Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 802: Money-loving Xiaowu
The farce in Houhai actually only lasted for one day. After all, everyone was not a fool. So many people worked from morning to night but got nothing. Everyone knew that the place had been cleared out.

However, the neighbors in Yard No. 95 were cheated by Yan Bugui. The next day was a working day, and many people asked others to take leave on their behalf and rushed to Houhai early in the morning.

The farce was over, and the vacation was over. When Wang Zhan entered the classroom, he found that Xiaowu had asked for leave again. Wang Zhan was very surprised. He was going to publicly praise the two of them today, so why hadn't Xiaowu come yet? Xiaosi sighed and said, "He was beaten by his parents in mixed doubles again, and he can't get up."

Wang Zhan became interested and asked, "Come on, Xiao Si, tell me why?"

Xiao Si laughed and told the story. It turned out that after they discussed continuing to hunt for treasures the next day at Wang Zhan's house, the two of them made an appointment with Fei Qing and Da Laotie first, but when they returned to the yard, they found it was very lively.

Staff from the cultural relics protection department, people from the street office, and even people from the police station arrived. Director Qian, the director of the street office, gave an enthusiastic speech praising Xiaosi and Xiaowu's family. Finally, the cultural relics protection department handed two certificates of merit to Xiaosi and Xiaowu's parents, along with a fifty yuan bonus. It was obvious that Xiaosi and Xiaowu's parents were very excited; this was an honor, and the things had to be handed over free of charge.

Xiao Si was smart, knowing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, so he stayed beside his parents with a smile on his face. Only Xiao Wu was unhappy, and muttered quietly, "It's one thousand yuan, and only fifty was taken away." Xiao Wu's voice was very low, and no one else heard it, but Xiao Wu's parents heard it. Xiao Wu's father glared at him, and he shut up, but he still looked unhappy.

Until the crowd dispersed, Xiaowu's parents took Xiaowu home, and Xiaowu followed behind and kept muttering, "One thousand yuan, just flew away like that."

The father couldn't help it any longer, so he pulled out his belt and shouted, "I'll give you one thousand yuan. You know money at such a young age." Xiaowu didn't react before the belt hit his butt. Xiaowu screamed and jumped up. Xiaowu's mother Wang Shufen shouted, "Boss, you go first. I'll take over when you're tired. You deserve a beating."

Just like that, Xiao Wu lay down, and it would probably take at least ten days for him to get up. After hearing this, Wang Zhan laughed so hard that he rolled over with joy. This Xiao Wu was just a fool and was so bold, but he got taught a bad lesson this time.

Teacher Yang came to find Xiao Si during the break and asked about Xiao Wu's condition. Xiao Si didn't dare to tell the truth and said that Xiao Wu was sick and couldn't get up for a while. Teacher Yang thought about it and said, "Then how about this, after school today, you take me to his home. I'll make a contribution by visiting his home. As a teacher, I'll go and take a look."

When Xiao Si heard this, his face fell and he didn't know how to answer. Teacher Yang saw that Xiao Si looked wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Si really had no choice but to tell the truth and the whole story to Teacher Yang. After listening to it, Teacher Yang thought about it with a strange look on his face and said, "Forget it, let's talk about it after he goes to school."

Wang Zhan was so happy today that he told He Yushui and Wang Li about it on the way home. The two of them burst into laughter. Wang Li also said that Brother Xiaowu was a money-grubber.

When he got home, his master was already there, busy in the kitchen, and called out, "Apprentice, I bought a fun thing. It's in the main room. Go take a look and see if it's useful."

The three of them went to the study to put down their schoolbags, and then ran to the main room, where they saw a wooden box on the eight-immortal table. He Yushui and Wang Li had never seen it before, so they asked Wang Zhan. It was also the first time Wang Zhan had seen it, but he had seen it in a grocery store at Zhengyangmen, so he said, "This looks like a radio, let me try it."

The two girls gathered around the eight-immortals table curiously. Wang Zhan fiddled with it for a long time and finally opened it. Soon the sound of opera singing came from inside. The two girls were very excited. Wang Zhan kept adjusting the tune and finally tuned to a storytelling show, which should be "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The two girls would not let Wang Zhan move.

Wang Zhan was also fascinated by the story, until the master called everyone to eat in the front yard, Wang Zhan still held the box and went to the front yard, Qi Dasheng was also happy to eat while listening to the storytelling. The storytelling was over before the meal was finished, mainly because these people only listened to the storytelling and didn't eat much. After that, several people concentrated on eating, and Wang Zhan asked: "Master, did you buy this?"

"Nonsense, I either bought them or stole them. I heard from the leader that these things will require tickets next year, and it will be very difficult to buy them. I don't have enough money. If I had enough money, I would at least buy two watches and a bicycle." Qi Dasheng said after taking a sip of wine.

"Master, you should have told me earlier. I just changed all the foreign currencies before you came back. Uncle Li helped me to change it. I have money. I'll give you one thousand first, but you don't have to buy a watch. I brought back dozens of dollars from Hong Kong Island, all new." Wang Zhan said casually.

Qi Dasheng stared and said, "How come I don't know? Where did you put it? You should have told me earlier. I just need a watch, and it's inconvenient for me to go to work."

"I'll give them to you after dinner. You can choose some. You may not be able to wear some of them." Wang Zhan said.

Qi Dasheng looked at him with disdain and said, "There is also a watch that I can't wear. Why do I not believe it?"

After dinner, several people went to the main room. Wang Li and He Yushui were also curious. They didn't know that Wang Zhan had a watch.

Wang Zhan went to the basement of the garden, took out a leather suitcase, returned to the main room, put it on the table, and opened it directly. There were forty-nine watches neatly placed inside, each one was different. Qi Dasheng was stunned, and Wang Li and He Yushui exclaimed.

Qi Dasheng looked at Wang Zhan with resentment. There were hardly any watches among these that he could wear outside. Some of them had gemstones or diamonds, and the rest were gold-plated. Qi Dasheng looked around and found only two that he could wear, one was a sports Rolex and the other was a Longines mechanical watch, but this was also quite luxurious.

Qi Dasheng didn't care and put them all in his pocket. He planned to wear them in turn. Wang Zhan didn't care. Wang Li looked at her brother with longing eyes. Wang Zhan said, "When you go to high school, I will give them to you. OK? You can't wear them now."

Qi Dasheng fiddled with it for a while and asked, "Do you have any good stuff that I don't know about?"

Wang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Really, there is nothing left. The rest are useless. You can go and see the secret room on the right."

As soon as Wang Zhan finished speaking, Qi Dasheng took the lead and ran to the garden, followed by Wang Li and He Yushui. Wang Zhan shouted, "Please help me take the box down."

The obedient one was He Yushui. He came back immediately and ran out again with the box containing the watches. Wang Zhan shook his head helplessly.

(End of this chapter)