Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Today's lunch was eaten at the Red Star Post Office. There were only three of us, Shi Chulai, Zhang Dabao and Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu once again demonstrated his courage and strength in drinking. Before the soup and dishes were served, Jia Dongxu was helped by Zhang Dabao to the car to rest.

"Brother Shi, I'm getting married on May Day, in our courtyard. If you have time, come and support me," Zhang Dabao said to Shi Chu.

"Dabao, I'll definitely come when I have time." Shi Chulai is a serious college student and has more experience than the average person. He certainly knows Zhang Dabao's situation, so he is very willing to interact with Zhang Dabao.

After coming out of the Red Star Post Office, he first sent his eldest nephew Jia Dongxu back home to rest. He did not go out again, but fried some dishes, including fish and tofu.

In fact, Zhang Dabao didn't know why they fried vegetables when visiting graves, and he didn't know the reason, but fried tofu seemed to mean that everyone was blessed. After the oil pan was turned on, he couldn't just fry some fried tofu. Zhang Dabao also prepared to fry crispy meat and lotus root boxes. He asked Qin Jingru to come and help. Xiaodang watched from the side and put the sleeping Huaihua in his bedroom so that everyone could hear her when she woke up.

The last thing to fry is fish. There are two kinds of fish, one is hairtail and the other is crucian carp.

"Xiaodang, you have to eat less. If you eat too much of these things, you will not be able to digest them and will easily cause diarrhea." Zhang Dabao knew that people nowadays lack oil and water in their stomachs and find it difficult to resist fried foods, let alone children.

"I'll only eat three," Xiaodang said.

"It's okay to eat three in total. You can go for a run later and eat three more at dinner time. How about two pieces of crispy pork and a lotus root box?" Zhang Dabao said to Xiaodang.

"Okay" Xiaodang is a very good child. After she finishes eating, if you don't give her the food, she won't want it. She will just sit there and look at you quietly.

"Okay, another piece of fish," Zhang Dabao gave in. He couldn't resist such a cute little girl looking at him like that.

"Jingru, you eat too. You are an adult, it's okay to eat a few more pieces." Zhang Dabao asked Qin Jingru to eat, but Qin Jingru just tasted it. She was embarrassed to eat more.

"What are we having for dinner? How about stew?" Zhang Dabao asked Xiaodang.

"I like to eat chowder soup," Xiao Dang said seriously.

"Your mother is right, you like to eat everything." Qin Jingru was speechless to Xiaodang. People like to eat whatever you say, what can you do?

With fried tofu and crispy pork, the stewed soup is easy to make. Of course, you can only make a simple version. Cook peppers and pork belly in a pot, add various vegetables and vermicelli and stew. When the soup is about to come out, add the freshly fried crispy pork, and then add minced garlic, coriander, and sesame oil. The taste is simply overbearing.

"What's the dish? It smells so good." Bang Geng came running over after class. He was the center of attention in school today. Today was the day before Qingming Festival. Most students brought boiled eggs to the school to clash with each other and decide the final winner.

The winner today is Banggeng, because he and Niu Xiaozheng both led Goose Egg, and the two of them defeated all the students in the class one by one. In the final showdown between the two, Banggeng's Goose Egg had the last laugh.

Since he won everyone, Banggeng started the taunting mode and talked more than usual, so he consumed a lot of energy today. He was hungry before school was over. When he got home from school, the stew was just coming out of the pot. How could he bear this? So he ran to the kitchen of his seventh uncle's house as soon as possible.

"Would you like a bowl first? But the steamed buns aren't hot yet. Did you come back early today?" Zhang Dabao asked the guy who was sweating profusely while running.

"I was hungry today, so I ran faster. It would be bad for me to eat first. My grandma, great aunt and the others haven't come back yet, and my mom and dad haven't come back either." Banggeng was very polite now and didn't eat first, even though he was very hungry.

"Let's do a coupling first, this is the best." Zhang Dabao likes the current sticky memes very much. After all, there may not be many people who like a kid like Thief Saint.

"What is this? Is it delicious?" Although Bang Geng had doubts, he still took the coupling and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"Seventh Uncle, this smells so good. How come it tastes so good? Is there meat filling in it?" Bang Geng asked while eating.

"This is coupling. I made some and will use it when I go back to the village to visit the graves tomorrow. Your father has come back early. He slept all afternoon. Go wake him up. If your grandmother saw him like this, your father might get beaten," Zhang Dabao said to Bang Geng.

"He must be drunk again. I've told him many times not to drink, but he just wouldn't listen. Not being able to control yourself and liking to drink are both serious problems, just like not having the energy to cause trouble every day." When Banggeng heard that Jia Dongxu had slept for the whole afternoon, he started to complain, but he still went over to wake Jia Xu up.

Because Banggeng is back, Jia Dongxu can no longer sleep. Banggeng will keep talking in his ear, non-stop, just like when you are taking a nap and there are a hundred flies in the room. You can't cover your ears because he will keep buzzing in your ears.

"I heard it, I heard it." Jia Dongxu came out of his home in the middle courtyard with an impatient look on his face and walked towards the backyard with a bitter look on his face.

"Tell me, will you drink again in the future? If you drink again, I will really not care about you." Banggeng followed behind Jia Dongxu and asked him to express his opinion.

"I don't want to drink anymore," Jia Dongxu said unhappily, turning back.

"Are you speaking from your heart? Dad, you can't lie to me. I tell you it is very wrong to lie to your own children. Don't you know that there is a child in our class whose father is very unreliable and often lies to his own children..." Bang Geng kept talking behind Jia Dongxu.

"I'm speaking the truth. Banggeng, go feed the geese. Xiaozheng and Jiedi are here to see you." Jia Dongxu was about to collapse. It was impossible for him to lose his temper because his mother would come back to the yard at any time. His temper was not as bad as hers, and she would even beat the children, and he was her only child.

The arrival of Yan Jiedi and Niu Xiaozheng rescued Jia Dongxu. He came to the kitchen door of his seventh uncle's house in the backyard and sat on a stool, looking as if he had lost all hope in life.

"What's wrong? Are you still drunk? If you can't drink, don't brag about it. Director Shi thinks you can drink a lot, but look at you. Do you have two glasses of wine? You just poured it out." Zhang Dabao also criticized Jia Dongxu.

"Seventh Uncle, Bang Geng is so talkative now, even more talkative than an old lady. Do you think he is sick?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"He is not sick, but I think you seem a little sick. Is what the child said wrong? He is doing this for your own good. You might as well quit drinking," Zhang Dabao said to Jia Dongxu.

"Your seventh uncle is right, you should have quit long ago," Zhang Cuihua came back.