Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 931 Finally Changed
Director Wang from the Street Office left. Wang Zhan and his sister had some peace and quiet this time. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the main room. Wang Zhan sat at the door in a daze. Wang Li had gone to the front yard for who knows what, and Jinbao followed her.

Director Li was transferred, his master also left, Uncle Li and his family also left, Principal Ren and his wife disappeared. After 1957, Wang Zhan felt that the people around him were leaving one by one, except for his friends and his sister who were still by his side.

Wang Zhan knew that he would have to rely on himself for the future, but he still felt sad to see his close ones leaving. He heard that Hei Pi and Wu Yong had also taken their relatives to Tianjin and even moved their household registration there, and it seemed that they had no plans to come back.

Wang Zhan himself also had a different feeling. The rooms in the courtyard of Yu'er Hutong were gradually being occupied, and it seemed that he would not be able to reclaim them in a short time. All these things made him feel uncomfortable, as if a mysterious big hand was covering his head, and the surroundings were slowly becoming dim.

When Aunt Wang left, she left the small suitcase behind. Wang Zhan asked who gave it to her. Aunt Wang said she didn't know, and it was passed down from above. As for who it was, there was a confidentiality mechanism, so no one knew.

Wang Zhan burst out laughing when he saw the small suitcase on the table. It was obviously a product from Thailand. He probably thought that Blind Chen had sent it to him through some channel.

The one on top is a Lu Ban lock, and the method of opening it was taught to him by Taoist Wang. Wang Zhan was wondering how Blind Chen got it. Could it be that Blind Chen and Taoist Wang got together again? Wang Zhan was just guessing. Looking at the suitcase, Wang Zhan still started to work. After going through eighteen techniques, he finally removed the main lock core. Wang Zhan was busy for more than an hour.

The small suitcase was opened. It was wrapped in red velvet. When the red velvet was opened, the contents inside were revealed. Half of the suitcase contained a Taoist figure, and the other half contained four books and a letter.

This statue is made of gold and looks a bit like the ancestor Hongjun, but Wang Zhan is sure that it is not him. The dress is very different. The most important thing is that this person has two swords on his back and a bamboo slip in his hand, with two words "Jing Gong" written on it.

The four books seemed to be in Sanskrit or some other language. Wang Zhan didn't recognize them anyway, so he didn't look through them and directly opened the letter.

The letter was indeed written by Blind Chen. There were no unnecessary polite words at the beginning. He just said that the things in the suitcase were his and asked him to keep them for safekeeping, because if he kept them, not only would the things be lost, but his life might also be in danger.

In the second paragraph, he talked about his wife, who wanted him to take a trip to Langshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia, where there was a place called Dabatu, where Grandma Sun lived with her family. He hoped that Wang Zhan would tell his family about his current location and tell them that someone would pick them up in early August.

In the third paragraph of the letter, Blind Chen expressed his longing for his cheap apprentice and apologized to him. He told him that he could go find him when he had the chance. He said that he had already broken away from the entanglement of the royal family and lived alone in a place called Bassein in Myanmar, which was very close to the sea.

At the end of the letter, Wang Zhan was told that Taoist Wang had returned to Qingcheng Mountain, but he didn't know whether he had arrived yet.

After reading the letter, Wang Zhan cursed his cheap master inwardly, asking him to go to the prairie to deliver a letter for no reason and not knowing whether the master was at school. But then he became conflicted. He couldn't possibly leave his sister behind to go to the prairie, on the other hand, he also wanted to go to Qingcheng Mountain. There were problems on both sides.

Wang Zhan was good at this. He would put aside the things that he couldn't figure out. He packed up his things and put them in the basement. He walked to the front yard. His sister was standing by the small pond watching Da Yu and Xiao Yu playing with their children. Jin Bao lay beside her, his eyes looking in the direction of the geese. There were many small fish and shrimps in the pond. They were all caught by him and his sister. It was hard to eat them, so they just threw them into the pond. After that, Xiao Wu and Xiao Si learned from them. Every time they came back from fishing, they would bring the big fish home and throw the small ones back into the pond.

Unfortunately, with the presence of the big geese, there are obviously not many small fish and shrimps.

Nine big geese, five old hens and one big rooster are the livestock raised in the front yard. According to Aunt Wang, these things will become a problem sooner or later, and she asked Wang Zhan to make arrangements early, but Wang Zhan didn't know what to do.

Every time he saw Wang Li and wanted to talk about how to deal with the livestock, Wang Zhan would just shut his mouth when he saw his sister's smile when she looked at them. He was just letting the matter go for now and would just put it off until sometime.

If that day really comes, the chicken and the seven children of Dayu and Xiaoyu will probably be in trouble. The only ones left will be Dayu and Xiaoyu. Now Xiaoyu lays two eggs every day, rain or shine, but she just doesn't plan to sit on the nest anymore and will just leave it alone after laying the eggs.

Wang Zhan played with his sister for a while. It was already completely dark, so Wang Zhan took his sister back to the house, followed by Jinbao. Jinbao had been acting abnormally recently. He always went into the main room and never came out, sleeping there.

Wang Zhan listened to the radio with his sister. He made a cup of tea for himself and a cup of sugar water for his sister.

Time passed minute by minute, and Wang Li washed up and went to bed. Wang Zhan tossed and turned in his bedroom, unable to sleep, so he got up, put on his clothes and went to the study. He wanted to turn on the light, but there was a power outage. He could only light two candles, put them on the desk, and sat in the chair in a daze.

After being stunned for a while, he turned around and saw the cigarettes and matches left by his master. Wang Zhan hesitated for a moment, then took out a cigarette, put it to his mouth, then struck a match to light it, took a deep puff, and then burst into a violent cough.

It was Wang Zhan’s first time smoking. He had always looked down upon his master in the past, thinking that there was nothing good about this thing. Wang Zhan slowly took a few puffs, and his mind became clearer and clearer. Wang Zhan looked at the cigarette in his hand and said to himself, “You know what, this is really a good thing.”

Wang Zhan fell into deep thought again. He felt that no matter what, he must go to Qingcheng Mountain. His martial arts had reached a bottleneck. Now, whether it was meditation, Tai Chi or Changquan, they had all reached a state of stagnation. No matter how hard he practiced, there was no progress at all.

Another thing is that after all, Blind Chen is his master. Although he has certain purposes for him, he has also helped him and taught him a lot. So, he must be grateful to his master, not to mention that he was the one who tricked him into being under house arrest.

After thinking all this through, Wang Zhan suddenly became enlightened. As for his sister, he could just take her with him to relax. His sister had never left the city since she could remember, so this was a good opportunity for her to broaden her horizons. He could let Aunt Wang help take care of her at home. Even if Aunt Wang was too busy, there was still Aunt Sun.

(End of this chapter)