Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 925: Guangqi Tells the Tales
In the west wing of No. 95 Courtyard, the golden color of the setting sun shines on this desolate yard, which is overgrown with weeds. Except for a big poplar tree standing tall, the whole yard is full of fir shrubs.

Near the dilapidated wall in front, two people from different family backgrounds but seemingly with the same fate were talking to each other about their experiences.

After smoking a cigarette, Yan Jiecheng said, "Guangtian, we are childhood friends. My brother is a few years older than me. When I graduated, I met the wrong person. During this year, I have figured out a lot of things. I want to change my destiny, but in the end, I still have to rely on my own efforts."

"I know that too, but you've seen the current situation. If you hadn't been recommended by the cleaning team, would you have gotten this temporary job? Besides, you never know what might have happened. Will your father let you go?" Liu Guangtian still looked at Yan Jiecheng with disdain.

Yan Jiecheng rolled his eyes and said, "Look, Guangtian, I have a temporary job here, so I don't have to work in the cleaning team. You're about to graduate, so how about this, fifty yuan, and I promise to talk to Captain Yang and keep this job for you, how about that?"

Liu Guangtian thought that Yan Jiecheng was kind enough to comfort him, but it turned out that he was waiting for him here. They were indeed members of the Yan family, all looked the same.

Liu Guangtian didn't refuse immediately. He thought to himself that if he went to work after graduation, maybe there would be some changes. He looked up at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Here's how, Brother Jiecheng, I'll give you 30 yuan in three months. I'll talk to the school and ask them to suspend my studies this month. Can I start from this month?"

Yan Jiecheng thought there shouldn't be any problem, but Liu Guangtian's bargaining was too ruthless, so he said, "Forty-five, it can't be any lower."

"You've come here for nothing. Thirty-five, okay? Can you give me a straight answer?"

"Forty, the final price, otherwise I'll give it to Ergouzi in the front yard." Yan Jiecheng said with a look of heartache.

"Just thirty-five, or you can give it to Ergouzi. After that, wait for your dad to collect the money from you." Liu Guangtian said.

Yan Jiecheng miscalculated. What he said about giving the money to Ergouzi was a lie. But if Liu Guangtian really told his father, he might not get the money, so he gritted his teeth and nodded.

After the two men finished talking, they didn't exchange pleasantries and walked straight out of the yard.

The two of them left, but a man appeared from the bushes behind them and looked at their backs with a smile. Liu Guangqi flashed out from the shadows. He also met the two brothers by accident.

Liu Guangqi turned around and walked out of the backyard wall. Everyone who often plays in the yard knows this abandoned yard and is equally familiar with it.

Liu Guangtian did not dare to go home and went directly to his junior high school classmate's house to spend the night. At night, Liu Guangtian thought about Yan Jiecheng's words. He knew that Yan Jiecheng wanted to make some money from him. No one in the yard was willing to do a job that paid only ten yuan a month.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Guangtian felt that this was an opportunity for his transition period. He thought that if Yan Jiecheng could make money, it would be money. What if, what if he couldn't find a job, he would have to spend his days at home like a year? After making up his mind, Liu Guangtian was ready to agree to Yan Jiecheng's request.

When Liu Guangqi returned home, he was still thinking about the conversation between the two brothers. He had no feelings towards his younger brother, but he was hostile towards Yan Jiecheng.

Among his peers, except for He Yuzhu and Xu Damao who inherited their fathers' jobs, he could not say anything, but he would feel very embarrassed if Yan Jiecheng became a formal worker before him.

Liu Guangqi is going to start his internship this year. He doesn't care about the people in the hospital, but he feels a little uncomfortable when he sees others living better than him. He sneers at his younger brother Liu Guangtian's job of sweeping the streets for ten yuan a month and doesn't think highly of it at all. But he still cares about Yan Jiecheng's plot against Liu's family.

Everyone has their own situation and everyone has their own ideas, but in these difficult times, calculation has become a trend in the compound, starting from the front yard and extending to the back yard.

A month passed in a flash. Liu Guangqi was originally studying at a technical secondary school. He had very tight schoolwork and was about to start his internship, so he had to give it his all.

In the first week after the exam, he went home on the weekend because he wanted to see what his brother would choose. On Saturday afternoon, when it was almost time for everyone to get off work, Liu Guangqi walked to the gate of the compound with a backpack on his back. As he guessed, Yan Bugui was busy in front of the flower stand in front of the gate as usual.

As soon as he reached the door, Yan Bugui turned around and said to Liu Guangqi with a smile: "Hey, our technical secondary school students are back. Are they going to do their internship?"

Liu Guangqi responded with a smile, "Yes, Uncle, you are watering the flowers. You really have time to spare. By the way, has Yan Jiecheng been hired as a regular employee?"

Yan Bugui was stunned and said, "It's not that easy. I haven't even been working for a month and I haven't received my salary yet."

"That's not right. I heard that your eldest brother has already made arrangements with the leader and will be converted to a regular employee in a month. Uncle San, you can rest assured that your eldest brother will be given a house once he is converted to a regular employee. Now that it has been allocated, you can rest assured, too." Liu Guangqi said with a smile.

"Who told you this? How is this possible?" Yan Bugui was still counting on the boss's salary to support him for a few more years. If the boss ran away, he would be doomed.

"Two days ago, he sold his cleaning job to my second son. That's what he said at the time. He also said that if the job was separated earlier, it would be more relaxed for both your family and him." Liu Guangqi said with a smile.

"How come I don't know about this? How much did it sell for?" Yan Bugui asked hurriedly.

Liu Guangqi said with a sly smile: "I don't know, you should ask your eldest son. My second son is a practical man, he should agree."

After saying this, he walked straight into the yard without waiting for Yan Bugui's reaction.

Yan Bugui held the watering can and stared blankly at the flowers on the trellis. After a while, he realized that the boss was trying to get out of his control. This was not acceptable, so he quickly ran home.

Yang Ruihua had some guesses about her eldest son's thoughts, but she was not sure. Now under the influence of Yan Jiekuang, she had no idea about the development of her children. As long as the child was well, everything was fine, so she never mentioned it.

Yan Bugui returned home and went straight to the bedroom. As soon as he entered, he said, "Mother, did Yan Jiecheng mention anything to you?"

Yang Ruihua was confused by his wife's sudden question and asked, "What?"

"Does he want to divide it up?" Yan Bugui asked directly.

Yang Ruihua shook his head and said, "You don't know the boss yet. He has rarely talked about his own affairs this year. How would I know?"

Yan Bugui said: "I heard Liu Guangqi say that he wanted to split it up. How is this possible?"

Yang Ruihua was stunned and asked, "Just divide it up, why should you care about your own children?"

"What do you know? You have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, but you will be poor if you don't plan well. We raised him to this age, he must repay us. You want to share it, grandma!" Yan Bugui said angrily.

After hearing what Yan Bugui said, Yang Ruihua stopped talking. Yan Jiekuang, who was sitting next to him, thought to himself, "So that's how this sentence came about."

(End of this chapter)