Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After leaving the subdistrict office, Zhang Dabiao did not go home, but went to Lei Huanian. He wanted to talk to him about the Geng brothers sending him a TV. Another thing was Yu Li's job. I remember Lei Huanian said last time that there was a position in the textile factory. I wonder if it is still available?

Zhang Dabao took out some cherries as a gift and came to Lei Huanian's house.

"Big cherries from Shandong?" Lei Huanian asked.

"Isn't it? It's actually a bit late now. A batch of them ripened in April, and they taste best when eaten locally. The ones that came to Beijing were picked from the trees when they were not quite ripe, but they are almost ripe here, and they taste good, but there is still a gap between them and the naturally ripe ones," said Zhang Dabao.

"Da Biao, it's good enough that we can eat this. If you ask people on the street, at least three or four out of ten won't know what cherries are," said Lei Huanian.

"Uncle Lei, Uncle Geng and Uncle Geng San gave me a TV today and I accepted it," said Zhang Dabao.

"Just accept it. I told you at the time that you can accept anything the Geng brothers give you. There is absolutely no problem with the origin of the things," Lei Huanian said firmly.

Zhang Dabao thought that the Geng brothers must have some secrets that he didn't know about.

"I also invited Uncle Geng and the others to the dinner tomorrow, and they agreed," Zhang Dabao added.

“It’s more lively when there are more people dining,” Lei Huanian didn’t mind.

"Uncle Lei, is the position at the textile factory still available?" Zhang Dabao asked a little embarrassedly.

"Let me ask someone again, ask more people? Or do you just want the textile factory?" Lei Huanian asked Zhang Dabao.

"Ask a few more. It's okay if they're a little more expensive. This time I sold ten donkeys to the factory," said Zhang Dabao.

Lei Huanian went out and told a young man, and the young man left.

Zhang Dabao said that he had lunch at Lei Huanian's house. Due to his liver problem, his diet was very light, and Zhang Dabao ate quite well.

While eating, the person sent by Lei Huanian came back and handed Lei Huanian a note.

"Da Biao, the position in the textile factory has been taken by someone else. Here are a few positions picked by Xiao Li. Would you like to take a look?" Lei Huanian handed the note to Zhang Da Biao.

Zhang Dabiao took the note and looked at it. It was a teacher from Hongxing Primary School, a worker from the recycling station of Dongjiao Subdistrict Office, a statistician from the bakery, a canteen worker from the steel mill...

"Uncle Lei, let's take this bakery. Ask Brother Li how much it costs. I'm bringing it with me," said Zhang Dabao. He had seen this factory before. It was less than 500 meters away from the mining machinery factory and very close to Yu Li's small courtyard.

"Xiao Li..." Lei Huanian called out.

Zhang Dabao gave Xiao Li 600 yuan, and an hour later, Xiao Li brought the job recruitment form.

After Zhang Dabao received the job application form, he stood up and said goodbye. It was still possible to go to the bakery at this time.

Yu Li was not in her own courtyard. She now lived in a small courtyard with Yu Haitang. After buying a house, she returned home the next day. Her mother scolded her severely, not because she did not come home at night, but because she did not do housework. At the end of the scolding, she told her to get out, so Yu Li went back.

"You're here?" Yu Li was very happy when she saw Zhang Dabao.

"I came to see you and ask about your job. You work in a bakery as a statistician," said Zhang Dabao.

"Of course it's true. What good would it do to lie to you? I've got the recruitment form and I'll report now," said Zhang Dabao.

Yu Li, who was confused, was taken to the bakery. The procedures were completed quickly. After that, the comrades from the personnel department asked her to come to work on Monday. At that time, the comrades from the personnel department would send her to the workshop office and tell her what she needed to bring to work.

After leaving the bakery, Yu Li kept crying. It had been four years since she graduated from junior high school and she still hadn't found a job. She had suffered all kinds of cold words at home, but she didn't expect that the job would come to her.

After returning to Yu Haitang's courtyard, Zhang Dabao hugged Yu Li in his arms and let her cry freely.

"Finding a job is such a big deal, shall we celebrate in the evening?" Zhang Dabao asked Yu Li.

Yu Li thought of something and her face turned red, but she nodded in agreement. So the two of them prepared the meal, and when Yu Haitang came back from get off work, the meal was ready.

"Your work has been arranged too, that's great." Yu Haitang pounced on Zhang Dabao and kissed him.

The result was that dinner was more than an hour late. The three of them fought over dinner and then added another hour to help with digestion.

After the two fell asleep, Zhang Dabao returned to Chunfeng Hutong. He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu would come early the next morning, so he had to wait for them at home.

He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu arrived at five in the morning, and Zhang Dabao also helped. They killed the donkey, skinned it, collected the offal, and cooked the meat. It was not until nine o'clock that the three of them took a breath and ate something.

Then, Jia Dongxu started kneading the dough, while He Yuzhu was preparing other ingredients. Zhang Dayang and his brothers and nephews came first. At around ten o'clock, Zhang Cuihua, Zhang Lianhua, He Yushui, Qin Jingru and their children came, along with Huang Xinsheng, Xu Damao, Lou Xiaoe, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian. They were busy chopping wood, boiling water, helping Jia Dongxu and He Yuzhu cut vegetables.

At eleven o'clock, Li Huaide and Yang Weihua came, Yu Sinian came with his whole family, and Jide Nian, Lin Hua, Lei Huanian and the three brothers of the Geng family all came.

At half past eleven, Qiao Yongqian brought Huang Ruofan, along with a man and a woman.

"Da Biao, this is Uncle Zhang Weihua and Aunt Liu, the matchmaker between me and your sister-in-law," Qiao Yongqian introduced.

"Comrade Da Biao, I'm sorry for coming here uninvited," Zhang Weihua apologized repeatedly.

"Uncle Zhang, you introduced me to such a good sister-in-law. I can't thank you enough. My uncle Ken and the others are in the room. Let's go in and talk." Zhang Dabao welcomed him in.

"Yongqian told me that Lao Li was coming, so we came. Huaide and I are old friends. I can go in by myself. You don't have to worry about us," said Zhang Weihua.

"Uncle Zhang, please don't mind if I can't take good care of you." When Zhang Dabao heard that he knew Li Huaide, he felt that it was really great.

"Uncle Zhang introduced your sister-in-law to you because of your situation?" Qiao Yongqian said to Zhang Dabao.

"What about my business? This seems to be the first time I meet this Uncle Zhang." Zhang Dabao was a little confused.

"A man named Yan in your hospital reported you, and Uncle Zhang went to investigate. He was the deputy director of the district discipline inspection commission, and is now the director. He told my mother about you at the street office, and became happier and happier as he talked, and he introduced his niece to me," Qiao Yongqian said with a smile.

Huang Ruofan pinched Qiao Yongqian several times after hearing this.

At this time, Zhang Weihua and Cao Lianbiao also came. Zhang Dabao didn't care about his cousin and went to greet them.

Niu Kewu, Hu Kexue, You Zhiyong and Xing Baoguo should be the last ones to arrive. They should have come after work. They also knew that the factory director was coming to dinner today, so it would be inappropriate for them to come too early.

"Dabao, I heard that someone is causing trouble today," Xing Baoguo said to Zhang Dabao after entering the yard.