Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

At 2:30 in the afternoon, Zhang Dasong left home, was carried up the mountain, and buried in the family cemetery. Zhang Dabao went to see him off.

With the death of Zhang Dasong, new problems arose. He still had a younger son, Zhang Shouping, who had not yet started a family. His wife was already 45 years old this year. It must have been difficult for her to raise this young son alone, so things had to be discussed and Zhang Dabao could not leave yet.

After sending Zhang Cuihua, Jia Dongxu and He Yuzhu to the highway, Zhang Dabao returned to Zhangjia Village.

Zhang Zhiling is the clan leader, Zhang Zhixia and Zhang Zhian are the elders, the six brothers of Zhang Dabao, and the three brothers Zhang Shoucheng, Zhang Shouan and Zhang Shouping are holding a meeting at Zhang Dasong's house.

"Shoucheng, what are your plans?" Zhang Zhiling asked Zhang Shoucheng.

"Fourth Grandpa, my wife is pregnant now, and it's not convenient for her to drive the cart and unload the goods with me. Let my mother and I go to the city, and the third child can follow us. Xiaojuan and I can still live a good life now," said Zhang Shoucheng.

"Shou'an, what do you mean?" Zhang Zhiling asked Zhang Shou'an again.

"Fourth Grandpa, it's good for my mother and Shouping to move to the city. I always feel uncomfortable at home after my father passed away. Let's live somewhere else. I have also become a regular employee and I give my mother five yuan a month. My family only has one room and it may not be enough. She will live with my brother first. When I save some money, I will buy another room and take turns with eldest brother's family," said Zhang Shouan.

"Eldest brother's wife, what do you think?" Zhang Zhiling asked Zhang Dasong's wife.

"Fourth uncle, Dasong's death was unjust." Zhang Dasong's wife started crying again.

"It was an injustice before, but it's not now. A big fire broke out in Liujia Village last night. All 1203 people in the village, except for the idiot who was caught by the police, all men, women and children, died. God has finally gotten his revenge," said Zhang Zhiling.

"God has eyes, Dasong, did you hear that?" Zhang Dasong's wife started crying again.

"Howl again later. You heard what Shoucheng and Shouan said. Tell me what you think," Zhang Zhiling asked.

"I will go to the city with him. The third child is still young. I, a woman, cannot go to school and find a wife. The eldest and second sons will have to help," said Zhang Dasong's wife.

"We should help, but we will do it to the best of our ability. We agreed in advance that both of them got their jobs with the help of Dabiao. They don't have the ability to help Shouping stay in the city. Now Dabiao's cousin doesn't run the factory anymore, and Dabiao's official position has been removed from office. He can't do anything about it. So from now on you can only rely on your own abilities," Zhang Zhiling gave a shot of prevention in advance.

"I understand, Fourth Uncle. Whether Shouping is a good or bad person depends on himself. He still has a house and land in the village. He can survive if he comes back." Zhang Dasong's wife's attitude was quite satisfactory.

"Do you think this is feasible?" Zhang Zhiling asked Zhang Dabai, Zhang Dayang and others, and everyone said this was a good idea.

"Everything has been discussed. Let's just leave it at that. We'll visit Dasong's grave tomorrow morning and then go about our business." Zhang Zhiling ended the meeting.

Zhang Dabiao did not go home, but came to the family cemetery. At this time, his cultivation in his body kept turning, and another breakthrough came. In the hut, Zhang Dabiao was surrounded by white gas coming out of his body. From evening to morning, the flow of true qi in Zhang Dabiao's body stopped, and he entered the fifth level of foundation building.

"Tao follows nature" is what it should be like. When we practice Taoism, we are fighting against heaven for our lives. We should live according to our hearts. If we shrink back from everything, what kind of Taoist are we?

After taking off his dirty clothes, Zhang Dabao took out a towel and water from the space, simply wiped his body, changed his clothes, and came to Zhang Dasong's grave. Looking at his elder brother buried in the ground, he couldn't help but shook his head.

"Uncle, have you stayed here all night?" Zhang Shouan came first, followed by Zhang Shoucheng and Zhang Shouping. Zhang Dasong's wife was lying on the grave and crying.

"Okay, stop crying. Sixth brother and the others are still waiting for you. We've already wasted a day yesterday. We can't delay any longer today. It's winter now, and the delivery station is the busiest time." Zhang Dabao persuaded his sister-in-law, touched Zhang Shouping's head, and asked Zhang Shouan and Zhang Shoucheng to carry their mother up and go down the mountain.

After they left, Zhang Dabiao went to his parents' graves and sat there until noon. He couldn't understand why monks didn't have emotions. If you don't even have the most basic desires and don't even care about your parents and children, are you still a person? What are you cultivating?

"Da Biao, do you miss your third brother?" Zhang Zhiling came to the cemetery.

"I do miss him a little. When he died, he was not even older than my eldest brother. Fourth uncle, why do people live? Once you close your eyes, you're gone," said Zhang Dabao.

"Life, aging, sickness and death are all reincarnation. They are dead now, maybe they will be reborn into a good family in the future and live a good life. Dabao, the fire in Liujia Village..." Zhang Zhiling was interrupted by Zhang Dabao before he finished his question.

"Fourth uncle, I said that Zhang Dasong's death cannot be in vain. They are using fools to fool us, so I will let them fool us. If I don't do this, there will be others who will do the same in the future. We must make them all remember that no one in Zhangjia Village should be offended," said Zhang Dabao, standing up.

"Da Biao, most people..." Zhang Zhiling was encouraged after hearing his nephew's words.

"Fourth Uncle, no snowflake is innocent during an avalanche. There is no such thing as worthy of death or not, they are all the same in my eyes," said Zhang Dabao.

Zhang Zhiling didn't know what to say. Zhang Dayou found him this morning and told him about the fire in Liujia Village and what Zhang Dabao said at that time. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he wanted to find Zhang Dabao to ask clearly, but he didn't expect such an answer.

"Uncle, I'm going abroad next year. I may not be back often, and you'll need to worry about things at home. Don't hide or be afraid if something happens. Go to the steel mill to find Li Huaide and ask him to call me," Zhang Dabao turned around and said to Zhang Zhiling.

"Didn't your cousin get transferred?" Zhang Zhiling asked.

"Once he's transferred away, can't he be transferred back? He can go back before the New Year, don't worry. What about Dazheng? Has he left?" Zhang Dabao's mood returned to normal.

"I left with Dasen and the others early this morning. Did Dabia, Dazheng and Shouying also borrow your money to buy a house?" Zhang Zhiling asked.

"What a coincidence! It's right next to our courtyard. Dongxu heard that someone was selling a house. At that time, the three of them had just been recruited and would definitely stay in the city in the future. With their qualifications, it was not known when they would be allocated a house, so they might as well buy one, which would be convenient for them to get married in the future," Zhang Dabia explained.

"Houses in the city are so expensive..." Zhang Zhiling seemed to want to give money.

"Fourth Uncle, this matter has nothing to do with you. It's a matter between me and the three of them. They have become regular employees and earn about 30 yuan a month. They can save money quickly," said Zhang Dabao.

"That's true. I didn't expect Da Zheng to be so lucky. Da Biao, the one I was most worried about was Da Zheng. He was not good at studying and working. He must have been like Da Song in the village, neither high nor low. But now, he has moved to the city, has a stable job and a house. Thank you so much," said Zhang Zhiling.

"Why are you thanking me? My great-grandfather is right there. Isn't he also Da Zheng's great-grandfather? Let's go. It's time for me to go back too." Zhang Dabao and Zhang Zhiling went down the mountain together.