Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 801 Taobao Farce
The news of what happened in Houhai had spread throughout most of the city. The place was surrounded for three days, and finally all the things were packed into boxes and transported away by cars. But a series of subsequent events also left many people stunned.

Yan Bugui had a good catch yesterday, catching three crucian carps weighing half a pound. When he got home, he kept them in a basin. In the evening, he used one of the carps to make a bowl of crucian carp soup, and the whole family ate it together.

Yan Jiecheng was very confused and complained: "This fish is so small, why cook one? Who will eat it?"

Yan Bugui was not angry and said, "I worked so hard to catch the fish, but you ate it for free and you're complaining about it. If you have the ability, go fishing."

Yan Jiecheng muttered, "If you don't lend me a fishing rod, where can I go fishing?"

"Can you lend me a fishing rod? Sure, two cents a day. Take the money and the fishing rod." Yan Bugui said after taking a sip of white wine.

Yan Jiecheng stopped talking, as he couldn't win the argument with his father. He just buried his head in eating steamed bread and pickles, and occasionally drank a sip of fish soup. Yang Ruihua gave his share of the fish to Yan Jiekuang, who gave his mother a big smile.

The next day, Yan Bugui was in a good mood. He hummed a little tune as he opened the door early in the morning. Then he moved the flowers in the house to a sunny place and watered them. At this time, he saw a boy rushing in from outside. Yan Bugui grabbed him and said, "Hey, hey, hey, who are you? You are not from our courtyard, right? Why are you rushing in so early in the morning?"

"Oh, uncle, I'm Guangqi, and I have something urgent to tell him." said the boy.

"Looking for Guangqi, go ahead, to the east wing in the backyard." Yan Bugui did not stop him.

Yan Bugui continued to fiddle with his flowers. After a while, he saw Liu Guangqi and his classmates coming out from the backyard excitedly, and they were about to go out.

Yan Bugui vaguely heard two people talking about "Houhai", "a lot of treasures", "salvage" and other words. Seeing that Liu Guangqi was about to leave the yard, Yan Bugui ran and shouted, "Wait, Guangqi, wait."

Liu Guangqi and his classmates were stunned. Yan Bugui asked, "What treasures did you say there are in Houhai? Tell Uncle San. "

Liu Guangqi really disliked Yan Bugui, and usually seldom spoke to him except for greeting him. Liu Guangqi was just about to brush it off, but his classmate was too excited and immediately said, "Uncle, don't you know? There is martial law in Houhai, and they are salvaging precious treasures. I heard that they came from the palace, and they have already salvaged more than a dozen pieces. Let's go and see what's going on."

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up, his mind full of precious treasures and news from the palace. He didn't even know that Liu Guangqi and his classmates had left.

Yan Bugui suddenly woke up and slapped his forehead. He had to go and have a look at this matter, just in case he could get a bargain. At this time, Yan Bugui's mind was full of dreams of getting rich, and he completely forgot about what he had reflected on before.

Yan Bugui hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out of the yard without even saying hello to Yang Ruihua.

When he got there, the place was already surrounded by people. It was a holiday, so there were still a lot of idle people at home. When they heard about the excitement, many people went there. Yan Bugui had to work very hard to squeeze into a corner, and watched from afar as the staff on the shore were cleaning up the salvaged items.

Every time he saw something, Yan Bugui's eyes lit up a little, and he watched for three days until the crowd dispersed. After returning home, Yan Bugui wondered if there might be something missed, and he could pick up something that was not salvaged. Thinking about it, he decided to go and have a look tomorrow, because the staff had already left today, and took away most of the silt, which was cleared out of the city through the plug.

The next day, early in the morning, Yan Bugui, with his hands behind his back, strolled towards the west of Houhai in no hurry. When he got there, he was dumbfounded. There were already many people salvaging there, and there were some onlookers and people watching the fun gathered on the shore. He actually saw Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi standing on the shore, laughing and talking.

Yan Bugui walked over and said, "Hey, Lao Liu, Guangqi, you guys came early. Did you get anything?"

Liu Guangqi said disdainfully: "Is it possible? If they can get it, the cultural relics department can withdraw. They are destined to get nothing."

Liu Haizhong agreed with his son and said, "They are professionals and can help them find bargains."

Yan Bugui thought about it and it made sense. The three of them sat on the shore and looked at the busy people on the grassland in Houhai Lake.

While they were talking and laughing, two teenagers in the middle area were carefully touching things. Suddenly, the younger one fished out a square object with a rope on one end, and shouted, "Brother, is this what you see?"

Everyone nearby was attracted by the shout. The elder brother took the thing from his younger brother's hand and washed it in water. A piece of green came into view. Anyone who knew a little knew that it was a jade pendant. The elder brother reacted quickly and said, "Brother, hurry up!"

The two children quickly ran to the nearest shore. After a dozen seconds, someone shouted, "Those two kids found a jade pendant. Wait a minute!"

The two boys got on the shore and ran away. Everyone on the shore saw this scene, and the crowd on the shore went crazy in an instant.

Before Yan Bugui could react, Liu Haizhong had already jumped into the water grass, followed closely by Liu Guangqi. Many of those who were waiting to watch the fun also devoted themselves to the Taobao business.

Did those two guys really pick up a bargain? No, really not. This was an antique dealer who got up early in the morning and came to see if he could pick up a bargain before daybreak. But he was unlucky. When he bent down, the jade pendant in his pocket that he was going to trade today fell into the water plants. When he found it, he couldn't remember where it fell. He searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Later, he thought he was unlucky and went home dejected. Now, it was picked up by these two brothers, causing a big misunderstanding.

In fact, most of them were just blinded by the dream of getting rich. When the cultural relics department heard about this, their eyes were red. What the museum lacks, fine cultural relics, they were quite excited to hear the news. They don't want to miss any cultural relic, so how could they miss any for everyone to pick up? In fact, this area is already clean, otherwise the staff would not have withdrawn.

At night, the three exhausted people, bent over and unable to stand up, supported each other and walked back to Yard No. 95. However, when they entered the yard, the three of them agreed that they could not let the people in the yard laugh at them, so they forced themselves to straighten their backs and walked into the yard pretending to be talking and laughing.

When the neighbors who were good at listening asked them what they had done that day, Yan Bugui started talking excitedly about the Taobao shopping in Houhai, and swore that some people had picked up jade pendants, some had picked up gold coins, and some had picked up ancient coins. Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi really couldn't stand it anymore, so they laughed it off and went home. Yan Bugui was left talking for more than an hour, and when he got home, he fell on the bed and couldn't get up again.

(End of this chapter)