Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

In the hot summer, Xu Damao was busy in the kitchen with sweat all over his forehead. To be honest, he now regretted exchanging his master-level cooking skills for satisfying the appetites of several children.

Today Xu Damao made Kung Pao Chicken, Stir-fried Pork with Green Beans and Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes, and the children ate them with their mouths drooling.

The few people who had been looking after the children just now also went home to eat. The whole courtyard was filled with fragrance, of course, except for the Jia family.

The Jia family's dining table was still filled with steamed bread and pickles, as well as a plate of fried cucumbers. The rest was Qin Huairu's leftover lunch and a steamed bun made of two grains of flour.

Banggeng looked at the dinner on the table with some disdain, ate only half of a steamed bun, said he was full and ran away. Banggeng is now a big shot. He had learned a lot from a big brother in the juvenile detention center. He was young and didn't have much skills, so he could only do small fights on the street, which occasionally improved his life and gave him some pocket money.

It was just that the elder brother was sentenced to a longer time and was not released until last year. Banggeng had been calculating the time. Soon after the elder brother was released from prison, he went to find the elder brother according to the address he had left for him. After that, several people decided to form a group to steal on the street. Some of them were the ones who kept watch, some were the ones who deliberately attracted the target's attention, and some were the ones who finally took action and were responsible for the final cleanup.

Banggeng was quite clever, so he attracted the target's attention at the beginning. As his skills improved, he became the one who took action. After each successful action, he got the most things except the boss. Banggeng had money and tickets, so he often ate and drank lavishly outside, so he naturally looked down on the food at home.

Jia Zhang looked at the half of the bun that Bang Geng had left, swallowed her saliva, quickly reached out and grabbed it and stuffed it into her mouth. Because of her significant meritorious service, Jia Zhang was released early, one and a half years earlier, in early 1963.

Jia Zhang was previously in a mental hospital to quit her addiction to painkillers, but the longer she stayed there, the more she felt that something was wrong with this mental hospital. She carefully observed and acted with these mental patients, and after a while she finally found some clues.

The so-called Dr. Li was indeed a doctor, but that was before he became mentally ill. He became mentally ill due to excessive work pressure and was subsequently sent to Qingshan Mental Hospital.

Doctor Li's mental illness was relatively mild, and he later relied on role-playing to lead a group of mental patients to beat the only doctor to death. The medical staff and guards were tortured and became mentally ill. Then he became a doctor in the mental hospital and has been managing this mental hospital ever since.

Later, Jia Zhang took the opportunity to go out to pick wild vegetables and slipped away. However, she was unfamiliar with the place and suffered a lot. She walked along a muddy path and even broke her leg, which was not well healed. Finally, she fainted on the side of the road due to exhaustion and was rescued by a kind villager passing by.

After Jia Zhang woke up, she wanted to find the local team leader and the commune secretary, saying that she had important information to report. The villager was so annoyed that he called the village team leader to his home.

After hearing the situation, the team leader attached great importance to it and reported the news to the commune secretary. Finally, the secretary decisively led the police from the commune police station and the local militia to surround the mental hospital and arrested everyone. Finally, after checking the list one by one, it was confirmed that what Jia Zhang said was true.

This incident shocked the whole city and was even reported in the city newspaper. Jia Zhang's legs were also disabled for life, but she was able to reduce her sentence and was released a year and a half earlier. Now Jia Zhang's legs still limp when she walks, and it hurts even more when it's cloudy and rainy. She knew Qin Huairu would not buy her painkillers, so she used her own private money to secretly take painkillers.

"Who knows where this kid Banggeng has gone again." said Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu actually knew that Banggeng was abnormal, and he must have been cheating outside again. However, their family was in financial difficulty, and Banggeng had not been caught, so they just turned a blind eye.

Qin Huairu has been an apprentice for so many years, but her salary has increased a little with the increase of years, and now it is 18 yuan. However, Huaihua has been weak and sick since childhood due to congenital deficiencies caused by premature birth. She is like a medicine jar and gets sick once or twice a month.

Qin Huairu had been spending money on her daughter's medical treatment out of guilt. In addition, she not only wanted to feed her children enough, but also wanted them to eat well, so her life was always tight.

Qin Huairu could still get some benefits by flirting with some men before, but she only wanted the benefits and didn't want to pay the price. She also knew that if she was easily taken advantage of, she would be worthless. Gradually, the men around her learned to be smart and began to act without hesitation. The living standard of the Jia family plummeted.

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng who ran away, then looked at Xiaodang who was wearing patched clothes and Huaihua who was weak and sick, and secretly made a decision in her heart. Forget it, it's time to give the fish I raise some sweetness, just treat it as a mosquito bite, Dongxu, don't blame me, I have no choice but to do it for the sake of the children.

"Xiaodang, Huaihua, both of you hurry up and eat. If your brother doesn't eat anymore, you can eat more." Qin Huairu said to her two daughters.

"Eat, eat, eat. You two money-losing pieces, why are you eating so much? Sooner or later you will belong to someone else's family." Jia Zhang cursed with her mouth wide open.

The three of them kept silent, pretending they hadn't heard anything, and just ate silently. Jia Zhang was bored, chewing the steamed bun in her mouth and stopped scolding her two granddaughters. Instead, she swallowed the bun and turned around to scold the people in the yard.

One moment she cursed Sha Zhu for no longer helping their family and only caring about the slutty widow in the front yard; she also cursed Yu Shui, the unmarried old maid, for meddling in other people's business; she also cursed Yi Zhonghai, a man with no descendants, for having evil intentions and wanting his family Bang Geng to support him in his old age; and finally she cursed Xu Damao for not taking care of his family when his own family was so well off. In short, anyone in the yard who lived better off than hers was cursed by her.

At this time, Yan Bugui had just finished his meal and held his grandson for a while, so he planned to go to the backyard to find Liu Haizhong to discuss the banquet for the children's return from retirement. He happened to pass by the central courtyard and heard Jia Zhang's scolding.

"Bah, this damn old woman, all she does is scold this and that every day, just wait and see how we deal with you."

Yan Bugui spat a mouthful of thick phlegm in the direction of the Jia family and then walked towards the backyard.

"Lao Liu... no, Chief Liu, have you finished eating? I want to discuss something with you."

"It's Old Yan. We have just finished eating. Wait for me to bring the chessboard and we can talk while playing chess." Liu Haizhong's voice came from the house.

"Oh, okay, get me a bench too."

After a while, Liu Haizhong came out with a chessboard in one hand and two benches in the other.

"Come on, Old Yan, let's play two games."

At that moment, the two of them set up their chess pieces at the door and started playing chess.

"Old Yan, we have been neighbors for so many years, so don't call me Section Chief Liu. Just call me Old Liu. We, the leading cadres, cannot be separated from the masses." Liu Haizhong said in an official tone.

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, this time I came to discuss with you the matter of Jiefang and Guangtian's return from the army. Have you read the letter that Guangtian sent back?" Yan Bugui asked.

"Look, are you planning to hold a welcoming party for the two children?"

"Yes, yes, yes. When the two children left, they did it together. They have been gone for so many years, so as parents, we have to express our gratitude, right?"

"You're right. Let's hold a welcoming party once the specific date of his return is decided!" Liu Haizhong not only has his eldest grandson, but also has become a real deputy section chief. His mentality has changed a lot, and he cares about his two children.