Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

What did these people want to do to Zhang Cuihua? Zhang Dabao sent the crows at the gate over, and he rode his motorcycle to the market to shop around, buying a few large winter melons, some cabbages, and some lettuces. The meat market had not appeared for a long time. When he got on the car, he took out two hens and four or five pounds of meat from the space and returned to the yard.

Chop the chicken, soak it in cold water, peel the winter melon, cut it into small pieces, and let Jia Dongxu do the rest. Zhang Dabiao sat on the stool at the door and connected with the crow with his consciousness.

A few young men are now in a small yard, sitting on mats and chatting.

"Sun Bo, Liu Qiang, do you two know Zhang Cuihua?" a young man asked.

"Who doesn't know Zhang Cuihua? She is as fat as a winter melon. There are two fat guys in Hongxing Street, both of them are in Yard 95. The man is Liu Haizhong and the woman is Zhang Cuihua," the two guys said with a smile.

"It's good that we know each other. Let's do it tomorrow afternoon. We can just have a casual fight so that my brother won't treat everyone to a meal in vain," the young man said again.

"We can't let Brother Jun's invitation be in vain. Fashui, don't worry, we will be waiting for Zhang Cuihua at the entrance of this alley. We will hit her with two sticks when we see her and then run away. She is with her sister and two children every day. We have already investigated everything," said Sun Bo and Liu Qiang.

"What about Meng Wutong?" Yu Fashui asked again.

"After get off work, Meng Wutong goes to the vegetable market every day. Xiao Dong and Xiao Su have ambushed him in advance. Meng Wutong is good-looking, so it would be a pity to beat him up," said Sun Bo.

"Then what are you doing? She is already 21 years old," said Yu Fashui.

"Twenty-one is a bit old. Never mind. Let's just give him a beating," Sun Bo said with some regret.

As they were talking, they made arrangements for revenge on Zhang Cuihua and Meng Wutong, but they did not notice the crow on the phoenix tree outside the yard.

"We're going to take action tomorrow? Attack Zhang Cuihua? And Jun Ge is paying the money. Who is Jun Ge?" Zhang Dabao is now full of questions.

"Dongxu, wash the hen now and I will stew it. Add some dates and other things. It needs to be nourishing. Add some wolfberries and a little bit of ginseng," Zhang Dabao said to Jia Dongxu.

Both hens were stewed in a big pot. Zhang Dabao put onion segments, ginger slices, star anise, peppercorns, red dates, wolfberries, and a few slices of ginseng. He brought it to a boil over high heat and then simmered it over low heat.

He Yuzhu came back early today. He also heard about Huang Xinsheng's discharge from the hospital. He bought two pigeons through his connections, but they were kept in cages and not killed yet. Zhang Cuihua and Zhang Lianhua also bought fruits, snacks and other things, and Xu Damao and his wife brought two cans of food.

In the evening, the neighbors in the courtyard all brought some gifts. After looking at Huang Xinsheng, Zhang Dabao asked Jia Dongxu to give each of them a bowl of hen stewed with winter melon.

It was getting dark, and the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu caught a goose from somewhere, which touched Huang Xinsheng deeply.

The big goose weighed more than ten pounds, its wings were tied, and it was still calling non-stop.

"In broad daylight, the big goose is a bit expensive," said Zhang Dabao.

"Brother Dabia, how much have you and Brother Xinsheng helped us two brothers? We all remember it. This goose didn't cost much. Guangfu went to the countryside to exchange it for it," said Liu Guangtian.

"Geese are good things. They can guard the house and their eggs are nutritious. Why don't we raise them first?" Huang Xinsheng said.

"This is what Guangfu gave you in exchange. If you want to keep it, you can. But you have to keep an eye on it. It's best to lock it up, otherwise it will eat all our sweet potato seedlings. You will have to find food for it every day. But it's easy to feed, as long as it eats grass," said Zhang Dabao.

The dinner to celebrate Huang Xinsheng's promotion and his discharge from the hospital began. Jia Dongxu, Xu Damao, and He Yuzhu each drank two glasses. Zhang Dabao didn't want to drink, Huang Xinsheng couldn't drink, Liu Guangtian drank one glass, and Liu Guangfu was still a child, so he didn't drink.

After dinner, Zhang Dabao took out the radio again and asked everyone to listen to the program and talk together. The backyard was very lively today.

Unlike the lively atmosphere in the east, Liu Haizhong's home in the west was quiet. Huang Xinsheng became an official, which almost broke Liu Haizhong's defense. Anyone could get promoted, why couldn't he? A twenty-year-old boy became an official. Was there something wrong with the leader's eyes? After Liu Haizhong returned home, he said nothing, his expression kept changing, and sometimes he gritted his teeth and slammed the table hard.

Of course, none of the three members of the Liu family had dinner. Liu Haizhong was so angry that he didn't want to eat, and the second aunt and Liu Guangqi didn't dare to eat. The atmosphere at home was getting worse and worse. It was really unbearable, Liu Guangqi thought.

Liu Guangqi was reading "Records of the Grand Historian" today. He was reading "The Family of Jin". There was a story in it about Duke Wen of Jin and his brothers. "Chong'er was born outside, and Shensheng died inside." Liu Guangqi read it silently in his mind several times.

Liu Guangqi thought about himself. The second and third sons were away from home, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks every day, while he was at home and didn't even dare to eat. The food was clearly ready, but it was cold and no one dared to touch it.

This won't do, it has to change, Liu Guangqi made up his mind.

A little after nine o'clock, everyone who was chatting left. Zhang Dabao took a shower and went to Xu's house to play poker until midnight.

The next morning, Zhang Dabao came to the steel rolling mill.

"Da Biao, are you looking for me this time?" Xing Baoguo asked.

"Uncle Xing, someone wants to take revenge on Meng Wutong and Zhang Cuihua," said Zhang Dabao.

"Who is it?" Xing Baoguo was surprised, then he thought of the incident with watching the melons and had a rough guess in his mind.

"Yu Fajun paid for a killer to get revenge." Zhang Dabiao heard everyone talk about Zhang Cuihua's heroic deeds while having dinner last night, and he must have the answer. Isn't Yu Fajun the brother Jun? It seems that Yu Fashui is his younger brother.

"It's really Yu Fajun. Is the information reliable?" Zhang Dabao said the same thing that Xing Baoguo was thinking.

"It's very reliable. I heard it with my own ears. They took action this afternoon. On the way home from work, Zhang Cuihua and Meng Wutong were lying in ambush in two groups, two people in each group, with wooden sticks as weapons. I originally wanted to capture them, but what if they don't admit it?" Zhang Dabao told Xing Baoguo the news he knew.

"Da Biao, do you have any good ideas?" Xing Baoguo asked.

"Uncle Xing, I don't have any good ideas. I just got the news by chance. Zhang Cuihua happens to be my sister, otherwise I would not have taken care of this matter. They are all half-grown children and it would be good to educate them. Why don't we send a few people to follow them in the afternoon, some in front of them and some behind them, and when they want to take action, we can catch them directly," said Zhang Dabao.

"It's better to catch them in the act, so they don't have to deny it." Xing Baoguo agreed to Zhang Dabao's plan.

"Uncle Xing, I'll treat you brothers to dinner tomorrow night at No. 10 Chunfeng Hutong. I'll get you some delicious food," said Zhang Dabao.

"Da Biao, we are all family, there is no need to have a meal together," Xing Baoguo declined.

"Uncle Xing, you are one of us, but we brothers can't help you for nothing, right? It's settled. After you catch the bad guys, send them to the factory and lock them up. We'll deal with them tomorrow. Let's eat first." Zhang Dabao insisted, and Xing Baoguo agreed.