Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Jia Dongxu returned to the courtyard and came to the two houses given to him by his master. Looking at the furnishings in the house, which were exactly the same as when his master had not left, the scenes of his past interactions with Yi Zhonghai came to his mind again, and he could not help but burst into tears in the house.

The master seemed to be gone and would not come back. He said he would be back in two or three years. If he could be back in two or three years, would he still transfer the house to me? I was just stupid, not dumb. I didn't understand it at the time, but I understood it after thinking about it more.

Master, why did you leave? Jia Dongxu might never understand why Yi Zhonghai left Beijing.

"Dongxu? Old Yi is dead." Auntie Yang Ruihua heard someone crying and went to the middle court. She saw that it was Jia Dongxu crying in Yi Zhonghai's room, so she asked. If Yi Zhonghai died, Yan Jiecheng might increase his sentence. He has been sentenced to twelve years. If more time is added, how long will Jiecheng be able to come back?

"What are you talking about? Even if you die, my master will not die. If Yan Jiecheng hadn't injured my master, would my master be able to go to provide aid?" Jia Dongxu was so angry that he retorted to Yang Ruihua.

"Old Yi is gone? He went to help with construction?" Yang Ruihua heard the key information.

Jia Dongxu ignored him, locked the door, went back to the backyard and lay down on the bed.

Zhang Dabao has been living a good life these days. He plays with Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe in Chunfeng Hutong every day. After Xu Damao goes to work, he and Lou Xiaoe play poker together, and they play poker all day long.

Xu Damao really kept his word. He married a wife and took over the title, and then Zhang Dabiao took care of the rest. Even when Xu Damao returned to No. 95 Courtyard, he and Lou Xiao'e slept in separate rooms. There were exactly two rooms in his house. Lou Xiao'e slept in the wedding room, and Xu Damao slept in the room where his parents used to live.

A happy life is always short. When Zhang Dabao returned to the factory at 4:30 in the afternoon, he received a notice from the factory asking him to go to the factory early the next morning. He had a task and might be on a business trip, so he needed to prepare his luggage.

Zhang Dabao knew that the factory was going to deliver goods again, but he didn't know who would be sent to go with him this time. He suggested to the factory to send two vehicles, one to carry the goods and the other to carry the people, and to bring heavy machine guns and mortars to teach these people a lesson.

As he had to go on a business trip, Zhang Dabao prepared pork belly and called Jia Dongxu who was lying in the room, "Dongxu, get up and chop the meat. We will have dumplings tonight."

"Seventh Uncle, my master passed away today. I am very sad," said Jia Dongxu.

"So, I'll treat you to a good meal? Eat something good, have a couple of drinks, and have a good sleep. You'll be fine tomorrow. Don't you want to be a leader? Try to be a director or something, and give Old Yi a scare when he comes back." Zhang Dabao pulled Jia Dongxu out of his room, washed his hands, and asked him to go to the kitchen to chop meat.

Zhang Dabao planned to eat leek meat, so he turned around and took out the leeks from the inner room. He sat at the door picking the vegetables. Seeing Lou Xiao'e coming out of the house, Zhang Dabao called her, "Sister-in-law, come and have dumplings with Brother Damao in the evening."

Lou Laxiao'e nodded and went back into the house.

When the work group came back, Zhang Dabao had already kneaded the dough and prepared the stuffing, and Jia Dongxu had boiled the water. As soon as everyone came back, they started wrapping and cooking the dumplings. The children ate first, then the women, while the men drank wine with the dumplings.

"Xinsheng, I may be on a business trip tomorrow. The factory office sent a notice this afternoon. Please take care of things at home," Zhang Dabao instructed Huang Xinsheng.

"Seventh Uncle, are you going on a business trip again? Aren't you the section chief?" Jia Dongxu didn't understand.

"Dongxu, the steel rolling mill is a deputy-bureau-level unit. I am only the section chief of the Supply and Marketing Section 2. Above me are the division chief, the deputy factory director, and the factory director. Even the factory director has to go on business trips. What qualifications do I have to not go on business trips?" Zhang Dabao retorted to his nephew. He thought that as a section chief, he was a very high-ranking official.

"Seventh Uncle, who has a higher rank between you and our director?" Jia Dongxu asked another question.

"Director Shi is also at the section level, we are of the same age, but he is the head of a department and is in charge of all the postal business of Hongxing Street. There are only Niu Kewu and I in the factory's second business department, and I am not in charge of specific matters. In terms of power, Director Shi has more power," Zhang Dabao explained.

"Our director is also very capable," Jia Dongxu made a new discovery.

"Brother, how many days will you be away?" Huang Xinsheng asked Zhang Dabao worriedly.

"At most ten days, there's no danger this time," Zhang Dabao patted Huang Xinsheng on the shoulder.

Lou Xiao'e, who was sitting at another table, also heard the news that Zhang Dabiao was going on a business trip for ten days. Her eyes darkened and she felt a little reluctant to let him go. Wasn't it? They were in love at that time.

"Dongxu, let Banggeng move to the house that Lao Yi gave you?" Zhang Cuihua asked her son after dinner.

"Why would Banggeng go there? He's doing fine in the small house in the backyard. Let Banggeng's aunt move there first. Now that someone is living in the house, others won't have to worry about him," said Jia Dongxu.

"Dongxu, you have made great progress?" He Yuzhu asked Jia Dongxu in surprise.

"I'm not a fool like you. Now our family has the most houses in the yard. How can Yan Laokou and Second Uncle not be concerned about us?" Jia Dongxu retorted to He Yuzhu.

"So what if they are thinking about it? The old man has transferred the property to you. Now it is your house, Jia Dongxu. Who dares to think about it?" There was nothing wrong with what He Yuzhu said. The Jia family, the He family, and the Zhang family in the backyard were relatives. Zhang Dabao was also good friends with Xu Damao, Liu Guangtian, and Liu Guangfu. Now all the other people in the yard combined would not be able to take it.

After dinner, several women helped Qin Jingru move into Yi Zhonghai's former house. Qin Jingru was a little scared, so Qin Huairu stayed with her sister for one night.

Jia Dongxu did not drink to drown his sorrows today. He only drank one glass and stopped drinking. He planned to work hard and strive to become a leader, so that when Yi Zhonghai comes back, he can surprise him that although he embarrassed him with his technical level, he is definitely not a waste.