Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"It's not easy to quit. I'll do it step by step." Every time Jia Dongxu felt uncomfortable after drinking too much, he would think to himself that he would never drink again and he must quit. But when he encountered a drinking party again, he could not help but pick up the wine again without anyone's persuasion.

"A dog will never change its nature of eating shit," Zhang Cuihua cursed.

"Go call Brother Zhuzi and your aunt over, let's eat together. I made stew today, add some vinegar when you eat it, it will be sour and help you sober up," Zhang Dabao said to Jia Dongxu.

"Okay, I'm still a little hungry. Did I vomit at noon today?" Jia Dongxu stood up and asked Zhang Dabao.

"What are you vomiting? Have you eaten anything? You just took a few bites of food and you passed out. Next time when you want to drink, drink at home. Don't drink outside," Zhang Dabao laughed at Jia Dongxu.

"Da Biao, did you drink with Dongxu?" Zhang Cuihua sat in the seat that originally belonged to Jia Dongxu.

"Today I went to the post office to invite Director Shi to attend my wedding, and Director Shi insisted on staying for dinner. The three of us ate together. Director Shi thinks highly of him," Zhang Dabao said to his eldest sister.

"He has to live up to other people's respect. I'll go see Youfu tomorrow and have a good talk with him. Dongxu has made some progress now. I'll have something to say to Youfu when I see him in the future." As Zhang Cuihua spoke, tears welled up on her face again.

"Don't mention Brother Youfu. If he had changed his name earlier, he wouldn't have died in his thirties. Jia Youfu, is this a human name? It doesn't sound like a lucky name," Zhang Dabao advised Zhang Cuihua.

"I get angry when I talk about this. Jia Dongxu, that bastard, actually asked his third uncle to change his name. Is he going to change his father's name as well?" Zhang Cuihua said.

"There is no need to change the names of Brother Youfu and Brother Youwang. They are both gone. After changing, they may not receive the money you sent. You can also take some dishes from here tomorrow. I fried a lot. There is nothing delicious at Brother Shitou's house either," Jia Youcai said to Zhang Cuihua.

"Did you fry the vegetables?" Zhang Cuihua realized belatedly that Zhang Dabao had prepared the dishes.

"Isn't it normal to fry vegetables? Who doesn't bring fried vegetables when visiting graves?" Zhang Dabao asked Zhang Cuihua.

"Da Biao, where can we find oil now? Many families don't fry vegetables during the Chinese New Year," Zhang Cuihua said in surprise.

"I have connections and can get the oil, so just take it. Brother Zhuzi and second sister are here. Has Huairu come back? If she is back, let's have dinner," Zhang Dabao asked Zhang Cuihua.

"I'm back and feeding Huaihua. The food today is so oily that Huaihua can eat her fill again," said Zhang Cuihua, taking a look at the greasy stew.

"Seventh Uncle, what's the dish today? Why does it smell so good?" Jingshu came to Zhang Dabao.

"Today's dish is stewed soup, which is Xiaodang's favorite. I just asked her, do you like it?" Zhang Dabao served Jingshu first.

"I love it too," Jingshu said.

"I love to eat too" Bang Geng also ran in.

"Eat more," Zhang Dabao served the children some food and gave two pieces of meat to Yan Jiedi and Niu Xiaozheng respectively. Because there were many people today, he did not keep them for dinner.

Yan Jie Di brought Coupling back home. The Yan family was quite fair in doing things. All food had to be divided equally among adults and children. The two pieces of Coupling were divided into four pieces because there were only four people in the family and Yan Jiefang had been working in the machinery factory for many years and had never come back.

"It's so delicious. I've only eaten coupled meat twice since liberation, and this is the third time." Yan Bugui took a bite of the coupled meat and savored it carefully, then took a few big bites of the steamed bread until the coupled meat was all eaten.

"Da Biao is really generous. He can even fry vegetables. Life is so good." Yang Ruihua also breathed a sigh of relief.

"He is a county-level leader now, so his quota must be high, and he has many friends. He used to be the head of the purchasing department, so he should have no shortage of supplies," Yan Bugui said to several people at home.

"He is really willing to spend money on food. And all his relatives have benefited from it. Now the He family and the Jia family have benefited greatly from it. He also likes children very much. You can see that Xiaodang is always eating this and that. He lets her eat everything from fruits to snacks. Even the baby's milk powder is brought back from outside by Zhang Dabao. Zhang Cuihua is really blessed to have such relatives," said Yang Ruihua.

People in the courtyard now envy the He and Jia families because their lives have changed fundamentally, especially the Jia family, which was a poor family more than a year ago but has now become the upper-class family in the entire street.

I made an appointment with He Yushui to go to Baoding after the Qingming Festival, and chatted with a few others for a while, and then everyone went home to rest.

Minister Xiao Hai has aged a lot these days. The greatest pain in the world is to see a young person die before you. This is the child that he has grown up with and for whom he has given the most. He was only 20 years old this year, not married yet, and didn't have any children, but he's gone just like that.

Minister Xiao Hai is not going home now. He doesn't want to see the An family, including his lover An Chunhong. Now An Chunyang has been sentenced to death, and the An family has been forcibly repatriated. In this era, the chances of a family of a big criminal surviving are very small, and they don't have the skills to live in the countryside. How can a group of people who are used to a life of luxury adapt to the cruel life in the countryside now?

Minister Xiao Hai is a very wise man. He spent a lot of time thinking and came to the conclusion that it is impossible for An Chunyang to drive his car to hit his own son, his nephew. However, he did it anyway. There were more than 20 witnesses at the scene, and there was no one else in the car. No one believed him if he said it was not him, although An Chunyang kept saying that he was wronged.

An Chunyang deserves to die, but is there any hidden truth behind it? The fact that An Chunyang ran a black market has been found out, and his death is doomed. Adding one more traffic accident or one less does not make much sense. Why does he keep denying it? Xiao Hai wants to meet An Chunyang.

An Chunyang was a serious criminal named by the higher-ups, so he was locked up in prison. When Xiao Hai saw An Chunyang, he almost didn't recognize him. The high-spirited deputy director of the Public Security Bureau was gone. In front of him stood a decadent middle-aged man with dull eyes and difficulty walking.

"Brother-in-law, I swear to God, it wasn't me who hit Yuanfang. I didn't know anything at the time. I might have attracted something, or I was controlled by something. Whether this happened or not, I will be sentenced to death, and no one can save me. There is no need for me to lie to you." An Chunyang saw that it was Xiao Hai who came to see him, and said to him excitedly.

"Chun Yang, I think I treated you well. Now tell me the truth, what happened at that time?" Xiao Hai asked An Chunyang after a moment of thought.

"Brother-in-law, when I got in the car, I felt like someone hit me on the neck, and then I knew nothing. When I woke up, I was at the scene of the accident," said An Chunyang.

"But there was no one else in the car. There were dozens of people at the scene, and you were the only one in the car. No one got out," Xiao Hai asked.