Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Courtyard house

noon

Jia Dongxu went home with another roast duck.

(Regarding the question of roast duck, I don’t know if it was easy to buy during those three years, but in this book, it is still available.)

But the people in the courtyard were extremely envious. They originally wanted to make fun of the Jia family, but the result was different from what they had imagined.

After being released from prison, Jia Dongxu suddenly became rich.

I heard that we had roast duck last night, but who would have thought that they ordered another one for lunch today. These two meals cost us twenty days’ salary.

Jia Dongxu didn't want to come back, but he had to tell Liu Guozheng about his new location. Hou Si and his group were all thinking about Liu Guozheng's 1,000 yuan.

As long as we can win this afternoon, Ma Liu said that he would give Jia Dongxu a hundred directly.

If he wants to make a lot of money next time, he will need to invest. For example, the principal is one thousand yuan, and Jia Dongxu invests five hundred yuan. After winning the money, Jia Dongxu will get one thousand yuan including the principal and interest.

By analogy, the more you invest, the more points you get. It all depends on whether you have the courage.

So, Jia Dongxu is back.

"Dongxu, oh my, this life is unbearable. I'm fed up with eating roast duck every day."

Jia Zhang came out when she smelled the roast duck, shouting loudly, as if she wanted everyone in the courtyard to know that their Jia family was going to eat roast duck again today.

"I've eaten enough. Then don't eat today."

"Uh..."

This one sentence almost choked Jia Zhang to death.

"Okay, Dongxu, you've grown up and become independent now. You don't need your mother anymore. She won't even give you food, right?"

"Lao Jia, you..."

Jia Zhang subconsciously began to "do the ritual."

"Mom, have I told you? If you do this again, don't blame me for being ruthless. If you really want to go back to your hometown, I can send you back now."

Jia Zhang glanced at Jia Dongxu and found that Jia Dongxu didn't seem to be trying to scare her, so she shut up. Now Dongxu was successful and making a lot of money, and she couldn't afford to anger her son. If he really sent her to the countryside, she would suffer a great loss.

Besides, she is so lazy and doesn't know the difference between grains that she will starve to death if she returns to the countryside.

Seeing that Jia Zhang didn't dare to summon Old Jia anymore, Jia Dongxu's expression eased.

"Mom, what time is it now?"

"I don't know, but it's time to eat."

"Where's the food?"

"I..I haven't done it yet."

"Didn't you do it? Mom, come on, tell me, what do you do at home all day? You don't wash clothes, you don't cook meals, are you just waiting for Huairu to come back and serve you?"

"Dongxu, I want to work too, but every time I move, my whole body aches. I also want to live a few more years and have my great-grandchildren."

"You feel pain all over when you work. OK, I'll take you to see a doctor this afternoon and see what the doctor says."

"Dongxu, forget it. Why spend that money? Mom just has to bear with it."

"No, I can't let anyone say I'm unfilial."

"Dongxu, everyone knows that you are filial. They all see it. No one will say anything."

"Either go to the hospital or go to the countryside, it's your choice, Mom."

"Go to the hospital."

"Where's Bang Geng? Ask him to come back for dinner."

"The stick is in the back room."

When Jia Dongxu came to the inner room, he saw Banggeng lying on the bed. There were several locks of various types on the head of the bed. He had no idea where he got them from.

"Bang Geng, ok, stop playing and eat. After dinner, we have to go to school."

"Dad, I don't want to go to school."

"what happened?"

"I want to study technology and become a high-level technician."

"Who told you that you can become a high-level technician by picking locks?"

"Grandma said so."

Jia Dongxu had a dark face and felt a little regretful for teaching Banggeng the lock-picking technique.

"Mom, you don't understand. Don't teach me nonsense in the future. Now I don't even want to learn it anymore."

When Jia Dongxu saw Jia Zhang, his face was full of disgust. She was only making things worse at home. His original intention was to see how good Banggeng's hands-on ability was, but now this happened.

"Dongxu, I..."

Jia Zhang was now keeping her head down and didn't dare to say anything else for fear of angering Jia Dongxu.

"Bang Geng, come over here and eat roast duck. Go to school honestly this afternoon, or I'll let you know why the flowers are so red."

Banggeng was scared by Jia Dongxu's beating, and he really didn't dare to be stubborn in front of Jia Dongxu. He pouted, put the lock on the head of the bed in a wooden box, and put it under the bed.

"Mom, come and eat with us."

Jia Zhang was happy. Although her son's words sometimes sounded unpleasant, he was still very filial in his heart.

After lunch, Banggeng went to school crying, carrying his schoolbag.

Jia Dongxu took Jia Zhang to the Red Star Hospital. After a check-up at the hospital, no problems were found. No matter what the doctor asked, Jia Zhang said she felt pain all over her body.

The doctor was stumped. The examination could find no problems with her and she looked healthy. Yet, Jia Zhang just kept howling in pain all over her body.

In the end, there was no other choice but the doctor prescribed a bottle of painkillers.

I specifically told you to eat as little as possible unless the pain is unbearable.

When she got home, Jia Zhang felt so distressed when she looked at the bottle of painkillers in her hand. This bottle cost three dollars. Wouldn't it be a waste to just leave it there?

Eat it. Didn’t the doctor say that it’ll be fine as long as you don’t eat too much?

Jia Dongxu did not go home, but directly found a child in the alley and asked the child to take the note to the butcher shop at the corner of the street, saying that if he looked for Liu Guozheng, he could get two fruit candies.

Then, Jia Dongxu left first. This thing should not be seen by others if possible.

If Liu Guozheng gets angry after losing, even if he calls the police, no one will testify for him.