Yan Jiecheng's Leisurely Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 7 Liu Guangqi's Escape

After being busy for almost two months, the performances of Shao Weiming and Yan Jiecheng were finally noticed by Liu Haining.

"Since you have become my disciples, I'm going to tell you straight up. We are diligent practitioners, so we must keep our hands clean. If I find out that any of your hands are not clean, I will chop that hand off. Do you understand?"

"Understood, master."

After some warnings, Yan Jiecheng and Shao Weiming officially became Liu Haining's apprentices.

After becoming Liu Haining's apprentice, Yan Jiecheng's work content also changed.

Odd jobs like moving goods and washing vegetables were naturally taken over by the new temporary workers, which made Yan Jiecheng's work much easier.

Not only that, Liu Haining often took Yan Jiecheng and Shao Weiming out to work on his days off.

Liu Haining is not the kind of person who eats alone. Every time he goes out to work, no matter how much the employer gives him, there is a share for two people.

When it’s more, it’s one dollar, when it’s less, it’s fifty cents. Anyway, the two of them won’t work in vain.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, two years have passed, and it is the winter of 1962.

Yan Jiecheng was already 20 years old at this time. In the past two years, under the guidance of his master Liu Haining, Yan Jiecheng passed the ninth-level chef assessment and his salary increased to 27.5 yuan.

That day, when Yan Jiecheng just arrived home, he noticed that the atmosphere at home was a little weird.

"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you today? Why do you feel weird?"

Father Yan sighed with a complicated expression and said nothing.

Seeing this, Yan Jiecheng looked at Yan Jiefang beside him and asked.

"Liberation, what happened?"

Yan Jiefang looked at his parents and saw that they did not stop him, so he spoke in a low voice.

"Liu Guangqi from the backyard ran away with his wife."

At this time, Yan's father heard this, sighed and took over the conversation.

"You left early this morning and didn't see how sad Liu Haizhong and his wife were. What a sin! Everyone in this courtyard knows that Liu Haizhong loves his eldest son. How could he have the heart to run away? Even if it was for his own future, he should at least say hello."

Although Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi are of the same age and live in the same courtyard, the original body and Liu Guangqi do not like each other and basically have no contact with each other on weekdays.

When Yan Jiecheng took over, Liu Guangqi was studying at a technical secondary school, and the two sides had even less contact.

Liu Guangqi got married yesterday, but Yan Jiecheng had to go out to work with his master, so he didn't attend and naturally didn't know what went on.

But since it was just gossip, Yan Jiecheng was still willing to listen to it, so he asked immediately.

"Dad, tell me in detail."

"I heard that Liu Guangqi's father-in-law was transferred to Baocheng as deputy factory director, and Liu Guangqi followed him for his own future."

At this time, Jiefang on the side continued to speak.

"I heard from Guangtian that when his eldest brother left, he not only took away everything that could be taken away from the house, but also robbed the family of all their money."

"This is an ungrateful person."

After Yan Fugui finished cursing, he looked at Yan Jiecheng and said worriedly.

"Jie Cheng, you are the eldest in the family and will be the head of the household in the future. You can't have such thoughts."

Well, I was wondering why my dad was in a bad mood after Liu Guangqi ran away. It turns out he was worried that I would follow suit.

After understanding the whole story, Yan Jiecheng smiled and comforted him.

"Dad, just don't worry. I don't have a father-in-law who can support me."

Although Yan Jiecheng was joking, it made Yan Fugui feel a lot more at ease.

I thought the matter with Liu Guangqi was over, but when Yan Jiecheng went to work the next day, several older sisters in the kitchen stopped him.

"Jie Cheng, I heard that Liu Haizhong's son ran away on the first day of his wedding, and he ran away overnight. Is that true?" "Yes, I'm not busy now, so why don't you tell us about it?"

Seeing the gossipy expressions on the faces of the older sisters, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but marvel at how quickly the news spread.

You know, he only found out about this matter when he returned home last night, but it wasn't long after that, and even the big sister in their cafeteria heard about it.

But after all, we live in the same courtyard, so there is no need to add insult to injury.

"Sister Zhang, Sister Wang, although I live in the same courtyard with Uncle Liu Haizhong, he lives in the backyard and I live in the front. I'm at work all day, so I'm really not sure."

Although Yan Jiecheng did not give the answer they wanted, no answer is the answer. If this matter is not true, Yan Jiecheng can just deny it. Why does he have to find excuses to shirk responsibility?

Although the older sisters didn't say anything at the time, they started talking in low voices after Yan Jiecheng left.

"It's a shame that Liu Haizhong is a seventh-level blacksmith, yet he actually forced his own son to run away on his wedding day."

"That's right, it seems that Liu Haizhong is really not a good person."

……

The discussion in the cafeteria was just the tip of the iceberg of rumors.

At this time, Liu Haizhong was busy at his workstation. One of his apprentices came to Liu Haizhong and whispered.

"Master, this is bad. The news about your family is spreading everywhere in the factory. It's become a hot topic."

Liu Haizhong was a very proud person. When he heard that his family's scandal had spread, he fainted from anger.

Liu Haizhong's fall immediately alarmed the people around him, who rushed him to the hospital.

Liu Haizhong's fall directly caused the rumors to intensify, with all kinds of rumors spreading.

In the evening, when Yan Jiecheng returned home, he saw Yi Zhonghai sitting in his house, discussing something in a low voice with Yan Fugui.

After Yi Zhonghai left, Yan Jiecheng asked hurriedly.

"Dad, what does an uncle want to see you about?"

"What else could it be? Old Yi wants to hold a meeting of the entire hospital to remind everyone not to spread rumors about Old Liu's family."

Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but sneered.

"What's the point of keeping it secret now? The news has spread all over the factory. I heard that the second uncle fainted when he found out about it."

"Whether it's useful or not, it's always right to give some advice."

"Dad, this matter spread so quickly in the factory. There must be someone in our compound gossiping about it. Who do you think this person is?"

Originally, he was reluctant to discuss this matter with his eldest son, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was necessary to tell him so as to avoid him suffering any loss in the future.

"Most people in our hospital are relatively honest. Only those two are capable of doing such a thing."

"Xu Damao is one of them. Xu Damao has always been a person who harms others and does not benefit himself. He is so immoral that he is even more evil than others."

"Old Yi is one of them. Although he looks like a gentleman on weekdays, he is secretly competing with Old Liu."

"The only one left is Jia Dongxu, and this guy is not a good person either."

After listening to his old man's analysis, Yan Jiecheng felt a little bit unbelievable.

Yan Jiecheng was not surprised that Xu Damao and Yi Zhonghai could accomplish this.

But Jia Dongxu, how is that possible?

In the original body's memory, Jia Dongxu was one of the few relatively upright people in the courtyard.

Although Yan Jiecheng had not had much contact with Jia Dongxu since he traveled through time, he had a very good impression of him.

(End of this chapter)