Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Yan Jiefang has already been arrested by the police, so it's impossible for him to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with me to get a divorce.

The best way to get a smooth divorce is to obtain a divorce agreement personally signed by Yan Jiefang.

To avoid being schemed against by her calculating father-in-law again, the second daughter-in-law decided to act decisively and made a decision immediately.

"I'll come to the courtyard house tomorrow at noon..."

"I must get the divorce agreement personally signed by Yan Jiecheng by noon, otherwise I will make a big fuss about this and make the Yan family lose face in the courtyard."

After saying that, without waiting for Yan Fugui to reply, she hurriedly left the courtyard with her son and daughter, without any intention of staying.

Yan Fugui's wife did not say a word throughout the entire process.

Seeing the second son's wife leave in a hurry, he immediately looked at Yan Fugui with a worried expression and asked, "Old man..."

"This is how to do ah……"

"The eldest son just got divorced less than six months ago, and the second son got divorced too..."

"All four of my grandsons have been taken away. What sins did the Yan family commit to deserve such misfortune? Why is my life so miserable..."

"besides……"

"The second son is locked up now, and we're not planning to pay his fine. He'll be in jail for at least three years..."

"What if he decides to give up and refuses to sign the divorce papers?"

"You even promised to compensate the second son's wife with 250 yuan? Have you lost your mind...?"

“We had to mortgage the house to raise enough money for the third son’s fine. What if we gave the second son’s wife 250 yuan and then the third son didn’t have enough money for the fine?”

Yan Fugui said irritably, "Women are all talk and no action. What do you know?"

"If the second son's wife really makes a big fuss about the family affairs, and everyone in the courtyard knows about it, will our Yan family still have any face? How will the third and fourth sons get married in the future?"

"Do you want to be pointed at and unable to hold your head up for the rest of your life, or do you want your third son to never find a wife?"

"If that's the case, even if we redeem the third brother, he will hate us to the core because of this incident. How will he take care of us in our old age?"

"As for the second son signing the divorce agreement, don't worry, I have a way to make him sign it willingly."

"As for the two hundred and fifty yuan compensation to the second son's wife..."

"Although we mortgaged the house, I am still a former teacher, and I still have some prestige in the courtyard house."

"You might not be able to borrow a thousand or two thousand yuan from someone for no reason, but it's not a problem to borrow a hundred or two hundred yuan."

"That's settled then..."

"You wait at home, I'm going to find Old Chen, the old man..."

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The east wing of the front yard.

As soon as Yan Fugui left with a satisfied smile, Chen Dehui was surrounded by his wife and two daughters.

They had already heard that Xu Damao and the three Yan brothers had been arrested for smuggling.

Yan Fugui's sudden visit to Yan Fugui was something even a fool would know was related to the three Yan brothers, but no one knew the specifics.

"Dad... what does Teacher Yan want with you? He doesn't want you to go to the police and help him get his three sons back, does he?" Chen Jun was afraid that Yan Fugui would ask his father to do something difficult, so he quickly reminded him with a worried expression.

“We can’t agree to this kind of thing…” “Smuggling is a crime. Even if the three Yan brothers are our neighbors, we can’t break the law to help them.”

Chen Dehui shook his head and replied, "What are you thinking about?"

“Your dad isn’t a three-year-old child, how could I possibly agree to something like that?”

"Even if I wanted to help, I wouldn't have the ability."

“I’m just an old man living in a courtyard house in name only. I’m not even a cadre, so how can I help?”

"Besides, our family's relationship with the Yan family isn't that good yet."

"Then why did he come to see you?" the second sister, Chen Li, asked, afraid that her father had been taken advantage of by Yan Fugui and had been tricked by him.

"Borrow money..." Chen Dehui saw that both of Yan Fugui's daughters were looking at him with concern, so he quickly revealed the real purpose of Yan Fugui's visit.

"The three Yan brothers have been arrested by the police. Each of them has to pay a fine of three thousand yuan, or they will be sentenced to prison."

"Yan Fugui wants to mortgage the house they are currently living in to me and ask me to lend him 1,600 yuan. He promises to pay us back 1,900 yuan in two years. Otherwise, he wants to give us the west wing they are currently living in."

“They’re all neighbors, and everyone knows our family is wealthy. They even mortgaged our house to get a loan, so I had no choice but to lend it to them.”

"I agree to go to the street office tomorrow afternoon to sign the loan and mortgage agreement."

"Second brother, you go sign the agreement for me tomorrow... As for the money, let Dongzi bring it back after get off work tomorrow."

Chen Jun breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Lending money is no problem, and they've even used the house as collateral. We really have no reason not to lend it, after all, we're neighbors in the same courtyard."

"Moreover, the west wing where the Yan family is currently living is indeed worth the price."

At this point, another question suddenly popped into Chen Li's mind. She frowned and continued, "Father..."

“Even if Teacher Yan borrowed 1,600 yuan from us, it wouldn’t be enough to pay the fines imposed on the three Yan brothers.”

"One thousand yuan per person, three people together would be nine thousand yuan."

"I heard from someone that Yan Fugui invested all his retirement savings in Xu Damao, a full five thousand yuan. He probably doesn't have much money left at home..."

"Even if we scrape together every penny, we can only manage to raise three thousand yuan at most. How are we going to pay the fines for our three sons?"

Chen Dehui shook his head: "I didn't ask about the specifics..."

"But based on my understanding of Yan Fugui, that old bastard definitely wouldn't be willing to spend money to redeem all three of his sons."

"I don't know about others, but they certainly won't redeem the eldest son of the Yan family..."

"Yan Jiecheng divorced Zhang Juan, and even the child went to Zhang Juan. Moreover, after this incident, Yan Jiecheng and Lao Yan will definitely have conflicts again, and they might even go their separate ways."

“It would not benefit Lao Yan at all to redeem him.”

"Given Lao Yan's calculating nature, he certainly wouldn't do something that would be thankless and result in losing both his wife and his army."

"As for the second and third brothers, I can't make a judgment."

"The third son is with Yan Fugui and his wife. Once he's redeemed, he'll definitely take care of them in their old age."

“But the second son, Yan Jiefang, has a wife who works outside, and they also have a son and a daughter that Yan Fugui and his wife are taking care of. If Yan Fugui abandons the second son and decides to pay the fine for the third son, the second son's wife will definitely not agree.”

"Didn't the police say that the fine must be paid within three days? After three days, we'll know who Yan Fugui paid the fine to."

"But no matter who this person is, Old Yan will definitely not have a peaceful life from now on." (End of Chapter)