Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Thank you, Brother Dabiao. How about I give you the fare?" Yan Jiefang said and wanted to take the money.

"Don't worry, I'm just passing by. Jiefang, are you a fitter?" Zhang Dabao did not take his money and let him put it back into his pocket.

"He's not a fitter, he's a welder," said Yan Jiefang.

"Welder?" Zhang Dabao suddenly remembered the widow Liang Ladi who had once ridden in his car. She was a welder.

"It's really a torture for welders to work in this weather. Even their pants are soaked at the end of the day," said Yan Jiefang.

"What kind of work isn't tiring? It's too hot to even sit still. How many people are there in your workshop?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"There are more than a hundred workshops, and there are female workers too. They all have excellent skills. Our factory director's wife is a welder, and a seventh-level worker at that. We are all from the same workshop, and everyone calls her Sister Jiao," said Yan Jiefang.

Zhang Dabiao really admired Liu Feng. A factory director could let his wife work in the welding workshop. His awareness was beyond words. Which office in the factory could he not arrange? After arranging it, no one would say anything. But Liu Feng and his wife were different. Jiao Min was not only a welder, but also a level 7 senior welder. This was not a show. Level 7 workers were senior technical workers. The factory was not qualified to assess them. The Metallurgical Bureau had to send engineers. The engineers in the bureau would only let you advance if they saw that you were capable. If your skills did not meet the requirements, even Yang Weihua's wife would not give you face, let alone Liu Feng, the director of a second-level branch factory.

"Director Liu's wife is a seven-year-old worker? That's amazing!" Zhang Dabao praised Liu Feng twice.

"There is another amazing one, her name is Liang Ladi. She joined the factory with me, and it’s only been a few months, but she is already a second-level welder. I haven’t even been promoted to a regular employee yet. She is Sister Jiao’s apprentice, and she’s so smart," Yan Jiefang said enviously.

"He's now a level two worker in just a few months? He's so talented. Dongxu has worked in the steel rolling mill for more than seven years, but he hasn't been promoted to level two, while his master is still a level eight worker," Zhang Dabia said with a smile.

"There are not many people like Brother Dongxu. Isn't things much better after he arrived at the new unit? He has become a cadre now." Yan Jiefang also smiled awkwardly and complimented Jia Dongxu a few words.

The two men talked as they walked, and they arrived at the machine repair shop. When they reached the factory gate, Zhang Dabao put Yan Jiefang down and was about to turn the car around when he heard someone calling him.

"Chief Zhang, wait a moment." Liang Ladi ran over.

Zhang Dabiao got out of the car and asked, "Sister Liang, what's the matter?"

"Chief Zhang, come over here and talk," Liang Ladi said in a low voice.

"What's going on? Why is it so mysterious?" Zhang Dabao walked to the side of the road.

"About food. Last time, when Damao and I took your car, didn't we want to ask where there was food?" Liang Ladi reminded Zhang Dabao.

Zhang Dabao remembered that she had really said that at that time, but he had forgotten it long ago.

"Sister Liang, haven't you been converted to a regular employee? I heard from Jiefang that you are now a second-level worker," said Zhang Dabao.

"I am a second-level worker, but the quota is not enough for food. The children are young and the quota is small, but they eat a lot. The children cry because of hunger every day," said Liang Weidi.

"Oh, I haven't been to the black market during this period, and even if I went there, the situation was not good. There was almost no food for sale. Let me go up the mountain to hunt, and if I get something, I'll see if I can exchange it for something on the black market," Zhang Dabao said to Liang Ladi.

"Chief Zhang, thank you so much, but I only have ten dollars now. Coarse grains will be fine, and dried sweet potatoes are the best," said Liang Ladi.

"Take the money back first. I will be back in two days. No matter whether there is food or not, I will come to see you then," Zhang Dabao said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, you must come." Liang Ladi was worried, so after Zhang Dabao got in the car, she came to the car window and gave him some more instructions.

Zhang Dabao nodded again in the car. He admired Liang Ladi very much. They were both widows, but she was a level 5 welder and self-reliant. Qin Huairu was also a level 1 worker when she retired, which was even worse than Jia Dongxu. She used her cleverness to cheat for food and drink, and she had many ways to control Sha Zhu. Together with Yi Zhonghai, they controlled He Yuzhu tightly and made him a poor family.

People who work hard are respected everywhere, so Zhang Dabao wanted to help her.

The motorcycle continued to move north. When it was almost dark, they reached the foot of the mountain, parked the motorcycle, and started to climb the mountain. Most carnivores come out to forage at night, and this time Zhang Dabiao's target was them.

Going up all the way, he saw a relatively open area. It was dark now, so Zhang Dabiao drank some water and ate something. He took out a piece of bloody horse meat from the space and placed it on the open space on the side. He then climbed a big tree next to it.

Carnivores are particularly sensitive to the taste of blood. Half an hour later, wolves came in a pack. Wolves are particularly cunning animals. They just watched the food that suddenly appeared. They waited for an hour, and then two wolves came to eat. After another half an hour, the other wolves saw that there was no problem and surrounded it.

The hunting time came, and Zhang Dabao shot with the compound bow in his hand. One arrow, two arrows, two wolves were shot and fell to the ground. The other wolves scattered and ran away. Zhang Dabao shot another arrow and hit a moving wolf, and the wolf went even farther away.

Zhang Dabiao came down from the village, bled the three wolves he had shot, and cut them open to anger the wolf pack. Sure enough, after a wolf howl, the wolves that had run away rushed towards Zhang Dabiao.

At this time, the bow and arrow in his hand kept shooting out again, one, two, three, four wolves. When the wolves came to him, there were only three left. He put down the bow and arrow, took out the sword from the space, and shot it one by one. The last one ran away, and the arrow in his hand also flew out, hitting the wolf's head two hundred meters away.

All ten wolves were dealt with.

He continued to disembowel the animals. The bloody smell was already strong, but no animals came over. He put all the wolves into the space, and Zhang Dabiao climbed up a tree to rest.

At daybreak, he started shooting arrows at birds in the distance again, and finally came to the conclusion that the range of the bow and arrow was far inferior to that of his flying sword, and neither the speed nor the accuracy could match that of the flying sword. The only advantage was that it could be explained by the bow and arrow, but not by the flying sword.

He collected all the birds he shot, no matter how small they were. He also shot a few rabbits and went down the mountain.

Since he left early in the morning, Zhang Dabao arrived at the machine repair factory around ten o'clock in the morning. What should he do with so many wolves in the car? He simply sold them to the canteen of the machine repair factory and see if he could exchange some food for Liang Ladi from the factory.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dabao came to the guard post and told the guard that he was looking for Director Liu Feng. He was Zhang Dabao, deputy director of the logistics department of the steel rolling mill.

The guard did not dare to delay and called Liu Feng. After getting permission, he let Zhang Dabao in.