Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After Jia Geng established his authority in school on the first day of term, no one in the entire first grade dared to bully him, let alone his class two.

In Class 2, Grade 1, Jia Geng made a few more friends besides Niu Xiaozheng. The person he admired most was Zhang Dabao. He knew that Zhang Dabao had many friends and he often treated his friends to dinner, knowing that this was a way to strengthen communication with friends; so Bang Geng also often treated his friends to snacks and the like.

Jia Geng had the most pocket money among all the students in Class 2, Grade 95, because he was good at talking and he had many relatives living in Yard , all of whom were working people and all of them were rich and could give him money.

Every Monday morning, Jia Geng would say to Zhang Cuihua, "Grandma, the food at school is too bad. Give me 10 cents so I can buy something to eat." Zhang Cuihua loved her grandson very much, and he didn't ask for much. It was only 10 cents, and he didn't ask for it every day. He earned a lot of money and was often rewarded, so she gave him the money.

Tomorrow, Banggeng would say the same thing to Qin Huairu again. Qin Huairu was also a person who had no idea what was going on, so she gave him the ten cents. The day after tomorrow, the person who asked for money was Jia Dongxu. "You should spend it frugally. Your grandma only gives me two dollars a month." Jia Buxu was not very willing to give it, but he knew that the food in school was not delicious, so he gave it. The next day, the person Banggeng asked for money from was Zhang Zhang Lianhua. He asked He Yuzhui the next day, and He Yushui on Saturday. As he went to school five and a half days a week, he could get ten cents every day.

In 1960, if a first-grade child had a piece of wool on him, he was considered a wealthy man. Jia Geng was rich and generous, so he had five or six good friends around him.

Since no one at home eats durian, Banggeng decided to take it to school to share with his friends. In the morning, he got up early and hid the durian outside the yard. When he went to school with Niu Xiaozheng, he put the durian in his schoolbag and took it to school.

"Banggeng, what new weapon did you bring?" Niu Xiaozheng had never seen a durian before, but there were thorns inside and they pricked his hands, so he asked curiously.

"It's not a weapon, it's delicious fruit. My seventh uncle brought it back from the south. I brought it to school specially for you to eat. This thing is very precious," Banggeng said proudly.

"Really? What is this? It smells a bit. Is it bad?" Niu Xiaozheng asked Banggeng.

"This is durian. It smells bad but tastes good, just like stinky tofu," Banggeng explained.

"But will the teacher dislike it if I eat in the classroom?" Niu Xiaozheng raised the key issue.

"The teacher might really dislike it if we eat in the classroom, so why not eat on the playground?" Bang Geng said.

"No, the playground is full of seniors. What if they come to snatch our things? We can't beat those in the fourth or fifth grade," Niu Xiaozheng shook his head repeatedly.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, is it white?" Banggeng was a little unhappy.

"You can go to the toilet to eat. Go to our toilet. Only students from grades one and two come here. We second graders are not afraid," Niu Xiaozheng suggested.

The "good idea" Banggen praised Niu Xiaozheng's wit.

During the break, Niu Xiaozheng called five or six good friends, and Banggeng carried his schoolbag, and everyone went to the boys' restroom for grades one and two. Fortunately, Jia Dongxu had cut the skin open with a knife yesterday, so it was easy to peel off the skin. Banggeng tasted a piece first, and it was just as his seventh uncle said, it smelled stinky but tasted delicious.

There were seven pieces left, one for each of the six people. Bang Geng gave one piece to Niu Xiaozheng as a reward. After Bang Geng finished eating, he threw the durian peel into the toilet, splashing some water, which just happened to splash on Yan Bugui who was using the toilet. He stood up and was shocked to see five or six children eating the yellow stuff. Jia Geng stood aside and watched everyone. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a very serious incident of school bullying.

"Jia Geng, you've gone too far." Yan Bugui walked over while pulling up his trousers.

"Let's go!" Bang Geng waved his hand and several classmates ran out, leaving Yan Bugui with a confused look on his face.

After Yan Bugui came out of the toilet, he thought about the good life of the Jia family and the situation of his own family. We had agreed to be poor together, so why did you become rich, Zhang Cuihua? And it was your family that became rich? But I am still so poor.

Didn't you say every day that your grandson was smart? Now that he made a mistake, can you blame me for not thinking of the friendship between neighbors? Now a deputy director of the teaching department of the school has been transferred, and Yan Bugui is seeking this position, so he decided to tell the school leaders about this serious bullying incident to show his integrity.

"Principal Liu, I want to tell you something, a very serious thing. There is a boy named Jia Geng in Class 2, Grade 1. He is a very naughty child. He forced his classmates to eat shit in the toilet." Yan Bugui came to the principal's office and said to Principal Liu.

"Teacher Yan, this matter is very serious. How did you know about this? I seem to have heard of this child named Jia Geng." Principal Liu stood up directly.

"Principal, this child is the one who took off the pants of a second-grade male classmate on the first day of school. He comes from a bad family. His grandmother is a shrew. He has followed his grandmother since he was a child. I saw it with my own eyes when I went to the toilet just now," said Yan Bugui.

"The matter is too serious. Please call Teacher Ran and this Jia Geng to my office," said Principal Liu.

Yan Bugui trotted all the way to Class 2 of Grade and called out Teacher Ran who was teaching the class. He then asked Teacher Ran to call out Jia Geng, and the three of them went to the principal's office together.

"You are Jia Geng. What did you let your classmates eat in the toilet?" asked Principal Liu.

"I gave durian to my classmates. The smell was too strong in the classroom, so we ate it in the toilet. This fruit smells bad, but tastes delicious," Jia Geng explained to the principal.

"There is such a fruit? Why have I never heard of it?" The principal is also a native northerner.

"Jia Geng can't lie in the principal's office. Tell the truth to the principal. Why did he let his classmates eat shit?" Yan Bugui asked.

"Will they eat shit if I tell them to? Didn't you see how happy they were when they ate fruit? Teacher Yan, you can't tell the principal everything. Have you investigated? Isn't the principal busy? Why don't you just ask Niu Xiaozheng and the others and find out?" Banggeng knew, of course, that it was Yan Bugui who made the complaint, so he was very dissatisfied with Yan Bugui.

"Teacher Ran, go ask them now," the principal said to Teacher Ran who was standing aside.

Teacher Ran was speechless. She was in class, but why did they deal with this? She went back to the classroom and asked Niu Xiaozheng and the others. They all gave the same answer: it was the fruit they ate. It was fragrant and sticky, and it was delicious.

"Principal, I asked them, and they said they were eating fruit, and there really is such a fruit. I have eaten it before when I was abroad. Just like what Jia Geng said, it is a tropical fruit," said Teacher Ran.