Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Qin Huairu's house?" the old man repeated.

"Oh, yes, sir, Qin Huairu's house." Jia Dongxu repeated.

"His family is working over there. You can go ask them." The old man pointed to a piece of land, and there were indeed a few people working in front.

After finding out the place, Jia Dongxu thanked the old man quickly, got on his bicycle, turned around and said to Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi, let's go."

When we arrived at Qin Huairu's field, we saw a family of five working in the field.

"Uncle, are you Qin Huairu's family?" Jia Dongxu walked forward and asked a little nervously.

"Oh, yes, I am Qin Huairu's father. Young man, why are you asking about our family?" Qin Dazhuang stopped what he was doing and asked.

When the Qin family saw the two young men pushing bicycles, they looked over curiously.

"Ah, I, I'm looking for Qin Huairu." Jia Dongxu was a little at a loss when he saw Qin Dazhuang.

"My daughter, I'm looking for you. Do you know him?" Mother Qin poked her daughter with a hoe.

"I don't know you. Why are you looking for me?" The young Qin Huai looked a little immature. Although he was dressed simply, he already had some charm.

Sha Zhu looked at her from the side and pouted. That's it? Isn't she just an ordinary village girl? Except that she's a little fat, there's nothing good about her.

Jia Dongxu was a little excited when he saw Qin Huairu when she was young. When he saw that face, he was so excited that he said without thinking, "Ah, I'll ask you to marry me."

"Young man, don't you know etiquette?" Qin Dazhuang frowned. His daughter was very popular in the whole town. Although she was still young now, in another year, there would be so many people proposing marriage that the door would be knocked down. But when he saw Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu pushing a bicycle each, he asked patiently.

Ah? What did I say? Jia Dongxu reacted and slapped his head in annoyance, "Uncle Qin, I came all the way from Sijiu City to find Qin Huairu."

"Classmates? Girl, do you have any classmates in Forty-Nine City?" Qin Ma asked, looking at Jia Dongxu and said, "This young man looks quite handsome, and he is from Forty-Nine City. I'll go check it out for you."

Seeing her silly little son standing there looking at the bicycle, Qin's mother hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Young man, what's your name? How do you know our family?"

"Auntie, you are Xiao Qin's mother, right? My name is Jia Dongxu, and my father is from Jiajia Village next door." Jia Dongxu said hurriedly.

"I came here to look for classmate Xiao Qin. I haven't seen him for many years, so I asked around and found my way here."

"I also want Xiao Qin to help me buy some game and chicken to bring back to the city. My family is building a new house, and I want to buy some meat and vegetables to bring back."

After hearing Jia Dongxu claim to be from Jiajia Village, Qin Ma asked, "Dad, is there anyone from Jiajia Village who has moved to the city?"

Qin Dazhuang thought for a moment and said, "I've never heard of anyone from Jia Village living in the city. Young man, I know the people from Jia Village very well. Whose family are you from?"

"Oh, Uncle Qin, my father's name is Jia Xingye, and he has been gone for more than four years." Jia Dongxu said hurriedly.

"Oh, Xingye, you are Xingye's son? You are so big now." Qin Dazhuang remembered, "Where is your mother? Why didn't she come to ask you to come over?"

"Go away, just chat if you want, why mention Zhang Cuihua!" Qin Ma couldn't help but get angry when she heard Qin Dazhuang mention Jia Zhang. They were from the same village back then, and she was two years older than Zhang Cuihua. All the young men in the neighborhood ran to see Zhang Cuihua.

"Well, didn't he say he wanted to propose marriage? I asked." Qin Dazhuang said embarrassedly, but the child of the Jia family is really good-looking.

"Xiao Jia, are you going to school or working now?" asked Qin's mother.

Jia Dongxu smiled and said, "I'm working at a steel mill in Sijiu City."

"Dongxu is also the head of the factory's security department!" Sha Zhu chimed in.

"Oh, you're a section chief at such a young age." Qin's mother immediately said enthusiastically, "How old are you now? Why haven't you found a partner in the city?"

"18 now." Jia Dongxu said.

"Come on, go sit with Auntie at home and let Huairu make you something to eat. It must have taken you four or five hours to get here."

Then he turned around and shouted to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, go home and make them something to eat."

"Auntie, no, no, we haven't eaten the cakes we brought yet." Jia Dongxu said quickly.

"No, no, once you're here you're a guest. Let's go home and sit down. We'll wait for Big Brother Huairu to come back. Add some meat and we'll stew some meat today." Aunt Qin led the way enthusiastically.

"His father, you take the second son to work in the fields. Huairu and I will go home."

Qin Huairu lowered her head and held Qin Ma's arm embarrassedly.

Jia Dongxu's eyes got hot when he saw this from behind. He turned around and saw Sha Zhu was also watching. He went up and slapped him, "Zhu, if you keep looking, I'll hit you."

Sha Zhu said aggrievedly, "Dongxu, they were in front of me and I saw them when I looked up."

"Keep your head down and walk! If I see you looking at my wife again, I'll beat you." Jia Dongxu hurriedly pushed the cart and chased after him.

"Auntie, can you hunt?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously, "Can you help me collect some game? I'll come and get it every week."

When Qin Huairu saw Jia Dongxu calling her "big brother" as soon as he came up, she secretly rolled her eyes at Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu noticed and smiled at her, "Xiao Qin, do you have chickens at home? If it's convenient, please sell me a few."

"Yes, Huairu has raised a lot of chickens and has to cut grass every day. If you want to eat chicken, auntie asks you to bring a few chickens back and let Zhang Cuihua have a taste." Auntie Qin said on the side.

"It must be hard for your mother to take care of you in the city, right?"

"Yeah, it was very hard, raising me alone." Jia Dongxu realized that this was a question about the family situation, and continued, "But I'm working, so it's fine. Now there are only two of us in the family, and we're quite comfortable in the city."

"That's good, that's good." Qin's mother said.

"Auntie, do you know my mother?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously.

"Your mother and I are relatives within the fifth degree of mourning. Her name is Zhang Cuihua and mine is Zhang Dahua." Qin's mother Zhang Dahua said.

No wonder you know my parents, Jia Dongxu thought.

"I'll go home soon to see if your elder brother has made any money. He's 20 now, so he should save up for a wife." Zhang Dahua said, looking at Jia Dongxu, "Little Jia, you've made a lot of money, right? Look, you're riding a new bicycle. Your elder brother also said last time that he would find a few bicycles to marry when he gets married."

"Auntie, why bother looking for it? We can ride these two bicycles to pick up my eldest brother's bride." Jia Dongxu said, and suddenly thought about it and asked, "By the way, Auntie, did my eldest and second brothers go to school?"

Zhang Dahua said, "Your eldest brother stopped going to middle school, and your second brother was not the same. He would never go to school after finishing elementary school."

"Auntie, it's like this. The factory is recruiting workers. If you have attended junior high school, I will recommend you to the factory later." Jia Dongxu said, remembering what a workshop director said about recruiting people.

Zhang Dahua looked at Jia Dongxu with shining eyes after hearing this, "Really? That's great."