Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

When he went to bed at night, he lit firewood in the stove and boiled hot water, so Jia Dongxu no longer felt cold.

Early the next morning, Liu Shengli came to the courtyard and saw Jia Dongxu's family having breakfast.

Jia Dongxu quickly served a bowl of porridge himself, "Liu Shengli, you gave me a painting yesterday, so I will give you a bowl of porridge in return today."

"I didn't expect it to be you!"

Jia Dongxu handed over the chopsticks and said, "Why do you want to go to the steel mill? There is no need for you to do this."

"Well, can I say it was my father's request?" Liu Shengli drank his porridge in frustration. "I said I didn't want to come and wanted to rest for two days, but they had to drive me over, saying they wanted me to come and see."

"You said we've been looking at each other for so many days, I'm tired of it!"

"Bah, what are you talking about? My wife is here." Jia Dongxu said unhappily.

Liu Shengli looked at Qin Huairu and said, "You are not lying, your wife is pretty."

Jia Dongxu said quickly, "Hey, stop talking nonsense. There's another baby in your belly. The gifts are ready."

"No, are you addicted to receiving my gifts?" Liu Shengli sipped his porridge. "Where's the chef brother next door?"

Jia Dongxu glared at Liu Shengli, "I guess he hasn't woken up yet. They are a loving couple, can't they sleep in a little? Only you get up so early in the morning and hang around."

"Why, thinking about delicious food? Well, you're in time. We're going to have a small dinner party at noon today, but you can only eat, no ears or mouths allowed!"

"Just be my secretary for a day."

"Okay, I get it. Why are you so long-winded?" Liu Shengli ate and picked up a few pickles. "These pickles are good. Give me two jars so that my family can try them too."

"It's delicious, isn't it? This is what the chef brother made. If you want to eat it, come and have it. Take it away. Hehe, but you have to exchange it for a gift!" Jia Dongxu said with a profiteer look, "Do you want it?"

"Uh, how about I ask my dad? I think your pickles are delicious, let him try some too."

Liu Shengli said this nonchalantly, and peeled an egg and started eating.

"Okay, come home after get off work and carry it back, and I'll give you a jar." Ai Dongxu said, and then muttered to himself that he had lost out and got nothing in exchange.

After a while, Sha Zhu got up and came over with Jia Daya to have breakfast.

"Hey, Dongxu, there are guests coming so early." Sha Zhu looked at Liu Shengli and said hurriedly.

Then he shouted to the first floor, "Yushui, why haven't you gotten up yet? If you don't get up, we'll have to go to work."

Jia Dongxu saw it and said, "Uh, Yushui and my mom have moved to the second floor. How about you go there and shout?"

"I won't go. Aunt Jia will scold me later." Sha Zhu said with a smile, "Wife, go and call Yu Shui down. Why did you get up so late today?"

"That girl is just happy. It's unusual for her to sleep upstairs."

As Jia Zhang saw Liu Shengli eating his breakfast, she quickly said, "Oh, young man, I am sorry for neglecting you. By the way, do you want some steamed buns? I will get them for you."

This young man gave me a painting yesterday, and my son said it could be a family heirloom, so it was only right for me to be polite.

"Here, this is the steamed bun made by Zhuzi. Although it is made of two-grain flour, it is still soft and chewy."

Jia Daya came down from upstairs with rain water, and Jia Zhang hurriedly took the rain water to wash, and then took the steamed buns and porridge to the backyard.

"Jia Dongxu, why doesn't your mother eat in the house? Why does she eat outside?" Liu Shengli asked curiously.

Jia Dongxu originally wanted to talk about the past with a smile, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say it.

"There's an old lady in the back, she paid my mom to take care of her. Okay, these are just small details, don't worry about them."

Liu Shengli pointed at Yu Shui again, "Your sister?"

"Yeah, looking at her age, she can only be my sister. Could it be a daughter? My mother wants a granddaughter." Jia Dongxu said, pointing at Sha Zhu, "Her sister. My mother is free and can take care of her."

"Uh, why didn't you think of the little girl? Did you not prepare any gifts?"

Liu Shengli raised his eyebrows after hearing this, took out a pen from his chest pocket and handed it to Yu Shui, "Here, little sister, here's your meeting gift!"

"Uh, she's just a little girl, why are you giving her a pen?" Jia Dongxu said, not stopping her, "Yushui, thank this big brother!"

After hearing this, Yu Shui stood up, took the pen, said thank you, and then sat down obediently to eat breakfast.

After everyone finished eating, Jia Dongxu cleaned up the dishes and prepared to go to work.

"Huai Ru, you and Zhu Zi should go to work first. I have to go to the Military Control Office!"

Jia Dongxu asked Liu Shengli to carry a stove and go to the military control office with him.

Liu Shengli carried the stove and followed Jia Dongxu, "Jia Dongxu, shouldn't you go to the factory to work? Why are you going to the street office? And why don't you carry the stove yourself?"

"You are my secretary today. If you don't do this, I will do it." Jia Dongxu said, stretching out a hand, "Let's carry it together."

The two men carried the stove into the yard of the Military Control Office. Director Wang had already come to work.

"Auntie Wang, come here quickly, there are good things!" Jia Dongxu shouted in the yard.

When Director Wang heard Jia Dongxu's voice, he also came out happily, "Oh, bastard, you're finally back. Your Aunt Wang has been in such a dilemma for a while!"

"What's wrong, Aunt Wang?" Jia Dongxu asked quickly, "Is there anything else that's troubling you?"

"It's about vegetables. We've been short of vegetables for the past week." Director Wang said, "I went to the steel mill to get vegetables, but Li Huaide wouldn't give me any. He also wouldn't give me the 5 kilograms of meat you gave me."

Jia Dongxu said quickly, "Hey, about this, it's almost 10 o'clock, go get it, I've already arrested Li Huaide, and no one will withhold the vegetables and meat sent to the Military Control Office in the future."

"Okay, then I'll go at 10 o'clock." Director Wang said, looking at the stove again.

"Dongxu, what are you doing with a stove?"

Jia Dongxu squatted down and fiddled with the stove for a while. "Auntie Wang, this stove is used for cooking and heating. Isn't it cold now? If there is no kang at home, you can use this stove. Put firewood in it, close the feed port, and start burning it continuously for heating.

"My family tried it last night and it worked fine, so I rushed over here to ask you to help find someone who needs it."

"But this furnace costs money, 1 yuan each. The steel mill is now producing and selling it, but it will probably take a few days to get it."

When Director Wang heard that the price of this stove was 1 yuan, he looked at the quality and felt that the price was reasonable.

"Okay, let's keep this stove. I'll try it out and see how effective it is in keeping warm.