Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Okay, Uncle Yan, Zhuzi and I will support you to become the third uncle then!" Jia Dongxu promised Yan Bugui.

"Okay, Dongxu, your family is going to build a house, right? See if you have any extra wood. I'll make a cabinet and put it at the gate of the yard." Seeing that Jia Dongxu was easy to talk to, Yan Bugui started to try to take advantage of him.

"Uncle Yan, give me 10 yuan and I will make you a table when the time comes." Jia Dongxu looked at Yan Bugui with amusement. As expected, Yan was a stingy man who would find ways to make something out of it.

"Uh, no, no, Dongxu, please go in, I'll take a nap here." Yan Bugui sat back in his chair awkwardly.

"Mom, let's go to the bathhouse to take a bath." Jia Dongxu said as he walked towards the central courtyard.

"Zhu Zi, let's go and take a bath!" Sha Zhu was cutting wood at the door, while Yu Shui and He Daqing were watching beside him.

"Uncle He is back, Mom, you should go take a bath with him." Jia Dongxu said.

Sha Zhu threw the knife onto the chopping board, stood up and looked at it, "Come on, man!"

"Yushui, let's go, you can come with us." Jia Dongxu said as he was about to go home. He patted his head and moved all his things outside.

"Mom, get your clothes ready and go take a bath." Jia Dongxu said.

"We have so many things, aren't we afraid that they will be stolen?" Jia Zhang looked at her things placed outside worriedly.

"Oh, you moved all the quilts to the rain room. The rest are nothing valuable except a torn piece of clothing. It's hard to pick them up." Jia Dongxu couldn't help but say.

"Child, you don't know how expensive oil and salt are until you run the household!" Jia Zhang took out clean clothes from the closet and handed them to Jia Dongxu.

When Shazhu and Yushui saw this, they hurried to get their clothes.

"Uncle He, is it done?" Jia Dongxu walked forward with the clothes in his arms and saw He Daqing looking at him while smoking.

"Okay, Dongxu, I heard from Zhuzi that you should ask your mother to help watch the rain?"

"Well, Uncle He, I've told my mom that Yu Shui is already 6 years old and can do many things by herself. My mom can just teach her when the time comes. We will be responsible for her breakfast and dinner, and she will eat lunch at school."

"When Zhuzi is too busy at work, my mom and I will help keep an eye on him. It shouldn't be a big problem."

As Jia Dongxu spoke, he glanced at He Daqing and saw that he seemed to be thinking.

After a while, He Daqing asked, "Did you have an argument with your master just now?"

"Uncle He, I haven't even become his disciple, so how can I be called a master? Uncle Yi is a very good person. He is two-faced. I was ignorant before and was frightened by him. That guy uses my house as his wall of fame. If he wants fame, he can paint our house."

He Daqing was amused by Jia Dongxu and said, "Okay, since you see it clearly, I won't say anything. Please help Zhuzi more in the future. He is prone to suffer because of his temper."

"Okay, I can see this clearly. I will never let anyone take advantage of him." Jia Dongxu said, and saw Yi Zhonghai opposite him seemed to be watching at the door.

"Uncle He, it looks like Yi Zhonghai is trying to trick you."

"You fooled me enough!" He Daqing laughed. Seeing Shazhu and Yushui coming out, he took out a dollar and handed it to Jia Dongxu. "Dongxu, uncle is in a good mood today. I'll take you to take a bath."

"Okay, thank you uncle." Jia Dongxu took the money generously, and the two of them were settled.

"Zhu Zi, do you smoke?" Jia Dongxu took out a cigarette and handed it to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu took it and said, "Damn it, didn't you just give me a pack of cigarettes? And you asked me if I smoke?"

He Daqing's face darkened when he saw this, but he couldn't get angry. In the past, it was Jia Dongxu who asked his son for cigarettes, but now, his son had to take cigarettes from Jia Dongxu.

Sha Zhu felt his pocket and found no matches. He looked at Jia Dongxu and asked, "Do you have any fire?"

Jia Dongxu shook his head and looked at He Daqing.

He Daqing had a dark face and threw out a box of matches. Sha Zhu took it, lit a cigarette, and took a puff. "Hey, he has to be my biological father."

He Daqing frowned upon hearing this, glanced at Sha Zhu, and blew out a puff of smoke in frustration, "Aren't you going to take a bath? Why are you still making a fool of yourself here?"

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Jia Dongxu couldn't help but laugh. This guy's way of speaking is so provocative.

"Let's go, rain."

The group of four went to the bathhouse happily again. They spent 8 cents to buy four tickets and another 5 cents to get a neat short haircut. Jia Dongxu felt refreshed.

After washing the mud off his body with soap and soaking in the pool, Jia Dongxu felt that all the pores on his body were opened.

“It’s so comfortable!”

"Dongxu, why are you screaming?" Shazhu said dissatisfiedly. Jia Dongxu's sigh just now woke him up from his trance.

"Hey, Zhuzi, you look 10 years younger after taking a bath!" Jia Dongxu couldn't help laughing as he looked at Sha Zhuzi's face that had been soaked.

"Really?" After hearing this, Sha Zhu couldn't help but get excited and said thoughtfully, "It seems that I will have to take more baths in the future!"

"No, don't soak in the bathhouse too much. You won't be able to have a baby if you soak in the bathhouse too much!" Jia Dongxu said hurriedly. This guy should not develop the habit of soaking in the bathhouse at this time, otherwise he will become infertile.

"What? Taking a bath is related to having a baby?" Sha Zhu asked hurriedly.

"It's almost done! Is it done soaking? Let's go if it's almost done." Seeing that it was almost done soaking, Jia Dongxu went out to put on his clothes.

"Hey, Dongxu, wait for me!" Sha Zhu shouted hurriedly.

After waiting for a while, Jia Zhang came out with rain on her, and both of their long hair were wet.

"You didn't dry your hair before going out. You'll catch a cold soon." Jia Dongxu said, taking off his clothes and wiping the rain. When he saw that the clothes were no longer dripping, he threw them to Jia Zhangshi and said, "Mom, wipe it yourself."

Seeing Jia Dongxu shirtless, Sha Zhu said with a smile, "You look like a refugee with all these ribs on your body!"

"Enough, enough. How can you gain weight if you can't even eat properly?" Several people were walking towards the courtyard. On the way, they saw some soda and used the remaining money to buy a bottle of soda for Yu Shui.

Jia Zhang's mouth moved twice as she looked at the soda in the rain.

"Mom, isn't it just soda? If you're envious, go buy a bottle."

"No, I'm just curious about what it smells like." Jia Zhang was too embarrassed to stare at the rain anymore.

"Okay, stop wanting to eat everything, and go home quickly. It's time for dinner."

Yu Shui took the soda and drank it slowly. When they arrived at the courtyard, Yan Bugui looked at her and said, "Yu Shui, finish it quickly. Save this bottle for me."

"Mr. Yan, where is the 5-cent bottle? You want to take it away just by touching your upper lip to your lower lip?" Sha Zhu shouted beside him.

"Okay, Zhuzi, Uncle Yan is a cultured man, and he was joking with the rain, but he really can't stand any jokes." Jia Dongxu said from the side.

"Uncle Yan, don't talk to the child like this next time. You've scared the child. If he gets sick, will he come looking for you?"

"Yes, yes." Yan Bugui went back to the house embarrassedly.