Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

At around 4:50 in the afternoon, Yu Sinian, the director of the Mining Machinery Factory, came to the Red Star Machinery Factory and found the deputy director Li Huaide.

"Director Yu, distinguished guest, the fragrant breeze has brought you here, please take a seat." Li Huaide knew Yu Sinian, and the two often had meetings together. Although Li Huaide was the deputy director, the steel rolling mill was of a higher rank, a deputy bureau-level unit, while the mining machinery factory was a department-level unit, so the two were of the same rank.

"Old Li, we are old friends, so stop talking nonsense. I am not here to see you today, but to see your nephew Zhang Dabiao. On Sunday, he and his friends were playing in Shichahai. My grandson fell into the water, and it was Dabiao who rescued him. My daughter-in-law said that Xiaoyong was already dead at that time, and it was Dabiao who pressed on the child and breathed on him, and only then saved the child. I should have come here to express my gratitude a long time ago, but the child was frightened and cold and had a fever for several days, so he was only discharged from the hospital this morning. Xiu Rui was also on a business trip and only came back last night. Today, my son and I came here to express our gratitude. Please introduce him to me," said Yu Sinian.

"Is there such a thing? Da Biao didn't tell me. He even sent me a package this morning. This kid did a good job of keeping secrets and didn't tell me a word," said Li Huaide.

"He's in the supply department? Should we go over there? He would have been off work if it was any later. It was all because of Xiu Rui's mother that she asked me to bring this and that. When I went out, I saw that it was already past four o'clock," said Yu Sinian.

"Da Biao is from the supply department, but he is not in the factory now. He just came back from the countryside yesterday. He completed his task this morning and can go home to rest," said Li Huaide.

"I'd like to trouble you to go to his house with me," Yu Sinian said as he pulled his old friend aside.

"Okay, take your car." Li Huaide and Yu Sinian left the office.

"Uncle Li" Yu Sinian's son was the driver today, and he quickly greeted Li Huaide when he saw him.

"Xiu Rui, will you be our driver today? I'm so lucky to be the deputy director of a ministry as a driver. Mr. Yang in our factory doesn't even have such treatment." Li Huaide joked with Yu Sinian's son Yu Xiu Rui.

It was time to get off work at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. A large group of people going home from get off work poured out of the factory gate like a torrent, which also blocked the three people's car.

"It doesn't matter if it's late. Da Biao's family has good things. Let's have dinner at his house today." Li Huaide had no choice. He couldn't go out and tell them himself. Comrades, please move aside and let the deputy director go first.

There were a lot of people gathered between the courtyards of No. 95 and No. 96 Nanluoguxiang, Hongxing Street. Two women were swearing at each other. The two people swearing were the top two shrews in Hongxing Street, Zhang Cuihua and Liu Chuncao.

"Your mother..."

"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you..."

"You are unlucky in marriage. You killed Jia Youfu..."

"Your family is extinct, your son is a bachelor, and he will never find a wife..."

"Your family is extinct, and your son won't live long..."

"Your son is a short-lived ghost. He will definitely not live to be 20. The Chang family will definitely be extinct..."

"Your son hasn't been promoted for seven years. He will never achieve anything in his life..."

"Your son has no job. It's obvious that he's doomed to fail..."

Li Huaide and Yu Sinian's car arrived at the intersection and was blocked by the crowd of onlookers. After getting off the car, they asked Xiu Rui to find a place to park and looked into the crowd. They were stunned. They did not expect that the two women's language was so rich. They used ancestors, descendants, and body organs so flexibly and variedly. Their body movements were even more graceful, clapping, stomping, putting their hands on their hips, and waving.

Li Huaide and Yu Sinian stood outside, waiting and watching, the more they watched the more interesting it became.

"Old Yu, how many years has it been since you last saw this kind of scene?" Li Huaide asked Yu Sinian beside him.

"It's been at least twenty years. I haven't seen him since I left my hometown. I still feel quite touched," Yu Sinian said in a low voice.

"It seems like it's just a coincidence today. Such scenes are rare in the capital." Li Huaide said as he watched.

"It must be maintained. This is an intangible cultural heritage. Old Li, don't you have a daughter? Remember to have her come and learn from him. It's always good to have many skills," Yu Sinian joked with Li Huaide.

"Get out of here. My Xiaojing is such a good child. Why don't you let your child learn from her?" Li Huaide said.

"I don't have a daughter, I only have two sons, don't you know?" Yu Sinian said.

"Then let your sister-in-law and daughter-in-law come to study. My nephew lives nearby. I can introduce him to you and give you a discount on the tuition and insurance," said Li Huaide with a smile.

"If they learn this, will we men still have a chance to survive? You have a really vicious mind," Yu Sinian said dissatisfiedly.

"Uncle, are you here to watch the fun too?" At this time, Jia Dongxu saw Li Huaide and came over to say hello.

"Dongxu, you live here too?" Li Huaide asked.

"I'm in Yard 95, in the middle yard, and my seventh uncle is in the back yard. Are you here to see my seventh uncle?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Director Yu has something to do with Da Biao, so I came here with him. Are these two women from your hospital?" Li Huaide asked Jia Dongxu with a smile.

"The short and fat one is from our courtyard, and the other one is from the neighboring courtyard No. 96," said Jia Dongxu.

"They are quarreling. You are neighbors. Why don't you go over and try to mediate? Just let them quarrel all the time?" Li Huaide asked curiously.

"It's impossible to persuade them. They have a big fight every two or three days. They dislike each other as soon as they meet. They will scold anyone who tries to persuade them. It's impossible to persuade them. They will stop when they get tired of quarreling," Jia Dongxu replied.

"Don't their families care?" Li Huaide became even more curious.

"Who can control the people in her family? The child will be beaten if he goes to intervene. If you don't believe me, ask Chang Chao. His mother is the one quarreling inside. Chang Chao, go and persuade your mother. Tell her to stop quarreling and go home to cook," Jia Dongxu said as he pulled over a young man who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Am I sick? Should I go and persuade them? Brother Dongxu, why don't you go and persuade your mother? Is my mother arguing with the air? Look at Aunt Jia, she is jumping and scolding at the same time, she is so excited, isn't she tired? Shouldn't she eat one more steamed bun at night? Your sister-in-law also goes to work and doesn't cook, so it is more appropriate for you to persuade her," Chang Chao asked Jia Dongxu in return.

"Dongxu, is that your mother Zhang Cuihua?" Li Huaide was so stunned by the conversation between Jia Dongxu and Chang Chao that he almost couldn't close his mouth.

"Yes, the short and fat one is my mother," Jia Dongxu answered very affirmatively.

"Why don't you go over and persuade them? This will have a bad influence, right?" Yu Sinian, who was standing on the side, also opened his mouth wide, thinking, are you two biological sons? Your biological mother is arguing, and you two are standing aside to watch the fun.