Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 838 Being remembered
While the celebration banquet was going on at Wang Zhan's house, Yan Bugui, who lived in the front yard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, was drinking tea at home and feeling restless. He would stand up and look outside, then come back and sit down to drink tea again, and this happened several times.

Today is a normal working day. On working days, few people come into the yard. Only the women in the yard or the children who are not in school sometimes come in and out.

Yan Bugui lit a cigarette and looked at the clock on the cabinet. At this moment, he felt that time was passing very slowly. He was waiting. What was he waiting for? He was waiting to give Sha Zhu the good news. In fact, Yan Bugui's purpose was very simple, he was going for Sha Zhu's lunch box.

In the morning, he heard Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu chatting, and learned that the factory was having a reception this afternoon. It was said that it was for some reporters from newspapers. Yan Bugui knew that as long as there was a reception, Sha Zhu would definitely go home with a lunch box filled with meat dishes for the reception.

Normally, Sha Zhu didn't take Yan Bugui, the third uncle, seriously at all, but Yan Bugui felt that today was an opportunity. No one in the compound knew yet that He Yushui had become the third in the city. As long as he told Sha Zhu the news, Sha Zhu would be so happy that he would most likely give him the lunch box. Therefore, Yan Bugui had no intention of attending the graduation ceremony and returned to the yard early.

Time passed by minute by minute. Yang Ruihua looked at her husband who was fidgeting and felt very strange. Yang Ruihua, who was taking care of the children in the house, said to herself: "What's wrong with this old Yan? What is he thinking about?"

Yan Jiekuang, who was lying on the bed next to him, turned his head to look outside and said, "I guess he's thinking about Brother Zhuzi's lunch box."

Yang Ruihua was stunned, patted Yan Jiekuang's butt, and said, "How did you know?"

"In the morning, I heard Brother Zhuzi tell Uncle Yi that there would be a banquet today, but he would not be back late. Uncle Yi also told him that the Jia family had a hard time, and that he should bring some meat and vegetables to the Jia family. My father was right next to me at the time." Yan Jiekuang said in a baby voice.

Yang Ruihua understood immediately and said to Yan Jiekuang with a smile, "You are a smart kid. I even doubt if you are my son. How come you don't look like those two brothers at all?"

Yan Jiekuang turned over and said, "Did I jump out of a stone? Then mother, do you think I should go to Sanxing Cave to find Bodhi Patriarch and learn the seventy-two transformations or something?"

Yang Ruihua couldn't stop laughing because of Yan Jiekuang's entertainment. The little sister in her arms saw her mother laughing and also laughed.

Yan Bugui also heard the laughter from the bedroom and was a little puzzled. Just as he was about to stand up and take a look, he habitually looked towards the door and saw Liu Gen running in with a bag and heading straight for his home.

Yan Bugui ignored the laughter in the bedroom, and quickly picked up his usual door-blocking prop - a bucket for watering flowers, and walked out. Because Liu Gen also worked in the steel rolling mill, but he was a loader. He and his grandmother lived in one of the ear rooms in the east wing, but Liu Gen was a loader and did not earn much.

Yan Bugui pretended to water the flowers and waited quietly. After a while, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong walked in side by side, followed by Jia Dongxu.

Yi Zhonghai greeted him out of habit, "Old Yan, you're watering the flowers. You're back early."

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "School is only open for half a day today, just for a graduation ceremony, so we came back early."

Liu Haizhong still looked arrogant and didn't say anything. Just as Yi Zhonghai was about to go in, Yan Bugui grabbed him and said, "Old Yi, something big happened in the hospital. Do the people in your factory know about it?"

Just this one sentence aroused the curiosity of the three people. They looked at Yan Bugui with puzzled eyes. Yan Bugui did not say anything and pretended to search his pockets. Yi Zhonghai understood it all at once and took out his economic cigarettes and handed one to him. Jia Dongxu behind him sneered sarcastically.

Yi Zhonghai distributed cigarettes to the other two people, and then took out a lighter to light up Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui took a puff and then said, "Old Yi, you don't know, there is a big happy event in the Sha Zhu family."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he felt a little nervous, and then asked hurriedly, "What good news could Sha Zhu have?" Yan Bugui said, "He didn't have any good news. It was his sister He Yushui who became very successful. She ranked third in the city in the entrance exam to junior high school."

All three of them were very shocked. In their impression, the yellow-haired little girl who was wearing patched clothes that were altered from clothes that Shazhu couldn't wear, and who was very thin and even a little malnourished, had no connection with the third place in the city.

Yan Bugui stopped talking again. Yi Zhonghai saw that Yan Bugui was determined to get what he wanted, so he stuffed the remaining half pack of cigarettes into Yan Bugui's pocket.

Yan Bugui smiled happily, then lowered his voice and said, "The school alone gave a bonus of 100 yuan, and I heard that it will be reported in the newspaper later. As far as I know, there are also bonuses from the street office, the education department, and your steel mill leaders."

Jia Dongxu was jealous and asked directly, "Why did our factory give her a bonus?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Dongxu, feeling a little disappointed, and said directly: "That school is an affiliated school of the factory. If you get good results, the factory leaders will definitely be proud of it. Maybe they can even receive praise from their superiors."

The others suddenly realized what was going on. After a few words, Yi Zhonghai had something on his mind, and Jia Dongxu also had his own little plan, so they hurriedly separated and went home. Yan Bugui continued to stick to his post, as he was waiting for the most important person.

When Yi Zhonghai returned home, Li Cuilan had already prepared dinner and brewed tea for him. Li Cuilan looked at Yi Zhonghai who was worried and asked with concern, "What happened to you today? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, anything else. By the way, Cuilan, do you still remember He Yushui? Where does she live now?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

Li Cuilan was very surprised and said, "You don't care about her, so why are you asking about her? At the beginning, I told you to keep her, but you refused. I gave you two steamed buns, and you blamed me. Why are you asking about this little girl?"

"Why so much to say? If you know, just tell me. If you don't know, forget it." Yi Zhonghai said a little unhappily.

Li Cuilan said: "I don't know about other things. I just know that she has been in contact with her father. Her living expenses are sent directly to Director Wang of the Street Office. I heard that she is living with a family, but I don't know who."

Yi Zhonghai knew that He Daqing had sent money, but he didn't know that she was still in contact with He Daqing, so he asked, "Who told you that?"

"Auntie Liu from the Street Office, when she came back last time, she asked, by the way, what happened to He Yushui?" Li Cuilan said.

Yi Zhonghai said, "She has made great progress. I just heard from Old Yan that she won third place in the city. I guess the prize money must be several hundred yuan. The important thing is that it seems that this girl is aiming to become a college student. She will definitely have a bright future."

Li Cuilan was surprised, but then she thought about it and said, "It's fine if he succeeds. Anyway, he doesn't live in our yard, so he can't affect us."

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "I'm afraid she will influence Shazhu. This girl has come back every Chinese New Year in the past two years. It seems that she still can't bear to leave her brother."

Li Cuilan also fell into deep thought. In Li Cuilan's mind, Sha Zhu was the best candidate for the couple's support in their old age, which was consistent with the deaf old lady's idea.

(End of this chapter)