Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

"Master Liang, I brought the clothes. Here are two clean ones. Please mend them." Sha Zhu saw Nan Yi. He had heard of Nan Yi's name when he was an apprentice. However, ever since Nan Yi came and took his seat in the cafeteria, he disliked Nan Yi.

But he also knew that Director Yang was gone, the old lady had gone to a nursing home, and Yi Zhonghai's prestige had been greatly damaged, and no one was protecting him anymore. Moreover, he was still carrying a disciplinary record, and if he caused trouble again, he would really be fired, and he was not really stupid.

Nan Yi saw that Sha Zhu ignored him and did not force him, and said: "Liang Ladi, we live in the backyard and bring a few children to play when we have time. We just came back and went home first."

"Then you guys go and do your work first. I'll sew some clothes for Master He." Liang Ladi said.

The young couple also knew that Liang Ladi used to make some money by making clothes for others or doing sewing and mending things, so they didn't think much about it and just nodded and went home.

When they entered the backyard, they heard the voices of a man and a woman talking coming from Xu Damao's house. Ding Qiunan said, "Oh, maybe Xiao'e is back. I'll go talk to her. I haven't seen her for a while."

"I'll go with you."

The young couple did not enter the house and went directly to Xu Damao's house.

"Qiu Nan! I miss you so much."

"Xiao'e! You're finally back."

The two girls were holding hands and chatting affectionately, while the two men looked at each other in bewilderment as if they had nothing to do.

"Drink?"

"middle!"

Xu Damao didn't want to disturb the two girls' conversation, so he moved a square table to the door. Nan Yi went home to prepare two side dishes to go with the wine, while Xu Damao took out the braised pork offal and started cutting it.

Soon the two of them moved a small stool and started drinking.

"Do you want to get a bicycle? The factory is going to set up a workshop to produce bicycles. I can get a few." Xu Damao asked.

"I did think about it, after all, having a car is so convenient, but I have to renovate the house and pay you back. Qiunan is about to give birth, so I have to save some money for milk powder!" Nan Yi blew out a smoke ring. He learned this from Xu Damao.

"It would be more convenient for my sister-in-law to go to get off work if she has a bicycle..." Xu Damao originally wanted to say that it would be more convenient, but with the road conditions of this era, bicycles are not very friendly to pregnant women, even if you tie a layer of cotton pad on them.

Afterwards, the two chatted about Liang Ladi, drinking and chatting happily. Liu Guangfu came out of his house and ran over directly.

"Brother Damao, Brother Nan, I'm going to tell you something about Banggeng. Can you give me a piece of meat?"

"Oh, what could possibly happen to that kid Banggeng? Then tell me about it, and I'll consider whether I can give it to you." Xu Damao teased him.

"Bang Geng used to be a petty thief. A few days ago, he stole snacks from his classmates at school and refused to admit it even after being caught. His classmates said he was a wild child whose father had died. He even got into a fight with others. Even though he carried a schoolbag to school every day, he actually didn't go to school at all."

"Oh, then how did you know?" Xu Damao became interested.

"The younger brother of one of my classmates is in primary school. I heard about it because I often went to play with him," said Liu Guangfu.

"The Jia family is really hopeless. Don't learn bad habits from them," Xu Damao warned.

"The Jia family doesn't take good care of the child. If this continues, the child will be ruined. Didn't the school teacher come to visit the family?" Nan Yi also said.

"It seems to be the days when Jia Zhang broke her leg. Maybe his family didn't take care of him."

"It seems that Bang Geng asked someone to take leave himself, and the school didn't know about it."

"Okay, eat quickly, kid."

Liu Guangfu ran back home, got a pair of chopsticks and started cleaning.

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

"Mom, your leg is broken and you can't move, and my belly is getting bigger and bigger and it's getting more and more inconvenient for me to move. I can't handle it at all. What do you think we should do?"

"Other families' wives are all good, but you are so precious! Every family has gone through this. In the countryside, there are women who give birth in the afternoon and continue to do farm work in the morning. I don't see anything different about others." Jia Zhang said.

"It's not that I'm clumsy, so it's hard for me to help you turn over! The doctor said I need to help you turn over frequently, otherwise you'll get bedsores in the hot weather."

When Jia Zhang heard that it concerned her, she immediately became serious, "Do you have anyone else at home? How about asking someone to come over to help? No, if someone comes, we will have to take care of their food and drink. It would be better to ask Wang Sufen, the chicken that doesn't lay eggs, to help."

"Can you do that?"

"How do you know if it works if you don't try? She is Dongxu's godmother, and I am Dongxu's biological mother. What's wrong with her taking care of me?"

"Okay, I'll go talk to you tomorrow when I'm free. Today, Sha Zhu gave the lunch box to the newly moved Liang Ladi instead of ours. The meeting a few days ago didn't approve the distribution of housing funds to our family, saying that we didn't meet the standards. Sha Zhu only gave us 10 yuan for nutrition expenses."

"How can this bastard Sha Zhu and the people in the hospital be so heartless? Don't they know that we are orphans and widows? The pension is the money Dongxu earned through hard work. How can they touch it?" Jia Zhang first cursed Sha Zhu, and then cursed everyone in the hospital.

"Okay, mom, no matter how loudly you yell, she won't hear you. Liang Ladi is still raising four children on her own."

"That won't work either. Shazhu's lunch box has to be ours. He has feelings for you, so go and ask him for it." Jia Zhangshi didn't feel any pain in her waist while she was lying down and talking.

The guy pretending to do his homework said, "Grandma, please stop asking my mom to look for that idiot. My classmates all laugh at me for having an idiot stepfather."

"Who said that? Grandma, I'm going to go find him and I'll tear their mouths apart."

"Mom, these rumors have spread to the school. I can't ruin the reputation of our Jia family." Qin Huairu was a little proud. Aren't these the words you usually say? Let's see what you can do!

Jia Zhang blinked her triangular eyes, choked by Qin Huairu and unable to speak. Usually she always told Qin Huairu to stay away from men by saying that she didn't want to disgrace the Jia family's reputation, but now she was being pushed back. However, for the sake of delicious food, she was shameless.

"I don't care what method you use, you can't let idiot Zhu take advantage of you. You have to bring the lunch box back to my eldest grandson. Didn't you see that Bang Geng has become skinny due to hunger?"

"There's no outsider here, so you don't have to be unreasonable with me. Are you willing to let others take advantage of you for nothing?"

"That won't do. Why should I let others take advantage of my things?"

"Why would that idiot Zhu take advantage of our family?"

"Well... Anyway, you can't let Dongxu down. You should get an IUD inserted as soon as you give birth to the baby." When Jia Zhang thought about the delicious food in Sha Zhu's lunch box, she couldn't help but lick it.

"That's all for the future, what should I do now?"

"How about you try to get close to him and help him clean up the house and do the laundry?"

"Mom, I can barely handle my own housework while pregnant, how can I help Zhuzi clean up!"

"Don't disturb me, let me think of a solution." Jia Zhang covered herself with a quilt and thought about this matter, but after a while she felt a little confused and then she started snoring.

Qin Huairu was speechless looking at this careless mother-in-law, who had just been talking and fell asleep in the blink of an eye. Qin Huairu coaxed Banggeng and Xiaodang to sleep first, but she herself kept her eyes open and looked at the newly built roof, thinking about something.

Repairing the roof was only 25 yuan, but my mother-in-law broke a big piece of it, and it cost more than 40 yuan. Fortunately, Sha Zhu gave me medical expenses and 10 yuan. The two children also received 10 yuan in subsidies this month, but I still couldn't make ends meet. Maybe marrying Sha Zhu is a good idea.

No, now Shazhu is only a level 10 chef, and his salary is not much, and his mother-in-law will definitely not agree. Forget it, I'm tired, so I won't think about it anymore, just go to sleep.