Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

Master Lei was still working with his men. They had already taken out all the old bricks and moved in a lot of new bricks. They were using the new bricks to build the wall. Jia Zhang was also cleaning up the old bricks, and it seemed that she was going to use the old bricks to build the wall alone.

Jia Dongxu pushed the bicycle into He Daqing's house. Jia Zhangshi had her back to him and didn't notice. Jia Dongxu didn't say anything, but went forward and picked up the tools to clean up the old bricks.

When Jia Zhang saw Jia Dongxu coming back, she looked at the clothes Jia Dongxu was wearing happily and couldn't help laughing.

"Dongxu, are you used to going to the factory today?" Jia Zhang thought that Jia Dongxu was going to the workshop to be an apprentice. She was worried that her son would not be able to cope with it, so she asked, "I heard from your father that the apprentices in the workshop have a hard time, and they need to move dozens of kilograms of steel ingots."

"It's not tiring, it's quite easy." said Jia Dongxu.

Sha Zhu gave the bicycle to Yan Jiecheng and went into the house to cook.

Jia Zhang saw it and asked, "Dongxu, look, Zhuzi bought a bicycle. Why don't you stop him from buying one? He hasn't made any money yet, and he'll spend it all later."

"It's okay, she and I bought it together." Jia Dongxu said, after cleaning a brick, he saw that the old brick was thick and wide, so Jia Dongxu thought of using the old brick as the floor.

"Master Lei, this old brick looks so big, more than 30 centimeters long and wide, can it be used as a floor?" Jia Dongxu asked, "I think it should be more beautiful than a wooden floor."

"That's right. The floor tiles in the Golden Palace of the Forbidden City are only half as big as these. They will look really beautiful after being laid." Master Lei couldn't help but praise.

"Then Master Lei, let's replace all the bricks in the house with these bricks." Jia Dongxu said, "This way we can save money on flooring and tiles."

"Haha, that's right, that's it. I'll bring another 10 yuan brick tomorrow, so you'll save 25 yuan!" said Master Lei.

The five masters were building the wall very quickly, and it was already half a meter tall. Seeing that there was no scaffolding to protect it, Jia Dongxu couldn't help but say, "Master Lei, you must pay attention to safety when you work. We can go slower and put our own safety first."

"I know. We are all veterans and we are paying close attention." Master Lei and his team had a good lunch and were very motivated to work. Today they said they would finish their work after building a floor to a certain height.

Yu Shui also wanted to come and play, and Jia Dongxu called him over to read the text he learned today.

Seeing that Yu Shui was stuttering when reading, Jia Dongxu continued to work and corrected him. When he had finished reading, he asked him to move a stool and practice writing next to him.

Jia Zhang came over, took a look, and then looked at the front yard, "Son, I think your teaching is better than that of Old Man Yan."

"I've seen him teach his son. He beats him if he doesn't understand. He also beats him if he doesn't listen. He beats the good kid so hard that he doesn't want to go to school anymore."

Jia Dongxu listened and said with a smile, "Mom, did you beat me when I didn't know how to do it before?"

Jia Zhang shook her head and said, "I couldn't bear to hit him. It was your father who hit him."

"Well, no wonder I only went to junior high school, and there is such a thing." Jia Dongxu joked, then thought for a while, "Mom, I plan to go back to my hometown in Changping this weekend."

"Why go back? Your father has been gone for so many years, and they didn't even come to see us, afraid that we would go back to fight for the family property." Jia Zhang glared at Jia Dongxu in dissatisfaction, "Your father found a job in the city, and your second uncle took over our house and land."

"We originally agreed to give our family 150 kilograms of food every year, but now your father has stopped giving us any."

Jia Zhang's eyes became red as she spoke, "If your uncle had a little conscience and sent us food, our family wouldn't be suffering so much."

"Okay, Mom, it's all over. I'm going to go see my dad, okay? We haven't been back in all these years." Jia Dongxu said.

"Is it me who doesn't want to go back? It's your uncle who doesn't let us go back. The last time we went back, he even drove us out of the village." Jia Zhang said angrily.

"No way? Do you think he will use that branch to farm and not let us go back?" Jia Dongxu said angrily.

"If he pushed it, then he pushed it. We won't go back. Out of sight, out of mind." Jia Zhang said deliberately. After a while, she asked doubtfully, "Then Jia Lao Er didn't really push it? That's his brother."

As he said this, he sat down on the ground and started crying, cursing Jia Laoer for being heartless and even pushing his brother's grave.

Jia Dongxu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, I can just go and take a look at it on the weekend. Zhuzi and I will go together, so I'm not afraid that he will chase me away again."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang thought for a while and said, "Go and see if your father's grave is still there. If you want to go, go to Zhangjia Village next door to see how your uncle and his family are doing now. They have been poor in recent years and have not been able to visit each other."

"Do you mean to move around?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"It depends on what you want. If you are willing to leave, you can go. If you don't want to leave, you don't have to. Anyway, we haven't been around for so many years." Jia Zhang said indifferently.

"Okay, I'll see what happens. If they want to move around, then they can move around. If they don't, forget it." Jia Dongxu smiled. "Mom, I bought a bicycle too."

"What? You bought a bicycle too?" The patriarch said in surprise, pointing at the bicycle Yan Jiecheng was pushing, "Which bicycle?"

"That's for the pillar. Mine is in his house." Jia Dongxu said, shaking his head.

Jia Zhang went into the house to take a look in disbelief, and then came over angrily, "Did you buy it with an advance on your salary from the factory?"

"No, this money was compensated to me by Liu Haizhong's family." Jia Dongxu looked at the angry Jia Zhang and got angry.

"That's good. The Liu family has done a good thing." Jia Zhang was relieved and smiled happily. "In this way, our family can be considered a car-owning family?"

"Yes, there is a family with two wheels." Jia Dongxu continued.

Jia Zhang ignored him and thought for a while before going to the side to find Master Lei. "Master Lei, I would like to trouble you to help me make another set of furniture. What do you think?"

Master Lei listened and waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, you don't need a full set, half a set will do. Didn't you say before that you can use this material to make a bed and table? That's already half a set."

"Okay, then you can calculate the labor and material costs, and I'll pay them all today." Jia Zhang was happy to hear this, as her family had saved half the money.

Master Lei thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, just give me 30 yuan. It will take about three days. I will do my best to make it look good so that I can directly use it to marry a wife. You can continue to take care of the meals when the time comes."

"Okay, it's settled then, Master Lei." Jia Zhang happily went back to work.

"Dongxu, I'm not saying anything to you, but you should save money in the future and don't spend it recklessly, okay? By the way, your current monthly salary is 17.5 yuan?"