Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 651: The Yan Family’s Trouble
Early the next morning, Sister Wang came to find Yang Ruihua, and they went to Wang Zhan's house together.

After knocking on the door for a long time, Wang Zhan's voice finally came from inside, asking, "Who is it?"

"I'm your Aunt Wang." Sister Wang answered in a loud voice.

Wang Zhan quickly opened the door and welcomed Sister Wang in. He saw a fat woman following behind him. She was dressed very neatly and was looking at him with a smile. At this time, Wang Li also ran over from the backyard, greeted Sister Wang, then held her brother's clothes and stood there obediently.

Sister Wang introduced Wang Zhan and his sister, saying, "This is the person we found for you to take care of you. She is from the same courtyard as your mother Li. She will take care of you from now on. You can just call her Aunt Yang."

Wang Zhan bowed respectfully and said, "Hello, Aunt Yang, I am really sorry to bother you."

Wang Li also followed suit, bowed and said, "Hello, Aunt Yang!"

"Hello to you too. If you have any work in the future, just tell me. My child is about the same age as you and will be able to play with you in the future." Yang Ruihua said enthusiastically.

Sister Wang took Yang Ruihua around the yard, showing her where the well was, where the kitchen was, and introducing each room one by one. When they arrived at the backyard, Yang Ruihua opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "How come these two children are the only ones living in such a big yard?"

Sister Wang said without any concern: "Yes, the child's parents have made great contributions, and this is what they deserve."

Yang Ruihua immediately shut up and stopped asking questions. After Sister Wang finished introducing herself, she said, "Your job is to cook and wash dishes. Is that okay?"

Yang Ruihua had heard what Yan Bugui said yesterday, and he immediately patted his chest and said, "No problem, don't worry."

Sister Wang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's cook lunch here. I'll eat here too."

Sister Wang wanted to try Yang Ruihua's cooking to see if it was as good as her neighbors praised.

Yang Ruihua was already mentally prepared, so he went to the kitchen to cook. After a while, two dishes and a soup were ready. Yang Ruihua also made braised pork, and shredded potatoes with vinegar, and the soup was egg soup.

Sister Wang asked Yang Ruihua to sit down and eat together. Yang Ruihua said, "I won't eat. You guys eat yours and I'll come over to clean up. I'll go back to cook for my son and be back soon."

After saying that, Yang Ruihua stood up and walked out. Until now, Sister Wang is still very satisfied with Yang Ruihua's performance.

Sister Wang had lunch with the brother and sister. Although the food was not as exaggerated as the neighbors said, it tasted good. Just like that, Sister Wang was completely relieved.

Wang Zhan's current life is beyond his imagination. He has started to teach his sister to read, just like when his mother taught him. He has to set aside some time every morning to study with his sister.

In order to teach his younger sister better, Wang Zhan asked for some study necessities such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone when Sister Wang visited him again. He said that he wanted more study for himself and his sister and prepare for future schooling. Sister Wang was very happy and agreed readily. The next day, she brought him a lot of books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and other stationery books.

In addition to pens, ink, paper and inkstones and some old enlightenment books, there were many other books, some of which were rare ancient books. Sister Wang told Wang Zhan that these were confiscated from a capitalist's home and were of no use to him. When Captain Li heard that he wanted books, he sent them all to him.

Wang Zhan spent a whole day organizing the books and placed them neatly on the bookshelf in the east wing of the backyard. As a result, Wang Zhan didn't want to go out even more. Wang Zhan was an introverted and calm person. Since he had these, he stayed at home reading, writing, and teaching his sister.

One day, his sister suddenly ran to Wang Zhan and told him that the big bucket of biscuits in her room was missing. The biscuits were specially sent by Brother Liu, there were only two buckets in total, and he said they were spoils of war.

Wang Zhan was very puzzled. No one had ever come to his house, and it was impossible for a thief to come. How could a thief only steal biscuits? So he accompanied his sister to turn her room upside down, but neither of them could find the biscuits. Wang Zhan had no other choice but to take another bucket from his room and put it in his sister's room, and told her to hide it well this time. After more than a month, Wang Zhan felt that something was wrong. He cooked breakfast by himself, but every time he went back to the kitchen, he felt that a lot of things were missing from the kitchen, but he couldn't tell what was missing. He now suspected that there was really a thief in his house.

Wang Zhan began to pay special attention to things in the kitchen, but after observing for a long time he didn't find anything wrong, which made Wang Zhan wonder if he was being too suspicious. Until one day, when he was accompanying his sister to take a nap at noon, he heard a mess at the door, noisy sounds, and howling. He got up sleepily, covered his sister with a quilt, and then got up and walked to the front yard.

As soon as we arrived at the gate, we saw that all four doors were wide open. Several soldiers were holding down a man wearing glasses, and standing next to him was Brother Liu, Uncle Li's subordinate.

Wang Zhan shouted, "Brother Liu, what's going on? Why are you here?"

Comrade Liu smiled and nodded to Wang Zhan, saying hello. Then he pointed at the man with glasses who was moving a case and asked, "Do you know him?"

Wang Zhan looked at him, thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I don't know him. I've never seen him before."

When the man heard what Wang Zhan said, he became anxious all of a sudden. While trying to break free from the soldiers, he shouted loudly: "We know each other, we really do. My name is Yan Bugui. I'm from the family of Yang Ruihua, who cooks for you. I'm your Aunt Yang's husband."

Comrade Liu sneered and said to Wang Zhan, "Wang Zhan, go check the rooms and see if anything is missing."

Then he turned to the soldiers below and said, "Watch him carefully. If he talks or moves again, just shoot him."

When Yan Bugui heard what this person said, he was so frightened that he dared not move. Brother Liu said to another soldier, "Go and find the military control committee and the person in charge. Tell them what happened here and say that I asked them to come and take a look."

When Brother Liu walked to the front yard, he saw Wang Zhan standing blankly at the door of the east wing, staring at the empty east wing in amazement. There was nothing left inside, and most of the things in the west wing were also gone.

Brother Liu smiled and touched Wang Zhan's head, saying, "Wang Zhan, the things that this family asked you to look after are all lost, and you don't even know it."

Not long after, Captain Li and Sister Wang came in a hurry. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Yan Bugui squatting on the side with a table next to him. Brother Liu shook hands with Captain Li and said, "Old Li, go and take a look. The front yard is almost empty. Who is this person? He even bullies children?"

Sister Wang, who looked depressed, was about to answer when a woman suddenly rushed in from the front gate and started yelling, "Misunderstanding, all misunderstanding, he is my husband, not a thief."

Sister Wang turned around and saw that it was Yang Ruihua. She looked at her coldly. Sister Wang now even wanted to eat her. Brother Liu looked at the woman who came in and said, "We won't wrongly accuse a good person, but we won't let a bad person go either. I'll give you a chance to explain. Go ahead."

Yan Bugui was under gunpoint at this time and dared not say a word. Yang Ruihua looked at Yan Bugui and said with a stiff upper lip: "My husband is here to help me with work. I saw that the things in the front yard were idle, so my family wanted to borrow them. We will return them anytime when we need them."

Yan Bugui nodded quickly. Brother Liu was so angry when he heard the lame excuses made up by the couple that he didn't believe them at all. He sneered and said, "Jie, who did you say hello to?"

Captain Li also became furious. He called two people and asked them to take the couple to the Military Control Committee without saying anything. He turned his head and looked at Sister Wang angrily and said, "This is the person you are looking for. Bring the list of this house and check it one by one to see how much they took away."

Wang Li just ran to the front yard and complained in a baby voice, "They also took my cookies and candies."

Lieutenant Li was so angry that he could not utter a word. He shouted, "They even took the children's things. Take them back and interrogate them strictly. Find out even a single needle."

The couple was taken away. Their faces were pale as they left. Yan Bugui muttered, "I'm not a thief. I just wanted to take advantage of you."

(End of this chapter)