Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Come to my house for dinner tonight, and we'll have a drink with Dezhou Braised Chicken. Xiu Rui will be home for dinner today too," said Yu Sinian.

"Uncle Yu, I won't go today. I'll invite you guys again in two days. I've been driving for two days in a row and I feel smelly. I have to go home to see my family." Zhang Dabao rejected Yu Sinian's invitation.

"Okay, that depends on your time. You can't work too hard for a big project. It's bad for your health. You won't feel it now because you're young, but you will feel it when you get older," Yu Sinian advised.

"I understand, Uncle Yu. You go ahead and do your work. I'm leaving now," Zhang Dabao said goodbye and left.

"Brother Dabiao, you came to see me a few days ago?" After going downstairs, Zhang Dalou met Yu Haitang by the motorcycle.

"Haitang, didn't you go to study?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"Now that we've finished our studies, Brother Dabiao, let's go to my sister's place today," Yu Haitang said with a springy look on her face.

"Is your mother still at the gate of your yard?" Zhang Dabao asked with a smile.

"I don't know how she knew where I lived. My mother goes there every day and insists that I give her 20 yuan a month. She also wants me to give this yard to my younger brother. Do you think she is crazy?" Yu Haitang said dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, let's go to your house in the evening. We'll talk about it when we get there. I have some food in the car and we can eat it when we get home. I'll go there early and wait for you," said Zhang Dabao with a smile.

After leaving the mining machinery factory, Zhang Dabiao did not go anywhere else, but went directly to Yu Li's courtyard. There were also a lot of fallen leaves and dust at the door of her house, and it seemed that she had not been back for a long time.

I parked the motorcycle in the yard, cleaned it up first, and then boiled some hot water. I had to take a shower in the evening. I could take a cold shower, but the Yu sisters were women, so it was better for them to take a shower with hot water.

The water was poured and the meal was ready. Around seven o'clock in the evening, Yu Haitang and Yu Li came back.

"It's wrapped so tightly, isn't it hot?" Zhang Dabao couldn't help laughing when he saw that the two of them were wrapped like Indians.

"We have to be careful. My mother hangs around my door every day like a lunatic. Whenever she finds us, the first thing she asks for is money. The second thing she says is to give the yard to my brother. She won't say anything else. She's crazy," said Yu Haitang.

"Doesn't she want to know where this yard came from?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"She's not in the mood? She only cares about whether I give it to my brother or not. I really don't understand. My brother is a child, his biological child. My sister and I were just picked up? Because we are daughters, we should help my brother unconditionally? No one cares whether we live or die?" It seems that the original family only brings demands to Yu Haitang, but no care.

"Hiding like this is not a solution. Can you stay in the factory every day?" Zhang Dabao said.

"Hide for one day, that's fine. What else can we do? Can't we go to other places? It's very difficult wherever you are now. I heard that some places only have one meal a day. This is the capital, so the supply can be a little better," said Yu Li with a sigh.

"If I have connections, I would like to go abroad right now. Brother Dabiao, aren't there places abroad where you can marry several wives? We will all marry you then," said Yu Haitang.

"What a good idea! I really have a way to go abroad," Zhang Dabao smiled.

"Really?" Yu Haitang jumped up happily, hugged Zhang Dabao's neck, wrapped her legs around his waist, and hung on Zhang Dabao like a koala.

"Let's eat first, I'll tell you after the meal," said Zhang Dabao, patting Yu Haitang's butt.

Today's dinner had chicken and meat. The three of them had a delicious meal and then started playing cards. Playing cards with three people is much more fun than with two, and there are more games to play. It was so cool. Zhang Dabao felt so good today.

The next day, the three of them did not leave the yard. They played all day. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Yu sisters were sleepy and Zhang Dabao had to go back. Zhang Dabao told them that they would wait for another month or two, and he would find a way to transfer them abroad. However, they must keep their mouth shut and not tell anyone. If there was nothing to do, they should stay at work and not have conflicts with their family members. If they could not afford to offend them, they could continue to hide. When they went out and transferred the house, she would not be able to find anyone and the house would have changed hands, so she would have no choice.

After coming out of Yu Li’s courtyard, Zhang Dabao rode his motorcycle back to Yard No. 95.

"Da Biao is back?" Yan Bugui, the door god of No. 95 Courtyard, had returned from get off work a long time ago. Ever since he stopped seeking the position of deputy director, he felt a lot more relaxed. When he arrived at the unit, he would go to get out of class and go home early in the afternoon. When the sky was clear, he could go fishing. Yan Bugui particularly liked this kind of life. Such a life was so good. Why did he have to be a small cadre and put himself in a coffin?

"Teacher Yan, I went on a short mission. Here are some local dates. Please try them." Zhang Dabao grabbed two handfuls of golden thread dates from his pocket and put them in Yan Bugui's hand.

"Da Biao, you are too polite. Look, these dates are golden thread dates?" Yan Bugui smiled so hard that his mouth was wide open.

"Teacher Yan has good taste. These are authentic Shandong golden silk dates bought from Dezhou. They taste really sweet." Zhang Dabiao replied and walked towards the backyard.

"Seventh Uncle, you're back?" The person who greeted Zhang Dabao at the backyard door was none other than his good nephew Jia Dongxu. There was a fire burning in the kitchen, and it seemed that Jia Dongxu had come back early this afternoon to cook.

"I just came back. Dongxu, what would you like to eat tonight?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"Seventh Uncle, I made steamed corn tortillas, and you may not be used to them. How about I make you a bowl of noodles?" Jia Dongxu said.

"Don't make anything else. Pick some beans from across the yard, add more bacon and stew them. Corn tortillas will taste good with the soup. Pick some young beans and mix them with garlic and sesame paste, and steam some salted fish. I also brought a chicken back. It's almost enough for a meal," Zhang Dabao said to Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu is now many times better than before. At least he no longer goes out to drink or gamble, and he has become a small cadre. He also knows to do housework after get off work, and has learned to cook pasta and some simple dishes, which were things Zhang Cuihua never dared to even think about before.

Jia Dongxu had a strong execution ability. After Zhang Dabiao gave his instructions, he immediately got busy, picking beans across the yard, watering the beans, peeling garlic, and cutting bacon...

Zhang Dabao went back to the house, changed his clothes, and then sat on a mat at the door with a cup of tea in his hand.

After school, "Seventh Uncle" Banggeng saw Zhang Dabao's motorcycle at the gate of the yard and ran directly to the backyard, shouting as he ran.

"What are you shouting for? Let Uncle Seventh rest for a while, he just sat down." Jia Dongxu looked at his son who was running towards him and scolded loudly.