Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Meals are provided, and there's 60 cents added to the rent. Director Xu, thank you so much. Let me kowtow to you." Zhang Zhiling was a little excited.

"No, I dare not. Dabiao always calls me brother. You are his cousin, so I should also call you uncle. If I ask you to kowtow to me, will I still be able to see Dabiao?" Xu Sinian quickly stopped Zhang Zhiling.

"Secretary Zhang, this is the first thing. The second thing is that the factory plans to provide 5,000 kilograms of corn to support your village. However, you cannot take the food for free. You need to carry out tasks. You need to repair the roads in and outside the village. I wonder if your village can still arrange people to come?" Xu Sinian said again.

"We can arrange it. Those villagers in good health can go to the city to help, and those in average health and the women can stay at home to repair the roads. It's obviously our own village business, but you ask the factory to produce the products. What do you think I will say?" Zhang Zhiling's eyes were a little red.

"Secretary Zhang, we are not outsiders. Our factory director Yang will be transferred to the ministry next. The new factory director has also been basically decided, and that is Director Li. He is Dabiao's uncle and Dabiao's mother's cousin. Can family members have different opinions?" Xu Sinian said with a smile.

"Third sister-in-law's cousin, I heard from Dasen and others that third sister-in-law's sister has been found, and she is also a high-ranking official in the city. I didn't expect that the cousin has also been found and is helping us so much. We can't do anything to help him, you say..." Zhang Zhiling didn't know what to say.

"Secretary Zhang, Secretary Zhang is also your niece?" Xu Sinian changed the subject.

"My nieces? I have three nieces in total. The oldest is Cuihua, and the next is Lianhua. We three brothers have only one daughter who is still in junior high school and has not yet joined the workforce. None of my nieces are executives. Cuihua, are there any other people in our village who work outside the village? Except for you guys?" Zhang Zhiling asked Zhang Cuihua after he finished speaking.

"Fourth Uncle, Director Xu is talking about me. I am currently the secretary of the Women's Federation, and Director Xu is our leader in charge," Zhang Cuihua said proudly.

"Cuihua, are you a cadre now?" Zhang Zhiling almost knocked over the teapot on the table.

"Secretary Zhang, Comrade Zhang Cuihua has strong working ability and high consciousness. She has not been in the factory for long, but has made many contributions. Therefore, the factory has promoted her as an exception. She is now a clerk at the section level. Secretary Zhang, Comrade Cuihua's superior is definitely not a clerk. She could be a deputy section chief or section chief," Xu Sinian explained.

"A section-level clerk? Cuihua, you are amazing. I have been a village cadre for all these years, and I am only a non-staff section-level clerk," said Zhang Zhiling.

"It's all thanks to the leaders for your cultivation. Fourth uncle, you sit with Director Xu for a while. I've finally come back, so I'd like to visit your house and see my aunt." Zhang Cuihua said to Xu Sinian and Zhang Zhiling, then left.

"Sister Cuihua"

"Cuihua, are you a worker now?..."

Walking on the familiar path in the village, Zhang Cuihua greeted these familiar people, came to Zhang Zhiling's house, and presented her gifts. "Aunt, I haven't come back to visit my relatives since Youfu passed away. Now that my family is better than before, I thought about coming back to see you. It happened that my leader and I came to our village on a business trip. These are canned food and snacks," Zhang Cuihua said to Zhang Zhiling's wife after presenting the gifts.

Zhang Cuihua's words almost stunned Zhang Zhiling's wife. It was really unlike Zhang Cuihua to say such words, but that face was too familiar. It was her husband's niece Zhang Cuihua.

Zhang Zhiling is one year older than Zhang Cuihua. Zhang Cuihua was not married yet when they got married, so Zhang Zhiling's wife had the good fortune to see Zhang Cuihua swearing and quarreling.

"Cuihua, are you working in the factory?" asked Zhang Zhiling's wife.

"Aunt, Dongxu was not satisfied with his work at the factory. Just then, Dabiao rescued a child from the water. To thank Dabiao, they transferred Dongxu to the post office. Now he is a postman, and I took his position at the steel mill and joined the factory." Zhang Cuihua said.

"That's good. Now that you've got a job in the factory, the family can have more income. In this year, everything costs money. No matter how much you save, it's never enough. It's better to earn more money." Zhang Zhiling's wife nodded repeatedly.

"Are you on a business trip with your leader? What good can our village produce? By the way, we are better than other villages. Our wheat has been planted. Would you like to come and see the wheat? I went to see it, and the seedlings are pretty good," said Fourth Aunt.

"Aunt Four, this business trip is to help our village. Dabiao has made great contributions in the factory. He doesn't ask for anything. He just wants the factory to help our village. The factory leaders agreed. By the way, Dabiao's cousin is the next director of our factory. The factory leaders know that the harvest in the village is not good, so they have taken out some grain and some temporary workers to generate income for the village," said Zhang Cuihua.

"Our village is much better off than other villages. At least we have sweet potatoes to eat. Why don't we help Zhengjia Village? My mother only eats one meal a day, and I don't know if she can survive this winter," asked Fourth Aunt.

"Aunt Four, without Zhang Dabao, who among the factory leaders would know about Zhangjia Village? Not to mention the Zheng family and the Jia family. Dongxu's third uncle's family also eats one meal a day, and it mainly consists of wild vegetables. Youcai just turned 40 this year, and he looks older than me," said Zhang Cuihua.

"Cuihua, you are lucky to be working outside. Dabiao is also a capable man and has been a great help to you all. Now Dasen and the others have also followed you into the city, driving horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts. It's so much better than living in the village..." Fourth Aunt muttered enviously.

Then Zhang Cuihua came out of Zhang Zhiling's house and went to Zhang Zhian and Zhang Zhixia's houses, and said the same thing again; after coming out of her uncles' house, she first went to her younger brother Zhang Dasong's house and gave the bacon in her hand. Knowing that Zhang Dasen's family were not in the village, she directly gave Zhang Dasong's family two kilograms of meat. Zhang Dasong's wife was so happy that she called her sister all the time, and there was no trace of the look of driving people away as she did last winter.

Zhang Cuihua was also relieved. Her brother's family life was actually very ordinary. Under such circumstances, it was already quite good that he could take her family in for a few days. If it were her, the situation would be really hard to say.

After refusing her brothers' invitation to stay for dinner, Zhang Cuihua returned to the village office. Xu Sinian and Zhang Zhiling had almost finished discussing some details. It was time for noon, and Zhang Zhiling held Xu Sinian and refused to let him go. They ate in the village and left. Xu Sinian gave Zhang Zhiling three days. Three days later, in the morning, the factory sent a car to pick up the people, and the first batch of 2000 kilograms of corn aid was delivered.

After dinner, Xu Sinian and Zhang Cuihua left, but Zhangjia Village fell into a bustle. Zhang Cuihua had visited eight relatives that morning and told all the news, emphasizing that the village benefited from her brother Zhang Dabao. After they left, many people wanted to verify the truth of this matter, so before going to work, everyone came to the village office without an appointment.