Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

It's not entirely fair to blame Yan Bugui for this.

Last year he was really anxious, thinking of urging Yan Jiekuang to bring Zhang Chunhua and her son back for the New Year.

At that time, Yan Jiekuang was holding back his anger and got into a fight with Zhang Chunhua.

However, it's nearing the end of the year.

Yan Jiekuang did several wholesale deals and actually made some money.

From then on, the elderly couple never urged Yan Jiekuang to pick up his wife and children again.

Outsiders may not know, but Yan Jiecheng and his wife know the elderly couple all too well.

According to what Yan Jiecheng said at home, the elderly couple had been blinded by money.

They were afraid that if Yan Jiekuang brought his wife back, then the money Yan Jiekuang earned would no longer be their concern.

Of course, Yan Jiecheng also showed a hint of jealousy when he made that speculation.

After all, he felt uncomfortable knowing that the third brother was making money but he wasn't getting a share.

Around the time of the Lunar New Year, Lan Hua asked Yan Jiedi to go and visit the third son's wife and child.

In these social interactions, she always acted like an elder sister-in-law.

It's not appropriate for her to go. If she goes, should she represent the Yan family to bring her sister-in-law back?
Given Yan Jiekuang's arrogant demeanor before the Lunar New Year, she was too lazy to make this decision for her third son.

Therefore, Yan Jiedi, as the younger sister-in-law, is the most suitable candidate.

Tell Chunhua about Yan Jiekuang's "reformed" ways, and then persuade her to give him a way out...

It was perfectly reasonable for Yan Jiedi to go and say these things.

Even if the Zhang family is furious, they won't be able to take it out on her.

Moreover, when Yan Jiedi went there, she brought a tiger-head coat with her eldest nephew; she didn't go empty-handed.

Yan Jiecheng and his wife naturally also let her bring some things, which I won't go into detail about.

In short, the two families of siblings who escaped the courtyard seemed to have been detoxified and started to regain some normal human logic.

Those who live in the courtyard either had normal ideas from the beginning.

Or some people have simply stuck to their selfish and abnormal ideas and haven't changed.

This could also be seen as a legacy of the poison left behind by Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family back then.

Lan Hua clearly understands that helping others is helping herself.

Especially between inseparable siblings.

She found Yan Jiekuang's unrealistic and out-of-touch manner annoying.

But she also knew that one day in the future, Yan Jiekuang might suffer because of his arrogance.

That would inevitably implicate Yan Jiecheng and his sister Yan Jiedi.

So take this opportunity to persuade Yan Jiekuang to bring back the person who can control him.

It's also for the good of the Yan family, this large clan.

That's why Yan Jiekuang went to Tongxian to see his wife and children today.

Of course, Yan Jiedi must have spoken to Zhang Chunhua beforehand.

Tell her not to be so short-tempered, and that you both need to give each other a way out.

What else can be done?
As mentioned before, Zhang Chunhua was not stunningly beautiful, not even pretty, and she had a son. Even if she didn't want to be with Yan Jiekuang anymore, she couldn't find anyone better.

The current social climate doesn't approve of this kind of thing.

Yan Jiekuang wasn't stingy this time either, bringing several packs of cigarettes and alcohol as a belated New Year's greeting to his brothers-in-law.

But reality was very different from what he had imagined.

He was still a little 'excited' as he got into the car.

After all, if Zhang Chunhua hadn't lost her temper with him this time...

Even if you scold him a little,

Then, after a brief, playful tug-of-war with him, I went home with him.

Then he won't have to crawl into a cold bed alone at night.

Thinking of Zhang Chunhua's voluptuous figure, Yan Jiekuang was truly 'excited'.

"Big brother! Big sister-in-law..."

"Second Brother..."
When Yan Jiekuang arrived at the destination, he found that the Zhang brothers were living together in a separate courtyard in Tongxian County.

It's somewhat like the He family's old courtyard, probably converted from a front shop and back house into a large tenement.

It's a bit out of the way, but the yard is big enough.

There is also a large jujube tree in the yard.

Of course, in early spring, the jujube trees are still bare.

No wonder Zhang Chunhua, with her child, has been able to stay here for so long.

Her brother and sister-in-law were all in the courtyard, and no one gossiped.

Even if the neighbors said something, Zhang Chunhua stayed in the courtyard and didn't go out, so she couldn't hear them.

He greeted each of Yan Jiekuang's brothers-in-law in turn, but they did not give him a cold shoulder or a smile.

The third son of the Zhang family pointed towards the best room in the east wing, then sauntered out.

The same applies to the other brothers and sisters-in-law.

They all sneaked out.

The last person to leave was even thoughtfully closed the gate behind him.

This made Yan Jiekuang feel a little more relaxed.

However, he can't bring himself to say certain things in front of others.

Of course, at this moment, Yan Jiekuang felt that his pants were a bit tight.

Thinking of Zhang Chunhua brought to mind her voluptuous figure, and that taut feeling had lingered ever since he got on the bus.

"Chunhua, Chunhua..." Yan Jiekuang called out from the doorway of the east room.

There was no sound coming from inside.

Yan Jiekuang mustered his courage, lifted the curtain, and pushed open the door, only to be greeted by a dark, indistinct shape.

"Slap... Ouch..." Yan Jiekuang covered his nose and squatted down.

"You still have the nerve to come here!" A loud shout came from inside the house. Yan Jiekuang looked up and saw Zhang Chunhua, a big and burly woman, rushing towards him like a bear, carrying a feather duster.

Yan Jiekuang was so frightened that he turned around and scrambled away.

Fortunately, he often did these emergency drills on Xiushui Street last year.

At the slightest sound, they would grab their stall packages and run.

So, the young man reacted quite quickly.

But when he ran to the gate and pulled hard on it, the gate was locked from the outside with a loud bang.

Yan Jiekuang was dumbfounded.

He shook the gate four or five times, but it didn't budge.

Looking back, he saw Zhang Chunhua, dressed in a sweater, with a menacing expression, holding a feather duster, and approaching him step by step.

"Don't come any closer!" In his panic, Yan Jiekuang, with his back to the courtyard gate, shouted at Zhang Chunhua, his voice stern but his voice weak.

He thought he heard someone chuckling outside the gate.

"Damn it, you surnamed Yan, this is my mother's house."

You delivered yourself right to my door.

If you behave yourself today and let me vent my anger, I'll continue living with you.

Otherwise, I'll send you to the crematorium, and I'll also get my household registration removed.

Let's trade our lives.

"...You're a college student, you're a cultured person, you look down on me..." Zhang Chunhua cursed and slapped herself.

She had no intention of giving Yan Jiekuang a way out; instead, she used the feather duster in her hand to mercilessly beat him.

She didn't care about dignity at all; Yan Jiekuang was hit several times on the face and hands.

"Ouch, hiss..."

"I was wrong, Chunhua, Chunhua, I was wrong..." Yan Jiekuang, a tall and strong man from the north, was beaten up by Zhang Chunhua and cried like a wolf, with tears streaming down his face.

At this moment, he could only cover his head with his hands, squat on the ground, and plead desperately. (End of Chapter)