Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 758 Suddenly
The sun was a bit strong at noon, but it was still cool inside the courtyard and under the grape vines. Six children who were celebrating their graduation from primary school were happily eating delicious food, drinking soda, and laughing.

I don't know when Dayu and Xiaoyu came over to join in the fun. Xiaoli poured the remaining stewed fish into a porcelain basin and placed it on the ground. The two big geese flapped their wings as they ate.

Wang Zhan and his sister didn't have many animals, just Xiao Jinbao and the two geese. Xiao Jinbao was a foodie, and he would eat in his dog bowl and ignore everyone else. There was also a tank of goldfish in the feng shui tank in the front yard, and some koi in the creek in the garden. Wang Zhan had never taken care of them since he put them in there, except to fish them out and put them in the big tank in the west wing study in early winter.

While we were eating, Xiao Wu suddenly asked, "Where are we going to play tomorrow? We finally have a day off."

"How about we go fishing? We haven't been there for a long time, and there are no edible fish in the river in my garden." Wang Zhan said after taking a sip of soda.

The elder brother asked: "That's not right. I see there are still a few fish in it. Can't we eat it?"

Several people ignored him, only Fei Qing said, "Are you stupid? That's called koi, for viewing?" After hearing this, Big Boss scratched his head, it seemed that he didn't understand. They are all fish, why can't they be eaten?

He Yushui rolled his eyes at Da Laotie, stood up and said, "I'll go cut some watermelon for you."

He Yushui just stood up when they heard a knock on the door. Several people looked at each other. When they were at home, few people knocked on the door. Although today was their first day of vacation, it was also a working day. Generally, few people came here. You know, this child has been with Wang Zhan and his sister for a long time, and his family knows him inside and out. Finally, several people looked at Wang Zhan.

Wang Zhan stood up and said, "I'll go see who's here in the middle of the day."

Wang Zhan walked towards the door, and then he realized that Fei Qing and the other person who came in last had left the bolt down. Wang Zhan shouted, "Who is it?" and opened the bolt. There was no answer from outside. When he looked through the door, Wang Zhan was stunned at first. There were two soldiers standing at the door, and next to them was a thin middle-aged man wearing glasses. It was Yan Bugui.

Wang Zhan frowned and said in surprise: "Teacher Yan?"

Yan Bugui was also stunned. This was the second time he saw Wang Zhan. The last time he saw Wang Zhan was two years ago. But what he didn't know was that Wang Zhan had been studying in his school for nearly two years. There were two main reasons why he hadn't seen Wang Zhan. One was that Wang Zhan deliberately avoided Yan Bugui, and the other reason was that he was always late and left early in order to go back early to fish or take advantage of his neighbors.

Yan Bugui asked uncertainly, "Are you Wang Zhan?"

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "It's me, Teacher Yan. What do you want to talk to me about?" As he spoke, his eyes drifted towards the two men in military uniforms next to him.

Yan Bugui finally reacted and waved his hands, saying, "Oh, no, no, no, I'm not looking for you, it's these two. They said they were looking for a brother or sister of a martyr's child named Wang. I thought about it and remembered that this might be your home, so here they are."

The middle-aged man in the lead smiled and said to Yan Bugui: "Thank you, comrade, we are looking for them. Thank you very much. We will thank you specially someday."

Wang Zhan was alert from the beginning to the end, frowning at the two men in military uniforms. Yan Bugui looked at them with a smile and said, "No, no, I live in the front yard of No. 95. If you have any questions, just come to me." The middle-aged man said this, and seeing that Yan Bugui still didn't move, he continued, "Mr. Yan, I have something else to do here, so it's inconvenient for you to be here. How about you go back first?"

Yan Bugui was a little embarrassed, as he had gained nothing from this trip. He said reluctantly, "Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work." It was a pity that he walked back very slowly without even turning around.

The middle-aged soldier glanced at the person next to him, and the young man next to him understood. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into Yan Bugui's pocket, saying with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work."

Yan Bugui was immediately happy and said with a smile, "It's not hard, it's not hard!" Then he turned and left.

Seeing this, Wang Zhan's heart was alarmed. The actions and words of these two people were not like the soldiers he knew. Wang Zhan reacted quickly and suddenly turned around and closed the gate of the yard from the outside and locked it, as if he was going out. When the middle-aged soldier saw this, he asked in confusion: "Little friend Wang Zhan, what are you doing?"

When Wang Zhan heard this, he smiled bitterly. This was a big problem. No one, whether it was Li Bo's people or his master's people, called him "little friend". The term "little friend" was not suitable for the current era. But he looked very calm and said with a smile: "Don't you think this is a coincidence? My sister and my classmates went to Shichahai to fish. I came back temporarily to get some money. I have to rush back to Shichahai. What's the matter? Why don't we talk while walking?"

The two soldiers really didn't know what was going on in the yard. They just heard two barkings of puppies in the yard, and there was no movement. So they smiled and said, "Let's go, and talk while we walk. There happens to be a car at the entrance of our alley."

Wang Zhan followed the two soldiers and walked towards the entrance of the alley. What Wang Zhan didn't know was that although the two soldiers were suspicious at this time, they still led Wang Zhan out. When Wang Zhan saw the direction they were going, he became more certain that there was a problem. According to common sense, he should go east, where is the spacious Nanluoguxiang, which is easier to park. Moreover, after two courtyards to the east is the street office, and to the west is Gulouqian Street. The roads are complicated and there is no place to park.

At this time, He Yushui came out of the kitchen with the cut watermelon and looked towards the front door. Seeing that the door was closed, she didn't care and ran to the backyard with the watermelon in her hand. But when she got back to the backyard, she didn't see Wang Zhan, so she blurted out, "Where's Brother Zhan?"

Several of the friends who were chatting and laughing were stunned for a moment, all looking at He Yushui. Even Wang Li, who was teasing Jin Bao, was stunned. Xiao Si asked, "Didn't I go to the front yard with you? Why haven't I come back yet?"

He Yushui put the basin of watermelon on the table and said, "Is it still at the door? How come there has been no movement for such a long time?"

Xiao Wu said nonchalantly: "Why think so much? Just go to the door and take a look and you will know."

Several people stood up and walked towards the gate. Xiaoli ran ahead with her short legs. Da Lao Tie walked to the gate and pushed it hard but it didn't budge. Da Lao Tie was stunned. The others saw it and helped push the door, but it didn't budge. Xiao Si looked out through the crack in the door and his face turned pale: "Oh no, something's going to happen. The outside is locked. What should we do?"

Wang Li got anxious when she heard this and shouted, "Open the door, I want my brother."

Several people rushed to look out through the crack in the door. Fei Qing said, "Maybe something really happened. What should we do?" Several children were anxious.

(End of this chapter)