Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

That day, Zhang Shoucheng took a chicken and five pounds of millet to the home of his aunt Zhang Cuihua in the capital, saying that he wanted to borrow money to build a house.

"Shoucheng, don't you have a house to live in?" Zhang Cuihua asked.

"Aunt, the house has been taken back by my uncle," said Zhang Shoucheng.

"Da Yang is drunk? Is that his?" Zhang Cuihua didn't understand what Zhang Shoucheng meant.

"It's Uncle Da Biao from my third uncle's family. He has returned from the army and still has one leg in a stifle. His head was blown up by a grenade and he gets sick all the time. The commune said that whoever messes with my uncle will be beaten to death by my uncle and he deserves it," Zhang Shoucheng explained.

"Da Biao is back. I haven't seen him for five years. The last time I saw him was when your second grandfather passed away. I only heard that he went to the army, but I didn't expect that he was injured. Isn't the house you live in Da Biao's?" Zhang Cuihua said.

"So he has to go back when he comes back. Our two younger brothers have grown up, and I am married now. We have to build a house," said Zhang Shoucheng.

"I can't give you the money. I'll go back with you and give the money to your father," Zhang Cuihua said to Zhang Shoucheng.

Zhang Shoucheng could only agree. Then Zhang Cuihua took her grandson and asked her daughter-in-law to bring her granddaughter to Zhang Dasong's house. They stayed there for two days. Zhang Dasong's wife couldn't stand it anymore. The family ate too much. They ate more than ten days' worth of food in two days. Zhang Cuihua didn't even mention borrowing money. Zhang Dasong's wife drove the four people out.

Zhang Cuihua took her grandson back to the capital and asked her daughter-in-law to take her granddaughter to her parents' home for a few days to relieve the pressure of food for the family. As for whether it was snowing outside or whether the road was easy to walk on, these were not within her consideration.

After listening to Qin Huairu's words, Zhang Dabao sighed. It was indeed the style of his cousin Zhang Cuihua. She was very persistent and only focused on the present when doing anything. As for whether there would be any bad influence, it was not within her consideration. She was not worried at all about anything happening to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

"Let's leave early tomorrow morning. Take some money with you. You can go out and buy some food when you have time. Don't put yourself in a difficult position. I will move into the courtyard after the Spring Festival." Zhang Dabao took out twenty yuan and ten kilograms of food coupons and gave them to Qin Huairu, who hid them close to her body.

Outside the curtains, the rain is trickling, spring is fading, and the silk quilt cannot stand the cold at five o'clock. In the dream, I don't know that I am a guest, and I am greedy for a moment. Don't lean on the railing alone! The boundless mountains and rivers, it is easy to leave but hard to meet again. The flowing water and falling flowers are the spring gone, the heaven and the earth.

The night passed too quickly. At daybreak, the two of them took a short rest. Fortunately, Zhang Dabao practiced the "Tianyi Heart Method", otherwise he would not have been able to hold on.

Watching the figures of Qin Huairu and her daughter getting farther and farther away, Zhang Dabao felt a little lost.

The renovation project of the backyard in the No. 95 compound attracted the attention of the compound. No one knew who was allocated a house. There were five rooms in total. There were too many people in the compound who needed houses. Liu Haizhong's three sons in the backyard had grown up, and there were only two rooms in the family. The eldest son Liu Guangqi wanted to get married now but there was no place to get married. Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi also applied, hoping to get at least one room in the backyard. Now, all five rooms were allocated, which made Liu Haizhong very disappointed.

The Jia family in the central courtyard also looked at the house in the backyard. The housing conditions of the Jia family were even worse. There was only one room for three generations of a family, which made it very inconvenient to do anything. Jia Zhang now went to the backyard every day to inquire who got the house and see if she could get one.

Yan Bugui in the front yard was also a little disappointed. He also hoped to get one or two rooms. His family's accommodation conditions were also very difficult. There were only two rooms in the house. The three sons were getting older and lived in one room; the daughter was eight years old and still lived with the old couple. When he saw construction work in the backyard, he came to inquire several times and got the news that a junior of Deputy Director Li and his comrades were allocated a room. As soon as the news came out, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui no longer wanted a room, but Jia Zhangshi was the only one who still missed it.

When Jia Dongxu got off work today, he asked his master Yi Zhonghai again, "Master, is there really no hope for the house?"

"There is no hope. Two combat heroes were assigned to the house. They are relatives of Deputy Director Li in the factory. Who in our unit dares to offend Deputy Director Li? Dongxu, you do not meet the conditions for housing allocation. It is more realistic for you to work hard to get promoted to a higher level and earn more money to buy a house." Yi Zhonghai is also very troubled by his apprentice Jia Dong, who has been working for more than six years and is still a first-level worker. He, Yi Zhonghai, is also one of the only three eighth-level workers in the factory. As an apprentice of a first-level worker for more than six years, Yi Zhonghai's face is constantly rubbed on the ground. When talking to other senior workers, he dare not talk about teaching apprentices. He gets angry when he talks about it, because Jia Dongxu is too disappointing.

Qin Huairu, who had been away from her mother's home for more than ten days, came back with her daughter. Jia Dongxu did not look happy at all. There were two more people eating at home, and he was the only one who had a quota among the five people in the family. His mother and son ate too much, which made him very worried.

Another family with good conditions in the hospital is Yi Zhonghai's. Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level worker, earning 99 yuan a month. He has many apprentices, but the old couple lives a very frugal life because he has no children and wants to keep more money for himself.

He Yuzhu from the Intermediate Court also had good conditions. He was a cook, and a cook would never starve to death in a famine. He earned 37.5 yuan a month. He had only one younger sister at home, and sometimes he could bring back some leftovers from the factory for entertaining guests. The two siblings lived a good life.

Xu Damao in the backyard had an even better life. He was an eighth-level projectionist with a salary of 37.5 yuan. He could receive gifts when he went to the countryside to show movies, and he ate and drank delicious food with his leaders every day.

The most difficult families are the Jia family and the Yan family. Both families have low incomes and many people to feed. Of course, the most difficult family is the Jia family, because Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu, as well as Banggeng and Xiaodang, all have rural household registration and no quotas, and they have to buy high-priced grain, which makes the low-income Jia Dongxu simply unable to afford it.

No matter whether you are rich or poor, you still have to celebrate the New Year. Zhang Dabao returned to the village on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. The house had basically been restored to its original state, and the things that were originally there had been put back to their original positions.

It was even colder at home than on the mountain. Zhang Dabao looked around the rooms and started to heat the kang. The winter in the north was too cold and the houses nowadays were not well sealed. Zhang Dabao was now a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining and his strength was already very strong, but he still felt cold.

The kang was heated and a pheasant was stewed on the stove in the house. Since Qin Huairu and Xiaodang left, Zhang Dabao went up the mountain to hunt every day. He caught a lot of pheasants and rabbits. The day before he went down the mountain, he also caught a wild boar weighing 150 to 160 kilograms. Zhang Dabao now basically achieved freedom in eating meat.

"Da Biao" The door rang, it was Zhang Dasen's voice.

"Sixth brother, why are you so busy? Has something happened?" Zhang Dabao asked when he saw Zhang Dasen sweating profusely.

"Something happened to Dongxing from the Lianhua family. She rolled down the mountain. Let's go over and take a look. The person who brought the news said that Dongxing might not make it." There was indescribable sadness on Zhang Dasen's face. He felt sorry for his sister, who became a widow at such a young age.

"Hurry up, I'll take the pot down." Zhang Dabao went back to the house and took the pot off the stove. He put on his military coat and went to meet up with Zhang Dasen at Zhang Dalui's house. Together with Zhang Dalin and Zhang Shouyong and Zhang Shouqian from Zhang Dalui's family, a group of six set out for Jiajia Village together.