Chapter 4 Jia Zhang!
Chapter 4 Jia Zhang!
After passing through the hanging flower gate, Director Wang led Jia Dongming to a door next to the west wing. He then took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, unlocked the key hanging on the gate, and pushed the gate open. As he walked, he introduced to Jia Dongming: "Chief Jia! This is the yard assigned to you by the steel rolling mill."
"Although this yard is not big, it has five rooms. When you get married and have children in the future, you don't have to worry about not having enough room."
Jia Dongming walked into the yard and looked at the small courtyard with flowers, plants and trees scattered in an orderly manner, which made him feel particularly pleasing to the eye.
After Director Wang showed Jia Dongming around several rooms, he handed the key to him and said to him with a smile, "Chief Jia! Here are the keys to the house. On behalf of the Subdistrict Office, I am officially handing the keys to you. You will live here in the future. If you encounter any problems, you can first look for the three uncles in the courtyard. If the three uncles cannot solve the problem, you can come to our Subdistrict Office."
Jia Dongming took the key from Director Wang and thanked him gratefully: "Director Wang! Thank you!"
After Xiao Guo watched Director Wang leave, he politely said to Jia Dongming, "Chief Jia! I have completed my mission. If you don't need any other help, I will go back to the factory first."
When Jia Dongming heard Xiao Guo's words, he immediately remembered his luggage that he had left at the security department, and quickly said to Xiao Guo, "Xiao Guo! My luggage is at the security department. I'll take your bike to the factory to pick it up."
After locking the door, Jia Dongming sat on Xiao Guo's bicycle, left the courtyard and headed towards the steel rolling mill.
Not long after Jia Dongming left the Siheyuan, the news of the separation of the branch courtyard spread throughout the Siheyuan like a gust of wind.
"Erniu's family! What did you say? The villa where Engineer Xue lives has been divided out, and it was given to one person. Is this true?" An aunt in the courtyard, upon hearing the news, asked the aunt who spread the news with a curious look on her face.
The old lady nodded confidently when she heard the question from the neighboring old lady, and replied, "Auntie Li! I heard this news from the third old lady in the front yard. She said the new tenant is the security chief of the steel mill."
After waking up from a nap, Jia Zhang sat at the door of her house with her insoles and sewing the soles of her shoes. As a result, she heard the aunties in the yard say that the courtyard behind her house had been divided out to the steel mill.
Ever since Engineer Xue was transferred, Jia Zhang has been eyeing the house in the villa. She even went to Yi Zhonghai for this purpose, hoping that Yi Zhonghai could come forward and ask the steel rolling mill to help the Jia family apply for a house.
Unexpectedly, not long after Yi Zhonghai agreed, the steel mill had already divided up the house.
Upon hearing the news that the house was divided, Jia Zhang immediately became anxious and asked the aunt, "Erniu's family! What did you just say? The house in the other courtyard was divided by the steel mill. Is this true?"
When the middle-aged woman heard Jia Zhang's question, she nodded very affirmatively and replied, "Aunt Zhang! This is absolutely true. I heard from Aunt Three that all five rooms in the courtyard were given to the security chief of the steel mill."
When Jia Zhang found out that the houses in the villa had been divided up, she immediately became unhappy and started cursing, "Oh my God! Our family of five is squeezed into a small house, and the five rooms in the villa are divided up to one person. This is simply unfair!" The residents in the compound all knew what kind of person Jia Zhang was. When several women saw Jia Zhang start to summon spirits, they all avoided her.
An old lady who had just returned from the backyard saw Jia Zhang sitting under the eaves and crying. She immediately stepped forward and advised Jia Zhang: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family! Stop scolding. The person who distributes the house is the leader of the steel mill. If you offend him, he will make things difficult for your Huairu in the factory. Your family's life will probably be even more difficult in the future."
Facing the advice of the aunt, Jia Zhang not only did not appreciate it, but instead cursed at the aunt: "It's all your fault, you hen that can't lay eggs. If Yi Zhonghai hadn't been so slow, would all five rooms have been given to one person?"
What Auntie hated most was being called a hen that couldn't lay eggs. Facing Jia Zhang's scolding, Auntie's face became extremely angry, and she replied dissatisfiedly: "Our Lao Yi is only a master in the steel rolling mill, not the leader of the steel rolling mill. How can he help you get the house in the other courtyard?"
When the nosy Third Aunt heard that Jia Zhang was calling back the spirits in the central courtyard, she put down what she was doing and walked quickly to the central courtyard, just in time to see Jia Zhang angrily scolding the First Aunt.
Thinking of Jia Dongming's appearance and name, the third aunt persuaded Jia Zhang: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family! You should stop talking! The new security chief who moved in is also surnamed Jia, named Jia Dongming. He looks 70% similar to your Dongxu. He might be a relative of your Jia family."
When Jia Zhang heard the persuasion of the third aunt, she was about to scold the third aunt as well, but when she heard the name Jia Dongming, she was stunned for a moment.
After a while, Jia Zhang suddenly stood up from the ground, grabbed Third Aunt's sleeve, and asked her excitedly, "Third Aunt! What did you just say? The new section chief named Jia Dongming looks 70% like our Dongxu. Is this true?"
The reaction of Mrs. Jia Zhang made the third aunt feel a little puzzled, but she nodded and replied, "Aunt Zhang! I heard from Director Wang of the Street Office that Section Chief Jia's name is Jia Dongming. He is indeed 70% similar to your Dongxu when he grew up. His name and Dongxu's name are only one letter different, so I suspect he is very likely a relative of your Jia family."
When Jia Zhang heard what the third aunt said, tears suddenly flowed out of her eyes and she cried excitedly: "Dongming! My son! You are finally back. Do you know how hard it has been for me to find you?"
Jia Zhang's crying startled the third aunt and the angry first aunt, because in their memory, Jia Zhang had only one son, Jia Dongxu. Now another son appeared in the Jia family. How could they not feel puzzled.
As she cried, Jia Zhang seemed to suddenly remember something and immediately ran towards the villa, only to find that the door was locked.
Seeing the lock on the gate, Jia Zhang immediately ran back to Third Aunt and cried and asked her, "Third Aunt! Do you know where my Dongming went?"
(End of this chapter)