Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

There was no one to help Jia Zhang, so Qin Huairu had to spend two cents to ask Yan Jiecheng for help. Yan Jiecheng and the cart driver finally managed to get Jia Zhang back home.

When Jia Zhang saw the little boy hugging her, she was filled with admiration and said, "My dear grandson, do you miss me? I will buy you something delicious."

"I thought about it, but mom always asked me to look after my sister and wouldn't let me go to the hospital to see you."

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at Qin Huairu and said, "Don't learn from your mother, that ungrateful person who only delivers meals once a day."

"Grandma, where's the money you said you would give me? I want to buy some cannons to play with instead of giving it to Da Mao and the others."

"Who is Damao?" Jia Zhang rummaged around for a long time before taking out three cents from her pocket and handed it to Banggeng.

"It seems she is a new welder in the factory. She is also a widow, raising four children by herself!"

"She deserves it. Why didn't you tire her to death? Ouch, my leg hurts again. Huairu, get me some painkillers."

"Mom, the doctor told me not to eat too much, saying that it has side effects and can be addictive."

"Do you want to torture me to death so you can remarry? Go and get it now! You unfilial country girl, be careful or I'll chase you back!" Jia Zhang's leg was broken now, and she was afraid that she couldn't control Qin Huairu, so she acted like a mother-in-law even more.

Qin Huairu felt that her mother-in-law had become even more mean and difficult to get along with since she broke her leg, as if she had forgotten everything she said a few days after Dongxu passed away. Since she wanted to eat it, let her eat it. If there were side effects, it would be her mother-in-law who would suffer, and she wouldn't be eating it herself anyway.

At 7:30 in the evening, the whole hospital meeting was held on time.

Yan Bugui and Xu Damao sat on both sides of the table. Yan Bugui looked around and knew what was going on. He said, "Old Liu has been transferred to the factory and is no longer in the yard. We two will host this meeting. Today's meeting is about one thing: Old Zhang has left our yard, but a new neighbor has come. Let's welcome him!"

There was applause from below.

"Okay, now please ask Comrade Liang Ladi to come forward and say hello to everyone and introduce himself."

Liang Ladi shook her short hair, stood up, walked to the center of the field and said, "Hello, neighbors in the yard. I am Liang Ladi, a level 5 welder who was newly transferred to our steel mill. My husband has passed away for several years, and I am now living with my four children. Come over and say hello to everyone."

Liang Ladi's four children also walked forward and greeted them like uncles, aunts and cousins.

"Their names are Damao, Ermao, Sanmao and Xiu'er. I hope we can live in harmony with everyone in this courtyard."

Another round of applause broke out from below, but this time it was mostly men who clapped. The women looked at the beautiful Liang Ladi and felt a little suspicious, wondering if this young widow would be the same as Qin Huairu, the seductive vixen.

The meeting should have ended here, but Sha Zhu just happened to walk into the middle courtyard with a lunch box in his hand. Since he returned to work in the canteen, more and more people have asked him to cook for banquets. He took a banquet today, but he insisted on going back to his hometown in the suburbs to host the banquet even though he was working in the city. As a result, he and Ma Hua came back late because they didn't have bicycles.

"Oh, it's so lively today, is there a meeting?" Sha Zhu walked into the crowd and saw Liang Ladi standing in the middle at a glance. His eyes were wide open and he even subconsciously ignored the children next to her.

"Is there a new person in our hospital? Hello, comrade. I am He Yuzhu, the chef of the eighth canteen in the factory." Sha Zhu said.

"Hello, Comrade He Yuzhu, I've heard of you in the factory. I'm Liang Ladi, a new level 5 welder in the factory." Liang Ladi introduced himself confidently and smoothed his hair.

"You are the new widow Liang! The one who dips the welding rod in soy sauce! Hello, hello!" Sha Zhu blurted out the words without thinking, and then he scratched his head feeling a little embarrassed.

Liang Ladi looked at his silly look and chuckled, "I've only been here for a short time and this news has spread. I didn't expect that I would be so famous now."

This smile almost made Sha Zhu die. His He family had a gene of liking widows since his great-grandfather. In their eyes, a widow with children was not a minus but a plus. This glorious tradition was passed down to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was chatting with Liang Ladi, but Qin Huairu on the other side was secretly gritting her teeth. Sha Zhu was the fish in her pond and no one else could touch him.

"This is the lunch box given by the host when I went out to cook a banquet today. It's not easy for you to take care of a child alone, so I'll give your child some nutrition." Besides cooking, Sha Zhu's way of picking up girls is to give him lunch boxes.

"That's not good. You just came back and you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"It's too late. I've already eaten at the host's place. Please don't be polite."

"Hehe, Zhuzi, since Master Liang doesn't want you, don't force him to give it to him. Banggeng is still waiting for his uncle Sha's lunch box." Qin Huairu's big eyes flickered and she was sending sparks to Sha Zhu.

"This..." He only took two lunch boxes today, but they were both filled with meat and vegetables. He gave the other one to his apprentice Ma Hua as wages. Now he didn't know who to give the other one to.

The people in the courtyard were standing in a circle, watching with great interest the fight between Sha Zhu and Liang Ladi. Now Qin Huairu also joined the battle. On the surface, they were fighting for a lunch box, but in reality, they were fighting for the ownership of Sha Zhu. Was this a courtyard version of two women fighting for a husband?

Liang Ladi was closer to Sha Zhu, so she raised her hand to take Sha Zhu's lunch box and gave Qin Huairu a provocative look. "If you dare to fight with me, I, Liang Ladi, am no pushover."

"Then I won't be polite with you. I see your clothes are torn. I happen to have a sewing machine at home. Go home and take them off and I'll mend them for you."

Sha Zhu went home very happily. His clothes were either mended by Yu Weir or Wang Sufen. Even though Qin Huairu had a sewing machine at home, she had never mended his clothes.

The crowd of onlookers ate a lot of melon and went home satisfied. Liang Ladi let the children take their lunch boxes home first, and she waited at the door of Sha Zhu's house to get clothes.

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at Liang Ladi and went home with her belly bulging. Humph, you don't know the relationship between Sha Zhu and me. If I wasn't inconvenient, you wouldn't have a chance! After the baby in my belly is born, Sha Zhu will still let me control him!

At this time, Nan Yi and his wife had just returned from their father-in-law's house. Today was a rare day off, and Ding Qiunan was already pregnant, so it would be inconvenient for her to go home, so after the couple discussed it, Nan Yi accompanied his wife back to her parents' home.

The young couple had just returned a bicycle they had borrowed from the yard next door. As soon as they entered the middle courtyard, they saw Liang Ladi standing at the door of Sha Zhu's house.

"Liang Ladi! Why are you here?" Ding Qiunan shouted.

Liang Ladi turned around and looked over, then shouted in great surprise: "Qiu Nan, Nan Yi, do you also live in this courtyard? I just moved here today, and I didn't expect to meet you here."

"My husband and I were transferred to the steel mill a long time ago. I'm still in the factory clinic, and Nan Yi is in the cafeteria. When were you transferred here?"

"The factory was expanding and they wanted to transfer some people from the branch factories here, so I took the initiative to sign up. Director Liu saw that I was having financial difficulties and agreed directly. I passed the level 5 welder exam a few days ago. The salary and benefits are much better than those in our suburban machine repair factory."

The few people hadn't seen each other for half a year, so it was considered a long-awaited reunion. When they were chatting enthusiastically, Sha Zhu came out of the house with two pieces of clothes.