Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After leaving Wen's house, Zhang Dabao came to the mining machinery factory again. This time he did not enter the factory. Instead, he asked the guard to call Yu Haitang at the radio station and said that someone named Zhang was looking for him on a three-wheeled motorcycle. Then, after a few minutes, Yu Haitang came out and said a few words to Zhang Dabao. She went into the factory to ask for leave, and then came to the textile factory to find Yu Li. The three of them came to Yu Li's courtyard together.

I told them about the plan to go to Hong Kong. They were both very happy and played poker until midnight. After daybreak, they transferred the house to Zhang Dabao. As Zhang Dabao was poor in money but rich in road, he gave each of them 2,000 yuan. They took the money with them. Since the house now belonged to Zhang Dabao, they didn't have to pack anything. They would go back to the factory today to handle the resignation procedures. Three days later, they would take a bus to the south.

After finishing all this, it was almost noon. Zhang Dabao sent the two of them to their workplace and returned to Yard 95.

Having not slept well last night, Zhang Dabao began to make up for his sleep when he got home. It was not very cold now, but not hot at all either, so it was the perfect time for him to have a good sleep, so he slept until sunset.

After coming out of the house and washing his face, Banggeng and his friends had finished their meal and were playing the game of statues with Yan Jiedi, Niu Xiaozheng, Guo Xiaobao, and He Jingshu. Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiekuang were standing aside watching and making moves against the people chasing them from time to time.

When "Brother Dabao" Yan Jiedi saw Zhang Dabao coming out, she hurried over.

"Yan Di, is there something wrong?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"Brother Dabiao, didn't you say that you would plant vegetables when the weather gets cold? Are you still planting them?" Yan Jiedi asked.

"Of course we have to plant it. If you hadn't asked me, I would have almost forgotten about it. How many days are left until Sunday? Come and help me," said Zhang Dabao.

"Seventh Uncle, today is Tuesday, and there are still five days," Banggeng said.

"Banggeng, can you count? Today is Tuesday, and Sunday is in five days? Is your teacher not teaching well, or are you not learning well?" Jia Dongxu came over.

"Isn't seven minus two equal to five? There's nothing wrong with that," Bang Geng retorted.

"There's nothing wrong with seven minus two, but is that how you calculate the next few days? Can't you just count? Wednesday is one day, Thursday is one day, Friday is one day, plus Saturday, how many days are there in total? Is it five days?" Jia Dongxu asked his son.

"It really is four days. Dad, didn't you slack off every day when you were in school? How come you are still slacking off?" Bang Geng asked.

"Banggeng, your father can't touch the fish. If he touches the fish, he will get sick and it will cost money," He Yuzhu came over and said.

"You're everywhere. Can't you see that I'm teaching the children to count?" Jia Dongxu said angrily to He Yuzhu.

"You can still teach children?" He Yuzhu curled his lips, obviously not believing it.

"You..." Jia Dongxu was speechless.

"Banggeng, when calculating this kind of problem, we cannot start from Tuesday because Tuesday has already passed," Yan Jiedi said to Banggeng.

"Thank you, Aunt Si Ni," Bang Geng said thank you to Yan Jie Di very politely.

"Seventh Uncle, if you want to grow vegetables directly in the ground, can they survive in the winter?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Of course it can't survive. We need to build a greenhouse. I'll find someone to do it tomorrow." Zhang Dabiao thought of the construction team in the factory. After pouring concrete, the workers will not be able to work for a period of time, so they will be arranged to do odd jobs in other places. Tonight, I will go to the old city wall and find a few old houses to collect bricks and wood. Tomorrow, I will go to the mountain to pack some things and come back to provide meals. I will cut more grass from the mountain and ask the people in the yard to help weave it into a grass quilt. There are a lot of plastic sheets in my space. The materials are basically all ready. It will be done in one day the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is Saturday. Since the sweet potatoes have just been harvested in the field, it is very soft. I will ask Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangfu, Yan Jiekuang and others to turn it over a little, and it can be planted on Sunday.

With a plan in mind, the action also has a direction. Zhang Dabiao went out for a while, saying he was going to make a phone call, and then came back after a while.

At midnight, Zhang Dabiao collected more than 10,000 bricks and placed them at the gate of the courtyard. Yan Bugui was shocked when he opened the gate. When did he place so many bricks neatly? There was no sound at all.

"Brother Da Biao's bricks were moved so quickly? His friends are really amazing?" Yan Jiekuang went out to wash his face and also saw the bricks at the door.

"Is this a big-name brick?" Yan Bugui asked his youngest son.

"Of course, Brother Da Biao wants to build a greenhouse in the courtyard to grow vegetables in winter, and he asked me and Jie Di to help on Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow, Brother Da Biao will go to the mountain and said he would treat Jie Di and me to four meals," Yan Jiekuang said proudly.

"Eat four meals? Didn't you tell me and your mother to help? Aren't we more capable than you and Jie Di?" Yan Bugui asked quickly when he heard his son say to eat four meals.

"Do you know how to play the game of statues? Brother Dabiao said that the people who can participate in the game of statues include brothers Dongxu and Zhuzi," Yan Jiedi asked her father after going out.

"I know how to play the game of statues, but how can I play it with you guys? It's really a shame that I can't eat the good things again," Yan Bugui said with a sigh.

Zhang Dabao went to the factory, borrowed a truck, hired workers, told them his requirements for the greenhouse, and then drove the truck up the mountain.

It should be late autumn now, and the vegetation on the mountain is still lush, but a considerable part of the grass and leaves have turned yellow. Yellow wheat straw is the best for making quilts. Of course, this kind of grass is also very useful on the roof, even better than wheat straw.

But now is a difficult time and basically no new houses are being built, so there are large areas of yellow wheat grass on the mountain.

The sickle in his hand flew like flying, and whole pieces of grass fell down. Then he tied them up one by one and put them into the space. He had almost finished mowing the grass in the morning. After there was enough grass, he went hunting. Now was the time when wild rabbits were most active, and he caught more than ten in more than an hour.

If you want to invite people to dinner, you need big animals, so Zhang Dabao went to the top of the mountain and stood at the highest point to observe the movement tracks of the animals in the mountains.

There was a group of wild boars foraging on a distant hillside. Zhang Dabao leaped a few times and came to the hillside where the wild boars were. He kept shooting arrows with the bow in his hand, and five wild boars were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

He put the wild boar into the space, put it at the rear of the truck, put the grass on the truck, sealed the truck, and went to the repair shop as usual.

There were two things I came to the machine repair factory for this time. One was to find Nan Yi and ask him if he was willing to go out. The other was to find Liang Ladi. I had promised her something before I went on a business trip and I had to fulfill my promise.

"Director Liu" saw Director Liu Feng again at the entrance of the machine repair factory canteen.

"Da Biao, you pulled the grass? What are you going to use it for?" Liu Feng asked enthusiastically.

"There are wild boars under the grass. I'll give you two," said Zhang Dabao.

"Really?" Liu Feng was happy. The factory's production task was tight right now and they were short of oil and water.

"I have come all the way here to entertain you, but there is something I want to discuss with you," said Zhang Dabao.