Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

After returning from Tongxian, Yan Jiekuang stayed in his room for a week.

However, the story of him being forced to climb a tree with a kitchen knife by Zhang Chunhua in Tongxian still spread in Nanluoguxiang.

Not a single person from the Yan family uttered a word.

On the day they returned, the three Zhang brothers escorted Zhang Chunhua and her son back together.

The three brothers ignored Yan Bugui and didn't say anything harsh.

But when Yan Jiekuang went there, he was dressed like a respectable person.

When I came back, my cotton-padded coat had several holes in it.

In addition, there were marks on his face and hands from being slapped.

He knew it; this time, the Zhang family had really dealt him a severe blow.

The key point is that Zhang Chunhua didn't hide it; some neighbors in the courtyard asked her about it.

She told the truth: it was she who beat him up.

And even though she's been back for a week, she hasn't taken the child to visit the elderly couple in the front yard.

On several occasions, Yang Ruihua acquired some rare items, intending to bring them to the Intermediate People's Court for Zhang Chunhua to try.

Unexpectedly, she had just come into Zhang Chunhua's view.

Zhang Chunhua immediately carried the child back into the house and slammed the door shut.

This is clearly a case of not wanting to give the elderly couple any face.

Think about it too.

Yan Jiekuang was young and could be considered immature.

However, Yan Bugui and his wife have not visited the mother and child even once since the incident occurred last year.

I didn't receive any during the Chinese New Year.

This naturally fueled Zhang Chunhua's resentment.

She's not incapable of living; she's offering her husband a way out because she still wants to live with Yan Jiekuang.

What's the point of wasting words with an old couple?
When Yang Ruihua returned home, she naturally complained incessantly to Yan Bugui.

She mentioned to Yan Bugui countless times last year that the couple should act like elders.

They were all fooled by Yan Bugui.

Of course, as the Lunar New Year approached, Yang Ruihua actually understood Yan Bugui's intentions.

She was also blinded by the huge profits of the business.

But the main reason for things getting to this point is still Yan Bugui.

Fortunately, Zhang Chunhua always warmly welcomed Yan Jiecheng's and Yan Jiedi's families when they came.

In Yan Bugui's opinion, as long as his eldest daughter-in-law and Yan Jiedi do more to persuade Zhang Chunhua, everything will be fine.

There will come a day when this third daughter-in-law will reconcile with the old couple.

In the Intermediate People's Court, Yan Jiedi, with her slightly protruding belly, sat in a sheltered, sunny spot, next to two young women holding babies.

In the gradually warming early spring, two chubby babies, both wearing bright red and purple blouses, had their little birds exposed.

"…Xiao Dang, is the house you looked at last year still there?" Zhang Chunhua didn't try to avoid Yan Jiedi and directly asked Xiao Dang about the matter she cared about.

"Yes, I am! But the price of that house with a courtyard has gone up by 500 yuan this year."

My husband is a little hesitant.

They said they'd wait and see, maybe the housing prices would come down. Xiao Dang had a nonchalant attitude.

She really didn't care whether or not to buy the yard and move out.

She supported Liu Haizhong's offer to buy a courtyard house for the young couple back then, because Liu Guangqi was still alive at the time.

If Liu Guangqi comes back and tries to take over the couple's meager assets, it's better to secure the property now and keep it safe.

But now that Liu Guangqi has gone to the south, the elderly couple in the Liu family have placed all their hopes for their old age and funeral on Liu Guangtian.

Whether they move or not is irrelevant.

Besides, Xiao Dang is different from Zhang Chunhua.

She has lived in this courtyard since she was a child.

I've gotten quite used to the oddities of each household in the courtyard.

Zhang Chunhua, on the other hand, was not used to the atmosphere in the courtyard.

All she longed for was to have her own living space.

It's best to stay far away from the Yan family elders.

"Sister-in-law, if you're buying a house, what about this one?" Yan Jiedi interjected.

Zhang Chunhua chuckled and said, "Ask the eldest son's family if they want it. If they don't, I'll sell it to them."

Sister, it's not that I'm stingy, but I'm definitely not going to leave this room to the front.

The old couple, hehe..."

In the end, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

“Sigh…” Surprisingly, Yan Jiedi did not try to persuade her.

Even when she came to see Zhang Chunhua, Yang Ruihua held her arm and talked to her for a long time.

The implication was simply that Yan Jiedi should persuade her third sister-in-law that since the whole family lived in the same courtyard, it was ridiculous for the daughter-in-law to treat her parents-in-law like mortal enemies.

At this moment, Yang Ruihua realized she was afraid others would laugh at her.

She doesn't even consider that the situation last year might make her a laughingstock.

The elderly couple from the Yan family had done many things like this—losing their dignity for petty gains.

Even in her past life, when Yu Li ran a restaurant, Yang Ruihua always longed to help out at the restaurant.

It's not to help the eldest child's family.

It was so that he could bring lunchboxes home from the restaurant...

Only the Yan family could come up with such a bizarre reason.

"When will you take me to see her?" Seeing that Yan Jiedi had no answer, Zhang Chunhua turned to Xiao Dang and got down to business.

"Don't you want to discuss this with your husband?" Xiao Dang said softly, pointing to the inner room.

Yan Jiekuang was slapped across the face by Zhang Chunhua, and the bruise is still visible today.

Even when I go out to use the restroom occasionally, my neighbors will tease me.

"I'll take the lion's share to buy a house for my son; naturally, it's my decision."

It's none of his business.

"Why would you be picky about what you get when you're already eating it?" Zhang Chunhua said this with considerable arrogance.

She has every right to be proud.

She has three older brothers, and all three of them agreed to contribute money to help her find a house in Beijing.

This money can be borrowed or given as a gift.

Anyway, we won't force Zhang Chunhua to pay it back.

If Yan Jiekuang hadn't cheated on me last year, I would have bought it long ago.

As a result, it was delayed for a year and cost seven or eight hundred yuan more.

That's equivalent to Yan Jiekuang's hard work at the end of the year.

This is true for many things; choice is always more important than effort.

But it's not too late.

Perhaps years from now, the Yan family will look back on what happened today.

Everyone felt that Zhang Chunhua's seemingly impulsive actions had actually brought great wealth to her son.

Zhang Chunhua handled it quite decisively.

She viewed the apartment that day, and on Sunday, her brothers came to take another look.

Then the three older brothers each put a stack of bills in front of the original homeowner, and the deal was done.

The channels available for obtaining a property ownership certificate are now much more convenient than they were last year.

As long as both the buyer and seller agree, a middleman can be found and the deal can be done with just a small token payment.

However, Zhang Chunhua played a little trick, or rather, the three Zhang brothers played a little trick.

They bought it in their own name and then gifted it to their nephew, Yan Xuewen.

This is no easy task.

These days, there are only two possibilities for a minor to become the owner of a house.

One scenario is that both parents have died, leaving only the child to inherit.

In addition, there were gifts from elders.

It is said that the Zhang family went to great lengths to arrange this donation, hiring many people and spending a considerable amount of money.

Of course, in the end, the matter was resolved.

Then there's nothing more to say.

As for Yan Jiekuang's thoughts, that's really not important. (End of Chapter)