Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After five or six minutes, Qiao Baozhong and a man in his fifties walked in with serious expressions.

"Dabao, this is Minister Chu, you can call him uncle," Qiao Yongqian introduced him to Zhang Dabao.

"Uncle Chu," Zhang Dabao stood up and greeted him.

"Da Biao, can you tell me how you got this schoolbag?" Minister Chu went straight to the point without any pleasantries.

"Uncle Chu, I..." Zhang Dabao recounted what had happened.

"Da Biao, this matter is very serious. Don't let anyone know that you picked up the bag. Your aunt, uncle, and I, only four of us know about it now. Don't tell anyone else. This concerns your life safety," Minister Chu said seriously.

"Uncle Chu, I was also a soldier, and I will definitely abide by the confidentiality system," Zhang Dabao saluted and said to Minister Chu.

"Old Qiao, things have gotten serious. We two need to leave now." Chu Zekun called Qiao Baozhong and the two of them went out with their schoolbags.

"My dad doesn't want to eat?" Qiao Yongqian came out after finishing cooking.

"Your father has something to do, and Da Biao is here, so let him eat your father's share," Wang Xiuqin said to her son.

"Da Biao is here, so early?" Only then did Qiao Yongqian see his cousin sitting next to him.

"Cousin, I have something to talk to you about today. Last Sunday I went to Baoding and bought a donkey. I want to have a donkey feast with everyone. Don't I want to invite you to join us?" Zhang Dabao said.

"A donkey? Dabiao, you are too extravagant," said Qiao Yongqian.

"You don't have to go, but Da Biao is here to call you, why do you have so many problems?" Wang Xiuqin glared at her son.

"I'm not going? Am I stupid? Who wouldn't go if there's donkey meat to eat? Da Biao, can I bring someone with me?" Qiao Yongqian said.

"Of course I can bring my sister-in-law, but I can't bring anyone else," Zhang Dabao answered straightforwardly.

"Of course I'll bring Ruofan. It's Zhoutian, right? I asked her to switch shifts with someone else. It happens to be her turn on duty this Zhoutian," Qiao Yongqian smiled.

"Yongqian, when will I be on duty?" Wang Xiuqin asked her son a question.

The question was very common, but Zhang Dabao knew that it was a life-threatening one.

"How should I know when you are on duty?" Qiao Yongqian said casually.

At this moment, Zhang Dabao felt a murderous aura in the air and saw Wang Xiuqin's eyes were like swords, staring at her cousin. It was obvious that her aunt was not at all satisfied with her cousin's answer.

"Cousin, you don't care enough about your aunt. Although she is the leader of the unit, she also has to be on duty. You can't forget your mother who raised you just because you found a wife. One should not forget his roots," Zhang Dabao reminded Qiao Yongqian.

"My mother is the director, who would take over her shift? It's okay if she is not on duty. Ruo Fan is not good enough. She is just an ordinary pediatrician..." Qiao Yongqian did not understand the meaning of Zhang Dabao's words, and continued to talk about Ruo Fan.

"Qiao Yongqian, you are such an ungrateful person. Most people forget their mothers after they get married, but you forget your mother before you even marry a good wife," Wang Xiuqin scolded angrily.

Only then did Qiao Yongqian understand what Zhang Dabao meant, and he quickly winked at Zhang Dabao, hoping that his cousin would help him again.

"Aunt, has my sister-in-law come home?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"Not yet," Wang Xiuqin said, but the topic changed and she calmed down a lot.

"Cousin, you too, please bring your sister-in-law home quickly. My aunt is waiting so anxiously," Zhang Dabao said to Qiao Yongqian.

"I haven't been to her house yet. How about I ask her? I'll go to her house on Saturday and she'll come to our house on Sunday," said Qiao Yongqian.

"Aren't you guys attending Da Biao's all-donkey banquet on Sunday?" Wang Xiuqin was tempted by Qiao Yongqian's suggestion.

"That's the big deal. Come to my house in the evening, have dinner, and get to know each other. We had donkey meat for lunch, so we can just cook something for dinner," Qiao Yongqian explained.

"That makes sense. I can sponsor some fruits, such as oranges, mangoes, and Shandong cherries, and bring back some donkey meat." Zhang Dabao immediately expressed his support.

"Damn, where did you get these good things? And mangoes?" Qiao Yongqian was attracted by the fruits that Zhang Dabao mentioned.

"Zhang Dabao, if you want to go to the black market again, you can try it." When Wang Xiuqin heard these things, she naturally thought that they were bought from the black market. Zhang Dabao couldn't explain it yet, but he immediately admitted his mistake and said that he would never go there again.

After breakfast, Qiao Yongqian and Zhang Dabao came out.

"Da Biao, my mother has a very bad temper," said Qiao Yongqian.

"Cousin, this is menopause. It's up to you to make your mother's temper better. Get married quickly and give her a grandson to take care of. All her illnesses will be cured, and she won't be able to lose her temper even if it's bad, and she won't have the time to do so. Think about it, taking care of a child is a serious physical job. After taking care of a child all day, she will want nothing to do at night but to sleep, and then she will sleep until dawn. When she wakes up, she will miss her grandson. How can she have time to take care of you?" Zhang Dabao painted a bright future for Qiao Yongqian.

"That makes sense. After we meet with the parents, we can sit together for a meal and get the certificate. Then when Ruofan gets married, my mother will definitely feel embarrassed to hit or scold me anymore," Qiao Yongqian laughed.

"Cousin, work hard." Zhang Dabao got into the car and drove away, not wanting to ride with his cousin who acted like a fool.

Zhang Dabao ran around all morning and notified many friends. He had to notify Niu Kewu, his only subordinate, as well as Hu Kexue, You Zhiyong, and Xing Baoguo, colleagues with whom he dealt a lot, Zhang Weihua, Cao Lianbiao, and the families of Yu Sinian. His cousin Li Huaide was there to show off his skills, so of course he had to invite him; he also invited Yang Weihua, and unexpectedly he also agreed to attend; plus his brothers and nephews, the Jia family, Xu Damao and his wife, the He family, Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, Zhang Lianhua, and Huang Xinsheng, a total of two or three people. Zhang Dabao himself did not expect that in less than half a year, he would have a large circle of friends.

Today they are going back to Chunfeng Hutong, and Zhang Dabao decided to personally teach Jia Dongxu how to make donkey meat hotpot, so he took out about ten pounds of donkey meat from the space, cooked it in the evening, and let everyone taste it first.

The people sent by Qiao Yongqian and Chu Zekun to investigate have returned. They are about a Russian woman named Shalabova who lives at No. 78 Dongjiaomin Lane. Her husband is a military attaché and is not at home. She has a lover who is a secretary at the Russian Embassy.

The woman's first-floor window had been pried open. When the investigators went there, it was being repaired. The secretary had spent the night there. When she came out, her face looked particularly bad, as if she had gone mad. Things in the room were also turned all over the place. It seemed that something very valuable had been lost, but nothing was found in the house. Considering the pried open window, it seemed that a thief had entered the house.

"Old Qiao, this thing is real," Chu Zekun asked Qiao Yongqian.

"It's true. This is a huge matter. Let's report it. We can make preparations in advance so that the losses can be reduced. We will report to the leaders in person," said Qiao Yongqian.