Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

When Zhang Dabao was cleaning up the construction waste, suddenly a small box as big as a teacup appeared. Zhang Dabao picked it up, opened it and saw two pieces of paper. Zhang Dabao felt that it should be related to the deaf old lady, so he put the pictures away.

When the people who work come back, the entire small room has been tidied up. There is no need to make any major changes to the living room, just level the floor and paint the walls white. The same goes for the sticky room on the west side.

Zhang Dabao talked to Jia Dongxu and asked him to buy a few bags of cement so that the ground could be hardened when the time comes.

"Da Biao, thanks to your help. If it were Dongxu alone, I don't know how long he would have finished it." After Zhang Cuihua came back, she saw that the biggest project had been solved, and she thanked her brother again and again.

"Stop talking about this. Let Dongxu work. How long will he finish? Can I still have a nap? Who can stand the banging every day? Get two salted fish from the kitchen and steam them. Then make some dishes. I sweated a lot today and need to replenish salt," Zhang Dabao said to Zhang Cuihua.

"How about making some fish soup?" said Zhang Cuihua.

"Sister, those small fish are dried. Will they taste good if made into fish soup? Let's fry the small fish. On Sunday, Dongxu and I will paint the walls and plant sweet potatoes. I will treat you to good meals at noon and in dinner," Zhang Dabia said to Zhang Cuihua with a smile.

"Are we eating lamb?" Zhang Cuihua said in a low voice.

"Why do you care so much? You'll know when the time comes. By the way, did you get your waistcoat back? Banggeng remembers it." Zhang Dabao suddenly thought of the waistcoat he had been making for a long time.

"I forgot. I'll go now." Zhang Cuihua gave instructions to her daughter-in-law and ran out of the door.

He Yuzhu did not come to help today because he was working overtime at the steel rolling mill. There were a dozen yellow sheep that needed to be cleaned up, especially the sheep offal, which was very troublesome to clean up.

After dinner, Zhang Dabao wanted to take a break and see what was written on the two pieces of paper, but Zhang Cuihua came wearing a leather vest. She didn't take it off during dinner tonight and she was sweating profusely while eating, which made Zhang Lianhua laugh so hard.

"Sister, it's already the middle of April, and the temperature outside is over 20 degrees. People in good health are wearing short sleeves, but you are wearing a leather vest. Don't you feel hot?" Zhang Dabao was speechless. She even said that Jia Dongxu couldn't hide dry food in a doghouse. I can see that you are Jia Dongxu's mother. What's the difference between you and Jia Dongxu?

"Da Biao, it's warm now. It's so comfortable," said Zhang Cuihua, wiping the sweat from her head.

"How can it not be warm? It has skin and fur, so it may not be comfortable. It's so hot now, go home and take it off and wear it in winter" Zhang Dabao laughed angrily.

"Mom, you are so annoying. You can't just put away some things. Is it appropriate to wear leather jackets on this day? Listen to my seventh uncle and change them at home." Jia Dongxu also talked about his mother.

"This was made for me by Da Biao. What does it have to do with you? I have been married to your Jia family for so many years. I have worked like a slave every day. Have I ever gotten a decent piece of clothing? I was so lucky back then. I raised you with so much effort..." Zhang Cuihua started again, and Jia Dongxu was speechless.

"Grandma, I said my dad is unhygienic. When he was a kid, he was in shit and urine every day. It was too dirty. I never do that. The teacher always praises me for being clean," said Bang Geng.

Hearing Banggeng's words, Zhang Dabao sprayed out the tea in his mouth and thought to himself, Jia Geng, you are such a good boy.

"Need I say more? Your father just doesn't care about hygiene. Banggeng is so clean." Zhang Cuihua changed the subject after being scolded by Banggeng, but she still didn't go home to change the leather vest and continued to wear it.

Zhang Cuihua sat in the backyard for a while, then went to the front yard and shared her sheepskin waistcoat with the women in Yard 95. She said it was so warm and comfortable, and pointed to the sweat on her head as proof.

"Zhang Cuihua is too good at showing off," said Yang Ruihua.

"Isn't it? It's so hot now. Aunt Jia is sweating profusely, but she insists that she is comfortable," said the Niu family's wife.

"It's the middle of April, and the locust flowers are about to bloom. You're still wearing a leather vest. You really have no sense at all," said the Guo family's wife.

"Mom, if I had a leather vest, I wouldn't feel hot in it," Yan Jiedi said to her mother.

"Oh..." The women all sighed and thought, kid, I think the same as you do. If you can't eat the grapes, you will say they are sour.

Zhang Dabao closed the door and opened the two pieces of paper. One of them was a letter written to Jin Jing'e. When his girlfriend passed away, he told her that if she needed to leave, she should not take anything with her, but just take this small box and go back to her hometown.

The other one is a picture, which seems to show that something is hidden somewhere in the mountains that can help the Yang family make a comeback. It turns out that the deaf old lady’s husband’s surname is Yang, and his hometown is Zhangjiakou, Hebei, a village called Yangjialing at the foot of Xiao Wutai Mountain.

The deaf old lady did not touch the small box because her life was still pretty good. Maybe in the end she even forgot the existence of the box.

What is that thing? It's too far from the capital, I'll go take a look when I get a chance. Zhang Dabiao put the picture into his space and went to sleep.

Today is Friday. Zhang Dabao was awakened by the children's laughter. After getting up, he saw Guo Xiaobao, Jia Jingshu and Guo Xiaobao's mother flying a kite in the backyard. In an instant, Zhang Dabao thought of many words: green willows, red flowers, singing orioles and dancing swallows, and a hundred flowers in full bloom...

spring is coming!

Let's go out for a walk. It's boring to go out alone. Let's go and see if Teacher Wen has time. Zhang Dabao came to the courtyard in Ma Si Hutong. The gate was locked and the soil in front of the gate was very thick. It seemed that Wen Li had not lived here for a long time and should have reconciled with her parents.

Zhang Dabao came to Mashi Hutong again and looked at his watch. It was 7:20 in the morning, so Wen Li should not have gone out yet.

At 7:30, Wenli came out on a bicycle. Zhang Dabao honked the horn and Wenli got off and walked over.

"Da Biao, you're back from the countryside." Wen Li had a big smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

"You came back yesterday. Do you have classes today?" Zhang Dabao asked her.

"I don't have any classes. Now that I'm divorced, the school thinks my reputation is bad and won't let me attend classes. They asked me to help in the cafeteria instead." Wen Li showed a trace of embarrassment on her face.

"Please take a day off, we will go out and take a look, and then come back to work to see if we can replace you," said Zhang Dabao.

"Okay, you wait for me at school for a day and a half. My eldest sister and I have agreed to take Yanni and her children to the zoo on Sunday," said Wen Li.

"That day, I prepared some things and camped outside," Zhang Dabao said and started the motorcycle.

When Wenli heard about camping, she liked it very much. She had never been camping before, but had only heard about it in novels. Wenli was happy to try new things.

Wenli rode her bike very fast. When she arrived at school, she made up a random excuse to ask for leave and then walked out of the school gate.

Wen Li waited for about five minutes, and Zhang Dabao's motorcycle arrived.