Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

There are thousands of words to say when we part, and I can never finish saying them all, but there always comes a time to say goodbye.

After having a meal with Liu Feng and his wife at the machine repair factory and seeing Liang Ladi off, Zhang Dabao parked the car in front of Liang Ladi's dormitory. She moved her things upstairs, but there wasn't much stuff there. The furniture was basically unusable, and Zhang Dabao didn't let her take anything. She only took some clothes for herself and her children, the mattress that Zhang Dabao gave her, food from the factory, two thermoses, two basins, and a bucket.

While Liang Ladi and the children were packing up, Zhang Dabao found Nan Yi.

"Master Nan, is your wife here?" Zhang Dabao asked with a smile.

"Director Zhang, she is my fiancée Feng Chunliu." Nan Yi introduced Feng Chunliu.

"Let's go to Beijing. If you have no place to live, I have an empty courtyard. You can live there first. Go to the factory tomorrow to get a letter of introduction and get the marriage certificate. I will handle the formalities for your wife, and we will leave in a few days," Zhang Dabao said to the two.

"Thank you, Director Zhang. How about we stay at your house for a few days?" Nan Yi knew that he would be Zhang Dabao's soldier from now on, so he didn't hesitate.

"Okay, pack up your things and we'll leave together later. Are there many things at home?" Zhang Dabao asked Nan Yi.

"There are things to pack. I only need to take my cooking tools. Forget about the rest. Also, take a few pounds of food with you," said Nan Yi.

"Okay, the car is right in front of my cousin's door. Come over when you've packed up and we'll go together," Zhang Dabao said to the two of them and came to Liang Ladi's door again.

"Sister Liang, we can't have no one to take care of the child. Is there no one from my parents' home who can come over? If you give me five or six yuan a month, and provide food and accommodation, it should be okay," said Zhang Dabao.

"Yes, yes, she's here. Is it convenient for you to come over?" Liang Ladi asked in a low voice.

"There are two courtyards there, separated by an alley. It's not inconvenient. When I look for you, you can go to that courtyard and tell her that you are going to the factory to work overtime. It's very close to the factory," said Zhang Dabao.

"That's fine. I'll write the letter tomorrow," Liang Ladi said with a smile.

"It would be better if you could just go back directly. It would be quick too. You could take the children with you and bring some food back with you. Then you can say that you have been transferred to the city and your salary has increased," Zhang Dabao suggested to her.

"Thank you, Da Biao," Liang Ladi said gently.

"Director Zhang, we are here." Nan Yi and Feng Chunliu came over. Liang Ladi had almost packed her things. After talking to the neighbors, the adults and children got on the car and came to the capital.

First, they dropped Nan Yi and the other person off at Chunfeng Hutong, and made an appointment to meet at the factory tomorrow, and then went straight to the small courtyard where Yu Haitang used to live at the Mining Machinery Factory.

Yu Haitang had not been back for a long time because her mother often came to see her. The yard was full of leaves and dust. Liang Ladi came here, looked around first, then raised her head, trying not to let her tears flow. She had never dreamed that she would live in a separate yard in the capital, and that her three sons could live there when they got married.

"Mom, I don't dare to sleep in a room alone," Ermao came over and said.

"You three brothers will sleep in one room. Let's pack up quickly." Liang Ladi wiped her eyes and started to get busy, while Zhang Dabao moved her things from the car to the yard.

"Young man, why are you moving things in? Isn't this my daughter's house?" Yu Haitang's mother came again.

"I don't know who it belonged to before, but now I have bought it. You can go to the street office to ask. Don't come here again. If you come again, the police will arrest you," Zhang Dabao said to her.

"Sold it? Where's the money?" Yu Haitang's mother asked again.

"Of course it's held by the original owner. How can it be given to me? Get out of the way!" Zhang Dabao yelled at her. She thought about it and ran towards the mining machinery factory.

Now, when Yu Haitang's mother thought about the money her second daughter had for a small courtyard, which must be at least a thousand yuan, she felt very excited. She knew her daughter's unit and wanted to meet her and ask for the money.

"Comrade, please help me call Yu Haitang. I'm her mother and there's an emergency at home." In order to see her daughter, Yu's mother also thought of a way.

"Yu Haitang is no longer in the factory. I heard that he went to work in another place. He has been gone for three or four days," the security guard said to Yu's mother.

"Not working here anymore?" Yu's mother almost collapsed. What should she do if she couldn't find her daughter?

"Isn't she a formal employee? What's her position?" Yu's mother asked again.

"It's sold. The new announcer has reported in today." The security guard's words were simply unacceptable to Yu's mother. She sat down on the ground. She had been thinking about her daughter's house and her job, but in the end, all her efforts were in vain. She had nothing left.

She thought about it, and then thought about her eldest daughter, and then ran to the textile factory again. She got the same result. Yu Li also sold her job and left, also to another place.

"Beasts, two beasts..." No matter how much she wailed, the Yu sisters could not hear her.

While Liang Ladi and her three sons were cleaning up the place, Zhang Dabao took the opportunity to ride out on his motorcycle and brought back about ten kilograms of meat, more than twenty kilograms of flour, about twenty kilograms of rice, some daily necessities, and two cooked dishes.

"Let's have a drink tonight?" Zhang Dabao asked Liang Ladi.

"Drink it if you want. Why should I be afraid of you?" Liang Ladi said with a red face.

Two meat dishes, two green vegetables, and an egg soup, two adults, four children and three children started to eat. Xiu'er is still young and can only eat some complementary food, and still mainly drink milk. Thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao also specially prepared milk powder. In this way, when Liang Ladi doesn't have to come back from work all day, the child can just drink milk powder.

The night came quietly. Liang Ladi's three sons were tired today and had eaten a full meal at night, so they went to bed early. Liang Ladi also coaxed her daughter to sleep. She spent the rest of the night playing games with Zhang Dabao. Everything happened naturally and everything was done without words.

The lingering butterflies danced, and the free and graceful orioles chirped. Zhang Dabiao liked Liang Ladi's voice very much, which was particularly beautiful.

"Sister Liang, aren't you going back to your parents' home today? Get up quickly, the children will be waking up soon," said Zhang Dabao, patting Liang Ladi's butt.

"Is it dawn yet? I slept so well." The lazy look makes people like him from the bottom of their hearts.

"Get up, there is a long way to go," Zhang Dabao emphasized.

"Go away, am I afraid of you?" Liang Ladi was obviously unconvinced.

She got up, cooked, and washed the faces of the two children. Zhang Dabao gave her 500 yuan and asked her to report to the factory the next day. He would contact the nearby schools. There was a nursery in the factory, so she could bring Ermao and Sanmao to the factory, and let someone from her hometown take care of the younger daughter.

He sent them to the car and told her to take a tricycle when she came back, and then went to the steel rolling mill. He had two things to do in the factory today. One was to handle the procedures for Nan Yi's girlfriend Feng Chunliu; the other was to go to the newly built workshop to see if there was anything that was easy to destroy.