Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang had just been released from prison and had neither money nor a house. When they heard Yan Fugui say that Yan Jiekuang was rich, they couldn't help but start to have designs on him.

wrong……

To be precise, it should be Yan Jiekuang who owes them.

Yan Jiekuang was able to be released without charge because of the 3,000 yuan fine that Yan Fugui paid three years ago.

Of the three thousand yuan fine, two thousand yuan should have belonged to the two brothers, but the youngest brother paid the entire fine.

In the eyes of the Yan brothers, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang's acquittal was largely due to their efforts.

In that case, a large portion of the money Yan Jiekuang earned outside over the past three years should belong to the two brothers.

If Yan Fugui hadn't used the money belonging to the two brothers to pay Yan Jiekuang's fine back then, Yan Jiekuang wouldn't have been released without charge, and he wouldn't have had the opportunity to earn so much money outside.

However, compared to the private savings that Yan Jiekuang had accumulated, the amount of money that Yan Jiekuang gave to Yan Fugui each month was obviously much more.

Logically, the two brothers should also have a share of this money.

If this had happened three years ago, the two brothers would have been somewhat burdened by scheming to take Yan Fugui's retirement money.

But it's different now.

Three years ago, Yan Fugui abandoned his two brothers, watching them go to jail while he paid the fine for his youngest brother. They have always kept this in mind, and their hearts are filled with nothing but disappointment towards their parents.

Under these circumstances, they no longer feel guilty about scheming to take the money that originally belonged to them from Yan Fugui.

Immediately asked Yan Fugui, "Father..."

"Besides work, has the third brother had anything else going on these past few years? Has he found a wife?"

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

Although Yan Jiecheng believed that a portion of the money Yan Jiekuang had earned over the years should belong to him, that money was ultimately in Yan Jiekuang's hands. If Yan Jiekuang shamelessly refused to acknowledge the debt, there was nothing the two Yan brothers could do.

After all, he was capable of being unfilial and ungrateful to the elderly couple, Yan Fugui and his wife.

Three years ago, Yan Fugui risked offending him and his second brother to rescue him. He should be grateful to Yan Fugui and his wife, but he was only superficially friendly with them. This shows that Yan Jiekuang is also a selfish person.

If I can't find one or two things to hold against Yan Jiekuang, I can't just reason with him or play the emotional card. Given Yan Jiekuang's selfish nature, he definitely won't share his money with me easily.

“I found a partner in the first half of this year. He works in the same factory... Maybe he’s worried that we’ll embarrass him, so he hasn’t brought him home yet.”

Yan Jiecheng was very happy.

As long as Yan Jiekuang has a girlfriend, things will be much easier.

If Yan Jiekuang is unwilling to share the money with the two brothers, then tell his girlfriend everything about how ungrateful and selfish he is, so that the two of them can no longer continue their relationship.

Yan Jiekuang, not wanting to remain a bachelor in Beijing and avoid being labeled as ungrateful and selfish, had no choice but to compromise with the two brothers and accept their money.

After Yan Jiekuang's problem was resolved, Yan Jiecheng immediately set his sights on the retirement money in Yan Fugui's hands, and continued to ask, "Father..."

"The third son gives you fifty yuan a month, and you also have more than twenty yuan for your own retirement each month. After deducting living expenses, you can save at least fifty yuan a month..."

"Over the years, I should have saved a thousand or two yuan..."

"My second brother and I just got out of prison, and we don't have a single penny on us." "We'll need money for things like finding jobs, eating out, and giving gifts..."

"Moreover, you are partly to blame for the three years we were imprisoned. If you hadn't favored the third son and given all the family's money to him to pay his fine, we might have been imprisoned for a year or two less."

"So we should also have a share of the credit for the retirement money you've saved."

“We don’t need much, just five yuan each is enough, and the rest can be kept for your retirement.”

Yan Fugui had originally hoped that after his eldest and second eldest sons were released from prison, he could build a good relationship with them and rely on them to support him in his old age.

As a result, the eldest son didn't even mention his own retirement plans, but instead asked me for money, trying to take advantage of my already meager retirement savings.

The anger I felt was indescribable; my eyes were red with rage. Without hesitation, I refused: "I have no money..."

"Back then, to pay the fine for my third brother, I mortgaged my house and borrowed over a thousand yuan. In the past few years, all the wages my third brother gave me have been used to pay off the debt. Where would I get the money..."

Yan Fugui's wife, who was busy in the kitchen, was afraid that the father and son would quarrel and further worsen their already deteriorating relationship, so she quickly ran over to defuse the situation.

"Jiecheng... your father and I really have no money..."

"Although the third son gives fifty yuan to the family every month, that amount is not enough to pay off the debt."

"To save our house, your father even abandoned his pride and went to other places to collect scraps to make money."

"We're only able to keep our house with that meager income of a dozen yuan a month. We really have no money left."

Yan Jiecheng was only focused on making money, so how could he be easily fooled by Yan Fugui and his wife? He retorted without hesitation, "That's not right..."

“You paid off the money you borrowed by mortgaging the house a year ago, and you don’t have to pay it back this year. The money your third brother gives you every month must have been saved.”

“My third brother pays fifty yuan every month, and Dad has a pension of more than twenty yuan every month. He can also earn more than ten yuan by collecting scraps. He has at least ninety yuan in income every month. He spends thirty yuan on food and drink, and can still save sixty yuan every month. In a year, he can save at least seven hundred and twenty yuan.”

“We won’t ask you for more, just give us two hundred yuan each.”

“Back then, you favored the third son, paid the fines for him, and watched as the second son and I went to jail.”

"Now that my second brother and I have finally been released, you won't continue to favor the third brother like you did three years ago, leaving all the family savings to him and watching us starve and freeze to death outside without giving us a single penny from the savings, will you...?"

"The third son is your son, so aren't the second son and I your sons too...?"

"Or are you saying that when you get old and can't work anymore, the third son will take care of you in your old age, and the second son and I won't have to worry about you..."

"If that's the case, my second brother and I won't eat lunch today. There's no point in staying in this house anymore. We might as well go out and beg."

"Eat if there's food, otherwise just starve to death outside."

Now it was Yan Fugui's turn to feel embarrassed.

He'd schemed for most of his life, but in the end, he was brought down by the boss.

I already regretted what happened three years ago and wanted to repair the relationship so that I would have more people to support me in my old age.

If things really fall apart over two hundred yuan today, and father and son become enemies because the third son is unreliable, and even Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang refuse to support him in his old age, that would be a huge loss. (End of Chapter)