Siheyuan: a flat life

Chapter 248 No Loss at All
Soon it was noon.

Yan Bugui rode his bicycle to the place that he had agreed with Yan Jiecheng yesterday - an alley one kilometer north of the rolling mill.

Finding such a far away place is to avoid being discovered by other acquaintances that they are still in contact.

In that case, their tricks will be exposed at once.

When he came here, he found that Yan Jiecheng had already squatted under a big willow tree at the entrance of the alley.

He parked the car on the side of the road, and then came to talk to Yan Jiecheng under the tree.

"Xie Cheng, what's the situation now?"

Yan Jiecheng frowned, and sighed, "Hey, don't mention it."

"I discussed with him yesterday that our family's conditions are difficult now. Can we waive the money and tickets given to him every month?"

"But this kid just refused to agree, saying that I am now a fifth-level worker, and it's not that I can't afford it."

"In the end, they didn't even want to waive the rent for us."

Yan Bugui was annoyed: "This Wang Ming has learned to be smart now, so it's not easy to be fooled."

"It's also because of Xu Damao's meddling yesterday. The house that I lived in for nothing is now rented out."

"In this way, our family didn't make any money at all, but instead spent an extra four yuan a month."

"Aren't we working in vain?"

"Xie Cheng, you have no other choice?"

"What did you go looking for him this morning?"

Yan Jiecheng explained: "I was also thinking about how to fix this matter yesterday."

"Our family definitely can't work for so long in vain."

"Let people see the joke and not tell it, and there is no benefit at all. How can there be such a thing?"

"I then thought of a plan."

"Now I can't ask Wang Ming to waive the money I give him every month. It's just because my salary is too much and I don't lack money."

"Wang Ming is not stupid now, he knows the level of a fifth-level worker."

"So it should be useless to forcefully play the emotional card against him."

"So now I have to find a way to carry a whole body of debts, and let Wang Ming understand that it is very difficult for me to pay the interest every month."

"The rest of the money has to support the family, and there is no extra money for him."

"At that time, if we play the emotional card again, if he can understand our family, he should not ask us for money."

"In this way, our family did not perform this play in vain."

"After all, I can save more than 20 yuan every month."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui asked in puzzlement: "Then you are in debt for no reason and you have to pay it back?"

"What is this picture?"

Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "I'm sure it's impossible to borrow a lot of money."

"Don't worry, let me tell you about my plan in detail."

"That's what I told Wang Ming this morning."

"I told you that the house was haunted last night."

"When Yu Li woke up in the middle of the night, she suddenly saw a deaf old lady standing at the door."

"Scared her a lot."

"The two children were also frightened and cried, and they couldn't fall asleep no matter how much they coaxed them."

"I just begged him to lend me some money, and I want to ask you to buy back the house we lived in before."

"We won't live in the room of the deaf old lady."

"Wang Ming didn't agree, saying that his money is also tight now and he doesn't have much money."

"He said he could let the children live with him first, and let the two of us live in the small courtyard over there."

"But I didn't agree, saying that we don't dare to live there."

"I still insist on buying back the house we lived in, even if I ask others to borrow money."

"For the safety of my family, I can no longer live there."

"In this way, our father and I can act in a play again."

"I pretended to be borrowing money from my co-workers, but I was actually borrowing money from you."

"Use your money to find you to buy a house, and then forge some IOUs to show Wang Ming how much interest I have to pay every month."

"In this way, Wang Ming sees that our family has too much debt and lives too hard."

"It should be exempted from the money I have to give him every month."

Yan Bugui showed doubts, "Are you looking for me to borrow money?"

Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "I have to borrow money from you."

"It will definitely cost a lot of money to buy a house."

"You know my little deposit, I gave you more than half of it yesterday."

Yan Bugui thought for a while and asked, "Can't you find a worker who is willing to lend you money?"

"I've saved all my money, and I don't really want to move it."

Yan Jiecheng laughed at himself, "Dad, you're joking."

"Not to mention that borrowing money from others requires repayment of interest. I can't find anyone who can borrow money from your son now."

"I don't know who sent the news this morning. Now many people in our factory know that I have severed ties with you."

"They all used this to make fun of me, saying that I'm not human, and I don't even recognize my own parents."

"Do you think someone like me would be willing to lend me money?"

"Hey, who would lend money to a person who doesn't even recognize his parents? Will such a person have credibility?"

He looked very sad on purpose.

In fact, he made up these words in order to make Yan Pugui think that he cares about the relationship between father and son.

Avoid suspecting that he has other ideas.

Sure enough, seeing his appearance, Yan Bugui also sighed and said, "Oh, that's what you said."

"But Xie Cheng, don't worry, when the matter is settled, we will find a chance to reconcile."

"Your reputation will be restored."

Yan Jiecheng turned from sadness to joy, and said with a smile: "Then you should lend me the money quickly."

"Don't worry, this money is the props we use for acting."

"You go out of your left pocket and go in your right pocket. It's absolutely indispensable."

"The house is also ours. The left hand is the right hand. Our family has no loss at all."

"But our family can save Wang Ming more than 20 yuan and a lot of tickets every month through this incident."

"We will make a lot of money when things are done."

Yan Bugui thought about it for a while, but that's the way it is now.

"How much?"

Yan Jiecheng stretched out five fingers, "Five hundred."

"I have to borrow more money to make it look like I can't pay the interest."

"And you will definitely make things difficult for me when the time comes, and ask me to add more money."

Yan Bugui nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll get you some money."

Afterwards, it took some time to withdraw 500 yuan and hand it over to Yan Jiecheng.

Yan Jiecheng put the money away with a happy face.

Yan Bugui asked again: "What about the deaf old lady's house?"

Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "We will definitely move back when the time comes."

"As for the house, we probably won't be able to get it for a while."

"Wang Ming should also let Banggen and Jia Zhang continue to live."

"Maybe we can try to play tricks and scare them away too."

"So that everyone thinks that house is a haunted house and dare not live in it."

"At that time, you can buy it from Wang Ming at a low price, and it should be possible."

Yan Bugui was overjoyed, "Okay, let's do it like this."

Yan Jiecheng recounted his plans for the afternoon.

"See if you can ask for leave in the afternoon, and come back at four o'clock."

"I also plan to ask for leave and go back at four o'clock."

"This way we can prevent Xu Damao from coming back to make trouble for us."

"And I also arranged for Wang Ming to entangle him with Yu Li."

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, let Yu Li bring him back and watch us act."

Yan Bugui nodded, "Don't worry, I can come back."

(End of this chapter)