Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 437: Second Uncle's House is Very Bustling

I went to my godmother's house in the morning and found that Uncle Kong had left. Only Qin Jingru was with my godmother to take care of the two children.

"This girl is okay, she has a lively look in her eyes, and I have a good grasp of my job. It seems that the little girl has coaxed many children before, so you really made the right introduction."

The two of them were chatting slowly, and the younger brother and sister were teasing the two cute babies with interest, while Qin Jingru was watching carefully from the side.

"We are relieved that you are okay. If you are too busy, just go to the compound and tell them. There is San Yatou there. She is a nice person and can come to help at any time."

"No need. It's not like I can't move. The children are young now, so there's nothing to do except eating and sleeping. With the milk powder you sent, I really don't have anything to do. I know you want to go for training, so go ahead and teach them well."

"You two go back by yourselves and tell Brother Zhuzi that you should not worry about me for lunch because I still have to visit some elders."

"Well, you should come back for dinner."

"You should be back by five o'clock. Don't wait for me if you're not back. Sister Yushui still has to go back to school. You guys can eat first."

After saying goodbye to the godmother and letting the two children go home, he went to Coach Gao's house again. Gao Bo was not there. Only his parents and sister were at home.

"May Day is not our traditional holiday. Why are you carrying things? Just come and see it when you have time. It's not appropriate to carry things every few days. Besides, you don't work, so the foundation at home will be used less. If you carry things to my house again in the future, I will let the maid lock you out."

Zhu Xuefeng smiled and ignored him. At Coach Gao's insistence, Zhu Xuefeng practiced shooting for a while.

"I don't have much to teach you about spearmanship, but I already gave you the sneak attack, why didn't you use it just now?"

The Return Shot is the secret of the Yang Family Spear. I don’t know how Coach Gao passed it on to him. Zhu Xuefeng has practiced it before, but always felt that he could not unleash its maximum power, and is still figuring it out.

"I haven't mastered that move yet. I'll ask for your guidance once I've mastered it."

"Well, Gao Bo said that you arranged for him to do something. He will graduate in two months, and he has never been to this internship. When he looks for a job, he will still follow you. You decide on the arrangements. I still say that I will leave this kid to you."

Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to take on this inexplicable job. He had had the idea for this last year, so he would talk about it when the time comes. Let this kid jump around for another two months.

There was no need to go to Old Xia's house as the three of them were at the Canton Fair. He didn't dare go to Lin Na's house as Professor Lin and Teacher Xu were always so enthusiastic and didn't have the airs of high-level intellectuals at all. Zhu Xuefeng even couldn't stand it.

After thinking about it, he decided to go even though he didn't dare. There was no other way. Lin Na was still in Guangzhou. The old couple must be very lonely. Professor Xu was their only relative in Beijing. Not to mention them, even though they lived in the same compound, Zhu Xuefeng seldom saw him. But he heard that he often slept on the floor in the office. It seemed that the first car put a lot of pressure on him.

After a visit to the school, I found that, as expected, the couple were extremely warm and caring, and took great care of me.

"Xiao Feng, come over more often if you have nothing to do. After class, come over for dinner if you have nothing to do. If you don't come, that damn girl Lin Na won't come back for dinner either. It's always just the two of us, and cooking is meaningless."

From the way Teacher Xu spoke, it seemed as if he was his son-in-law, which was really unbearable for Zhu Xuefeng.

"This girl is really wild. I guess you're the only one who can persuade her. She's not at home for Chinese New Year, and she doesn't come back for dinner on weekdays. This time it's even worse. She went to Guangzhou. It's been more than ten days, and she didn't say when she'll be back. When she comes back, she'll have to go to military training, and we won't see each other for another month."

Professor Lin also blamed Lin Na for being wild and not loving home. Recently, she had dinner at Zhu Xuefeng's house and taught her younger brothers and sisters after dinner. I guess she didn't say anything, so he had to explain it for her.

"Is that so? That's good too. Helping her brothers and sisters with their studies is a good thing. This girl doesn't say anything when she has problems. She has really grown up."

They sat for a while, had lunch, and chatted about school matters. The old couple sighed repeatedly, and there was no way to go deeper into this topic. Seeing that the time was almost up, they quickly said goodbye.

"Come more often when you have time. It's boring without any young people in this house."

Professor Lin made a joke and Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to agree.

After leaving school, I felt relaxed and went straight back to the compound on a whim. I was surprised to find that Lin Yilan, whom I hadn't seen for several days, was practicing sword in the middle courtyard.

"Practicing swordplay in the yard in broad daylight? You have a day off today, so you didn't go home to check on me."

"I came back with a lot of anger, and I will never go back again. There is no point."

Zhu Xuefeng did not ask any further questions. Both her and Zhou Xiaoyu's parents were weird, so it was best not to ask.

Lin Yilan did not stop and continued to practice meticulously. It took her a while before she put away her sword.

"Brother, you are on holiday and you are not at home with your younger brothers and sisters. Why don't you come and visit us?"

"A few elders have gone, and I happened to be passing by, so I came to see if Xiaoyu is on holiday."

"She's working hard to get a regular job early. The stupid boy Xie Minghui hasn't come back either. They're both on duty, so they might not come back at night."

"By the way, you have made a great contribution to Director Shao's case. Do you know how to commend you?"

Zhu Xuefeng wanted to tell her the good news. After all, it was a big step. According to the tacit understanding between the two leaders, this kind of thing would definitely succeed.

"Brother, you really don't care about me at all. I announced it yesterday before the holiday. I was promoted to section chief and my salary was raised to level 43. Now it's yuan per month. How's that?"

This is really a lot, 43 yuan in less than a year, who would have thought. Sha Zhu has worked for so many years, and only got 49.5 after two consecutive promotions, which is only one level higher than Lin Yilan.

"Good, awesome, you deserve this. Without you, this case wouldn't have been solved. I thought you made a mistake at the time, but you are so meticulous, you are a super detective, haha."

Lin Yilan blushed, "I know that this must have something to do with my senior brother, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to get a permanent job. Let's not talk about this. I remember my senior brother's kindness. By the way, senior brother, do you want to hear how I caught him?"

Zhu Xuefeng only heard the leader briefly talk about it. At this moment, he could only pretend that he didn't know and act very interested.

"Tell me quickly. I know that you led the arrest. I don't know anything else."

Watching Lin Yilan happily describing how to monitor, how to discover problems, how to track, how to find the contact person, and how to arrest him without hesitation, it is hard to tell that she has grown to this point in less than a year. She is bold and careful, and extremely decisive, with her good skills. It is a waste for her to be a security section chief.

"Xiao Lan, I mean, if your senior wants you to help and you might lose your job, what would you do?"

After hearing what Zhu Xuefeng said, Lin Yilan's eyes were full of enthusiasm and expectation. She looked straight at Zhu Xuefeng, which made Zhu Xuefeng feel nervous. Then he listened to Lin Yilan's soft words.

"I will do whatever my senior brother tells me to do. If my senior brother wants me to lose this job, I won't do it. Senior brother, if you have something to say, just tell me."

Zhu Xuefeng felt uneasy and quickly denied it, "It's okay, it's okay, I just said it. If there is something wrong, I will definitely speak up. It's just a hypothetical thing."

After patiently instructing for a while and being asked to exchange a few moves, Zhu Xuefeng did not dare to stay and left in a hurry. He would never provoke him again, as his family was still in trouble. Seeing his senior brother fleeing in panic, Lin Yilan sighed with resentment, "Why? It seems that Yan Zi and Senior Brother have nothing to do with each other."

...

"Brother, it's a pity that you didn't see such a big show."

Sha Zhu poured a glass of wine and began to vividly describe the big drama that had just taken place in the compound.

It turned out to be a letter from Liu Guangqi, announcing that his wife was pregnant, which was considered as a good news. However, when the second aunt found out, she was worried and kept talking about wanting to go and see her. The second uncle refused, and the old couple actually started arguing. The second uncle was so embarrassed that he left in a rage.

Zhu Xuefeng didn't take it seriously and said it casually.

"Logically speaking, it's only natural for Second Aunt to go take a look."

Sha Zhu took a small sip and continued talking.

"That's right, but Liu Haizhong also has a point. He said that he is now a team leader and is very busy at work. If the second aunt leaves, who will take care of the two sons? He will definitely not be able to help at home."

He Yushui also joined the discussion and expressed his views.

"It does make sense. Who is serving whom among the three masters? I have never seen the second master start a fire by himself."

"Sister, didn't you see? The two silly boys said they could cook dinner and didn't need Liu Haizhong to interfere. He was so angry that he chased the two boys and wanted to beat them up. In the end, he didn't catch them. Second Aunt gave in and said she would take the two children to see the temple during the summer vacation for a few days. Liu Haizhong still didn't do it, so the two of them started arguing. Tsk tsk, I didn't know Second Aunt had a temper. This is the first time I've seen her and Lao Liu fighting in all these years. It's really exciting."

"Why is he so stubborn and refusing to agree? Isn't he his grandson? His first one, so he should be treasured like a baby."

Sha Zhu was also confused. "I really don't know, but there must be something going on. Now that you mentioned it, I really remembered that Liu Haizhong wanted to say something several times, but he held it back. Second Aunt should also know it well. These old couple are really hiding something fishy. It's quite interesting."

"Brother, this is someone else's family affair, just watch the fun and don't get involved."

"Of course, I don't have the time. I'm just curious, what are these old couple talking about? Come on, drink some wine. What about the second uncle? He's so embarrassed now. He can't argue with the second aunt. At his age, he's still running away from home. Haha."

Seeing the second uncle being humiliated, Sha Zhu felt indescribably happy. He kept pouring wine and drank half a bottle before he even started eating the food.

"Girl, I'm not going to eat anymore. When you finish eating and return to school, you don't need to call me. Just close the door."

He Yushui watched his brother go home with a red face, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said, "I'm sorry, my brother got drunk again today, I have to go check it out."

"What's there to be sorry about? Brother Zhuzi fell asleep after drinking and didn't make any noise. Just eat your food and ignore him. He didn't drink much today, less than half a bottle."

Hearing Zhu Xuefeng say this, He Yushui had no choice but to sit down. However, he said he was done eating after just a few bites and hurried back to take care of his brother.

"Brother, why did the second aunt and the second uncle quarrel over this matter?"

"You don't understand adult matters. Actually, I don't understand them either. Let's eat. Oh, my brother has to go to military training for another month. It's still the same at home. You have to listen to your brother. And you have the high school entrance exam in just over a month. You should arrange your own review time."

"Brother, you should worry about our second brother. He can't even stay in the top ten of the class. It's useless for Sister Lin to give him extra lessons."

The second child was always laughed at by the younger sister because of his studies, and he was embarrassed. "Then we'll see what the results are. I will definitely stay in the top ten by the end of the semester."

"That's only the top ten. You still have the nerve to say that, big brother, big brother, second brother is glaring at me again."

"Second brother, don't fight with your sister. As long as you study hard, grades are not the most important thing. A serious study attitude and good study methods will stay with you for the rest of your life. I left a letter. When Sister Xia and the others come over, you can give it to them for me."

"Oh, I see."

"And there's this quarter's child support. Don't forget to collect it when the time comes."

The second aunt in the backyard was staring at the empty house in a daze. The second and third sons were scared away, and the old man also never came back. The meal was ready, but no one came back.

It was such a great thing that the eldest son had a child. The old man was originally very happy and had forgotten the unpleasantness of the New Year. But the eldest son's last few words caused trouble. I don't know what was wrong with him, he insisted that the child take the woman's surname.

Now the old man is tired of doing this, and the house is in chaos.

I just said one sentence, and the old guy turned hostile and started scolding me. After scolding the eldest aunt, he also implicated me, saying that I gave birth to an unfilial son and that the second aunt also felt wronged.

This was the first time we had a fight, and it made me feel uneasy.

"What a sin, what a sin." Second Aunt sat on a small stool, staring at the Moon Gate absentmindedly. No one had come back yet. It was only May. Second Aunt felt cold and shivered. She wanted to get up and put on more clothes...

After strolling for a few hours, the two brothers felt hungry and sneaked back home. The house was dark.

"Brother, it seems that our parents are not at home. I will go to the kitchen to find something to eat. You stay here and watch."

"Well, go ahead and I'll watch."

Liu Guangfu, who had just entered the room, screamed and scared Liu Guangtian.

"Brother, come here quickly. Mom is lying on the ground. She is in a bad condition and still has a fever."

"You, go find an old man to help, we need to send mom to the hospital."

The second son, Liu Guangtian, pulled the light cord and the room became bright. Looking at his mother who had collapsed on the ground, the third son was a little panicked and looked at his mother at a loss.

"Hurry up, I'll help mom up, you hurry up." The third child ran away in a panic. Liu Guangtian helped his mother up with great effort. His mother's face was flushed, her eyes were closed, and her forehead seemed a little hot and a little cold. He touched it and found there was still some sweat. Liu Guangtian was a little dumbfounded. Looking at the neatly arranged bowls and chopsticks on the table, his heart was blocked and he burst into tears accidentally.

"Mom, mom, wake up." After several pushes and shakes, the second aunt actually moved and opened her eyes slightly.

"Second brother, Mom is very cold, help me get some clothes."

Liu Guangtian quickly asked his mother to lean against the door, ran in to get a gown and put it on, then he heard the second aunt say in a low voice.

"My legs are not working as I wish. They are numb and I can't use them. Where's the third brother? Why didn't he come back with you? Has your father come back?"

(End of this chapter)