Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After the Yongdingmen incident, Zhang Dasen and several others have been on leave and have not been going to work. Deputy stationmaster Zhou of the freight station was also arrested. Now the unit doesn’t even have a person in charge, and they don’t know how to arrange some work, so the workers are resting in the unit or directly at home.

It was not until April 23 that a new leader took office. The new stationmaster's name was Fan. The street office leader sent him to the unit and called a meeting of all the staff. The first requirement was that all staff must be on duty and those on leave must return immediately; the second was to set up a horse-drawn team, appointing Zhang Dasen as the captain and Zhang Shoucheng as the deputy captain, and increase the number of horses from six to ten; the third was to regularize a group of staff in advance, including Zhang Dasen's wife and others; the fourth was that the unit planned to distribute houses, and those who did not have houses on site could write applications; ...

The new leader brought many benefits to the employees. Everyone said he was a good leader. The Zhang family also applied for housing because they were all living in public housing. We Chinese have an obsession with houses. We always feel safe when we live in our own houses.

The meeting was held on the morning of the 23rd, and freight work started in the afternoon, because the leader specifically pointed out that the bad elements who were entrenched in the Yongdingmen area, including Hou Mazi, were all dead. Of course, the cause of death was not mentioned, but Zhang Dasen and others believed that it was the state that arrested and shot all these bad elements, and that it must have been his younger brother Zhang Dabao who found the leader.

"Shoucheng, did you see that? It's better to have an official in the family so that things can be handled more easily. Wasn't Hou Mazi arrogant? What happened? Wasn't he shot? You must let the children study well," Zhang Dasen said to his nephew.

"Sixth Uncle, you are absolutely right. If someone is not good at studying, let him join the army. Didn't my uncle fight for a future? Parents should not spoil their children too much. They must educate them strictly." Zhang Shoucheng particularly agreed with Zhang Dasen's words. He also believed that the deaths of Hou Mazi and others were related to Zhang Dabao.

Zhang Dabao never thought that he just wanted to provide an umbrella for his family to prevent them from being bullied. Who could have thought that his actions would actually change the family style and place the children's education in a particularly important position? He never expected that the Zhang family would produce so many talents.

Zhang Dabiao went out again after dinner. He wanted to visit Liang Ladi today. It had been a long time since he came back, but he hadn't been to her yet. The main reason was that he didn't know how to tell her. Should he tell her that he was leaving and would never come back? Or should he let her go? She was also a very opinionated person. She didn't want to accept charity. She preferred to raise several children by herself.

When we arrived at the Liang family, it was already dark. Damao and his friends were playing games in the yard. Their little sister Xiu'er could also walk, and she walked towards her brothers step by step, staggering. Wherever she went, there was laughter.

"Aunt, I heard someone knocking on the door," Damao picked up his sister and said to Liang Aihua beside him.

"Knock on the door? Do we have guests?" Liang Aihua came to the door with a question in her mind, "Who is it?"

"It's me" a familiar voice sounded.

"It's my cousin who's here," Damao said, opening the door. Zhang Dabao came in, picked up Ermao and Sanmao first, then picked up Damao after arriving at the yard. Xiu'er still felt a little unfamiliar with Zhang Dabao, so she hugged Liang Aihua's neck tightly and secretly glanced at Zhang Dabao from time to time.

"How about we go inside to eat some fruit? I brought some bananas," said Zhang Dabao.

He entered the room and saw Liang Ladi sewing clothes. She also heard Zhang Dabao's voice, raised her head, looked at the familiar face with a smile on her face.

After distributing fruits to several children, Xiu'er also ate the fruits and played with the children for a while. Liang Aihua said it was getting late and asked the children to go back to the house and sleep. Zhang Dabao also promised to take them out to play this Sunday, and they went out happily.

Only Zhang Dabao and Liang Ladi were left in the room. Endless longing burst out from their eyes. The lights in the room went out and the two of them were intertwined together.

"Sister Liang, how about I take you out to live?" Zhang Dabao asked Liang Ladi.

"Where are we going to live outside? Leaving the capital?" Liang Ladi leaned on Zhang Dabao's chest.

"Going abroad is mainly for the children to go to school. The education there is better and can allow the children to learn something real. Besides, I heard that in a few years we will not be allowed to take college entrance exams here," said Zhang Dabao.

"Really?" Liang Ladi was a widow, and children were particularly important to her.

"Of course it's true, but it hasn't been announced yet. Maybe the notice will be given in a year or two, or maybe in four or five years, but Damao and the others will definitely not be able to get into university," said Zhang Dabao.

"Will you never come back after you go out?" Liang Ladi asked again.

"Come back, but probably less often. I have a lot to do there. You don't have to worry about your life. I can fully take care of it. To tell you the truth, I'm very rich. Your former colleague, Master Nan Yi, is there. He makes 1,500 yuan a month now, and I pay him his salary," said Zhang Dabao.

"Really?" Liang Ladi asked in surprise.

"Of course it's true. What's the point of deceiving you? If you are willing to do the work, then do it. If you don't want to, I will support you. And no one will care if you have children there. Don't you want to give me a son? No problem," said Zhang Dabao.

"What about the job here? I was transferred to Beijing with great difficulty," said Liang Ladi.

"Let your sister do it for you. Didn't you promise to find a job for her? This is good. It's a formal job by the state and it's far away from your home. With this formal job, you can also find a good partner," said Zhang Dabao.

"I'm not going to work. I want to follow you." A voice came from the other side of the wall. It was Liang Aihua's voice.

"What's wrong with this naughty child? Does he like to eavesdrop?" Liang Ladi was angry.

At this time, the door was pushed open, Liang Aihua came in, then closed the door, climbed onto the bed, and lay down next to Liang Ladi.

"Are you sick? Do you have any shame?" Liang Ladi was also shocked by her sister's actions. After she came to her senses, she pinched her several times.

"Sister, I told you, wherever you go, I will go there, I will follow you. You follow Brother Dabiao, and I will follow him too. Don't you get tired of shouting every time? I can do it for you." Liang Aihua said these fierce words, and not only said them, but also took action. She took off her clothes and got into their bed.

Liang Ladi pinched her, and she hid, hiding around Zhang Dabiao. After a while, Zhang Dabiao couldn't stand it anymore. Liang Ladi saw her sister like this and had no idea what to do. She thought of her sister's tragic fate and thought that it would be good for her to be with Zhang Dabiao, at least she would have no worries about food and clothing. And she was in another place and really needed someone to take care of her, so she acquiesced to Liang Aihua's behavior and helped her.

So Zhang Dabiao could only passively endure everything. He was not in pain, but very happy.