cents. Please pay it for me."

But who would have thought that the deaf old lady didn't want to give the money, so she pretended to be deaf. She put her hand on her ear and said loudly, "What are you saying? I can't hear you."

The driver didn't expect this to happen, but he couldn't work for nothing, so he raised his voice and said to the deaf old lady, "Old lady, you haven't paid for the ride yet. I earned this money through hard work, you can't refuse to pay me."

The deaf old lady used the same trick again. "What, you want to take me home? No, I'm already here, and I'm only a few steps away. I won't bother you."

After the deaf old lady finished speaking, she walked around the driver and headed towards the courtyard.

The driver also realized that the old lady was deliberately pretending to be deaf because she wanted to shirk her debt, but there were already quite a few people around, and some of them were pointing at him.

This made the driver feel like he had eaten a fly, so disgusting.

However, he really had no choice but to swallow the loss for the deaf old lady, and then informed all the brothers who pulled carts that they must not pull her when they saw the old lady in the future.