Chapter 51: Arrogant Jia Zhang!

Jia Zhang stood in front of the stone table in the yard, watching Sha Zhu skillfully cut up half a wild boar meat. She immediately told Bang Geng who was standing nearby to join in the fun, "My dear grandson! Go home quickly and bring grandma's basket. I'll take you to distribute the meat to the neighbors in the yard."

When Banggeng heard Jia Zhang's order, he immediately responded and ran towards the gate of the villa.

Soon Banggeng returned to the courtyard with the basket and happily shouted to Jia Zhang: "Grandma! I got the basket!"

When Jia Zhang saw the winnowing basket that Bang Geng handed to her, she quickly reached out to take it, put the wild boar meat that Sha Zhu had cut into the basket, and shouted to Bang Geng with a happy face, "Let's go! Dear grandson, go with grandma to distribute the meat to the people in the yard."

Jia Zhang carried a dozen pieces of wild boar meat, like a proud old hen, and led the stalks to the front yard, to the door of Yan Bugui's house, and shouted to the house: "Old Yan! Are you home? I've brought meat to your house."

Yan Bugui, who was eating in the house, heard Jia Zhang's proud shout outside. He immediately stood up from the table, walked quickly to the door, lifted the curtain and saw the basket in Jia Zhang's hand. He ignored Jia Zhang's nickname for him, Yan Laoxi, and said to Jia Zhang with a smile: "Old sister-in-law! Can you pick a piece of wild boar meat with more fat for our family?"

Seeing Yan Bugui begging her humbly, Jia Zhang gave him a piece of wild boar meat with more fat, which satisfied her vanity. She said to Yan Bugui with a smug look on her face: "Old Yan! Wild boar meat has more lean meat and less fat, but since you are the third uncle in the courtyard, I will let you pick a piece yourself."

When Yan Bugui saw that Jia Zhang let him choose the meat himself, he was so happy that he quickly reached into the basket to find the piece of wild boar meat with the most fat. At the same time, he kept rubbing the wild boar meat in the basket with his hands, trying to get his entire palm covered with oil stains so that he could wash it with clean water when he got home, and some oil would be washed out.

Yan Bugui quickly picked out a piece of wild boar meat and happily thanked Jia Zhang: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family! When you go home later, you must thank Section Chief Jia for me!"

When Jia Zhang heard Yan Bugui's thanks, she turned and walked towards the other families in the front yard.

After distributing the meat to the front yard, Jia Zhang came to the door of Yi Zhonghai's house in the middle yard and shouted into the house, "Uncle! Are you home?"

Ever since Jia Dongming came back, Yi Zhonghai has been unable to eat or sleep in the past few days because he was worried about his retirement. His mind is full of future retirement issues and how to solve them.

Yi Zhonghai, who was eating at the dining table, heard Jia Zhang's triumphant shout from outside the house. He quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked in confusion, "I'm here! I'm here! What do you want to talk to me about, sister-in-law?"

As he was talking, Yi Zhonghai opened the curtain and saw Jia Zhangshi holding a basket of pork. He thought of what his coworkers mentioned when he came home from get off work, and asked Jia Zhangshi with a smile, "Sister-in-law! What's this?"

When Jia Zhang heard Yi Zhonghai's question, she proudly introduced him to him, "Uncle! Our Dongming hunted more than a dozen wild boars in the mountains today. He brought back some wild boar meat and asked me to share some with everyone in the courtyard to satisfy their cravings."

After introducing the matter to this point, Jia Zhang took out a piece of wild boar meat from the basket, stuffed it into Yi Zhonghai's hand, and said proudly, "Master! This piece of wild boar meat is for you. I have to deliver meat to other families, so I'll leave first."

When Yi Zhonghai learned about Jia Zhang's purpose, he was surprised. Just as he was about to speak, Jia Zhang walked towards Zhou's house next door with a basket. Yi Zhonghai looked at the wild boar meat that Jia Zhang stuffed into his hand, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

With this thought in mind, Yi Zhonghai hurried back to his home, put the wild boar meat sent by Jia Zhang on the table, and immediately asked Aunt Yi Tan: "Wife! If we let Jia Dongming take care of us in our old age, do you think Jia Dongming will agree?"

When the aunt heard Yi Zhonghai's question, a look of shock appeared on her face.

Jia Dongming had only moved into the courtyard for three days. Although Auntie had very little contact with Jia Dongming, her attitude towards Jia Zhang and Bang Geng was enough to show that Jia Dongming was a very filial person. If Jia Dongming could take care of them and their husband in their old age, Auntie would definitely be happy to see it.

However, Jia Dongming is not Jia Dongxu, and Auntie is very clear about her man's character. Given Yi Zhonghai's strong desire for control, it may not be an easy task to ask Jia Dongming to take care of them in their old age.

Realizing this, the aunt said to Yi Zhonghai, "Boss! Jia Dongming is the head of the security department of the steel mill. He earns more than 100 yuan a month. If he is willing to support us in our old age, that would be perfect. But I think you should ask the old lady for her opinion first."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the suggestion from the auntie, he immediately nodded and replied, "Okay! After dinner, I will go to the backyard to ask the old lady!"

Amid the voices of thanks from all the residents in the courtyard, Jia Zhang led Banggeng back to the other courtyard with a proud look on her face, and happily shouted to Jia Dongming, "Dongming! I have delivered gifts to all the residents in our courtyard, except for Shazhu's family."

When Jia Dongming saw Jia Zhang coming back, he asked Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi! Have you had dinner? If not, then have some at my place. We can talk about the rest after dinner."

When Sha Zhu heard Jia Dongming's invitation, he did not immediately agree to it, but replied tactfully: "Brother Dongming! Yu Shui is still waiting for me to go back home for dinner. After I go home and eat, I will come over to help you get these wild boars out of the water."

When Jia Dongming heard what Sha Zhu said, he immediately said to him, "Zhuzi! Cut some wild boar meat and bring it to my kitchen to cook some vegetables. I'll ask Huairu to call Yushui over. Let's have dinner here tonight. I tell you, I have Maotai liquor!"

When Sha Zhu heard Jia Dongming mention Moutai, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he replied somewhat embarrassedly: "Brother Dongming! Since you said so, I will stay and have a couple of drinks with you!"

Seeing that Sha Zhu agreed to stay for dinner, Jia Dongming shouted to Qin Huairu who was washing pig offal, "Huairu! Wash these pig offal later. Go to Zhuzi's house and call Yushui to come over for dinner."

Qin Huairu, who was cleaning the pig offal, heard Jia Dongming's order and immediately put down what she was doing, stood up from the ground, and replied with a smile: "Uncle! I'll go call Yushui to come over for dinner now."

(End of this chapter)

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