Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Da Biao, this is not appropriate," Liu Feng quickly pushed back.

"What's inappropriate about it? It's not for you. The other two sets were given to the factory for your brothers and sisters to improve. It's a little gift from me. These are the things we got in the mountains in the first place. We didn't have the capital to buy them, so it's settled," said Zhang Dabao.

"I'll listen to you, Da Biao. Thank you on behalf of my brothers," said Liu Feng.

"Director, here are ten pounds of meat." Section Chief Liu took out ten pounds of fatter meat. In fact, there is not much fat on wild boars. It's just that it's autumn now and they are full, so the meat on their stomachs is a little fatter.

"Cousin, take it back. I have three pheasants on my bike. I'll give one to Brother Liu and you can take two back," Zhang Dabao said as he opened the motorcycle box again.

"Cousin, come with me to send him back," Liang Ladi said.

"Okay." Zhang Dabao gave a pheasant to Liu Feng, then put the chicken back in the car, asked Liang Ladi to get in, told Liu Feng to come back later, and took Liang Ladi away.

"Director Zhang, why are you so nice to me?" Liang Ladi asked. Now there were only two of them in the car and no outsiders, so some things were easier to talk about.

"Sister Liang, I admire you. It's not easy for you to take care of four children, and you educate them so well," said Zhang Dabao.

"No, which family is not in trouble now? Can you help? What can I give you? I originally thought you wanted to sleep with me. But you gave too much, so much food, five wolfskin mattresses, meat and other things, which can be exchanged for five wives in the village, and they are all virgins. I don't believe it anymore. I'm not worth this price," said Liang Ladi.

"Isn't it good to give you something? It's not for anything else, I just want to help you," Zhang Dabao said with a smile.

"Director Zhang, how about I follow you? I'm only 26 years old this year." Liang Ladi was silent for a while, turned to Zhang Dabao and said this.

"Sister Liang, this is really not the reason. You are overthinking it," said Zhang Dabao.

The motorcycle left the factory and then moved into the staff quarters of the machine repair factory. Liang Ladi was in the last row of the staff quarters. Most of the workers had gone to work, and some shift workers were taking a break, so the whole yard was particularly quiet.

"Sister Liang, we're here." Zhang Dabao looked at the dazed Liang Ladi and pushed her.

Liang Ladi looked up and saw that they had arrived at their doorstep. She quickly got out of the car and asked Damao to boil some water. She soaked the meat in cold water and would cut it into small pieces for a treat after she got off work in the evening.

Zhang Dabao used pheasant feathers to make some shuttlecocks for Damao and his friends, and taught Damao and Ermao how to play shuttlecock. Sanmao was too young, so he ran to pick up the shuttlecocks that his two brothers dropped on the ground. The three brothers had a lot of fun playing.

"Sister Liang, are you going to the factory?" Zhang Dabao saw that she had processed the two chickens. She smeared salt on the pheasant meat and hung them in a ventilated and cool place in the house. She also cleaned up the chicken offal and soaked it in cold water. In the evening, she would stir-fry it with chili peppers to make a delicious dish of stir-fried chicken offal with chili peppers.

"Let's go together." Liang Ladi wiped her hands and got on the motorcycle.

"Director Zhang, you are different from others. They are nice to me, a widow. I know what they want to do. Don't they just want to sleep with me? But do I appreciate the little favors they give me? That Cui Dake wants to marry me with just a few sausages. He really doesn't know what he is talking about," said Liang Ladi.

"Cui Dake is not a good person. He is a thief in the village. I just said a few words to him. I will have a chance to talk to Director Liu Feng about it," said Zhang Dabao.

"I really want to be with you. I know you have a partner, and I won't cling to you. I'm a widow and I just want to find someone to rely on. Sometimes I feel it's too hard to be alone," Liang Ladi said, leaning her head on Zhang Dabao's shoulder.

"Are you having any difficulties now?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"You exchanged grain for me from the factory, and many people wanted to take advantage of me and came to my house to borrow grain. I refused them, and they said bad things about me. Cui Dake often pestered me. Also, the children are grown up, but Xiu'er is still so young and there is no one to take care of the children for me. Damao should also go to school. I really don't know what to do," Liang Ladi said, and began to cry.

"I have to go on a business trip in the next few days, a long trip. When I come back, I will take care of all these things for you. Just hold on for another month." Zhang Dabao couldn't bear to see women cry, especially the beautiful woman he liked.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back." At this time, Liang Ladi looked like a wronged young wife.

After sending Liang Ladi to the workshop door, Zhang Dabao went to the factory director's office to collect the money for the meat, said a few words to Liu Feng, and returned to Yard 95.

When I arrived at the yard, I didn't see Jia Dongxu, but the key to the gate of Chunfeng Hutong that I had hung behind the door was missing. It seemed that He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu had already gone to No. 10 Chunfeng Hutong, because I told He Yuzhu where I put the key.

After a day of contact with wild boars, Zhang Dabao had an unpleasant smell on his body, so he hurried to the cross-yard to wash and change into clean clothes.

"Banggeng, are you guys out of school?" Zhang Dabao saw the goose-feeding trio Jia Geng, Yan Jiedi and Niu Xiaozheng at the door of the house.

"The last class this afternoon is labor. Instead of working in school, it is better to go home and work. My seventh uncle's goose is laying eggs now. I collected five yesterday, and there may be more today," Banggeng said happily.

"Really? That's great. Don't forget to ask your father for money when you sell it," Zhang Dabao instructed Bang Geng.

"Of course I have to ask for money. Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. This business belongs to everyone, not mine. My mother ate the goose eggs, so of course my father has to pay," said Bang Geng.

After talking to Zhang Dabao for a few words, the three of them went to the cross-yard. Then Yan Jiedi and Niu Xiaozheng came out with baskets, and Bang Geng followed behind.

"Six today? One more than yesterday. You guys fed them really well," said Zhang Dabao, looking at the basket of eggs.

"I have one more egg, but the goose pinched me twice. It hurts so much," Banggeng said while rubbing his thigh.

"If you want to gain something, you must pay. Why does the goose lay eggs? It wants to give birth to goslings. The eggs are the goose's children. You take someone else's child, so isn't it normal for you to be pinched a few times?" Zhang Dabao said.

"But the big geese only pinched me. They didn't even raise their mouths to Aunt Si Ni and Xiao Zheng. All eight geese surrounded me," said Bang Geng.

"Why don't we let Jie Di and Xiao Zheng go to pick up eggs? Your father and brother Zhuzi went to Chunfeng Hutong to slaughter pigs. There must be pig bladders. Don't you want to cut the grass? Go there and take a look. It's so fun. You can even kick it like a ball," said Zhang Dabao.

"Is there a pig bladder? I have to go quickly." Banggeng no longer felt the pain in his legs. He put the eggs in his room, then went out with Yan Jiedi and Niu Xiaozheng, carrying the baskets on their backs.

Zhang Dabao made some tea, sat on a chair at the door, and enjoyed the cool breeze. He felt particularly comfortable at this moment.