Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

Jia Dongxu brought a few people to Qin Dazhuang's house. It was almost time for lunch and only Zhang Dahua was cooking.

When Zhang Dahua saw Jia Dongxu coming over, she said in surprise, "Oh, Dongxu is here, come and sit down."

"Mom, where are Dad and second brother?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously.

"By the way, I brought two leaders here. Please help cook for them. If you have meat at home, stew it." Jia Dongxu said.

Jia Dongxu looked at Wang Tongming and Yu Yan embarrassedly and said, "The conditions in the village are not good, please bear with me."

"Your father and second brother went to the back mountain to reclaim some land. They said they were going to build a shed today." Zhang Dahua said.

"Greenhouse." Yu Yan added on the side.

"Oh, yes, yes, it's the greenhouse, boss, look at my memory." Zhang Dahua said with a smile, "I'll go cook now."

Yu Yan's heart moved after hearing this, and he looked at Wang Tongming in surprise. Seeing Wang Tongming nodded, Yu Yan quickly said, "Sister, don't worry, which mountain are they reclaiming? Can you take us to see it?"

Zhang Dahua looked at Jia Dongxu, and when he saw Jia Dongxu nod, he said, "Leader, follow me. It takes half an hour to get there from here."

Jia Dongxu asked in confusion, "Huh? It takes so long. Can the car get through?"

"There's no way a car can get through here, so we'll just walk over there." Zhang Dahua said as she led the others for a while, then pointed ahead and said, "Just keep walking along this path and you'll be there. I'll go back and cook, otherwise you won't have anything to eat when you come back."

"Okay, Mom, go back and cook some more food. I think there will be a few people from Jia Village coming by then. If there's not enough food, go to Second Uncle's house and get some. I'll come back and give it to him."

Jia Dongxu thought about it and said to Zhang Dahua.

Zhang Dahua heard this and said happily, "Okay, kid, don't worry, I'll go back and ask your second aunt to come and cook together."

After Qin Dazhuang came back yesterday, he praised his son-in-law a lot, from the family conditions, to his ability to talk to leaders at the factory, to finding work for the village.

If I hadn't stopped her, she would have talked all night. She was still talking in the morning. Huairu found a good home.

"Dongxu, your mother-in-law is really nice to you." Wang Tongming said jokingly.

Jia Dongxu laughed and said, "That's right, Brother Wang. The piglets you brought back from Tong County were given to her family. How could you treat me badly?"

"Oh, there are pigs raised in this village?" Yu Yan was moved and looked at Jia Dongxu.

Wang Tongming immediately said, "Old Yu, wait a minute. I'll talk to you about this topic in a few months. Don't talk about it now."

"Okay, Lao Wang, I'll wait for you. If you can't solve the problem for me by then, I'll come looking for you."

Yu Yan remembered what he heard. It seemed that this matter was related to Jia Dongxu in front of him.

The three of them walked for another 20 minutes and arrived at the foot of a mountain, where many people were working.

When the leader Jia Zhenye saw Jia Dongxu and others coming, he hurried over to greet them.

"Dongxu, why are you here? Are you here specifically to guide us?"

"Uncle, I am here with the two leaders to take a look." Jia Dongxu said.

"Hello, leaders." Jia Zhenye said quickly.

Seeing that Jia Zhenye was a little restrained, Jia Dongxu quickly called Jia Zhenye, "Second uncle, let's go and see how the construction is going."

"Well, we have cleared a piece of land early this morning, and are now trying to build a greenhouse." Jia Zhenye led a few people over.

Jia Dongxu took a careful look and found that it was indeed beautifully opened. The side close to the mountain was about 1 meters wide, and people could walk inside it.

The low wall on the other side is made of stones and seems to be about 1 meter high. It is said that it can be covered with mud to prevent the cold air from coming in.

"That's right, you can start working just by bending down a little." Jia Dongxu said, and seeing that the other two walls were being built, Jia Dongxu said quickly, "Leave a door in the wall where you go in, and you can build it. You don't need to build the walls on the other side. Just go back and build along this side while clearing the land."

"Okay, Dongxu, we'll start laying down the wooden boards and try laying down the grass soon." Jia Zhenye said.

Jia Dongxu asked. "How do we install the glass? We will need to install a lot of glass to let in light."

"You kid, we have carpenters in our village. They said that when the time comes, we can just open the hole and nail glass in it like a window."

"Okay, you guys go ahead and do it." He continued, "Oh, right, Uncle Er, we'll need cars to come in later to make it easier to deliver vegetables. You guys arrange for someone to build a road that cars can come in."

Jia Zhenye said, "Okay, the stones we dug out can be used for repairs, and then we can dig up the soil on the road to open up new land."

"Second uncle, how long will it take to reclaim this mountain?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"According to today's situation, it can be completed by the beginning of next spring." Jia Zhenye thought for a moment.

"Well, the progress is good, but we have to ensure that the land we open up is built into a greenhouse and vegetables can be grown and sold. This way everyone will be motivated." Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

"Also, make sure the land you have cleared is well drained to prevent it from raining and washing away all the soil."

"Don't worry, we old farmers know how to do this," said Jia Zhenye.

After Jia Dongxu finished speaking, he realized that his father-in-law was not there, and quickly asked, "Second uncle, where is my dad? Why is he not here?"

"What about him? He went to the county to buy glass. He will be back in a while. He spent all the ten yuan yesterday on glass." Jia Zhenye said with a smile.

"Then aren't wooden boards and labor costs considered costs?" Jia Dongxu asked after hesitating.

Jia Zhenye waved his hands and said, "How can that be considered as cost? These are all free things."

"No, from now on, for every 10 yuan cost, 1 yuan must be included in the labor cost. We must provide extra meals for the workers. No one can stand working like this all the time." Jia Dongxu said quickly after hearing this.

"Okay, I understand." Jia Zhenye nodded. It seems that Dongxu is a very caring child.

Jia Dongxu looked at the people in the village and said, "Second uncle, why are there so few people from the two villages?"

"How can that be possible? Everyone takes turns to work here, and there's plenty of vacancies in the fields." Jia Zhenye said as he saw Wang Tongming and the others looking at the earth wall.

Pulling Jia Dongxu aside, he asked, "Who are these two leaders?"

"Don't ask. You'll know later." It's not a good time to say too much, so Jia Dongxu said, "By the way, I'll tell you something good. In a few months, every household in the village can consider raising pigs."

"If the land reclamation here is done well, this matter will be settled." Jia Dongxu said, pointing to the reclaimed wasteland.

"I've asked the factory to send some vegetable seeds these days. You can plant them in the fields you've opened up and see what problems you'll encounter. Then find someone to solve them."

“We’ve already planted them.”

Jia Zhenye said with a smile.