Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After Zhang Dabao came out of the steel rolling mill, he asked someone to inquire about the primary school near the mining machinery factory. It turned out that the primary school was 500 meters west of the factory. Because it was separated by two alleys, he did not notice it. He called Yu Sinian, and he called the school leaders of Xijiao Primary School. Zhang Dabao went to visit and the matter of Damao's schooling was settled. The principal also sent the first grade textbooks. Both parties agreed to bring the child over in the afternoon to handle the formalities. In this way, Zhang Dabao came to Yonghe Hutong, the courtyard where Liang Ladi lives now.

When "Sister Liang" Zhang Dabao saw that the door was not locked, he knew that Liang Ladi and the others had returned from their hometown. However, when he pushed the door, it did not open. It must be that someone inside had bolted the door.

"Da Mao" Zhang Dabao called out to Da Mao outside the door.

"My cousin is here," Damao opened the door happily.

"Da Mao, where is your mother?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"I went to work. I went there this morning," said Damao.

"Are you coming back today?" Zhang Dabao asked again.

"I don't know" Damao really doesn't know.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter whether she comes back or not. What's your full name, Damao?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"Xu Zhengren," said Damao.

"That's enough for you to know. I will take you to school to report in the afternoon, and you will be able to go to elementary school tomorrow. Here are the books. You will be an elementary school student in the future, so you must study hard," said Zhang Dabao.

"I want to go to school too," Ermaola ran over.

"You come on too," Zhang Dabao reported Ermao.

"Who are you?" Liang Aihua heard the voice in the yard and came out holding Xiu'er.

"Aunt, this is my cousin, he is a very nice guy," said Damao.

"Hello, are you Sister Liang's sister? Are you here to take care of the children?" Zhang Dabao asked Liang Aihua.

"My name is Liang Aihua, and I'm eighteen years old..." Liang Aihua said as she saw the tall and handsome young man in front of her. Her voice became lower and lower, and she felt a little embarrassed.

"Da Biao, why are you here?" At this time Liang Ladi also came back with two bags in her hands.

"Da Mao's school enrollment has been arranged. We will take him to register in the afternoon and get to know his class. He will be able to officially start school tomorrow. The principal has also given him books," said Zhang Dabao.

"That's great. Ermao and Sanmao will go to nursery tomorrow. I'm going to make school bags for them today. I also bought pencils, erasers and notebooks," Liang Ladi said happily.

"That's great!" The three boys jumped up happily. They were so eager to go to school. They heard others say that going to school was good every day, so they wanted to go to school.

"Da Biao, shall we have dumplings for lunch today?" Liang Ladi said, with some green vegetables in her hand.

"Yes, I like dumplings the most," said Zhang Dabao.

"Me too," said Sanmao.

"Can we all come and help?" Zhang Dabao said to the three children.

"Okay, did I wrap it well?" Ermao said.

"When did you ever do that? Why are you lying?" Damao asked his brother.

Several people started to get busy while chatting and laughing.

"Sister, where is this relative from? Why have I never seen him before?" Liang Aihua asked.

"He's from Damao's father's side. We just got in touch with him recently. He also works in Beijing and is a cadre," Liang Ladi replied to her sister.

Liang Aihua had never dared to imagine that she could eat dumplings in a disaster year. Last year, her family didn't make dumplings during the Spring Festival. It was not because they didn't want to eat dumplings or because they didn't have the fillings, but because they had no white flour.

It had been almost two years since she ate dumplings again, and they were made with meat. Life in the city was like heaven. She was determined to stay in the city no matter what. After one day out, Liang Aihua's thoughts had completely changed.

After dinner, Liang Ladi made her schoolbag while Zhang Dabao went into the house to rest for a while. Then he took Liang Ladi and Damao out. He first went to the school to report and asked Damao to remember the route home. Then he took Liang Ladi to the street office and transferred the courtyard in Yonghe Hutong to her name.

Liang Ladi asked Damao to go back first, and she and Zhang Dabao came to the small courtyard in Ping Hutong. It was clean here, and the Yu sisters had lived here until the end, so there was no need to clean it up. The two played poker here for the whole afternoon.

It was getting dark, Liang Ladi returned to her own yard, and Zhang Dabao also returned to Yard No. 95.

When Zhang Dabao arrived at his door, he saw his second sister Zhang Lianhua, He Yuzhu, and He Yushui standing at the door. The three of them were talking about something, and He Yushui looked very aggrieved.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Zhang Dabao asked He Yushui.

When "Brother Dabao" He Yushui saw that it was Zhang Dabao who came back, she felt even more aggrieved and lay down in Zhang Dabao's arms and started crying.

"Brother Zhuzi, what happened that makes you feel so aggrieved?" Zhang Dabao asked He Yuzhu again.

"Da Biao, there is a man named Ding Yang in the Dongjiaominxiang Police Station who often harasses her. Yu Shui certainly didn't treat him well. This afternoon, Ding Yang's mother went to the post office to complain about Yu Shui, complaining that she was ignorant of Chinese culture and said some unpleasant words. Aunt Lin Hua even had a quarrel with her," said He Yuzhu.

"Did Aunt Lin have a fight with her? Do they know each other?" Zhang Dabao asked He Yushui.

"She knows him. Aunt Lin called her by her name directly, as if Liu Huijuan was embarrassing her husband, Mr. Ding, or something like that," said He Yushui.

"It's okay, I'll handle it. Is Ding Yang's family also a cadre family?" Zhang Dabao asked He Yushui.

"It seems so. Who cares what his family does? He is so disgusting every day that people can't stand him. People say that his father is a high-ranking official, and he will definitely be a high-ranking official in the future. He has a greasy hair and a powdered face, and you can tell at first glance that he is not a good person," said He Yushui.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to Aunt Lin's house to ask and warn them. We also have connections. My uncle is also a high-ranking official, a real ministerial-level leader. He will definitely take care of it. And Uncle Yang, he is now a director at the bureau level. I'll go look for them," Zhang Dabao coaxed He Yushui.

He Yushui's mood calmed down. Zhang Dabao asked her to have a good rest, and he took some things from the house and left the yard.

Of course, Zhang Dabao asked Lin Hua about the situation of the Ding family first. Ji Denian is now the deputy district chief. The woman surnamed Liu was not afraid at all and directly scolded her, which shows that this person's family affairs are not simple, and may even be stronger than that of the Ji family.

"Da Biao is here, come in quickly." Lin Hua opened the door and saw that it was Zhang Da Biao, so he quickly let him in.

"Auntie Lin, Uncle Ji hasn't come back yet?" Zhang Dabao asked as he sat down.

"You're so busy every day and not at home every day. It's so annoying. Are you here today about the rain?" Lin Hua asked.

"What's the situation with the other party? It seems that this official is very high-ranking, so arrogant?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"The Ding family is nothing. The director of our district's Transportation Bureau is Liu Huijuan's brother-in-law, Wang, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry. Liu Huijuan has three daughters, and the youngest is a son. She spoiled this Ding Yang," said Lin Hua.