Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After stewing the mutton soup for a while, He Yuzhu added wolfberry, red dates, yam, and Zhang Dabiao also cut two Polygonum multiflorum into it, and a pot of tonic soup was ready. Children eat meat, and adults like to drink soup. After drinking the mutton soup and strong liquor, He Yuzhu couldn't stand it anymore. He went to the front yard to call the Liu brothers. The three of them ran on the street for an hour. The patrolman found them and almost arrested them as bad guys.

"What? Running? Are you crazy?" When the patrolman asked the three people why they were doing such strange things, he got the answer that it was running.

"Of course, I had something nutritious today, and I'm not getting married, so what should I do if I don't run?" He Yuzhu asked the patrolman.

The patrolman saw that the three people's faces were flushed and their bodies were steaming, as if they had just come out of a pot. After registering their addresses, he let them leave. However, they could not run because it was already past ten o'clock and a bit late.

So He Yuzhu and the other two ran back. Although they were still a little excited, they felt much better. After taking a shower, they felt very comfortable and of course slept well.

Jia Dongxu was worried today, so he drank two glasses of wine and got drunk. He vomited all over his body. There was nothing they could do, so Zhang Dabao and Huang Xinsheng carried him to Huo Yusen's former room, stripped him naked, wiped his face, covered him with a quilt, and let him have some sleep.

After Qin Huairu finished her meal, she washed clothes and gave Jia Dongxu water. It was almost eleven o'clock before she finished.

It was still the familiar recipe, still the familiar taste. Zhang Dabao left the door open. At eleven o'clock, a warm body came in and left after a big fight.

Jia Dongxu felt a little headache when he woke up in the morning, but the supplements were really useful. He had that long-lost feeling again. He had a dream yesterday that he fought a woman for 300 rounds, and saw his wife sleeping so soundly beside him. It was not a dream, but a battle between him and his wife. He was still very powerful. Thinking of this, Jia Dongxu almost laughed out loud.

Jia Dongxu got up because he was a little hungry. Today was Sunday, and he had made an appointment with his seventh uncle to go to the suburbs to dig wild vegetables. At this time, Zhang Dabao had also gotten up.

"What's wrong? Were you in a bad mood last night?" Zhang Dabao asked his nephew.

"It's nothing. I just feel that I didn't learn the locksmith well. I feel sorry for my father and my master. I feel a little sad," said Jia Dongxu.

"It's not too late to study hard now, and you can do it if you change jobs and work hard. Dongxu, you should do what you love and you can't live a sloppy life. You are still young. Work hard for two years and save some money. I will help you buy a house with one or two rooms. Your children are grown up now, and your family only has one room. It is becoming more and more inconvenient. Does Banggeng still sleep with your mother now?" Zhang Dabia asked.

"Isn't it? It's indeed inconvenient." Jia Dongxu also felt a little ashamed.

"Sleep separately. I'll lend you the room you two live in today. You and your wife can live with your children, and your mother can live in the inner room and Bang Geng can live in the outer room. It will be more convenient this way. When you buy a house, you can move back." Zhang Dabao thought about it for a long time. He wanted to lend Jia Dongxu money, but he still understood the principle of repaying a favor with a favor, and he couldn't let Jia Dongxu's mentality of getting something for nothing be nurtured.

"No need, Uncle Qi, we can still hold on, maybe next year. If I can't afford it anymore, I'll borrow your house to live in." Jia Dongxu was very touched.

"Okay, any time is fine. You know I have a small courtyard in Chunfeng Hutong. If it really doesn't work out, your whole family can live there first." Zhang Dabao took Jia Dongxu to kill pigs there, and the two of them played cards there.

"That place is even worse. If you rent it out, you can get five or six yuan a month. I'd better wait another year. If I can't get promoted this time, please ask my uncle to change my position. I may not have much room for development in fitter." Jia Dongxu now faces the reality, which is good.

"No problem, these are just small things. You are my nephew, how can I not help you with this small favor? Aren't we going to the countryside to pick vegetables today? Your aunt has heated up the mutton soup, call your mother and others to come. Let's leave early after dinner, there are no wild vegetables nearby." Zhang Dabao ended the conversation between the two.

After dinner, Zhang Dabao drove the car and went to the suburbs with Zhang Cuihua's family, the He brothers and sisters, Huang Xinsheng, and Zhang Lianhua's mother and son.

The place Zhang Dabao chose today is about fifteen kilometers away from the city and more than ten kilometers away from the nearest village. There is a small hill and a stream in front of the hill. Most people would not walk so far to pick wild vegetables without a car.

At the foot of the mountain, there were a lot of shepherd's purse, bitter herbs, wild chrysanthemum buds, and Zhang Dabao's favorite wild leek. Everyone was talking and laughing, and they dug a lot in just the morning. Zhang Cuihua's basket was almost full.

"Let's take a break and eat something. There should be small fish in the stream. I'll catch a few. Brother Zhuzi will go cook. Let's eat some wild leeks." Zhang Dabao looked at the time and it was almost twelve o'clock. Everyone had been busy for more than two hours. Even the youngest Jia Jingshu was tired. However, everyone's baskets were full. It seemed that there was a sense of accomplishment. Being busy made people forget their fatigue temporarily.

After getting down the mountain, He Yuzhu dug some earth to make a stove and started to boil water. Everyone sat aside to rest, while Zhang Dabao took Jia Dongxu to the creek to catch fish.

The stream was about two meters wide, so they found a larger puddle and blocked it upstream to change the course of the stream. Then they used buckets to clear out all the water in the puddle. All the loaches, small fish, and small crabs in the puddle were caught in one net. They added some wild onions and asked He Yuzhu to make soup.

"Seventh Uncle, this is so much fun. Let me dig another puddle," Jia Dongxu was having a great time. Catching fish was much more fun than digging wild vegetables.

"Be careful, there are rocks inside, don't fall," Zhang Dabao reminded Jia Dongxu. He went upstream, washed his hands, and then chatted with everyone.

After about ten minutes, everyone heard a "ouch!" and when they stood up, they saw that Jia Dongxu had accidentally fallen and his clothes were covered in mud.

"Come up quickly, I have clothes in the car, change into them first, don't catch a cold." Zhang Dabao really didn't know what to say to Jia Dongxu. It seemed that Jia Dongxu really couldn't go into the water.

"There are so many loaches. Uncle Qi, please catch them." After Jia Dongxu came up, he looked back, reluctant to leave the loaches in the creek.

"There are quite a few." Zhang Dabao put all the loaches and small crabs in the puddle cleared by Jia Dongxu into a bucket. He then cleared away the stones and soil that the two men had used to block the water, restoring the stream to its original state.