Yan Jiecheng's Leisurely Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 3 Subsidy for Household
When Yan Jiefang returned home from the street, Yan Fugui had already finished get off work and was watering the flowers and plants at the door.

"Jie Cheng, you came back early today."

"Well, there's not much work today. I'll be back as soon as I'm done."

After saying goodbye to his father, Yan Jiecheng returned home.

When I came to the living room, I saw the two brothers Jiefang and Jiekuang lying on the table, writing their homework with sad faces.

The younger sister Jie Di was playing with the table legs.

Yan Jiecheng walked up, picked up the little sister and started teasing her.

"Little sister, do you miss big brother?"

Yan Jiedi nodded very cutely, then pouted and started to complain.

"Big brother, second brother, and third brother are bad. They won't play with me."

"Then big brother will help you teach them a lesson."

After saying that, he pretended to pat his two younger brothers gently.

Seeing this, Yan Jie Di immediately smiled happily and cheered them on.

"Beat them, beat them, big brother, beat them..."

After teasing the little sister for a while, Yan Jiecheng took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into the little sister's mouth.

When she was eating the candy, Jie Di's eyes narrowed and she spoke incoherently.

"It's candy, it's delicious, thank you big pot..."

After seeing Yan Jiecheng handing the White Rabbit milk candy to his younger sister, the two brothers Jiefang and Jie Kuang no longer had the heart to do their homework and just stared at their older brother eagerly.

In the end, Jie Kuang couldn't help but ask first.

"Brother, do you still have White Rabbit?"

"Don't worry, how could you two be missing?"

Then Yan Jiecheng took out four White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket and gave them two.

This is not because Yan Jiecheng is stingy. Supplies are in short supply now, and candy is a rare commodity. It would be too conspicuous to take out too much at once.

After the two brothers took the candy, they immediately peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in their mouths.

"Thank you, big brother. I almost forgot what toffee tastes like. The last time I had it was during Chinese New Year."

"Last time, we had to share one candy among three people, but this time, we can finally eat the whole candy."

When Jie Di saw that her two brothers had two candies, she immediately became unwilling.

"Big pot, I want one too."

Seeing Jie Di acting coquettishly in his arms, Yan Jiecheng quickly took out two more candies from his pocket and put them in Jie Di's hands.

"Don't be angry, little sister. Big brother will give you two more. Now your second and third brothers won't have as many as you..."

After finally calming down the little sister, Yan Fugui returned to the house and said, "I heard the noise."

"What's with all the noise? Jiefang, Jiecheng, have you finished your homework?"

Then Yan Fugui saw the White Rabbit milk candies that several people had not had time to put away.

"Oh my, you guys are so extravagant when I'm not paying attention. It's not New Year or any other festival, why are you eating candy? Besides, is this how you eat candy? You're really wasting things."

After Yan Fugui finished speaking, he reached out to take the remaining candy.

"Dad, don't be like this. We haven't eaten in a long time."

……

Seeing this, Yan Jiecheng quickly stopped Yan Fugui and said.

"Dad, don't be angry, it's just a rare occasion."

Although she was very satisfied with Yan Jiecheng's care for her younger siblings, she still felt bad. "You little brat, you've only been on the job for a short time and you're so extravagant."

Seeing that Yan Fugui was still angry, Yan Jiecheng quickly told him the news that he was going to work in the steel rolling mill canteen.

Although Yan Fugui was still complaining after hearing this, he finally did not take the candies from the hands of several people.

"You can't do that. You can drink candy in water for several days. You really don't know how to live."

Seeing that Yan Fugui had finally calmed down, Yan Jiecheng took out four White Rabbit snacks from his pocket and handed them to Yan's father.

"Dad, take this candy. You can have some sweets with Mom later."

Yan Fugui was deeply touched by Yan Jiecheng's filial act.

"Your mother and I are grown-ups, we don't need to eat these things anymore. Keep them for yourself."

"Dad, just keep it. Everyone gets one. It's fair and just. You gave it to me."

After repeated persuasion from Yan Jiecheng, Yan Fugui finally accepted the four White Rabbit snacks.

But he didn't eat it. Instead, he put it in his pocket and planned to save it for later.

When it was time for dinner in the evening, Jiefang, Jiekuang and Jiedi saw that there was an extra dish of scrambled eggs on the table.

Although there were not many scrambled eggs and they only looked like two eggs, they were already ecstatic.

"Mom, today isn't a holiday, why are you willing to scramble eggs?"

"That's right, today the sun actually rose from the west."

As soon as the Jie Kuang brothers finished speaking, Jie Di clapped her hands happily and said.

"Eggs, eggs are delicious, I want to eat them."

Yan's mother knocked on Yan Jiefang's head and said unhappily.

"You little brat, you talk so weirdly, don't you think about it? If we don't plan our lives carefully, we will all be in trouble."

At this time, Yan Fugui, who was sitting in the main seat, coughed and said.

"Today is a happy day for our family. Jie Cheng finally has a formal job."

"Jie Cheng, your family used to ask you to hand over five yuan for food expenses because you were doing odd jobs and it was unstable. But now that you're working in a factory, things are different. You'll have to hand over eight yuan every month to your family."

Yan Jiecheng had no objection to handing over living expenses. His family was living a tight life, and as the eldest in the family, it was normal for him to contribute to the family to the best of his ability.

It’s just that Yan Jiecheng doesn’t like this title. Food expenses? If you don’t know, you would think that he eats very well at home.

Just when Yan Jiecheng was complaining in his heart, Yan Fugui saw that he had not said anything for a long time, and thinking that he was unwilling, he started to do ideological work.

"Jie Cheng, you know our family's conditions. As the eldest child, you should set a good example for your younger siblings."

Seeing that his father misunderstood, Yan Jiecheng quickly explained.

"Dad, I have no objection to paying eight dollars a month, but please don't use the name of food expenses. With our family's food standard, that's too far-fetched."

As long as he can get benefits, Yan Fugui doesn't care about any title.

"Then it's not called living expenses, it's just you supplementing the household expenses, that's fine, right?"

"Okay, I'll pay eight dollars a month to my family from now on."

After seeing Yan Jiecheng agree so readily, Yan Fugui was not as happy as he had imagined. Instead, he felt a little annoyed that he got less.

But the words had already been spoken, and it was too late to change them. I could only invite everyone to eat in a depressed mood.

At this time, Yan's mother picked up the scrambled eggs, divided them into six equal parts, and put them into their bowls one by one, while speaking.

"Our family values ​​fairness and justice, so we eat sparingly."

Yan Jiecheng was speechless. There were only two eggs in total, and each person only got one with chopsticks. It was not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth. How could they save them?
The moment the three little guys got the eggs, they stuffed them into their mouths with expressions of enjoyment on their faces.

As a time traveler, Yan Jiecheng really couldn't understand what they were thinking at the moment.

(End of this chapter)