Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

Not only Yi Zhonghai and his two companions returned home late, but all the people who worked at the steel rolling mill and walked home on this street were also late because a gunfight broke out on the street. It was extremely fierce at the beginning, but then there were sporadic gunshots, and then there was no sound at all.

Comrades from the police station also arrived and began to identify the people near the scene. When they arrived at Yi Zhonghai and his group, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. "Old Yi, how many people are you?" Zhang Weihua from the police station knew Yi Zhonghai.

"There are six of us, all from the same courtyard: Jia Dongxu, He Yuzhu, Zhang Lianhua, Dongxu's son and Zhang Lianhua's daughter," Yi Zhonghai replied.

"Did you see any strangers?" Zhang Weihua asked.

"I didn't see it," Yi Zhonghai said, and Zhang Weihua let them go.

"Master, what's going on? Are the spies causing trouble?" Jia Dongxu asked Yi Zhonghai with a look of fear on his face.

"I don't know, but it should be a big deal. Don't you see so many soldiers?" Yi Zhonghai said, pointing to the soldiers who were still rushing over from the surroundings.

"It's too scary. Zhuzi, please take out your good wine to calm me down," Jia Dongxu asked He Yuzhu.

"That's wishful thinking. Don't you have one yourself? If you provide the wine, I can provide the dishes," He Yuzhu proposed a compromise.

"No, I want to keep my wine." Jia Dongxu rejected He Yuzhu's suggestion.

"Then you keep it. I'm going to go drink with Da Biao. He must have good wine," said He Yuzhu.

"That's my seventh uncle. You bastard, you go there more often than I do." Although Jia Dongxu was angry, he also thought that what He Yuzhu proposed was a good idea, because Zhang Dabao not only had wine, but also vegetables, and there were more than a dozen fish at home.

"Aunt, go back and tell Uncle Seven to cook a fish. Jingshu was frightened today." Jia Dongxu turned his gaze to Zhang Lianhua again.

"Why don't you tell Da Biao yourself?" Zhang Lianhua asked Jia Dongxu.

"If I go and ask, what if he gets angry and hits me? If you go and ask, he won't hit you." Jia Dongxu's reason is really hard to refute.

"Dongxu, I find you really interesting," Zhang Lianhua laughed angrily.

"Banggeng, would you like to go eat fish with your aunt?" Jia Dongxu began to ask his son again.

"Cousin, I don't want to eat fish because fish has bones. I want to eat meat," Jia Jingshu said.

"There should be meat at Uncle Seventh's house. How about this, you ask Uncle Seventh, if there is a lot of meat, we can eat it together. If there is not much meat, you can eat the meat alone and we can eat fish, okay?" Jia Dongxu was determined to get the food.

"Okay," Jia Jingshu agreed. Jia Dongxu was happy because he had a plan for dinner tonight.

It was not yet six o'clock when Zhang Dabao returned to the courtyard. There were many people gathered at the gate of the courtyard, and his eldest sister Zhang Cuihua was also there with her granddaughter.

"What's going on? Let's have a meeting?" Zhang Dabao asked Zhang Cuihua.

"Da Biao, it's almost six o'clock. Dongxu hasn't come back yet, and Lianhua hasn't come back either? Someone heard gunshots just now. Do you think something will happen to them?" Zhang Cuihua was a little anxious.

"Are Lao Yi and Zhuzi back?" Zhang Dabao asked again.

"Brother Dabao, my brother and uncle haven't come back yet. Those who work in the steel rolling mill haven't come back yet," He Yushui answered Zhang Dabao's question.

"Then it's okay. It must be for safety reasons that the factory sent people to stop them. Did they send anyone to the scene to check it out?" Zhang Dabao asked again.

"Mrs. Guo went to the backyard," said He Yushui.

"Wait a little longer and see what Mrs. Guo says when she comes back. It's so cold, don't hold the child here," Zhang Dabao said to Zhang Cuihua. He took Xiaodang from her hand and put it in front of the bicycle, holding the handlebars with one hand and the child with the other.

"Xiaodang, do you want some snacks? Your uncle bought some snacks today." Zhang Dabao teased the child as he walked back. Zhang Cuihua was afraid that the child would fall, so she quickly followed.

"Would you like a piece too?" After returning home, Zhang Dabao took out a piece of cake from his bag and gave Xiaodang a piece of cake, then turned to ask Zhang Cuihua.

"What is this? I've never seen it before." Zhang Cuihua was also a foodie. She took the cake from Zhang Dabao and swallowed it in one gulp.

"It's sweet and soft and delicious. Dabiao, what is this? I have to tell my old sisters about it tomorrow," asked Zhang Cuihua.

"This is an egg cake, made with eggs, flour and sugar. It's only 40 cents each. Have another one. You look after the children while I cook. Tell Huairu to stop cooking. Let's eat here later. We'll be back soon." Xiaodang was eating the cake wholeheartedly. Zhang Cuihua still had one in her hand. She couldn't bear to eat it this time as she wanted to leave it for her grandson.

She carried the child back home and gave the child to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, stop cooking. Go to your seventh uncle's house to eat. Xiaodang has a cake in his hand. One is only 40 cents. It's very precious. Look, a piece of the child has fallen to the ground." Zhang Cuihua said as she picked it up from the ground and put it in her mouth. In fact, what Xiaodang dropped was just a piece of crumbs.

Qin Huairu carried the child to the backyard. Zhang Dabao had already started cooking, steaming rice and braised fish fillets.

"Have some snacks. They're on the table. Help yourself," Zhang Dabao said when he saw Qin Huairu come in.

"Seventh Uncle, are you going to Chunfeng Hutong tomorrow?" Qin Huairu asked while eating cake.

"Go, do you want to go?" Zhang Dabao turned around and smiled.

"I'll go at noon," Qin Huairu said, stuffing the cake into her mouth, putting Xiaodang on the bed, and helping Zhang Dabao cut vegetables.

Guo Kang's wife came back, and the situation was similar to what Zhang Dabao said. The people who stopped the people were not the security department of the factory, but the police from the police station.

"We are identifying the bad guys at the scene, the neighbors will be back soon," this was the news brought back by Guo Kang's wife, and everyone put their minds at ease.

At seven o'clock, Zhang Dabao prepared the meal. After waiting for a while, Jia Dongxu and Zhang Lianhua came back with their two children.

"Banggeng, Jingshu, there are snacks on the table. Eat one if you are hungry. We will eat as soon as the new students come back," Zhang Dabao said to the two children.

Banggeng and Jingshu were already hungry, so they started eating the snacks when they saw them. Jia Dongxu also wanted to eat, but he was too embarrassed to reach out for any.

"Seventh Uncle, Jingshu said she wanted to eat fish," said Jia Dongxu.

"Cousin, you are wrong. I want to eat meat," Jia Jingshu corrected Jia Dongxu.

Zhang Dabao laughed when he heard what they said, "Dongxu, you remind me of an ancient person."

"That ancient person?" Jia Dongxu became interested.

"Diao Chan," Zhang Dabao said seriously.

"Who is this person? I've never heard of him." Jia Dongxu looked confused.

"Brother Dongxu, this is a great beauty, one of the four great beauties in ancient times." He Yushui and He Yuzhu came in with two bottles of wine.

"I know I look good, Uncle Seventh, you have good taste," Jia Dongxu smiled proudly.

"Where do you get your confidence from? I say you are picky and greedy. You are not good at anything and you eat everything without leaving any." After Zhang Dabao said this, everyone laughed. Bang Geng laughed especially loudly, and even laughed so hard that his nose ran. "My father is Diao Chan..."

What could Jia Dongxu say at this time? He could only laugh along with everyone.