Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 721 Partner Arrives
Wang Zhan took Wang Li and He Yushui to play by the river for a while, then took them home.

When he arrived at the door of his house, he saw Xiao Shandong standing there, seemingly waiting for Wang Zhan. Judging from Xiao Shandong's clothes, he didn't look like a beggar at all. Although he was wearing old clothes with many patches, they were clean, and his face was also very clean. He also had a flat head, and he was completely different from before.

Wang Zhan walked over and asked, "Are you here to see me?"

Xiao Shandong nodded, Wang Zhan opened the door and let Xiao Shandong into the yard. He Yushui and Wang Li said hello to Xiao Shandong and went to the backyard.

Wang Zhan said, "What's wrong with you? You look fine now, right?"

Xiao Shandong looked at Wang Zhan and said, "Captain Wan, oh, he's from our military control committee. He asked me to stay in the shelter for a few days. Then an old couple came, they were shoemakers, and they took me in. I lived with them. Although our life was not so rich, I had enough food and clothes, and they also let me go to school."

Wang Zhan heard this and said, "Isn't this good? It's much better than wandering around begging for food. By the way, where is your boss?"

Xiao Shandong continued, "I heard from Captain Wan that he is not a good person and was arrested. I came here this time to thank you for helping me when I was in trouble. I will change those bad habits in the future, study hard, and be filial to my new parents. I may rarely come here in the future, so this is just to say hello to you."

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "Okay, we'll meet again in the future if we have the chance. You have the present moment, so you must cherish it."

Xiao Shandong was also happy, nodded heavily, and said: "My new parents are very good to me, and Captain Wan is also very good to me. I will repay them well."

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and Xiao Shandong said that he had to go back, otherwise his parents would be worried. Wang Zhan sent him to the door and watched him disappear at the entrance of the alley before closing the door and returning to the backyard.

He Yushui said: "This little Shandong is really lucky. He has no worries about food and clothing, and people care about him. Can this be considered a blessing in disguise?"

"Did you all hear it? Well, this kid actually has a pretty miserable life. At least I have a younger sister to accompany me, but he is all alone." Wang Zhan said.

He Yushui shook his head and said, "I've heard Wang Li talk about your story. You are different. You just want to live with your sister, but he will learn everything to survive, especially cunning things."

Wang Zhan said, "Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. What do you want to eat tonight?"

At this time, Wang Li came over and said, "Cold noodles and some braised pork." He Yushui said, "I'm fine with either. Just listen to Lili."

Wang Zhan went to the kitchen to busy himself, so the two of them played with Jinbao in the backyard.

Towards the end of August, Wang Zhan and his sister had just finished their meal and returned to the backyard when they heard Xiao Si and the other four shouting Wang Zhan's name and knocking frantically on the door. Wang Zhan quickly ran to the front yard, saying as he ran, "Here we come, here we come, you've broken the door."

Wang Zhan opened the door and asked, "What happened to you? Were you chased by a dog?"

Xiao Si came in and asked directly: "Have you finished your homework?"

At this time, Wang Zhan saw that they all came with schoolbags, so he nodded and said, "You've finished writing."

Xiaowu said, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, you are delaying us from catching fish, take it out quickly, we will do our homework here in the morning."

The four of them went straight to the stone table in the backyard. Wang Zhan closed the door and sighed.

Wang Zhan said, "What were you doing earlier? Wait for me to get you some. There's soda next to the well in the garden, get it yourself." Then he walked towards the study. When he came back, the four people had already set up their positions, each holding a bottle of soda, drinking while waiting.

Wang Zhan handed them the homework books. At this time, Wang Li also came out of the bedroom and asked, "Brother, who is it?"

"Four people who copied homework." Wang Zhan replied.

At this time, Wang Li also saw Xiao Si and the other three, and went to greet them happily. Wang Zhan ignored them and went straight to the garden to feed the chickens and geese.

As soon as he arrived at the backyard, he saw two goslings seeing him, running towards him with their wings spread out, circling around him, looking very happy.

While Wang Zhan was filling the trough with grains and cereals, he sighed and said, "You two, isn't there enough food for you? Look, you've eaten all the fish."

The two goslings had no idea what he was talking about and were happily eating the food in the trough. The chicks also swarmed around their own troughs and ate.

When Wang Zhan returned to the backyard, He Yushui had also come and their homework had been borrowed. He Yushui and Wang Li took Jinbao to the front yard. He Yushui helped wash clothes and Wang Li was helping, actually just playing with water.

He Yushui saw Wang Zhan coming over and asked, "Do you have a sickle at home? Xiao Si just said that we have to go to pick grass for pigs on the first day of school. It's organized by the school, so everyone has to participate."

"Ah, I don't have it. Does your family have it?" Wang Zhan asked.

He Yushui said, "I don't have any at home, so where can I borrow a couple?"

Wang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's go buy two. We'll need them in the future anyway. I remember seeing them for sale when I went to the archery compound last time. Let's go after lunch."

While washing clothes, He Yushui said, "Do you want to replace the patch on your clothes with a new one? I need to sew mine again."

Wang Zhan quickly said, "No, no, it's too much trouble. I'll change it next time if it breaks again."

In fact, Wang Zhan and Wang Li's clothes were patched by Wang Zhan himself. Otherwise, they would be out of place with their classmates and would be very conspicuous when walking on the street. At that time, most people wore patched clothes.

At noon, Wang Zhan made millet porridge and large pancakes, and a big pot of pork, cabbage and tofu stew. There was not much tofu, and when Wang Zhan left, there was only one piece left. There was also a plate of pickled radish, which Wang Zhan had pickled in the winter. Earlier this year, Wang Zhan also pickled a jar of cucumbers and put them in the cellar.

Wang Zhan shouted that it was time for dinner, and those people stopped doing their homework and followed He Yushui and Wang Li to the restaurant.

When the elder brother saw the meat, he smiled and said, "You still have pork at home? I haven't smelled meat in my house for a month."

Wang Zhan said, "There's not much left. I guess we won't see it after school starts. But there's still some bacon. I pickled a lot of it and planned to eat it during the Chinese New Year. No, you've been eating fish for two months. Isn't fish meat?"

The elder brother looked sad and said depressedly: "Can you please stop talking about eating fish? I feel like vomiting when I mention eating fish."

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "Eat, eat. I have something to do after we finish eating."

(End of this chapter)