Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 641 Be Alert
Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "It's okay for me to eat later. There's an old lady in the backyard. As soon as I get home, the old lady will come over and say that you didn't cook for her."

Li Cuilan looked at Yi Zhonghai in surprise and said, "Isn't it He Daqing who cooks for him? She doesn't usually eat what I cook, does she?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Cuilan, sighed and said, "He Daqing has been promoted to the canteen director. He is so busy that he doesn't even have time to take care of his own children, so how can he have time to cook for the old lady?"

Li Cuilan was in a dilemma and said, "Then I will cook for the children earlier and come back earlier. You don't know that the two children are very sensible, sensible and well-behaved."

Yi Zhonghai didn't know why he got angry when he heard Li Cuilan's words, and said, "Child, child, if you like children, work harder."

After saying that, he walked to the door, locked it, and came back to drag Li Cuilan into the house. Li Cuilan was frightened by Yi Zhonghai at once. She was not as strong as Yi Zhonghai, and just said, "Zhonghai, don't."

Yi Zhonghai picked up Li Cuilan and went straight into the inner room, not forgetting to close the door with his foot.

On the morning of Keyuan, when the first ray of sunlight shone into Wang Zhan's bedroom, Wang Zhan woke up, got out of bed carefully, and went out to wash. He did not wait for Li Cuilan to arrive, but went to the kitchen in the front yard to cook porridge. He was familiar with this job, but this was his first time to cook porridge with rice. He could not control the heat, and when the porridge was ready, it felt a little watery.

Just when the porridge was ready, Wang Li's voice could be heard from the backyard, "Brother! Brother!"

Wang Zhan ran to the backyard and said, "I'm making porridge for you. Hurry up and get dressed."

Wang Li pouted and said coquettishly, "Brother, put it on for me."

Wang Zhan had no choice but to help his sister get up and wash. After everything was done, he took her to the front yard. When the porridge was served, Wang Li asked curiously, "Brother, isn't porridge usually yellow? Why is this white?"

Wang Zhan said, "This is rice porridge. Wait, I'll boil two eggs for you."

Wang Li clapped her hands happily and said, "Brother is so nice, let's eat eggs!"

As soon as Wang Zhan walked into the kitchen, he heard a knock on the door. Without thinking, he opened the door and saw Li Cuilan walking in. She said to Wang Zhan, "Next time you open the door, ask who it is. Don't open it to strangers. There are all kinds of people in Beijing now."

Wang Zhan said obediently, "I see, Aunt Li, have you eaten yet? I have made the porridge and am about to boil eggs for my sister."

Li Cuilan closed the door and said, "I've eaten. I'll go cook. Forget it, I'll just fry some eggs for you. Come on, go eat."

Wang Zhan did not refuse and turned to go to the hall on the right to eat. The hall on the left was arranged as a reception room, and the hall on the right was arranged as a dining room because it was close to the kitchen.

After a while, Li Cuilan came in with fried eggs and side dishes, put the dishes on the table, and sat aside quietly watching the brother and sister eat. While Wang Zhan was eating, he saw Li's mother in a daze. He didn't know what Li's mother was thinking.

After Wang Zhan finished his breakfast, he waved his hands in front of Li Cuilan and called her softly, "Mother Li, Mother Li, what's wrong with you?"

Li Cuilan finally came to her senses and said, "No, nothing. I'm sorry. I came a little late this morning."

Wang Zhan waved his hand and said, "Auntie Li, you don't have to come in the morning. I will cook a simple meal. You can just come at noon."

Li Cuilan didn't say anything. She stood up, cleaned up the dishes, and went to the kitchen.

Wang Zhan always felt that Li Ma must be worried about something, but she didn't say it herself and Wang Zhan didn't dare to ask, so he took Wang Li to sweep the front yard.

Just as he walked to the front yard and picked up the broom, Wang Li took a dustpan and followed behind Wang Zhan. At this time, there was another knock on the door.

This time, Wang Zhan stood inside the door and asked, "Who is it?" "I, I'm your Aunt Wang." The voice of Sister Wang from the Military Control Commission came from outside.

Wang Zhan quickly opened the door, let Aunt Wang in, and said, "Aunt Wang, good morning!"

Aunt Wang was happy and said, "You are also good, what are you doing?"

Wang Zhan replied: "My sister and I plan to sweep the floor and tidy up the yard."

Aunt Wang touched his head and said, "You are really capable. By the way, wait a minute, your uncle Li will be here. Is there any tea at home?"

Wang Zhan shook his head and said, "I don't know either." In fact, he still doesn't know what is in his house.

Aunt Wang slapped her forehead and said, "Look at my brain. Wait a moment, I'll go get it. By the way, ask your mother Li to make a few more pots of hot water." After that, without waiting for Wang Zhan to answer, she opened the door and left in a hurry.

Wang Zhan locked the door and went to the kitchen. Li Cuilan saw him and said, "I heard it. Go get a few more kettles."

Wang Zhan went directly to the west wing in the front yard to get the thermos, which he had seen when he was wandering around yesterday.

After a while, Aunt Wang came back with a bag of tea in her hand and handed it directly to Li Cuilan. Li Cuilan went to the west wing to find the teapot and teacups, and fetched water from the well before starting to wash them.

Aunt Wang also helped from the side. She asked Wang Zhan, "Have you adapted to living here these few days? Are there any difficulties?"

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "This is already very good. Aunt Li is also very good. By the way, Aunt Wang, do you think you can open a small door in the backyard so that it will be more convenient for Aunt Li to come over?" Wang Zhan suddenly thought of opening the door in the backyard.

Aunt Wang thought about it and smiled. Just as she was about to answer, Li Cuilan hurriedly said, "No, you don't have to open it."

Wang Zhan and Aunt Wang looked at Li Cuilan in confusion. Li Cuilan stood up somewhat embarrassedly and pulled Aunt Wang into the reception room. Wang Zhan knew at a glance that she had something private to discuss, so he did not follow her. Instead, he rolled up his sleeves and continued to wash the teacups.

Wang Li squatted aside, accompanying her brother. Wang Zhan smiled at Wang Li and said, "Why don't you go play? Why are you accompanying me?"

Wang Li said in a baby voice: "No, I just want to accompany my brother. Without my brother, nothing is fun."

Wang Zhan smiled, scratched Wang Li's nose, and said, "My Lili is the best."

At this time in the reception room, Sister Wang looked at the somewhat flustered Li Cuilan, frowned and asked: "What's wrong, Cuilan, is there anything you can't say outside?"

Li Cuilan looked at Sister Wang and said, "Sister Wang, I'm afraid of hurting those two children, so I want to tell you in private."

When Sister Wang heard this, her brows furrowed even more tightly and she asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"Sister Wang, you may not be familiar with our compound. My husband Yi Zhonghai has been taking care of an elderly person who lives in the backyard. She is a lonely old man. In the past, the meals for this old man were cooked by He Daqing from the middle courtyard. However, unexpectedly, He Daqing was promoted to canteen director, and the job became busier. As he was busy, there was no one to cook for the old lady." Li Cuilan said.

Sister Wang relaxed her brows and asked, "Oh, I don't know much about your compound, isn't this good? Is there any problem with what you said?"

(End of this chapter)