Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

At noon today, Zhang Cuihua and Banggeng both ate too much and after returning home, they lay in bed and didn't want to move; Jia Dongxu was even worse, not only did he eat a lot, he also drank too much, but he still forced himself not to vomit and rolled back and forth on the bed in discomfort.

Qin Huairu did not come back with the three of them, but stayed to clean up the dishes with Zhang Lianhua. "Mom, my aunt is such a big eater. She ate three bowls of food today," Jia Jingshu said to her mother.

Zhang Lianhua felt a little embarrassed when she saw Qin Huairu was still at home. She just smiled and said nothing.

"This is why your aunt is so fat. She is fat because she can eat a lot. Do you want to be chubby?" Zhang Dabao asked his niece.

"I don't want to. I won't be pretty at all if I gain weight," Jia Jingshu answered without thinking.

"Then don't eat like this. Just eat until you are full. It's time to take a nap. You won't grow tall if you don't rest well. Wake up and find a stick to play with you." Zhang Dabao picked up his niece and asked her to go back to her room to rest.

"Huairu, put Xiaodang in the house as well. She is sleepy too." Zhang Lianhua saw that Xiaodang, who was in Qin Huairu's arms, had also fallen asleep, so she asked her to put the child down.

Jia Jingshu was very obedient. She covered herself with a blanket and went to sleep alone. Zhang Dabao went to Huang Xinsheng's house. He also had two drinks at noon and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Freshman, are you still feeling uncomfortable?" Zhang Dabao poured a glass of water for Huang Xinsheng.

"Much better, brother. Your nephew can drink quite a lot." During the meal, Zhang Dabao asked Huang Xinsheng to call him brother instead of company commander, after all, both of them had retired.

"He is just holding on. What else does his family need? Go to the supply and marketing cooperative after you rest. I have some tickets here," asked Zhang Dabao.

"I'm not short of anything. I've brought everything I can. I just need to buy some food and stuff," Huang Xinsheng said after thinking for a while.

"I have all the food, there's no rush to buy this. Do you have a spittoon? It's not convenient to go to the toilet here. The public toilet is outside the yard," Zhang Dabao thought for a while and asked Huang Xinsheng.

"I really don't have that. It seems I have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. I can't let myself be suffocated to death by my urine," Huang Xinsheng laughed.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Dabao felt a little sleepy, so he went back to his room to rest. He thought of going to the black market in the evening. While eating, he learned from Jia Dongxu that there was a black market in a small woods west of the steel mill.

Yi Zhonghai returned home from the backyard and did not find anyone coming home. Before he could ask, Liu Cuiping spoke, "Old Yi, no one came. I asked you to come back."

"No one is coming, why did you ask me to come back?" Yi Zhonghai was a little angry.

"If you stay in the backyard any longer, you will become a counter-revolutionary. Why do you want to provoke Zhang Dabao? You can tell at a glance that he is not someone you want to mess with. He can't beat you, and you can't convince him no matter how you talk. Old Yi, don't provoke him." Liu Cuiping wanted to persuade her husband.

"Let him go? What a joke! If everyone is like him, who in the hospital will listen to me?" Yi Zhonghai directly rejected his wife's suggestion.

"Old Yi, we can't afford to offend you..." Liu Cuiping wanted to persuade him again, but was stopped by Yi Zhonghai.

"Dongxu is his nephew. This is not a good thing. I asked him to go with me at noon today, but he didn't listen." Yi Zhonghai changed the subject.

"What's wrong with his nephew? How old is he? He is five or six years younger than Dongxu. Does he still need Dongxu to support him in his old age? Dongxu is going to visit relatives and the meal is ready. You ask him to go, can he go? His mother, his wife and two children are all there. If he leaves, people in the courtyard will laugh at him," said Liu Cuiping.

"But if I do this, others will laugh at me," Yi Zhonghai said angrily, "When Dongxu comes later, I'll tell you I won't give him a good talk."

Seeing that her husband was angry, Liu Cuiping didn't say anything else.

Yi Zhonghai waited from noon to night, but Jia Dongxu still didn't come, which made Yi Zhonghai furious. He looked up and saw Banggeng playing with the little girl in the backyard. Yi Zhonghai walked out and asked Banggeng, "Banggeng, where is your father? Is he still in the backyard?"

"Grandpa, no, my father is drunk. He has been sleeping since noon and hasn't woken up yet," said Banggeng.

"Drunk?" Yi Zhonghai didn't expect this to be the case.

"Isn't it? It smells very alcoholic. My seventh uncle made my father drink Fenjiu, which is very expensive," Banggeng continued.

"Who is Banggeng talking to?" Jia Dongxu walked out of the house sleepily, still smelling of alcohol.

He went to the sink to wash his face and saw Yi Zhonghai, "Master, has senior brother left? I can still accompany him for two more drinks, but no more."

"You left early. What time is it now? Who are you visiting relatives for? Why did you walk from morning to evening?" Yi Zhonghai saw that Jia Dongxu still looked drunk, so he said something unhappily and went home.

"Are you drinking Fenjiu? I wonder if it tastes good or not," He Yuzhu said to himself while lying on the bed at home.

"Brother, if you are sick, go to the hospital. It's not appropriate for you to go to the hospital during the New Year." He Yushui became angry again when he heard what He Yuzhu said.

"I didn't expect that I would be beaten when I went to order food. I didn't expect that I would be unable to beat him. He didn't have any crutches in his hand this time. It seems that I can't avenge myself," said He Yuzhu with a sigh.

"You still want revenge. If you want to die, go earlier. How hard did Zhang Dabao hit you? Didn't you see when he beat Brother Dongxu yesterday? He's his nephew. Did he show mercy? Not to mention you, an outsider," He Yushui said to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu didn't say anything, but closed his eyes.

Liu Haizhong from the backyard returned home in the evening. He learned from Yan Bugui at the gate what had happened in the yard in the past two days. He returned home without any expression.

Xu Fugui, who was also in the backyard, was talking to his son Xu Damao, "Da Mao, you saw it too, we can't afford to offend the soldier next door. Lao Yi is very talkative, but today he was speechless after being scolded by him. Everyone knows that Sha Zhu learned martial arts for a few days, but he was beaten like a dead dog by Zhang Dabao."

"I dare not offend him. Are those things he said about the uncle true?" Xu Damao asked his father.

"I don't think it's possible. Old Yi has lived in the courtyard for decades. He worked in the Lou family's steel plant before liberation, until the public-private partnership and then the nationalization of the steel plant. I have never heard of him having any connection with any random people, let alone being the commander-in-chief," Xu Fugui said after thinking for a while.

"I think so too. If this gets out, will anyone above us believe it?" Xu Damao thought for a moment and asked his father.

"Don't spread this word. If we don't go, others will. Liu Haizhong is back," Xu Fugui immediately persuaded his son.

"This bastard, he keeps talking nonsense every day and always protects Sha Zhu. I really want to get rid of him," Xu Damao said angrily.

"If you want to do it, kill him. Otherwise, don't do it. Old Yi is a good guy," Xu Fugui said to his son.

"Why should we care about him? Let's eat." Xu's mother brought in the meal.