Siheyuan: Full of Love

"Brother Li, see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow! Da Zhuang, you're awesome!"

"Da Zhuang! Do you want to go out for a drink? It's my treat!"

"Brother Jianguo, I don't drink, you just eat the steamed buns!"

"Then there's a chance!"

. . . . . .

After a day's work, Zhang Dazhuang has integrated into his own team, mainly because this job suits him very well.

Doing hard labor is torture for others, because in that era, having enough food is a big problem. If you don’t have enough food, how can you have the energy to work?

Besides, even in modern society, if people have enough food to eat, who would be willing to do hard labor?

But for him, he does this job very steadily and practically.

Maybe it's due to his personality, Zhang Dazhuang feels that as long as he has the strength to make a living, he is very content.

Being able to come and see this era, this era of greatness, struggle and simplicity, he feels that God has been very kind to him, and he can just let everything else take its course.

As for the affairs of the Siheyuan, oh! I don't want to care about it, but I'm just doing nothing when I have nothing to do.

"I wonder if Shazhu has accomplished his mission!" Zhang Dazhuang walked back slowly while chewing on a steamed bun.

"Da Zhuang! Da Zhuang! Wait for me!"

"Da Mao (Mao)... De (Brother)!" Zhang Dazhuang said incoherently to the visitor while chewing a steamed bun in his mouth.

"Da Zhuang, every time I see you, you are eating steamed bread, and you don't even mind that it scratches your throat!" Xu Damao said with disdain.

"Even if you just eat a steamed bun made of 20g of flour, that's fine!"

"Ugh!" Zhang Dazhuang burped.

"Hungry? Are you the reincarnation of a starving ghost? By the way, why did you come out so early? Normally, those hard-working people would not get off work so early." Xu Damao asked.

"Brother Damao, isn't it time for you to get off work? Why are you out?"

"My father is about to retire, and I am taking over his job! Can I be the same as you?" Xu Damao said proudly.

"Oh! Our group has been assigned fewer tasks today. Once we finish the work, we will naturally go off work." Zhang Dazhuang said, spreading his hands.

The truth is, he was doing the work of four people in the group. Later, Zhang Dazhuang simply stopped pretending and directly carried two boxes of steel parts and threw them onto the truck.

Their team leader was so scared that he quickly hugged him, fearing that he would damage the car.

This made him famous in the loading and unloading workshop. It was the first time anyone saw someone carrying hundreds of kilograms and throwing them out.

The afternoon tasks were all completed in less than two hours. The rest of the time, the workers let Zhang Dazhuang show off his strength. If he hadn't been in control of the situation, several of them would have been scared to death.

Even so, the workers gave it a thumbs up and praised it: It’s really big. . . It’s strong!

In the end, it was the workshop director who allowed their group to leave work early, and Zhang Dazhuang was able to get away and go home.

. . . . . .

"Hello, third uncle!"

"Da Mao and Da Zhuang are back!"

The door god Yan Bugui was guarding the gate and watching the people passing by to see if there was anyone who met the requirements.

"Uncle, what's the point of you guarding the door every day?" Xu Damao also greeted him.

"Enemy spies have been rampant recently. I'm checking the sentries for the neighbors." Yan Bugui said seriously.

What are you checking for? You are just trying to see who bought something and want to steal it.

"Okay! You continue to check this post, I'm going to go back first!"

"Uncle, you are busy." Zhang Dazhuang also followed him into the yard.

"Xu Damao! Zhang Dazhuang!"

As soon as they entered the yard, the two were stopped by Jia Zhang.

"Aunt Jia, is there anything I can help you with?" Zhang Dazhuang asked.

"Oh! It's nothing. Our Dongxu will go to work at the steel rolling mill tomorrow. You guys go with us and wait for us." Jia Zhang said proudly.

"Wow? Jia Dongxu went to the steel rolling mill? What kind of route is this?" Xu Damao asked in surprise.

"Hmph! Our Dongxu is so outstanding, why should he go through any other methods? You guys wait for Dongxu tomorrow, don't forget!" Jia Zhang deliberately said loudly.

It seems that Sha Zhu has taken action. I wonder if he has got the money, Zhang Dazhuang thought.

I'll get some money from this gentleman to buy some food. My family is running out of cornmeal! If he uses morality to blackmail me in the future, I can still collect some interest.

"Okay, auntie, I'll wait for Dongxu to go to work together tomorrow." Zhang Dazhuang's silly energy came back.

Jia Zhang hummed with satisfaction and went back with her waist twisted.

"Silly Zhu!" Xu Damao slapped his thigh and suddenly came to his senses.

Jia Dongxu's job must be stupid.

"This idiot Zhu, why did he take action so quickly? I wanted to get involved!" Xu Damao muttered.

"Come on, Brother Damao, you're not unemployed, why are you butting in?"

"Brother, this is all for you! Da Zhuang, let me tell you, this cook is..."

"Stop! Brother Damao, I'm fine now! Although loading and unloading doesn't sound like a good job, I feel it is very solid." Zhang Dazhuang interrupted Xu Damao.

What a fool! Damao tested it again!

The aunties in the yard heard the conversation between the few people and started talking about it.

"Shazhu sold his job! He sold it to the Jia family!"

"He Daqing just left yesterday, and today Sha Zhu sold his job? Otherwise, why not call him Sha Zhu!"

"I don't know what conditions the Jia family offered to get Sha Zhu's job!"

. . . . . .

Sha Zhu had heard Zhang Dazhuang coming back in the house a long time ago. He felt like he was being scratched by a cat and wanted to go out right away to tell him what happened today.

Like a man who had just gotten married, he paced around the house nervously, looking outside from time to time to check the sky. Why wasn't it dark yet?

"Old Yi, how did the Jia family take over the post of Zhu?"

When Auntie heard what Jia Zhang said, she went home and asked Yi Zhonghai.

"I did some work for Sha Zhu, and the Jia family bought it from Sha Zhu."

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and decided not to tell the aunt for the time being.

"how much did you spend?"

"Five hundred yuan!" Yi Zhonghai said in a deep voice, gritting his teeth.

"Five hundred yuan!" The auntie was surprised and said, "Where did the Jia family get so much money?"

"Lao Jia's Compensation"

"Alas! The Jia family has had a hard time. All of their assets must have been emptied out in one go," an aunt said with concern.

It was you who emptied out all the private money that I had saved over the years! Yi Zhonghai thought.

Not only did he drain all his private money, but he also spent it in the dark.

No, the money has to be spent openly, at least with this aunt.

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said to the aunt, "Tomorrow I will take Jia Dongxu to the steel mill to handle the formalities for work. I will come back in the evening to hold a meeting and let Jia Dongxu pay his respects to his godparents."

"Become a godparent? How do you say that?" asked an old lady.

"Let Jia Dongxu become our godparent and provide for us in our old age, but the 500 yuan will have to be paid by our family!" Yi Zhonghai said hypocritically.

"I told Jia Zhang that I need to discuss this matter with you to see what you think before you give her your opinion."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, Auntie was moved and said, "Old Yi, I haven't been able to give you a child in all these years. You don't need to discuss this with me. Just make the decision yourself."

"Okay! I will go back to Jia Zhang's house and tell them to hold a meeting of the whole courtyard tomorrow night to greet each other as godparents! Our family will pay for the 500 yuan!" Yi Zhonghai quickly settled the matter.