Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Xu Damao is the leader of this exchange group. Returning to Beijing after more than two months, he felt as if everything has changed and tears were flowing before he could speak.

"Captain Xu, here is our itinerary," the receptionist was very polite and took out the itinerary plan after everyone checked into the hotel.

"It's great, but I want to go home for the last half day. My hometown is Hongxing Street in Beijing," Xu Damao said to the staff.

"Captain Xu, I will report to the leader now." The staff member went out, and after a while, a leader from the Ministry of Culture came over.

"Captain Xu, I didn't expect that we are all from Beijing. We will send a car to accompany you when the time comes," said a leader named Liu who was in charge of the reception.

Xu Damao thanked him. The political system was different now and they didn't understand Xu Damao, so it wouldn't work if he went alone.

Zhang Dabao did not go with Xu Damao and the others, but acted on his own and returned to Yard 95.

The backyard became even more deserted. Now Xiaodang had also gone to the factory nursery. The only people left in the backyard were Liu Guangfu, Second Aunt, Qin Jingru and Huaihua.

Huaihua can sit by herself now. Her little face is rosy. She looks at the unfamiliar Zhang Dabao with curiosity. She grabs Zhang Dabao's face with both hands. Zhang Dabao picks her up. Instead of crying, she giggles.

Now the women in the yard have no time to chat, they are all doing handicrafts, so the whole yard is quiet.

After playing with Sophora japonica for more than an hour, she felt sleepy. Zhang Dabao returned the sleeping Sophora japonica to Qin Jingru and went back home. After resting for a while at home, he took some gifts and came to the middle courtyard. The second sister Zhang Lianhua was at home. She did not go to work and could not go to work in the near future. She had two sons to take care of. She ate lunch with Qin Jingru because she was sometimes too busy.

"Second sister, are the children naughty?" Zhang Dabao said to the two fat boys.

"Fortunately, the eldest one usually doesn't cry, and the second one cries a little, but they can eat and sleep well. How are father-in-law and Yushui now?" Zhang Lianhua asked.

"My father-in-law is doing well. He has resumed his old job in the restaurant and has made a lot of friends there. Yu Shui is also pregnant, and has been pregnant for a while," said Zhang Dabao.

"That's great. You'll be back after staying for a few days and then leaving?" Zhang Lianhua asked again.

"I couldn't stay for a few days and came back with Xu Damao. Their unit had a cultural exchange task. After they finished the exchange, it was time for me to go back," said Zhang Dabao.

The brother and sister chatted for a while, and then Zhang Dabao left the hospital. This time he planned to stay for a few days, so he went to visit his aunt first.

Zhang Dabao didn't want to go to Wang Xiuqin's house, so he went to the street office.

"Yu Shui is pregnant, thank God, that's great. If your mother knew, she would be so happy." Wang Xiuqin shed tears of joy when she heard the news that He Yu Shui was pregnant.

Wang Xiuqin told Zhang Dabao many things to pay attention to. The two chatted until they were almost off work and did not go to Wang Xiuqin's house for dinner. Zhang Dabao said he had something else to do, so he left the street office and went to the police station to see Cao Lianbiao. He also picked him up and went to the post office to call Director Shi Chulai and Jia Dongxu. The group came to Compound No. 95.

Jia Dongxu was called back naturally to cook. What Jia Dongxu is most famous for now is not that he is the team leader, but that he can cook delicious dishes. A colleague at the post office had a wedding at home, and the chef they hired was unable to come due to an emergency. When Jia Dongxu learned that his subordinate was busy, he took over without hesitation and conquered everyone with his superb cooking skills.

"Captain Jia, have you been transferred to work in a big hotel now?" some neighbors asked him.

"Brother Zhou, I'm not going to a big restaurant. I'm still at the post office. When I have nothing to do, I follow my uncle-in-law, He Yuzhu, or Shazhu, to learn a few tricks. And my seventh uncle also taught me a lot of cooking methods," Jia Dongxu said proudly.

"Vice Chairman Zhang, such a high-ranking leader, can also cook?" some neighbors asked.

"My seventh uncle knows everything. He is a naturally smart person." Jia Dongxu became even more proud when talking about his seventh uncle.

"That's right. How old is Vice Chairman Zhang? He's already such a big leader. It's really amazing." The neighbors praised Zhang Dabiao, Zhang Cuihua and Jia Dongxu, making Jia Dongxu almost proud. As a result, the news that he could cook well spread, and it was spread even more widely than when he became the captain.

Jia Dongxu went to the kitchen, picked up the kitchen knife, and started working hard, making stir-fried pork, twice-cooked pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, and braised pork slices. Jia Dongxu made a piece of meat into many different shapes, and because his seventh uncle was back from a business trip, he also made hand-rolled noodles.

"Dad, did you buy meat? Are you having good news?" Banggeng came back. He was particularly sensitive to smells, and after entering the yard, he went straight to the kitchen in the backyard.

"Dad, why don't you say anything? Did you help someone cook and they gave it to you? Did you steal it?" Banggeng kept asking.

"Get out!" Jia Dongxu shouted at his son.

"Please explain clearly, you are a cadre now, and my grandmother was also a cadre. How could you do such a thing? It's so shameful. Must we eat meat? Look, you also made noodles with both meat and noodles. We can eat it today, but not tomorrow," Banggeng continued to nag.

"Get lost!" Jia Dongxu said again.

"Dongxu, can't you just talk to the child properly?" Zhang Dabao came out of the house. He really couldn't imagine how Banggeng had become like this and talked too much.

"Seventh Uncle, you're back!" Banggeng ran out of the kitchen happily.

"Eat some fruit and you'll have a good meal later. Are you going to feed the geese?" Zhang Dabao gave Banggeng some fruits.

"Of course. Two of the geese laid fewer eggs, so we sold them and bought a few goslings. By next year, we will have more than ten geese," said Bang Geng.

"That's great. Jie Di and Xiao Zheng are here to call you, bring them some fruits." Zhang Dabao went back to the house and got some fruits, and asked Bang Geng to give them to Yan Jie Di and Niu Xiaozheng.

"Dad, my seventh uncle is back, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Banggeng turned around and said to Jia Dongxu.

"Get out of here! Damn your mother! She keeps nagging me every day," Jia Dongxu cursed.

"Seventh uncle, how can a little kid be more nagging than an old woman? It's so damn infuriating. I want to beat him up, but my mother won't let me. He's fine when talking to others, but he only knows how to nag in front of me when he comes home," said Jia Dongxu.

"Bang Geng wants to make you change in a subtle way," Zhang Dabao also laughed.

"Why change that? I'm his father," Jia Dongxu said, and went back to the kitchen to continue working.