Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

Before his two sons arrived, Yan Bugui dove headfirst into the water.

In Beijing during the National Day holiday, it was no longer hot; on the contrary, it was quite cool at night, and the river water was icy cold.

There is no trace of warmth.

"father……"

"Dad...Dad..."

The two sons were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

But there's nothing I can do!

Neither of them could swim, and when it came to rescuing someone, they were both too afraid to go down.

Wow…

Two minutes later, Yan Bugui swam ashore on his own, shivering from the cold.

"Dad...why did you come up again?"

Yan Jiefang looked puzzled: Didn't you go and die?

This……

Snapped……

Yan Jiecheng, being the eldest son and more sensible, raised his hand and slapped his younger brother across the head: "What are you saying... Dad just accidentally fell into the water, who's going to die or live..."

"Waaah..." Yan Bugui shivered from the cold: "The water is too cold... otherwise I really wouldn't be alive!"

"Alright, Dad... hurry up, take off your clothes, wring them out, let's go home quickly..."

"Waaaaah..." Yan Bugui cried as he took off his clothes and wrung out the water, "I'm such a spendthrift, two bags of corn...waaaah...just gone like that!"

……

Courtyard house!

The night is already very deep.

Auntie San is still guarding the door!

Not only Aunt San, but also Uncle Yi, Aunt Yi, Uncle Er, Aunt Er, Qin Huairu, and so on.

All the important figures in the compound were guarding the front yard.

It's been so long, it's already 9 pm and the old man still hasn't come back from fishing.

It shouldn’t be!

Don't you even know the time?

"Third Aunt..." Uncle Yi asked, "Didn't Old Yan say where he went to catch fish?"

Speaking of which, everyone has already searched all the places that Lao Yan usually goes to.

But I couldn't find it.

Now things are really bad, not only has Old Yan disappeared, but his two sons haven't come back yet!

"Waaah..." Aunt San burst into tears, "He's been acting strangely since he came back today. He kept asking me for my food ration book, and for money... He even said he wanted to buy corn and fish..."

　29 “Oh…I know!”

Liu Aiguo, who had just entered, said, "I saw Uncle San this morning when I was fishing for mandarin fish... He was fishing over on the Yongding River... But I didn't see your sons!"

"Sigh..." Auntie San said, "Aiguo, you don't know the situation... The children went there at noon..."

Liu Aiguo was also a little flustered.

Yan Bugui isn't a bad person, much worse than Second Uncle and First Uncle. He's just a bit scheming and annoying.

Liu Aiguo only gave him a minor punishment as a warning, a little slap on the wrist, and tricked him a bit.

I didn't mean to ruin him.

Please, this old man, don't do anything rash and jump into the river.

As we were talking... there was a sudden noise at the door.

Yan Jiecheng returned, pulling a cart.

The solution is followed by a prescription.

Upon seeing the two brothers, everyone stood up, but Aunt San burst into tears: "Old man, where's the old man... Waaah... Where did the old man go..."

The three of them went and only two came back. That's a really bad omen.

Then, the old man's voice came from the cart: "I'm here..."

The crowd came over with lanterns to take a look.

Good guy...

Her hair was wet!

My clothes are wet too.

"What happened?" Yi Zhonghai asked. "Jiecheng, why is your dad in the water?"

Yan Jiecheng said, "My dad...sigh...he went out to catch fish...he threw two bags of corn kernels into the river, but he didn't catch a single fish, so he got angry and jumped into the river..."

"This……"

buzzing...

The courtyard was abuzz with discussion.

Liu Aiguo almost burst out laughing: Damn... this old guy finally fell for it.

Why the hell did you ruin my good time?

Liu Aiguo was no longer worried, since Yan Laoxi had returned safely.

However, Liu Aiguo was unhappy all day because he didn't get to eat his wife!

unlucky.

"Hurry, hurry...come inside quickly..." Uncle Yi said, "Go inside and change into some clean clothes, don't catch a cold..."

"Ah..."

As he was speaking, Yan Bugui sneezed loudly.

"Achoo...Achoo...Achoo..."

Once they start, they can't stop.

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Yan Laoxi caught a cold on the way.

"Waaah..." Auntie San cried as she said, "You old fool, you're wasting your life and the food... You're never allowed to go fishing again!"

"Ugh……"

Yan Bugui went back inside to change into dry clothes and went out. When he looked up, he saw Liu Aiguo. He immediately pointed at Liu Aiguo and said, "Liu Aiguo...you little brat, come here...you're trying to trick me, aren't you?"

"Who?"

Yan Jiecheng also stood up, looking at Liu Aiguo with great anger.

shuh...

All eyes turned to Liu Aiguo.

So it turns out that Liu Aiguo tricked Uncle San...

"Liu Aiguo... so this is all because of you that my dad is like this..."

Yan Jiecheng angrily approached Liu Aiguo.

Liu Aiguo smiled and shrugged, "How come I didn't know I tricked your father... Third Uncle...did I trick you?"

"Everyone's here, you can't lie against your conscience, I have witnesses..."

"Tell me, how did I trick you?"

Everyone looked at Yan Bugui again.

Yan Bugui's throat bobbed a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but after repeatedly thinking about the whole incident, he realized that Liu Aiguo had nothing to do with it at all.

How did they rip me off?

"Achoo..." In the end, all the words he wanted to say were uttered in one sneeze. Uncle San's vision went black, and he sat down on the ground. "Waaah... It's all my fault... It's all my fault for being greedy... In the end, I didn't catch a single fish, and I even lost two hundred catties of grain!"

"puff……"

"Puff puff……"

Yan Jiecheng explained what had happened that afternoon.

The people in the courtyard stared at Yan Bugui in shock.

"Third Uncle..." Qin Huairu said, "Are you crazy... You scattered two hundred catties of corn kernels and threw them all into the river. That's enough for your family's food supply for two months, isn't it?"

Uncle San said dejectedly, "I think Liu Aiguo did the same thing, and he even caught more than a dozen three-foot-long fish!"

"what?"