Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After leaving home, He Daqing returned to his unit and went directly to the factory office to get a divorce certificate.

"Mr. He, how old are you? What's so hard to get over that you have to get a divorce?" The factory office director persuaded He Daqing.

"Director Zhang, she and I have been married for more than eight years, and she went to the hospital to secretly get an IUD. Is this living with me? She is asking me to help her," said He Daqing, the factory office director.

"There is such a thing?" Director Zhang of the factory office looked at He Daqing with sympathy. He was a leader and had heard more about gang-ups and scams. There were not many people like He Daqing who could stop the loss in time.

"Go to the street office, Director Zheng, I'll call him." Director Zhang did not try to persuade him any further. He was also a man, and any act of wanting to wipe out a family was unforgivable.

He Daqing got the letter of introduction and returned to his rest room in the cafeteria. He was lucky that his child came to see him, otherwise he would have been deceived by this vicious woman. He Daqing thought, raising a son for someone else, what else could this be but insanity? He Daqing figured it out. He was a broad-minded person and slept until dawn.

Zhang Dabao and his two companions strolled around Baoding City. By the afternoon, there was basically nothing left in the market. Zhang Dabao specifically asked someone about the black market at night, because the black market exists in every city and cannot be eradicated. As long as there is demand and profit, some people are willing to take the risk.

In He Daqing's courtyard, He Yuzhu and his sister started to clean up after returning from the street. By the evening, the place finally looked like a home. Originally, He Yuzhu wanted to go to the black market with them, but was rejected by Zhang Dabao.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Dabao came to the Baoding black market. Now all over the country, the most sold item in the black market is food. Baoding is a place where donkey meat is produced, but there is not much fresh donkey meat in the black market. Zhang Dabao bought about 100 kilograms and dozens of kilograms of dried donkey meat.

He came to the black market for two purposes. The first was to buy food, and the second was to see if there were any ancient books or something.

Baoding was a place of strategic importance in ancient times. During the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Zhili was stationed in Baoding. Baoding was the capital of Zhili Province and had many wealthy families.

There was not much to eat, but there were a lot of antiques, including weapons, hand-held items, and of course a lot of ancient books. Zhang Dabao did not do much research on these, but fortunately, counterfeiting was not prevalent nowadays and the prices were not high. He bought a large number of them, and after leaving the black market, all the items were put into the space, leaving those who wanted to do good things disappointed.

Zhang Dabao didn't want to cause trouble, so he ignored them and quickly returned to He Daqing's courtyard.

He Daqing originally wanted to go to the street office, but when he got there he found out that today was Sunday and the divorce could not be processed, so he returned to his own courtyard. He had made an appointment to go find his son-in-law to buy a donkey, and he could not go back on his word.

As a well-known chef, He Daqing had some channels. He took the three people to Baoding and finally arrived at a large courtyard.

"Old He, are you going out to host the banquet?" The person inside knew He Daqing.

"Old Fifth, my son, daughter, and son-in-law are here to see me from the capital. Take them to buy some donkey meat and bring it back. It would be best if they could buy a donkey," He Daqing said to the people in the yard after he came in.

"Your son and daughter are here, what rare guests! Please take a seat." Lao Wu gave face to He Daqing.

"We still have a few donkeys. Go and pick some, young man. We have no meat today. If you want any, I will save some for you tomorrow. Old He is not a stranger. We have been good friends for many years," Lao Wu said to He Yuzhu and Zhang Dabao.

"Thank you, uncle." Zhang Dabao and He Yuzhu came to the backyard. Zhang Dabao saw seven or eight donkeys in the pen, none of them were fat. He thought that his second uncle Zhang Dalin was still idle at home, so he could buy a donkey and equip it with a cart to deliver goods. They were all cousins, so they could not favor one over the other. As for who Zhang Dalin wanted to ask to join him, they could decide for themselves.

You have to pick a strong one when delivering goods, as it doesn't matter if it's for eating meat. It's better to buy one more. The factory is short of meat now, and I, as the head of the supply and marketing department, can't always be idle. I still have to buy meat to give to others, and I won't be able to do without enough.

The two looked around in the circle again and again and returned to the front yard.

"Uncle, how much can I buy at most?" Zhang Dabao said.

"Young man, a donkey weighs 300 kilograms and can produce more than 140 kilograms of meat. I have eight donkeys now, and I can get a few more tomorrow. Can you take them?" Lao Wu heard Zhang Dabao's arrogant tone and said to him with a smile.

Zhang Dabao took out a letter of introduction from the Red Star Steel Mill from his pocket and gave it to Lao Wu.

"You are not very old, but you are already the head of the supply and marketing section? A retired soldier?" Lao Wu asked Zhang Dabao.

Zhang Dabao nodded.

"Young hero, I'm sorry, can you really buy all of them?" Lao Wu asked again worriedly.

"Uncle, you and my father-in-law are old friends and you are also my elder. How can I joke with you about this?" Zhang Dabia said with a smile.

"Okay, can the cart at the door of your house load it? That cart is fine for hauling some meat, but if it's for hauling donkeys, it can only carry two at most, and the tailgate is low, so the donkeys might fall off the cart," Lao Wu said to the cart at the door.

"Uncle, I can coordinate a vehicle from the transport team. I will go find a vehicle today and load it tomorrow morning. I will load the meat on my vehicle and find a truck to load the donkeys," said Zhang Dabao.

Lao Wu also agreed readily and repeatedly promised to give Zhang Dabao the lowest price.

The three of them returned to He Daqing's courtyard from Lao Wu. Zhang Dabao dropped the three off and went to the Baoding Transportation Company himself.

"Are you from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in Beijing? You want to buy a donkey? Your leaders are really good at eating. You want to use a truck, right? I'll report this to the leader." The comrade on duty in the transport team went to talk to the leader about the situation. Zhang Dabao showed the letter of introduction to the leader on duty. They were all public institutions and it was not like they were not willing to pay, so the leader agreed. It was agreed that Zhang Dabao would come with the truck at 8 o'clock tomorrow to go load the donkey together.

On He Daqing's side, three people were talking, "Zhu Zi, Yu Shui, Zhang Dabao is not an ordinary person, he has his own way of looking at things. I went back and thought about it yesterday, Bai Lianhua just wanted me to join forces, I want to divorce her, I have saved some money over the years, the money I deposited with Bai Lianhua, I am going to return it, you can take it with you when you leave, Zhu Zi, when you get married, send me a telegram, I will go back, there are too many people in Beijing who know me, I can't go back" He Daqing said to the two children.

"Dad, I have money. I have been working for several years and have saved some money. Yu Shui also has a job now. She works as an accountant in the post office. Zhang Dabao arranged for her to do this. The 480 yuan that uncle gave me is all here." He Yuzhu didn't want his father's money.

"The four hundred and eight are for Yu Shui, and the one thousand are for preparing things for your wedding. Buy the four major items. Although your father is not in the capital, he is not dead." He Daqing felt particularly guilty towards the two children.

"No, I don't need it. He gave me the tickets for four large items with big labels. I don't need so much money," He Yuzhu refused.

"Zhu Zi, you are my son. It is only natural that I give you money for your wedding. Go back and repaint the house. After you buy the four major items, buy a decent dowry for Yu Shui," said He Daqing.

Seeing that his father insisted, He Yuzhu accepted the money.