The Wizard's Journey Begins in a Courtyard House

Chapter 54 Discussion of the Yan Family

After finalizing the plans for the next few days, Li Qin immediately stopped overthinking.

Meanwhile, dinner was ready in the kitchen.

This time, there was a whole table full of food, and the aroma alone made Li Qin's mouth water.

Faced with delicious food, Li Qin immediately forgot all his questions.

For a foodie, nothing is more tempting than the delicious food in front of them.

After enjoying himself to the fullest, Li Qin checked the time and found that it was already past six in the afternoon.

They then left the planting area and returned to the courtyard house.

Because Li Qin returned relatively early today, he encountered many people from the hospital along the way.

However, he had no interest in wasting time with these people at the moment, since he still had to go to several black markets to sell meat in the middle of the night.

I need to go back and rest early.

Therefore, no matter who he met, he would just say hello and leave.

The people inside the hospital did not find this unusual.

The original owner was a rather low-key person. In the past, when he encountered people in the courtyard, he would just greet them, which was almost the same as Li Qin's current behavior.

Back in his room, Li Qin habitually cast a locking spell on the door, then lay down on the bed to rest without even taking off his clothes.

Hearing the occasional noises coming from outside the door, Li Qin quickly fell into a deep sleep.

While he was sleeping, his third uncle, Yan Bugui, and his family were having dinner around the table.

The three women suddenly said with some emotion;

"Li Qin has had a tough time too."

Hearing this, the third uncle and others who were eating looked at the third aunt with some confusion.

At this point, the three aunties continued speaking;

"You all left this morning, and I saw Xiao Li just getting up. You know, in the past year or so, I have never seen Xiao Li get up late."

I was quite confused at the time, but when I asked, I found out that she was sick.

A look of sudden realization flashed across Yan Bugui's eyes.

Because he was in charge of locking the courtyard gate, he usually got up quite early.

Li Qin usually gets up not long after he does.

He was a little puzzled when he didn't see Li Qin this morning, but he never expected that Li Qin was sick.

However, this does make sense.

The three women were still talking at this point;

"Even though he was sick, Xiao Li still insisted on going to the streets to find work. It's really not easy for him."

Despite Yan Bugui's constant complaints about being poor, his family's actual financial situation is not bad at all.

Teachers' salaries are related to their years of teaching experience, and Yan Bugui had been a teacher since before the founding of the People's Republic of China and continued to be a teacher after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The basic salary is indeed only a little over thirty, but with the seniority pay, it's about forty yuan a month.

In addition, Yan Bugui would go fishing every weekend, which would earn him some money.

There was also the money Yan Jiecheng earned from odd jobs.

The Yan family earns about fifty yuan a month.

Yan Bugui was just used to being stingy, which made people think that his family was poor, but in reality, there were only a few families in the whole courtyard that were better off than his.

That's why the three women felt sorry for Li Qin's situation.

"There's nothing we can do about it."

After listening to the third aunt's words, Yan Bugui calmly said;

"Xiao Li fled to Beijing alone and couldn't find a stable job, so he could only support himself by doing odd jobs."

In fact, there are quite a few people like Li Qin in Beijing.

The three aunties always stayed in the yard and rarely went out for walks, so we saw them less and heard less about them.

But Yan Bugui had seen and heard even more of these things.

That's why he could remain so calm.

Although the three women were moved, they did not say anything to help Li Qin.

Having been married to Yan Bugui for so many years, she has been influenced by him and has successfully evolved into a qualified thrifty person.

At most, I could only offer verbal sympathy for Li Qin.

It's impossible for her to actually help Li Qin by getting things from him.

Unless they can gain an advantage.

Considering Li Qin's situation, how could they possibly gain any advantage?

"An old man always says that people in the same compound should help each other. Li Qin's situation is considered bad in our compound."

Why didn't he or anyone else offer a helping hand? Not even a word of concern.

Suddenly, Yan Jiecheng, who had been silently eating, looked up and looked at Yan Bugui with some confusion.

Upon hearing this, the three aunties, as well as Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang, who were also eating with their heads down, all showed puzzled expressions.

Upon hearing this, a hint of disdain flashed in Yan Bugui's eyes.

However, this hint of disdain vanished in an instant, returning to calm.

Yan Bugui took a deep look at his wife and three sons, a serious expression on his face.

"How many people in this compound do you think actually consider Li Qin as one of them?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room fell silent.

Yan Bugui spoke again at this moment;

"Xiao Li is different from the others in the courtyard. He was temporarily assigned to this courtyard and is currently just renting it. He is also unemployed."

No one knows when Xiao Li will leave the courtyard house. Under such circumstances, who would really be close to Li Qin?

You can also seriously consider the attitudes of the people in the courtyard towards Xiao Li.

As soon as Yan Bugui spoke, the faces of the people around him immediately showed thoughtful expressions.

Logically speaking, since Li Qin lived in the front yard, people in the yard would inevitably run into him whenever they came in or out.

Perhaps at the beginning, when we are not familiar with each other, we may not communicate much.

But now, more than a year has passed, and Li Qin is still like a transparent person in the hospital.

Even if you do run into someone in the courtyard, you'll at most just exchange a greeting.

Previously, it was simply assumed that Li Qin was introverted and not good at socializing, but now it seems that the reasons are not only related to Li Qin.

There are problems with the people inside the facility too.

In fact, Li Qin understood these things after receiving the original owner's memories.

Li Qin didn't seem to care much about this.

Because he knew what kind of people lived in that courtyard.

After Yan Bugui saw that the three aunts and Yan Jiecheng seemed to understand, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he spoke again;

"Just listen to what Lao Yi says, don't take it too seriously."

Although many of Yan Bugui's actions were unbecoming of a scholar, he was still quite well-read.

Plus, she's always been a calculating person.

Therefore, Yi Zhonghai's words might fool the others in the courtyard, but they were not enough to fool Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui could see it clearly, but the three aunts and the three Yan brothers could not understand it.

Upon hearing his words, she immediately looked bewildered.

Seeing this, Yan Bugui did not provide a detailed explanation, but simply gave the group a warning;

"I can't explain Lao Yi's matter in just a few words. Anyway, you should all be more careful, listen more, observe more, and speak less."

You'll understand naturally over time.

Although Yan Bugui did not say it explicitly, the others had already vaguely sensed that Uncle Yi Zhonghai was not as simple as he seemed on the surface.

Although the three women wanted to press for more information, they could only suppress their doubts when they saw that Yan Bugui seemed unwilling to elaborate.

In fact, Yan Bugui was not the only one in the courtyard who could clearly see Yi Zhonghai.

And then there's Xu Fugui in the backyard.

However, for these people, no matter what Yi Zhonghai is scheming, as long as it doesn't affect their interests, they will pretend not to know.