Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 945 Current Situation at Home
Wang Zhan and Wang Li said goodbye to Uncle Has, then mounted their horses and headed west.

Outside of Baotou, there were bushes everywhere. Wang Li was very excited sitting on the horseback, looking around. She looked up and asked her brother, "Brother, didn't you say that this is all grassland? Why are there only bushes? Where is the grassland we saw on the train?"

"The grassland is still ahead. We haven't left the city yet. Just wait." Wang Zhan rode the chestnut horse out of the city smoothly and galloped towards the west.

After the excitement, Wang Li became a little restless. From time to time, Wang Zhan had to stop and follow his sister's footsteps to stroll in the grassland. He didn't care as there was still a lot of time and satisfying his sister's requirements was the first priority.

After walking for most of the day, there was no grassland, no herds of cattle, horses or sheep, only black hills, and it was desolate everywhere. The road was a road trampled by people riding horses. Wang Zhan took his sister to walk and stop, mainly along the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia. When she heard that this river was the Yellow River, Wang Li could no longer sit on the horse and insisted to get off.

After walking and stopping for a while, they arrived at a place called Jinqi Village when it was dark. There was a large grassland to the north of the village. The village was full of Mongolians, and everyone was warm and hospitable. When Wang Zhan and his sister arrived under the birch tree at the head of the village, an old lady with wrinkles on her face stood up tremblingly. The old lady was wearing traditional Mongolian clothes. She looked at the brother and sister and said with a smile: "Dear visitors from afar, Jinqi Village welcomes you."

Wang Zhan quickly got off the horse and carried Wang Li down. Wang Li was finally freed from the horse's back. She was still a little uncomfortable after getting off the ground. She turned a few corners as she walked, which made Wang Zhan laugh. Wang Li rolled her eyes at him.

Jinqi Village is a later built village, all made of brick and tile structures. The residents here were originally nomadic people from nearby areas, who had no fixed place to live all year round. Under the influence of favorable policies from above, this village was built. From then on, the people here had roots in this grassland.

The old lady was called Aijima. She was the oldest person in Jinqi Village and also the most prestigious person. For some reason, the old lady was particularly close to Wang Zhan and his sister, and warmly invited them to her home.

Grandma Aijima's house is an independent courtyard, just on the south side of the village. In the words of the old lady, it is closer to the mother river.

The brother and sister drank milk tea, ate mutton, and then stayed at Ajima's house for three days. During these three days, Wang Li and Grandma Ajima developed a deep relationship.

After living in Jinqi Village for three days, Wang Zhan finally recovered. He packed his luggage and wanted to say goodbye to Grandma Aijima. Grandma Aijima said, "Zhan'er, don't stop along the way. No matter who calls you, don't stop. There are still white dogs around here, but they don't dare to cause trouble in the village."

Grandma Aijima's three sons all died in the war in the north. When she saw Wang Zhan, she missed her youngest son a little bit. Her youngest son was about the same age when he passed away. In fact, what Aijima didn't know was that Wang Zhan was only thirteen years old, but looked like he was sixteen or seventeen years old. That was because Wang Zhan had been practicing martial arts for many years.

Wang Zhan did not explain too much. He listened patiently to Ajima's advice and then took Wang Li on the road. This section of the journey was actually not long, but it passed through an uninhabited area where wild wolves were rampant.

Wang Li is a reckless child. She is not afraid of anything as long as her brother is around. Sitting on the horse and leaning on her brother's chest, she feels that she is the happiest person in the world.

Courtyard No. 95, Yi Zhonghai’s home.

At this time, the three uncles were sitting there in silence. When Yi Zhonghai came back, he went to the deaf old lady's house and sat there for a long time. As for what the two talked about, no one knew.

At this time, Auntie Li Cuilai brought two dishes, one of which was pork head meat and the other was scrambled eggs. Yi Zhonghai stood up and went to the side cabinet next to him, opened it and took out two bottles of Lianhua Bai, walked back and put them on the table. At this time, Li Cuilan brought up three sets of tableware and three wine glasses. Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I invited you two brothers to drink. Today is a good day. We have nothing to do. Let's have a drink."

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses, which were wrapped in white bandages, and said, "Yeah, it's been a long time since the three of us had a drink together."

As he spoke, Yan Bugui took the initiative to pick up a bottle of Lianhua Bai, opened it, poured it for Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai first, and then poured it for himself.

Liu Haizhong was also very surprised. He thought that Yi Zhonghai was going to do something weird again this time, but he didn't expect that he was going to treat them to drinks.

Liu Haizhong still put on airs and said, "Old Yi, look at you, why didn't you tell us earlier that you wanted to treat us to a drink?"

Yan Bugui didn't want to indulge him, and said, "What do you mean? Why didn't you just say so earlier and skipped meals at home?"

Liu Haizhong was stunned and said, "Is that what I meant? Old Yan, how can you be so arrogant as to think whoever gives you milk is your mother?"

Yi Zhonghai saw that the two men were arguing before they even drank, so he quickly tried to stop them, saying, "Gentlemen, I'm just inviting you two to have a drink today, can you please stop arguing?"

After Yi Zhonghai raised a glass, the three of them started drinking and chatting about things in and outside the courtyard, mostly trivial matters. Yi Zhonghai was a little absent-minded. He was indifferent to other people's affairs. Now there were three people in his mind. One was Jia Dongxu, who was his pensioner and must be put first. One was He Yuzhu. Although it was the pensioner proposed by the deaf old lady, he felt it was not bad to have a backup. The last one was Wang Zhan from the East Cross Courtyard. That was a rich man. When he heard from He Yushui that this person had a deposit of up to 200,000, he was tempted.

The other families in the courtyard thought that He Yushui was bragging. Only three people thought that what He Yushui said was true. One was He Yushui's brother He Yuzhu, one was the deaf old lady in the backyard, and the last one was Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai understood it very differently. He simply thought that He Yushui never lied. Since he was a child, He Yushui had never told a lie. So when He Yushui said in public that Wang Zhan was very rich, he believed it without a doubt.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Yi Zhonghai raised his glass and said, "My two brothers, do you think the courtyard next door belongs to our leader?"

Liu Haizhong also picked up his glass and said, "Didn't Director Wang say that from now on, they will be part of our courtyard and will of course be under our leadership?"

Yan Bugui didn't say anything, he just raised his glass to clink glasses with them and drank it.

"Look, there are only two children in the East Courtyard, one is thirteen years old and the other is only eight years old. How do these two children know how to live? Should we find a supervisor for them?" Yi Zhonghai said after finishing his drink.

(End of this chapter)