Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Early on Sunday morning, Banggeng came to the backyard and first called his aunt Jia Jingshu. Then the two of them woke up Zhang Dabao and said they wanted to help with the work.

Zhang Dabao looked at the watch and found that it was not yet seven o'clock. However, the children were so enthusiastic that he let them go. He asked Banggeng to go home and call Jia Dongxu, and let the three of them go to work first. They would turn over an area of ​​ten square meters near the north wall. Zhang Dabao planned to build a small warm bed here for growing sweet potato seedlings.

It seemed that Jia Dongxu was pulled out of bed by Banggeng. When he came to the backyard, he had not even washed his face or wiped the eye boogers from the corners of his eyes.

"Dongxu, wash your face first and finish it before breakfast." Zhang Dabao wanted to scold him, but after thinking it over, he decided not to scold him so early in the morning as to not disturb others' rest.

The land across the courtyard had not been turned over for many years. The soil had become hardened and there were grass roots in it, making it extremely difficult to turn over. Jia Dongxu originally thought that it could be done in a few strokes, but it took him more than ten minutes to complete only about one square meter.

Banggeng and Jia Jingshu were of course unable to turn over, so they picked up weeds, small bricks from the courtyard and other things, and had a lot of fun running back and forth.

Naturally, the only one who could do the work was Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu, who usually didn't do much work, exerted a lot of effort this morning, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Breakfast was ready, and Zhang Lianhua called three people from across the courtyard to have breakfast. She saw her eldest nephew Jia Dongxu, who looked like a fairy, steaming all over. "Dongxu, can you last until noon if you work like this so early in the morning?"

"Aunt, the ground is too hard, I can't move it at all," Jia Dongxu said, panting.

"Take it easy. You've never done farm work before. If you work like this for a whole day, your body won't be able to take it tomorrow. There will be more people here soon. If you can't do it, don't force yourself," Zhang Lianhua advised her nephew.

"It seems that Dongxu has exerted a lot of effort this morning. Look at how much sweat he's sweating. Dongxu is very young and a little weak. He needs to replenish his energy in the future," said Zhang Dabao when he saw Jia Dongxu coming to the dining table.

"Seventh Uncle, the ground is a bit hard and not easy to turn over." Jia Dongxu thought that he had only turned over four or five square meters in an hour, and felt a little embarrassed in the face of praise.

"You have a very positive attitude. It doesn't matter how much you work. If you had this attitude in the factory, you wouldn't have failed to get promoted to level two in almost seven years," Zhang Dabao said with a sigh.

"Seventh Uncle, I will definitely be able to reach level two by the end of March. My master said that I have made great progress now," said Jia Dongxu.

"You didn't say that last year. You lied to your mother before, and now you're even lying to your uncle. Dongxu, I've heard you say this more than ten times. The steel rolling mill holds promotion exams twice a year, and you've been saying this since the second year you joined the factory. Tell me yourself, how many times have you told me this?" Zhang Cuihua and Qin Huairu also came in. It was Jia Dongxu's mother Zhang Cuihua who was arguing with him.

"It's different this time," Jia Dongxu explained in a low voice.

"I was hoping for something different. Let's eat quickly." Zhang Cuihua held her granddaughter and sat down at the table.

In the morning, we had steamed buns, pickles, millet porridge, and an egg per person.

"The eggs are so delicious. I haven't eaten boiled eggs in almost a year," Jia Dongxu said with emotion after the meal.

"Dad, if you had leveled up earlier, wouldn't we have been able to eat eggs a long time ago? Every time I want grandma to buy something to eat, she tells me to wait until you level up and have more money before buying it." Bang Geng also felt a little emotional.

When Jia Dongxu heard what his son said, he suddenly felt that the eggs were no longer fragrant.

At eight o'clock, Yan Kuagui came with his four children, Zhang Dabao had finished his meal, He Yuzhu and his sister also came, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu from the back house in the front yard, and Xu Damao from the back yard also brought tools to help.

There is strength in numbers, this saying is so true. More than 300 square meters of land were turned over in just one morning, the weeds in the ground were burned, the ash turned into fertilizer, and then leveled the ground. In order to facilitate the planting of sweet potatoes, everyone also built a special sweet potato planting area and a warm kang for raising seedlings.

He Yuzhu went to the kitchen around ten o'clock. Today's main dish was fish, braised, fried, and fish balls. He Yuzhu prepared two tables of dishes, each with ten dishes and one soup.