Living in a Siheyuan

After this night, Li Pingan felt more and more like a scumbag.

Although I still love Yu Li and this family in my heart.

But he couldn't muster up any resistance against Lou Xiao'e.

In the following time, the two of them started a fire several times by chance.

But it was done very secretly and no one noticed the problem.

Neither of them said anything, and no one mentioned it again afterwards.

Autumn is slowly approaching and the weather is not too hot.

That day, just after noon, Yan Bugui came running to knock on the door in a hurry.

Li Pingan was leisurely teasing the child. When he opened the door, he saw Yan Bugui.

Without waiting for Li Ping'an to speak, Yan Bugui grabbed Li Ping'an and said, "Ping'an, hurry up and drive with me to Liangjia Village. Jie Cheng is in trouble!"

After hearing this, Li Pingan also became anxious. He thought that something happened to Wang Yousheng again, just like last time. He quickly ran into the house and got the key.

Seeing how flustered he was, Yu Li also asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Pingan didn't have time to say anything more, so he replied, "Something happened to Yan Jiecheng, Second Master and I are going out for a while."

After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.

He got on the motorcycle and rushed to Liangjia Village with Yan Bugui.

On the way, Li Pingan finally found time to ask while riding his bike: "Second uncle, what happened to Jie Cheng?"

Yan Bugui also replied anxiously: "I don't know what happened specifically. Someone just sent a message saying that Jie Cheng was detained in Liangjia Village and asked his family to go there quickly."

Hearing that the man was only detained and was fine, Li Pingan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Bugui didn't know the details yet, so he could only go to Liangjia Village to find out. As long as the people were fine, it wouldn't be a big problem.

The motorcycle rode very fast and arrived at Liangjia Village in less than an hour.

Li Ping'an has been here several times, and the first time was when Ji Qingshan brought him here.

They drove directly to the village committee. Someone was already waiting for them at the door.

Seeing Li Pingan and his friends riding a motorcycle, the man's eyes sparkled. Then he asked, "Are you Yan Jiecheng's family?"

Li Pingan stepped forward and said, "Yes, big brother, this is his father."

As he said this, he pulled Yan Bugui forward.

Then he said to the man, "I know your village chief Liang Laosan. I wonder if he is here?"

When he heard that he knew the village chief, he did not dare to neglect him and said, "The village chief is also inside, come on."

Yan Bugui cast a grateful look towards Li Pingan. He didn't expect that Li Pingan knew someone here. Those things should be easy to talk about.

Li Ping'an also understood what Yan Bugui meant. He just nodded and took him and followed the man into the house.

There were five or six people sitting in the village committee room, all smoking. The village chief, Liang Laosan, was also inside.

Li Pingan entered the house and saw Liang Laosan. He took out the cigarette from his pocket and said enthusiastically: "Village Chief Liang, you are here too. We haven't seen each other for a long time."

Liang Laosan also recognized Li Pingan and knew that he was a capable man. They had secretly exchanged food with Li Pingan several times.

So he also stood up and said with a smile: "Purchaser Li, why are you here too? You haven't been to our village for a long time."

Several people around saw Li Ping'an, and some of them recognized him. Everyone stood up. The heavy atmosphere just now disappeared.

Li Pingan distributed cigarettes to everyone and said, "Look, Jiecheng and I are neighbors, and this is Yan Jiecheng's father, the second uncle in our compound. I heard that Yan Jiecheng had some trouble here, so I brought him here."

"Village Chief Liang, what happened? We almost broke our motorcycle on the way here."

Village Chief Liang looked at Yan Bugui, then at an old man in his fifties beside him and said, "His name is Liang Dashan. Your Yan Jiecheng didn't go home last night and stayed in the village for one night. As a result, he raped the daughter of Dashan's family. So I asked you to come together to discuss what to do about this matter?"

After hearing this, Li Pingan was very surprised. Yan Jiecheng didn't look like someone who would do that.

Yan Bugui was also stunned. His son had made such a big mistake. As a father, he could not escape the blame.

Yan Bugui asked: "Village Chief Liang, where is my Jie Cheng now? Can we meet him?"

"Sure, he's in the next room. Xiaowu, take them there."

A man nearby stood up and took Yan Bugui and Li Ping'an to the next room.

When he opened the door, there was only a brick bed inside, and Yan Jiecheng sat inside with his head down.

Seeing his father and Li Pingan, Yan Jiecheng also stood up excitedly and said, "Dad, you are here! What did they say?"

Yan Bugui slapped Yan Jiecheng on the face and said, "How could you make such a mistake? Who do you follow all day and don't learn from them?"

Li Pingan hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Second uncle, don't be too anxious to teach him a lesson. Let's ask what happened first."

Yan Bugui stopped and said, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

So Yan Jiecheng began to tell what had happened.

It turned out that Yan Jiecheng went to the countryside to purchase supplies yesterday. It was already afternoon when he arrived at Liangjia Village. By the time he finished going door to door, it was already evening. Since things were not peaceful during this period, he went to the village committee to ask for a place to stay for the night and go back tomorrow morning.

Village Chief Liang also agreed and lent Yan Jiecheng the house behind the village committee that was specially built for people to stay overnight. This was something that the purchasers often did, and no one took it seriously.

At night, it was too hot to sleep, so Yan Jiecheng wandered around. He passed by Liang Dashan's house, and Liang Dashan also knew Yan Jiecheng. He greeted him. When he learned that Yan Jiecheng hadn't eaten yet and was going back to eat dry food, Liang Dashan invited him to his house to have something hot.

Yan Jiecheng didn't think much about it, and went to Liang Dashan's house, adhering to the principle of not taking advantage of others.

When they got home, Liang Dashan was very welcoming. Although there were no good dishes, he prepared some cold wild vegetables and cucumbers for Yan Jiecheng to drink with. Liang Dashan's two sons were also there. The three of them drank Yan Jiecheng down in a short while.

The next day he woke up in Liang Dashan's little girl's room, and he was still naked and hugging her. He was caught by Liang Dashan's two sons.

If he didn't marry the girl, Yan Jiecheng would be sent to the public security bureau. He would be in jail even if he didn't eat peanuts. In recent years, such criminals have been severely punished.

Yan Jiecheng was of course unwilling. Liang Yuer sounded like a good name. But she was stronger than Yan Jiecheng and was tanned from the countryside. Moreover, she was still a rural hukou. If she went to the city, she would have no job or quota. In this era, it would be a big loss for the Yan family, who were so calculating.

Seeing that he was unwilling, the villagers asked someone to pass a message to Yan Bugui, asking him to come and discuss the matter.

Li Pingan listened and looked at Yan Bugui, who also looked over.

It’s no wonder that Yan Jiecheng got caught in such an obvious trap.

Knowing the intention of this family, all that was left was negotiation. They certainly did not do this to send Yan Jiecheng to jail.

With Yan Jiecheng, the three of them came to the village committee house again.

Everyone was still there. Li Pingan saw two strong men next to Liang Dashan and guessed they were his two sons.

When Village Chief Liang saw the three of them coming in, he said to Li Ping'an, "Purchaser Li, you all understand what happened. Now what do you think we should do about this?"

With a clear mind, Yan Bugui said, "Village Chief Liang, everyone knows what is going on. Just tell us what you want."

Village Chief Liang looked at Liang Dashan on the side and motioned him to speak.

Liang Dashan said, "I only have this one daughter, and my family dotes on her. Now that this has happened, her reputation is bad. The best way is for them to get married, and then the matter will be more satisfactory. If you don't agree, I will send him to the police station and put him in jail, even at the cost of my daughter's reputation."

Yan Bugui didn't want his son to marry a rural woman who was so ugly. So he said, "Can you let Jie Cheng give your family some compensation? After all, he is still young and ignorant. You know what's going on."

A sturdy man on Liang Dashan's side said, "Impossible. My little sister's reputation is ruined. How can she get married in the future? If you don't want to, just report it to the police."

It seemed that there was really no other way, and Yan Bugui could only grudgingly agree to let Yan Jiecheng marry her.

Hearing Yan Bugui's agreement, Liang Dashan said with a smile: "Oh, Jie Cheng is his father, so we will be relatives in the future. We should visit each other more often."

"The situation is not good these days, so we won't do it much."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui was somewhat happy. If he could get a daughter-in-law for free, it would be fine. It would not only solve the current problem, but also find a wife for his son. This is not bad either.

But he didn't feel happy for long, because Liang Dashan said: "Although the banquet is not going to be held, the betrothal gifts are still required. After all, the gift cannot be abolished."

Yan Bugui asked carefully: "So how much do you want for the bride price?"

Liang Dashan said with a smile: "What they said is not nice, and it affects our family's reputation. Our eldest and second sons haven't found wives yet. It will be hard to find one in the future. So your family should pay fifty yuan as a betrothal gift, plus one hundred kilograms of grain."

"what?"

Yan Bugui cried out in surprise.

Nowadays, the bride price for a girl in the city is generally around ten yuan. In the countryside, it is generally around five yuan. Liang Dashan asked for fifty yuan. He also wanted one hundred kilograms of grain.

You have to know how scarce food is now. A heavy manual laborer in the city only has more than 30 kilograms of food rations, while a teacher like Yan Bugui only has more than 20 kilograms. The cheapest corn flour on the black market is 70 or 80 cents per kilogram. More importantly, even if you have money, you may not be able to get food.

So Liang Dashan is asking for too much.

Yan Bugui said angrily, "My dear, do you know how difficult it is to get food now? You still want 100 kilograms! We don't even have that much money at 50 yuan. There are six people in my family, and we used to rely on my 20 yuan a month to feed them. Jie Cheng also only makes a dozen yuan a month, where does he get so much money?"

Yan Jiecheng has just been promoted to a regular employee. He now earns 23 yuan. He only earned 18 yuan before.

Seeing that Yan Bugui disagreed, one of Liang Dashan's sons said, "Then send your son to jail. Then we'll see whether keeping the money or your son is more important to you."

When it comes to the important matter of getting married, the two brothers have no intention of giving in. They even think that their father doesn't ask for enough.

Things had come to this point, with neither side willing to back down, so Village Chief Liang spoke up.

"Look, your two families are almost going to become relatives. How could it become like this? How about this? If it's not convenient for you to go to the Yan family, just take 50 yuan and 50 kilograms of food first. You can give the rest slowly after you get married. After all, it would be difficult for any family to take out 100 kilograms of food at once."

Liang Dashan thought about it and agreed.

Yan Bugui was still somewhat reluctant.

The other son said, "Mr. Yan, if you keep nagging me, I will take him to the police station right now!"

Yan Jiecheng was now scared and quickly begged his father.

Yan Bugui looked at it helplessly, sighed, and agreed.

Because he came in a hurry today and didn't bring anything with him, Yan Jiecheng couldn't go back today. He could only go back tomorrow after Yan Bugui brought money and food.

And tomorrow I have to bring my household registration book and certificate to apply for a marriage certificate. At the same time, I will take Liang Yuer back.

After the matter was settled, Li Ping'an took the helpless Yan Bugui home.

Yan Bugui kept his head down and sighed along the way.