Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

Chapter 5: Meeting the Birds in the Four Courtyards

Jiang Feng said, "Okay, we'll go after dinner." At this time, Yu Shui was already eating the steamed buns in big mouthfuls. Jiang Feng also picked up a steamed bun, picked up a piece of cabbage with chopsticks, and started eating.

After dinner, Jiang Feng quickly got up, picked up the lunch box and went to wash up. When he came back, He Daqing had already taken out some clothes and said, "Try them on and see if you can wear them. If you can, I'll take you to take a bath first." Jiang Feng tried it on himself and said okay. He picked up the clothes and followed He Daqing out. He Daqing turned around and said, "Yu Shui, I'll take your cousin to take a bath. You can play at home by yourself and go to bed when you're tired." Yu Shui nodded and went to play by herself.

He Daqing and Jiang Feng walked out of the middle courtyard and saw a thin middle-aged man wearing glasses standing by the gate. He Daqing shouted, "Uncle San, he's guarding the gate again." Uncle San turned around and said, "Director He, this is your nephew, Ruihua told me." He Daqing said to Jiang Feng, "Xiaofeng, this is Uncle San in the courtyard. It was his wife who called me this morning. You can just call her Aunt San."

Jiang Feng quickly called out, "Third Uncle, hello. Thank you Third Aunt this morning." Yan Fugui smiled and said, "It's a small matter, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." He Daqing said, "My nephew is coming today. I will buy some food in the afternoon. I will call Lao Yi to come to my house for a drink in the evening and introduce my nephew to the people in the lower courtyard." When Yan Fugui heard someone calling him to eat, he smiled so hard that his eyes could not be seen. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay."

He Daqing took Jiang Feng to the bathhouse after he finished speaking. Jiang Feng went in and paid two thousand yuan. He looked inside and saw that there was only a small pool. He quickly took off his clothes and rinsed. After rinsing, he soaked in the pool. Speaking of Jiang Feng, he had never taken a bath since he came here. Fortunately, it was almost October and it was not very hot, otherwise he would have been unable to bear it. After soaking for about half an hour, Jiang Feng called a master to scrub him. The mud on his body for many days was washed clean. He spent another thousand yuan. When he put on his clothes and walked out, He Daqing, who was waiting outside, saw him and felt bad. Thinking about his son, he was simply incomparable. After taking a bath, Jiang Feng had bright eyes and a square face. Except for looking a little thin and dark, he was young now. When he grew taller, he was afraid that Jia Dongxu in the courtyard would not be able to compare with him.

After the two men left the bathhouse, they returned to the courtyard and saw that Yu Shui was still awake, so they called Yu Shui. They went out for a stroll and walked to the nearby supply and marketing cooperative. The supply and marketing cooperative was not big, with only about ten people, including a cashier and eight or nine sales clerks standing behind the counter. It occupied a relatively large area. At that time, they used to use the old house, with a tall counter and rows of shelves against the wall behind it.

There were a lot of things in the supply and marketing cooperatives, most of which were daily necessities, grains, oils, rice, flour, toothpaste, toothbrushes, candies and cakes, etc. It was like a small supermarket in later generations.

After entering the supply and marketing cooperative, I saw a tall counter and a wide variety of merchandise behind it. However, there were not many people in the store. I guess they were all at work. There were a few female comrades standing behind the counter.

He Daqing took Jiang Feng and Yu Shui to the cloth counter and said, "Comrade, please help me check how much cloth is needed to make a dress for this child, and this little girl as well." A salesperson in his twenties came over and looked them up and down and said, "How old are these two children this year?" He Daqing said, "The older one is 13 years old, and the younger one is 8 years old." The salesperson said, "The older one should be feet, and the younger one should be feet."

He Daqing thought, why not prepare a set for Zhuzi as well: "My boss didn't come today, he's a little taller than this kid." He compared the height with his hands and said, "I want to buy them together, and prepare one too." The salesperson said, "Then add another eight feet."

Nowadays, clothes are made bigger so they can be worn for several years. Usually, the older brother wears them first, and then the younger brother. When He Yushui heard that new clothes were going to be made, she jumped up happily and said, "Let's make new clothes."

The salesman said, "A total of 20 feet of cloth, a total of yuan." Jiang Feng heard it and said, "Uncle, it's too expensive. I'll just wear Brother Zhuzi's clothes. Just buy some for Brother Zhuzi and my sister."

"Stop talking nonsense, you're my nephew, what's wrong with me just coming here to buy you some clothes?" He Daqing said, taking out a stack of large bills from his pocket, counted out eight and handed them to the salesperson: "80,000 yuan for you, and 8,000 yuan in change, wait a moment." The salesperson wrote out the bill, put the bill on the clip above his head and pushed it, with a "swish" sound, it was passed to another counter, and someone reached out to take the bill, and after checking it, he put the change in, and pushed it back with a "swish". At this time, the salesperson had wrapped the cloth and handed over the change, bills and cloth.

He Daqing took the cloth and money, took Jiang Feng and He Yushui out to find a clothing store, asked the boss to measure the size, paid the money, agreed to pick up the clothes on the weekend, and then went to the vegetable market. After looking around, there were not many vegetables, so he cut 2 kilograms of meat, bought some potatoes and cabbage, and returned to the courtyard. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Yan Fugui standing at the door: "Daqing, you are back, wow, you bought so much meat."

"Old Yan, my nephew is here. He has suffered a lot on the way. Make him something delicious. It's time for dinner. Come over to eat together." Yan Fugui said with a smile, "Hey, hey, the Qing Dynasty is so arrogant."

Yan Fugui quickly turned around and went back to the house: "Ruihua, you don't have to cook for me tonight, I'm going to Daqing's to eat." After that, he ran to the inner room to look for the wine bottle, shouting as he searched, "Where is the unopened bottle of wine I bought last time? Find some to exchange, it's not good to go to dinner empty-handed." The third aunt said, "It's under the bed. You have to bring wine with you when you go to dinner. Remember to bring back some leftovers if you can."

"That's for sure. Tonight it's just me, Lao Yi and Lao Liu. They can't beat me."

"I will definitely give it to you. It was me who went to the factory to call He Daqing back today." said the third aunt.

After they returned to the house, He Daqing looked at Yu Shui who was nodding his head and said, "Yu Shui, if you feel sleepy, go to sleep for a while. I'll call you for dinner later."

Yu Shui said, "Okay." Then she turned around and went to the ear room to sleep.

He Daqing took the things to the kitchen and came out and called out, "Xiao Feng, come with me."

She took Jiang Feng into the inner room and said, "The house is small, so you and your brother Zhuzi can only squeeze together. I'll go find someone to see if I can get a bed for you on the weekend." After saying that, she opened the cabinet, took out a quilt and put it on the bed.

After settling everything down, he pulled Jiang Feng to sit down: "I was in such a hurry all the way that I didn't ask about your parents. I also want to hear what your plans are."

"Uncle, I don't know much about my father. The letter received at home was from my mother when I was 2 years old. But Uncle Huang said that the time and address of the letter matched the squad leader of his army. He said that it had been reported. I don't know how to deal with it. My mother moved to my grandfather's village when I was 5 years old. Now my grandparents have passed away. My mother also passed away this year. Before she passed away, she told me to come to Sijiucheng to find my aunt because she couldn't survive in the village."

Jiang Feng's eyes turned red again when he talked about this. He absorbed the memories of the original owner and also took in the original owner's emotions. He Daqing also sighed: "Alas, I haven't seen your father since I married your aunt. There are only two early letters from home. I only know that he went to join the army. There is nothing else. When your aunt was alive, she kept talking about him. If you hadn't brought the letter here today, I wouldn't have dared to recognize him."

At this time, the noise outside became louder, and greetings were heard everywhere, such as "It's time to get off work" and "What do you want to eat tonight?" He Daqing called Jiang Feng and walked out the door. He saw a middle-aged man with a flat head and square face, about 40 years old, walked in, and there was a young man about 20 years old next to him. He Daqing shouted, "Old Yi, this is my nephew, Jiang Feng." He said to Jiang Feng, "Xiao Feng, this is the second uncle in the yard, Yi Zhonghai, a senior fitter in our factory."

Jiang Feng saw that it was the Lord of Morality, but now he was much younger, so he called out, "Second Uncle." Yi Zhonghai responded and said to He Daqing, "First Uncle, your nephew is here."

At this time, Yi Zhonghai was thinking that He Daqing was so lucky to have a son and a daughter, and now a nephew. He was so envious and jealous. Why didn't he have a son and a nephew?

But he still said to Jiang Feng verbally: "It's good that you're here. Life in the countryside is hard now. Live well in the courtyard and things will get better slowly in the future. This is Jia Dongxu, my apprentice. You can just call me Brother Dongxu."

Jiang Feng saw that he looked just like the photo in the drama, handsome and elegant. When watching the drama, many comments said that he looked like Lu Yi, saying that he was the most handsome man in Siheyuan. He was indeed good-looking, but it was a pity that he died young. Jiang Feng thought to himself and called out, "Brother Dongxu."

Jia Dongxu agreed, looked at Jiang Feng, and said, "Uncle One, Uncle Two, I'm going back first."

He Daqing and Yi Zhonghai both responded, and then He Daqing said, "Old Yi, my nephew is here. He bought some food. I'll ask Old Yan to come over to my house for a drink in the evening."

"Okay, my nephew is here, so we need to celebrate. I just got off work, so I'll go back and clean up first." Yi Zhonghai said.

He Daqing made an appointment with Yi Zhonghai, so he took Jiang Feng for a walk in the courtyard. They first went to the deaf old lady's house in the backyard, Liu Haizhong's house, Xu Fugui's house, Jia Dongxu's house, and other unknown families in film and television dramas. He introduced Jiang Feng to them briefly, then took Jiang Feng home and started preparing dinner. About an hour later, when it was time for dinner, smoke was rising from every household.

Seeing that it was about time, Yan Fugui carried the wine in his hand and walked out of the house. When he arrived at the door of the He family, he ran into Yi Zhonghai who also walked over: "Second uncle, you are here."

Yi Zhonghai was holding a plate of peanuts in his hand: "Old Yan, you are here too." He raised the dish in his hand and said, "Add an extra dish tonight." Looking at the wine in Yan Fugui's hand, he didn't say anything, as they all knew that there was some wine mixed in the water.

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